bruce and his little flag !!

wiggy69 · 02-12-2003 11:11am #1

hands up who wanted to stick bruce dickheadsons flag up his arse during the trooper last night

s8n · 02-12-2003 12:25pm

he'd probably enjoy it...........what happened anyway, was it a union jack or something??

Lemming · 02-12-2003 12:33pm

Originally posted by wiggy69
hands up who wanted to stick bruce dickheadsons flag up his arse during the trooper last night

waaaaaaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaaaaaaaa
me no likey flag

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

..... :rolleyes:

So what, he was waving a union jack - that had been peppered with holes and ragged up since that's the theme of "the trooper". English vs. napoleonic era type thing.

Whoopty f*cking dooooo

Sarky · 02-12-2003 2:50pm

UP TEH RAAA!

Yeah, why listen to Iron Maiden at all? I mean, they're British, and they're proud of it. That's just not right. They should wave the tricolour EVERYWHERE! And they should call themselves Irish! And write songs about how cool 1916 was, despite the fact that it was a massive flop "run" by romantic fools with no idea of war. Oh, and they should say "Tura loora loora" at ALL their gigs. And they should rename it the "Hooley of Death" tour. And they should apologise for the centuries of discrimination and occupation of the british empire on poor old us, because it's partly their fault!

I feel sorry for anyone who booed/hissed during the trooper. Seems very small minded.Fools. You're missing the point of the song. I bet you'd still buy The Trooper single despite the union jack on the front.

The flag is part of the song. Accept it. Stop with the pseudo-patriotism, it doesn't make you look good. It makes you look like a redneck member of the IRA who pretends that the last seventy years never happened.

Sarky · 02-12-2003 3:04pm

And besides, there were two flags. And they were far from little.

powerage22 · 02-12-2003 4:38pm

Get over it. They do that at EVERY concert. It's just part of the show

wiggy69 · 02-12-2003 4:45pm

DONT YA JUST LOVE THE ART OF CONVERSATION , I TAKE IT ALL BACK BRUCE , I LOVE YOU , HEY MY NECK HURTS AND THE GUY THAT SEARCHED ME ON THE WAY IN NEARLY PULLED MY BALLS OUT OF MY TROUSERS , CASHELS WAS NICE , OLE OLE OLE OLE

Lemming · 02-12-2003 4:50pm

wiggy69 · 02-12-2003 5:02pm

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOUCH

BITCH SLAPPED

YOU WIN

NEXT TIME GGGGGGGGAAAAADGET

s8n · 03-12-2003 1:00pm

And write songs about how cool 1916 was, despite the fact that it was a massive flop "run" by romantic fools with no idea of war. Oh, and they should say "Tura loora loora" at ALL their gigs. And they should rename it the "Hooley of Death" tour

Damn right, and the wolfe tones should be supporting. However, 1916 was'nt a total flop as you claim. Romantic they might have been but change they did bring about.
After their tricolour burning of a previous show "da maiden" should have had more sense than to bring a union jack. Muppets the lot of them.

super_furry · 03-12-2003 4:42pm

Originally posted by s8n

After their tricolour burning of a previous show.

Have you any proof this actually happened or are you just repeating an unfounded rumour?

Lemming · 03-12-2003 4:45pm

Originally posted by s8n
After their tricolour burning of a previous show "da maiden" should have had more sense than to bring a union jack. Muppets the lot of them.

I thought that was debunked as absolute urban myth ??

super_furry · 03-12-2003 4:48pm

I thought that was debunked as absolute urban myth ??

Exactly. The story changes all the time and bands from UB40 to The Jam have been accussed of this bull**** rumour - Paul Weller even went so far to adress it on his official website.

wiggy69 · 04-12-2003 12:00pm

i wonder if maiden played belfast what they would do ??

Sarky · 04-12-2003 4:02pm

They'd bloody well wave the union jack when they played the trooper, that's what they'd do. And more power to 'em.

It's part of the song, for crying out loud! If you don't like the british imagery, don't listen to the song!

Sarky · 04-12-2003 4:08pm

Read some newspaper article on this last night. Load of rubbish. The band didn't retreat to the back of the stage, the booing didn't drown out the song.

Apparently someone said "they should have known better than to wave a union jack in Ireland". Does this make Ireland seem like a welcoming place to british metal bands? Small minded ignoramus. Bet he still thinks The Trooper is a damn good song. The contradiction is delightful.

RicardoSmith · 04-12-2003 4:51pm

The assumption is that the waving flag means nothing. Therefore the flag means nothing. While that maybe some peoples opinion, its obviously not going to be everyones opinion. So it doesn't matter if you agree with that or not. Unless you're very thick you KNOW you are going annoy some people by doing it and thus get a reaction. So either they don't care, wanted a reaction, or are too stupid to know that it would get a reaction.

Incidentally I like Maiden, but it was a dumb thing to do. Theres nothing positive it achieved IMO.

RicardoSmith · 04-12-2003 5:00pm

Originally posted by Sarky
UP TEH RAAA!

Yeah, why listen to Iron Maiden at all? I mean, they're British, and they're proud of it. That's just not right. They should wave the tricolour EVERYWHERE! And they should call themselves Irish! And write songs about how cool 1916 was, despite the fact that it was a massive flop "run" by romantic fools with no idea of war. Oh, and they should say "Tura loora loora" at ALL their gigs. And they should rename it the "Hooley of Death" tour. And they should apologise for the centuries of discrimination and occupation of the british empire on poor old us, because it's partly their fault!

I feel sorry for anyone who booed/hissed during the trooper. Seems very small minded.Fools. You're missing the point of the song. I bet you'd still buy The Trooper single despite the union jack on the front.

The flag is part of the song. Accept it. Stop with the pseudo-patriotism, it doesn't make you look good. It makes you look like a redneck member of the IRA who pretends that the last seventy years never happened.

Personally I think slagging off 1916 and the Irish flag and ignoring the past 70 yrs is pretty sick. If its not important to you thats one thing, but to ignore the fact thats it important to other people is another. Especially when people could have had family executed/killed in it.

Lemming · 04-12-2003 5:10pm

For the love of f*ck :rolleyes:

Is ANYONE involved in the past occupation most likely alive and part of this band or the British government right now?

No?
(let it f*cking go man. The past is important, but stop living in it like some demented muppet)

Did Iron Maiden personally rape and pillage this country?

No?

Do irish bands wave tri-colours on stage?

Yes?

IS the Union-Jack part of the nature of the song in question?

Yes it f*cking well is. So cop the f*ck on and stop acting like little illiterate scum hanging around the local corner drinking dutch-gold and writing "C-IRA" on the walls because you think it looks cool.

Because that's what you're sounding like :rolleyes:

RicardoSmith · 04-12-2003 5:30pm

Anyone read " A Star called Henry" Though that was pretty funny. Especially shagging in the cellar with stamps stuck to his ar*e, while it was been shelled. Anyway....Personally I like maiden. I'm not bothered by them waving a flag, but I can understand why some people would be. Like I said its a stupid thing to do here. Just like waving the german flag in Israel wouldn't go down too well or the USA flag in certain parts of the world etc. I don't see what that has to do with 1916 either, or why that is a non event in some peoples eyes. I can seperate both events. I dunno what that has got to do with spraying graffiti on a wall either? Ok for one final time and lets be clear in case someone wets themselves.

Waving flag <> 1916 (or the Raaa) Do people still say that?

But also

Waving flag <> mean nothing

I heard for the Riverdance show in China they changed the flag from the French one to the Chinese one. Why? its not like the chinese are a bit sensitive are they?

Oh and <> means "does not equal"

bruce and his little flag !!

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