Most of the rest of the film was their funny and bizarre journey through various realms of the afterlife.Īlthough I’m not a Kiss fan, I think that band did a heck of a job covering the song. In the second film, Bill and Ted were killed. he played the dumber of the two characters) traveled through time in a phone booth, collecting historical figures. It was released on the soundtrack for “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey.” The film was the sequel to the classic, strange and hilarious comedy, “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” In the first film, Bill and Ted (Ted played by Keanu Reeves, who surprisingly because hugely famous. One of the most famous bands ever, Kiss, later covered this tune, in 1991. Also, this song sounded more like the music on their previous two albums than the other songs on “Beat The System.” The only two songs I liked on that album were “Witch Hunt,” which was a bit humorous, and “God Gave Rock and Roll To You,” which was very enjoyable. More distorted – not a crunchier guitar sound – but a weird use of synthesizers and sound effects – not exactly an album that would fit into a genre later called Industrial, but moving a bit in that direction. Two years later, “Beat The System” came out. I was hoping to purchase a cassette with the songs from the concert that were most memorable to me, but by mistake, I bought a previous album, “More Power To You,” which was released in 1982. Such a powerful experience!Īt the time, I didn’t know the tour name. Quite an experience for a 5th grader! Pretty big concert for a Christian band. Someone, I don’t remember who, gave us free tickets. Dad took me to a Petra concert that was part of their “Not of this World” tour. I had been a fan of Petra since 1983, when I first heard them. I had a little off-brand boom box which I listened to every day. Such a huge variety! I first became a music fanatic in that apartment. Not just Christian music, but ’80’s top 40. I spent a LOT of time in that apartment listening to music. The first floor was a walk-up, because there was a basement apartment beneath, that was not quite a basement. We had the third floor apartment, which was the top floor. Not fancy at all, ancient radiators, no air conditioning except those AC boxes that fit in windows. After a year passed, dad was able to get us into a much larger apartment, in a big old building – a classic Chicago brownstone.Īmazing square footage for an apartment. The first year, he, my mom, my little brother, I and our two pet rats lived in a very small apartment. That didn’t work out, but that’s another story. Our family moved out from the Central Valley California city of Modesto to Chicago, so dad could earn a Master’s of Divinity degree. My dad was a graduate student at North Park College and Seminary. I’d already been a Petra fan for two years. In ’85, I turned 13, and was living in Chicago. The only Christian band to have major crossover success was Stryper, and Stryper would not achieve their success until the following year, with their 3rd release, “To Hell With the Devil.” That was in ’86. Petra was very popular in the Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) scene, and had been for years, but was not at all well known to the public at large. (Petra means “rock” in Greek, so I’ve heard) I had no idea the song was a cover. This is a really fun song! I first heard it back in 1985, on an album called “Beat The System,” by a Christian Rock group called Petra. a musical one, yes, but occasionally back into my past. If you are new to my covers posts, or to my blog in general, I want to let you know that I like to ramble on a bit.
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