From the bootlegs i own, these widely critiscised VXI songs really come to life live, i think this shows that the restricted nature of the production and the lack of real passion in the studio let the album down as when played live on the vxi tour, all of these songs are amazing (apart from como estais -they didnt play it [!--emo&:cussing:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/cussing[1].gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'cussing[1].gif\' /][!--endemo--] )
They were pretty good live, but then again what isn't with Maiden? I myself think the Virtual XI album is pretty good, above average. Obviously it's not perfect and maybe its something the band want to forget about now (Although its debatable if they want to remember any of their albums because every time they make one and do the tour I think that they put it behind them and start again.)
[!--QuoteBegin-mcbrainlegend+Sep 16 2004, 07:05 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(mcbrainlegend @ Sep 16 2004, 07:05 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Vxi songs are great live ANd its a better album than no prayer, fotd, killers, dance of death [snapback]86767[/snapback][/quote] Npftd, fotd, and killers maybe- but not Dance of Death..no way.
[!--QuoteBegin-ohgar_boy+Sep 16 2004, 07:55 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(ohgar_boy @ Sep 16 2004, 07:55 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Npftd, fotd, and killers maybe- but not Dance of Death..no way. [snapback]86774[/snapback][/quote] im not sure lol
[!--QuoteBegin-mcbrainlegend+Jul 30 2004, 07:54 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(mcbrainlegend @ Jul 30 2004, 07:54 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]apart from como estais -they didnt play it [!--emo&:cussing:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/cussing[1].gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'cussing[1].gif\' /][!--endemo--] [snapback]79738[/snapback][/quote] if you want to hear CEA live, get some BLAZE bootlegs. As with the rest of the album, it only gets better when played live.
[!--QuoteBegin-mcbrainlegend+Sep 16 2004, 07:05 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(mcbrainlegend @ Sep 16 2004, 07:05 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Vxi songs are great live ANd its a better album than no prayer, fotd, killers, dance of death [snapback]86767[/snapback][/quote] You must be high. [!--emo&--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/blink.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'blink.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
[!--QuoteBegin-DOD=WEAK+Jun 1 2005, 12:44 AM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(DOD=WEAK @ Jun 1 2005, 12:44 AM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--][!--emo&--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/sleep.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'sleep.gif\' /][!--endemo--] My life IS all about hating DOD. [snapback]106603[/snapback][/quote] You have a very pathetic and sad life my friend. Your slave mentality is severe and I can't comprehend why put DOD on your nick if you hate it so much.... Grow up, going through your posts i like going through a five-year-olds attempts at writting.
Onhell, you're speaking to thin air. DOD=WEAK has been banned for some time now. [!--emo&--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/biggrin.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'biggrin.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
LOL why am I the last one to know this things? I guess that's what I get for checking this place once every three days. Thanks for the FYI
Well, even a song like The Apparition could come to life live. It doesn't matter..the atmosphere is different and every song sounds electrifying. I do not consider Virtual XI better than No Prayer for the Dying, since I choose rawness above the somewhat weak softy production of Virtual XI. But I think it's a bit better than FOTD en even the debut album. Mostly because I like complexity and with the exception of a few songs FOTD and Iron Maiden didn't make it.