Queensryche - Revolution Calling

I was just watching some Headbangers Ball on Archive.org when the lyrics to this video by Queensryche struck me. I don't know that I ever heard this song before but I was around back then and recall plenty of "protest" / anti-government, anti-capitalist, anti-coldwar songs on the radio and MTV. It has me reflecting on the state of politics today and how things have shifted and twisted.

From 1988...

For a price I'd do about anythingExcept pull the triggerFor that I'd need a pretty good causeThen I heard of Dr. XThe man with the cureJust watch the televisionYeah, you'll see there's something going on

Got no love for politiciansOr that crazy scene in D.C.It's just a power mad townBut the time is ripe for changesThere's a growing feelingThat taking a chance on a new kind of vision is due

I used to trust the mediaTo tell me the truth, tell us the truthBut now I've seen the payoffsEverywhere I lookWho do you trust when everyone's a crook?

Revolution callingRevolution callingRevolution calling youRevolution callingRevolution callingGotta make a changeGotta push, gotta push it on through

I'm tired of all this bullshitThey keep selling me on T.V.About the communist planAnd all the shady preachersBegging for my cashSwiss bank accounts while giving theirSecretaries the slam

They're all in Penthouse nowOr Playboy magazine, million dollar stories to tellI guess Warhol wasn't wrongFame fifteen minutes longEveryone's using everybody, making the sale

I used to thinkThat only America's way, way was rightBut now the holy dollar rules everybody's livesGotta make a million doesn't matter who dies

Revolution callingRevolution callingRevolution calling youRevolution callingRevolution callingGotta make a changeGotta push, gotta push it on through

I used to trust the mediaTo tell me the truth, tell us the truthBut now I've seen the payoffsEverywhere I lookWho do you trust when everyone's a crook?

Revolution callingRevolution callingRevolution calling youRevolution callingRevolution callingGotta make a changeGotta push, gotta push it on through