Hey, i was wondering what everyone's 3 favourite "lyrical" Iron Maiden songs are???

[QUOTE=FrailandBedazzled1979]Hey, i was wondering what everyone's 3 favourite "lyrical" Iron Maiden songs are???[/QUOTE]

Hmmm... I think that lyrically, Revelations has gotta be high up on the list, if not my favourite. :)

im thinking......"heaven can wait", "ghost of navigator" and "alexander the great".

[QUOTE=amba]Hmmm... I think that lyrically, Revelations has gotta be high up on the list, if not my favourite. :)[/QUOTE]

Definitely!!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
probably my fave song :D :D :D

also... well they've pretty all got good lyrics, but a few are dodgy for example Sun and Steel... can't stand the line "life is like a wheel"... so bad!!

[QUOTE=HondoII]i'd best get expanded SSOASS with the live version...then ill be able to dechipher it. But Im pretty sure from studio its Dave.[/QUOTE]

OH!! I know!! ill look on the VoTB DVD!!!


Oh ****! disc 1 is missing! If someone's moved my DVD there'll be murders!!! and not in the Rue Morgué either!!!

FOUND IT!!!!

As i suspected

Solo 1 - Davey
Solo 2 - Adrian

[QUOTE=zeppelin_rules_62]Definitely!!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
probably my fave song :D :D :D

also... well they've pretty all got good lyrics, but a few are dodgy for example Sun and Steel... can't stand the line "life is like a wheel"... so bad!![/QUOTE]

Holy Smoke is an example of some bad lyrics lol.

:upset:

I'll try some easier songs to get my "maiden ear" in.

Lyrically.......

Hallowed Be They Name
Paschendale

and well, I know its not too deep or meaningful, but

Iron Maiden. C'mon, it has to be up there.

Either that or Clansman, only Scottish Maiden song :D Pity its Blaze and not Bruce.

*downloads Rock in Rio version*

[QUOTE=zeppelin_rules_62]Definitely!!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
probably my fave song :D :D :D [/QUOTE]

Mine too!!


In fact, Im gonna listen to it now. :)

Hallowed... i just love that song...

LOS ANGELES CAN YOU FEEL IT!!

2 more weeks!

Scream for me Los Angeles!

i watched video of fear of the dark in rock in rio. i've never seen so many people singing along with a band.

it was aweosme :)

[QUOTE=btoto]i watched video of fear of the dark in rock in rio. i've never seen so many people singing along with a band.

it was aweosme :)[/QUOTE]

yer that was pretty cool. But a lot they where just 'la' ing along with the guitar and not the vocals

yeah, i know. but i was shocked because i'm a metallica fan and i really never saw any metallica performance with so many people singing together.

and i love maiden. especially adrian. he's one of my favourite guitarists. :)

250,000 people at RIR

250.000? wow! can't believe . cool.

can i join your army? :)

[QUOTE=RockerGav]

Either that or Clansman, only Scottish Maiden song :D Pity its Blaze and not Bruce.

*downloads Rock in Rio version*[/QUOTE]

i feel the same way lol, the rock n rio version is the only way i listen to the song. it was great when i saw them live last summer and they did it!!!!

this isn't on the current topic, but did you know maiden uses squiers on stage? they have di'marzios though.

^^^

im sure at sometime they might have used one as a back up, but that mostly play Fenders or Jacksons (davey) and Adrian uses his Les Paul some as well. Obviosuly over the years they have used differnet guitars, gibson exploreres, SG's, etc...but now and days mostly Strats with Hotrail humbuckers.

[QUOTE=FrailandBedazzled1979]i feel the same way lol, the rock n rio version is the only way i listen to the song. it was great when i saw them live last summer and they did it!!!![/QUOTE]

:( Pity they didn't do it in Scotland though, even thouight there was a petition on their forum for it. :upset:

they use squiers with duncan hotrails and floyd rose bridges...

H has been using his V on this DOD tour.

11 more days!

SCREAM FOR ME LOS ANGELES!

^ Guess what? 4 MORE DAYS FOR ME! :eek: I'm so ****ing excited. First time seeing Maiden, major pwnage. So, is anyone else going to the Friday show in New York?

I'm gonna ask this again, because it didn't get any response last time: what's the hardest bass song that Steve Harris has made? I think it's "Phantom of the Opera," but you may know more than me.

[QUOTE=FrailandBedazzled1979]Hey, i was wondering what everyone's 3 favourite "lyrical" Iron Maiden songs are???[/QUOTE]

Revelations
Sea of Madness
Purgatory (wasn't expecting that one were you?)

[QUOTE=YDload]I'm gonna ask this again, because it didn't get any response last time: what's the hardest bass song that Steve Harris has made? I think it's "Phantom of the Opera," but you may know more than me.[/QUOTE]

You're probs right with Phantom Of The Opera, but as I don't play Bass, I wouldn't know.

Steve Harris has done a lot of mad Bass Lines, The Prisoner always seemed tricky to me.

Not that it matters, but has any one noticed that the artwork on some of the Iron Maiden discs are faded or colored wrong and also it says (0.00) on the time of Sanctuary on the re-done album, My friend also bought a NOTB cd and the artwork that was on the disc was the Iron Maiden album, but it still played all the NOTB songs. I was just wondering why alot of Maiden albums are mis-printed.

[QUOTE=Deadsy]Not that it matters, but has any one noticed that the artwork on some of the Iron Maiden discs are faded or colored wrong and also it says (0.00) on the time of Sanctuary on the re-done album, My friend also bought a NOTB cd and the artwork that was on the disc was the Iron Maiden album, but it still played all the NOTB songs. I was just wondering why alot of Maiden albums are mis-printed.[/QUOTE]

I think it's just on the Remasters, but I have no clue why.

[QUOTE=sensitiveorgan00]^ Guess what? 4 MORE DAYS FOR ME! :eek: I'm so ****ing excited. First time seeing Maiden, major pwnage. So, is anyone else going to the Friday show in New York?[/QUOTE]

me and three guys were going to drive up to it from st.louis but our lack of money kept us back, belive me...im more than upset. at least give us a through review :) I saw them in August, my second time, and i left in tears. Just a phenominal show as usual.

[QUOTE=ThrashMaster27]You're probs right with Phantom Of The Opera, but as I don't play Bass, I wouldn't know.

Steve Harris has done a lot of mad Bass Lines, The Prisoner always seemed tricky to me.[/QUOTE]

Im a ****ing diciple of Steve on bass, ive been practicing his style since before i ever heard of Maiden. Honestly, i wrote a riff that is a note off from "the clairvoyant" before i ever heard the band lol. Harris is what drew me into them to begin with (and yes i play Fender P-basses mostly) so when i heard his galloping three triplet style, i began to work on it and i have it down well enough to play in a tribute band i tell ya hehe. Honestly, his hardest riffs arnt due to speed but more on his choice of fingering on the fretboard. Steve, as you all know, follows leads and fills that many bassiest would choose to ignore...this making it hard at times. His little jaunt in "only the good die young" and even the prechorus on "caught somwhere in time" took me awhile to get down. Listen to his rhythems during leads, i know its hard to not listen to Adrian or Davey (janick too!) but this is where Steve can really shine, completly taking the rhythem into new directions without guitar acompainet. Blood on the Worlds Hands is a difficult intro at first, but again...get his style down and everything is natural to play by him, as well as the interldue in "infinate dreams". really an inspiration for me, along with Geddy Lee and John Paul Jones...Steve's style helped me take more of a lead direction with the bass guitar.

Does anybody here really enjoy Di'Anno?

I was listening to Iron Maiden yesterday and it struck me just how good he was, anybody else feel this way?

Also, I was doing a bit of by-ear transcription from the same album (got the Remember Tomorrow riff and most of Running Free) but I need one more bit of info:

In the running Free verse, is it E5 - C5 - G5, E5 - C5 - D5 or is it something else?