Songs considered a "filler" track you actually do enjoy?

el diablo said:
Also all of Virtual XI.
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Still surprised that Prodigal Son is rated a filler every now and then. :) For me, that one is the essential center piece on Killers (well, on a same level as the title track) :wub:
 
Unpopular opinion: Almost the entirety of Killers would count as a filler for me. Which makes kinda sense, since for the first two albums Steve chose most of what he considered to be their best material, leaving Fillers with some literal leftovers. Doesn't help that many songs are blatantly unfinished and consist of the same verse repeated 3 times and nothing else.
 
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Vaenyr said:
Unpopular opinion: Almost the entirety of Killers would could as a filler for me. Which makes kinda sense, since for the first two albums Steve chose most of what he considered to be their best material, leaving Fillers with some literal leftovers. Doesn't help that many songs are blatantly unfinished and consist of the same verse repeated 3 times and nothing else.
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What, there's a secret, almost completely unknown album between IM and Killers?

:D
 
Helmuth Von Moltke said:
I love the so called fillers, it’s the depth of the maiden catalogue that ultimately drew me to the band in the first place. Lots of bands have good songs or hits, few have this much depth over so many albums,
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THIS.

My cousin recently wanted me to help him getting deeper into Maiden, we went together to the show in Hannover, which was his 1st Maiden show (and my 57th), and in all this his context he was super surprised when I explained to him he would never ever make it only anywhere near to the soul of Iron Maiden if he wouldn't take a closer look BEYOND stuff like RTTH, FOTD, CIPWM etc.
 
Harris & Dickinson surveying this or basically any thread preparing setlist for 2028:

"*Sigh* If only we could play them... anyway, so we have Wrathchild *check* Run To The Hills *aha* Wasted Years *Yep* Fear of the Dark *oh absolutely, come to papa you sunshine*
 
I also like Tears of a Clown. It's a good, fully realized song - not an unfinished one.

I also rate From Here to Eternity a solid 10/10. It's an attitude-driven, gloriously poseur rocker, and I mean that in the best possible way.
 
Yax said:
What, there's a secret, almost completely unknown album between IM and Killers?

:D
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Argh, phrasing lol

I meant that he took the best (in his opinion) material from 75-80 for the debut, and the rest was dumped onto Killers.
 
Vaenyr said:
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Virtual XI is such a horrendously flawed album

Angel and the Gambler being that long and plain ridiculous

Don't Look to the eyes of a stranger being completely terrible

Most of it sounded like rushed demos rather than fully formed songs

Bad production


But I still enjoy a lot of it a great deal and it's all very fun live. Blazes live versions are even better.


Futureal is the best short song Maiden have done since 1998 apart from The Wicker Man

The Clasnman rules obviously

Como Estais Amigos is a really nice ballad

And despite their flaws, I still like Two Worlds, Lightning, Educated Fool etc

Something about the vibe of the album places it above the two Bruce 90s Maiden albums for me
 
Vaenyr said:
Unpopular opinion: Almost the entirety of Killers would count as a filler for me. Which makes kinda sense, since for the first two albums Steve chose most of what he considered to be their best material, leaving Fillers with some literal leftovers. Doesn't help that many songs are blatantly unfinished and consist of the same verse repeated 3 times and nothing else.
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How the hell did Wratchild not make it onto the debut?
 
Vaenyr said:
Argh, phrasing lol

I meant that he took the best (in his opinion) material from 75-80 for the debut, and the rest was dumped onto Killers.
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Sure you did.

PM me the link.

Yeah guys, I misunderstood Vaenyr. There is no secret album.

- wink
 
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