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Are they? Never heard anyone mentioning these songs among their favourite. Thread is not about Maiden songs we dislike in general, but popular fan faves we dislike. The Parchment, Isle of Avalon and the mentioned ones don't really fall into that category I think. Totally agree. It is fine, but...

Does Phantom of the Opera count as a song everybody likes? I can't stand that song. Other than that: Run to the Hills - awful boyscout children song with metal guitars 2 Minutes To Midnight - never clicked with me. Not terrible, but dull The Clansman - while I like VXI to some degree, that song...

Same here. It is one of their best albums to me, despite having flaws that can not be denied. I understand when people dont like it, it is very untypical maiden. Some songs sound rather dull today, but every Maiden album has one or two songs that did not age well, so that does not mean much...

Claiming that a band is the most important of all time is a factual claim, and thus can be factual wrong. Saying "the Beatöes are the most important band TO ME" would be subjective and could not be factually wrong. Well, I have no numbers, but quite a few musicologists agree with me. Many of...

Interesting. Where do you get this? Because I definitely read sources claiming it came out of competition with the Stones, including quotes from McCartney. Yes Beach Boys also were part of it. And early Beatles where heavily inspired by the Byrds.

No, I dont. The point is: you are of course entitled to your opinion, I just don't see much in real life that supports this opinion, so I don't find it very convincing. It is also a bit weird that you come up wih setlist statistics and "history lessons" to tell,others they are wrong, but when...

I don't see any evidence for this. As other people have pointed out: the casual fans wanna hear the Spotify hits, and don't care much for other songs, let alone being able to tell which album they are from. The hardcore fans do care, but they are so loyal that they go anyway. They may complain...

I did not claim they did. I just put heir influence into relativity by saying to rock and metal, there were other acts just as or mpre important than the Beatles Yes. Ozzy an Alice were largely influneced by them. So what? Still does not mean hey were most important of all time. Exciter...

No, thats a myth, not facts. Thats exactly what I mean: people accept these myths as factual truth bc they get repeated over and over and over, but there is not one statistic or actual proof to back them up. Especially when it comes to innovation. Beatles neither invented Beat music, nor the...

I disagree, BNW and NP are pretty much same level for me, I even rate NP slightly higher, and AMOLAD / BOS lower. BOS isnt clearly better than VXI. Better siund, yes, better vocals, yes. Better songs? Not really.

NPFTDs reception is another good example of what I call "the law of legendary bands": just as with any legendary rock/metal band, there are some opinions that become traditions, then unquestioned "truth". They are said, written and proclaimed over and over again until they bear the impression of...

Not really. Both Eddies were different, especially the large one. They were more like on the Futureal single. They were pretty bad, honestly, but the setlist on the Ed Huntour was fucking awesome, especially at that time. I was at the Hamburg show, it was pretty great. Megadeth opened, it was...

I dare to speculate that those tours would have been just as great without that game :cool:

It is a cheap quick way of songwriting, not bothering much with detail. Early 80s or early 90s Maiden had better ideas than that. I don't mind it happening once or twice, but post reunion Maiden do it on several songs on every album. Nicko's drum sound got better with Shirley, especially the...

Franchise licensed games are rarely good. There was an avalanche of movie related video games especially in the 90s, almost every blockbuster had an according video game. They often sold relatively well while getting horrible reviews. I guess Rod Smallwood saw the financial potential in this...

If you enjoyed it, cool. But technically it really was not great for its time. Even by 1998 the game had seriously outdated graphics and gameplay. By then, we already had games like Half Life or System Shock, which wiped the floor floor with Ed Hunter. Even the 6 years older Doom had better...

Recently dug up this tribute compilation and listened to it start to finish. Covering Maiden is not an easy task, as the band has so many unique trademarks. But many bands give it a try. If you are interested to discuss, the entire compilation can be found on spotify too...

One of my problems with post reunion Maiden: Bruce does this a lot. He very rarely did it in his first stint with the band. Another problem with post reunion Maiden. They were short, but not all of them are rockers. Tears of a Clown, Wildest Dreams, Days of Future Past f.e. are not very ass...

There is of course no law or such, so it is simply a question of ones personal Metal ethics. I dont know how old you are or where you are from, but I grew up with Metal over 35 years ago with the ethics that Metal is counterculture, not giving a shit about sales. If you want to earn big bucks...

Sure, me too. But why not just doing it instead of all this attention seeking last time announcements.... must be fear of low ticket sales I guess.