Top 10 Queensrÿche songs

1. Queen of the Reich
2. The Mission
3. Eyes of a Stranger
4. Breaking the Silence
5. Neue Regel
6. No Sanctuary
7. Breaking the Silence
8. Suite Sister Mary
9. The Killing Words
10. The Lady Wore Black

1.Queen of the Reich
2.The Lady Wore Black
3.Eyes of a Stranger
4.Deliverance
5.The Needle Lies
6.Take Hold of the Flame
7.Last Time in Paris
8.Walk in the Shadows
9.Empire
10.Silent Lucidity

1. Queen of the Ryche
2. Suite Sister Mary
3. Real World
4. The Lady Wore Black
5. Prophecy
6. No Sanctuary
7. NM 156
8. Eyes of a Stranger
9. Take Hold of the Flame
10. Walk in the Shadows

Top 10? Haha. Virtually impossible! But I'll try...

1. Queen Of The Reich
   
2. Prophecy
   
3. Deliverance
   
4. NM 156
   
5. Roads To Madness
   
6. The Whisper
   
7. Neue Regel
   
8. London
   
9. Screaming In Digital
   
10. Suite Sister Mary
    
11. Eyes Of A Stranger
    
12. Empire
    
13. Scarborough Fair
    
14. Re-Arrange You
    

Well...you've got 14. I can't force myself to remove any of them.

1. Take Hold Of The Flame
2. Revolution Calling
3. Eyes Of A Stranger
4. Best I Can
5. Queen Of The Reich
6. NM 156
7. Deliverance
8. The Thin Line
9. The Needle Lies
10. Blood

walk in shadows
i dream in infrared
the whisper
the killing words
surgical strike
neue regal
chemical youth (we are rebellion)
london
screaming in digital
i will remember

Believe or not not really a big Queensryche fan like a couple of songs!

Wargod48

1. Queen of the Ryche
2. Walk in the Shadows
3. Eyes of a Stranger
4. Take Hold of the Flame
5. Warning
6. The Needle Lies
7. Suite Sister Mary
8. The Whisper
9. NM156
10. Deliverance

queen of the REEEEIIIIIICCCCHHHHH !!!!!!
and the entire Operation Mindcrime disc.... the greatest concept album ever and one of the top 20 of all time me thinks....

Operation Mindcrime never really did much for me. I always preferred the EP, Warning and Rage for Order. Favorite songs? Hmmmm... hard to pick 10 and put them in any sort of order. Queen of the Ryche would most certainly top my list, along with
Blinded,
Warning,
Lady Wore Black,
Prophecy,
Nightrider,
Walk in the Shadows,
Take Hold of the Flame,
Nightrider,
Surgical Strike
Last Time in Paris

1. NM156
(My fave QR song of ALL time; when I saw them play this live on the PROMISED LAND tour I absolutely lost my mind!)
2. Queen of the Reich
3. Deliverance
4. Walk in the Shadows
5. The Needle Lies
6. Operation: Mindcrime
7. The Lady Wore Black
8. I'm American
9. Eyes of a Stranger
10. Take Hold of the Flame

1. Queen of the Ryche
2. The Lady Wore Black
3. Eyes of a Stranger
4. Take Hold of the Flame
5. The Needle Lies
6. Revolution Calling
7. Walk in the Shadows
8. I Don't Believe In Love
9. Speak
10. Breaking The Silence

No surprise in seeing Queen of the Reich at or near the top of most lists.

Required Fields wrote:

No surprise in seeing Queen of the Reich at or near the top of most lists.

Nope. It's an awesome song. I can't believe no one else picked "Prophecy." I love that frickin' song!

EDIT: I take that back, ultmetal is the man!

I picked Prophecy. It is an awesome song. It was written during the same period as the EP and has that same vibe.

ultmetal wrote:

I picked Prophecy. It is an awesome song. It was written during the same period as the EP and has that same vibe.

Actually, according to the band, it was recorded during the Rage For Order period.

Eyesore wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

I picked Prophecy. It is an awesome song. It was written during the same period as the EP and has that same vibe.

Actually, according to the band, it was recorded during the Rage For Order period.

They did play it live on the Queensryche in Japan video, which was on The Warning tour.

SWEET! Operation:LiveCrime is on VH1 Classic - Classic In Concert right now - brings back memories of that tour. I wish they'd play the whole concert from that tour. Just about all of the top 10 Queensryche songs were played (hard to pick 10). Roads to Madness, Walk In The shadows, queen of the ryche, etc, etc - great show.

Funny story - I saw them at the Norfolk Scope (Norfolk, VA), which is a big Navy town. They changed they lyrics of part of Speak The word from "pay for wars in south america" to "pay for wars in saudia arabia" - and the place wents nuts to show support for the first Iraq war (I had friends in Iraq at the time, so Iof course was going crazy to support my friends) - but I know that's not what Queensryche had in mind.

thejokeriv wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

I picked Prophecy. It is an awesome song. It was written during the same period as the EP and has that same vibe.

Actually, according to the band, it was recorded during the Rage For Order period.

They did play it live on the Queensryche in Japan video, which was on The Warning tour.

Yeah, it's old, but according to the EP was recorded during the Rage For Order sessions.

Anyone have rare Queensryche tunes?

ultmetal wrote:

Operation Mindcrime never really did much for me. I always preferred the EP, Warning and Rage for Order.

Honestly after the EP I had a hard time getting into "The Warning". Left me a little flat. Some great tunes "Take Hold" and so on, I remember when 'Rage' came out again I was hoping for a rawer sound. I appreciate that disc now, but then not as much. When I heard "Mindcrime" I flipped out. It felt "heavier" to me musically, a little bit more accessable musically. I thought the story was brilliant ( a little far left political intrigue with an anti-church slant... trippy... I liked it.) However another friend of mine who liked 'The Warning' and 'Rage' didn't like 'Mindcrime' either.... oh well....

Man, used to love me some Queensryche... Here is my top 10 list, in no particular (rage for) order:

I am I- I think the song completely rocks. After my disapointment with Empire (which was SOOO different than anything they had done before, it took forever for me to appreciate it) I guess I should have known that something was up after "Last time in Paris".
Screaming in Digital- Incredibly cool track. I love weird 'Ryche songs.
NM 156- My first favorite from them.
Real World- It really is stunning that this track was not on the EMI greatest hits.
Revolution Calling Seriously, the entirety of Mindcrime could be on this list...
Suite Sister Mary see above.
The Needle Lies see above
Blinded- I didn't get the EP until after Mindcrime, but the whole thing is stellar. This track in particular was one I loved.
Bridge- really strikes a chord with me and the non-relationship I had with my father.
Jet City Woman- In 1990, it was a tough listen, but this is one catchy rock song.

Its too bad that Queensryche can so often make poor album choices. I can't even listen to Hear in the Now Frontier. Tribe was a step up from Q2K for me (atleast with the title track and Blood) but Mindcrime 2 was horrifying.

thejokeriv wrote:

Funny story - I saw them at the Norfolk Scope (Norfolk, VA), which is a big Navy town. They changed they lyrics of part of Speak The word from "pay for wars in south america" to "pay for wars in saudia arabia" - and the place wents nuts to show support for the first Iraq war (I had friends in Iraq at the time, so Iof course was going crazy to support my friends) - but I know that's not what Queensryche had in mind.

I got a funnier story. I saw Queensryche live on their initial Mindcrime tour back in '89 or so. They were opening for Def Leppard. I'd never heard them before, didn't give a damn about them. I booed them, shouted out that they sucked, and basically insulted them all night long. I just wanted to see Def Leppard. Hahaha. I was like 14 at the time.

A few years later, I'm listening to WAAF late at night and I hear this amazing song come on! Totally blew me away. But they never say who the band is. I listen for weeks, constantly catching the song, but never do I hear them say who the damn band is! Haha. Then one night they announce the band name and song.

Finally!

"Empire" by Queensryche.

After buying Empire, I went out and bought their back catalog, and they quickly became one of my favorite bands. They still are, in fact. And, of course, Mindcrime blew me away when I first heard it. Haha. I've kicked myself many times for that one. Haha.

Eyesore- I have a number of Queensryche bootlegs- including various live shows and some studio tracks by their previous bands. Let me know if you are interested.

Eyesore wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

Funny story - I saw them at the Norfolk Scope (Norfolk, VA), which is a big Navy town. They changed they lyrics of part of Speak The word from "pay for wars in south america" to "pay for wars in saudia arabia" - and the place wents nuts to show support for the first Iraq war (I had friends in Iraq at the time, so Iof course was going crazy to support my friends) - but I know that's not what Queensryche had in mind.

I got a funnier story. I saw Queensryche live on their initial Mindcrime tour back in '89 or so. They were opening for Def Leppard. I'd never heard them before, didn't give a damn about them. I booed them, shouted out that they sucked, and basically insulted them all night long. I just wanted to see Def Leppard. Hahaha. I was like 14 at the time.

A few years later, I'm listening to WAAF late at night and I hear this amazing song come on! Totally blew me away. But they never say who the band is. I listen for weeks, constantly catching the song, but never do I hear them say who the damn band is! Haha. Then one night they announce the band name and song.

Finally!

"Empire" by Queensryche.

After buying Empire, I went out and bought their back catalog, and they quickly became one of my favorite bands. They still are, in fact. And, of course, Mindcrime blew me away when I first heard it. Haha. I've kicked myself many times for that one. Haha.

That's funny - I love Empire - I know it's different than the previous albums, but I love em all up to Empire. Promised Land has song good tunes on it, but nowhere near as good as the previous albums.

jcinco wrote:

Eyesore- I have a number of Queensryche bootlegs- including various live shows and some studio tracks by their previous bands. Let me know if you are interested.

I'm not too interested in live stuff, but those early demos definitely interest me. I have the following demos:

Ballad In B Minor
Before The Storm
Child Of Fire
From The Darkside
Myth
No Sanctuary
Prophecy
Roads To Madness
Waiting For The Kill
Warning

I may even have all the old demos. I don't know. I have the recent demos/non-album tracks.