I agree, though it has to be said that this group of musicians as a whole were exceptional. They hit the ground running and just kept accelerating. Operation Mindcrime is still one of my favourite albums of all time.
This was not live. The video, yes, but the audio was clearly reworked in the studio. The tone is way too warm and lacks all of the inherent shrillness and breathiness of concert audio; that includes DeGarmo's harmonies and the rest of the band as a whole, both vocally and musically.
@@corey8711correct. I was suspicious about the drum sound as well. But still. He definitely hit these notes back then. Saw them live in the late 80s. Sound was trash but his singing was impressive. Didn’t even struggle.
@@naelar13 IMO the only one who can compare to him in his prime is Midnight in Crimson Glory's first two records. Sadly not many live recordings of him in that time though, much less of good quality, but man the sheer POWER in his high notes made no sense.
Geoff Tate was untouchable back in the 80’s. He is classically trained and he’s actually a baritone, but he can nail those high notes easily. The drummer, Scott Rockenfield, is one of the best drummers out there, and I love his chain draped drum set! Totally cool!!!
Vocally speaking , the acoustic version of " I Will Remember" is a must. Not the vocal gymnastics, but pure singing ability, agility, range ,and expression are on FULL display in the way only singers can understand.
One of THE live performances of a singer ever captured. I don´t know how many times I´ve listened and watched this, but it never loses its impact. And I enjoy watching people´s first impressions. Very much appreciated !
awesome reaction, Geoff tate in his prime was untouchbal!! can i have a request from them is (eyes of a stranger live 1988 in cologne) insane band and vocal performance including the backing vocals!!!
I agree, I always believed that this performance of The Eyes of a Stranger shows Geoff at his peak, a raw version and without post-production. ruclips.net/video/9S_V7ddl_RQ/видео.html
I grew up in Seattle during this time. Even took a few lessons from David Kyle but I couldn’t afford more than two. He had long grey hair and a little pot belly. 😝. All my friends wanted to sing like Geoff back then. We’d walk down the middle of Southcenter Mall and sing Queensryche lyrics at the top of our lungs. People would stare, shake their heads and frown. Such good times. Thank you Queensryche! For adding more magic to my teen years.
What is also impressive is how he sings a couple of words to start a phrase in his chest voice and in the next syllable he completely switches register and goes up to those high notes, like its nothing.
Please check out their song “ Queensryche - Suite Sister Mary “ and not only do you gets Geoffs vocals.. But you get an unforgettable experience of female vocals to compliment him. It’s amazing. They complement each other so good and the LIVE version gives you an unforgettable experience of Geoff doing what he does best on stage and singing 💯
BEST metal vocalist EVER! Mind blowing in his prime! I saw this tour live 'back in the day' at L'Amour Rock Club in Brooklyn, NY, and I STILL have chills having witnessed this vocal phenom!
Geoff's combination of tone, range and vibrato made him virtually untouchable in the 80s and 90s. I was a musician on the metal scene in New Orleans back in the 80s and 90s and virtually every singer that I came across back then aspired to be Geoff Tate. Great reaction btw! Hope that you venture down into the Queensryche rabbit hole!
It is indeed, an excellent rabbit hole to dive into. I've watched at least a dozen reaction videos for this, and I never get tired of the expression on people's faces when Geoff hits that E5. In case you're curious, the set list for this show was 10 songs. This one was number 9, so he had been performing for around 35-40 minutes before dropping this gem.
Geoff Tate of Queensryche, Ann Wilson and her youngest sister Nancy Wilson, the late Layne Staley of Alice in Chains and the late Chris Cornell of Soundgarden lived in Metro Seattle in the 1970s. They were students of the late singing coach David Kyle. Marilyn Horne and Frederica von Stade, who moved to my hometown area the San Francisco Bay Area 🌁, are his other students. Written by Geoffrey Tate and Chris DeGarmo. Unfortunately, guitarist DeGarmo quit. Queensryche has not been the same since it fired Geoffrey Tate. Suggested video 📹: Queensryche performs Queen of the Reich live.
Another great voice to react to is Rik Emmett from Triumph. Check out luve performances of Lay it on the Line, Fight the Good Fight and Never Surrender for 1983s Us festival. ruclips.net/video/wAbxkKbR-r4/видео.htmlsi=cX0N7pbbeDSzB5RC ruclips.net/video/Xevc7-7Tk-Q/видео.htmlsi=nKJhPHHmsQwcSBrJ ruclips.net/video/irL4661cpa8/видео.htmlsi=TsM7Z7gOiuqxLbtq
And he's a baritone. Which makes it even more an impressive of a feat. This was also one of the last songs of the evening after a full set. Seeing Tate live in the 80's was an experience you'll never forget. Queensryche was one of the few bands that may have been better live than in studio.
I went to see Dio and Queensryche were the support act. Normally I’d have been in the bar, but I always tried to hear a song by them before heading upstairs. I’d never heard of this band, and this was the first of two nights in Birmingham U.K.. I am not a musician, but I recognise excellence, and the whole band was just top notch, right out of the box. But Geoff’s vocals blew me away. So much so that the second night, I went with a friend and almost literally dragged him to see the support band, much to his dismay. He thanked me for it later. Imagine, Geoff Tate, followed by RJD….followed by the same again the next night. Bliss.
Having seen them live in their beginnings was so very special and transformative for me, personally, on so many levels. Suffice it to say, they were and still remain so underrated. I will always love them for what they gave to me in their music!
Hi. New to your channel. Some more info on Geoff Tate for you. His aunt was a professional opera singer. He trained in opera starting at 8 years old, I believe. If you want to see/hear more, watch their pinnacle album "Operation: Mindcrime" performed live as "Operation: Livecrime" from 1991. It's a concept album, PHENOMENAL. This song was performed in their encore along with "Queen of the Reich" which is another mind-blowing performance. Geoff still tours, currently with Adrian Vandenberg. Thanks for this reaction!
Geoff Tate, Rob Halford (Judas Priest/Halford/Fight), Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden/Samson) and Ronnie James Dio (Dio/Black Sabbath/Rainbow) are the greatest metal vocalists to ever live.
He’s still incredible and touring nonstop today! I’m going to Ireland with him next year! He’s a huge vocal influence & good friend! Great reaction!!!!
I've watched many vocal coaches react to this version of Take Hold of the Flame, but your critique is one of the best. This band didn't have a weak link from their song writing, musical talent, and live performances. Check out their conceptual album Operation MindCrime, in fact Operation Live Crime was one of the best and underrated adapted to stage performances.
Love your combination of studious musical appreciation with the unavoidable headbanging that inevitably comes with this song and Tate’s vocal virtuosity!
We just saw him last week… he can still bring it! Sounds amazing! And I had no idea he played the saxophone 🎷 Edit: also check out ‘Queen of the Rÿche’ you love it
Thank you so much for this, I am a baritone like tate and have his range. YOU are the first coach that explained this in a way that i was hanging on to all your words. I understand what you mean about loving that note. When you nail it and the acousting in your own hear are in the perfect spot...it just rings like a bell inside the head and becomes so easy to hold it. So many coaches kept using the falsetto term and I always felt it was more than that. I have Noticed that Baritones tend to have the higher of the ranges
Another, similar artist w/ the golden voice is from Steelheart. Try the acoustic version (live) of "She's Gone." It's magic. (Full band is also great, but the acoustic version just hits the spot). (I think he gets up to the G5 to boot).
Love Tate, Halford, Dickenson from the 80’s into the 90’s with their sustained high note vocal abilities… A great example from the 2000’s to today is Myles Kennedy - who seemingly effortlessly can do the same thing Live with 4 octave range and breath control!💪 He is an ardent student of Bel Canto techniques and has only gotten better with age, rather than the other way around with most ‘rock’ vocalists. For Live - AlterBridge anything from Royal Albert Hall concert with Parallax orchestra will give a beautiful example of late 40’s Myles sounding so great!
This is vocal God territory. Geoff is one of the best to ever do it. I l8ve it when people discover Geoff, true raw talent. "Eyes of a Stranger" is a must
Metal singers don't get much love on the quality of their voices, Geoff Tate has a great voice for any type of song. The same goes with singers like Ronnie James Dio. I consider him as one the best vocalists, especially with the group Rainbow (the song "Mistreated" is excellent)
First saw them live opening for Metallica in 88. At that time I was a fan but was a bigger Metallica fan. After the show I came away a huge Queensryche fan and saw them 4 more times over the years and never saw Metallica again.
I' seen this band the first time during the Empire tour at the Joe Louis Arena way back in 91 I believe, they played the full Empire Album and Operation Mindcrime.. i was so blown away that I seen them 4 more times over the years. I have seen legends, from Clapton to Billy Joel to Elton John etc and this band was the best live band I have ever seen. You need to go down this rabbit hole and watch the evolution of his voice. I'd hit every album all the way up to Hear in the now frontier and then it was over. Lol
Great reaction, to an amazing performance. Tate was peerless back then. Now you can go on to Yannis Papadopoulos' vocal cover of Nightwish's Ghost Love Score. There you will have some technique to dig through :-)
I had an uncle who me that the vocals and guitars was just noise after I played the guitar parts to this song,, I said "just noise",, and he said yup.. so tried to hand him my guitar and said, "if it's just noise, you do it"! I caught some flack from my parents on that one but I made my point! Just an outstanding song front to back, Top to bottom!
It's funny that I saw this early this morning. I saw Hawk's clip on TikTok yesterday too, and I liked Queensryche back in the day... and I watch music reactors on social media these days, especially vocal coaches. Lots of small pieces working together to get me to watch your video, very interesting to me. Thanks!
I just discovered you. I like your comments and how you analyze with knowledge on the subject at hand. Tate in his prime was truly amazing as his tone was always so rich no mater the register. I will suggest another singer that you might want to analyze to addiction. Monica Naranjo from Spain. songs like; Ahora Ahora, Europa, sobrevivire. There is a rabbit hole for you.
I saw them live on this tour. They were opening for KISS and musically blew KISS off the stage which pains me to say because I've been a KISS fan since I was 8. I was an instant fan and have been since.
Really all of these reaction videos just confirm what I sensed in the 80's when this song first came out...the vocal performance was untouchable. Not today or since can pull this off the way Geoff did at that time...not even Geoff himself. A combination of technique, youth, talent, and the moment. I'm at least glad this performance and band get the accolades today for what they were back then...an absolute masterpiece.
At the time this was recorded this is the first of two encores. 13th song that night. Queensrÿche the art of live threw out there 40 years. Queensrÿche Hands down is one of the greatest live acts musicly of the mid 80s-2010 world wide
Love your analysis and appreciation of Geoff's off-the-charts vocals! This is the original lineup of the band, which is MAGIC! This is a song off their FIRST full-length album. Geoff stays in his higher register primarily in their first couple of albums, and then brings in more if his lower register later on. Whatever notes he sings are just spectacular! EVERY member if the band is fantastic! I really enjoy vocal coaches and other professionals' breakdowns and observations. Very informative and interesting! And yes, the three E5's (especially that second one -- what tone!) are something Geoff's known for. He has amazing tone, pitch, vibrato, expression...he just has it ALL! And, he's a baritone! You might want to try these songs to hear some samples of their diversity: "THE KILLING WORDS" and "I WILL REMEMBER", and "DELLA BROWN" all from MTV Unplugged ,1992. "ANYBODY LISTENING?" "THE WHISPER" "JET CITY WOMAN" "ONE MORE TIME" "ANOTHER RAINY NIGHT" "I DREAM IN INFRARED " "ROADS TO MADNESS " ALL of their concept album "OPERATION: MINDCRIME"! Just to get you started. And there are SO many more, it's hard to pick. Hope we hear more Queensryche reactions from you!
First of all. Great reaction. Thanks for sharing this.❤️ 1.) Geoff Tate is an Unicorn. Unmatched. Untouchable. Unreachable. 2.) This E5s. This exactly is how an E5 should sounds and sung. Unbelievable good. 3 .) Chris DeGarmo. Songwriter and Lead Guitarist. Have you noticed his Backup Vocals? Chris DeGarmo for me is the greatest Guitar player of all time that ever picked up a Guitar. 3.) Operation Mindcrime is the greatest Album of all time. Operation LIVEcrime is OM played all Songs in a row. It's an Concept Album. Please check out the Story of it. And the Story behind. It worth it. 4.) Silent Lucidity. This Queensryche Song is from their 1991 Album Empire. In this Song Geoff Tate sounds very different to this one. And you can hear what rich Voice this Guy has. Orchestration by nothing other than Micheal Kamen! Unbelievable good! 5.) We Queensryche Fans ar called: Rychers.
All should try their song; *Queen of the Reich.* Was the first song I heard by them in '83 (maybe early '84) from their first 4-song EP (promotional). It is released again in '84 and I got one and wore it out on my stereo.
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So few reactors mention how accurate Chris DeGarmo’s harmonies are during the last verse. He nails it perfectly.
I agree, though it has to be said that this group of musicians as a whole were exceptional. They hit the ground running and just kept accelerating. Operation Mindcrime is still one of my favourite albums of all time.
Completely agree and ty for commenting on it
100%
YeS Their Harmony is beautiful!
Let's not forget that this is live and towards the end of the performance.
Absolutely amazing
This was not live. The video, yes, but the audio was clearly reworked in the studio. The tone is way too warm and lacks all of the inherent shrillness and breathiness of concert audio; that includes DeGarmo's harmonies and the rest of the band as a whole, both vocally and musically.
@@corey8711 tell me everything you know. I've got a second.
@@corey8711correct. I was suspicious about the drum sound as well. But still. He definitely hit these notes back then. Saw them live in the late 80s. Sound was trash but his singing was impressive. Didn’t even struggle.
Hitting those high Es as a Baritone is mind blowing!
It's insane
Second to the last song of that concert, last song is "Queen of the Ryche"
VHS needs a digital release :)
Best metal vocalist of the 80’s.
Not just the 80s. When he was in his prime, i never heard a vocalist that could touch him.
Of all time, who has honestly done it better?
@@Thedesertguy75 Rob Halford and Bruce Dickinson were superb. But neither had the combination of range, skill and raw power that Geoff did.
@@naelar13 IMO the only one who can compare to him in his prime is Midnight in Crimson Glory's first two records.
Sadly not many live recordings of him in that time though, much less of good quality, but man the sheer POWER in his high notes made no sense.
@@francompalmieri if you listen to Rob Halford on Sad Wings of Destiny you can see where Geoff took influence for his voice.
Geoff Tate was untouchable back in the 80’s. He is classically trained and he’s actually a baritone, but he can nail those high notes easily. The drummer, Scott Rockenfield, is one of the best drummers out there, and I love his chain draped drum set! Totally cool!!!
I played drums when I was younger and Scott was one of my favs. I even got those black paste cymbals he used.
Geoff's parents are opera singers.
Another singer who reminds me of Geoff Tate is Ric Emmett of Triumph ... Check out Triumph: Fight the Good Fight live from the Us Festival.
My favorite singer... Geoff is just amazing
Vocally speaking , the acoustic version of " I Will Remember" is a must. Not the vocal gymnastics, but pure singing ability, agility, range ,and expression are on FULL display in the way only singers can understand.
Or the piano version of Someone Else
Absolutely spot on !!
Agreed.
I SECOND THAT!!
MTV Acoustic...all of em..
One of THE live performances of a singer ever captured. I don´t know how many times I´ve listened and watched this, but it never loses its impact. And I enjoy watching people´s first impressions. Very much appreciated !
In terms of pure pipes, Geoff Tate was (IMO) the most vocally gifted of all the great, 80s Metal singers.
awesome reaction, Geoff tate in his prime was untouchbal!! can i have a request from them is (eyes of a stranger live 1988 in cologne) insane band and vocal performance including the backing vocals!!!
I agree, I always believed that this performance of The Eyes of a Stranger shows Geoff at his peak, a raw version and without post-production. ruclips.net/video/9S_V7ddl_RQ/видео.html
I grew up in Seattle during this time. Even took a few lessons from David Kyle but I couldn’t afford more than two. He had long grey hair and a little pot belly. 😝. All my friends wanted to sing like Geoff back then. We’d walk down the middle of Southcenter Mall and sing Queensryche lyrics at the top of our lungs. People would stare, shake their heads and frown. Such good times. Thank you Queensryche! For adding more magic to my teen years.
It was the best time to grow up here. They were our hometown heros as KISW called them!!!!!
Tate, Dio, Halford and Dickinson are the 80’s metal gods!!! Glad you enjoyed the vid!!🤘🏼
What is also impressive is how he sings a couple of words to start a phrase in his chest voice and in the next syllable he completely switches register and goes up to those high notes, like its nothing.
Please check out their song “ Queensryche - Suite Sister Mary “ and not only do you gets Geoffs vocals.. But you get an unforgettable experience of female vocals to compliment him. It’s amazing. They complement each other so good and the LIVE version gives you an unforgettable experience of Geoff doing what he does best on stage and singing 💯
Was about to suggest that, but you beat me to it. Pamela Moore's cameo on SSM is truly sublime, making that song a true vocal powerhouse.
It’s a must if you want the whole MindCrime experience. Stage presence, vocals etc. @@Roddrummer
@@oakland-as-diehard6717 it’s in my personal top 3 albums of all time.
Yes! Suite Sister Mary is my favorite live performance by far! (Operation LIVEcrime)
For me it's going to be... *The Lady Wore Black.*
BEST metal vocalist EVER! Mind blowing in his prime! I saw this tour live 'back in the day' at L'Amour Rock Club in Brooklyn, NY, and I STILL have chills having witnessed this vocal phenom!
I was at the show at lamors
Fun fact. This was an encore song after a 2 1/2 hour concert!
Geoff's combination of tone, range and vibrato made him virtually untouchable in the 80s and 90s.
I was a musician on the metal scene in New Orleans back in the 80s and 90s and virtually every singer that I came across back then aspired to be Geoff Tate.
Great reaction btw! Hope that you venture down into the Queensryche rabbit hole!
4:24 This is an often overlooked note about this specific song performance.........THIS IS AN ENCORE!
It is indeed, an excellent rabbit hole to dive into. I've watched at least a dozen reaction videos for this, and I never get tired of the expression on people's faces when Geoff hits that E5.
In case you're curious, the set list for this show was 10 songs. This one was number 9, so he had been performing for around 35-40 minutes before dropping this gem.
Geoff Tate of Queensryche, Ann Wilson and her youngest sister Nancy Wilson, the late Layne Staley of Alice in Chains and the late Chris Cornell of Soundgarden lived in Metro Seattle in the 1970s. They were students of the late singing coach David Kyle. Marilyn Horne and Frederica von Stade, who moved to my hometown area the San Francisco Bay Area 🌁, are his other students.
Written by Geoffrey Tate and Chris DeGarmo. Unfortunately, guitarist DeGarmo quit. Queensryche has not been the same since it fired Geoffrey Tate.
Suggested video 📹: Queensryche performs Queen of the Reich live.
Eyes of a Stranger , Road to Madness &
I will Remember are Highly recommended 🤟 any one of those
Another great voice to react to is Rik Emmett from Triumph. Check out luve performances of Lay it on the Line, Fight the Good Fight and Never Surrender for 1983s Us festival.
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And he's a baritone. Which makes it even more an impressive of a feat. This was also one of the last songs of the evening after a full set. Seeing Tate live in the 80's was an experience you'll never forget. Queensryche was one of the few bands that may have been better live than in studio.
And this show occurred before their debut was even released
I went to see Dio and Queensryche were the support act. Normally I’d have been in the bar, but I always tried to hear a song by them before heading upstairs. I’d never heard of this band, and this was the first of two nights in Birmingham U.K.. I am not a musician, but I recognise excellence, and the whole band was just top notch, right out of the box. But Geoff’s vocals blew me away. So much so that the second night, I went with a friend and almost literally dragged him to see the support band, much to his dismay. He thanked me for it later. Imagine, Geoff Tate, followed by RJD….followed by the same again the next night. Bliss.
Did specifically requested Geoff sing at his funeral.
@@ivanboston8582 I presume that has been auto-corrected from Dio. And do you know if he did?
@@alekhidell yup on both. Dio, did request it and Geoff did sing at it.
When a vocal coach is headbanging, you know this song is a banger!!!
He’s cool vocal coach 😊
Metal in the 80's, was blessed, with some really world class singers. Who knew in less than fifty years, computers would have to do all the singing.
Having seen them live in their beginnings was so very special and transformative for me, personally, on so many levels. Suffice it to say, they were and still remain so underrated. I will always love them for what they gave to me in their music!
Hi. New to your channel. Some more info on Geoff Tate for you. His aunt was a professional opera singer. He trained in opera starting at 8 years old, I believe. If you want to see/hear more, watch their pinnacle album "Operation: Mindcrime" performed live as "Operation: Livecrime" from 1991. It's a concept album, PHENOMENAL. This song was performed in their encore along with "Queen of the Reich" which is another mind-blowing performance. Geoff still tours, currently with Adrian Vandenberg. Thanks for this reaction!
Geoff Tate in his prime was amazing, Queensryche amazing band , great times 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Geoff Tate, Rob Halford (Judas Priest/Halford/Fight), Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden/Samson) and Ronnie James Dio (Dio/Black Sabbath/Rainbow) are the greatest metal vocalists to ever live.
You’re forgetting King Diamond and Phil Anselmo.
The correct mount Rushmore list!💯;Good job sir!
Love your reactions. I cry at the amazingness of him every time. The rest of this live concert was equally amazing.
Check out the live acoustic version of their song "I will Remember".
RAGE FOR ORDER WAS SO AHEAD OF ITS TIME,
Roads to Madness live is awesome as well. You won't believe it's live
The greatest band of the 80’s without a doubt!!!!!!!!❤
He’s still incredible and touring nonstop today! I’m going to Ireland with him next year! He’s a huge vocal influence & good friend! Great reaction!!!!
This whole concert is worth a watch! Especially "Queen of the Ryche" and "The Lady Wore Black" 🤘
I've watched many vocal coaches react to this version of Take Hold of the Flame, but your critique is one of the best. This band didn't have a weak link from their song writing, musical talent, and live performances. Check out their conceptual album Operation MindCrime, in fact Operation Live Crime was one of the best and underrated adapted to stage performances.
Thank you for watching.
Geoff really is just something else isn't he? And Queensryche to this day are a great, great band.
He is indeed!
Geoff Tate's vocal coach was the great David Kyle, who also coached Layne Staley, Chris Cornell, and Ann Wilson, among others.
Love your combination of studious musical appreciation with the unavoidable headbanging that inevitably comes with this song and Tate’s vocal virtuosity!
This was recorded live at the END of the set. He had already been singing like that for over an hour.
David Kyle was all about teaching singers to expand their range and help them learn how to use microphone amplification to its fullest.
We just saw him last week… he can still bring it! Sounds amazing! And I had no idea he played the saxophone 🎷
Edit: also check out ‘Queen of the Rÿche’ you love it
Geoff also plays keyboards ( but says he's not very good), and whistles! ☺️
Right? He’s as amazing as he ever was.
Hey John, great to see another reaction from you. Always insightful and enjoyable.
Thank you!
Thank you so much for this, I am a baritone like tate and have his range. YOU are the first coach that explained this in a way that i was hanging on to all your words. I understand what you mean about loving that note. When you nail it and the acousting in your own hear are in the perfect spot...it just rings like a bell inside the head and becomes so easy to hold it. So many coaches kept using the falsetto term and I always felt it was more than that. I have Noticed that Baritones tend to have the higher of the ranges
You gotta see their masterpiece Operation Mindcrime live! His voice is guaranteed to astound!!!
Saw queensryche in the eighties they were such a tight band live just awesome live.geoff tate one of the greatest rock singers ever
Very good job
I got to give some love to that incredible solo, wow.
He told me he had an aunt in the opera and he seemed to take this as inspiration.
Makes sense.
The music of my youth, love their music. Speaking of great vocalists, Eivor just released a new song, and she is pure magic.
Queen of the Reich, same concert…impressive!
Here because of hawk on tiktok, first reaction I watched of the song
the scary part to his voice is he is a Baritone.
So was Freddie Mercury. Two of my favorite bands, Queen and Queensryche.
Another, similar artist w/ the golden voice is from Steelheart. Try the acoustic version (live) of "She's Gone." It's magic. (Full band is also great, but the acoustic version just hits the spot). (I think he gets up to the G5 to boot).
Geoff has been my favorite vocalist since 1987. Try "Eyes of a Stranger" or "I don't believe in love"
Unbelievable! Wonderful explanation of the vocal talent of the singer.
Love Tate, Halford, Dickenson from the 80’s into the 90’s with their sustained high note vocal abilities…
A great example from the 2000’s to today is Myles Kennedy - who seemingly effortlessly can do the same thing Live with 4 octave range and breath control!💪
He is an ardent student of Bel Canto techniques and has only gotten better with age, rather than the other way around with most ‘rock’ vocalists.
For Live - AlterBridge anything from Royal Albert Hall concert with Parallax orchestra will give a beautiful example of late 40’s Myles sounding so great!
Saw Geoff last week live ... almost 65 now, bizar talented singer. Still hitting those high notes like it is soooo easy... great singer
Pretty sure that was one of the encore songs. Tate was Halford and Dickinson rolled into one.
You should also check out Ric Emmett lead singer of Triumph in Fight the Good Fight live at the Us Festival ... Very similar feel.
This is vocal God territory. Geoff is one of the best to ever do it. I l8ve it when people discover Geoff, true raw talent.
"Eyes of a Stranger" is a must
Metal singers don't get much love on the quality of their voices, Geoff Tate has a great voice for any type of song. The same goes with singers like Ronnie James Dio. I consider him as one the best vocalists, especially with the group Rainbow (the song "Mistreated" is excellent)
Goeff Tate sounded great back in the 1980's. Not so much now. I believe that he ruined his voice by doing something wrong all those years.
That’s the same creator who sent me here 😂
Same!
First saw them live opening for Metallica in 88. At that time I was a fan but was a bigger Metallica fan. After the show I came away a huge Queensryche fan and saw them 4 more times over the years and never saw Metallica again.
enjoyed your analysis
Thank you!
Geoff legit sounds like Kirk's phaser on that high E
How bout we give some credit to Chris DeGarmo for singing those high harmonies over Geoff Tate in the 3rd verse!
React to the band TNT! Singer is Tony Harnell and every song on the album Tell No Tales is incredible!
SEEN THEM LIVE OPENING FOR MAIDEN IN NYC IN 1984
I' seen this band the first time during the Empire tour at the Joe Louis Arena way back in 91 I believe, they played the full Empire Album and Operation Mindcrime.. i was so blown away that I seen them 4 more times over the years.
I have seen legends, from Clapton to Billy Joel to Elton John etc and this band was the best live band I have ever seen.
You need to go down this rabbit hole and watch the evolution of his voice.
I'd hit every album all the way up to Hear in the now frontier and then it was over. Lol
Great reaction, to an amazing performance. Tate was peerless back then. Now you can go on to Yannis Papadopoulos' vocal cover of Nightwish's Ghost Love Score. There you will have some technique to dig through :-)
That my local boys Geoff was untouchable at that time
Man , the rabbit hole that is Geoff Tate. So many great tracks.
Considering it was the last song of this concert. He could have went another hour😂
I heard someone else say it's in his implicit memory so he can then focus on engaging the audience, moving around etc.
I had an uncle who me that the vocals and guitars was just noise after I played the guitar parts to this song,, I said "just noise",, and he said yup.. so tried to hand him my guitar and said, "if it's just noise, you do it"! I caught some flack from my parents on that one but I made my point! Just an outstanding song front to back, Top to bottom!
It must've been Hawk that put you up to this! I saw the video also. Love Queensryche.
It's funny that I saw this early this morning. I saw Hawk's clip on TikTok yesterday too, and I liked Queensryche back in the day... and I watch music reactors on social media these days, especially vocal coaches. Lots of small pieces working together to get me to watch your video, very interesting to me.
Thanks!
Thank you for watching!
I just discovered you. I like your comments and how you analyze with knowledge on the subject at hand. Tate in his prime was truly amazing as his tone was always so rich no mater the register. I will suggest another singer that you might want to analyze to addiction. Monica Naranjo from Spain. songs like; Ahora Ahora, Europa, sobrevivire. There is a rabbit hole for you.
Not Synth Drums they are Drum Triggers. Pre-recorded Drum Sounds TRIGGERED when a microphone hears a noise. It can even be a voice that Triggers it!
I saw them live on this tour. They were opening for KISS and musically blew KISS off the stage which pains me to say because I've been a KISS fan since I was 8. I was an instant fan and have been since.
Weird but true fact: I was in the audience for the concert scenes of Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park.
Really all of these reaction videos just confirm what I sensed in the 80's when this song first came out...the vocal performance was untouchable. Not today or since can pull this off the way Geoff did at that time...not even Geoff himself. A combination of technique, youth, talent, and the moment. I'm at least glad this performance and band get the accolades today for what they were back then...an absolute masterpiece.
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I saw this tour. I became an instant fan!
At the time this was recorded this is the first of two encores. 13th song that night. Queensrÿche the art of live threw out there 40 years. Queensrÿche Hands down is one of the greatest live acts musicly of the mid 80s-2010 world wide
Queensrÿche is on 40 state tour now Check them out. Well worth the money and time.
It's worth pointing out that this was at the end of the concert. And the rest of QR's material isn't exactly easy either.
Even more amazing!
HE SANG THIS AFTER 2HRS OF SINGING
Love your analysis and appreciation of Geoff's off-the-charts vocals! This is the original lineup of the band, which is MAGIC!
This is a song off their FIRST full-length album. Geoff stays in his higher register primarily in their first couple of albums, and then brings in more if his lower register later on. Whatever notes he sings are just spectacular! EVERY member if the band is fantastic!
I really enjoy vocal coaches and other professionals' breakdowns and observations. Very informative and interesting! And yes, the three E5's (especially that second one -- what tone!) are something Geoff's known for. He has amazing tone, pitch, vibrato, expression...he just has it ALL! And, he's a baritone!
You might want to try these songs to hear some samples of their diversity:
"THE KILLING WORDS" and "I WILL REMEMBER", and "DELLA BROWN" all from MTV Unplugged ,1992.
"ANYBODY LISTENING?"
"THE WHISPER"
"JET CITY WOMAN"
"ONE MORE TIME"
"ANOTHER RAINY NIGHT"
"I DREAM IN INFRARED "
"ROADS TO MADNESS "
ALL of their concept album "OPERATION: MINDCRIME"!
Just to get you started. And there are SO many more, it's hard to pick.
Hope we hear more Queensryche reactions from you!
He’s an astounding singer.
G eoff t a te. .drop the mic
Geoff Tate best vocalist not only in metal but in music
How Queensryche never got the full recognition they deserved is nothing short of criminal
LITTLE BLUE BY JACOB COLLIER!!! Gotta react!!! It’ll blow your mind
First of all.
Great reaction.
Thanks for sharing this.❤️
1.) Geoff Tate is an Unicorn.
Unmatched.
Untouchable.
Unreachable.
2.) This E5s.
This exactly is how an E5 should sounds and sung.
Unbelievable good.
3 .) Chris DeGarmo.
Songwriter and Lead Guitarist.
Have you noticed his Backup Vocals?
Chris DeGarmo for me is the greatest Guitar player of all time that ever picked up a Guitar.
3.) Operation Mindcrime is the greatest Album of all time.
Operation LIVEcrime is OM played all Songs in a row.
It's an Concept Album.
Please check out the Story of it.
And the Story behind.
It worth it.
4.) Silent Lucidity.
This Queensryche Song is from their 1991 Album Empire.
In this Song Geoff Tate sounds very different to this one.
And you can hear what rich Voice this Guy has.
Orchestration by nothing other than Micheal Kamen!
Unbelievable good!
5.) We Queensryche Fans ar called: Rychers.
I agree with every single word you said!! From a fellow Rycher.
P.S. I used to have a personalized license plate that said
"I Ryche U"
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Luv ya .Mate🥰
Tate kills it
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All should try their song; *Queen of the Reich.* Was the first song I heard by them in '83 (maybe early '84) from their first 4-song EP (promotional). It is released again in '84 and I got one and wore it out on my stereo.
Check out the album Operation Mindcrime. It's mind blowing.