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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: mostlymeat on May 29, 2008, 03:26:12 PM
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Hey so there I was at the Iron Maiden concert last night when I hear Winston Churchill's "we will fight in the air....we will fight in the sea" speech, you know, the one that Tom had been playing a lot? He cribbed it from Maiden!
"Heavy metal is for kids. It's kids stuff!" Tom says. And now this?
Incidentally, it was a tent-pole rock concert and I recommend checking them out when they come to your town.
-Ajax
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proud owner of a powerslave poster as a youth
(http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/lpg/51273~Iron-Maiden-Power-Slave-Posters.jpg)
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Maiden is good, Tom.
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proud owner of a powerslave poster as a youth
(http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/lpg/51273~Iron-Maiden-Power-Slave-Posters.jpg)
More power, slave!
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i know some metal fans who don't consider maiden to be metal. i mean, listen to "killers", and then listen to cephalic carnage or something. sounds like 2 entirely different types of music.
same goes for early sabbath. tom has definitely played sabbath before.
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i know some metal fans snobs who don't consider maiden to be metal. i mean, listen to "killers", and then listen to cephalic carnage or something. sounds like 2 entirely different types of music.
same goes for early sabbath. tom has definitely played sabbath before.
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yeah, i guess maiden isn't TRVE enough for some metalheads.
early maiden isn't quite as non-metal as merseybeat-era spinal tap, but still.
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got a late call from a friend yesterday with an extra ticket and i was pretty excited to go. i'm very familiar with tom's views on metal but i gotta say, this is a cool band. always have been. the show was ridiculous - totally over-the-top w/ theatrics and what not (costumes changes, pillars of flame, giant mummies, guitarists wearing shirts of the band they play in, devils, explosions, cyborgs, bruce dickinson running around like a maniac, etc.) - but it was darn entertaining. i never get to see stuff like this much cause most shows i go to are in clubs/bars - but i would recommend checking them out if they're in your town. not as great as a mike watt show - but it was a heck of a lot of fun.
and the churchill spiel from "aces high" was the opener.
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TENT POLE ROCK CONCERT!
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I saw Maiden about 10 years ago and, other than an unfortunate reliance on some not-so-great recent material, it was a pretty great show. I was with a Maiden veteran and it was pretty hilarious how he could tell what was about to happen. For example, during the quiet-getting-louder intro to a song, he leaned over and said "Explosion."
"Huh?"
BOOM! Right on cue.
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I saw Maiden about 10 years ago and, other than an unfortunate reliance on some not-so-great recent material, it was a pretty great show. I was with a Maiden veteran and it was pretty hilarious how he could tell what was about to happen. For example, during the quiet-getting-louder intro to a song, he leaned over and said "Explosion."
"Huh?"
BOOM! Right on cue.
Was this during the Blaze Bayley era or the tour for Brave New World after Bruce returned?
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I saw Maiden about 10 years ago and, other than an unfortunate reliance on some not-so-great recent material, it was a pretty great show. I was with a Maiden veteran and it was pretty hilarious how he could tell what was about to happen. For example, during the quiet-getting-louder intro to a song, he leaned over and said "Explosion."
"Huh?"
BOOM! Right on cue.
Was this during the Blaze Bayley era or the tour for Brave New World after Bruce returned?
It was Bruce, but this was pre-BNW. The only current release they had at the time was that Ed Hunter greatest-hits-plus-video-game package, but I don't know if they were touring on that.
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Maiden is like the ultimate kitsch band. If you can't find at least some value in it, chances are you need to lighten up a little. :D
Also, they've been opening shows with that Churchill speech for years. But then, who can blame them? Being an epic British band, only the most epic British speech of modern recorded history will do!