My Queensryche Moments

I can't explain this. Call it mind-numbing obsession, call it the habitual mid-week mid-afternoon boredom..Heck, call it Hopolapa Mupundopo, for all I care!

Some of my Favorite/Memorable/Enchanting/Obsessive Queensryche Moments (In no particular order) are:

1. The "Sweet Dreams, You Bastard" bit of ' I remember now' - Aaaahh, the double layer of sugarcoating on "sweet dreams" transpiring into the really spiteful "bastard" bit - Imagine the twist in the tale before it even began fully! Oh yeah, I do like the second "helllllo" and "perhaps you need another shot" bits too

2. Intro to 'Anarchy-X' : And the official musical journey to the one of greatest rock/metal/prog album begins..

3. The orchestral set-up of 'Suite Sister Mary', which begins after Dr.X's order to kill Mary with the drums gently teasing you before Tate begins " I feel the rain coming down.."

4. Jet city woman - the entire song! Seriously, do you know any girl who wouldn't want this track dedicated to her? (Unless it is sung by Weird Al)

5. "The Warning" scream at the beginning of this track!

6. "Go ahead without me.
I'll find my own way
Some people fly...and some of us worry
I'd risk it all to have wings."

Enough Said!

7. The piano accompaniment on "Someone Else(Not Me)"..Makes the song structure and delivery even more divine!

8. The chorus of "The Lady Wore Black" - Damn! What notes is he hitting?!

9. The riffs, that mini guitar solos, awesome drumming and of course the opening scream of "Queen of the Reich"

10. The vocals on "Tell you right now they've got nothing to lose They're building empire!!" and "Tear it all down, we'll put it up again. Another Empire"?! out of "Empire" - Who is doing that? Is that Tate?!

11. The Heavy Metal Umlaut over Y! (A little wannabe-ish maybe, but it sorta completes the picture!)

12. At the end of CD-1 of Operation: Live Crime, after Suite Sister Mary ends - Tate says to the crowd amongst wild cheers " Thank you very much!" Pause. More Cheers. "For those of who are not familiar with Queensryche and our music and probably wondering what the heck is going on" Pause. More Cheers. "This is called Operation Mindcrime".
(I find it endearing and yes, honest! Also - when in doubt, remembered am one Ryche obsessed soul!!)

Special Mention: Take Hold of the Flame
Reasons (In chronological order of appearance during the course of the song)
#1 The way Tate ends with "Cooold" of the opening line - "Too late to save a dream that's growing coold"

#2 The oh-oh bit after "distant signs of unforetold" - the end of second line of the opening verse

#3 THE SCREAM!!!! (after the opening verse)

#4 The chorus with the backings and everything

#5 The note changes on "on the edge" and "stay...make it stay" of the verse following the chorus

(Okay, you got me there! But if you have heard this track, you might, just might, be able to understand why this ryche obsession is so strong. This was the first track of this that I heard. What an impact, huh?!)

Okay, I do have a list of moments about their tracks that make me cringe too. But lets just count them as neglible!