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Helmuth Von Moltke said:
I’m confused by this characterisation.
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I partly agree. We got all the new songs, 5 or 6 of them, great versions of Talisman and Wild Wind Blows plus Dance of Death and Wickerman for the first time in 10yrs and Running Free for the first time in over 15yrs I believe. Sounds good. But when I listen to En Vivo it doesn't excite me. Maybe the flow or something but it doest feel exciting like Book of Souls with Children of the Damned and Powerslave and, dare is say it, Wrathchild.

I saw the 2011 show and absolutely loved it but looking and listening back it has the least vibe and excitement of all the post reunion albums, for me.

So I see why you think it's a weird characterisation but I also totally get the characterisation.
 
Cat Milk Supreme said:
I partly agree. We got all the new songs, 5 or 6 of them, great versions of Talisman and Wild Wind Blows plus Dance of Death and Wickerman for the first time in 10yrs and Running Free for the first time in over 15yrs I believe. Sounds good. But when I listen to En Vivo it doesn't excite me. Maybe the flow or something but it doest feel exciting like Book of Souls with Children of the Damned and Powerslave and, dare is say it, Wrathchild.

I saw the 2011 show and absolutely loved it but looking and listening back it has the least vibe and excitement of all the post reunion albums, for me.

So I see why you think it's a weird characterisation but I also totally get the characterisation.
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Exactly. It was the most predicable classics. Yes, new songs are great. Yes, having Dance Of Death, Wicker Man and Blood Brothers back after almost 10 years was cool. But all those 3 were played in 2010 and were all already featured on live albums. There was nothing that wasn't already featured on post-reunion live albums with the exception of Running Free and new songs (but one can argue that Running Free was done with this lineup at Donnington). Thankfully, they changed things up on the following album tours.
 
Helmuth Von Moltke said:
I don't think 'predictable classics' alone makes for an unadventurous all-eras setlist.

By that definition, the 2006 AMOLAD setlist was also 'unadventurous' because all five classics in that setlist were predictable!
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It's different. Between 2010 and 2011, "predictable" classics replaced 5 rarely played songs. And there was no surprises.

For instance, when they did that from 2006 to 2007, they at least brought Children Of The damned back. Also, replacing both AMLOAD songs performed in 2010, which weren't featured on any live albums before was not great.
 
Cat Milk Supreme said:
I partly agree. We got all the new songs, 5 or 6 of them, great versions of Talisman and Wild Wind Blows plus Dance of Death and Wickerman for the first time in 10yrs and Running Free for the first time in over 15yrs I believe. Sounds good. But when I listen to En Vivo it doesn't excite me. Maybe the flow or something but it doest feel exciting like Book of Souls with Children of the Damned and Powerslave and, dare is say it, Wrathchild.

I saw the 2011 show and absolutely loved it but looking and listening back it has the least vibe and excitement of all the post reunion albums, for me.

So I see why you think it's a weird characterisation but I also totally get the characterisation.
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Didn’t they play Running Free in 2005?

The 2011 was quite disappointing if you ask me. Safe selection of classics, some reunion songs that had already been played in 2010, just 5 songs off the new album… Of all the post-reunion album tours, it was my least favourite and I ended up seeing them live 5 times on the UK tour :facepalm:
 
Helmuth Von Moltke said:
I’m confused by this characterisation. How is a set list with five new TFF tracks, plus three other reunion era songs, playing it safe? In 2011 they played EIGHT post 2000 songs - which is only two less than the ten AMOLAD tracks played in 2006.

I take your point that the classics were not adventurous, but I don’t think maiden can credibly play set list which has:

A lot of reunion songs + Deep 80s cuts.

At some point they have to play material familiar to the masses if they are adventurous with newer material.
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For me it's the combination of TFF being one of the albums with the least live representation in their career with "only" 50% of the album played live, the 2010 leg being much more interesting, and the reunion tracks and classics on the 2011 having a large overlap with the 2001 setlist.

The-XXS-Factor said:
Each of those songs has been absent from the setlist in tours post 1999. The world didn't end.
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Of course, I never said anything to the contrary. I agreed with your overall point and one of my favourite things they've done is abandoning the classic TNOTB trio for TFP, playing The Prisoner instead.

Was just talking about which songs are considered classics or hits.
 
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