Dan Reynolds's Guide to Petra
 Favorites: 1. Beyond Belief 2. On Fire! 3. Wake-Up Call 4. Unseen Power 5. This Means War! Least Favorites: (#1 is least favorite, etc.) 1. Washes Whiter Than 2. Double Take 3. Revival 4. God Fixation 5. Never Say Die |
Dan's Tribute to Petra
Dan's thoughts on some of Petra's albums:
Jekyll & Hyde (2003)Double Take (2000)
Wake-Up Call (1993)
Captured in Time & Space (1986)
Beat The System (1984)
More Power To Ya (1982)
Never Say Die (1981)
Dan's thoughts on some of Petra's songs:
Jekyll And HydeFriends (All In The Family Of God)
Dan has a little bit of earwax buildup, because:
On the Jekyll & Hyde album, in "Jekyll And Hyde" when Petra said "One gives, one takes, I have to decide", Dan thought they said "One kiss, one taste, I have to decide"!On the Jekyll & Hyde album, in "Jekyll And Hyde" when Petra said "But despite my good intentions", Dan thought they said "But despite my good attacked chins"!
On the Double Take album, in "Judas Kiss" when Petra said "Like another thorn stuck in your brow", Dan thought they said "Like another corn stuck in your plow"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "Harvest time can have its mishaps"
On the Double Take album, in "Judas Kiss" when Petra said "It must be like another close friend's broken vow", Dan thought they said "It must be like another bowsman's broken bow"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "If the misheard lyric were correct, the word 'bow' would have to be pronounced differently."
On the God Fixation album, in "Over the Horizon" when Petra said "And I may question You", Dan thought they said "And I may crash to You"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "We will bow on our knees, we will fall postrate, we will... crash before the beauty of God? Sounds strange, yet it will be true."
On the God Fixation album, in "Over the Horizon" when Petra said "When life seems so uncertain", Dan thought they said "When life seems so un-shirts on"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "I did not actually misinterpret this line, but something about the way John pronounced the last word made it sound like this."
On the God Fixation album, in "God Fixation" when Petra said "It's a God fixation", Dan thought they said "It's a pop sensation"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "I think it's more of a rock sensation."
On the No Doubt album, in "Heart of a Hero" when Petra said "They'll drag you down, attack your faith, and slay", Dan thought they said "They'll drag you down and deck you, they can slay"!
On the No Doubt album, in "Right Place" when Petra said "Your chances slim to none", Dan thought they said "Your chances ten to none"!
On the No Doubt album, in "Two Are Better Than One" when Petra said "To pray and help me get through", Dan thought they said "To pray and hug me, guh' floo'"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "I was eleven years old when I listened to No Doubt for the first time."
On the No Doubt album, in "Sincerely Yours" when Petra said "This prodigal is standing here", Dan thought they said "This pot of gold is standing here"!
On the No Doubt album, in "Think On These Things" when Petra said "Think on these things", Dan thought they said "Thank God these things"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "This bothered me, since I knew there needed to be a 'for' in there."
On the No Doubt album, in "For All You're Worth" when Petra said "Just think back to where it began", Dan thought they said "Just think back, you worried me then"!
On the Wake-Up Call album, in "Midnight Oil" when Petra said "Burn the midnight oil", Dan thought they said "Found the midnight oil"!
On the Wake-Up Call album, in "Midnight Oil" when Petra said "Will our lamps be full at parousia", Dan thought they said "Will our lamps be full at the cruising hour"!
On the Wake-Up Call album, in "He's Been In My Shoes" when Petra said "He was a man just like me", Dan thought they said "He worked a magic like me"!
On the Wake-Up Call album, in "Underneath the Blood" when Petra said "'Bout a grace so amazing it can make a man free", Dan thought they said "'Bout a grace so amazing it can make a man fray"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "I guess John likes to pronouce the 'E' sound like 'A'."
On the Wake-Up Call album, in "Underneath the Blood" when Petra said "Blood shed for me", Dan thought they said "About a chaplain's aide"!
On the Wake-Up Call album, in "Underneath the Blood" when Petra said "Only know, one way to go", Dan thought they said "Oh-ba-no, one way to go"!
On the Unseen Power album, in "Destiny" when Petra said "One of a kind!", Dan thought they said "What it became!"!
On the Unseen Power album, in "Who's On The Lord's Side" when Petra said "Gotta work, gotta work", Dan thought they said "Gotta run, gotta run"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "You gotta run to get to work on time if you took too long of a shower."
On the Unseen Power album, in "Ready, Willing And Able" when Petra said "Instant in season", Dan thought they said "It's diamond season"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "I thought that was another one of those baseball-related cliches."
On the Unseen Power album, in "Dance" when Petra said "My feet start moving down inside my shoes", Dan thought they said "My feet start moving in my Sunday shoes"!
On the Unseen Power album, in "Secret Weapon" when Petra said "I've got a secret weapon", Dan thought they said "I've gotta sleep with women"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "Not my own. But I found this on another website and thought it would be worth sharing here."
On the Unseen Power album, in "Sight Unseen" when Petra said "Sight Unseen", Dan thought they said "Ultra Sheen"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "I found this on another website and wanted to share it here."
On the Unseen Power album, in "Sight Unseen" when Petra said "But you still fluctuate to and fro", Dan thought they said "But you still infatuate to and fro"!
On the Unseen Power album, in "Hey World" when Petra said "The harder road to choose", Dan thought they said "The harder road of the Jews"!
On the Beyond Belief album, in "Love" when Petra said "When push turns into shove", Dan thought they said "When mush turns into show"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "Now, ladies and gentlemen, presenting the pile of mush..."
On the Beyond Belief album, in "Last Daze" when Petra said "Some say, it's a certainty", Dan thought they said "Some say, it's a Sadducee"!
On the Beyond Belief album, in "What's In A Name" when Petra said "The Son of just a carpenter", Dan thought they said "The Son of Justin Carpenter"!
On the Beyond Belief album, in "What's In A Name" when Petra said "Name above all names", Dan thought they said "Name of God's all names"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "A grammatical disaster..."
On the Petra Praise · The Rock Cries Out album, in "I Love The Lord" when Petra said "Ten million strong", Dan thought they said "Tall may in strown"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "This is one that really bothered me before I read the actual lyrics."
On the Petra Praise · The Rock Cries Out album, in "Jesus, Jesus, Glorious One" when Petra said "Let all the saintly ones in God rejoice", Dan thought they said "Let all the sin-ly ones in God rejoice"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "Formerly sin-ly, currently good-ly"
On the Petra Praise · The Rock Cries Out album, in "I Will Call Upon The Lord" when Petra said "Well, back home we do this song in the round. So, side A, you sing with the band", Dan thought they said "Well, back home we do this song in the ram. So, side A, you sing with Ben"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "John, don't eat marshmallows while you're performing Petra shows!"
On the On Fire! album, in "Hit You Where You Live" when Petra said "The mark will show", Dan thought they said "The bark will show"!
On the On Fire! album, in "Defector" when Petra said "(John's last scream on Defector)", Dan thought they said "Let 'er roll!"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "'Let 'er roll' makes more sense for the beginning of the song."
On the This Means War! album, in "He Came, He Saw, He Conquered" when Petra said "The way to win was only through the grave", Dan thought they said "The way the wind whistled him through the grave"!
On the This Means War! album, in "I Am Available" when Petra said "I'm not the most dependable", Dan thought they said "Among the most dependable"!
On the This Means War! album, in "All The King's Horses" when Petra said "the men will come riding", Dan thought they said "the men of Kommoraddan"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "Where's that place located?"
On the Back To The Street album, in "Back To The Street" when Petra said "And compel them to come in", Dan thought they said "And prepare the new coming"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "I figured that was another way to say 'The Second Coming,' but it still sounded funny to me."
On the Back To The Street album, in "King's Ransom" when Petra said "The Rose of Sharon", Dan thought they said "The roads were shattered"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "I knew my interpretation of the lyric was wrong when the next line was 'wore a crown of thorns that day.'"
On the Back To The Street album, in "Whole World" when Petra said "Humanistic lies lament", Dan thought they said "Humanistic Elijah Mint"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "Yumm-ey! I like mint!"
On the Back To The Street album, in "Fool's Gold" when Petra said "for the higher prize I'm pressing toward", Dan thought they said "for the higher price of peasant corn"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "This one kept bothering me; I really needed to look at the lyrics and find out what John really was saying."
On the Beat The System album, in "Beat The System" when Petra said "trying to break the mold", Dan thought they said "trying to break the mode"!
On the Beat The System album, in "Clean" when Petra said "Like a spotless lamb, I'm blameless in His sight, with no trace of wrong left to right", Dan thought they said "Like a spotless lamp, I'm stainless in His sight, with no trace of grime left to fight!"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "I thought this song had a subliminal advertisement for stain remover."
On the Beat The System album, in "Clean" when Petra said "Maybe caught red-handed", Dan thought they said "Maybe comprehended"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "I have two misheard lyrics for the same song. That's strange."
On the Beat The System album, in "Hollow Eyes" when Petra said "To escape the Haitian heat", Dan thought they said "To escape the patient heat"!
On the Beat The System album, in "Speak To The Sky" when Petra said "Speak to the sky, and you never will fall", Dan thought they said "Speak to the sky, and no hammer will fall"!
On the Beat The System album, in "Speak To The Sky" when Petra said "Fight insistance with resistance", Dan thought they said "Fight the systems with resistance"!
On the Beat The System album, in "Adonai" when Petra said "This thirsting within my soul", Dan thought they said "This Thursday, within my soul"!
On the Not Of This World album, in "Bema Seat" when Petra said "Will you receive or be denied?", Dan thought they said "Will you receive or eat tonight?"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "What's the point of receiving food if you cannot eat it?"
On the Not Of This World album, in "Blinded Eyes" when Petra said "Right in plain view", Dan thought they said "Let it flame you"!
On the Not Of This World album, in "Pied Piper" when Petra said "Whenever you say jump", Dan thought they said "Or any usage of"!
On the Not Of This World album, in "Occupy" when Petra said "Occupy, occupy", Dan thought they said "Archie Bar, Archie Bar"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "The person who made this up (not me) is probably a junk food addict."
On the More Power To Ya album, in "More Power To Ya" when Petra said "The power of His Spirit poured", Dan thought they said "They powered up his spirit cord"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "Must have been hard to find an outlet back then."
On the Never Say Die album, in "Chameleon" when Petra said "behind your anonymity", Dan thought they said "behind your add-on imaging"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "So I need to go to Adobe Photoshop to find out who the chameleon is?"
On the Never Say Die album, in "Angel of Light" when Petra said "I see through your façade", Dan thought they said "I see through your front door"!
On the Never Say Die album, in "Without Him We Can Do Nothing" when Petra said "Do you remember what He's called you out of", Dan thought they said "Do you remember what east cold you out of"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "No longer are you a slave to blowing your nose all day..."
On the Never Say Die album, in "Without Him We Can Do Nothing" when Petra said "Let us not take advantage of His love", Dan thought they said "Let us now take advantage of His love"! Here's Dan's lame excuse: "Altering just a single letter can really change the meaning of a sentence."
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