Queensrÿche - 'Empire' (official music video)
“Next message. Saved, Saturday at 9:24 p.m.”v
"Sorry, I’m just... it’s starting to hit me like a... a... 2 ton heavy thing"
Last night the word came down, ten dead in Chinatown.
Innocent, their only crime was being in the wrong place, at the wrong time
Too bad, people say what's wrong with the kids today
Tell you right now they've got nothing to lose
They're building EMPIRE!
Johnny used to work after school
at the cinema show.
Gotta hustle if he wants an education
he's got a long way to go.
Now he's out on the street all day
selling Crack to the people who pay.
Got an AK-47 for his best friend
business the American way.
Eastside meets Westside downtown.
No time, the walls fall down
Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE! Can't you hear it calling?
Black man, trapped again. hold his chain in his hand.
Brother killing brother for the profit of another,
Game point, nobody wins. Decline, right on time.
What happened to the dream sublime?
Tear it all down, we'll put it up again. Another EMPIRE?
Eastside meets Westside downtown.
No time, no line, the walls fall down.
Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can't you hear it coming EMPIRE!
Can't someone here stop it...??!!
“In the school year 1986 to 87 local state and federal governments spent up to a combined total of 60.6 million dollars on law enforcement.
Federal law enforcement expenditures ranked last in absolute dollars, and accounted for only 6% of all federal spending.
By way of comparison, the federal government spent 24 million more on space exploration and 43 times more on national defense and international relations than on law enforcement.”
Can’t you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can’t you hear it calling? EMPIRE!
Can’t you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can’t you hear it calling? EMPIRE!
Can’t you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can’t you hear it calling? EMPIRE!
Can’t you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can’t someone here stop it? EMPIRE!
"Sorry, I’m just... it’s starting to hit me like a... a... 2 ton heavy thing"
Last night the word came down, ten dead in Chinatown.
Innocent, their only crime was being in the wrong place, at the wrong time
Too bad, people say what's wrong with the kids today
Tell you right now they've got nothing to lose
They're building EMPIRE!
Johnny used to work after school
at the cinema show.
Gotta hustle if he wants an education
he's got a long way to go.
Now he's out on the street all day
selling Crack to the people who pay.
Got an AK-47 for his best friend
business the American way.
Eastside meets Westside downtown.
No time, the walls fall down
Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE! Can't you hear it calling?
Black man, trapped again. hold his chain in his hand.
Brother killing brother for the profit of another,
Game point, nobody wins. Decline, right on time.
What happened to the dream sublime?
Tear it all down, we'll put it up again. Another EMPIRE?
Eastside meets Westside downtown.
No time, no line, the walls fall down.
Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can't you hear it coming EMPIRE!
Can't someone here stop it...??!!
“In the school year 1986 to 87 local state and federal governments spent up to a combined total of 60.6 million dollars on law enforcement.
Federal law enforcement expenditures ranked last in absolute dollars, and accounted for only 6% of all federal spending.
By way of comparison, the federal government spent 24 million more on space exploration and 43 times more on national defense and international relations than on law enforcement.”
Can’t you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can’t you hear it calling? EMPIRE!
Can’t you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can’t you hear it calling? EMPIRE!
Can’t you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can’t you hear it calling? EMPIRE!
Can’t you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can’t someone here stop it? EMPIRE!
Στο μεταίχμιο δύο δεκαετιών, τον Σεπτέμβριο του 1990, οι Queensrÿche κυκλοφορούσαν τον τέταρτο "ολοκληρωμένο" δίσκο τους. Ο διάδοχος του δίσκου "Operation: Mindcrime" έφερε τον τίτλο "Empire" και αποτέλεσε το πλέον επιτυχημένο (εμπορικά) album του Αμερικάνικου συγκροτήματος.
Ο δίσκος γνώρισε αρκετές επανακυκλοφορίες με πλέον πρόσφατη την προ τριετίας (το καλοκαίρι του 2021) σε διπλό βινύλιο από την Capitol Records και σε διπλό cd από την Universal Music Japan. Η ομότιτλο τραγούδι φέρει την "υπογραφή" του Geoff Tate και του Michael Wilton.
Ήταν το πρώτο single που "έβγαλε" ο δίσκος και κυκλοφόρησε τον Σεπτέμβριο του 1990. B-side στο "επτάρι" το τραγούδι "Scarborough Fair" (πρόκειται για Αγγλικό παραδοσικο τραγούδι το οποίο ηχογράφησαν οι Queensryche το 1986) και στο "δωδεκάρι" τα "Scarborough Fair" και "Prophecy". Στο CD single πέραν του ομότιτλου τραγουδιού βρίσκουμε και τα "Scarborough Fair", "Prophecy", "Della Brown"...
Ο δίσκος γνώρισε αρκετές επανακυκλοφορίες με πλέον πρόσφατη την προ τριετίας (το καλοκαίρι του 2021) σε διπλό βινύλιο από την Capitol Records και σε διπλό cd από την Universal Music Japan. Η ομότιτλο τραγούδι φέρει την "υπογραφή" του Geoff Tate και του Michael Wilton.
Ήταν το πρώτο single που "έβγαλε" ο δίσκος και κυκλοφόρησε τον Σεπτέμβριο του 1990. B-side στο "επτάρι" το τραγούδι "Scarborough Fair" (πρόκειται για Αγγλικό παραδοσικο τραγούδι το οποίο ηχογράφησαν οι Queensryche το 1986) και στο "δωδεκάρι" τα "Scarborough Fair" και "Prophecy". Στο CD single πέραν του ομότιτλου τραγουδιού βρίσκουμε και τα "Scarborough Fair", "Prophecy", "Della Brown"...
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