Obviously in the eighties there was loads of them...
I have found that Maiden writing good short songs has become rarer and rare over the years. I never really cared that much for Speed or Light, Final Frontier, Wildest Dreams, Days of Future Past etc.
I suppose the cut off length would be...
When Steve wrote the literally impossible to sing in one go Mother of Mercy and Lightning Strikes Twice choruses was he just in a bad mood with the singer that day?
I hope you did the right thing and turned to them and said "So you 'like' Iron Maiden too huh, kid? Alright, name every song on No Prayer for the Dying" and sent him scurrying away.
Rod I'm ill.
How ill? (Yorkshire accent)
I'm really ill.
You can do it tonight can't you? (Yorkshire accent)
And then I spend the gig just sitting on the drum raiser.
What's he doing on stage! He shouldn't be on stage! (Yorkshire accent)
Paraphrased from the twenty five times I've seen it.
Many puzzlers around that time.
Hey Steve the bands not doing too well really but they've got two genuinely good songs on Virtual XI, Futureal and Clansman. Futureal is the obvious single, it might win back a few fans who didn't care for The X Factor.
What's that? Angel and The Gambler is the...
If Steve brought than turd in for Brave New World rather than Virtual XI I'm quite sure Bruce wouldn't have gone along with 58 chorus repetitions and told him to get stuffed
They shortened Angel and and the Gambler on the 1998 tour fairly soon into it when they all realised what a heinous crime Steve had commited writing it
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.