JD, Tim,
Yeah, Prophecy has been around forever. . I mean, they were playing that song since the EP tour. -
http://anybodylistening.net/9-20-83.html - and that's just the first confirmed setlist. I am sure it was in the set for all the dates before that. The Warning sessions were over budget, so if I had to hazard a guess, I'd say its a demo recording of theirs from The Warning era that they submitted for that soundtrack. Or they could have cut a quick live version of it and just marked it as demo during the RFO pre-production stage. The film came out in what...88? So it could have been either of those things, but because its so raw, I'd say the particular "early" version was a band home demo cut quickly.
Wish I could give you a concrete answer, but to be honest, I never really paid much attention to that particular version of the song. I just always listened to the version they cut during the Rage sessions that was put on the reissue of the EP in 1988, and to the early bootlegs. I never really bothered with the Decline of Western Civ version (I have it, just don't listen to it).
I just listened to the song now for the first time in years. It’s a cool tune, but I’ve never been a big fan of the chugging guitar riff and that’s the kind of vibe I get from this one. I remember thinking it was a good song and would have fit in quite nicely with the Tribe album.
But I also remember hearing Justified and thinking the same thing after the previous few albums, I just want these guys to let loose a bit more lol.
It was also around this time that I bought American Soldier, that Best of and Take Cover. I knew Geoffs vocals were struggling for awhile but it was at this point that it was even more obvious to me.
Going back to that best of. I remember thinking the first CD was just too similar to thier greatest hits from 2000. But those Myth songs on the second CD were 
. They should have included more unreleased songs from Rage for Order too!
re: Justified -- I hear ya. And it's not that I'm saying Justified is this top track of all time thing. It's a decent song, that stylistically fit with what they were doing in 2002-2003. I LIKE it. But it wouldn't make a top songs compilation mix or something. That said, however, I dug the chugging riff. As I said, my favorite section was the bridge. And there's this cool little "Psycho" (the movie) guitar harmonic in the...I think it's second verse, that I just absolute love. Gives it this creepy stalker vibe if you listen to the lyrics. I forgot to mention that in the blog.
re: The Best of set -- it was OK. I really wished they had NOT included All the Promises and Til There Was You. On the DIGITAL version of the 2 disc set, they swapped those songs out completely for...I want to say another Empire tune, and the song You. I prefer that version a LOT better.
I agree though -- I was hoping they would have released the Rage Demos. I have them, but having them cleaned up and sounding good would have been really cool. From the Darkside, The Dream, Rage for Order, all very different. Would have been cool. The MYTH stuff was OK. You can tell Tate's quirkiness from MYTH was toned down in Queensryche (which to be honest, was for the better, IMO).
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