The Future Past Tour 2024
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Go on Nicko!
TheMercenary
Ancient Mariner
Flaming Blimp Crash
Ancient Mariner
Maybe in the 80s they had the air conditioning chucking icebergs at him.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
True. Somewhere On Tour was pretty horrible singing-wise. There was still damage from World Slavery Tour.
Poto
Ancient Mariner
And this can be heard on Somewhere in Time and Seventh Son.
I have fairly recently realised how fried Bruce's voice was in 88. For example Moonchild is super rough. They did a good job getting good performances from him in the studio because the golden voice from 82-84 was mostly gone.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
Yeah, Maiden England isn't pretty singing-wise either.
I'm so glad they revisited SSOASS in 2012-2014. Those performances were great compared to 1988, both in singing department and without the stupidly fast tempo.
Ruflux
Ancient Marinade
The BBC Archives Donington '88 takes are nearly unlistenable to me due to Bruce's voice. The "new" songs aren't terrible (in fact I think they sound better than on Maiden England) but then you get to NotB or Hallowed and fucking hell it's awful. Reminds of the Chicago '87 bootleg which has probably one of the worst Hallowed Be Thy Names ever largely on account of Bruce's voice just being shot.
I always wondered how Bruce (and other singers who have had the same problem) may have had fried voices on tour but then can still put on great performances in the studio. (I personally think Bruce sounds awesome on the SSOASS album)
Would it not be pretty much as demanding in the studio, singing all day?
matic22
Ancient Mariner
In studio, you are rested, don't travel, etc...
Plus you can compile multiple takes. Live, everything is one shot.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
He didn't sound that different from WST. There are some good performances from that era. But yeah, even now he sings better than in the mid-80's.
SOT is not his best tour for sure, but I really enjoy Live After Death performances (BTIC ones, I'm not sure), despite Bruce's rougher voice, which wasn't the case in 1983. The material was, still is, tough and high.
Yes, we can hear that in Seventh Son (The Prophecy is the best example), but I think he sounds great.
Spot on, the performances were probably the best thing about the ME tour (and the return of some songs, mainly the title track, Afraid and Phantom). The singing, although Bruce did the title track better in Maiden England video. It was the opposite with Moonchild for example. I never had a problem with the very fast tempo back in 1988.
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matic22
Ancient Mariner
Nah. The Behind Iron Curtain performances are great. He burned his voice during the course of the tour and Long Beach gigs are pretty bad.
Despite having some time off Somewhere On Tour was a shout/strain fest.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
The Long Beach gigs are singing heaven compared to his singing during the Somewhere On Tour.
Trevoire
Ancient Mariner
You don't tend to sing all day in the studio. Vocal takes are normally spread over multiple days/weeks for an album to keep vocal strain to a minimum. And as mentioned you can pick and choose different parts from different performances to build the best performance (easier these days with digital, but still very much a thing back in the tape days)
onurb
Ancient Mariner
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