Bruce Dickinson

[Jer]

he additionally wants to tour his solo music, then he should play (rare/never played) Bruce Dickinson songs.

If you look at the songwriting credits for “Flash Of The Blade”, that’s exactly what he did…

 

[Robert.M.]

Okay, I will rephrase that. I thought it was clear what I meant: songs from Bruce Dickinson solo albums, not songs from Iron Maiden albums.
Bruce himself calls it an Iron Maiden song.

 

[Iron Lurker]

I like FotB, it's a cool song. I'm glad Bruce is playing it. Doesn't bother me that Maiden hasn't done it though. When I think of rare/deep/never played cuts I'd like to hear on a fantasy tour made up of such songs Flash is not at the top of the list.

 

[Robert.M.]

I am afraid we need a bit more sly plan here.

But at least Bruce lets us always know lately where to complain if we don't like some decisions, like Sonata, rare Maiden songs...

But seriously: Do you understand why he says that? I don't. Isn't it a bit odd?
It was my wife!

 

[FearOfTheLark]

I've said that I think the tour should be called Eddie's Oddities

I like that!

 

[Ironalice]

Flash Of The Blade should have been in this years Maiden set, if Bruce can freely play it with no issues then why tf can't Maiden just include it? Is Steve really that set in his ways? lol

 

[dickinson1978]

Flash Of The Blade should have been in this years Maiden set, if Bruce can freely play it with no issues then why tf can't Maiden just include it? Is Steve really that set in his ways? lol

I dont find it an expected deep cut.

 

[srfc]

Steve is now being blamed for stopping them from playing Flash of the Blade, even though no one has any idea if playing Flash of the Blade was ever being considered

 

[Randalf]

Steve is now being blamed for stopping them from playing Flash of the Blade, even though no one has any idea if playing Flash of the Blade was ever being considered

Yeah. Bruce has had a big say in the Maiden setlists for a long time now and while RUN FOR YOUR LIVES theme kind of sets certain limits (=certain classics occupy majority of the set), I doubt that Bruce has even been too keen on including Flash of the Blade in Maiden sets... Like, he probably wouldn't mind, but I believe (ofc. I don't know) he's been a lot more adamant with the likes of Flight of Icarus, The Prisoner, Revelations and so. Just a guess, of course.

 

[Kalata]

Honestly, every video from solo Bruce show gets me stocked for his next solo album & makes me like his solo band even more. Maybe Mandrake Project wasn't the best album ever, but if they will achieve same quality without Roy Z - I'm all in.

This. I'm always excited about new music. Also, a song like Flash Of The Blade really made me miss such songs in Maiden now, harmonies and drumming. Such a song like it, I wonder why there are no solos. It could have been a single.

Here's The Tower, btw:

Steve is now being blamed for stopping them from playing Flash of the Blade, even though no one has any idea if playing Flash of the Blade was ever being considered

Yeah. Bruce has had a big say in the Maiden setlists for a long time now and while RUN FOR YOUR LIVES theme kind of sets certain limits (=certain classics occupy majority of the set), I doubt that Bruce has even been too keen on including Flash of the Blade in Maiden sets... Like, he probably wouldn't mind, but I believe (ofc. I don't know) he's been a lot more adamant with the likes of Flight of Icarus, The Prisoner, Revelations and so. Just a guess, of course.

IIRC, in the interviews from a couple of days, Bruce said that he didn't know why they didn't played it back in the day, like he didn't think about it and that frogot the lyrics. Expected deep cut, nope, popular, for sure.

 

[Starblind]

Back then they played 6 out of 8 songs from Powerslave. One of them was Rime, which is basically the length of three songs anyway. But honestly, Flash of the Blade really stands out on that album — could’ve been a classic, instead it just ended up being more of a cult track. This goes for many Maiden songs. That said, I can’t really blame their choices back then… 7 albums in 8 years, constant world tours by -mostly- bus — I’m still amazed they even pulled all that off.