anyone who said "Queensryche sucks", can you do better in Lyrics, guitar tabs, bass tabs, drums, or vocals? I can't drum, I can't play bass, I can't sing (that's for damn sure), I think I can play guitar, not well, but I can play. BOTTOM LINE: Queensryche rocks!
@frankisfunny2007 They rocked before losing Chris DeGarmo and before Geoff Tate started smoking. I don't think they suck but they aren't as good as they use to be.
if you`ll notice it`s part of a larger picture and rock opera.watch the final chapters and see what happens,then you can better comment on the topic...
To the ones who's bashing ZX2ManDave. You people do understand that there are MANY similarities to our country now and to the way it was then. Queensryche even portrays that in Operation Mindcrime II. In fact, Geoff Tate did the sequel, not just to appease the story itself, but because things still haven't changed.
Damn good band Queensryche are. I love how they think and how they PLAY. lol yea.
To ZX2 obviously your powers of comprehension are missing. 1) Queensryche are talking about social equality and 2) This song is from Operation: Mindcrime in 1988 when Republicans controlled the country. If you really listen to Queenryche's lyrics you would know that they support Change.
Reagan was the Republican president from '80-'88. Then GHW Bush became president in '88.
Regardless, the Democrats controlled Congress, so the country was actually run by them, though Reagan was the president. It's Congress who are the final authority in this nation, not the president. It's Congress who make and approve the budgets, enact laws, etc.
I'm trying to learn this album on bass by ear and damn it's so hard! This is my favorite song on the album. My older brother saw the 1992 tour where they played the entire album and I'm fucking jelous! They are playing in my town tomorrow but it's some gay caberet thing.
wait did they say burn the white house down um.........i like the song but that bothers me a little probly cuase my dad is in the army....gotta think about this
@MasterJokoth, you have to listen to this song within the context of Queensryche's masterpiece album (or should I say CD), Operation: Mindcrime. The album tells a story, which needs to be listened to from beginning to end, with your headphones on, lyrics on hand and at least an hour of your time. Respect to your dad and I know for a fact that Queensryche supports all military. Check out QR's recent release AMERICAN SOLDIER, songs created from soldier's perspectives. RYCHE ON!
@MasterJokoth Well, take a listen to the song, read the lyrics and you'll see why they said that. Keep in mind this song was from the Reagan era...Reagan was not a hero. You know that Bin Laden bogey man? Well... Reagan and his Conservative cronies funded, trained and armed Bin Laden and the Mujahadeen.
Also the comment about the White House is in regards to 'The Haves' and 'The Have Nots' .... Like today, 2% of Americans control 90% of it wealth. Lets tip the power balance...
such a POWERFUL SONG about everything that is wrong with the merging of the corporate world with the government. How could they have had such insight 20+ years ago?? true genius.
All politics aside, how many bands and pieces of musical art would have died out if not for "Unauthorized" fan uploads to Youtube and other sites. Seeing some og the videos I used to bang my head to when I was in high school just reminds me that I need to replace these albums - so therefor they will get my money again because this music is the life's blood of American culture and the foundation of some of my most cherished memories.
i love this album as it practically stood the test of time. i think in Revolution Calling, you can just replace one word (Communist), and the song holds true. supposedly, this album is fiction/sci-fi, but sometimes you wonder when you hear the anger in the lyrics if it wasn't encoded to mean something else.
Lol....music is a personal thing, if you don't like Queensryche, don't listen. But just because this song seems "frenetic" doesn't mean that all Queensryche is such. Queensryche is probably the most melodic metal band of all time, you need to hear more. Music is also cultural as well as generational. Jefferson Airplane, to me at least, sounds ridiculously dated and other than White Rabbit, most of it sounds like a bad movie soundtrack. Why would you want a modern version of that?
I really can't believe a lot of people have written here in the comments, as if Queensrÿche ever held any Republican beliefs. This song, and entire Operation: Mindcrime album was written out of anger and hatred towards the Reagan Era. The majority of their political stuff is Left-leaning.
i dont think queensryche is dumb enough to believe int he left vs right illusion. If they hated the reagan era they must hate the obama era just as much.
"ERADICATE THE FASCIST! REVOLUTION WILL GROW!" Obama is fascist as shit....just look at all our tax dollars he sends to private offshore banks.
Obama is a barely left-of-center Democrat, despite what the crazies and talking head gasbags would have you believe. I didn't vote for him, but the idea that he's a Fascist is ridiculous. The only real Fascist thing about our gov't is the insane amount of power wielded by corporations. This isn't any fault of Obama's, as this country has danced to the corporate fiddle for well over a hundred years now. Anyway, Queensrÿche (at least Tate and DeGarmo) is pretty well known for being left-wing.
Please! The man so far has stolen power from congress by announcing the government will back the warranties of both GM & Chrysler(a huge new expense)without any legislative approval, he is trying to control the internet(internet 2), He is trying to take away our guns, the list goes on and on ...he so far has more power than any president we have ever had...how is he not fascist?
1. The Executive Branch of government possess so much power now as a result of the Bush administration seizing it with little opposition. Congress could have stopped it if they had wanted to.
2. Only countries like China control and restrict the internet. If we get to the point when the internet is subject to censorship, it'll already be to late to do anything.
3. I've not heard anything about Obama wanting to take away guns. Gun control is one of the few Dem stances he's left alone.
You havnt heard of it but the information is out there if you look for it. Congress did nothing because they were paid off by the highest bidders. Obama is continuing the madness of Bush. Obama's label of "democrat" does not mean shit. If America had any sense and looked into who they vote for instead of eating up what the maintreem media feeds them(democrat vs republican soap opera)Ralph nader would of been president and all these thugs in our system just may have been prosecuted.
There is a good video on youtube you can watch that does a good job of explaining the madness of our system and current puppet in command. It's called 'The fall of the republic" look it up on youtube.
Nader is actually who I voted for. Go figure. Unfortunately someone like him will never get elected, as you said, because of the system. I really don't feel it's quite as bad a you do though. Something must be done, yes, but it takes time and willingness from not just the public, but at least *some* of those in power. There's no other way, realistically.
First of all, "hair metal" isn't a genre. It's called glam metal. The Poison and Nelson shit from the latter part of the 80s? That's POP metal. GLAM metal is Motley Crue's first two albums, Twisted Sister, etc. It's traditional heavy metal with pop influenced hooks. The metal sensibilities are prominent in the tracks, much unlike Poison. Have I mentioned I hate Poison?
Anyway, Queensryche is the first progressive metal band, paving the way entirely. :)
Actually lots of people would consider Fates Warning to be the first prog metal band (chronologically), but you're making the right point. Fates Warning, Dream Theater and Queensryche are all prog metal pioneers, Queensryche differing more from the other two IMO.
Unfortunately they haven't lasted as well as Dream Theater, but every album up to (and including) Empire I just adore, some of the best prog metal out there, period.
"(P) 2007 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws' $#$ wtf is that?? Seed up folks!!! :)))
Some lines in this song really stand out for what we are going through in our country/government today.
"eradicate the fascists revolution will grow-
educate the masses we'll burn the white house down"
Maybe thats what things are coming to here in America. Maybe its time we throw the "change" out the door. I dont want my country to be the United Socialist States of America. I want my country back.
As far as I'm concerned, USA is heading for the right way, finally.
educate the masses means: educated people can think for themselves and are not blind, dumb-ass followers of any sicko telling them what to do. So: eradicate the fascists.
It wont be the socialist states of America ...much worse I believe .... each state will be broken up and controlled from a central world bureaucracy, like every other state in the world. You will be a number, a commodity and when you out live your usefulness you will be terminated.
@ZX2ManDave - Wake up, it's not the socialists you need to worry about. It's the corporations -- AKA our capitalist heroes -- that are robbing future generations of funding they'll need to have a decent quality life. Our top five banks have trillions of dollars in toxic assets that will need future bailouts. The welfare queen has nothing on Goldman Sachs.
Oh yes, guys like Mao Tse Tung are just sweethearts, big old Teddy Bears who take care of their people. And dont forget the Nazi Party, they were socialist as well. They never hurt anyone.
@ZX2ManDave Are you an idiot? Despite the name, the National Socialist party was a RIGHT-WING organization that Hitler was sent to spy on because the Weirmar Republic suspected it was communist. When Hitler realized the truth, he joined the party. And the rest (literally) is HISTORY!!!!
Starting out your post with calling someone a idiot shows where your mentality and maturity is.
Regardless, if you dont see the ties between what Obama is trying to force upon America with what past dictators have tried to force upon other countries then you must be blind. They all started out promising "change"-and boy did they ever deliver it.
Au Countriere! I merely ASKED if you were an idiot. Your imagination did the rest.
Don't try to cloud the issue with anti-Obama statements. Stay on topic. You claimed the Nazis were socialists; any rudimentary student of history would know that they were about as left-wing as the Ku Klux Klan.
@AvengingAngel777 that is only partially correct in Europe they would be considered rigtht wing, but here in the US they would still be left wing. Let's look at what happened. He nationalized banks and businesses, nationalized healthcare and started the Hitler youth. the Nazi's were socialist.
@AvengingAngel777 All of the conservatives I know believe in a small central government and the rights of the individual. Where as the Nazi's believed in a strong central government. in Europe there aren't any parties with power that are what would be right wing in the US but communism, socialism and fascism all believe in a strong central government and little individual rights.
@silkshadowdragon Fascism is right-wing, whether you believe it or not. I think what we are REALLY talking about are the extreme-wings on either side. That's when things get blurred.
I see no real extremism in our current central government, though it was getting iffy there during Bush 2. That's why we have checks and balances.
@ZX2ManDave There is no perfect system, but it's about time we throw those thiefs out and make the world for everyone, not a few wealthy people who pull the strings and fuck everything up as long as they can earn money for their yachts and what else... Trampling on others because they supposedly lazy is just greed and need for power. They trashed and trashing this planet, because of their so called great need of having more and more belongings.
Come on, :) this group totally screams the 80s and hairspray and power chords, they were just light years ahead of all those other hair groups and eventually evolved into their own sound and style. Not to mention hair metal isn't totally a bad thing, I mean a lot of those hair metal bands are much better than all that emo crap that has come out in this latest generation.
yeah yeah yeah...but they ditched the hairspray after '89.
I'd actually argue that they evolved INTO a 'hair metal' sound on Mindcrime and Empire after starting out with a more NWOBHM sound on the EP and Warning (even if the hair was big anough to smother a small child), then back out and into a real progressive vibe on Promised Land.
haha dont get me wrong, i've been listening to queensryche ever since i was in my mom's belly in '91, but they are wayyy wayy much better live then in the recording studio/ there regular videos. Operation Livecrime in madison was amazing!<3
Dear God, some of you people commenting here are a bunch of FN FREAKS!!!!!! queensryche is a great band that makes great music........can you just not enjoy it for what it is. If you want to make political blogs about bullshit that you CANT CHANGE anyway, then go to some political blog bullshit site. Damn you guys are freaks!!!!!!!!!! by the way this is their best song!!!
This and operation mind crime is about MK-ULTRA and the media brainwashing of certain people that make them do suicidal things, which is used as a pretext for government to clamp down.
the more I listen the more I Like. Speak the word. The word is all of us. You are being influenced by our political figures. Learn inform yourself. There is various information. You have no Idea what is going on behind the scenes. I'll get a file by the CIA after this comment. If you are true and honest for a cause speak out.
One of the most powerful albums of the 80s. "Speak" was always my favorite track on Mindcrime and still sounds fresh and inspiring today. Its too bad most people associate them with "Silent Lucidity" This was their masterpiece
The liberals in the House just took the first step in completely destroying the middle class, today. The Senate won't stop it. the present will sign it into law. Our government won't support freedom in Iran, and will take the property of its own citizens without remorse. America is dead; revolution calling.
what happened to queensryche's dark side. E.P. and the warning are my favorite albums. If they would come out with a dark themed album, they could take those Emo death metal punks out of the music buisness!!
The system needs flushed, We need to clean out the white house, the Un and Eu inside out and eliminate the Corrupted officals.
Obama is not corrupt, just because he's young people think he'll mess up. there is one other president who was young and changed this country, his name was Kennedy!
The problem with politicians is they want to run everyone's lives and make decisions for everyone. Healthcare reform, Economy reform it's all there man. Obama, Bush, they're just faces for every politician. The government is going to bankrupt this country because they can "fix" every problem we have. Then we switch to one world currency, and one world government. Then, the end of the world.
Obama is a disaster. The best advice I could give him is to sit tight and for god sakes don't touch anything. Don't spend any more money. Don't give any more speeches to terrorist nations. Just smile for the camera and the Republicans will be there in 2012
Obama isn't fixing anything. N. Korea is testing nukes more frequently now and are unafraid of our president because they know he wont go to war. The fact that he embraces Muslims more than the Brittish should make you scared. How is George Bush a disaster? Why should I blame him?
@zartanhatesyou Yes, because Bush somehow inadvertently caused 9/11, and Al-Qaeda and Iraq are TOTALLY related -_-... It's ignorant douchebags like you that are dragging this world down...
@PrimalLight2323 You really think Bush and people within his administration had nothing to do with 9/11? You must be one of the few people left that still believes everything the Government and the media tells them. The fact is its sheepish retards like yourself that are destroying this country and letting the Government do what ever it wants. That’s what this song is about - speak the truth, something the Government and media have a hard time doing. WAKE UP
@MastoidPress You must remember. A lot of the problems we have started with BUSH and Presidents before. You can't trust any one of them. They are all politicians with their own agendas and special interest groups. Don't become blinded, educate yourself. Plus the Bush family has been dirty since they came off the MAYFLOWER.
Good God...there never has been and never will be a band like Queensryche...noone can equal Geoff Tate's range, power, and delivery...noone can replicate their clean, yet powerful sound...their deep introspective lyrics. Man, I wanna bring good music like this back - todays music sucks!
It almost could be said that Mindcrime was too damn good for the band. How could they ever equal it or top it again? They came close with Empire, but since then every album they have released just has not came close. Its not that they are now making bad music, its more that Queensryche will always be remembered for Mindcrime. Every CD they do will always be compared to it. People always want their next album to be better than the last, and sadly sometimes its just not possible.
Queensryche was good up to operation mindcrime after that they became more commercial more mainstream.Dont get me wrong i love them up to mindcrime but after that they fell off.
best damn vocalist around those days and still bellowing out the songs. Too bad the line-up changed. My favorite QR album by far, although, Empire runs a close second and sometimes it takes over first place depending on my mood. Yeah, that's it, both albums kick ass...
Very cool tune. I think the riff in the verse is one of the most sinister heavy riffs I have ever heard. Its fast and moody and subdued with its palm mutes. Fantastic riff. Very cool band.
yeah actually there is so i hear,big rumor on the internet and i have queensryche on my friends list on myspace,they were saying stuff about OMC being a movie
queensryche rule irish fans
pogoat40 1 year ago
We need speak.
nakaufo 1 year ago
anyone who said "Queensryche sucks", can you do better in Lyrics, guitar tabs, bass tabs, drums, or vocals? I can't drum, I can't play bass, I can't sing (that's for damn sure), I think I can play guitar, not well, but I can play. BOTTOM LINE: Queensryche rocks!
frankisfunny2007 1 year ago
@frankisfunny2007 They rocked before losing Chris DeGarmo and before Geoff Tate started smoking. I don't think they suck but they aren't as good as they use to be.
MetalElf 1 year ago
@MetalElf exactly, Queensryche never sucked
frankisfunny2007 1 year ago
if you`ll notice it`s part of a larger picture and rock opera.watch the final chapters and see what happens,then you can better comment on the topic...
billiedreher 1 year ago
To the ones who's bashing ZX2ManDave. You people do understand that there are MANY similarities to our country now and to the way it was then. Queensryche even portrays that in Operation Mindcrime II. In fact, Geoff Tate did the sequel, not just to appease the story itself, but because things still haven't changed.
Damn good band Queensryche are. I love how they think and how they PLAY. lol yea.
streetcrazy 1 year ago
Change yea that is all I have in my pocket. QR are all about Revolution. Obama is not even a Citizen. He is a Communist and needs to be arrested.
bulletinman 1 year ago
To ZX2 obviously your powers of comprehension are missing. 1) Queensryche are talking about social equality and 2) This song is from Operation: Mindcrime in 1988 when Republicans controlled the country. If you really listen to Queenryche's lyrics you would know that they support Change.
helsaint 1 year ago
@helsaint
Reagan was the Republican president from '80-'88. Then GHW Bush became president in '88.
Regardless, the Democrats controlled Congress, so the country was actually run by them, though Reagan was the president. It's Congress who are the final authority in this nation, not the president. It's Congress who make and approve the budgets, enact laws, etc.
jimmyboy131 1 year ago
I Love this song. It has a message without question. People need to Speak. It is why we have voices. Just Speak.
tlstar1L 1 year ago
I Love this song. It has a message without question. People need to Speak.
tlstar1L 1 year ago
I love the guitar from Michael Wilton on this song. Maybe my favorite album of all time.
pdk25 1 year ago
Best Album Ever.
trirycheman 1 year ago 2
Ah Queensryche back in the days when they were a bloody amazing band. How I miss them.
nigey666 1 year ago
Ryche = Band for brainy metalheads. We rule!
Neueregel 1 year ago
The hair is hilarious! Ahhhhh, I miss those days. . . ha, when I had hair.
Shit have you guys heard their new side-project? So fucking good.
I found Parker Lundgren in iTunes, and it's called Don't wake me up. Super sick.
1985SuperFan 1 year ago 2
Hollywood needs to make a movie out of this album.
ravenlorans 1 year ago
@ravenlorans No they don't. Hollywood is another aspect of the media, and corporate controlled. If they even made the movie it would be awful.
PrimusRaven 1 year ago
I'm trying to learn this album on bass by ear and damn it's so hard! This is my favorite song on the album. My older brother saw the 1992 tour where they played the entire album and I'm fucking jelous! They are playing in my town tomorrow but it's some gay caberet thing.
BBAntichrist 1 year ago
thanks for upload! they are one of my favorites.
puriscal2010 1 year ago
ZX2Man,
Just so you know Queensryche is a hard core leftist band. So I don't think they'll be joining your idiotic/Sarah Palin Tea Party brigade.
seospider 1 year ago
@seospider TWINK
testmonkey21 1 year ago
You gotta love rock opreas! ^ w ^
TheAnimeluver3 1 year ago
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The Best Album Ever On Planet EARTH !!!
dokkcrue71 1 year ago
Queensryche, simply one of the all time greats.
sk8mrjenkins 1 year ago
wait did they say burn the white house down um.........i like the song but that bothers me a little probly cuase my dad is in the army....gotta think about this
MasterJokoth 1 year ago
@MasterJokoth, you have to listen to this song within the context of Queensryche's masterpiece album (or should I say CD), Operation: Mindcrime. The album tells a story, which needs to be listened to from beginning to end, with your headphones on, lyrics on hand and at least an hour of your time. Respect to your dad and I know for a fact that Queensryche supports all military. Check out QR's recent release AMERICAN SOLDIER, songs created from soldier's perspectives. RYCHE ON!
lowriderbandfan 1 year ago
@MasterJokoth aaah ok i see now thanks man
MasterJokoth 1 year ago
@MasterJokoth Well, take a listen to the song, read the lyrics and you'll see why they said that. Keep in mind this song was from the Reagan era...Reagan was not a hero. You know that Bin Laden bogey man? Well... Reagan and his Conservative cronies funded, trained and armed Bin Laden and the Mujahadeen.
Also the comment about the White House is in regards to 'The Haves' and 'The Have Nots' .... Like today, 2% of Americans control 90% of it wealth. Lets tip the power balance...
Fretslayer 1 year ago
HEY... HEY... listen to me!!! lol
700godze 1 year ago
wow im not realy a queensryche fan but this song is awesome
MasterJokoth 1 year ago
Theres always a gr8 band whos so underrated. See their show and see why they are killer live.
109Thunder 1 year ago
best guitar solo dance +100
dudearlo 1 year ago
great song, great band but wtf??lame shirt for Geof!
Ancaran13 1 year ago
such a POWERFUL SONG about everything that is wrong with the merging of the corporate world with the government. How could they have had such insight 20+ years ago?? true genius.
cavecandle31 1 year ago
All politics aside, how many bands and pieces of musical art would have died out if not for "Unauthorized" fan uploads to Youtube and other sites. Seeing some og the videos I used to bang my head to when I was in high school just reminds me that I need to replace these albums - so therefor they will get my money again because this music is the life's blood of American culture and the foundation of some of my most cherished memories.
ruefio 1 year ago
What about the facsicts? The right wing+ get a grip ppl. Its a political song.
109Thunder 1 year ago
@109Thunder What a retard! You dont even know what fascism is
Inevitable73 1 year ago
The extremes of both sides suck... in fact, politics in its entirety sucks when democracy isin't really democracy.
dattish 1 year ago
awesome song thank ya
likes2aplay 1 year ago
THE PAIN YOU FEEL!!!!
McbrainisgoD 1 year ago
death angel with a gun... brilliant.
studiobekka 1 year ago
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xmoonxsigilx 1 year ago
zajebiste połączenie solo z riffem !
komputerLuek 2 years ago
For me, this song is like foreplay... Holee poopmonger! haha! The way he sings "Speak to me! The pain you feel!".... /dreamy sigh
SwanDust 2 years ago
GOOD SONG!!
EcWmetalDyXXx79 2 years ago
i love this album as it practically stood the test of time. i think in Revolution Calling, you can just replace one word (Communist), and the song holds true. supposedly, this album is fiction/sci-fi, but sometimes you wonder when you hear the anger in the lyrics if it wasn't encoded to mean something else.
keithyw 2 years ago
They seem to be STUCK in FORMULA!
Frenetic Heavy Metal is to me an Unfortunate Waste of a probably good band's innate talent
for seemingly insightful lyrics.
Please show me (with clear analysis)
that I am wrong about them?
This is coming from an aging Jefferson Airplane fan, looking for a modern version of them.
Any ideas?
autodelete66 2 years ago
Lol....music is a personal thing, if you don't like Queensryche, don't listen. But just because this song seems "frenetic" doesn't mean that all Queensryche is such. Queensryche is probably the most melodic metal band of all time, you need to hear more. Music is also cultural as well as generational. Jefferson Airplane, to me at least, sounds ridiculously dated and other than White Rabbit, most of it sounds like a bad movie soundtrack. Why would you want a modern version of that?
insurancedaddy 2 years ago
I get hard when I hear "we'll burn the white house down." This is a great song but this entire album is amazing, probably in my top 15 of all-time.
TheUSMetalhead 2 years ago
Let's tip the power balance and tear down their crown, educate the masses, we'll burn the White House down...
eldeabajo1 2 years ago 3
One of the greatest songs of the 1980's.
artrock101 2 years ago
I really can't believe a lot of people have written here in the comments, as if Queensrÿche ever held any Republican beliefs. This song, and entire Operation: Mindcrime album was written out of anger and hatred towards the Reagan Era. The majority of their political stuff is Left-leaning.
necromancer1989 2 years ago
i dont think queensryche is dumb enough to believe int he left vs right illusion. If they hated the reagan era they must hate the obama era just as much.
"ERADICATE THE FASCIST! REVOLUTION WILL GROW!" Obama is fascist as shit....just look at all our tax dollars he sends to private offshore banks.
CrushJehovah 2 years ago
Obama is a barely left-of-center Democrat, despite what the crazies and talking head gasbags would have you believe. I didn't vote for him, but the idea that he's a Fascist is ridiculous. The only real Fascist thing about our gov't is the insane amount of power wielded by corporations. This isn't any fault of Obama's, as this country has danced to the corporate fiddle for well over a hundred years now. Anyway, Queensrÿche (at least Tate and DeGarmo) is pretty well known for being left-wing.
necromancer1989 2 years ago
Please! The man so far has stolen power from congress by announcing the government will back the warranties of both GM & Chrysler(a huge new expense)without any legislative approval, he is trying to control the internet(internet 2), He is trying to take away our guns, the list goes on and on ...he so far has more power than any president we have ever had...how is he not fascist?
CrushJehovah 2 years ago
1. The Executive Branch of government possess so much power now as a result of the Bush administration seizing it with little opposition. Congress could have stopped it if they had wanted to.
2. Only countries like China control and restrict the internet. If we get to the point when the internet is subject to censorship, it'll already be to late to do anything.
3. I've not heard anything about Obama wanting to take away guns. Gun control is one of the few Dem stances he's left alone.
necromancer1989 2 years ago
You havnt heard of it but the information is out there if you look for it. Congress did nothing because they were paid off by the highest bidders. Obama is continuing the madness of Bush. Obama's label of "democrat" does not mean shit. If America had any sense and looked into who they vote for instead of eating up what the maintreem media feeds them(democrat vs republican soap opera)Ralph nader would of been president and all these thugs in our system just may have been prosecuted.
CrushJehovah 2 years ago
There is a good video on youtube you can watch that does a good job of explaining the madness of our system and current puppet in command. It's called 'The fall of the republic" look it up on youtube.
CrushJehovah 2 years ago
Nader is actually who I voted for. Go figure. Unfortunately someone like him will never get elected, as you said, because of the system. I really don't feel it's quite as bad a you do though. Something must be done, yes, but it takes time and willingness from not just the public, but at least *some* of those in power. There's no other way, realistically.
necromancer1989 2 years ago
@necromancer1989
Try Australia too!
Re: 2. Only countries like China control and restrict the internet.
autodelete66 2 years ago
tup they are all on the same fucking page.need a party for the people.
love2hateful 2 years ago
First of all, "hair metal" isn't a genre. It's called glam metal. The Poison and Nelson shit from the latter part of the 80s? That's POP metal. GLAM metal is Motley Crue's first two albums, Twisted Sister, etc. It's traditional heavy metal with pop influenced hooks. The metal sensibilities are prominent in the tracks, much unlike Poison. Have I mentioned I hate Poison?
Anyway, Queensryche is the first progressive metal band, paving the way entirely. :)
oosakinana 2 years ago 2
Actually lots of people would consider Fates Warning to be the first prog metal band (chronologically), but you're making the right point. Fates Warning, Dream Theater and Queensryche are all prog metal pioneers, Queensryche differing more from the other two IMO.
Unfortunately they haven't lasted as well as Dream Theater, but every album up to (and including) Empire I just adore, some of the best prog metal out there, period.
Maddolis 2 years ago
Actually, the prog bands from the 70s predate the prog bands from the 80s. They all sucked too.
Nicktube09 2 years ago
However oosakinana said progressive *metal* band, hence Fates Warning were the first successful prog metal band, not the first prog band.
There were plenty of good prog bands from the 70s anyway, eg Yes and ELP- however they're not everyone's cup of tea.
Maddolis 2 years ago
Your wrong actually, Fates Warnings first demo came out in 1984....a year before that Queensryche had already released their self titled Ep.
CrushJehovah 2 years ago
Ahh ok that sounds right, wasn't 100% sure on the specifics.
I know that The Warning came out in 1984, that certainly would've been the time prog metal started gaining momentum.
Maddolis 2 years ago
Thank you. =)
I have loved this band my entire life.
Apocalypse1413 2 years ago
"(P) 2007 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws' $#$ wtf is that?? Seed up folks!!! :)))
Neueregel 2 years ago
Some lines in this song really stand out for what we are going through in our country/government today.
"eradicate the fascists revolution will grow-
educate the masses we'll burn the white house down"
Maybe thats what things are coming to here in America. Maybe its time we throw the "change" out the door. I dont want my country to be the United Socialist States of America. I want my country back.
ZX2ManDave 2 years ago 14
As far as I'm concerned, USA is heading for the right way, finally.
educate the masses means: educated people can think for themselves and are not blind, dumb-ass followers of any sicko telling them what to do. So: eradicate the fascists.
manfredlaan 2 years ago
It wont be the socialist states of America ...much worse I believe .... each state will be broken up and controlled from a central world bureaucracy, like every other state in the world. You will be a number, a commodity and when you out live your usefulness you will be terminated.
IridescentEye 2 years ago
@ZX2ManDave - Wake up, it's not the socialists you need to worry about. It's the corporations -- AKA our capitalist heroes -- that are robbing future generations of funding they'll need to have a decent quality life. Our top five banks have trillions of dollars in toxic assets that will need future bailouts. The welfare queen has nothing on Goldman Sachs.
MrBigwong 1 year ago 3
@MrBigwong
Oh yes, guys like Mao Tse Tung are just sweethearts, big old Teddy Bears who take care of their people. And dont forget the Nazi Party, they were socialist as well. They never hurt anyone.
ZX2ManDave 1 year ago
@ZX2ManDave - The Nazis were socialists, really? If I recall they were more about spreading death than spreading wealth.
MrBigwong 1 year ago
@ZX2ManDave Are you an idiot? Despite the name, the National Socialist party was a RIGHT-WING organization that Hitler was sent to spy on because the Weirmar Republic suspected it was communist. When Hitler realized the truth, he joined the party. And the rest (literally) is HISTORY!!!!
AvengingAngel777 1 year ago
@AvengingAngel777
Starting out your post with calling someone a idiot shows where your mentality and maturity is.
Regardless, if you dont see the ties between what Obama is trying to force upon America with what past dictators have tried to force upon other countries then you must be blind. They all started out promising "change"-and boy did they ever deliver it.
ZX2ManDave 1 year ago
@ZX2ManDave
Au Countriere! I merely ASKED if you were an idiot. Your imagination did the rest.
Don't try to cloud the issue with anti-Obama statements. Stay on topic. You claimed the Nazis were socialists; any rudimentary student of history would know that they were about as left-wing as the Ku Klux Klan.
AvengingAngel777 1 year ago
@AvengingAngel777 that is only partially correct in Europe they would be considered rigtht wing, but here in the US they would still be left wing. Let's look at what happened. He nationalized banks and businesses, nationalized healthcare and started the Hitler youth. the Nazi's were socialist.
silkshadowdragon 1 year ago
@AvengingAngel777 All of the conservatives I know believe in a small central government and the rights of the individual. Where as the Nazi's believed in a strong central government. in Europe there aren't any parties with power that are what would be right wing in the US but communism, socialism and fascism all believe in a strong central government and little individual rights.
silkshadowdragon 1 year ago
@silkshadowdragon Fascism is right-wing, whether you believe it or not. I think what we are REALLY talking about are the extreme-wings on either side. That's when things get blurred.
I see no real extremism in our current central government, though it was getting iffy there during Bush 2. That's why we have checks and balances.
AvengingAngel777 1 year ago
@silkshadowdragon You must have conservatism confused with libertarianism.
Rakshasa 1 year ago
Research who this song was written about!!!
ritchie1969UT 1 year ago
@ZX2ManDave There is no perfect system, but it's about time we throw those thiefs out and make the world for everyone, not a few wealthy people who pull the strings and fuck everything up as long as they can earn money for their yachts and what else... Trampling on others because they supposedly lazy is just greed and need for power. They trashed and trashing this planet, because of their so called great need of having more and more belongings.
Synequanon 1 year ago
@ZX2ManDave AMEN brother!
biohazz65 1 year ago
@ZX2ManDave COMPLETELY AGREE©
AthenA2ptO 1 year ago
@ZX2ManDave
You know this song came out in 1988 back when Reagan was in the White House, right?
benanhalt 1 year ago
@ZX2ManDave well, man Socialism isnt bad.
balerinauzicka 1 year ago
one of their best songs...and someone brings up hairspray?? hahaha go check out pantera BEFORE cowboys from hell heh
darksunblade 2 years ago
"Eradicate the fascist"
"let's tip the power balance,
and tear down the crown,
educate the masses,
we'll burn the White House down"
Kerrville911Truth 2 years ago
the prophets of metal... and wow what a drum set >.>
ATAdude666 2 years ago 2
2:06-2:11 is the best . i've never heard better compilaction of riff and solo
PS Chrid DeGarmo looks a bit like Marty Friedman in this video
komputerLuek 2 years ago 2
They werent hair metal ..Hair metal is for pussies
cjf799 2 years ago 2
It's early prog metal (or late prog rock), imho. They were ahead of their times :P
lobo72 2 years ago 2
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FunkMastaMegaFlex 2 years ago
HAIR metal band?! I am personally offended.
pygmyprawn 2 years ago
Come on, :) this group totally screams the 80s and hairspray and power chords, they were just light years ahead of all those other hair groups and eventually evolved into their own sound and style. Not to mention hair metal isn't totally a bad thing, I mean a lot of those hair metal bands are much better than all that emo crap that has come out in this latest generation.
FunkMastaMegaFlex 2 years ago
yeah yeah yeah...but they ditched the hairspray after '89.
I'd actually argue that they evolved INTO a 'hair metal' sound on Mindcrime and Empire after starting out with a more NWOBHM sound on the EP and Warning (even if the hair was big anough to smother a small child), then back out and into a real progressive vibe on Promised Land.
pygmyprawn 2 years ago
No matter how many ways you look at it their a feakin awesome band! And right up there in my top ten.
FunkMastaMegaFlex 2 years ago
Definitely agree with the first bit, but as for being in the Top 10?...I Challenge you to name 9 superior bands.
pygmyprawn 2 years ago
yes Queensryche is and always will be a phenomenal band
immortalsoloist 2 years ago 22
@immortalsoloist
This must have been written before the dumb ass cabaret tour
BBAntichrist 1 year ago
dude everyone knows that Queesnryche was a Progressive Rock/Metal band they are so not hair metal.
Cheers.
immortalsoloist 2 years ago 2
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HOT HOT HOT!
christypohly 2 years ago
Speak!!!!!
tapping24frets 2 years ago
First time hearing this song i used to listen to their greatest hits but now im goin to listen to all of them!
ckeanup123 2 years ago
speak the word are you all listening? The greatest lyrics ever written! wake up and feel the music.
christypohly 2 years ago 3
Those are lyrics that speak to your soul, and not just your ears.
FunkMastaMegaFlex 2 years ago 2
haha dont get me wrong, i've been listening to queensryche ever since i was in my mom's belly in '91, but they are wayyy wayy much better live then in the recording studio/ there regular videos. Operation Livecrime in madison was amazing!<3
elaney8 2 years ago
I saw them in 1991 on the empire tour. They played Livecrime in it's entirety then. It was my first real show. Suicidal Tendencies was good too!
grn68rt 2 years ago
I Was there too awesome light show right? R U from Denver?
christypohly 2 years ago
Dear God, some of you people commenting here are a bunch of FN FREAKS!!!!!! queensryche is a great band that makes great music........can you just not enjoy it for what it is. If you want to make political blogs about bullshit that you CANT CHANGE anyway, then go to some political blog bullshit site. Damn you guys are freaks!!!!!!!!!! by the way this is their best song!!!
mkflores 2 years ago
This and operation mind crime is about MK-ULTRA and the media brainwashing of certain people that make them do suicidal things, which is used as a pretext for government to clamp down.
labsub 2 years ago
Revolution is just another iteration of the cycle... oligarchs fall, to be replaced by a new class of oligarchs, possibly worse than before.
torremalku 2 years ago
the more I listen the more I Like. Speak the word. The word is all of us. You are being influenced by our political figures. Learn inform yourself. There is various information. You have no Idea what is going on behind the scenes. I'll get a file by the CIA after this comment. If you are true and honest for a cause speak out.
chronochaoz2012 2 years ago
best song forever and ever my theam song hahahahaaaaaa... !
roorowler 2 years ago
did he borrow his fuckin outfit from bruno?
maskone909 2 years ago
Fuck yea. This is by far the best work they have done this whole album was so good and I havent heard anything so bone chilling since.
Xen5s 2 years ago
One of the most powerful albums of the 80s. "Speak" was always my favorite track on Mindcrime and still sounds fresh and inspiring today. Its too bad most people associate them with "Silent Lucidity" This was their masterpiece
idpmofo 2 years ago 4
The liberals in the House just took the first step in completely destroying the middle class, today. The Senate won't stop it. the present will sign it into law. Our government won't support freedom in Iran, and will take the property of its own citizens without remorse. America is dead; revolution calling.
grunt1966 2 years ago 7
@grunt1966 Revolution, more like another civil war -- Federalists vs State(s)
educatedman76 1 year ago
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MasterJokoth 1 year ago
what happened to queensryche's dark side. E.P. and the warning are my favorite albums. If they would come out with a dark themed album, they could take those Emo death metal punks out of the music buisness!!
Queensrychefreak 2 years ago
wow,you r so fucking stupid
afriamerikan 2 years ago
Did you really just put emo and death metal in the same generalization? Really?
ZJH89 2 years ago
idk but they just resently put out a new album
havent really got to hear it
rattsbest 2 years ago
The system needs flushed, We need to clean out the white house, the Un and Eu inside out and eliminate the Corrupted officals.
Obama is not corrupt, just because he's young people think he'll mess up. there is one other president who was young and changed this country, his name was Kennedy!
Queensrychefreak 2 years ago
The problem with politicians is they want to run everyone's lives and make decisions for everyone. Healthcare reform, Economy reform it's all there man. Obama, Bush, they're just faces for every politician. The government is going to bankrupt this country because they can "fix" every problem we have. Then we switch to one world currency, and one world government. Then, the end of the world.
tjhotdog 2 years ago 2
This is one of my favorite songs.
Obama is listening, you can believe him, he loves you. Sure.
Kerrville911Truth 2 years ago 5
Obama is not as bad as the fucking republican party.
Screw the republicans, and anyone who thinks i'm wrong!
Queensrychefreak 2 years ago
Obama is a disaster. The best advice I could give him is to sit tight and for god sakes don't touch anything. Don't spend any more money. Don't give any more speeches to terrorist nations. Just smile for the camera and the Republicans will be there in 2012
MastoidPress 2 years ago 6
obama is fixing our problem!
G.W. BUSH IS THE FUCKING DISASTER YOU DUMBASS!
the government is playing you like a puppet. they want a black man to be George bush's fall guy.
You should be blaming George bush.
He's the one who fucked everybody over.
Queensrychefreak 2 years ago
Obama isn't fixing anything. N. Korea is testing nukes more frequently now and are unafraid of our president because they know he wont go to war. The fact that he embraces Muslims more than the Brittish should make you scared. How is George Bush a disaster? Why should I blame him?
MastoidPress 2 years ago 8
Kinda funny how NK refrained from these frequent tests when GW was in office.
I6PWR 2 years ago 4
@MastoidPress How is George Bush a disaster? 9/11 and Iraq, all for some fucking oil
zartanhatesyou 1 year ago
@zartanhatesyou Yes, because Bush somehow inadvertently caused 9/11, and Al-Qaeda and Iraq are TOTALLY related -_-... It's ignorant douchebags like you that are dragging this world down...
PrimalLight2323 1 year ago
@PrimalLight2323 You really think Bush and people within his administration had nothing to do with 9/11? You must be one of the few people left that still believes everything the Government and the media tells them. The fact is its sheepish retards like yourself that are destroying this country and letting the Government do what ever it wants. That’s what this song is about - speak the truth, something the Government and media have a hard time doing. WAKE UP
zartanhatesyou 1 year ago
@MastoidPress You must remember. A lot of the problems we have started with BUSH and Presidents before. You can't trust any one of them. They are all politicians with their own agendas and special interest groups. Don't become blinded, educate yourself. Plus the Bush family has been dirty since they came off the MAYFLOWER.
AntonioLuciferi 1 year ago
I wonder if they could lend me some talent?
wampaku2 2 years ago
Good God...there never has been and never will be a band like Queensryche...noone can equal Geoff Tate's range, power, and delivery...noone can replicate their clean, yet powerful sound...their deep introspective lyrics. Man, I wanna bring good music like this back - todays music sucks!
richiebeegood 2 years ago 7
agreed 100%
guitarTy345 2 years ago 2
@richiebeegood :) I almost agree but: #1 Floyd #2 ryche
evilmboard 1 year ago
@evilmboard OK...but you don't have to be high to listen to Queensryche LOL!
richiebeegood 1 year ago
@richiebeegood :) :) :) :) I thought I was the only one that listened to Pink Floyd with a nice "cigar" ;)
evilmboard 1 year ago
@evilmboard LOL! ssshhhhh! don't tell!
richiebeegood 1 year ago
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@richiebeegood :) I almost agree but: #1 Floyd #2 ryche
evilmboard 1 year ago
Operation Mindcrime was a fucking masterpiece in my opinion....Revolution Calling,I dont Believe In Love,Speak...classic!!
gorgoth1234 2 years ago 7
It almost could be said that Mindcrime was too damn good for the band. How could they ever equal it or top it again? They came close with Empire, but since then every album they have released just has not came close. Its not that they are now making bad music, its more that Queensryche will always be remembered for Mindcrime. Every CD they do will always be compared to it. People always want their next album to be better than the last, and sadly sometimes its just not possible.
ZX2ManDave 2 years ago
Queensryche was good up to operation mindcrime after that they became more commercial more mainstream.Dont get me wrong i love them up to mindcrime but after that they fell off.
Envenomed69 2 years ago
This album is unreal,no one else has the balls to make an album like this.Brilliant.I can listen to it forever and never get sick of it.
clwilu94 2 years ago 5
best damn vocalist around those days and still bellowing out the songs. Too bad the line-up changed. My favorite QR album by far, although, Empire runs a close second and sometimes it takes over first place depending on my mood. Yeah, that's it, both albums kick ass...
\m/
koryichards 2 years ago
Sean Connery would have made a great Dr. X.
waldonewman 2 years ago 4
I remember when Chris DeGarmo and Geoff Tate premered this video on MTV's Headbangers Ball!!
griffix01 2 years ago
No shit!! Sin pajas!!!
umbreakebo 2 years ago
Fuck, all the wasted years without this band.
Grind2Xtreme 3 years ago
Good Lord. Look at that Trailer Trash hair!
jpschubbs 3 years ago
Brilliant song from a masterpiece album. This is one of the greatest albums of all time, and is vastly underrated.
waldonewman 3 years ago 9
totally agree. This was one of the best albums of all times.
aaroblero 3 years ago 5
Absolutly the best album of that decade!!
griffix01 2 years ago 2
Easily my favorite song off OMC and possibly my favorite by Queensryche.
JeffMiller1984 3 years ago
Very cool tune. I think the riff in the verse is one of the most sinister heavy riffs I have ever heard. Its fast and moody and subdued with its palm mutes. Fantastic riff. Very cool band.
rjpilot 3 years ago
this and eyes of a stranger are probably my favorite songs on the OMC album...still cant wait for the movie
Bluemagus 3 years ago 3
is there going to be a movie?
blueiris1402 3 years ago
yeah actually there is so i hear,big rumor on the internet and i have queensryche on my friends list on myspace,they were saying stuff about OMC being a movie
Bluemagus 3 years ago
"Deathly to my cause, SPEAK TO ME... The Pain you feel."
Godd times, good times indeed.
Redian5C 3 years ago
deadly to my cause!!!!
LordGandor3 3 years ago