#operation: mindcrime

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Queensrÿche - I Don't Believe in Love

[blackros78]

Watch "Queensryche - Solve The Mindcrime Contest 1989 (Headbangers Ball)" on YouTube

[replicantapologist]

Someone should make a movie based on Operation: Mindcrime.

And yeah. A musical.

[yourfavealbumisgender]

Operation: Mindcrime by Queensrÿche is Transfem!

requested by @labratofthemonth

[guerrilla-operator]

Queensrÿche // Eyes Of A Stranger

And I raise my head and stare Into the eyes of a stranger I've always known that the mirror never lies People always turn away from the eyes of a stranger Afraid to know what lies behind the stare

[clangandclatter]

Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime (May 3, 1988)

[georgeweasleyx]

Queensrÿche: Operation Mindcrime

We're an underground revolution working overtime

[autistic-evil-xisuma]

nothing would fix me like seeing operation mindcrime as a staged musical would fix me it's just that i need to be the playwright and director and choreographer and every designer and every single actor and probably also all the stage hands to make sure they don't fuck it up.

[electrozilla]

now i know you won't refuse

because we've got so much to do

[coolcabinet]

some doodles of Mr Mindcrime himself

[metalcultbrigade]

Operation: Mindcrime - The Key 18/09/2015

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Queensrÿche – Eyes Of A Stranger

[roxrocknmetal]

This week’s Iconic Vinyl is a special! All about Operation Mindcrime by Queensryche!

https://www.roxalive.co.uk/2024/08/iconic-vinyl-special-operation-mindcrime.html.

[jarhara]

Let's analyze...

you know what? I don't really know how to call this

I like my musicals and rock operas bloody and messed up.

My personal top 5 (in no particular order) of these are: Sweeney Todd, Streets, Operation:Mindcrime, The Wicked Trilogy and Repo!

Being in a musical/opera mood lately, I made myself a little playlist, mixing these 5 and in doing that, I found some interesting patterns I'd like to ramble about

so here goes...

"The Setting"

Sweeney Todd takes place in a time of poverty and a strong class divide, Streets is set in the bad parts of a big city, Mindcrime in a world filled with corruption and Repo is it's own little dystopia. All feel pretty similar and I usually imagine Wicked Trilogy in an equally dreary world.

"The Girl in the Tower"

present in Sweeney Todd and Repo, also sorta in Wicked Trilogy (the woman Scarecrow is in love with isn't literally a "girl in the tower" but he sees her like that at first with how untouchable he perceives her).

Shilo is my clear favorite in this group, because Johanna is just barely a real character ^^°

"The Drug Dealer"

technically present in all 5. Obviously Graverobber (Repo) and D.T.(Streets) , Dr. X (Mindcrime) too, even though he does much more (and you could count Mary as helping him there). I personally see the Toy-Master (Wicked Trilogy) more as a club/venue owner but I can see him also being a drug dealer and while not fitting most of the stereotypes, Pirelli (Sweeney Tod) technically is selling a drug (okey, I know this one is a stretch)

"The Serial Killer"

all 5 have at least one murder but only Sweeney, Nikki (Mindcrime) and Nathen(Repo) are serial killers. D.T. get's a price for being the only non-murderer protagonist in this lineup.

It's probably hard to tell who has the biggest kill-count but I think it's notable that Nathen and Nikki both work as assasins for someone using them while Sweeney picks his own victims as he likes.

Scarecrow's (Wicked Trilogy) one murder hit's a little harder since he did bludgeon his only friend and mentor to death.

"The Master in the shadows"

another one you technically get in all 5. Judge Turpin (Sweeney Todd), Sammy (Streets), Dr. X, Mephistopheles (Wicked Trilogy) and Rotti Largo (Repo) all fit the role more or less. I feel like Sammy is the most harmless of the bunch (despite being the only killer in Streets) and Mephistopheles is simultaneously the most benevolent one and the one with the biggest potential to make things much worse if swapped with any of the others.

"The Friend"

(am I slightly running out of cool stereotypes? sorta)

Most of these have a positive influence on the protagonist, Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd) being the odd one out. D.T. has Tex (until Sammy kills him), Nikki has Mary (until he's made to kill her), Scarecrow has his mentor (until he kills him). huh... they all die... seems Mrs. Lovett fits in more then I thought. Only Blind Mag (Repo) serves this role for Shilo, not Nathen, but she still get's to die the obligatory "death of the friend" and Nathen is almost made to kill her.

"Everyone dead, everyone happy"

it's kinda obvious that a grim story doesn't end happy. Sweeney Todd and Repo pretty much end the same with the big bad, protagonist and friend all dead and the girl set free. Nikki isn't dead in the end but he might as well be and Dr. X gets away. And Scarecrow and D.T. both come out of it enlightened in the end, giving them the best endings fitting their low kill-counts.

[maddogx]

"Hello?" "Mindcrime"

It just takes a minute And you'll feel no pain Gotta make something of your life boy Give me one more vein You've come to see the doctor Cause I'll show you the cure I'm gonna take away the questions Yeah I'm gonna make you sure

A hit man for the order When you couldn't go to school Had a skin job for a hair-do Yeah you looked pretty cool Had a habit doing mainline Watch the dragon burn No regrets, you've got no goals Nothing more to learn

Now I know you won't refuse Because we've got so much to do And you've got nothing more to lose So take this number and welcome to

Operation : Mindcrime We're an underground revolution Working overtime Operation : Mindcrime There's a job for you in The system boy, with nothing to sign

Hey Nikki you know everything That there is to do Here's a gun take it home Wait by the phone We'll send someone over To bring you what you need You're a one man death machine Make this city bleed

Now I know you won't refuse Because we've got so much to do And you've got nothing more to lose So take this number and welcome to

Operation : Mindcrime We're an underground revolution Working overtime Operation : Mindcrime There's a job for you in The system boy, with nothing to sign

Operation : Mindcrime We're an underground revolution Working overtime Operation : Mindcrime If you come to see the doctor Yeah he'll give you the cure

Operation : Mindcrime Make something of your life boy Let me into your mind Operation : Mindcrime There's a job for you in the system boy With nothing to sign

Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime 

1988.Operation: Mindcrime

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