Anything Maiden

jack presley wrote: »

With Jimmy Saville passing away recently, this link was on the IM website.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/nov/02/jim-fix-it-iron-maiden

Brilliant story and great to see the video of it too. The band and crew are as sound as fcuk.:)

scudzilla wrote: »

Big Maiden announcement on their website tonight.

Surely confirming Sonisphere

I reckon they saw my performance driving the other day with Powerslave blasting, and they want me to front the band.


Had forgotten how good that album was, and in particular the title track. I have a boy toy/classic car that I only drive on occasion, so took that on a trip to Dublin airport and back to give it a bit of a run rather than using my regular motor.

I grabbed Powerslave and a few other albums before leaving so that I would have tunes I liked with me.

Aces High, Two Minutes To Midnight, Losfer Words, Flash Of The Blade, The Duellists, and Back In The Village all rocked away as I moseyed from the airport and worked my way down country.

Then Powerslave started and I was back to being the 11yo Kess getting blown away by the band that had originally hooked me in 1982.



Then I hit 2:58 and I was getting tingles as the song made it's way towards it's payoff. The 3:56 hit, my foot gets a bit heavier on the pedal and I am in musical Valhalla as the same solo that drove 11yo Kess in wanting to destroy continents has the same effect on 38 yo Kess.

Maiden may have released other albums that I prefer to Powerslave. Maiden may have released other songs that I love more than Powerslave's titular track, but they have never come close to creating anything that works so well for me everytimes as they did with what happens between 2:58 and 5:03 on this track.

Mushy wrote: »

Doubt they'll do Sonisphere again so quickly, I'm reading of two likely things. One involves Adrian, one involves a show. So far the touring cycle is similar to the last one, and I can imagine a stand alone show a la Twickennham.

I'm hoping for a super duper reissue of Number, coupled with a Number once off show (or small tour ) with some kind of Clive Burr/Clive Aid involvement.

According to their twitter feed it has something to do with the letter H. So...

High Voltage Festival? (Which is in, or close to, Hackney which is close-ish to where Mr Harris comes from!).

Or else Adrian's off again. Or they've re-released Silver & Gold on re-mastered CD

kbannon wrote: »

Seemingly the band have kicked out Bruce in favour of bringing Paul DiAnno back!

About bloody time, now for some prison gigs.:p

Website says

"Something of Primal interest to all Maiden Fans ...."

Monday 2nd Janaury 9pm.



Primal gets started with a capital P.


Primal being used instead of Beastly maybe?

A new Maiden live album! Just what the world needs.

breffni666 wrote: »

Thought Id kickstart another discussion here; Paschendale is one of THE best Maiden songs in the last 20+ years- discuss.

Tis my favourite Maiden song. Then again, I was a history student so it was relevent. I wanted to do my LC project on the battle of Paschendale, but I wasn't allowed (not cos it was a Maiden song, albeit it being the main reason I wanted it).

jack presley wrote: »

No one's forced to buy an album so if you don't think the world needs another maiden album, don't buy it. I actually fall into that category myself and won't be buying it but if others feel like buying it, let them.

As for Paschendale, 20+ years means we're talking about everything since SSOASS probably? My personal favourite in that era would be the Longest Day but I'd say a lot of people will probably agree with you.

Haven't bought an album in yonks. Will just save it from a legal streaming service.

RayCon wrote: »

Oh man I hope that tour comes here (Dublin or Belfast) - if not it'll have to be a trek to the UK ... super set list :

Moonchild,
The Evil That Men Do,
The Prisoner,
Still Life,
Die With Your Boots On,
Infinite Dreams,
Killers,
Can I Play With Madness,
Heaven Can Wait,
Wasted Years,
The Clairvoyant,
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son,
The Number Of The Beast,
Hallowed Be Thy Name,
Iron Maiden.

Still Life is a cracking song. That is a pretty good set list.

That's not the setlist as such, that's the tracklisting from Maiden England. And the press release doesn't actually suggest if they're re-releasing Maiden England (I was hoping we'd see it on DVD with 'Early Days Part 3' but that could still happen I suppose).

Hopefully we'll get a gig here next year.

True ...... better not drop Still Life or Wasted Years

I think you might see Heaven Can Wait dropped from the original set list ... not sure Brucie could still hit that ... I wouldn't mind if they did and replaced it with :