Iron Maiden june 23rd

stewvee · Post by **stewvee** » Tue March 6th, 2012, 6:05 pm

The point is not whose solo career is better listening; the point is the s/t and Killers are Iron Maiden, and what followed was something very much different.

I love Piece of Mind and Powerslave and some of Number, but in no way do those records eclipse Paul Di'Anno's work with the band. Not even close.

Knucklehead · Post by **Knucklehead** » Tue March 6th, 2012, 8:31 pm

Ehhh.

It is like chocolate cake and apple pie: they are both great deserts, but sometimes one is better and sometimes the other. (And I was a devoted Dickenson kid when I first started listening to Maiden).

stewvee · Post by **stewvee** » Wed March 7th, 2012, 8:16 am

Dickinson Maiden is like Baked Alaska, bro. Complex and fussy. Takes a long time to come together. You'd never, ever, hear Di'Anno Maiden doing something like "Hallowed Be They Name," or "Rime of the Ancient Mariner."

When Paul and Clive left the band took a hard turn. And it don't resemble apple pie or chocolate cake. Proggy pie maybe. With a side of Yes.

GameFreac · Post by **GameFreac** » Tue March 13th, 2012, 1:15 am

Got my ticket in the mail today.

And just found out one of my best friends is going (totally forgot he even liked Maiden) and he doesn't drink anymore so now I probably have a DD for heavy metal parking lot.

Knucklehead · Post by **Knucklehead** » Tue March 20th, 2012, 9:03 am

I listened to side 2 of TNOTB this morning on the way in to work. Pure fucking brilliance, with the exception of Gangland. I even got a little misty.

"Total Eclipse" caught me by surprise and a got a quick skip. Call me a codger, but if they're going to add cut tracks, they need to tack that shit on the end, so it doesn't mess with the orginal running order.

badcarburetor · Post by **badcarburetor** » Tue March 20th, 2012, 12:18 pm

I spun Powerslave yesterday. First time in ages.

stewvee · Post by **stewvee** » Tue March 20th, 2012, 5:09 pm

Who are you people?

Knucklehead · Post by **Knucklehead** » Tue March 20th, 2012, 8:13 pm

Dude -- I been thinking about the punk/prog dichotomy you layed out and I disagree. Isn't that scheme reductivist? How does it explain "Phantom of the Opera"? First album, over seven minutes and plenty of widdily ala "Hallowed Be Thy Name" or "Rime".

stewvee · Post by **stewvee** » Tue March 20th, 2012, 8:47 pm

No no no. I never said punk/prog dichotomy. I did say the two bands were very different.

Three instrumentals between the first two recs. A few long tunes (your example of "Phantom..." is an anomaly at over seven minutes), but with Number you've got two six minute tunes, one over seven. Same for Piece...

They begin to stretch out more, recline, let songs develop, instead of relying on punching them out within three or four minutes. Arrangements are different. Drumming's different. You've got an operatic vocalist instead of a street thug wannabe. Etc etc.

stewvee · Post by **stewvee** » Tue March 20th, 2012, 8:50 pm

Knucklehead wrote:"Rime".

And stop this brit punctuation thing. You must be reading IO too much.

Knucklehead · Post by **Knucklehead** » Tue March 20th, 2012, 9:04 pm

Perhaps I was misattributing. You're obviously correct that, four albums in, they had figured out how to write so songs. The days of banging out something like "Running Free" were over by the time that they got around to sitting down for "Piece of Mind". I'd always thought that Harris wrote all the songs, but the credits are pretty varies by the time of "Piece of Mind".

I don't think that there is anything wrong necessarily with a punk/prog dichotomy. So don't go getting all excited, Hoss.

stewvee wrote:
Knucklehead wrote:"Rime".
And stop this brit punctuation thing.

Stupid iPhone autocorrect. I have completely forgotten what is standard American usage. I've been assimilated by Steve Jobs. Resistance is futile.

stewvee · Post by **stewvee** » Wed March 21st, 2012, 7:29 am

Knucklehead wrote:
I don't think that there is anything wrong necessarily with a punk/prog dichotomy. So don't go getting all excited, Hoss.

Knucklehead wrote:
I don't like my Metal being called "punk."

Knucklehead · Post by **Knucklehead** » Wed March 21st, 2012, 7:40 am

Old fuckin' school.

Post by **Brian** » Thu March 22nd, 2012, 11:16 am

Attn: SV

There is an ATL date in the works that'll give you your other Maiden fix. Plus the support is killer!

badcarburetor · Post by **badcarburetor** » Thu March 22nd, 2012, 12:57 pm

Is Di'Anno allowed on US soil?

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