Drummer reacts to "Operation: Mindcrime" by Queensryche

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@CousinWhatIsIt 11 ай бұрын

It is a concept album that tells a story, and this song is close to the beginning, so I would go back and start from the beginning of the album and go in order if possible. This is one of my favorite albums of all time, seriously in top 10. The intro riff to "Speak" was the music used in a common MTV bumper that played a dozen times a day for several years.

@L33Reacts 11 ай бұрын

Sweet I love concept albums. I'll definitely do the whole album. Sometime next week! I loved this so I bet the rest of the album will be great too.

@HocusPocusFocus69 10 ай бұрын

The amazing thing about this album is that the storyline is just as (if not more) relevant today as it was when the album first came out.

@darrylbirt6049 8 ай бұрын

One of the greatest albums ever made!

@Capitaomac1 11 ай бұрын

Man, you should do the whole album. This is pure gold.

@L33Reacts 11 ай бұрын

Long time no see! Haha I'm gonna do the whole album next month! I've been addicted to this song since the video lol

@AndyHoke 10 ай бұрын

A top concept album. The band was incorrectly lumped in with grunge.

@arrogantprickly 5 ай бұрын

@@L33Reacts If you like this song that much, the album might be your favorite of all-time. They build on this musical theme. Virtually all the songs are crazy good. You're losing time that could otherwise be spent listening to this album. Recommend getting your reaction on video for posterity if nothing else.

@RandyPeterson 11 ай бұрын

"Take Hold of the Flame" live in Tokyo . You'll thank me

@dmoody0403 9 ай бұрын

Nearly 40 years later, O:MC is still THE concept album. I listen to a lot of new metal, but Queensryche still gets played almost weekly. They never get old.

@donlengel4770 10 ай бұрын

Dude the whole album. Check it out.

@leddygee1896 11 ай бұрын

This album is worth a listen for sure. The album before it "Rage For Order" is also just as good...

@L33Reacts 11 ай бұрын

Sweet I'll add it to the list! I'm probably gonna do this album next month some time

@arrogantprickly 5 ай бұрын

C'mon, it's good, but it's not close to Operation Mindcrime.

@Maidiac88 11 ай бұрын

One of the greatest albums of all time! As well as one of the best bands of the 80s and early 90s.

@joseiracheta3817 10 ай бұрын

The music is awesome. The story is even better

@tedalfred9516 8 ай бұрын

This is truly one of the great albums of all time. If you get a chance watch the DVD of operation livecrime...it's the entire 15 songs played live in concert and it is stupendous. There are four or five radio hits off of this album alone that made it huge.

@bjornbear6856 11 ай бұрын

One of the best concept albums of all time! Operation Mindcrime came out in 1988. It follows the story of Nikki, a young man who joins an underground revolution led by Dr X. Nikki becomes the hitman for this group and starts killing people off on orders from Dr X. This song shows Dr X introducing Nikki to become their hitman and to stay by the phone for orders. And the story goes from there... You should really listen to it. The lyrics and music hits you hard in the face like a slap from a world champion of face slapping... (Especially if you are an American, I think) Be safe Björn

@smithpm81 11 ай бұрын

every song on this LP is amazing

@katherinethomas7532 Ай бұрын

I saw Operation Mindcrime live in 92' Still the best concert I ever been too.

@richardbeaune9158 10 ай бұрын

welcome to the tip of a very deep iceberg. Worth digging deep into this band, this whole album in particular.

@patrickgrant4742 11 ай бұрын

One of the best snare drum sounds out of that era.

@L33Reacts 11 ай бұрын

It sounds tasty as hell. And the whole song is catchy too. I really enjoyed it

@dennismoore3383 11 ай бұрын

This is their most metal sounding album. Also a concept album masterpiece. The album before this (Rage For Order) is my favorite and it's much more proggy. The album after (Empire) was their greatest success. Their debut EP has some metal sounding stuff on it.

@bevbash68 11 ай бұрын

I saw them live about 4 times, you neeeeeed to check out 'Operation Livecrime' the album is something else. Absolutely loved this band and Geoff Tates' vocals are just sublime. Great reaction btw! x

@L33Reacts 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate that so much 🙏 I'll definitely check it out. I absolutely LOVED the vocal harmonies here. Top shelf stuff right there. (I've listened to this song 7 times since I recorded this last night lol)

@csphoenix9 10 ай бұрын

Whole album is on Fire

@goathair33 11 ай бұрын

The whole record is awesome!

@smithpm81 11 ай бұрын

the first song on the LP revolution calling is sooooooo relevant to the world today PLEASE react to this song

@msteele0 5 ай бұрын

The 80's were the best decade in music IMO. BY FAR!!!!

@shweetpotato 8 ай бұрын

you just have to listen to the whole album...SOOOO awesome, I'm an 80's girl, nice to see your channel

@jayslack41 7 ай бұрын

This is the best front to back album ever created

@purplekat5864 11 ай бұрын

Check out one of their early songs "Take Hold of the Flame" live in Tokyo 1984 ! Geoff was about 25 yrs old and the rest of the guys were about 20. It's at the beginning of their careers but they were so tight, even then. Geoff sang primarily in his higher range then (he hits three E5's, and he's actually a baritone)! In later albums he brings in more of his lower register which is really warm and rich. In his prime he had a 4-octave range I believe! And no one can belt like him! Perfect tone, pitch, power, vibrato, intensity, etc! And Scott's drumming is crazy good! My favorite instrument. I see you're a drummer, yea! ALL the guys are just fantastic! SO many songs to choose from! But, thats a start.

@HocusPocusFocus69 10 ай бұрын

This is my all-time favorite concept album.

@Raiderblack 11 ай бұрын

You need to hear Queen of the Ryche to understand how they came into the world and hit the radio with a fucking crowbar! We were like ...who the hell are these guys? and is that singer from another dimension? Over the years they developed their real voice... But a great band out of Seattle before Seattle became the grunge capital...

@kennethcelorio4937 10 ай бұрын

My son was born when this song came out. He's 32 now.

@smithpm81 11 ай бұрын

wouldnt say prog, but defo a concept album

@purplekat5864 11 ай бұрын

I'm so glad youre going to do a whole album reaction of O:M!!! I've been listening to this album for over 3 decades and I never get tired of it (or ANY of QR's music, original lineup) and it always sounds fresh and relative, even today! Saw them live and met them many times -- great guys and BEST LIVE PERFORMANCES I've ever seen! Have the lyrics handy when you listen to this album. It's a complicated story told in flashback. The more you listen, the more you hear! Yes, I recommend listening to the songs in sequence. You will understand the lyrics and whats going on emotionally and thematically that way. As for being prog, their music has a distinctive sound, but they are so diverse in their songwriting and musicianship, that I think that makes them "progressive". But, I personally think they have their OWN distinct niche in music, as they are unlike anyone else. Interesting trivia: Eddie Jackson added that little bass riff you commented on anytime there was mention of the main character's (Nikki) drug use. Just a little extra emphasis on that aspect of the storyline. No "meh" songs on the entire album!!! I could go on at great length about these guys, but I'll just say that you won't be disappointed by this album, and I'll be watching for your review of it!

@smithpm81 11 ай бұрын

an amazing LP

@L33Reacts 11 ай бұрын

I'm gonna do the entire album. This sold me on it. 😆

@smithpm81 11 ай бұрын

@@L33Reacts please do, it is a story and you will really connect with the words, it has a catchy riff to each song, and there is prog bit in there. you are amazing mate, you look like my son in law, and i feel connected to you... you have amazing taste

@realtorjames33 9 ай бұрын

Definitely my favorite of all time. It was not a lie, best concept album ever. Once you understand the story of the album you are hooked.. If you like the harmonies here then check out "I don't believe in love" from the same album.. Every instrument is highlighted including the vocals of all near the end.

@jimc3786 5 ай бұрын

Really should do the whole album. . . Easily one of the best concept albums ever.

@TexasKoz 5 ай бұрын

I am sad. This dude was raised without any exposure to Queensryche.

@daveb-j3d 9 ай бұрын

Best concert ever. Operation live crime. Centrum Worcester, MA 1990s

@thomasp4579 11 ай бұрын

I saw Geof Tate on his tour this month in Germany. He played the complete Operation Mindcrime Album together with Songs like "Empire", Silent Lucidity", "Take hold of the flame". He is still as good as I saw him with Queensryche on the Empire tour in 1990 or 1991. The thing is: you can hear Operation Mindcrime right from the beginning up until the end. There will be no weak or average song! I suggest Mission, Breaking the Silence, Eyes of a stranger as the next listenings :-)

@nancymjohnson 10 ай бұрын

Never, ever have I thought of Queensryche as prog. You were spot on when you said it’s rock/metal. They are not prog. I was the music director/DJ at a very popular rock station in a top 5 market, and we would do prog weekends. Queensryche never came up in any meetings or conversations regarding progressive rock. This band is great, don’t get me wrong, but prog they are not. Seen them live half dozen times, and they are tight as hell! ☮️❤️😎🎼

@L33Reacts 10 ай бұрын

I am gonna be doing the whole album around Christmas to new years. I can't wait to tackle it. This track sold me so hard-core on them!!

@L33Reacts 10 ай бұрын

And yeah this is definitely more 80s metal then prog. Maybe some progressive sprinkles here and there but mostly metal

@davidpeters44 11 ай бұрын

Metal band, not really prog. This is from the concept album by the same name. Released 1988. These guys were from neighboring towns East of Seattle, where I grew up. Went to some of the same parties back in early 80's. Chris and Scott were really chill.

@Annastasia666 11 ай бұрын

Holy CRAP! Can't believe you're doing Queensryche!!! OMG! SO much to chose from but you picked the BEST album to start with. SO happy ! Dude, you gotta listen to the entire album front to back. Every song is a keeper and tells the story. SO excited for you to hear the oh so velvet tones of Geoff Tate. GET READY!

@L33Reacts 11 ай бұрын

I can't wait to hear the rest cuz this was SO good. Catchy as hell. I love it. Were gonna do the whole album next month:)

@Annastasia666 11 ай бұрын

@@L33Reactsalso there’s a gorgeous little surprise in this album, vocally, and that’s all I’ll say 🤭🤭 but it’s so mind blowing that this album is extremely relevant to today’s politics in some ways if you pay attention to the lyrics….. oh man do I love music and their makers! And yes it’s very very metal 🤘😈🥰 prog.

@allisterfiend_2112 11 ай бұрын

Geoff Tate had the best metal voice of the 80's, check out their live version of 'Take Hold Of The Flame' filmed in Tokyo around '84 to really hear his voice at it's peak. I'm a big Rush fan but Queensryche's album "Rage For Order" is my favorite album of all time, it was ahead of its time and proggy. (side note...I hated the 'Rage For Order' album when I first heard it but by the third time I was hooked).

@albertlemont5471 11 ай бұрын

Some of favorite drumming from Scott Rockenfield is on the Take hold of the flame track.

@rhinno1969 11 ай бұрын

Mindcrime at the Moore 🤘

@MattKrogmeier 10 ай бұрын

You just have to do this entire album, front to back. This album, and the one that followed, “Empire,” were the high point of this lineup of Queensryche. Chris DeGarmo (the one in the anarchy shirt) was critical to the sound of the band, and when he left after Empire, the band was never the same.

@NewPragmatic 3 ай бұрын

The entire album contains no skips.

@bobbgoldstein9987 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yes great track but the whole album is consodered one of the best concept albums.

@L33Reacts 11 ай бұрын

I'll definitely do the whole album now. I just wanted a taste at first, now i want more! 😅🤣🤣

@louise_rose 11 ай бұрын

Great album! I read rave reviews about it at the time but heard it only a few years later, in the early nineties, just before the Grunge boom exploded from the same city. This is a very ambitious album and one that's stood the test of time. Mother Love Bone's album (issued posthumously after the singer tragically OD'd a week before the scheduled release in early 1990) is completely awesome too, with incredible dynamics, multi-layered sound and superb vocals and lyrics.

@L33Reacts 11 ай бұрын

I am way more knowledgeable about grunge then I am about the stuff I've been exploring. I know MLB was one of the original grunge bands. Layne was a friend of the lead singer I believe. Them bones is supposed to be about him I believe. aic is amazing 👏

@louise_rose 11 ай бұрын

@@L33Reacts You're going to love the rhythm section on the MLB album, it's as bouncy and tight as with Zep or Queen. Greg Gilmore is a superb drummer for sure...😀

@AnDre_ViRuEz 11 ай бұрын

Operation Mindcrime is considered the BEST concept prog metal album of all time. Please react to the entire album you will not regret it. If I had to just pick three more from that album it would be “Speak”, “Eyes of a Stranger” and “Spreading the Desease”

@L33Reacts 11 ай бұрын

I am going to do the full album next month at some point! This one song hooked me instantly lol. It's so damn catchy LOL

@EyeTunz 7 ай бұрын

STOP! Start this album from the beginning and listen to it 30 times in a row. Nobody will blame you if you throw away your CD collection after that.

@JDMeek 11 ай бұрын

Mindcrime is a great record. Listen to the whole thing and catch the storyline. It's just a bit twisted.

@maskmedusa 7 ай бұрын

Dude, you can’t go wrong with anything Queensrÿche from the E.P. up until this album for sure. As others have said, it’s a concept album, so you really need to listen to the entire. It’s not Prog, but yeah, Progressive Metal. If you want more Progressive, check out anything from Rage for Order.

@mythsqueuemusic 8 ай бұрын

You gotta do the whole album!!! You'll lose ur shit lol

@csphoenix9 10 ай бұрын

Please try Fates Warning : Point of View Through Different Eyes Great songs

@alfredwaller3072 6 ай бұрын

Start at the beginning of that album

@marketingTUNEUP 4 ай бұрын

Early stuff is almost cultic. More melodic hits came later. "Take hold the flame live" is the one getting lots of reaction attention and Jet City, Silent Lucidity. Live tunes from Evolution and Art of Live, except flame #1 from Tokyo 84 live. Suggested order roughly to ease into it Take Hold The Flame Live (Live in Tokyo 84 is the one!) Jet City Silent Lucidity Classic Live from Evolution Live! London Live Revolution Calling Live Take hold the flame Walk in the Shadows live Eyes of a Stranger Live The lady wore black Live Damaged Live Greatness not on the radio Hit the bLack Live Open Live Sacred Ground Live Liquid Sky Live I Don't believe in love Live The right side of my mind Live Studio Greatness The art of life You The Hands Disconnected

@HocusPocusFocus69 10 ай бұрын

Dude do yourself a favor and go down the Queensryche rabbit hole. You won't regret it.

@allengator1914 11 ай бұрын

The album must be listened to in it's entirety to get the context, not song by song.

@L33Reacts 11 ай бұрын

Gotcha! I'll do the whole album then. Sometime next month! How can I not after hearing this?? Lol

@billwell9266 11 ай бұрын

Go back and start in the beginning with Queen Of The Reich. Then do couple songs off The Warning and Rage For Order. All awesome albums from beginning to end!

@L33Reacts 11 ай бұрын

Awesome I definitely will! I wanted to give them a spin before diving in a full album but this song totally sold me lol

@smithpm81 11 ай бұрын

every song is perfect, soooooooo cool this LP, and it tells a REAL story about todays politics

@motley22crue 11 ай бұрын

Whole album or just the song?

@L33Reacts 11 ай бұрын

This video is just the song. But after hearing it... I'm down for the album.. lol

@motley22crue 11 ай бұрын

@@L33Reacts That's cool because this album is a concept album which needs to be listened to from beginning to end. You can either listen to it and try to figure out the storyline as you go or you can read about the storyline beforehand... either way, you'll enjoy it thoroughly. There is an "Operation:Mindcrime Part 2" which they released 18 years later in 2006 which wraps up the story but in my opinion doesn't come close to the first one. Intestingly enough, the lead singer here, Geoff Tate, put together a band/project called Operation: Mindcrime specifically for the purpose of a concept trilogy which included the albums The Key (2015), Resurrection (2016) and The New Reality (2017)... all part of the same story. Not sure many people know of it but it's actually really good.

@gregjones861 11 ай бұрын

L33: The opening of the record is an instrumental that leads right into Revolution Calling - those 2 are really one and that's where I'd send you to start.

@L33Reacts 11 ай бұрын

@gregjones861 awesome thanks Greg I'll definitely start at the beginning and do the whole album

@L33Reacts 11 ай бұрын

@motley22crue awesome I'm gonna do the whole thing in one sitting for sure. I love concept albums :) thank you for all the info. This was so good 👍

@mikeholmes5308 10 ай бұрын

What would it take to get you to do the whole album in one sitting, Lee? Every song is better than the rest. Not prog? Consider this... the lyrics for the most part do not rhyme... and you didn't notice...