Songs considered a "filler" track you actually do enjoy?
- Thread starter Dick Brucinson
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dickinson1978
Ancient Mariner
Okeyyy. The whole second half of dance of death.
Dick Brucinson
The TRUE Dick Brucinson
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) 
For me, that one is the essential center piece on Killers (well, on a same level as the title track) 
Helmuth Von Moltke
Ancient Mariner
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,
Vaenyr
Ancient Mariner
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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MindRuler
Ancient Mariner
That solo section is one of early Maidens finest moments.Still surprised that Prodigal Son is rated a filler every now and then.
Yax
Ancient Mariner
Dick Brucinson
The TRUE Dick Brucinson
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.
Blood On The World´s Hand
Educated Fool
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*
"*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*
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
How the hell did Wratchild not make it onto the debut?
Vaenyr
Ancient Mariner
I respect your opinion but I hate you and we are now mortal enemies for life
That's probably a bit of a special case, since it was recorded and released on the Metal for Muthas compilation.
Yax
Ancient Mariner
Sure you did.
PM me the link.
Yeah guys, I misunderstood Vaenyr. There is no secret album.
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Even though there are some songs that I don't like at all (especially from the 80s), I don't think IM has ever recorded a song just to fill the gap on a record. This is not how IM (or Steve Harris in particular) works. As far as I know, they always had more than enough material to work on, and they chose what sounded best at the time. A song not released as a single or not played live does not make it a filler. A song that sounds great on record may not work well on stage or may be very hard to sing/play live.
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