5 Songs For a New Maiden Fan

Batman said:
The Angler and the Gambler
Gangland
The apparition
Don't look to the eyes of the stranger
Weekend warrior
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Ironically Weekend Warrior was the first Maiden song I heard! On a local radiostation where they were talking during the outro. It wasn't enough to convince me so months later I got Powerslave and SSOASS albums from the library. Those did the job! and the rest is history.
 
Phantom of the Opera
Early days | Longer song | Band-defining great instrumental from their first album

The Trooper
Vintage Maiden | Short rocker | Band-defining war anthem

Wasted Years
Vintage Maiden | Short rocker | Band-defining sentimental anthem

Fortunes of War
Modern Maiden | Longer Song | War themed song containing the staple of Modern Maiden with the song that starts of calmly, then goes heavier and heavier before it ends on that calm note again.
I could have put Afraid to Shoot Strangers here. But since there is a Paul track, there has to be a Blaze track too.

The Writing on the Wall
Modern Maiden | Longer Song | Bits of war themed, bits of sentimental themed song that is a great indicator of their current state
 
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Brighter Than A Thousand Suns or The Longest Day
Fear of the Dark (Rock in Rio)
Aces High
The Trooper
 
Boring answer but

The Number of the Beast
Run to the Hills
The Trooper
Fear of the Dark
Hallowed Be Thy Name

If none of these songs grab you then I’m sorry, you’re either not a Maiden fan, or you’re @Vaenyr who would say something dumb like

The Angel and the Gambler
Virus
The Unbeliever
Don’t Look to the Eyes of a Stranger
The Educated Fool

Why you gotta be like that bro
 
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Phantom of the Opera
Run to the Hills
The Trooper
Powerslave
Wasted Years

Those could be a good introduction to what the band is all about.
 
Diesel 11 said:
If none of these songs grab you then I’m sorry, you’re either not a Maiden fan, or you’re @Vaenyr who would say something dumb like

The Angel and the Gambler
Virus
The Unbeliever
Don’t Look to the Eyes of a Stranger
The Educated Fool

Why you gotta be like that bro
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That's not a kind thing to say
 
To be honest - Trooper etc. are songs that new maiden fan will hear no matter what so I would recommend something less known.

- The Parchment
- No Prayer for the Dying
- Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
- Children of the Damned
- Caught Somewhere in Time
 
Anyway, my 5 would all be live videos and they would be....

Phantom for the early days

Running Free from En Vivo

Dance of Death from something

Rime from Flight 666

And, I dunno, something short to wake them up again, Trooper or Evil from Rio or maybe Accaica Avenue from 2003
 
Nice idea!

With following order:
1. The Number of the Beast
2. The Trooper
3. Powerslave
4. Brighten then a Thousand Suns
5. Hallowed be thy Name
 
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