[HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS] Thursday, October 04, 2012 10:38:16 AM
Same here, I'm a fan of the vocalist Geoff USED to be! He hasn't sung well or wanted to be metal for a long time. And you are right, the band hits the high notes for him now (keyboard player: his wife's ex-husband!). Go back to your CRAParet Geoff and leave the Queensryche name alone, you've damaged it enough
Hell, if you are going to chime in on the convo, at least post something Tate did THIS DECADE! That is him in 2001 on the "Live Evolution" DVD. Easy tell...Tate has hair!
How about the same song this year? Hard to hear but the audience and bandmates hit the high notes here. I am a Tate fan but more the way he was not the way he is now. You only have to watch him do this solo / acoustic version (also online) to know that you are comparing someone who wants to front a heavier band vs. one who now wants to sing cabaret.
[guidogodoy] Thursday, October 04, 2012 2:03:29 AM
Hell, if you are going to chime in on the convo, at least post something Tate did THIS DECADE! That is him in 2001 on the "Live Evolution" DVD. Easy tell...Tate has hair!
How about the same song this year? Hard to hear but the audience and bandmates hit the high notes here. I am a Tate fan but more the way he was not the way he is now. You only have to watch him do this solo / acoustic version (also online) to know that you are comparing someone who wants to front a heavier band vs. one who now wants to sing cabaret.
[Brian_Evans] Thursday, October 04, 2012 12:11:47 AM
there's only one Geoff Tate ...crank this bad-boy!!
you be the judge...
Edited at: Thursday, October 04, 2012 12:41:04 AM
[guidogodoy] Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:14:45 PM
I agree 100% with OM2. I tried to like it but, as i said, it is just a mess. All but two songs left on my iPod ("The Chase" is the second) and, of those, I only actually listen to the one named below. Outstanding tune.
As for the DVDs, I have Livecrime. Damn good and with CHRIS! Special love as I saw the tour. OM2, though?! BLEAH! I couldn't stand more than five minutes of it. Only reason I made it to five minutes was out of amazement and WTF moments! As you say, bad Broadway show. Closest I could get to describing it as well.
I like Empire, but it just doesn't have the edge that the earlier albums have. It just sounds more commercial to me and less metal. I used to listen to The Warning album everyday on my walk across the frozen tundra to my 8am class at MSU. No Sanctuary would play and it was just perfect for that moment. That song has some very intense vocals. Eddie and Whip were thrilled when I told them that The Warning was my favorite. Geoff? Not so much!
I think Geoff has been drinking too much of his shit wine, BTW!! OM2, what a fucking JOKE!! Only listened to it once and couldn't stand it. Did you watch the OM2 DVD? Geoff needs to just give it up and sing on Broadway. It's pretty obvious that THAT is what he really wants to do, although he totally SUCKS as an actor. Operation Mindcrime, now THAT was a KILLER concert!
guidogodoy wrote:
BTW, I pit "Empire" against "The Warning" as I think nothing tops "Operation: Mindcrime." I argue it like I would "The Wall." I love Pink Floyd - MANY earlier songs a few later. However, like OM, I see "The Wall" as an entity rather than individual songs. Sadly, Queensryche couldn't re-create the same magic with OM2. THAT is just a mess of songs to me and I do stress the word "mess."
Still, I think I have posted once or a thousand times that I love "Re-Arrange you!" HAAA!!!
Best comment on this video? "Why are they letting the roadie sing?" LOL!!!!
[hellrider 31038] Wednesday, October 03, 2012 6:01:51 PM
METAL THUNDER BLASTING IN MY HEAD
[Becks] Wednesday, October 03, 2012 3:34:08 PM
Ok that's a cool song! The video is weird, like you say though, ahhh the 80's
Yup. Mindcrime (ALL the way through...concept album), "Rage for Order" and "Empire" are mine in order. Not to be missed is the killer "Queen of the Reich" from their self-titled '82 album.
- [HAAA! Ed note. I had all but forgotten the video. It tells a tale! About what, I am not exactly sure except that big-hair Geoff apparently freezes some big-boobed chick with a conch shell! Ah, the '80s. LOL!!]
(Quoting Message by Becks from Tuesday, October 02, 2012 4:15:23 PM)
Edited at: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 5:55:40 PM
[HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS] Wednesday, October 03, 2012 7:17:28 AM
I like Empire, but it just doesn't have the edge that the earlier albums have. It just sounds more commercial to me and less metal. I used to listen to The Warning album everyday on my walk across the frozen tundra to my 8am class at MSU. No Sanctuary would play and it was just perfect for that moment. That song has some very intense vocals. Eddie and Whip were thrilled when I told them that The Warning was my favorite. Geoff? Not so much!
I think Geoff has been drinking too much of his shit wine, BTW!! OM2, what a fucking JOKE!! Only listened to it once and couldn't stand it. Did you watch the OM2 DVD? Geoff needs to just give it up and sing on Broadway. It's pretty obvious that THAT is what he really wants to do, although he totally SUCKS as an actor. Operation Mindcrime, now THAT was a KILLER concert!
BTW, I pit "Empire" against "The Warning" as I think nothing tops "Operation: Mindcrime." I argue it like I would "The Wall." I love Pink Floyd - MANY earlier songs a few later. However, like OM, I see "The Wall" as an entity rather than individual songs. Sadly, Queensryche couldn't re-create the same magic with OM2. THAT is just a mess of songs to me and I do stress the word "mess."
Still, I think I have posted once or a thousand times that I love "Re-Arrange you!" HAAA!!!
Best comment on this video? "Why are they letting the roadie sing?" LOL!!!!
[guidogodoy] Tuesday, October 02, 2012 11:15:39 PM
BTW, I pit "Empire" against "The Warning" as I think nothing tops "Operation: Mindcrime." I argue it like I would "The Wall." I love Pink Floyd - MANY earlier songs a few later. However, like OM, I see "The Wall" as an entity rather than individual songs. Sadly, Queensryche couldn't re-create the same magic with OM2. THAT is just a mess of songs to me and I do stress the word "mess."
Still, I think I have posted once or a thousand times that I love "Re-Arrange you!" HAAA!!!
Best comment on this video? "Why are they letting the roadie sing?" LOL!!!!
[guidogodoy] Tuesday, October 02, 2012 10:51:11 PM
HAAAAAA!!!! Maybe you just didn't have enough "Insania!" before the concert!
Also perhaps why I prefer Empire over "The Warning." Never a huge fan of that song while I love Jet City Woman, Another Rainy Night, Empire and, yes, I'll admit it, even Silent Lucidity from time to time (although it is NOT on my iPod where the first three are mainstays).
Now, let's talk about Geoff's beard! WTF?!? LOL!!!
HA, you're right! Geoff would tell me I suck! Met him and thought he was an ass and completely full of himself. He came off as a slimy, used car salesman - polished, fake charm and feeding you complete bullshit with a big smile on his face. Geoff has a HUGE ego and Rob is very humble. Geoff only likes people that kiss his ass and Rob gets very uncomfortable when you compliment him. Geoff lost his voice a long time ago and Rob STILL HAS IT!! As Parker from QR said, there are 2 Queensryche's: one that will be playing the songs the way they were written and originally done and the other tuned WAY THE FUCK DOWN! HA! That is why Rob will always be #1 with me!!!
Don't get me wrong, Mindcrime is neck and neck with The Warning for me. But Take Hold Of The Flame breaks the tie for me. DAMN I Love that song!! And Todd can sing it, so I'll finally get to hear it the way it is supposed to be sung! The last time I heard it sung well was back during the Promised Land tour in '95. They played it when they opened for Priest during the AOR tour and it totally SUCKED!!! Oh wait, maybe it was US that SUCKED!
guidogodoy wrote:
What?! You'd put "The Warning" in front of "Operation: Mindcrime"? No way! As Geoff would say, you suck! LOL!!!
(all kidding aside, I am on the fence with Geoff's comment to the crowd below. They DID suck! Tell them, though? I dunno. WWRD = What Would Rob Do? Well, certainly NOT the below!)
HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote:
If you listen to anything, listen to Take Hold Of The Flame from the album The Warning. My favorites in order would be: The Warning, Operation Mindcrime, Queensryche (self titled EP released independently in 1982), Rage for Order and Empire. Any of these albums are worth listening to. Geoff had a great voice back in the day and knew how to write. After Empire, they just went downhill.....
Becks wrote:
I confess I have listened to very little, if any, Queensryche (sp? LOL!). What earlier albums of theirs are good?
HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote:
Great, something to really look forward to...... when I have insomnia! I think he's been drinking too much of his own wine
We are going to see the 3 original members of QR in December. Bet it'll be a hell of a show - they are playing all the old QR stuff that Geoff refused to sing, EP through Empire
guidogodoy wrote:
Just heard the new Geoff Tate tune on Eddie Trunk's radio show. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
I think Mr. Tate ran out of words. Repeats a lot. Repeats a lot. Repeats a lot.
[The Metallian] Tuesday, October 02, 2012 10:45:51 PM
I never did like Queensryche!
[HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS] Tuesday, October 02, 2012 10:28:41 PM
HA, you're right! Geoff would tell me I suck! Met him and thought he was an ass and completely full of himself. He came off as a slimy, used car salesman - polished, fake charm and feeding you complete bullshit with a big smile on his face. Geoff has a HUGE ego and Rob is very humble. Geoff only likes people that kiss his ass and Rob gets very uncomfortable when you compliment him. Geoff lost his voice a long time ago and Rob STILL HAS IT!! As Parker from QR said, there are 2 Queensryche's: one that will be playing the songs the way they were written and originally done and the other tuned WAY THE FUCK DOWN! HA! That is why Rob will always be #1 with me!!!
Don't get me wrong, Mindcrime is neck and neck with The Warning for me. But Take Hold Of The Flame breaks the tie for me. DAMN I Love that song!! And Todd can sing it, so I'll finally get to hear it the way it is supposed to be sung! The last time I heard it sung well was back during the Promised Land tour in '95. They played it when they opened for Priest during the AOR tour and it totally SUCKED!!! Oh wait, maybe it was US that SUCKED!
What?! You'd put "The Warning" in front of "Operation: Mindcrime"? No way! As Geoff would say, you suck! LOL!!!
(all kidding aside, I am on the fence with Geoff's comment to the crowd below. They DID suck! Tell them, though? I dunno. WWRD = What Would Rob Do? Well, certainly NOT the below!)
HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote:
If you listen to anything, listen to Take Hold Of The Flame from the album The Warning. My favorites in order would be: The Warning, Operation Mindcrime, Queensryche (self titled EP released independently in 1982), Rage for Order and Empire. Any of these albums are worth listening to. Geoff had a great voice back in the day and knew how to write. After Empire, they just went downhill.....
Becks wrote:
I confess I have listened to very little, if any, Queensryche (sp? LOL!). What earlier albums of theirs are good?
HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote:
Great, something to really look forward to...... when I have insomnia! I think he's been drinking too much of his own wine
We are going to see the 3 original members of QR in December. Bet it'll be a hell of a show - they are playing all the old QR stuff that Geoff refused to sing, EP through Empire
guidogodoy wrote:
Just heard the new Geoff Tate tune on Eddie Trunk's radio show. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
I think Mr. Tate ran out of words. Repeats a lot. Repeats a lot. Repeats a lot.
[guidogodoy] Tuesday, October 02, 2012 9:50:03 PM
What?! You'd put "The Warning" in front of "Operation: Mindcrime"? No way! As Geoff would say, you suck! LOL!!!
(all kidding aside, I am on the fence with Geoff's comment to the crowd below. They DID suck! Tell them, though? I dunno. WWRD = What Would Rob Do? Well, certainly NOT the below!)
If you listen to anything, listen to Take Hold Of The Flame from the album The Warning. My favorites in order would be: The Warning, Operation Mindcrime, Queensryche (self titled EP released independently in 1982), Rage for Order and Empire. Any of these albums are worth listening to. Geoff had a great voice back in the day and knew how to write. After Empire, they just went downhill.....
Becks wrote:
I confess I have listened to very little, if any, Queensryche (sp? LOL!). What earlier albums of theirs are good?
HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote:
Great, something to really look forward to...... when I have insomnia! I think he's been drinking too much of his own wine
We are going to see the 3 original members of QR in December. Bet it'll be a hell of a show - they are playing all the old QR stuff that Geoff refused to sing, EP through Empire
guidogodoy wrote:
Just heard the new Geoff Tate tune on Eddie Trunk's radio show. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
I think Mr. Tate ran out of words. Repeats a lot. Repeats a lot. Repeats a lot.
[HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS] Tuesday, October 02, 2012 9:30:19 PM
If you listen to anything, listen to Take Hold Of The Flame from the album The Warning. My favorites in order would be: The Warning, Operation Mindcrime, Queensryche (self titled EP released independently in 1982), Rage for Order and Empire. Any of these albums are worth listening to. Geoff had a great voice back in the day and knew how to write. After Empire, they just went downhill.....
I confess I have listened to very little, if any, Queensryche (sp? LOL!). What earlier albums of theirs are good?
HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote:
Great, something to really look forward to...... when I have insomnia! I think he's been drinking too much of his own wine
We are going to see the 3 original members of QR in December. Bet it'll be a hell of a show - they are playing all the old QR stuff that Geoff refused to sing, EP through Empire
guidogodoy wrote:
Just heard the new Geoff Tate tune on Eddie Trunk's radio show. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
I think Mr. Tate ran out of words. Repeats a lot. Repeats a lot. Repeats a lot.
[guidogodoy] Tuesday, October 02, 2012 5:44:58 PM
Yup. Mindcrime (ALL the way through...concept album), "Rage for Order" and "Empire" are mine in order. Not to be missed is the killer "Queen of the Reich" from their self-titled '82 album.
- [HAAA! Ed note. I had all but forgotten the video. It tells a tale! About what, I am not exactly sure except that big-hair Geoff apparently freezes some big-boobed chick with a conch shell! Ah, the '80s. LOL!!]
I confess I have listened to very little, if any, Queensryche (sp? LOL!). What earlier albums of theirs are good?
HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote:
Great, something to really look forward to...... when I have insomnia! I think he's been drinking too much of his own wine
We are going to see the 3 original members of QR in December. Bet it'll be a hell of a show - they are playing all the old QR stuff that Geoff refused to sing, EP through Empire
guidogodoy wrote:
Just heard the new Geoff Tate tune on Eddie Trunk's radio show. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
I think Mr. Tate ran out of words. Repeats a lot. Repeats a lot. Repeats a lot.
[Becks] Tuesday, October 02, 2012 4:15:23 PM
I confess I have listened to very little, if any, Queensryche (sp? LOL!). What earlier albums of theirs are good?
Great, something to really look forward to...... when I have insomnia! I think he's been drinking too much of his own wine
We are going to see the 3 original members of QR in December. Bet it'll be a hell of a show - they are playing all the old QR stuff that Geoff refused to sing, EP through Empire
guidogodoy wrote:
Just heard the new Geoff Tate tune on Eddie Trunk's radio show. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
I think Mr. Tate ran out of words. Repeats a lot. Repeats a lot. Repeats a lot.
[HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS] Monday, October 01, 2012 9:26:13 PM
Great, something to really look forward to...... when I have insomnia! I think he's been drinking too much of his own wine
We are going to see the 3 original members of QR in December. Bet it'll be a hell of a show - they are playing all the old QR stuff that Geoff refused to sing, EP through Empire
