Welcome to the Cheese Shop

A

Anonymous

Guest
The incident happened at the Pietra Ligure Football Stadium (Italy) on the 22th of August 1984, during the World Slavery Tour. A bootleg is available, and interesting information about it could be found [a href=\'http://www.maidenfans.com/imc/?url=1984-08-22&lang=eng&link=bootlegs\' target=\'_blank\']here.[/a]

It's a song about erotic pleasures, love, sex, passion, and... cheese ! It's [a href=\'http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1LJW8FWC3AWLO3SD0LXMU2JIPC\' target=\'_blank\']22 Acacia Avenue[/a]!
Very cheesy this one... here are the lyrics :

Intro:
"Thank you! Thank you! ah... Right I'd buy you all a drink if I had the money but I haven't so you'll have to buy me one this is a song called THE IRON MAIDEN! No no, bollocks to all that, just a minute, it's a joke it's a joke, this is no way to run a cheese shop 22 ACACIA AVENUE!"

If you're feeling down depressed and lonely
I know a place where we can go
22 Acacia Avenue, meet a lady that I know
So any time you're down the cheese shop
don't you wait to buy some cheese
You can take my honest word for it
Wensleydale is all she's got

If you're waiting for a long time
for the rest to do buy their cheese
You can betcha there's some Stilton
Waiting for the pies & cream
So any time you're down the cheese shop
don't you hesitate to buy
You can take my honest word for it
she'll teach you more than you can cook

Charlotte can't you get out of all this cheese shop
Don't you see it only brings you bad breath
When you're walking down the street
Everybody stops and thinks of cheese

Some day when you're reaching the age of mature cheddar
I bet you'll regret the days when you were making cheese
Nobody then will want to know, you won't have any beautiful wares to show any more

22, you've gotta buy some cheddar!
You're just waiting in the line

You will find it's green inside
The red lights burning bright tonight
Charlotte isn't it time you stopped this cheese shop?
Don't you ever think about joining the bakery?

When you're walking down the street
Everybody stops and thinks of cheese

Sometimes when you're strolling down the Avenue
The way you walk it makes men think of buying cheese
When you're walking down the street, everybody stops and turns to stare it's true


22, the Avenue, that's the place to buy some cheese
You will find it's got cheese inside,
the red lights burning bright tonight

Beat it, mistreat it,
Whip it a bit in an egg
Bite it, mash it,
Fry it and put it on bread
Abuse it, misuse it,
Cheese can take all that you've got
Caress it, ha! molest it,
It always does what you want

HAHAHAHA!! Fucked it up!
(solo by Dave Murray)

You're running that cheese don't you know what you're doing?
Can't you see it'll lead you to ruin
Charlotte you've taken your cheese and you've thrown it away
You believe that because what you're earning
You can buy cheese to live and to burn it
Don't you know that your breath is gonna smell bad?
All the men and cheese you've been dating
There's no holes in the holes you've been baking
The holes in cheese are starting to smell

(solo by Adrian Smith)

Enjoy [!--emo&:cheese:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/cheesy[1].gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'cheesy[1].gif\' /][!--endemo--]
Cheese ! [!--emo&;)--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/wink.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'wink.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
It was the World Slavery Tour actaully. [!--emo&<_<--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/dry.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'dry.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
No worries. [!--emo&;)--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/wink.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'wink.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
Laugh at me if you want... To hell with it: Is this real??? [!--emo&:blink:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/blink.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'blink.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
/edit: I just read it... It's real alright! Damn Ít! This is hilarious!
 
[!--emo&:lol:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/lol[1].gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'lol[1].gif\' /][!--endemo--] its fucking hillarious "caress it, molest it'"
 
It's quite a classic! I remember posting those lyrics on the Maiden BB. Everyone wanted to see them so I transcribed them for everyone, and a few people put it on their websites! Nice to see it's still doing the rounds!

It's on the bootleg "Doin' My Job" if anyone's interested, btw.
 
Back
Top