From: oerting@challenger.aa.washington.edu (Tim Oerting)
Subject: cp music (forewarded message)
Organization: University of Washington, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Seattle WA
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:34:34 GMT

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From: "Carey D. Clevenger" <cc79+@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: oerting@challenger.aa.washington.edu (Tim Oerting)
Subject: Re: FAQ (part 2)
	<1992Aug23.073151.26062@u.washington.edu>
Status: R

....I'll have to agree with your comment that CP music DOES, in fact, change...
 
For example, I am somewhat surprised that you neglected to mention
Queensryche at ALL!

All right, I know....Another glam-rock fan that thinks he knows everything....

Truth is,  QR is about the only "hard" (?) stuff I can stomach.

The most OBVIOUS example of the CP attitude can be found on
"Operation:MINDCIME." For those of you not familiar with it, I will
breifly summarize...
 
..."Do we live in freedom? Do we live in equality?"
                                            ---Quote from "Dr. X",

The story is quite simple....Nikki, former heroin addict, becomes
involved in a plot (Operation:Mindcrime) to eliminate  powerful members
of the church and local government. He answers to a mysterious man named
simply as Dr. X. X calls Nikki and, over the phone, sends subliminal
messages for Nikki to kill....whoever. One of Nikki's "assignments" is
his girlfriend, Sister Mary, streetwalker turned nun. I'll stop there
for all of you who may be interested in listening to the album someday
(highly recommended).

You may be thinking....What does this have to do with CP?

Good question...Not so easy to answer. But with song titles like
"Anarchy X" and "Revolution Calling", it IS actually relevant. 

Another good example is "Rage for Order". I believe it came out in 1986.
There IS an underlying concept to the album, but I haven't quite grasped
it yet. A sample of song titles include "Walk in the Shadows", "I Dream
in Infrared",  and "Screaming in Digital." There's also a song which
starts out with Geoff Tate (lead vocalist)  singing something about
"Screaming Circuits", overtop of a background which is CLEARLY automated
machinery. There's also a neat little Reagan quote about "Automated
Weapons."

So...CP or NOT CP?


"Empire" (1990) is not so much CP as disgusted political views,  but
it's not such a bad album. 

I will TRY to get a listing of the lyrics for "Rage". If I find anything
out, I will let you know.

                               Carey Clevenger
                               
P.S.--As for classical CP, I think Wagner has to get my vote.

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