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Abas said:
I think even if they did downtune for Blaze, things would have gone the same anyway. Blaze wouldn't necessarily be any more widely well received or accepted. The X Factor and Virtual XI would be more popular or less disliked in general.

Judas Priest downtuned for Tim "Ripper" Owens. There's a live version of The Sentinel with him that I really like. Maybe their downswing and upswing wasn't as dramatic as Iron Maiden's was, but there was still one.
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I don't think opinions on The X Factor or Virtual XI would have changed much at all. Live was where that era suffered the most and has the worst rep still to this day. Had they downtuned to suit the Bruce material, that era overall would have been looked back upon much more favorably. I don't know if there are even die-hard Blaze fans (and I count myself as one) who could say he was ever able to do The Trooper any kind of justice.

I'd have been interested to hear Blaze sing that material and have the capacity to try and emote and give it some actual feel. Instead, the impression I'm left with listening to old bootlegs is that, a song or two aside that were kind of in his range, he was just trying to hit the notes and get through them.
 
I would have assumed Simon was playing to a click for the songs like Aces High and Rime where the video is such an integral party of the production. Maybe not if Bruce is yelling at him to speed up.
 
matic22 said:
I think that was sarcasm, since he was unable to sing and blamed it on the tempo. The tempo in this version is rapid for Aces Mid's standard these days.
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In the spanish reviews that i read says that aces high was one of the "highlights". I can see why they play it. I think its only us that spend their days watching all the shows to see how they sound each show. You know,we are that kind of fans,but for the rest of the people its "oh they are playing aces high!".
 
dickinson1978 said:
In the spanish reviews that i read says that aces high was one of the "highlights". I can see why they play it. I think its only us that spend their days watching all the shows to see how they sound each show. You know,we are that kind of fans,but for the rest of the people its "oh they are playing aces high!".
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The thing is, a lot less people are holding the band accountable for the performances of the song simply because:

a) They forgot about 2018-2019 LOTB.
b) Are too young to experience SBIT.
c) Pay more attention to the animations than the performance.

I'd say 85% of the people fall into those 3 categories. Meanwhile us, the dieahards, are spending our days on the forums bitching about it.
 
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Cat Milk Supreme said:
I'm with Matic, Burces comments were sarcastic. He says "play faster, somebody" and I don't notice him looking at Simon so he's probably pissed at all the relevant people.
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I thought he definitely was glaring at Simon a bit when he was wandering around the stage during the solo. Left his mic stand there as is pretty typical, but definitely seemed to look his way longer than usual.
 
naranja said:
"Fucking hell play faster it's too slow"
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:oops:! This comments from Bruce doesn't make sense, Simon plays the song faster (he turned to him), and Bruce and Adrian prefer the songs to be played slower, right. I don't think playing the songs a bit slower/album tempo live is up to Simon, ofc I can't be sure, but why does Bruce skips the scream at the end of the song? To save his voice? I don't think the tempo should be to blame for that.

Btw, he and Adrian dance for a bit during his solo.
 
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Bruce is being ironic when he says play faster. It felt to me like he was struggling with the speed and probably had mild frustration that was betrayed with his comment.

Maybe not very cool to call out his band mates like that, even if in a slightly pointed joke way. But it's not a big deal.
 
weebaggy said:
Bruce is being ironic when he says play faster. It felt to me like he was struggling with the speed and probably had mild frustration that was betrayed with his comment.

Maybe not very cool to call out his band mates like that, even if in a slightly pointed joke way. But it's not a big deal.
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When does he says it?
 
matic22 said:
. Meanwhile us, the dieahards, are spending our days on the forums bitching about it.
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That does seem to be the speciality of this place now, that and of course moaning about the cost of everything Maiden put their name on and sell. Not sure about this diehard fan thing though, there is no way all these paying fans are just casuals like this place would like to believe, plenty just have more scope to let it go and enjoy the experience and still love Maiden, and have done for decades.
 
Yeah definitely is a sarcastic comment. I did think the beginning of the song seemed a bit like everyone was struggling to lock in, someone is definitely rushing and dragging the rest of the band to a faster tempo than Bruce is comfortable with.
 
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