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Iron Brody said:
Okay, I’m just gonna say it: Bruce’s voice does not sound as bad as we’re making it seem on Aces High. It is very good for a 67 year old man near the end of a show.

Now, I do fully agree with the critique of “if you have to alter the melody that much or talk-sing in the chorus, just tune down to change the key.” But it’s not like he’s super flat/sharp throughout the song. He is a bit yelpy on some high notes in the verses, but he seemed to get it under control and get the power and fullness back to a sustainable level.

He’s not like (as much as I love him as a singer!) Brian Johnson on AC/DC’s Power Up tour. Yes, I know he’s much older. Brian has had trouble getting his pitch right during the verses of Highway to Hell the entire tour. His voice is also not as full sounding on a lot of songs. He’s still very good or even great most of the night, just struggling in spots.

Is Bruce singing Aces as well as on LOTB ‘18/19 or SBIT? No, not at all. Is it a poor singing performance on a pure technical level? Not really. Should they tune down or play another song so it doesn’t become a problem later in the tour? Probably.

This is all just my opinion though. If you don’t like the performance, that’s totally okay! I just don’t think it’s a truly bad performance. Thank God it’s not a Vince Neil or post 2008 David Lee Roth situation
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During aces high he tries to go trough the song until he reach the chorus. But its a really bad version of aces high if you compare to all previous tours. They should have chsnged it for ID. Lets see what he does at Paris with all the show been filmed.
 
Smither said:
Rime wasn't played since 1987 when they did it in SBIT. Moonchild was in the same situation as ID (only played on its album tour). Prisoner and SSOASS also weren't played for a long time when ME happened. I agree they started getting a little bit more creative since Bruce's cancer on TBOS tour, but every tour had its bit of surprises.
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Since reunion. The setlist in 99 was full of songs that they didnt play in a decade or more.
 
Just listened to a full recording of Infinite Dreams and it sounded fantastic. Some were saying that this song would have no chance because it was so demanding for Bruce and I'm left scratching my head at that. Songs that are live staples like The Trooper or Hallowed, or the often memed vocal BDSM are far more demanding than ID and that never stopped them from playing those. ID is in a pretty sweet spot, where Bruce is often in the Trooper/Hallowed register, but at the same time the passages are nowhere near as fast, nor as long since ID keeps changing keys here and there.
 
Hallowed is more demanding than ID, but it's Hallowed. So, it's inevitable that they'll play it almost on every tour. Yesterday Bruce had a really good night and he nailed everything until the fast parts of Hallowed. Then, came Aces High and he was tired after that for Fear and Wasted. I hope he's that good for the rest of the show.
The MVP was Dave imo. He nailed everything.
Janick fucked up the Fear of the Dark intro which was funny and they made some other mistakes but I can't remember in which song.
 
Vaenyr said:
Just listened to a full recording of Infinite Dreams and it sounded fantastic. Some were saying that this song would have no chance because it was so demanding for Bruce and I'm left scratching my head at that. Songs that are live staples like The Trooper or Hallowed, or the often memed vocal BDSM are far more demanding than ID and that never stopped them from playing those. ID is in a pretty sweet spot, where Bruce is often in the Trooper/Hallowed register, but at the same time the passages are nowhere near as fast, nor as long since ID keeps changing keys here and there.
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Apart from the scream (which Bruce nailed), the song is definitely doable for Bruce. It’s got a pretty long instrumental piece, giving Bruce enough time to recover. This was the first night of the tour so we should see how they perform this in subsequent shows.
 
Hm, I wonder will they ever decide to play ID again after this tour? Because there's plenty of people that might not be able to see them live this year.
 
PhantomOfTheOpera said:
Hm, I wonder will they ever decide to play ID again after this tour? Because there's plenty of people that might not be able to see them live this year.
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To be safe it would make sense to simply assume any of the 2023 and onwards deepcuts won't return again. CSIT, Alex, The Prisoner, now Infinite Dreams, and so on probably won't be seen again. But who knows, maybe they'll think "hey, we went through the trouble of relearning them anyway".
 
Vaenyr said:
To be safe it would make sense to simply assume any of the 2023 and onwards deepcuts won't return again. CSIT, Alex, The Prisoner, now Infinite Dreams, and so on probably won't be seen again. But who knows, maybe they'll think "hey, we went through the trouble of relearning them anyway".
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Honestly, I’d want them to start playing more songs from the Blaze era. Stuff like Man on the Edge, Lord of the Flies, Blood on the Worlds hands, Futureal, Educated Fool. They have gotta move on from clansman and sign of the cross.
 
redandtheblack92 said:
Honestly, I’d want them to start playing more songs from the Blaze era. Stuff like Man on the Edge, Lord of the Flies, Blood on the Worlds hands, Futureal, Educated Fool. They have gotta move on from clansman and sign of the cross.
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Seriously. We already saw how well Futureal worked with Bruce. Those songs would help giving his voice a break as well, since most of them aren't that demanding for him.
 
I cannot wait for Charlotte (the Harlot?) Considering my love for Killers this is the definitive 80s setlist plus FOTD. For me this tops '18/'19 LOTB. Stoked they brought back Infinite Dreams as it's right up there as one of my all time favorite Maiden songs. I was lucky enough to see the 7th Son tour in 1988, so happy I will get to hear it again!
 
dickinson1978 said:
During aces high he tries to go trough the song until he reach the chorus. But its a really bad version of aces high if you compare to all previous tours. They should have chsnged it for ID. Lets see what he does at Paris with all the show been filmed.
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Could someone give me a quick update on that Paris thing?: They announced to film the upcoming Paris show, or what's that?
 
Vaenyr said:
Just listened to a full recording of Infinite Dreams and it sounded fantastic. Some were saying that this song would have no chance because it was so demanding for Bruce and I'm left scratching my head at that. Songs that are live staples like The Trooper or Hallowed, or the often memed vocal BDSM are far more demanding than ID and that never stopped them from playing those. ID is in a pretty sweet spot, where Bruce is often in the Trooper/Hallowed register, but at the same time the passages are nowhere near as fast, nor as long since ID keeps changing keys here and there.
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He goes a bit high even higher than the album or live in 1988. And what about the scream even higher. But a very good live version for people in their 65-70s. Its amazing how good they still are and they are not on their best (obviously). Not many bands can say this at their age.
 
I've examined and inspected few recordings of Infinite Dreams.
I think Bruce does remarkably well here, if not even better than I had hoped. Really shining moment and glad to hear his current voice with the song.
I really don't have anything against anything, but I feel somehow that drums do sound a bit weak. I only have few live recordings from the first night (not isolated so can't hear all the things properly) against all the previous live recordings (1988 as you know) and isolated track featuring Nicko on the album. There's something off and I don't quite yet like it. Im not a drummer, but can someone explain or tell me how Simon plays things song in comparison Nicko?
Now thinking I really wish that they would have played this on the Maiden England World Tour as then it would have Nicko in good health, stamina and power.
 
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