The Petra Zone

Here are a few shots from the concert in Goiania Aug. 13 (I think)...

http://picasaweb.google.com/johnwschlit ... aniaBrazil#

There is also a video up - very poor quality, but you can hear the audio:

http://www.jovemx.com.br/festivalgospel/aoVivo.php

Petra starts about 4:27 minutes into the vid.

Isn't it true that Petra's most fervent fans and wildest concert crowds are in Argentina, Brazil, India and Norway?

Hehehe... could well be!

How about this video, from Curitiba:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZNJk8512e0

This is pretty good too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXWM4nl207Y


( tried to embed again, but even though I've disabled BBcode, it still says the code is ON)

The videos that I have seen coming from South America are great. I wonder why there seems to be a lot more Petra fans there than in the states?

"You don't know what you got 'till it's gone... they paved Paradise and put up a parking lot"

Eventually Christian music will wake up and see what they had in some of these classic, founding groups and artists.... and stop focusing on the "latest & greatest" - many of which have very little substance but full of marketing potential.

Ah, Joni Mitchell...And I believe Amy Grant did a cover of that song too.

Show in Curitiba was fantastic.
The best of my life.

Set List: (Not in exact order)

All About Who You Know
Dance
I Waited for The Lord / Ancient of Days / I Waited for The Lord
Amazing Grace
Creed
Judas' Kiss
Right Place
Perfect World
Jekyll & Hyde
Rock Meddley
The Noise We Make
Beyond Belief
Bob's Solo
Lord I Lift Your Name On High
He Came, He Saw, He Conquered

*Maybe I forgot some songs.


Some videos I found:

All About Who You Know
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8NY6tLjJvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SocuI4V29v0

I Waited for the Lord
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV27i1R2zKU

Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXWM4nl207Y

Amazing Grace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FP-lTKbTec

Ancient of Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moR6cjPE2Qs

Creed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmrfqBnaIx8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1YuNUMmyQs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_9PS604Row

Judas' Kiss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppedNeRvWdE

Jekyll & Hyde
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a20Ju0WIlag

Beyond Belief
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcNSmDhpfFw

Rock Meddley (This Means War and It is Finished)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv-cNSEycic

Lord I Lift Your Name On Hight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emwLa48EoFM

Right Place
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt_DtqfXe6g

He Came, He Saw, He Conquered
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P8yuQ_IjFI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF0jNsPSmkk

All About Who You Know / Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngH9HSeg9C4



All I have to say is thank you PETRA for return to Brazil and please keep returning.

God bless you always!

I was there ! Very interesting This time I did not have to travel to US to see Petra like in 1998 and 2003. Now they have performed in my city, Goiânia, 3 miles from my house !!!

Even i miss much the keyboards, the show was very nice !!!

John and Bob are great !!!

Sometimes I think how is powerful the Gods call !!!

They were there giving their life for the legacy of Gospel !!! And they are not very worried about the success of the band, because they are worried about to share the Gospel of Christ!!!

I confess that I could not hold the tears !!!

I have bought the II guys of Petra album, that sincerelly, is the best Worship album of these last years !!! Awesome !!!

I did not like this current Worship albums cause they are musically poor in my opinion, and they seem very mellow with a certain dosage of forced spirituality !!! But Petra album seems very natural. It should be call PETRA PRAISE IV.

George Barna Group says that TRUE Christianity is dying in the US. Christian music sales are slowing. I don't think that there will ever be a time that the US wakes up and suddenly re-claims old Christian music. If there were a revival or new awakening, the "industry" would just commercialize the music integral to the movement. The foreign markets like all kinds of US music. They are less fickle and are hungry for it. I hope that Petra finds new life over seas.

I think Christian felt right at home with this gig. He was doing all the flashy moves, and played all the parts great, just with a different style to Paul's.

They should make another Never-Going-Away Farewell Petra record, and make a full tour alongside Classic Petra.

Hey there!!! I gotta tell you that this was the happiest day in my life ......lots of guys got saved,....and thats the most important thing, besides that the crowd was insane!!! they new every single line, Im Argentinean, but I have to tell that BRAZIL ROCKS MY WORLD!!!...thank you for everything, Paul is a great drummer so is Louie, I love them both!
Cristian.

I feel happy for Christian with this new gig, but I missed Paul's 'dancing to a different drum' riff in 'Dance' - that was pure genius!

Christian,

You are a blessing. Thank you!

--Phillip

sue d. wrote:Eventually Christian music will wake up and see what they had in some of these classic, founding groups and artists.... and stop focusing on the "latest & greatest" - many of which have very little substance but full of marketing potential.

You've got a lot more hope than I do. I'm actually expecting CCM to die a slow death.

Cristian, you ROCKED!

Man, you had all the beats downpat! I can see why Bob wanted to track you down.... great job! (and I love the white shirt & tie - very classy!).