Damn...I was about to say that no metal concept album touches it. Then I read a few more comments...but yes, Abigail is def one that ranks right up there too, but if you combine the actual album, commercial success, and the tour then Mindcrime is probably the best. Also one of the greatest concerts I've seen. Saw them twice that year. They opened for Metallica on the Justice tour. Metallica already played a min of 3 hrs back then, but you had that and Queensryche playing the entire album, from start to finish, as the opening act. Good, good times.
I love how people always thought us 'metalheads' (back in the 80's) were a bunch of idiots...meanwhile OUR music is STILL thriving and being replayed to this DAY!!
Exactly. Listen enough, and Mindcrime feels part of you. At that point, you discover that the EOAS radio version--what she reviewed--feels very abrupt, like it's missing the richest dimension of what the Ryche is offering through this masterpiece. (Her intuition was spot on, that it felt like there should have been more to the song.) It'd be delightful to her her take on this same song after getting to know the story. It's like the difference between reading a poem, and feeling it.
Completely agree the album is an absolute masterpiece.remember listening to it on release day in 88 and my jaw was on the floor.never been able to pick it back up since whenever I listen to this flawless album
This is one of the best vocal performances of all time! Tate in his prime was unmatched IMHO. He was a true perfectionist in his delivery. Sure there were other great voices on the high end but he was just so on point.
Tate was on another level, vocally, during this era. Very few vocalists in this genera could compare - then or now. As good as the vocals were, I think the writing of DeGarmo and the rythm and pocket that Rockenfield and Jackson laid down are often overlooked. The guitar work never overpowers the musicicality of these songs. This lineup was as complete a package as existed in this era.
Jeff Tate. One extraordinary vocals of all time. And to think they ousted him from the band. That went well. Not. One of my favourites is could have different dad. Reminds me of me and my dad❤❤ But I really believe if she listened to Queen of the Reich it would blow her mind. I think like a lot you so so underrated 😢😢😢
This is one of those Rare classics that you can Literally put on Repeat and loop over a dozen times and keep on going...One of my favorites of all time.
The only problem with Mindcrime is now it makes me feel old. 🤣 So lucky to have seen Queensryche on the Empire tour when they played Mindcrime in its entirety. I was in highschool. Speak always knocks my socks off!
I mean at one time they were in constant radio and mtv rotation. They were bigger than sliced bread. Same management as Metallica. Q prime. The shit fell apart with the grunge era and they fell apart. Nice to see them getting recognized again though.
Yeah ignore People that is Eyes of a Stranger please let it go on...its kind of perfection of signing and probably everything else .most undertited drummer ever...Scott Rockenfield..enough said best ever group .....not topped...Best band ever..quality is..topnotch..disagree?? You cant..perfection as it always has been..😂😊
1. These guys are amazing live. 2. This album is a masterpiece. 3. They performed the whole album...theatrics and all, Tate in a wheelchair and straightjacket. One of the best professional shows I've ever see. Them, Rush and Tool. So worth every penny...so so incredible.
So - I've listened to metal since the 80s - and even to this day, where I've listened to more music - Operation: Mindcrime remains the sole "perfect" album that simply has NO bad songs - especially if you listen from start to finish - in order, because it's also a concept album - so it all tells a story. Operation: Mindcrime is the perfect album. I can't emphasize that enough - and would listen to it on repeat.
Where I'm from, (Massachusetts) one of our longest running and most famous rock radio stations (94 hjy) never played just 1 so g from this opus. They would play the entire album. It became an event that they would announce prior to its playing.
Untouchable. Everything about this record is perfect. The vocals, the musicianship, the context, the album and the track itself. Utterly wonderful, especially if it's the album version. It gives me chills every time, and it's been 35 years!
Operation: Mindcrime is, without question, one of the greatest metal albums ever made. You really have to listen to it at least once from beginning to end, so you can hear the story woven through the individual songs.
The best way is with earphones, no distractions, and reading the lyrics along with the music. It's an incredible journey, and no one has come close since.
If you had a 2 hour podcast, you would have the time to do Operation: Mindcrime ... I would listen to you break down full albums. That would be amazing. I learn so much watching you.
"Suite Sister Mary" is the centerpiece of this album, and a great duet between Geoff and Pamela Moore, who plays Sister Mary on the album, and in many live performances.
I was never trained in any vocals, but when I was 15 years old and saw them at a Kiss concert, I knew he wasn't any run of the mill metal vocalist. I was hooked. I'm 53 now and I can say that this is the one album I listened to more than any other. #1 Album for me of all time. A masterpiece.
I saw them open for Riot and Kiss in 1984 too! It was on my birthday! Really liked them and then Operation: Mindcrime came out and I've been hooked since.
You're going to get a billion of these, but "Operation: Mindcrime" is a massive concept album. Story driven from beginning to end. Even if you can't comment on the entire album, do yourself a favor and listen from beginning to end. Love your content!
You can't teach perfection. Operation Mindcrime is the holy grail of rock n roll . I have a bootleg of Queensryche in Japan called " Operation Perfectcrime. It is outstanding.
Operation: Mindcrime is a front to back masterpiece. Fates Warning is also one of the godfathers of prog metal. I got into both bands around the same time in the 80's and I fell in love with the genre back then. The intricacies, time changes and mix of classical elements were huge for me as a kid. I was able to see both bands on tour a couple years ago and it was kind of a dream come true. Both bands were amazing. Ray Alder (singer for Fates Warning) still sounds amazing 30+ years later. Of course, as does Todd LaTorre.
Fates and queens were incredible discoveries for my Life but in my opinion nobody can beat Tates voice when He was in this fase . Impossible notes. Awesome tone.
Fates Warning Awaken the Guardian is in my top 5 all time albums. John. Arch was their best singer and left way to soon. I'm glad someone else besides me has mentioned Fates Warning.
Fates Warning would be a fantastic choice. I still remember never hearing them, only reading a description and blindly throwing on no exit and while thinking this is pretty good for the first half the ivory gate of dreams sold me on the band especially the Quietus movement.
Midnight and Tate are icons!!!! No one can touch them these day’s of the male singers and even the female or other genders are no match for these metalgods
An up an coming female vocalist that just gets better every song they release is Melody in Liliac. It's a family band that's all siblings, extremely talented. They've released at least 2 of their own albums and have done a number of covers, including Dio, Maiden, Metallica and a few others. Even Dio's family love her covers.
If you ever listened to the song resulting from RJD's Hearing Aid project back in the 1980s, there was pretty much Geoff Tate & then everyone else. No mistaking him. If you like guitar, it was the same with Yngwie Malmsteen on that project. So many metal gods were involved in that. If you're not old enough to remember those Ethiopian hunger days, you really should seek it out. Probably on TH-cam. Haven't checked.
The whole album is required listening. It tells a whole story and listening to only this track is like catching the last 10 minutes of a 2 hour movie. Mindcrime is THE concept album that all others are judged upon.
Yes that’s right. This album is a concept album. Each song is like a chapter in a book or a movie scene. In this clip the music got cut out early. The cinematic sound design was deliberate ahead of many bands at the time. Tons of production value. It was and is only done by progressive bands. Back when listening to music for hours and buying albums was an activity to loose yourself and take a trip. If you listen 🎧 to the whole album from the start you be assured goosebumps throughout 👌🏼 I also enjoy the singing and musical approach in Rage for Order 1986. Recommended listen too 👋.
You should actually do the entire "Operation Mindcrime" album together, the album is a story, everytime I hear anything from that record I close my eyes and a little movie (I made up in my head back when this album came out, with a young me in the lead role , of course. Lol) but the entire album is meant to be heard together.
I was hooked on Mindcrime and the band period. I also felt that they were so underrated. In fact, I just purchased the box set with Video Mindcrime and the Operation Mind Crime live performance the other day because my original disappeared.
This is probably their single most popular tune besides "Silent Lucidity" but, I'm telling you, and your other listeners, that "Suite Sister Mary" from the same album (but you'll want to see the LIVE version from "Operation: Livecrime") is the one you will be stunned by. You know I've suggested it a lot, I hope your other listeners will help me by requesting this particular Queensryche cut. But thank you for this one, too. :)
Eyes of a stranger is a great entry to Operation: Mindcrime. But I agree Suite Sister Mary is the highlight of the album from its lyrical quality, vocal range and just compositional greatness. It’s only downside is it’s SO important to the story of the album, that it feels strange sitting in ONLY on that song, where it needs the full album (IMHO) for maximum immersion. 🤷🏻♂️
Geoff Tate in the '80s, '90s and even early 2000s was unstoppable. There was nothing he couldn't do. His voice has aged a little over the years, but having seen him live a few times in the past few years, he's still one of the best vocalists out there.
“Eyes of a Stranger” is a great song on its own, but it’s really out of context without the whole album, if you’re trying to understand the lyrics and the emotions. But yeah - Geoff Tate. An absolute master.
Yeah I came here to say this. Listening to any one song from this album in isolation totally undermines the album. Absolutely must listen front to back.
Perspective is everything. Hearing only one track from this album does tend to undermine its overall sonic picture. Agree that the whole album would need to be reviewed in this depth. I’d be interested to hear it though 👍
The Warning and Rage for Order were the building blocks for the success of Queensryche. They've always been great individually. It was when they came together is when they became awesome...and now we appreciate ALL that they've done.
Operation Mindcrime is incredible. She should listen to the album. I love how expressive and intelligent she is and how she is getting surprised by what we all knew about Geoff Tate.
Just to echo others, Operation: Mindcrime is a masterpiece. This version of Eyes was the made for MTV version. The original is longer that has a climax at the end.
The climax at the end on the album version is one of my favorite album closers ever. The culmination of all the rehashed thematic elements ending with that final sound effect (won't spoil it for those who haven't heard it yet) just blasted me out of my chair when I first heard it, and it still gives me chills. So much better than the abrupt fade out. "I remember now."
It’s absolutely incredible piece of art that accurately describes the type of world that we would be living in 30 years later. Is acutely scary how a band in 1985 could predict and portray the world in 2020 and 2021
“It sound like he’s in some sort of mental institution.” Yep. The album starts and ends in a mental hospital. Operation: Mindcrime is an absolute masterpiece both musically and lyrically and possibly the greatest concept album ever written. Geoff Tate’s vocals carry so much emotion throughout the album. I saw them years ago on the Operation: Livecrime tour where they played the album front to back and it was amazing. I still listen to the CD regularly and I urge you to find a copy, not “Live at the Moore” which is good but Operation: Livecrime is better in my opinion. It’s a magnificent performance by the entire band but Tate’s vocals are just phenomenal throughout.
As previously stated by all the other comments, Operation: Mindcrime is an unbelievable album. Even if you don't react to the whole thing, you haaaave to listen to it in full at some point. Probably my favorite of all time.
I feel truly sorry for anyone who hasn't experienced this whole operatic masterpiece in its entirety. It is as much a current events piece as it was when it was released, and features a true virtuoso voice. There isn't a single track that doesn't give me chills.
I'm a 52 year old metaller, I remember when this album came out I 88 I think and I could not stop listening to it, it is an absolute classic. Not one bad song, at the time Iron Maiden brought out 7th son, and I remember Steve Harris saying that they could have done better comparing it to Queensryches Operation Mind crime, it never gets old, and Geoff Tate my god what a singer.. Thanks Elizabeth on such a professional analysis...
some of the best metal vocalists have come from the UK, for some reason Dickinson, Dio, Halford, Ozzy, and maybe even Lemmy if you want to count them as metal for some reason i always remember that Queensrÿche is british, and then go all "what, US has some actually good music, too..."
Me too, I was on my 20s as a student early 90s. I used to play Operation Mjndcrime CD middle of the night at 2-3 am. Played it hard ! .. Until my next door neighbour banged on my wall 😂
"Suite Sister Mary" would be the next logical step exploring Queensryche. It's the core of the Mindcrime-album, far beyond the trodden paths of Rock music, it's an Opera that will give you goose pimples, and all Queensryche fans are burning to get your assessment of Pam's voice! Please Elizabeth, don"t let us wait too long! You can't avoid it anyway :-)
As a guy who grew up on this 35 year ago, it's so cool to hear your analysis. Geoff is classically trained and the fact that you immediately picked up on the dipthongs confirms that you know your stuff. This guy set the vocal bar back in the 80s, whether people realize it or not. Love your content!
This entire album Operation: Mindcrime, from beginning to ending is truly a wonderful experience. Many people probably have suggested that you listen the whole thing. Do yourself a favor. This album has been out for decades its message is as poignant today as it was then. Eyes of a Stranger is the final song of the cyclical story of how protagonist ended up in that hospital. I watch enough of your videos to know you love stories. And Geoff Tate is playing the main character of a tragic love story. Also, Operation: Livecrime their release of the entire album live. I still have the VHS and CD of Operation: Livecrome box set on my Bookshelf. lol. i don't have a VHS or cd player anymore :) This album has been on my list since I was a child driving to mountains with my uncle. As my understanding of the story and message increased as I got older I liked it that much more. Do yourself a favor, nerd out, you will not regret it. edit:spelling
Just to Add to this, the album was an experiment and is essentially a rock opera and meant to be listened from beginning to end. for this reason reviews when released were mixed you either loved it as I did or you did not like it because you did not understand the concept. It is one of my all-time favorite albums.
She makes several references to the lyrics here. Coming from a concept album you can't look at the lyrics strictly from this song but need to look at them in the context of the whole album. The lines about him looking into the mirror and staring into the eyes of a stranger are about him not recognizing himself as he remembers everything he did in the story. The line "rosary wrapped around your throat" is a reference to an earlier song where he finds Sister Mary hanging. The character in the story is definitely tortured.
And knowing the story explains the emotion he puts into his singing, how he colors certain words, showing horror, shock, sarcasm, regret, pain, longing, feeling lost, etc.
i forgot that. Sister Mary was hung by the throat.... now the question was by whom. I don't recall that it gave an answer. She was strangled- not hung.
Just like Tate's voice, this album is a rollercoaster of emotions that can make you head bang, cry, hope, and contemplate over and over again. Strongly recommend a whole album review. The story is intense!
I love Geoff Tate's voice. I've been a huge fan since the beginning. It's amazing to me that they never fully got the recognition they deserved. It's so great watching you and listening to you appreciating the pure vocal talent Geoff has. He still gives me goosebumps, I feel his voice in my soul. Nobody else even comes close.
Geoff tate was "vocally untouchable" in his day. Queensryche was and underrated band for its time. Operation Mindcrime 1 and 2 is a must have LP, ahead of its time conceptual masterpiece
Geoff Tate is an incredible singer has an intense yet subtle sweet beautiful voice hard to explain what you feel when you hear him sing, especially back in the Day of his prime, he might be the most incredible rock singer ever and the operation Mindcrime albums priceless listened to it a ton back in the day
@@robertbankus2138 it was made into a movie... i dont know if you can find it on ebay or not but it was like 45 minutes long and came out on dvd back in the day
A lot of recognition should be given to Chris DeGarmo the lead guitarist for his background vocals as well because his voice really complements Geoff Tate's voice. This album is their best IMHO.
Hmm between this and rage for order....hard to say which is the better album. Rage for order had a lot of good songs though missed the story mindcrime has...either way i agree this was their pinnacle..
Absolutely! DeGarmo is killer at being able to create atmosphere and blistering solos that fit the track perfectly…they blaze but don’t overdo it, just long enough to enjoy but not bore you, etc. including his rhythm playing, very unique riffs and you know it’s him for sure just by hearing the style. Chris is definitely an unsung hero in metal
Best concept album of all time (IMO). I literally gasped out loud when I saw this was the next video. One of my all time favorite bands, and I can’t even count the number of times I’ve seen them live. I’m so excited for this video! 🤘🏻🖤🤍
I sincerely appreciate how you seem like you have never heard these songs before. Growing up listening to this music, I guess I forget this was a little before your time. Geoff Tate has one of the best voices in all of music.
Operation: Mindcrime is a complete story, start to finish. Essentially you are “starting” with the final chapter, so the institution might seem out of context for the song. I’d highly suggest giving the entire album a listen to appreciate the fantastic story (as well as the phenomenal music and vocals). This truly is one of the greatest, if not THE greatest concept albums ever made, and I’m a Rush fan, but this one album turned me into a Queensryche fan for life. I became a loyal member of their “Empire” fan club and saw them about 15 times live, including backstage meets with the band. Absolutely one of the best bands in my book.
Completely agree. While every song on the album is great as a stand alone song... to fully appreciate each song, it should be listened to in its entirety. Hands down the best concept album ever, in my opinion. A whole album review would be awesome, but I would really like to see something from MTV Unplugged reviewed. Since it's a live acoustic performance, she can get a really good dose of Tate's vocal abilities without too much production added. Though from the 3 songs she's reviewed, I can tell she picks up on all the glorious expression and nuances that make his voice one of the purest and best in rock/metal.
My wife won’t listen to it anymore, because she keeps hoping Mary makes it…. Breaks her heart every time… Also, i just did a cover of I Don’t Believe in Love th-cam.com/video/1srINcduskk/w-d-xo.html
Operation: Mindcrime is Queensryche's magnum opus, and was when Geoff Tate was at the peak of his powers. It's also one of the best concept albums in rock, ever. This whole album was my absolute favorite album, period, for quite a few years back in the day. If you want to do a review of the entire album, they had a concurrent release of a live rendition of the album, called Operation: Livecrime. Could be really interesting to go through the entire album, listening to them perform it live when the album was new.
Huh? How is it under rated? It's commonly thought of as one of the greatest metal and concept albums of all time and has sold well over a million copies.
I love listening to “Walk in the Shadows” from Rage to Order, then “Eyes of a Stranger”, then “Anybody Listening” to hear Tate’s vocal evolution. Another underrated gem is “Real World” from the Last Action Hero soundtrack.
That look on your face when it hits the chorus…now you’re feeling what I felt the first time I heard this record. I envy people like yourself, who get to hear this for the first time. It’s still my favorite record to this day, and always will be.
To See One who never had been allowed to make it through what the Media wants you to think Metal is, to See them Realize something So Incredibly Profound, so Unexpected, Like gently reaching for and pulling out a stick of gum and SMACK, YOUR FINGER IS SNAPPED WITH A FULL SIZE MOUSE TRAP HOOKED UP TO 50,OOO VOLTS ! BUT In a very Enjoyable way........
The look on your face with every Queensryce song you that you react to. I have seen them live several times. Geoff Tate is the most soothing, intense, beautiful voice I know !! But hands down my favorite, queensryce concert was in a theater !!!! Merrillville Indiana, they performed, Operation Mindcrime 1 & 2. It was amazinnnnng. Geoff's voice echoed thru that theater, it was beautiful,,, rock/opera. He knows how to use the acutics in a theater very well. Living in Indiana in the 90s not a lot of my friends listened to queensryce (just the cools ones) had heard of. But I lived in Washington and another of people listened to them ad turned me on this journey loving this band. I love all queensryce music (especially Chris DeGarmo/Geoff Tate). I would suggest. Operation mind crime 1 & 2 back to back in private. So you can 25:1 listen straight thru on your headphones. Then listen to Jet City Women, EMPIRE.. definitely this one.. maybe then Bridge.. so many though I'd be here all day !! Have fun discovering more of their music !!
For context the beginning of this song is actually flipping you back to the beginning of the album. I can understand the odd noises and imagery on the video dont make much sense without knowing the entire story laid out on the Mindcrime album. Trust all of us Elizabeth when we say you really need to listen to this entire masterpiece. Its a rock oprea and you would appricate it. And make a video so we can watch you nerd out. The entire band is at the top of their game. Tate's vocals relate this story in a way that no other singer could do. Love your vids.
I know im late to the party, but queensryche are the reason i started playing guitar. In 1994, when i was 11, i saw an ad in a magazine with a guitar shaped like their logo so i bought this album the next week. 2 weeks later i got my first guitar.
This song changed my life as a teenager, in terms of music. It took hold of me in 1988 and I never looked back. I saw the video and I just didn't understand why everyone didn't love them. He was at his peak in the late 80s.
I can’t stress enough how you really need to hear the whole album start to finish. It tells a very compelling story , with each song a chapter. Please check it out. I’ll bet you’ll become a fan, just as we are.
The whole Operation Mindcrime album is an absolute Masterpiece. It's Queensryche's work for eternity. I'm feel very blessed that i saw them live back in the day as opener for Metallica when it was released and then on the Empire Tour as headliner on the absolute top of their musicianship.. What a god like blast this had been, except Satriani, i've never seen better musicians live.. Sometimes i wish you would hear the songs at first without analysing and then once again with your expertise, just to see how your emotional reaction is.. Because there a so much songs wich brought me to tears or hilarious laughter at first listening..
My 1st concert ever…Queensryche/Metallica, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY. I only wish I knew more about Mindcrime before I heard them. Needless to say, crowd was there for ‘Tallica. Opening band didn’t get a lot of love.
If people realized the opera training and him having a 5 octave range… Geoff put in the work and this album is an absolute masterpiece… promised land is a close second. Bands amazing
Geoff is on tour right now and at 64 years old , his haunting voice is still so powerful. Just saw him in Clearwater Fl 01-15-2023 and what a show. Unfortunately they didn't play eyes of a stranger. This song has been giving me chills for 35 years and my Daughter left the show with a new favorite metal singer. Thank you for doing these videos and giving recognition to one of the all time greats in metal. They are genuine , exciting to watch and It keeps these songs and memories alive. Just love it!
One of my favorite lines of any song ever, "strange how laughter looks like crying with no sound, raindrops taste like tears, without the pain." Another rainy night without you.
One night, when you have an hour to kill, put on this album, start to finish, in the dark. My favorite album ever! It’s a masterpiece and a roller coaster.
Just saw this review. You’re missing out if you don’t do “Suite Sister Mary” it’s the ending of the first act of the album. It features Pamela Moore who plays “Mary” and her part and her performance is absolutely amazing. The back and forth vocals tell the tragic story of their failed attempt to get away from the life they’re stuck in together.
The reason it feels like the song should keep going is because it basically does. Operation Mindcrime is a concept album from start to finish. Each track continues the story, this is why you'll see so many people suggesting a full album reaction, front to back. Another fav off this incredible album is Suite Sister Mary.
I don’t like this short version of the song. After hearing the album version it just cries out the final sound effects ”REVOLUTION!!!!... ... I remember now”.
No, the reason is that the video was a singles version and some of the end was cut out. However, there is nothing after this song. It is the last one on Mindcrime.
"His voice is extraordinary." ^This right here. I love watching Elizabeth being introduced to Geoff Tate and Queensryche, as a whole. The band itself is extraordinary. I'd love to see her listen to Queen of the Ryche.
I feel like you have confirmed what I've known for a long time: Queensryche is one of the greatest progressive metal bands of all time, and Geoff Tate is a lyrical and vocal genius.
I just realized how fascinating this is when Elizabeth allows you to rediscover songs you've probably heard for hundreds of times and now these songs are in a way like brand new ones you want to listen to again and again 😃
Got to do “Suite Sister Mary” if you choose another single song from the album, although a complete start to finish album breakdown in its entirety will melt all our minds (yours too). Even us decades long fans. ❤️🇦🇺🤘
I read "1984" when I was 14 and this album a few years later, brought a ton of that back to me. I always thought they had so many similarities. The album was kind of a 1984ish opera to me. The album tells a complete story if you were to just read or listen to the lyrics. This final song just tied the whole thing for me. Love ,love her reactions as always.
I know this comment is buried under many other comments but the entire Operation: Mindcrime album is a must listen. It tells a story that will give you another perspective on this video. The stories they tell on Operation: Mindcrime are a provocative time capsule of 80s and 90s political, religious and pop culture. Some of the songs could be written today with just a few minor tweaks. An entire album breakdown would be fun and I'm sure everyone would watch but at least listen to it on your own time. The entire band is so good and the album really is a journey.
These guys did not fool around with their music. There was a lot of thought and talent poured into their work. Great band. One of my all time favorites.
This album always brings me to tears. The music, the vocals, the lyrics, the story. It all combines to create the ultimate masterpiece of an album. Love this band
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you need a band.......I know you got it in you!!!! another great vid!!!
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You should really, really, do the whole album. ‘Operation Mindcrime’ is, as far as I know, the best concept album ever released.
I really think you'd like Heathens by Twenty One Pilots
@@Hawk999 Right up there with The Wall and Quadrophenia.
Yep, just another vote for Operation: Mindcrime being an absolute masterpiece, might just be the best concept album ever... It never gets old.
And precient. Nearly everything in Speak applies as much today as it did in the 90's
The Wall, Them, Poets and Madmen, Abigail, Streets are just a few concept albums that come to mind but Mindcrime is certainly a masterpiece.
One of the best albums, concept or not.
Damn...I was about to say that no metal concept album touches it. Then I read a few more comments...but yes, Abigail is def one that ranks right up there too, but if you combine the actual album, commercial success, and the tour then Mindcrime is probably the best. Also one of the greatest concerts I've seen. Saw them twice that year. They opened for Metallica on the Justice tour. Metallica already played a min of 3 hrs back then, but you had that and Queensryche playing the entire album, from start to finish, as the opening act. Good, good times.
@@louiselockett2905 Welcome to Mercy Falls, Scenes from a Memory, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulance, The Human Equation, 01
I love how people always thought us 'metalheads' (back in the 80's) were a bunch of idiots...meanwhile OUR music is STILL thriving and being replayed to this DAY!!
Not as much as it should be 🥴
@@_boop_260 BUT more than anyone would have ever expected. Compared to all the 'new wave' stuff. Just sayin'. :)
Even As I Lay Dying plays Electric Eye by Judas Priest
Our music is the best unlike the crap of today.
Word.
You seriously need to listen to the entire Operation Mindcrime album... One of the best of all time
Exactly. Listen enough, and Mindcrime feels part of you. At that point, you discover that the EOAS radio version--what she reviewed--feels very abrupt, like it's missing the richest dimension of what the Ryche is offering through this masterpiece. (Her intuition was spot on, that it felt like there should have been more to the song.) It'd be delightful to her her take on this same song after getting to know the story. It's like the difference between reading a poem, and feeling it.
I can't argue with that.
I agree, but I would recommend she listen to the live performance of the album called "Operation Livecrime"
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Completely agree the album is an absolute masterpiece.remember listening to it on release day in 88 and my jaw was on the floor.never been able to pick it back up since whenever I listen to this flawless album
Ya Damn right it is😂
Geoff Tate is literally one of the greatest rock singers ever. His voice is truly amazing.
This is one of the best vocal performances of all time! Tate in his prime was unmatched IMHO. He was a true perfectionist in his delivery. Sure there were other great voices on the high end but he was just so on point.
@@sludgefactor6332Steve Perry..
Dio, Dickenson, Kiske, Halford...all great, but none of them could touch Tate in his prime.
Es mejor que casi todos, solamente es menos famoso. Lamentablemente...
Too bad he couldn't get along with his original bandmates...
Geoff Tate near the top of his game. The entire "Operation: Mindcrime" album deserves its own reaction, in its entirety.
ABSOLUTELY 💯
Hellya!
Even Bruce Dickinson said it was better than Seven Sons of a Seventh Son album, can't get better props then that
Love how you said near the top of his game. My opinion the Promised Land cd was his crowning achievement.
Agreed , the whole operation mindcrime album needs to be listened in full !
Tate was on another level, vocally, during this era. Very few vocalists in this genera could compare - then or now. As good as the vocals were, I think the writing of DeGarmo and the rythm and pocket that Rockenfield and Jackson laid down are often overlooked. The guitar work never overpowers the musicicality of these songs. This lineup was as complete a package as existed in this era.
Tate was operatically trained, and he used his voice so beautifully. Everything came together so wonderfully.
rob halford gets higher ,JUDAS PRIEST / but u can not fault this guys voice
ANY era.
DeGarmo was brilliant. His writing is terribly missed.
Jeff Tate. One extraordinary vocals of all time. And to think they ousted him from the band. That went well. Not. One of my favourites is could have different dad. Reminds me of me and my dad❤❤ But I really believe if she listened to Queen of the Reich it would blow her mind. I think like a lot you so so underrated 😢😢😢
35 years on and this album NEVER, EVER gets old. A masterpiece for the ages.
I love this so great!
This is one of those Rare classics that you can Literally put on Repeat and loop over a dozen times and keep on going...One of my favorites of all time.
@@Stratos53100 amen! 🤘🤘🤘
My God. Has it been that long?
😵💫😳🥺🤦♂️
Right?! Makes me realize I'm old, though.. 🤣
One of the best vocalists ever to grace microphone.
Absolutely!!! Powerful Profound Devine sounding
And Ronnie James Dio!
Don't forget Freddie Mercury!
💯000,000
@@chickimac1better than Dio
I really love seeing people get chills hearing music that has given me that feeling for over 30 years
its awesome. I totally agree. It is obvious how impactful Geoffs voice to her. Theres never been anyone like him
YES!
Agree. It’s timeless. Never to be seen again. The guitar playing is legendary.
100% agree 🙂
The only problem with Mindcrime is now it makes me feel old. 🤣 So lucky to have seen Queensryche on the Empire tour when they played Mindcrime in its entirety. I was in highschool. Speak always knocks my socks off!
Not enough people know about Queensryche, and it's such a shame. They're a criminally underrated band
I couldn't agree more!
I mean at one time they were in constant radio and mtv rotation. They were bigger than sliced bread. Same management as Metallica. Q prime.
The shit fell apart with the grunge era and they fell apart.
Nice to see them getting recognized again though.
I think it's a MindCrime
Yeah ignore People that is Eyes of a Stranger please let it go on...its kind of perfection of signing and probably everything else .most undertited drummer ever...Scott Rockenfield..enough said best ever group .....not topped...Best band ever..quality is..topnotch..disagree?? You cant..perfection as it always has been..😂😊
I was listening to them in the 80s
Queensryche with Geoff Tate and Chris DeGarmo was one of the all time great metal/rock bands!🤘
Ever.
@@LETSTALKENTERTAINMENT You're not wrong. Tate now seems more like a lounge singer, but back then they were great. Tate let the ego take him over
Todd Le Torre is a great frontman for the band, caught them a few years ago, opening for Scorpions and he held his own !!!
You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.
@@Etherman11 That's ridiculous, you're completely wrong. Tate still Kicks ass have seen him on the recent Rage / Empire tour. He was fantastic.
1. These guys are amazing live. 2. This album is a masterpiece. 3. They performed the whole album...theatrics and all, Tate in a wheelchair and straightjacket. One of the best professional shows I've ever see. Them, Rush and Tool. So worth every penny...so so incredible.
So - I've listened to metal since the 80s - and even to this day, where I've listened to more music - Operation: Mindcrime remains the sole "perfect" album that simply has NO bad songs - especially if you listen from start to finish - in order, because it's also a concept album - so it all tells a story. Operation: Mindcrime is the perfect album. I can't emphasize that enough - and would listen to it on repeat.
Where I'm from, (Massachusetts) one of our longest running and most famous rock radio stations (94 hjy) never played just 1 so g from this opus. They would play the entire album. It became an event that they would announce prior to its playing.
100% agree. I think Death's Human is also perfect and Ride the Lightning is pretty damn close.
100% agree \m/
Can't even count how many times I've listened to this and all the others.... First song I heard from QR was Warning, been hooked ever since 👍
I agree, if I hear a song from the album, I have to go back and listen to the entire thing. It’s perfect.
Untouchable. Everything about this record is perfect. The vocals, the musicianship, the context, the album and the track itself. Utterly wonderful, especially if it's the album version. It gives me chills every time, and it's been 35 years!
I get chills every time he says "...the rosary wrapped around your throat". Every. Single. Time.
Operation: Mindcrime is, without question, one of the greatest metal albums ever made. You really have to listen to it at least once from beginning to end, so you can hear the story woven through the individual songs.
There's no way anyone could listen to this album only once, lol. First time I heard this album, I knew I had to have it.
@@michaelb1761 Absolutely! This album was wayyy ahead of it's time.
Definitely an album that is meant to be listened to beginning to end. I concur; One of the greatest metal albums ever made. Timeless.
i disagree you need to listen to it thousands of times
I bought it when it was released, and it is still in heavy rotation to this day!
This album needs to be listened to in it's entirety to be appreciated.
The best way is with earphones, no distractions, and reading the lyrics along with the music. It's an incredible journey, and no one has come close since.
No reading lyrics necessary. Growing up listening to this you just know them by heart.
OPERATION : MINDCRIME, one of THE greatest conceptual albums of ALL time. In my top 5 favorite conceptual discs, for sure.
If you had a 2 hour podcast, you would have the time to do Operation: Mindcrime ...
I would listen to you break down full albums.
That would be amazing. I learn so much watching you.
I agree. Hard to get the whole story without all of the songs.
A reaction to 1 song a day would be enough to make me happy. It would also give her time to dig more deeply into each song.
Operation Mindcrime is a concept album every song leads into the next and all tell a story
Agreed. It's impossible to appreciate Operation: Mindcrime from individual songs.
This bass line is awesome. The tone devine.
I'm dying. 🤣 I love that experts in vocals are discovering Tate so many years later. He was the best in rock during this time period.
This was the best “raw” album. Empire was more polished and gained more accolades, but this was the best display of their talent, IMO.
Him and Don Dokken were right at the top in my opinion. A legendary band for sure.
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"Suite Sister Mary" is the centerpiece of this album, and a great duet between Geoff and Pamela Moore, who plays Sister Mary on the album, and in many live performances.
My most most favorite song of theirs!
That song is perfect, easily one of the best things ever set to vinyl.
I agree, and her voice is just amazing too.
Absolutely and Pamela is such a nice person to chat with. You shoudl check out both her 'metal albums called 'Resurrect Me' and 'Behind the Veil'
Agree. And Elizabeth should listen to the live version from the original Mindcrime tour.
I was never trained in any vocals, but when I was 15 years old and saw them at a Kiss concert, I knew he wasn't any run of the mill metal vocalist. I was hooked. I'm 53 now and I can say that this is the one album I listened to more than any other. #1 Album for me of all time. A masterpiece.
I saw them once and was really impressed. I probably would have never gone to a show on my own, but I had some friends who were big fans.
I saw them open for Riot and Kiss in 1984 too! It was on my birthday! Really liked them and then Operation: Mindcrime came out and I've been hooked since.
I wore at least one of these cassettes out in hs.
You're going to get a billion of these, but "Operation: Mindcrime" is a massive concept album. Story driven from beginning to end. Even if you can't comment on the entire album, do yourself a favor and listen from beginning to end. Love your content!
Nothing else needs to be said. You nailed it. Mindcrime as an album is fantastic start to finish
Unbelievable masterpiece of an album. I still listen to it this day. Probably the best concept album ever
It really needs to be taken in beginning to end to grab everything out of it. This is definitely a shortened version of the original
100% Agreed. Do yourself the favor and listen to the entire album top to bottom. It’s a masterpiece!
You can't teach perfection.
Operation Mindcrime is the holy grail of rock n roll .
I have a bootleg of Queensryche in Japan called " Operation Perfectcrime.
It is outstanding.
Operation: Mindcrime is a front to back masterpiece. Fates Warning is also one of the godfathers of prog metal. I got into both bands around the same time in the 80's and I fell in love with the genre back then. The intricacies, time changes and mix of classical elements were huge for me as a kid. I was able to see both bands on tour a couple years ago and it was kind of a dream come true. Both bands were amazing. Ray Alder (singer for Fates Warning) still sounds amazing 30+ years later. Of course, as does Todd LaTorre.
Oh man, Fates Warning were incredible too!
It’s a rock opera. And creepy too! Yay!
Fates and queens were incredible discoveries for my Life but in my opinion nobody can beat Tates voice when He was in this fase . Impossible notes.
Awesome tone.
Fates Warning Awaken the Guardian is in my top 5 all time albums. John. Arch was their best singer and left way to soon.
I'm glad someone else besides me has mentioned Fates Warning.
Fates Warning would be a fantastic choice. I still remember never hearing them, only reading a description and blindly throwing on no exit and while thinking this is pretty good for the first half the ivory gate of dreams sold me on the band especially the Quietus movement.
This is not just a song. You NEED to listen from start to finish the whole album. GO. We'll wait.
Yeah!
And then listen to it again. And then listen to it again. And again. Again .. again .. again ..
@@bghammock That's what I've been doing since 1988
@@jariel1031 same!
YES!!! Operation Mindcrime definitely an experience.... and listen to it with headset!!!
Geoff Tate’s voice is like butter melting on warm toast. He has power and expressiveness.
Awesome analogy! 🤘
Geoff Tate is one of the best lead vocalists I've ever heard, of any genre. His voice is so distinctive and easy to pick out of a crowd.
Check out Daniel Heiman
Midnight of Crimson Glory has More range. And CG is the true Prog Metal Cult
Midnight and Tate are icons!!!!
No one can touch them these day’s of the male singers and even the female or other genders are no match for these metalgods
An up an coming female vocalist that just gets better every song they release is Melody in Liliac. It's a family band that's all siblings, extremely talented. They've released at least 2 of their own albums and have done a number of covers, including Dio, Maiden, Metallica and a few others. Even Dio's family love her covers.
If you ever listened to the song resulting from RJD's Hearing Aid project back in the 1980s, there was pretty much Geoff Tate & then everyone else. No mistaking him. If you like guitar, it was the same with Yngwie Malmsteen on that project. So many metal gods were involved in that. If you're not old enough to remember those Ethiopian hunger days, you really should seek it out. Probably on TH-cam. Haven't checked.
The whole album is required listening. It tells a whole story and listening to only this track is like catching the last 10 minutes of a 2 hour movie. Mindcrime is THE concept album that all others are judged upon.
Yes that’s right. This album is a concept album. Each song is like a chapter in a book or a movie scene. In this clip the music got cut out early.
The cinematic sound design was deliberate ahead of many bands at the time. Tons of production value. It was and is only done by progressive bands. Back when listening to music for hours and buying albums was an activity to loose yourself and take a trip.
If you listen 🎧 to the whole album from the start you be assured goosebumps throughout 👌🏼
I also enjoy the singing and musical approach in Rage for Order 1986. Recommended listen too 👋.
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Going to disagree there I think the wall has something to say about that
I would argue 2112 by Rush is that standard but Mindcrime is a close 2nd
Thinking that this was his opera... along with the rest of the band heping him make the one of the greatest cd's.
You should actually do the entire "Operation Mindcrime" album together, the album is a story, everytime I hear anything from that record I close my eyes and a little movie (I made up in my head back when this album came out, with a young me in the lead role , of course. Lol) but the entire album is meant to be heard together.
I was hooked on Mindcrime and the band period. I also felt that they were so underrated. In fact, I just purchased the box set with Video Mindcrime and the Operation Mind Crime live performance the other day because my original disappeared.
Seconded
1st full listen to Mindcrime was also my 1st true "holy sh*t....." reaction to an album.
Im 34 now and The first Queensryche song I ever heard was Mindcrime...it blew me away. I was 10 when I heard it....incredible.
Agreed! Listening to the mindcrime album in its entirety and in the right order is an incredible experience.
Her reactions are so sensual and honest!!!! She’s awesome
Watching you hear this for the first time gave me a perma-smile. Geoff Tate is amazing.
"I feel like I'm in the middle of a horror story"
That's exactly what this album was, at its core.
"No happy endings like they always promised"
So dark, but really one of the best albums from beginning to end of the last 30 years or so.
EXACTLY what I said out loud when she said that!!
It’s what’s happening now . The foreshadowed the current events of now. Catholic Church , govt mind control , how it’s all culminating .
It’s George Orville’s 1984. Read the book. It’s what operation mindcrime is set to.
This is probably their single most popular tune besides "Silent Lucidity" but, I'm telling you, and your other listeners, that "Suite Sister Mary" from the same album (but you'll want to see the LIVE version from "Operation: Livecrime") is the one you will be stunned by. You know I've suggested it a lot, I hope your other listeners will help me by requesting this particular Queensryche cut.
But thank you for this one, too. :)
Good recommendation. I second it!
Kind of amazed it wasn't the most popular for the purpose of a break down.
Eyes of a stranger is a great entry to Operation: Mindcrime. But I agree Suite Sister Mary is the highlight of the album from its lyrical quality, vocal range and just compositional greatness.
It’s only downside is it’s SO important to the story of the album, that it feels strange sitting in ONLY on that song, where it needs the full album (IMHO) for maximum immersion. 🤷🏻♂️
I’d like to see how she would break down the choral parts of that song, and the singer who handles Mary’s parts.
Agreed 100%. The LiveCrime version.
Geoff Tate in the '80s, '90s and even early 2000s was unstoppable. There was nothing he couldn't do. His voice has aged a little over the years, but having seen him live a few times in the past few years, he's still one of the best vocalists out there.
Queensryche "I Don't Believe In Love" Another viciously exquisite track.
viciously exquisite....I love it. an absolute perfect description
Right on brother!!
Speak is another amazing vocal track by Geoff tate
@@severeweathercenterx I would love to see what Elizabeth thinks of Speak too. It's been in my head for days. Lol.
“Eyes of a Stranger” is a great song on its own, but it’s really out of context without the whole album, if you’re trying to understand the lyrics and the emotions. But yeah - Geoff Tate. An absolute master.
Yeah I came here to say this.
Listening to any one song from this album in isolation totally undermines the album.
Absolutely must listen front to back.
This^^^ and
This^^
Prescient as well as historically accurate album.
How many thousand listens ?
Edit: and this should still be a big budget movie.
To me, it was interesting and brought a new view of the song by listening it with someone who had no context of the album
Perspective is everything. Hearing only one track from this album does tend to undermine its overall sonic picture. Agree that the whole album would need to be reviewed in this depth. I’d be interested to hear it though 👍
Mindcrime at the Moore is what you need to watch
I love when someone is about to experience something extremely awesome for the first time and you already know what's coming.
The Warning and Rage for Order were the building blocks for the success of Queensryche. They've always been great individually. It was when they came together is when they became awesome...and now we appreciate ALL that they've done.
Operation Mindcrime is incredible. She should listen to the album. I love how expressive and intelligent she is and how she is getting surprised by what we all knew about Geoff Tate.
Just to echo others, Operation: Mindcrime is a masterpiece. This version of Eyes was the made for MTV version. The original is longer that has a climax at the end.
The climax at the end on the album version is one of my favorite album closers ever. The culmination of all the rehashed thematic elements ending with that final sound effect (won't spoil it for those who haven't heard it yet) just blasted me out of my chair when I first heard it, and it still gives me chills. So much better than the abrupt fade out.
"I remember now."
@@AndrewD3382 revolution...
@@AndrewD3382 scared the shit out of me first time i heard it
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Me too bro.🤣
@@AndrewD3382 AMEN!!!!
Like more people already suggested, do the entire album. It really is a monumental piece of art
It’s absolutely incredible piece of art that accurately describes the type of world that we would be living in 30 years later. Is acutely scary how a band in 1985 could predict and portray the world in 2020 and 2021
In my top 5 albums all time!
You do really need to hear the album to get the full context and emotion of this song.
We adore Geoff Tate's voice as well! Thanks for bringing this to a whole different generation!
“It sound like he’s in some sort of mental institution.”
Yep. The album starts and ends in a mental hospital.
Operation: Mindcrime is an absolute masterpiece both musically and lyrically and possibly the greatest concept album ever written. Geoff Tate’s vocals carry so much emotion throughout the album.
I saw them years ago on the Operation: Livecrime tour where they played the album front to back and it was amazing. I still listen to the CD regularly and I urge you to find a copy, not “Live at the Moore” which is good but Operation: Livecrime is better in my opinion. It’s a magnificent performance by the entire band but Tate’s vocals are just phenomenal throughout.
Geoff Tate is an elite, top notch vocalist. Operation Mindcrime is a masterpiece.
As previously stated by all the other comments, Operation: Mindcrime is an unbelievable album. Even if you don't react to the whole thing, you haaaave to listen to it in full at some point. Probably my favorite of all time.
Have to agree. This album is a pure masterpiece and is my all time favorite from any artist.
I was fortunate enough to enjoy this album on vinyl....in a room filled with candles, while on headphones.....no lie
So beautiful. Geoff Tate is a master and this band is glorious. This is one of the great albums of the 80s. Thank you for highlighting them!
I feel truly sorry for anyone who hasn't experienced this whole operatic masterpiece in its entirety. It is as much a current events piece as it was when it was released, and features a true virtuoso voice. There isn't a single track that doesn't give me chills.
Man, I totally agree with you. Really a master piece and it needs to be heard from beginning to end to truly understand the message....
I'm a 52 year old metaller, I remember when this album came out I 88 I think and I could not stop listening to it, it is an absolute classic. Not one bad song, at the time Iron Maiden brought out 7th son, and I remember Steve Harris saying that they could have done better comparing it to Queensryches Operation Mind crime, it never gets old, and Geoff Tate my god what a singer.. Thanks Elizabeth on such a professional analysis...
some of the best metal vocalists have come from the UK, for some reason
Dickinson, Dio, Halford, Ozzy, and maybe even Lemmy if you want to count them as metal
for some reason i always remember that Queensrÿche is british, and then go all "what, US has some actually good music, too..."
Me too, I was on my 20s as a student early 90s. I used to play Operation Mjndcrime CD middle of the night at 2-3 am. Played it hard ! .. Until my next door neighbour banged on my wall 😂
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I was charged for disturbing the peace back in the 90s for jamming queensryche lol
@@konobuzoggu239 Queensryche is from Seattle.
"Suite Sister Mary" would be the next logical step exploring Queensryche. It's the core of the Mindcrime-album, far beyond the trodden paths of Rock music, it's an Opera that will give you goose pimples, and all Queensryche fans are burning to get your assessment of Pam's voice! Please Elizabeth, don"t let us wait too long! You can't avoid it anyway :-)
Absolutely. My favorite song on "Mindcrime". Pamela Moore is great
Yes, please!!
Great, great song.
I agree!
The entire album is suitable for framing.
As a guy who grew up on this 35 year ago, it's so cool to hear your analysis. Geoff is classically trained and the fact that you immediately picked up on the dipthongs confirms that you know your stuff. This guy set the vocal bar back in the 80s, whether people realize it or not. Love your content!
This entire album Operation: Mindcrime, from beginning to ending is truly a wonderful experience. Many people probably have suggested that you listen the whole thing. Do yourself a favor. This album has been out for decades its message is as poignant today as it was then. Eyes of a Stranger is the final song of the cyclical story of how protagonist ended up in that hospital. I watch enough of your videos to know you love stories. And Geoff Tate is playing the main character of a tragic love story.
Also, Operation: Livecrime their release of the entire album live. I still have the VHS and CD of Operation: Livecrome box set on my Bookshelf. lol. i don't have a VHS or cd player anymore :)
This album has been on my list since I was a child driving to mountains with my uncle. As my understanding of the story and message increased as I got older I liked it that much more. Do yourself a favor, nerd out, you will not regret it.
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Just to Add to this, the album was an experiment and is essentially a rock opera and meant to be listened from beginning to end. for this reason reviews when released were mixed you either loved it as I did or you did not like it because you did not understand the concept. It is one of my all-time favorite albums.
I was lucky enough to see the tour livecrime was recorded at,.....Absolutely Amazing show
She makes several references to the lyrics here. Coming from a concept album you can't look at the lyrics strictly from this song but need to look at them in the context of the whole album. The lines about him looking into the mirror and staring into the eyes of a stranger are about him not recognizing himself as he remembers everything he did in the story. The line "rosary wrapped around your throat" is a reference to an earlier song where he finds Sister Mary hanging. The character in the story is definitely tortured.
Shock, I agree - but the lyrics work on several levels.
And knowing the story explains the emotion he puts into his singing, how he colors certain words, showing horror, shock, sarcasm, regret, pain, longing, feeling lost, etc.
i forgot that. Sister Mary was hung by the throat.... now the question was by whom. I don't recall that it gave an answer. She was strangled- not hung.
Just like Tate's voice, this album is a rollercoaster of emotions that can make you head bang, cry, hope, and contemplate over and over again. Strongly recommend a whole album review. The story is intense!
I love Geoff Tate's voice. I've been a huge fan since the beginning. It's amazing to me that they never fully got the recognition they deserved.
It's so great watching you and listening to you appreciating the pure vocal talent Geoff has. He still gives me goosebumps, I feel his voice in my soul. Nobody else even comes close.
Geoff tate was "vocally untouchable" in his day. Queensryche was and underrated band for its time. Operation Mindcrime 1 and 2 is a must have LP, ahead of its time conceptual masterpiece
Of late, he has built his voice back. The music he has done with Sweet Oblivion is fantastic.
@FatalPies midnight was in class of his own. It’s a shame we didn’t get to hear his voice mature
I saw QR opening for Metallica in Detroit on the Justice tour. QR sounded better that night. But what a show from both.
Truth!
@FatalPies funny that you constantly have to go on Queensryche's reaction videos to mention Midnight.
It's as if you're over compensating
Geoff was a cut above- 33 years later I still get chills
FINALLY A VOCAL COACH REACTS TO THIS SONG. Geoff Tate in his prime was untouchable.
Especially The Warning & Rage For Order sessions.
Geoff Tate is an incredible singer has an intense yet subtle sweet beautiful voice hard to explain what you feel when you hear him sing, especially back in the Day of his prime, he might be the most incredible rock singer ever and the operation Mindcrime albums priceless listened to it a ton back in the day
"I Don't Believe In Love" is another great song from this album. This album could've been made into a movie. The story is so compelling.
I was just thinking the same! I would absolutely watch a movie of the O:M story!
@@robertbankus2138 it was made into a movie... i dont know if you can find it on ebay or not but it was like 45 minutes long and came out on dvd back in the day
@@johnjasmin734 I had it on VHS….
A lot of recognition should be given to Chris DeGarmo the lead guitarist for his background vocals as well because his voice really complements Geoff Tate's voice. This album is their best IMHO.
Hands down THE BEST!!!!!
Love Empire as well though!!!
Hmm between this and rage for order....hard to say which is the better album. Rage for order had a lot of good songs though missed the story mindcrime has...either way i agree this was their pinnacle..
Absolutely! DeGarmo is killer at being able to create atmosphere and blistering solos that fit the track perfectly…they blaze but don’t overdo it, just long enough to enjoy but not bore you, etc. including his rhythm playing, very unique riffs and you know it’s him for sure just by hearing the style. Chris is definitely an unsung hero in metal
Was looking through the comments hoping someone would say it!! Chris got entirely overlooked. He really puts the finishing touches on Geoff's sound.
Best concept album of all time (IMO). I literally gasped out loud when I saw this was the next video. One of my all time favorite bands, and I can’t even count the number of times I’ve seen them live. I’m so excited for this video! 🤘🏻🖤🤍
I sincerely appreciate how you seem like you have never heard these songs before. Growing up listening to this music, I guess I forget this was a little before your time. Geoff Tate has one of the best voices in all of music.
Operation: Mindcrime is a complete story, start to finish. Essentially you are “starting” with the final chapter, so the institution might seem out of context for the song. I’d highly suggest giving the entire album a listen to appreciate the fantastic story (as well as the phenomenal music and vocals). This truly is one of the greatest, if not THE greatest concept albums ever made, and I’m a Rush fan, but this one album turned me into a Queensryche fan for life. I became a loyal member of their “Empire” fan club and saw them about 15 times live, including backstage meets with the band. Absolutely one of the best bands in my book.
Completely agree. While every song on the album is great as a stand alone song... to fully appreciate each song, it should be listened to in its entirety. Hands down the best concept album ever, in my opinion. A whole album review would be awesome, but I would really like to see something from MTV Unplugged reviewed. Since it's a live acoustic performance, she can get a really good dose of Tate's vocal abilities without too much production added. Though from the 3 songs she's reviewed, I can tell she picks up on all the glorious expression and nuances that make his voice one of the purest and best in rock/metal.
My wife won’t listen to it anymore, because she keeps hoping Mary makes it….
Breaks her heart every time…
Also, i just did a cover of I Don’t Believe in Love
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@@allendean9807 Nice job on the cover
@@DD-ef2os thank you! I might try my hand at some classic Dokken next… any thoughts on which song i could attempt?
@@allendean9807 My favorites are Just Got Lucky and Into the Fire... but whatever you're feelin', go for it. 🤘
Operation: Mindcrime is Queensryche's magnum opus, and was when Geoff Tate was at the peak of his powers. It's also one of the best concept albums in rock, ever. This whole album was my absolute favorite album, period, for quite a few years back in the day. If you want to do a review of the entire album, they had a concurrent release of a live rendition of the album, called Operation: Livecrime. Could be really interesting to go through the entire album, listening to them perform it live when the album was new.
I love this album so much. Criminally under-rated. The entire album is just so perfect.
Huh? How is it under rated? It's commonly thought of as one of the greatest metal and concept albums of all time and has sold well over a million copies.
Yeah not underrated at all. It's very much loved and respected in the metal community.
Epic band, epic song and album start to finish. You will never hear another band like this again.
"Anybody Listening?" is by far one of Tate's better vocal performances. It is also highly underrated.
I love listening to “Walk in the Shadows” from Rage to Order, then “Eyes of a Stranger”, then “Anybody Listening” to hear Tate’s vocal evolution. Another underrated gem is “Real World” from the Last Action Hero soundtrack.
It’s my favorite Queensryche song of all time
I love that song.
Totally agree
That look on your face when it hits the chorus…now you’re feeling what I felt the first time I heard this record. I envy people like yourself, who get to hear this for the first time. It’s still my favorite record to this day, and always will be.
Geoff Tates voice was brilliant and it's so much fun to see her falling in love with him and his voice.
Same! I love watching people listen to him. I know the falling in love feeling. His voice is god tier!
To See One who never had been allowed to make it through what the Media wants you to think Metal is, to See them Realize something So Incredibly Profound, so Unexpected, Like gently reaching for and pulling out a stick of gum and SMACK, YOUR FINGER IS SNAPPED WITH A FULL SIZE MOUSE TRAP HOOKED UP TO 50,OOO VOLTS !
BUT
In a very Enjoyable way........
It's fun, but does she known that he's had operatic training?!?!
@@lulumoon6942 Geoff Tate as well as other members,, took lessons from Maestro David Kyle...
One Breath In, One Breath Out
@@sparkynm156 thanks for the specifics!
The look on your face with every Queensryce song you that you react to. I have seen them live several times. Geoff Tate is the most soothing, intense, beautiful voice I know !! But hands down my favorite, queensryce concert was in a theater !!!! Merrillville Indiana, they performed, Operation Mindcrime 1 & 2. It was amazinnnnng. Geoff's voice echoed thru that theater, it was beautiful,,, rock/opera. He knows how to use the acutics in a theater very well. Living in Indiana in the 90s not a lot of my friends listened to queensryce (just the cools ones) had heard of. But I lived in Washington and another of people listened to them ad turned me on this journey loving this band. I love all queensryce music (especially Chris DeGarmo/Geoff Tate). I would suggest. Operation mind crime 1 & 2 back to back in private. So you can 25:1 listen straight thru on your headphones. Then listen to Jet City Women, EMPIRE.. definitely this one.. maybe then Bridge.. so many though I'd be here all day !! Have fun discovering more of their music !!
As good as Tate was, DeGarmo's harmonies were perfection.
Absolutely!
Yup!!!! His guitar work isn't too shabby either.....lol
Yes!!
For context the beginning of this song is actually flipping you back to the beginning of the album. I can understand the odd noises and imagery on the video dont make much sense without knowing the entire story laid out on the Mindcrime album. Trust all of us Elizabeth when we say you really need to listen to this entire masterpiece. Its a rock oprea and you would appricate it. And make a video so we can watch you nerd out. The entire band is at the top of their game. Tate's vocals relate this story in a way that no other singer could do. Love your vids.
I’m in love with how you you appreciate Queensrÿche and Geoff Tate’s vocals in every aspect and detail.
I know im late to the party, but queensryche are the reason i started playing guitar. In 1994, when i was 11, i saw an ad in a magazine with a guitar shaped like their logo so i bought this album the next week. 2 weeks later i got my first guitar.
Chris DeGarmo harmonized really well with Geoff Tate. It gave those songs such a good sound live.
Absolutely, and they synced the accompanying video behind them which made for a mind blowing experience 🎸
This song changed my life as a teenager, in terms of music. It took hold of me in 1988 and I never looked back. I saw the video and I just didn't understand why everyone didn't love them. He was at his peak in the late 80s.
Geoff Tate is undoubtedly a master vocalist. Nice to see the appreciation.
I can’t stress enough how you really need to hear the whole album start to finish. It tells a very compelling story , with each song a chapter. Please check it out. I’ll bet you’ll become a fan, just as we are.
The whole Operation Mindcrime album is an absolute Masterpiece. It's Queensryche's work for eternity. I'm feel very blessed that i saw them live back in the day as opener for Metallica when it was released and then on the Empire Tour as headliner on the absolute top of their musicianship.. What a god like blast this had been, except Satriani, i've never seen better musicians live..
Sometimes i wish you would hear the songs at first without analysing and then once again with your expertise, just to see how your emotional reaction is.. Because there a so much songs wich brought me to tears or hilarious laughter at first listening..
I saw them on the same tour when they opened for Metallica in Columbus Ohio... then later more than once as headliners
My 1st concert ever…Queensryche/Metallica, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY. I only wish I knew more about Mindcrime before I heard them. Needless to say, crowd was there for ‘Tallica. Opening band didn’t get a lot of love.
Operation Mindcrime is one of the best albums ever recorded. All the songs relate to tell a story. It’s brilliant.
If people realized the opera training and him having a 5 octave range… Geoff put in the work and this album is an absolute masterpiece… promised land is a close second. Bands amazing
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Geoff is on tour right now and at 64 years old , his haunting voice is still so powerful. Just saw him in Clearwater Fl 01-15-2023 and what a show. Unfortunately they didn't play eyes of a stranger. This song has been giving me chills for 35 years and my Daughter left the show with a new favorite metal singer. Thank you for doing these videos and giving recognition to one of the all time greats in metal. They are genuine , exciting to watch and It keeps these songs and memories alive. Just love it!
What songs did he sing?
Geoff is almost always on the road. I just saw him last week.
One of my favorite lines of any song ever, "strange how laughter looks like crying with no sound, raindrops taste like tears, without the pain." Another rainy night without you.
Fantastic song.
I have always loved that line too!
Something missing in 97% of new music today- emotion in lyric writing
One night, when you have an hour to kill, put on this album, start to finish, in the dark. My favorite album ever! It’s a masterpiece and a roller coaster.
One of the best voices ever. He is from Seattle. I worked with his sister for about a year. Crazy killer band! Love these guys. So much talent!!! omg
This brilliant...this lady is wonderful and the fact she's talking about one of the greatest songs I;ve ever heard just makes it better..
Definitely a top 10er
Just saw this review. You’re missing out if you don’t do “Suite Sister Mary” it’s the ending of the first act of the album. It features Pamela Moore who plays “Mary” and her part and her performance is absolutely amazing. The back and forth vocals tell the tragic story of their failed attempt to get away from the life they’re stuck in together.
The reason it feels like the song should keep going is because it basically does. Operation Mindcrime is a concept album from start to finish. Each track continues the story, this is why you'll see so many people suggesting a full album reaction, front to back.
Another fav off this incredible album is Suite Sister Mary.
I don’t like this short version of the song. After hearing the album version it just cries out the final sound effects ”REVOLUTION!!!!... ...
I remember now”.
All of what Lojak and Olli just said. 100%
@@OlliLeino_sportstuff Yep, this _edit_ is *horrible* 😣!
No, the reason is that the video was a singles version and some of the end was cut out. However, there is nothing after this song. It is the last one on Mindcrime.
"His voice is extraordinary."
^This right here. I love watching Elizabeth being introduced to Geoff Tate and Queensryche, as a whole. The band itself is extraordinary. I'd love to see her listen to Queen of the Ryche.
I think you need to do a Tea time interview with Geoff Tate. That would be awesome!!
That'd be amazing. :)
Oh god, yes
Hell yeah!
I feel like you have confirmed what I've known for a long time: Queensryche is one of the greatest progressive metal bands of all time, and Geoff Tate is a lyrical and vocal genius.
The passion of this entire album is epic!
I’m 51 and I feel like I am a teenager every time I hear this band! Epic.
Well said, im 51 as well, It and this song is Timeless....just as Epic today as it was from day 1.
I've heard this song a hundered times and it always gives me chills as if I'm hearing it for the first time. Absolutely love Queensryche.
Geoff was a vocal god back then. This is my favourite album ever. The song Suite Sister Mary is a must to react to. It also features Pamela Moore.
I just realized how fascinating this is when Elizabeth allows you to rediscover songs you've probably heard for hundreds of times and now these songs are in a way like brand new ones you want to listen to again and again 😃
I was having fun rediscovering the video, I hadn't seen that in decades.
Got to do “Suite Sister Mary” if you choose another single song from the album, although a complete start to finish album breakdown in its entirety will melt all our minds (yours too). Even us decades long fans. ❤️🇦🇺🤘
I read "1984" when I was 14 and this album a few years later, brought a ton of that back to me. I always thought they had so many similarities. The album was kind of a 1984ish opera to me. The album tells a complete story if you were to just read or listen to the lyrics. This final song just tied the whole thing for me. Love ,love her reactions as always.
They knew, they knew.
@@midnightgreen8319 4 Sure
I know this comment is buried under many other comments but the entire Operation: Mindcrime album is a must listen. It tells a story that will give you another perspective on this video. The stories they tell on Operation: Mindcrime are a provocative time capsule of 80s and 90s political, religious and pop culture. Some of the songs could be written today with just a few minor tweaks.
An entire album breakdown would be fun and I'm sure everyone would watch but at least listen to it on your own time. The entire band is so good and the album really is a journey.
These guys did not fool around with their music. There was a lot of thought and talent poured into their work. Great band. One of my all time favorites.
This album always brings me to tears. The music, the vocals, the lyrics, the story. It all combines to create the ultimate masterpiece of an album. Love this band
From beginning to end an absolute masterpiece!