Poll: God Fixation (1998)

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What's your favorite song from God Fixation (1998)

If I Had to Die for Someone
5
19%
Hello Again
0
No votes
A Matter of Time
4
15%
Falling Up
3
12%
Over the Horizon
1
4%
God Fixation
0
No votes
Set for Life
0
No votes
Magnet of the World
2
8%
Shadow of a Doubt
0
No votes
St. Augustine's Pears
11
42%
 
Total votes: 26

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Poll: God Fixation (1998)

Post by Thief » Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:29 pm

Who's fixated on this one?

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Didja know... after seeing how the new members could contribute to the music, Bob Hartman said "Great, I don't have to write songs anymore... All I gotta do is come up with the words."


Also, as it has been with other polls, I can only post 10 entries, so anyone that would like to vote for #11. The Invitation, just say it.
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Re: Poll: God Fixation (1998)

Post by Thief » Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:33 pm

This is an awkward album for me, mostly because I really, really like 5-6 songs from it, but I really don't care much about the others. To me, it has some pretty good "highs", but its "lows" are among the lowest from the band.

I voted for "St. Augustine's Pears", but I really could've voted for any of the following: "If I Had to Die for Someone", "Set for Life", "God Fixation", or "The Invitation". I love all those songs. Also, I remember not caring much about "Falling Up" at first, but I've warmed up to it, and it's one of my favorites from the album as well.

As for the rest, I really don't care that much. The weakest for me is probably "Over the Horizon", but "Hello Again" is down there too. Meh.
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Re: Poll: God Fixation (1998)

Post by rexreed » Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:25 pm

Never liked the rockers on this one. St. Augustine's Pears is almost a great song for me. So I vote Falling Up.
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Re: Poll: God Fixation (1998)

Post by pmal » Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:55 pm

I like Pears the best of all, by a wide margin.

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Re: Poll: God Fixation (1998)

Post by cvs2kids » Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:22 am

If I rated my albums, this would be on the lower end.

Some good songs on it, but I really love the feel of "Falling-up", both lyrically and musically.

However, Magnet of the World, the Invitation, Over the Horizon and Set for Life all get skipped when I'm listening to it.
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Re: Poll: God Fixation (1998)

Post by executioner » Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:20 am

Never really has been a favorite of mine, but its a good listen at times. I voted for "If I Had To Die". The lyrical content throughout the album is really some of Petra's strongest lyrics, but too me most songs just sound bland and the same. I will say that I love how the bridge on each song puts a bite into the songs.
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Re: Poll: God Fixation (1998)

Post by Thief » Tue Feb 11, 2014 2:24 pm

pmal wrote:I like Pears the best of all, by a wide margin.

--Phillip
Curiously enough, St. Augustine didn't really like Pears that well.


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Re: Poll: God Fixation (1998)

Post by Jonathan » Fri Feb 14, 2014 12:40 pm

Thief wrote:
pmal wrote:I like Pears the best of all, by a wide margin.

--Phillip
Curiously enough, St. Augustine didn't really like Pears that well.


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Re: Poll: God Fixation (1998)

Post by Ron » Fri Oct 31, 2014 2:41 am

By this time, it appeared to me that the band was losing it. Where was Bob? The music was all over the place and it just seemed like without John's voice, you wouldn't recognize this as Petra music. With that being said, my favorite song on the album is "St. Augustine's Pears".
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Re: Poll: God Fixation (1998)

Post by fiendik » Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:21 pm

Petra had already disbanded by this point; there was just some other band using that name. It would make more sense to me if they had marked all the albums from 1996-2001 as John Schlitt solo albums, considering the only other Petra member left was Weaver, who admittedly didn't affect their sound much. My brother got God Fixation, and played some of the songs for me, but I've never actually made it through the whole thing. One of those things I'd only listen to to remind myself why I didn't like it.
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