You want range, TAKE HOLD OF THE FLAME LIVE 1984. and that is Geoff Tate, one one the greatest rock voices of all time

Geoff Tate is the singer for Queensryche. One of the greatest vocalists in rock history. Check out Eyes of a Stranger among several others.

This is not a typical song type; they're Progressive Rock. 🔥🤘🏽 That's Geoff Tate singing. One of the best Vocalists to come out of the Eighties Metal scene. 👍🏽😁

Geoff Tate is the vocalist in this song and during this period. He's the original vocalist and was there through their most prolific period.

Geoff Tate!!! He was the singer for this track and all their best music was his. He is one of the best, if not the best voice of the late 80s and 90s. His range is amazing to say the least. “Take hold of the Flame- Live in Tokyo ‘84”. The best live performance EVER!!!

Such an amazing song, written by guitarist Chris DeGarmo! Absolutely beautiful.

Queensryche - Take Hold Of The Flame (live in Tokyo 1984)

Stunning. I get chills every time. The live performance at the MTV awards was beautiful

This whole album is fantastic. So happy to see the love for Queensryche.

THANK YOU FOR THE THERAPY! Lost both my parents in the last 2 years...this song hits the feels and soothes the soul!

My ex-husband had a great voice, Queensryche, one of his fav groups he loved to sing too when we were married. He recently passed away from ALS. This song brings me to tears.

The Live version on MTV awards ( i think awards) is KICKASS !!!!! 👍🌼

You know it's a good song when you are surprised when it's over.

The first time I saw this video (which was the first time I heard the song), it made me tear up. Still does 30 years later.

I (vaguely) remember an interview with the band where they explained that the song depicts a father comforting his son after waking - again - from a bad dream about mother, who has passed away. The son is afraid of his dreams. Dad explains that dreams afford us the opportunity to revisit the times, places, and people that mean something to us. He explains that his son can take control of the dream, that he can guide how it flows. Finally, the father says (more to himself) he’s staring down in “silent lucidity,” possibly because he too is suffering the loss and the nightmares and is on the same nocturnal journey.

Geoff voice is so haunting on this track.

GEOFF TATE!!! He was in the original lineup of Queensryche, BEST BAND EVER!! Geoff had a 4 octave range, plus unparalleled control, power, expression, tone, vibrato, and more. Do "Take Hold of the Flame" live in Tokyo 1984. It will show you the flip side of what this band can do. "Operation: Mindcrime" whole album! Absolute perfect concept album! One long story told in flashback. Other songs: "Anybody Listening" "Roads to Madness" "The Killing Words" MTV Unplugged 1992 "Jet City Woman" "One More Time" "Real World" "Walk in the Shadows" "Another Rainy Night" "Neue Regal" Too many to list! Phenomenal band!

This song came out a couple of months after my mother died when I was a teenager and man.. it hit like a ton of bricks. Still floors me to this day.

All-time great song. Just gorgeous composition arrangement and performance. Those strings. Lucid dreaming is a fascinating concept. being able to realize you are dreaming, then take agency of your dreams, even if temporarily, is a very powerful thing And yeah, you got to do take hold of the flame live. Geoff Tate Is it generational singing talent

Geoff Tate in his prime. One of the finest singers to ever draw breath. Check out the Live in Tokyo 1984 version of "Take Hold of the Flame..." Absolutely fantastic!!

Hey, Salvo G - that's Geoff Tate on lead vocals. 🙂

This whole album, Empire, is epic. Not one bad track!❤❤❤❤❤

I'm his prime Geoff was hands down one of the best

The perfect Queensrÿche song to start with.

This one of my all time favorite songs

That’s their biggest hit and a great song but if you listen to their “Operation Mindcrime” album you might find 10 more compelling songs than this one. That album’s a metal opera and it totally stands up today, musically, but absolutely the content, the story within the opera. Best album of my lifetime I still believe. Your mind will be blown.

There is still a band, Queensryche...but it is barely a shadow of what it once was. Geoff Tate is Queensryche, he guitarists Chris DeGarmo and Michael Wilton wrote the majority of the songs, drummer Scott Rockenfield (absolute perfect last name) is an incredible drummer..they came out of Seattle in the late late 70's but really hit their stride in the 80's and early 90's..Geoff still sings with his own band, DeGarmo also always wanted to be an airline pilot so after retiring from music he went to school and is now an airline pilot,,I don't think he flies commercial jets but cargo and private flights...can you imagine, not only living one dream life but two..

It's written from the view point of a father explaining dreaming and dream control and how to control your dreams from your dreams... great song. there is sooo much more to this band I can't explain this is a life changing event hearing Geoff Tate changed everything for me. Welcome to the apex of progressive metal of that era. start with Take hold of the flame live video and hold on...

This was their biggest hit, but my favourite from this album was always Is Anybody Listening - powerful lyrics that still resonate today, you should check it out.

love, love, love Queensryche! their concept album, Operation Mindcrime -a rock opera, is an absolute must!!!! Geoff Tate is just as fantastic live, as he is on recordings.

Excellent band. No drama. I’m from Seattle, saw it all. Truly lucky.

❤!! My ABSOLUTE very favorite song. Excellent choice.😊

You can pick almost any song from the album Empire. I wore my vinyl record out playing it so much. Geoff has an amazing voice. ❤

Lucid dreaming is when you take control IN your dream and determine the direction of it, and it's quite amazing. I've done it a few times, usually if I feel danger in my dream. I remember that it's a dream and I can fly in my dreams so I take off and fly away from the danger. Quite a relief, and fun too.

A true masterpiece! 😍The song has been with me since it was released.... Thank you for checking it out! 🙂

One of my favorite songs!! ❤❤❤ Geoff Tait has amazing vocals!! ❤❤❤

Such a gorgeous song

It's a touching song about a boy who has a bad dream about a family member dying. His father comforts him by promising to be by his side while he sleeps and teaches him that they are just dreams - and can even learn to control them.

Geoff Tate is the singer , song was written/composed by guitarist Chris DeGarmo .

Magical song. If I'm not wrong, Michael Kamen (who previously worked with Pink Floyd for "The Wall") made possible the orchestration for this song.

One of my all time SHOCKING songs. It is a work of art. LOVE

Another song of theirs that is so awesome is Home Again. The lead singer's 10-year-old daughter sings it with him. It's the story of a soldier and his daughter dealing with his deployment.

Enjoy ❤ this band

“Help me.” That line cuts right through me. Two simple words, whispered by a woman, are amazing.

Mr Geoff Tate, still traveling the word and living the dream. He is amazing.

This is one my all time favorite songs. A true power ballad. To me it’s how deep you can go in your dreams partly aware but you can’t wake up. 💯🔥

SOMEONE ELSE. by Queensryche is one of the most amazing songs ever

One of my fav songs ever ! It Blow me away..

One of my favorite songs of all time ❤ I had the cassette single back in 1992 and played it so much the tape actually snapped

This is my fav song of all time. i suggested it to you in comment a while back, but grateful wo whomever requested it on patreon.

Yep. Been on my playlist forever.

Don’t sleep on Geoff Tate my brother. His vocals are magical. Welcome to my college years. Weed plus Queensryche is all you need to know.

its just about telling a child who had a bad dream that they can control dreams and need not fear them.

Loved these guys from the very beginning! Geoff Tate is an amazing vocalist! LISTEN TO MORE! 62 yr old woman here and love heavy metal and these guys r phenomenal!

Such a sweet song

'Take Hold Of the Flame' and 'Jet City Woman" are a must!

I get the impression that the song is a lulliby, being sung by someone that died - to a child that was close to the person. Parent maybe? And that person is "smiling next to you, in Silent Lucidity". If you listen to Carl Sagan explain the 4th dimension - time itself, this song starts to make sense. The 4th dimension can see the 3rd, but the 3rd can't see the 4th - just slivers of it. Ever have Deja Vu? Yeah, at some point, you were there in your dreams. When we dream, we can enter the 4th dimension. Yeah, our bodies die, but we become part of the 4th. "It's a place where you will learn to face your fears, retrace the years, and ride the whims of your mind. Commanding in another world suddenly you hear and see this magic new dimension." The 4th dimension. "I will be watching over you". "Your mind tricked you to feel the pain of someone close to you leaving the game of life". This song is a masterpiece. Listen to it live. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q9-firmCt7mRcqM.html

I recently saw them in concert and they played this song best damn concert I’ve ever been to.

This song has a power to get me back on my feet. Magical.

If you get the chance see them live They're pretty impeccable

I dont care what Wikipedia allegedly claims about this song it was a deliberate song requested by Geoff Tate to be Pinkfloydesque from Chris DeGarmo and Chris DeGarmo delivered

I have always loved this song, and Geoff Tate is one of my favorite vocalists. But as amazing as his voice is in this song, it is kind of reserved compared to his work with the band in the 80s. If you really want to hear a truly mind blowing vocal performance, check out the bands performance of Take Hold Of The Flame from Japan in 1984. I guarantee that you will not regret it.

I haven’t heard this in a long time, thanks for sharing, brought back great memories

I saw them in 91 on the Empire tour at Joe Louis Arena. They played Operation Mindcrime it’s entirety. Simply amazing. Such a talented band.

I had to watch this again, again and again because this song is so powerful in every way.

One of my all-time favorite songs growing up as a teen in the 80s. Thank you so much for reacting to this beautiful song

The Empire album is a straight banger.

Queensryche: EMPIRE.

I have been a fan of Queensryche since the early 90's. Geoff Tate is an incredible vocalist who has the ability to sing 4 Octaves! What is exciting for me - to watch you with your "First Time Hearing" is your upfront summarization of the band or vocalist you are about to listen to and how excited you get discovering these songs for the first time. (Like - "Where has this been all my life?"

Salvo, do yourself a BIG favor. Listen to the entire Mindcrime album. The greatest album ever created. Geoff will blow your mind and you will experience ROCK like you have never heard. Enjoy

You should absolutely listen to Eyes of a Stranger. That is an amazing banger!!!!

I ran karaoke shows for over 30 years and this was one of my favorite songs to sing and one of the most requested from me.... EPIC!

I’m so happy to see Queensryche on your channel! One of my absolute favorite bands! Geoff Tate’s vocal range is insane! I saw the original band (before Geoff left) once & have since seen Geoff perform about 6 times. Hope you’ll keep going with them. Empire is in my top 10 best albums though I do enjoy some of their earlier stuff from their metal days.

I have been hoping you would listen to this one. It is amazing!!! Music, vocals! All of it!

Iirc, this was 1990, and sadly, I was tapping out of most rock at that time. Consider: for "concept" albums I had, what? Sgt Pepper? Quadrophenia? Pink Floyd's output from "Dark Side" on down to "Wall"? To say nothing of Gabriel-led Genesis, Yes, etc etc etc? I was really into jazz-rock fusion at this time: Steely Dan, Pat Metheny, etc. I wish this record had come out in the mid-80; it might have been my favorite. Without deep-diving into this song's part of the larger concept, I rather deliberately misheard the lyrics to mean a father protecting his child, and I REALLY found that useful when my own kid was born mid-90s. You know, it's funny: I just heard that tech is getting so advanced that we might be able to record our own dreams, audiovisually, within 4 or so years. Which would make this song the biggest prophecy ever (and make it a hit again).

Before you can begin to understand this song, you need to understand what lucid dreaming is. Lucid dreaming is when you're dreaming and, either accidentally or by some type of mental technique, you become aware that you're dreaming. You might then be able to take control of the characters, events, and outcome of the dream. It has nothing to do with being trapped in a dream. In the video's interpretation, I believe the little boy is having a reoccurring nightmare of losing someone close to him. When he takes control of the dream, he commandeers his bed and rescues this person, changing the outcome of the dream. BTW, the orchestration plays a little bit of 'Lullaby and Goodnight' at the end of the song.

Geoff Tate, awesome vocals. Empire is a great album. More please, been a bit since I jammed to them. ❤🥳🔥

I love this song, it is a favorite of my dad's and eventually became our song. It was sort of his way of telling me I'll always have your back no matter what, even when I'm gone. I think this is one of the most beautiful songs they made, but they have other great ones as well.

Also always been my thought that he could sing with the band during the day and then go perform Phantom of the Opera at night. Great voice.

I'm confident I won't be the only one to recommend this, but you should REALLY react to their song 'Take Hold Of the Flame,' specifically the live version from Tokyo in 1984; it's amazing! It also gives one a MUCH better idea of Geoff Tate's vocal abilities. Edit: Nope, I'm not the only one :)

Sal, here you go again. This is one of my all time favs. Thanks buddy, great reaction

Todd LaTorre is the current singer. This is Geoff (pronounced Jeff) Tate.

The song is to a child comforting them after a bad dream about his/her mom dying (either just in the dream or a memory dream of real events).

The "Go to sleep" lullaby at the end is a nice touch ;-)

Take Hold of the Flame live in Tokyo 1984!!!!!!!

Ok .. ur into another gem of a band👍🏼

This song means different things to different people. What it means is really up to you and that's the magic of music bud. Learning and experiencing new things. Thanks for sharing

In Eyes Of A Stranger, you really get to hear the range of Tates voice, hes a great rock vocalist.

This is on my night mix, I've listened to it every night for over a decade. :) It's one of those perfect songs for me.

Such an incredible piece of music. And also another one of “those songs” that clutched my heart when I lost my son. The boy floating in another realm looks exactly like he did as a child 😢 I think most agree, we have our own interpretations of a song’s meaning-especially during a life altering situation. The child in the video represented my 30 year old son experiencing rebirth, and connecting with me in another dimension. I’m sure many who have lost a child (no matter their age), are better equipped to manage such loss through music.

Geoff Tate. Check out "Take Hold of the Flame" live in Tokyo 84'. He is just as good live, incredible

Your comments are exactly how I feel about videos: Most distract me from the music and take away some feeling for me. This one adds to it. Very few videos unfortunately do this: Faithfully by Journey & Bring me to Life by Evanescence are two others, and I know I'm forgetting a few off the top of my head, but when you come across them, it's special. I call it the trifecta - great lyrics, great song, and great video.

The song came out about the time of Carlos Castaneda’s book. All about peyote dreams. Also the Center of the Cyclone, about taking lsd in a sensory deprivation tank. It’s all about the minds eye.

Gives me the same emotions as Pink Floyd’s learning to fly

Sometimes it amazes me that so many people never heard this song then i think, wait! I'm old! lol

Song back in the day was for a friend that left early in life ..

Always love the Brahms quote at the end

it's actually geoff tate on vocals!

This was really nice. I never listened to them because I always thought they were a 100% headbanger band.

Salvo! Geoff Tate is the singer. Todd Letorre is the new singer for Queensryche. Geoff left the band sadly. Greatest group ever, PERIOD! They have numerous songs that will blow your mind. Geoffs singing is second to none! Everyone plays their instrument top notch. This band just has it ALL