Geoff Tate is mesmerizing in this video. This is such a perfect song. No-one else could ever do this song justice. He's got the voice and the charisma to carry it off. What a beautiful space in time.
Well, seems like you never try prog-rock. QR is just another heavymetal-like band, there is 1 million others. There is not many differences with all of them.
Vocalist has unique voice, yes, Chris DeGarmo is epic, but this band is mediocre at best, no one's remember their name in 2024. Cause there is no musical evolution the their history. This is not progressive band at all. Very commercial band.
@@yemahockThat's the great thing about music. You are entitled to your (wrong) opinion. Operation: Mindcrime is one of the greatest albums of all time, including the ancient builders of pyramids.
And the backup vocals are no slouch, either. This band was criminally underrated. I feel like they got lost under the hype of mid-80s new wave and then bands like GnR, and Empire was released right when grunge was introduced to us in the 90s. Empire was one of my fave albums my freshman year of high school, but I was definitely paying more attention to Nirvana, RHCP, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins and the like.
Really? They are coming nearby and was wondering if they were worth seeing without Geoff Tate? I know they haven’t been together awhile but he’s who I always knew as the lead singer. @@josephmccaughey3486
I am 65 years old and I love this band have a tattoo on my arm of cross on cd but this song should be we should all listen to the US is falling apart and nobody is listening 😮
The Empire stayed in my car for two months to and from Alexandria and Quantico...as the music would build, my speed would and in that time 3 tickets... it was fabulous then an still is. Is Gene Simmons right..rock and roll is gone?? Just hit replay!!!💫
12/10/24 - I'm loving my time, feeling 13 again, while I dig up some "real music" for my 18 year old niece. Night Ranger, Scorpions, Dokken....you're up soon.
Sorry go back to great rock and roll if the 60’,s and 70s. Really love this song and his vocals along with a great guitar riff, but the bands then were the fathers of all the rock bands that followed. But man I love his voice. Oh and I’m a baby boomer, late 50’s when they could hold their audience with great music like Queensryche, no auto tune or back up dancers. Just one old dudes opinion
Can't believe it's been 32 years. Empire was the fantastic soundtrack to my life in the summer of 1991. The music of this superlative band will forever be burned into my consciousness and my soul.
This guy is such a great singer. I am 41 and I am disabled . I have so much trouble with my mental health and everything else, too. This song is how I feel. I feel the music. I could listen to rock music 24/7!!! Rock on.
Amen. Mindcrime warned us about the political turmoil unfolding today. Problem is, the textbook definition of anarchy apparently went right over some people's heads.
This song is so good it sounds better and more powerful than back in the day..I never had this CD yet hearing it all summer long in "91 especially at the old Marquee in Garden Grove CA between bands blaring on the house PA...!
50 also... Do you remember reading George Orwell's "1984" in high school? We are living in his prediction. No one seems the transformation. Conditioned generation by generation...
I'm sure all Queensryche songs are relevant and everybody's life the whole life not just when they first heard the song but now so I think it's relevant completely in life least people can sing about how other people feel and that's pretty hard if you ask me but you're not on you? 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
1984 indeed! Seeing more truth drops in our generations music than ever. Where do songs come from? They're stream of conscious. We're living in a time where news is fake and movies are real. A small group of friends have COVID-1984 t-shirts!
Well... Dream Theater was heavily influenced by Queensryche's' music. Now, I'm not saying they're the same as Queensryche, but they're in the same genre. And they're just as awesome.
Idnic Tsal Never said they were alike. I said that they're the same genre. Queensryche is progressive metal, which is a genre that they pioneered; Dream Theater's main influence is Queensryche. If you listen to Dream Theater's earlier songs you'll see. James Labrie's vocal style is quite similar to Geoff Tate's. Like I said, the bands aren't the same or alike, but they are similar considering they're the same genre. Listen to some of Dream Theater's interviews, you'll see.
I’m so happy my father had me listening to these guys before I could even walk. He told me that when I was a baby I couldn’t sleep at night unless he put on silent lucidity. I’m going to have my sons listen to this and keep this kind of music living on
Well I did the same thing My kids were baptized in music But these guys went deeper Giving us life lessons and wisdom of our human nature and the world at large
Silent Lucidity is an even more incredible song if you have the ability to lucid dream. I've done it. Not every day. What a thoughtful and insightful band!
LOVE..... Empire album! Sadly, Silent Lucidity reminds me of my 31 yr old brother, “Leaving the game of life” committing suicide due to depression. May, he Rip always and forever. 🙏🏻💕 He was a Wonderful person and brother - my “favorite brother” I miss him so much! 😢
I think maybe it was just here in the U.S. that it was underrated. 🤨 According to Wikipedia, "Queensrÿche has sold over 20 million albums worldwide, including over 6 million albums in the United States." We bought less than a 1/3 of them? 🤨
@@swordmonkey6635 i was in 3rd grade when i first heard of queensryche. mtv debuted the video for empire and i was hooked. i bought the cassette tape and used to walk all over my town playing empire in my walkman. it's definitely one of my favorites!
Art as definite as Van Goh's paintings ahh yes it's like an audiophonic genuine piece of art. They don't call signed bands recording artists for nothing....!
In 1990, while the New Kids on the Block gathered all the airplay, music like this was running in my family. God I love my dad, uncle and cousin who introduced me to this shit before I was even a teen.
I had an older brother who introduced me to the music of the 80's while my parents preferred the music of the 50's and 60's. I guess I got the best of both worlds. I stumbled upon queensryche by accident when watching MTV one day as an 11 year old (early 1991). It was when one band a week would host an hr of music throughout that week. Geoff didn't catch my eye first, it was Michael wilton and (no joke on this as I remember it like it was yesterday) in the background was Eddie Jackson on sort of fake horse trying to wrangle it.
Geoff Tate has in my opinion th he gbest vocal ability ever in rock and roll. Effortless ability. Even today he can still hit the high noted . I love this band
I have never heard a vocalist better than Geoff Tate from any other mainstream artist. Queensryche was a band I could disappear to during my hard childhood. Thank you for sharing your art Queensryche. You'll never understand how you was there for me.
There are many great vocalist out there obviously robert plant and lead singer of white snake. David Riverdale. Lead singer for shine down. All amazing.
Only Geoff can look so cool tip toeing in capazios 😅 Ps still listening in 2024. Queensryche omg just as powerful now and as relevant as back in the late 80s ... remarkable band I could listen to them forever ❤❤❤❤❤❤
G can sing better than 10 vocally trained students and their coaches. His voice is absolutely beautiful. Yes Geoff we are still listening i even believe angels are too.
This song saved my life when I thought I had nothing left & there was no point. I heard it decades ago on 99.5 KISS radio station. At the last possible moment. God Bless you, Queensryche!
No cursing, no nudity, no bullshit like money pouring down like rain, no golden chains and jewelry, no expensive hyper cars and showing off guns... just PURE TALENT and real music. Fck off modernity!
Scott Rockenfield will always be one of my biggest influences growing up in the 80s and 90s. I started playing drums in 87' I was 9 years old, and Scott Rockenfield, Tommy Lee, Scott Travis, and Dave Lombardo shaped me as a metal drummer. Im a professional because I listened to the greats, and played along to their albums until I could play those songs perfect no lessons or anything.
Such a great song and such a great voice!! I know it's all about the song, but proud to say that I was given the opportunity to work on this video with director, Matt Murray. The video incorporated footage from a concert in Spokane and outdoors in WA and a studio in Los Angeles (Compton), CA. WOW, 5M views!
Just heard Geoff tonight with his band live in 2022 wow what a voice still well into his 60’s . Still a great performer and holds strong stage presence
This song is so hauntingly beautiful. Geoff Tate's vocal is absolutely amazing and the harmonies with DeGarmo are just as gorgeous!! CD was a superb songwriter. I miss the original Queensryche line up so much! They were fantastic!!
The lyrics,the lyrics!!! Think!!! This song is soo important especially these days! "Read between the lines, criticize the words they're selling!" "Think for yourself!" Absolutely beautiful ❤️🤟
Omg This Man Has One Of The Best Vocal Voice I've Ever Heard.. So Magical Beautiful Powerful WOW And The Song Is So Beautiful Touching Filled With Strong Power SUPER EXCELLENT
Hands down THE greatest live band I've ever seen ...first time was in 88 when they opened for metallica believe me I had been to many shows before this but these guys were the real deal great fucking every time
Saw these kids open up for Kiss in St Louis way back in the 80's, had no idea who they were, but when Geoff hit those notes that only a few have ever hit, I was blown away...the headline at the time for them was of course the legendary...TaKE HOLD OF THE FLAME! You just knew they were on their way to superstardom, and man they did not disappoint! My oh my...saw them 5 times over the next two decades and they never disappointed live, always exceeding expectations in the studio....Operation Mindcrime, and Empire have to be two of the best heavy metal albums I ever owned, and anyone who says this is not heavy metal, never sawed them live! Peace!
That's cool.....yeah I saw them open for AC/DC in Sacramento in 1986 and I was blown away. I became a fan instantly. Rage for Order became my "soundtrack" for my Senior year in high school. Operation Mindcrime became my soundtrack for my sophomore year in college, and Empire became the soundtrack for my Senior year in college. This particular song "Anybody Listening?" is a beautiful song.
"Anybody Listening?" You and I Long to live like the wind upon the water If we close our eyes, we'll maybe realize There's more to life than what we have known And I can't believe I've spent so long Living lies I knew were wrong inside I've just begun to see the light Long ago there was a dream Had to make a choice or two Leaving all I loved behind For what nobody knew Stepped out on the stage, a life Under lights and judging eyes Now the applause has died and I Can dream again Is there anybody listening? Is there anyone that sees what's going on? Read between the lines Criticize the words they're selling Think for yourself and feel the walls Become sand beneath your feet Feel the breeze? Time's so near you can almost taste the freedom There's a warm wind from the south Hoist the sail and we'll be gone By morning this will all seem like a dream And if I don't return to sing the song Maybe just as well I've seen the news and there's Not much I can do...alone Is there anybody listening? Is there anyone who smiles without a mask? What's behind the words-images They know will please us? I'll take what's real. Bring up the lights Is there anybody listening? Is there anyone that sees what's going on? Read between the lines Criticize the words they're selling Think for yourself and feel the walls Become sand beneath your feet
My realization to a higher call came to me in a dream and it was a beautiful soul that doesn't believe in himself. Heal! I know it's hard because I am going through my own trials and tribulations, but you can do it! I do believe in you and always will.
I listened to this song over and over when I went on a trip to Washington DC in 8th grade. It always brought me comfort....not because of the lyrics, but because of Geoff's voice. Thank you for the gift of song.
It's amazing that so many people have similar stories to that album. Whenever I go on vacation to Gulf Shores, I have to take this CD along with me. It's been that way since the album came out.
He has a very smooth voice but can still hit the high notes as well as the deep ones by far one of the best in the business wish they could fix there issues and get back together so we could enjoy more music
this song takes me back to my teenage years.... vividly..sitting in my room...shutting out all the crap and listening to queensryche..what a band they once were...
Geoff Tate is mesmerizing in this video. This is such a perfect song. No-one else could ever do this song justice. He's got the voice and the charisma to carry it off. What a beautiful space in time.
Yes. Perfection all round
Here's a cover that blows away the original. ua-cam.com/video/mdY4ZRAz_58/v-deo.html
Beautiful song! I love his voice!❤
Yes indeed, he is making the song alive with his voice and performance!!! Simply magical!!!
Totally underrated band but that's why I love them so much because they are not on very gangstas car stereo blasting like other bands are.
2025 and still some of the best music ever!!
One of the most intelligent and important bands in music history.
Indeed..
Spread the word.
Well, seems like you never try prog-rock. QR is just another heavymetal-like band, there is 1 million others. There is not many differences with all of them.
Vocalist has unique voice, yes, Chris DeGarmo is epic, but this band is mediocre at best, no one's remember their name in 2024. Cause there is no musical evolution the their history. This is not progressive band at all. Very commercial band.
@@yemahockThat's the great thing about music. You are entitled to your (wrong) opinion. Operation: Mindcrime is one of the greatest albums of all time, including the ancient builders of pyramids.
33 years later and i still cant find a sound system loud enough to listen to this master piece on.
Yeah you can. Stop embellishing. Dummy.
Same! :D
"Anybody listening?" Yes, me. Still... after so many years. Can't get enough
The man simply has one of the best vocal abilities I've ever heard in my life
Geoff Tate sings really well, too! 😉
NO ONE sounds like him! I've never heard anyone I like better than him!
And the backup vocals are no slouch, either. This band was criminally underrated. I feel like they got lost under the hype of mid-80s new wave and then bands like GnR, and Empire was released right when grunge was introduced to us in the 90s. Empire was one of my fave albums my freshman year of high school, but I was definitely paying more attention to Nirvana, RHCP, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins and the like.
I believe he’s opera trained
@@ericidzior8361 Yes, Geoff DID have opera training! I also believe his aunt was an opera singer. Genes and TALENT! A deadly duo!
CLASS ACT, WE NEED ' EM BACK, ALL OF THEM !!!!
nothing will ever beat the original Queensryche lineup.
I just saw them with the current lineup and was blown away
You know it! 🔥
Really? They are coming nearby and was wondering if they were worth seeing without Geoff Tate? I know they haven’t been together awhile but he’s who I always knew as the lead singer. @@josephmccaughey3486
@@josephmccaughey3486
Did you Queensryche fronted by Todd La Torre?
Or Geoff Tates Operation Mindcrime?
Geoff Tate will always be Queensryche
Queensryche is what you get when record labels stay out of what a band does in the studio
I am 65 years old and I love this band have a tattoo on my arm of cross on cd but this song should be we should all
listen to the US is falling apart and nobody is listening 😮
Geoff's voice still gives me chills. This song is so hauntingly beautiful with a powerful message. Perfection. ❤
and he is such a beautiful man also
@@Taubenseele Anytime lyrics transcend time... Well, they're just great poetry. We just can't go wrong (if We listen).
@@robertakerman3570 ua-cam.com/video/a7pd-TH-grI/v-deo.html
Better than la Torre ? 😌
@@arunsabherwal6256 for me? 100 times better.
yes one of the greatest voices in rock history
The Ryche is progressive metal. And yes, Tate crushed everyone and still does.
I'm still listening in 2024😂 ✌️
Love the verse " IS THERE ANYONE WHO SMILES WITHOUT A MASK "
Still listening too 🤘🤘🤘
You're not alone .
The Empire stayed in my car for two months to and from Alexandria and Quantico...as the music would build, my speed would and in that time 3 tickets... it was fabulous then an still is. Is Gene Simmons right..rock and roll is gone?? Just hit replay!!!💫
12/10/24 - I'm loving my time, feeling 13 again, while I dig up some "real music" for my 18 year old niece. Night Ranger, Scorpions, Dokken....you're up soon.
Scott Rockenfield's drums are kicking a on this song. Powerful.
Geoff's voice ❤ this song gives me goosebumps its so awesome
Flawless.............music like this does not exist anymore
I completely agree!
Yea it doesnt it .. ughh..
@@benlawson458 Nice
It does but is rare
@@doomwolf7963 Doomwolf, Yes; all is not lost. Talent abounds.
This song is highly underrated. I don’t understand how it didn’t gain more popularity in its time. My absolute favorite song from the album!!
You are right they have such a great songs they a awesome band
What are you talking about? This song topped the charts
The best lineup. The best album.
Is there any doubt that Gen X has THE best soundtrack of all time?
For me millenials still make a deal
Right!!!
Sorry go back to great rock and roll if the 60’,s and 70s. Really love this song and his vocals along with a great guitar riff, but the bands then were the fathers of all the rock bands that followed. But man I love his voice. Oh and I’m a baby boomer, late 50’s when they could hold their audience with great music like Queensryche, no auto tune or back up dancers. Just one old dudes opinion
Totally agree Gen X here 1966
All day long.
Can't believe it's been 32 years. Empire was the fantastic soundtrack to my life in the summer of 1991. The music of this superlative band will forever be burned into my consciousness and my soul.
my thoughts exactly
Yes it was Eric Wood
Same here!
Same!!
Very well said. These guys brought such mind chilling vocals to my ears and gave me another way to listen to perfection! 💖
This guy is such a great singer. I am 41 and I am disabled . I have so much trouble with my mental health and everything else, too. This song is how I feel. I feel the music. I could listen to rock music 24/7!!! Rock on.
sending some love from Athens, Greece
I have always enjoyed his voice I wish he was able to continue singing
Hello Heather....I know some of your pain....🎼🎵🎶🏴💔🙏🌜
You are not alone ☮🎶
Omg YES❤❤❤❤
It's time for people to wake up. It's amazing how many people listen but don't hear what these bands have been telling us all along.
Amen. Mindcrime warned us about the political turmoil unfolding today. Problem is, the textbook definition of anarchy apparently went right over some people's heads.
Amen Sister.........
@@Cale_Roy_Wusere Exactly people don`t listen to the lyrics,thats why i always listen carefully,QueensRyche is a uberband........
YES! "Read between the lines, and criticize the words they're saying" In other words, pay tf attention!
Agreed
I can't get over how INCREDIBLE POIGNANT this song is for right now. Shocking how on point Queensryche is TODAY!!!
Queens today isn't nearly the same or as good as they were in the 80s
@@boobbutthole9537 they are not the same as in the 80s
@@boobbutthole9537 True, but the lyrics are timeless.
@@alfredom.antonio971 Nope, and the new singer sings like an ass, however, this song and Geoff's voice are magic.
@@username-zj9id I don't remember, but I will find out.
THE. BEST. BAND. EVER. THAT. EXISTED!
If you do not like this, you are dead inside. These guys should have been HUGE! My fav band now and has always been.
This song is so good it sounds better and more powerful than back in the day..I never had this CD yet hearing it all summer long in "91 especially at the old Marquee in Garden Grove CA between bands blaring on the house PA...!
This album was huge. They were huge commercially for 2 years. Won a Grammy that year. Sold out shows.
They were huge in my book!💖😂😎
"Is there anyone who smiles without a mask?"
These decades later, might still be the most cutting lyric I've ever heard. Queensrÿche fucking ruled.
Together, they are great. Apart, they are nothing. Grown men should see that.
More relevant today than when the lyrics were first penned.
Indeed
50 also... Do you remember reading George Orwell's "1984" in high school? We are living in his prediction. No one seems the transformation. Conditioned generation by generation...
Amen to that
I'm sure all Queensryche songs are relevant and everybody's life the whole life not just when they first heard the song but now so I think it's relevant completely in life least people can sing about how other people feel and that's pretty hard if you ask me but you're not on you? 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
1984 indeed! Seeing more truth drops in our generations music than ever. Where do songs come from? They're stream of conscious. We're living in a time where news is fake and movies are real. A small group of friends have COVID-1984 t-shirts!
Thanks Geoff and Chris !!
In my opinion they never the same without him! Great front man
Oh my goodness. His voice....
hey..why don't you all stop arguing and just appreciate Queensryche.. there will never be another band like this!!!
SO TRUE :-)
Well... Dream Theater was heavily influenced by Queensryche's' music. Now, I'm not saying they're the same as Queensryche, but they're in the same genre. And they're just as awesome.
+DismalShadow please. Listened to a song of theirs and bro. No comparison to Geoff Tate.
DismalShadow and I also saw them twice at House of Blues-and in my opinion DT and QR sound nothing alike
Idnic Tsal Never said they were alike. I said that they're the same genre. Queensryche is progressive metal, which is a genre that they pioneered; Dream Theater's main influence is Queensryche. If you listen to Dream Theater's earlier songs you'll see. James Labrie's vocal style is quite similar to Geoff Tate's. Like I said, the bands aren't the same or alike, but they are similar considering they're the same genre. Listen to some of Dream Theater's interviews, you'll see.
Back when they were the greatest. They were so good back then!!!!!!I miss them as as unit!
I’m so happy my father had me listening to these guys before I could even walk. He told me that when I was a baby I couldn’t sleep at night unless he put on silent lucidity. I’m going to have my sons listen to this and keep this kind of music living on
Then your father succeeded in two ways: he got a great taste in music and - most important - he raised his son right.
@@wEdits0nly you know that's the coolest thing anyone has ever said to me about my dad and the music he likes. Thank you very much
Well I did the same thing
My kids were baptized in music
But these guys went deeper
Giving us life lessons and wisdom of our human nature and the world at large
Silent Lucidity is an even more incredible song if you have the ability to lucid dream. I've done it. Not every day. What a thoughtful and insightful band!
God bles Your Father.. .he Has 😈
LOVE..... Empire album!
Sadly, Silent Lucidity reminds me of my 31 yr old brother, “Leaving the game of life” committing suicide due to depression.
May, he Rip always and forever. 🙏🏻💕
He was a Wonderful person and brother - my “favorite brother” I miss him so much! 😢
This belongs in the golden treasury of progressive music.❤
Such a message for this time as such 2024. Wish the whole world would listen to this song and open their eyes
One of their best songs, this whole album is underrated
Even if Empire was voted Best Album of the 90s, I'd still consider it underrated. Not a bad song on the album.
One of the best album of all time. No shit!!!!!!!!###
I think maybe it was just here in the U.S. that it was underrated. 🤨 According to Wikipedia, "Queensrÿche has sold over 20 million albums worldwide, including over 6 million albums in the United States."
We bought less than a 1/3 of them? 🤨
No this album was NOT underrated
@@swordmonkey6635 i was in 3rd grade when i first heard of queensryche. mtv debuted the video for empire and i was hooked. i bought the cassette tape and used to walk all over my town playing empire in my walkman. it's definitely one of my favorites!
These lyrics hit harder today than any other time in history.
Still here in 2024?? And I Guess I'm Just Honestly Awaiting for someone who is really listening??
🖤🖤🖤
I got your back
Just losing myself in the music
I was listening to this song when I was 16
Music so clean, lyrics meaningful, great backup vocals, great lead vocals...truly ART!
Art as definite as Van Goh's paintings ahh yes it's like an audiophonic genuine piece of art. They don't call signed
bands recording artists for nothing....!
Chris DeGarmo was a musical genius...unbelievable talent...coupled with Geoff Tate's vocal ability these songs are absolutely incredible and timeless
Omg, Degarmo is so good....
In 1990, while the New Kids on the Block gathered all the airplay, music like this was running in my family. God I love my dad, uncle and cousin who introduced me to this shit before I was even a teen.
poildepoche awesome comment. I had a very similar upbringing. I grew up with two older sisters who introduced me to music like this.
I had an older brother who introduced me to the music of the 80's while my parents preferred the music of the 50's and 60's. I guess I got the best of both worlds. I stumbled upon queensryche by accident when watching MTV one day as an 11 year old (early 1991). It was when one band a week would host an hr of music throughout that week. Geoff didn't catch my eye first, it was Michael wilton and (no joke on this as I remember it like it was yesterday) in the background was Eddie Jackson on sort of fake horse trying to wrangle it.
Yup I was listening to this at 7 not New Kids lol
My daughter went through the phase of listening to all the "popular kid music" but I always kept her grounded by reminding her what good music is.
apparently..there are plenty of us listening..rock on queensryche..love your music..love your voice Geoff
I'm listening. Not just to the song, but for what it stands for.
this band .....out of this world
litterally
No band like Queensryche!
Never will be...
Arguably one of the best groups ever . This song is a masterpiece still all these years later . 🤘🏻
Every aspect a master piece. This is what bands used to be.
Tracks like this is why I love Queensrÿche. Progressive metal and thought provoking lyrics.
🎯
Geoff Tate has in my opinion th he gbest vocal ability ever in rock and roll. Effortless ability. Even today he can still hit the high noted . I love this band
Now this is what you call real music, perfection !!!
Listening to this again 30 years later. This is the best song on the album.
I heard you loud and clear.I've been listening since the eightit's and I do read between the lines
The absolutely most underrated band in rock history!! Greatest voice in rock ever!! Imho!!perfect group!!!
This was played at my wedding in 95, Tracy I love you, the good lord took you from me 3 weeks ago but I will see you on the other side
So sorry for your loss 💔😢. Prayers to you and your family.
It's so true what's been going on for decades But unfortunately there are still so many still asleep and not listening
I love how the bass is really front and center in their music
I have never heard a vocalist better than Geoff Tate from any other mainstream artist. Queensryche was a band I could disappear to during my hard childhood. Thank you for sharing your art Queensryche. You'll never understand how you was there for me.
There are many great vocalist out there obviously robert plant and lead singer of white snake. David Riverdale. Lead singer for shine down. All amazing.
@@anthonyhitchman9789 a baritone that can hit E5!
@@anthonyhitchman9789 it's coverdale... lol.
I can relate. They were my escape.
@@anthonyhitchman9789 David can't really sing anymore and Dino Jellusick will be singing on the White Snake final tour.
Only Geoff can look so cool tip toeing in capazios 😅
Ps still listening in 2024. Queensryche omg just as powerful now and as relevant as back in the late 80s ... remarkable band I could listen to them forever ❤❤❤❤❤❤
G can sing better than 10 vocally trained students and their coaches. His voice is absolutely beautiful.
Yes Geoff we are still listening i even believe angels are too.
Chris’s tone in this song is phenomenal. The harmonies really make this one of the best Q-ryche vocal performance. and those lyrics!!
His message still stands strong. I wish the whole world would listen and GET ANGRY!!!!!!!!
Talk about standing up over time, Mr. Tate, Mr. DeGarmo for the win on harmony alone and that guitar prowess top notch.
I'm definitely listening, 2024
Incredible. Absolutely incredible. The writing, the lyrics, the playing, the sounds, the voices. Stunning.
This song saved my life when I thought I had nothing left & there was no point. I heard it decades ago on 99.5 KISS radio station. At the last possible moment. God Bless you, Queensryche!
Im in 2023, this song has substance! Almost a history lesson!😮
And this is why Geoff will always be the voice of Queensryche to me.
A song I listen to over and over and over.....🏆🎶👍
No cursing, no nudity, no bullshit like money pouring down like rain, no golden chains and jewelry, no expensive hyper cars and showing off guns... just PURE TALENT and real music. Fck off modernity!
❤
Calm down boomer
@@EddieTheHorrorAddictGo give your advice somewhere else.
@@EddieTheHorrorAddict LOL, you sound like my teen daughter!
Anybody still listening in 5/2024? Love this band, not the new 1.
5/11/24
Still listening in 2024. Agreed. It's only Queensryche with Geoff.
Stil gr8
5/15
\m/ (>
5/17/24
Scott Rockenfield will always be one of my biggest influences growing up in the 80s and 90s. I started playing drums in 87' I was 9 years old, and Scott Rockenfield, Tommy Lee, Scott Travis, and Dave Lombardo shaped me as a metal drummer. Im a professional because I listened to the greats, and played along to their albums until I could play those songs perfect no lessons or anything.
Such a great song and such a great voice!! I know it's all about the song, but proud to say that I was given the opportunity to work on this video with director, Matt Murray. The video incorporated footage from a concert in Spokane and outdoors in WA and a studio in Los Angeles (Compton), CA. WOW, 5M views!
How awesome for you , it must have been
Just heard Geoff tonight with his band live in 2022 wow what a voice still well into his 60’s . Still a great performer and holds strong stage presence
What a track huh- no music like this anymore!
Legends in their own time! This band did it... perfectly.
The band was him , he got betrayed, im listening to him and his daughter forever
This song is so hauntingly beautiful. Geoff Tate's vocal is absolutely amazing and the harmonies with DeGarmo are just as gorgeous!! CD was a superb songwriter. I miss the original Queensryche line up so much! They were fantastic!!
Yes he was. Tate actually wrote the lyrics for this one
The lyrics,the lyrics!!! Think!!!
This song is soo important especially these days!
"Read between the lines, criticize the words they're selling!"
"Think for yourself!"
Absolutely beautiful ❤️🤟
TRUMP2024
@@markcaywood1461 Preach.
Cringe worthy even for a 12 year old.
💯✌️😎
I stopped listening to them after the fired him
Omg This Man Has One Of The Best Vocal Voice I've Ever Heard.. So Magical Beautiful Powerful WOW
And The Song Is So Beautiful Touching Filled With Strong Power
SUPER EXCELLENT
No argument there Jamila
I agree 💯 % best band ever far as I'm concerned! So sad that they broke up 😢
@@robing915 Yes dear Robin, they are where really an excellent band 💯.. I agree, so sad that they broke up 😢
“… Is there anyone that Smiles without a Mask?” My #1 band- through all of these years 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Great band. So underrated
Still one of the most talented and under-rated vocalists ever. So much of his work is nearly timeless.
Underrated?
There are bands that record many good songs, some write several great ones, few manage to create little masterpieces. This is one of those songs!
Hands down THE greatest live band I've ever seen ...first time was in 88 when they opened for metallica believe me I had been to many shows before this but these guys were the real deal great fucking every time
Saw these kids open up for Kiss in St Louis way back in the 80's, had no idea who they were, but when Geoff hit those notes that only a few have ever hit, I was blown away...the headline at the time for them was of course the legendary...TaKE HOLD OF THE FLAME! You just knew they were on their way to superstardom, and man they did not disappoint! My oh my...saw them 5 times over the next two decades and they never disappointed live, always exceeding expectations in the studio....Operation Mindcrime, and Empire have to be two of the best heavy metal albums I ever owned, and anyone who says this is not heavy metal, never sawed them live! Peace!
Rockenfield and Jackson are the tightest rhythm section ever. I have never seen them live; those two alone must be amazing in concert.
🤘🤘🤘🤘
That's where I first saw them. The Warning had just been released. Awesome concert.
That's cool.....yeah I saw them open for AC/DC in Sacramento in 1986 and I was blown away. I became a fan instantly. Rage for Order became my "soundtrack" for my Senior year in high school. Operation Mindcrime became my soundtrack for my sophomore year in college, and Empire became the soundtrack for my Senior year in college. This particular song "Anybody Listening?" is a beautiful song.
@@nathanritzo2228 What a shame.
They...the original 5 were amazing.
I saw them so many times...I lost count.
In the midst of the grunge movement came one of the best rock bands and one of the best albums of all time. In my humble opinion of course...
Good lord! The bass tone and clarity!
"Anybody Listening?"
You and I
Long to live like the wind upon the water
If we close our eyes, we'll maybe realize
There's more to life than what we have known
And I can't believe I've spent so long
Living lies I knew were wrong inside
I've just begun to see the light
Long ago there was a dream
Had to make a choice or two
Leaving all I loved behind
For what nobody knew
Stepped out on the stage, a life
Under lights and judging eyes
Now the applause has died and I
Can dream again
Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone that sees what's going on?
Read between the lines
Criticize the words they're selling
Think for yourself and feel the walls
Become sand beneath your feet
Feel the breeze?
Time's so near you can almost taste the freedom
There's a warm wind from the south
Hoist the sail and we'll be gone
By morning this will all seem like a dream
And if I don't return to sing the song
Maybe just as well
I've seen the news and there's
Not much I can do...alone
Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone who smiles without a mask?
What's behind the words-images
They know will please us?
I'll take what's real. Bring up the lights
Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone that sees what's going on?
Read between the lines
Criticize the words they're selling
Think for yourself and feel the walls
Become sand beneath your feet
Health Supreme! Very perfect 👌🏻 one ☝🏻🎧🎸💘
Always a Big thanks
My realization to a higher call came to me in a dream and it was a beautiful soul that doesn't believe in himself. Heal! I know it's hard because I am going through my own trials and tribulations, but you can do it! I do believe in you and always will.
Thank you❤❤
Gotcha , I think Geoff Tate was young and honest and put out his best work then .
STUNNED AND AMAZED
I've been to several concerts. Queensryche and Rush, surpassed them all.
Me too. In Pensacola Florida in the early 90's. I was stationed at Eglin AFB. 2 best concerts I ever wen't to.
Awesome, and I agree. Those are my two favorite bands.
I listened to this song over and over when I went on a trip to Washington DC in 8th grade. It always brought me comfort....not because of the lyrics, but because of Geoff's voice. Thank you for the gift of song.
Touche" Sunny great ear
Yes, voice like no one else.
Queensryche 🌟
The Best 🌟
It's amazing that so many people have similar stories to that album. Whenever I go on vacation to Gulf Shores, I have to take this CD along with me. It's been that way since the album came out.
Anything they sing is off the charts ❤️
He has a very smooth voice but can still hit the high notes as well as the deep ones by far one of the best in the business wish they could fix there issues and get back together so we could enjoy more music
this song takes me back to my teenage years.... vividly..sitting in my room...shutting out all the crap and listening to queensryche..what a band they once were...
Me too!
Im sitting in my back yard under the stars LISTENING....LOUD
This is the first song I ever heard and it blew my 10 year old mind!!
I’m 62 and still listen to Queensrÿche now and way back in the day when they first started out.
Amber G, you were 10 when you first heard of Queensrÿche and their music ?
The height of their power. They never recovered from Chris leaving.
This is my favorite song from Queensryche!
One of the greatest band’s in the 80’s
saw yall live in VA Beach!!! u rockin as always