Becky's Greatest Hits Vol. II

"You're the boy that talks but says nothin' A big game to the ones that you think'll believe you, But you don't know how to read The look on my face when it says Yeah, I've read that book too......" 

There are very few hard rock albums of the 80's that truly hold up.  Especially 30 years later. But Queensryches' Operation Mindcrime is one of the few. Released in 1988, Mindcrime was a fantastic concept album telling the story of young Nikki, a young operative in a power play of corrupt politics, sex traffic, religious bigots and drug abuse.  The record has so many great songs like Speak , The Needle Lies , and my personal fave Eyes of a Stranger .  The themes, the lyrics and even the newsworthiness of it is so unflinchingly fresh today as it was 30 years ago.....and that is actually pretty scary when you think about it. I believe one song even features the phrase "the one percent".  Do you remember using or hearing that phrase way back then? I was lucky enough as a girl of 16 to see Operation: Mindcrime performed in its entirety while Queensryche toured their Empire album.  It was an exhilarating spectacle of video images and film along with...

I don't understand at all why this movie caught all kinds of flack when it was released in 2016.  It's fun, it's witty, and it pays all kinds of homage to the original modern classic from 1984.  Is it because it was all women?  If so, that's just stupid because this cast is banging!  All through it I kept saying things like "wow.....I bet this looked awesome on the big screen......wow.....I wish my kid could appreciate this......wow.....I bet a lot of little girls really dug on this......."  You get it.  I loved all the cameos, the gags relating to the original, and of course, the funny digs about having a hot but dumb male secretary. This is a fun and easy to enjoy popcorn-on-the-couch flick that you could even watch with your kids.  Who can't use that these days?  P.S. My hubs also liked the fact that Ozzy Osbourne is billed as "famous rockstar" in the credits.  I guess that would require explanation to today's young a...

  " Instant Karma's gonna get you Gonna look you right in the face Better get yourself together darlin' Join the human race How in the world you gonna see Laughin' at fools like me Who in the hell d'you think you are A super star Well, right you are....."  " Is there anybody going to listen to my story All about the girl who came to stay? She's the kind of girl You want so much it make you sorry Still you don't regret a single day Ah, girl, girl, girl....." "I once had a girl Or should I say she once had me She showed me her room Isn't it good Norwegian wood?" "No one I think is in my tree I mean it must be high or low That is you can't, you know, tune in But it's all right That is, I think, it's not too bad....."  "And woman Hold me close to your heart However distant, don't keep us apart After all it is written in the stars....." 

Pic from a ladies restroom in Raleigh, NC.  If all of our rest-stops were so encouraging!

Charlotte, NC Westside October 2, 2019 7:14 am