Your Maiden blasphemy

[KidInTheDark666]

“The Apparition” is crucified on MaidenFans but almost everywhere else I see TAATG cited as the band’s absolute worst.

Somebody here will probably question once again what "almost everywhere else" means.

 

[Black Wizard]

“The Apparition” is crucified on MaidenFans but almost everywhere else I see TAATG cited as the band’s absolute worst.

I think 'The Angel and the Gambler' is seen as an easy target and a bit of a joke by the music press. It's on the weaker of the Blaze-era albums, neither of which were well received at the time, and it's an overblown repetitive cheese-fest. I find it far more enjoyable than many of the songs on 'No Prayer for the Dying' and 'Fear of the Dark' though and I think the worst moments from those albums get a pass as they still have Bruce singing. Anything on 'Virtual XI' will get a disproportionate amount of criticism because of who the singer was.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

Anything on 'Virtual XI' will get a disproportionate amount of criticism because of who the singer was.

This is true.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

The hate is totally deserved. tAatG is a stinking turd of a track.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

I'm a big Virtual XI fanboy but TAATG is 100% the weakest track there.

 

[Fudgeclank]

I'm a big Virtual XI fanboy but TAATG is 100% the weakest track there.

"Don't Look To The Eyes of a Stranger" is the worst by a flippin' country mile.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

"Don't Look To The Eyes of a Stranger" is the worst by a flippin' country mile.

DLTTEOAS might very well be Maiden's most underrated song.

 

[MW564]

"Don't Look To The Eyes of a Stranger" is the worst by a flippin' country mile.

100% agreed

 

[KidInTheDark666]

That song has been my "guilty pleasure" since day 1.

 

[Number 6]

I'm a big Virtual XI fanboy but TAATG is 100% the weakest track there.

"Don't Look To The Eyes of a Stranger" is the worst by a flippin' country mile.

You are both wrong. The worst song there is easily (blasphemy alert) "Lightning Strikes Twice".

 

[KidInTheDark666]

You are both wrong. The worst song there is easily (blasphemy alert) "Lightning Strikes Twice".

That's the second worst imo. The riffs and intro melody save it

 

[Number 6]

That's the second worst imo. The riffs and intro melody save it

Most people seem to have it as one of the better songs on the album, and I still don't know how/why.

 

[Wogmidget]

Don't you think I'm overbloated?
Don't you think I can bore you?
Don't you think I can waste your time?

 

[Fudgeclank]

Lightning Strikes Twice has some decent stuff going for it, most of my problems with it come from the piss-poor production and cut-and-pasted sound of the guitar melodies. Calling it one of the "better" tracks on the album isn't saying much, but I'd put it among them.

 

[Black Wizard]

Most people seem to have it as one of the better songs on the album, and I still don't know how/why.

You like 'The Apparition', Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande and most people still don't know why.

 

[Fudgeclank]

You like 'The Apparition', Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande and most people still don't know why.

Oi, T-Swizzle has some great songs.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

You like 'The Apparition', Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande and most people still don't know why.

This is kinda cruel but I had to give it a like

 

[Wogmidget]

You like 'The Apparition', Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande and most people still don't know why.

O O F

 

[Number 6]

You like 'The Apparition', Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande and most people still don't know why.

That's fair enough. In fact, I think this warrants an avatar change.

 

[Diesel 11]

Ariana would be more enjoyable if she didn't use the same vocal style that my sister and their friends use and that I abhor. It puts me off of the music right from the start, which is a shame because "thank u next" was a solid song otherwise.