Rockin' the Rez

1. Toots Skootin' Boogie

2. Heartland Special

3. Sla-Gon-Nee

4. Gravy Boy

5. It's in the Bag

6. Pigeon Lake Revival

7. Keeya

8. Sa-Sa-Ka-Weh

9. K-Frog

10. Strictly Bass

11. Forever

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Rockin' Revival
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A Band That Changed My Thoughts About Christian Music

The Legacy of Truth

Rockin' Revival

Manufacturer: Retroactive Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Servant's 1981 sophomore release on Canadian label Tunesmith Records was a huge progression in the band's sound, adding the keyboard wizardry of Matt Spransy for a richer, fuller sound. They avoided cliches and truisms in an effort to reach the un-churched. Their edgy, keyboard-infused, driving rock music was coupled with a high-energy stage performance that left the audience sweating and cheering, but also reflecting on the biting social commentary and insistence that the Kingdom of God was upon us. A very young Doug Pinnick (later of King's X fame) wrote for them the rockin' anthem 'I'm Gonna Live,' which garnered significant radio airplay, and became the band's signature song for years. It was produced by Bob Rock (pre Metallica, Skid Row, Motley Crue), and after being digitally re-mastered was released as a Limited Edition re-issue on Retroactive Records May, 2006, the first time it has ever been available on CD. Liner notes, including reflections on the band's history, are written by founding member Owen Brock. For fans of Rez, Barnabas, Jerusalem, and all fans of AOR/arena rock. Songs include: 'Look Out Babylon,' 'Rockin' Revival,' 'Isolated,' 'Heidelberg Blues,' 'Listen,' 'Jealousies,' 'Suburban Josephine,' 'Ad Man,' and 'I'm Gonna Live.'

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A Band That Changed My Thoughts About Christian Music.......2007-03-12

While I was at Bible college, I attended two concerts on consecutive nights. One was at a church, while the other was at a high school auditorium. One was worshipful by Terry Talbot. The other was Servant, complete with loud music, special effects, and great choreography. You're right: Servant was the band that played at the church.

The concert was before the release of "Rockin' Revival". The band said you could be the first on your block to have the album. Considering that my Bible college was pretty traditional, I wasn't sure at that time I wanted to be that kind of trendsetter. After a few years, though, Servant became my favorite band.

My favorite songs on the project were . . . no, let me tell you my least favorite songs on the project, because only two songs fall into that category. One was the first song on the project "Babylon", and the other was "Suburban Josephine". The former was a little too pacifist for me, and the latter hinted at a doctrinal position that I disagree with. I will say, though, that I prefer Christian musicians who feature bad doctrine than those who avoid doctrine.

The rest? Excellent. In particular, I relate to "Isolated". Unfortunately, I don't think I'm "Isolated" in relating to "Isolated." And the church hasn't changed much in the 25 years since the song came out.

One last thing I'll add. This is the first album that includes my all time favorite keyboardist in the band (Matt Spransky).

The Legacy of Truth.......2006-07-25

Let me admit the biases first: Servant was our band, by that, I mean part of our commune, managed and formed by my dad, and all the people in it close friends of mine. So I am going to be pretty supportive.

For many the music of Servant was too cutting and dangerous to listen to, for who wants to hear a call to repent, that you, the church, are not actually following Jesus Christ? Isn't contemporary Christian music supposed to just make Christians happy, and be a safe outlet to dance?

Servant was cutting edge- the first Christian band with an extensive light show, the first to use lasers, and the band that gave Petra their start. The lyrics speak to the foundational elements of our commune, the Highway Missionaries. The Jesus Movement never produced a tomb like the Westminster Confession; for us, our theology was expressed in our music. Even today, when I contemplate an ethical action, I consult the Bible, and the music I grew up with.

Look Out Babylon is amazingly prescient for our times. "Wear the oil flows the most, is where the tension lies." To hear prophetic lyrics like "Soldiers in Afghanistan; sanctions in Iraq" from 1981 is just scary. It's a call against war, to see that Babylon, representative of the evil in humanity, is actually us in the West.

Isolated speaks to how a Sunday and Wednesday church, as Keith Green also spoke of, is not what Christ had in mind. Lonely Christians, isolated Christians, these are the antithesis of Christ's message- he calls us into community. Ad Man has got a fun ring to it, speaking of the mammon of advertising that calls us to a different god- there is no god but money.

The two finest songs on this album are perhaps the finest songs Servant ever produced. Suburban Josephine was sung by Sandie Brock and written in part by my mom. One day while they were in the van, she looked over, and said, "That looks like a suburban Josephine." And the lyrics just started tumbling out. A story of a woman sung to the old shooby-doo-wah 60's sound, she desired, ever since she could remember, to serve Jesus. But one day she fell in love with someone else, that she could touch and see. Now she has soap operas for breakfast, and a 21" colour television, and needs to get her hair done right because her husband comes home soon. She has traded in the dream Christ gave her for the American dream. But you can't serve two masters. And one day, while watching the Price is Right, she saw three friends fly by, up into the sky...

I'm Going to Live is a song that I think of again and again throughout my life. It's lessons were omnipresent in my thoughts the last time I was held up at knife point, and influencing my words. Bob Hardy tells the story of two guys who came up to him and demanded some cash, or they would kill him. He told them that they could have his money (what does that matter anyway?) but they couldn't have his life, for his life belongs to the Lord, and he was going to live forever. Then the song begins.

There's no way we can lose. Our life is not forfeit, for we are already dead. To live is Christ, to die is gain. In the end, the robbers get all the cash, and a whole lot more as well.

And at the end of every concert, the audience rises to it's feet, yelling out in unison the ballad "I'm Gonna Live Forever", over and over, till the beat became part of the blood of our veins.

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Tracks:

Toots Skootin' Boogie
Heartland Special
Sla-Gon-Nee
Gravy Boy
It's In The Bag
Pigeon Lake Revival
Keeya
Sa-Sa-Ka-Weh
K-Frog
Strictly Bass
Forever

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