Queen of the Reich
Normally, I would be asleep by now, but since I slept pretty much all day, I'm not tired. Maybe I'll stay up late and hope that I get into a creative writing mood. I could use the creative output.
I've been thinking about how influential Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime was when I was 19. There were classic lyrics such as:
Religion and Sex are powerplays
manipulate the people for the money they pay
selling skin, selling God
the numbers look the same on their credit cards
Politicians say no to Drugs
while we pay for wars in South America
Fighting fire with empty words
while the banks get fat,
and the poor stay poor,
the rich get rich,
and the cops get paid, to look away
while the one percent rules America
I had a friend who always gave me a hard time for listening to OM because he said it made me politically crazy - which is probably true to some extent. But I found QRs lyrics to be pretty spot on for how I felt about such things as religion, politics and government. And Geoff Tate's delivery on the vocal side of things was pretty amazing. It's no wonder that QR became my favorite band.
I've been thinking about how influential Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime was when I was 19. There were classic lyrics such as:
Religion and Sex are powerplays
manipulate the people for the money they pay
selling skin, selling God
the numbers look the same on their credit cards
Politicians say no to Drugs
while we pay for wars in South America
Fighting fire with empty words
while the banks get fat,
and the poor stay poor,
the rich get rich,
and the cops get paid, to look away
while the one percent rules America
I had a friend who always gave me a hard time for listening to OM because he said it made me politically crazy - which is probably true to some extent. But I found QRs lyrics to be pretty spot on for how I felt about such things as religion, politics and government. And Geoff Tate's delivery on the vocal side of things was pretty amazing. It's no wonder that QR became my favorite band.