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Just going to latch on to the Starblind talk here. I also find it massively overrated here. My least favorite of the longer songs from TFF. Anyways, unpopular opinions, eh? Back in the Village is a great song. The production of almost every Maiden album from the 80's with the exception of...

Nope. I sing....all the way home. Except if I've just listened to WTRRD :p Or perhaps I just mixed up the expression. Only me and the good Lord know the answer for sure.

I think that's a song that would benefit from a truly memorable main riff. The main riff in the song is alright, but nothing to sing home about.

1- Hallowed by thy Name 2- Infinite Dreams 3- Empire of the Clouds 4- Rime of the Ancient Mariner 5- Brave New World 6- Revelations 7- Children of the Damned 8- Blood Brothers 9- No More Lies 10- Brighter Than a Thousand Suns Just missed- Prowler, 22 Acacia Avenue, The Trooper, Aces High...

I've always found the prisoner to be horribly overrated. Can we eliminate it, please?

Might as well post my list... 1- Brave New World 2- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 3- Powerslave 4- A Matter of Life and Death 5- The Number of the Beast 6- The Book of Souls 7- Dance of Death 8- Piece of Mind 9- Somewhere in Time 10- Iron Maiden 11- The Final Frontier 12- No Prayer for the Dying...

Talking about harmonies for a sec. One thing that I've noticed in the evolution of my playing/writing/recording is that I'm using harmonies a lot less than I was several years ago. Back 4 or 5 years ago, all of the material I wrote seemed to sound like old school Maiden on speed- very fast and...

I don't really find it harder to play, per-se. I simply find it a little more difficult to completely absorb some of the subtleties and intricacies, making for a slightly longer learning process. That's what I've found, anyways. Each guitarist is different. Most Maiden in general is pretty...

Well, it probably depends on what the players strengths and weaknesses are as a musician. I play a lot of metal-type-stuff, so I don't really find any Maiden all that physically taxing to play. Also, harmonies typically = easy to play. The harmonies are typically constructed to be easy to play...

Actually, as a guitarist for 12 years, I find a lot of the older stuff much more straight forward and easier to play then a lot of the newer stuff. The new stuff is actually much denser in material than a lot of the older stuff.

It seems to me that it was mostly various reviewers that were claiming the material was "complex". Progressive can mean many different things. And 10x the density? Really? Really? :facepalm:

You're still looking at it from a purely technical standpoint. There are instances where a stripped down approach may actually be preferable to a multilayered approach. It's about serving the song. I'm not trying to convince you that you're wrong. Quite frankly, I'm above doing something like...

Still absolutely opinion. More notes/harmonies doesn't necessarily mean "better". Besides, what matters in the grand scheme of things is how a song hits you on an emotional level. Everybody relates to music differently. If it was strictly about technical precision, then music wouldn't be...

And, pray tell, what are these "facts" you speak of? 10 points if you give me an actual "fact", and not just your own personal opinion that you're attempting to pass off as "fact".

I just find it funny that you're essentially calling people wrong for forming a different opinion than you on arguably the most subjective form of art that there is.

Your reactions to people having different opinions than you regarding Maiden amuse me to no end. Incidentally, Steve also once did songs like Quest for Fire, but I don't see you mentioning that.

Let's hope so. The song deserves as much. Easily a top ten GOAT Maiden track.

Literally just listened to it again in its entirety. The 18 minutes just flew by. This song absolutely oozes depth and emotion. I'm sticking to my guns and saying that this is one of the top 5 songs Maiden have ever done.

Hmm. 8 track album, eh? 1) If Eternity Should fail 2) The Great Unknown 3) The Red and the Black 4) The Book of Souls 5) Shadows of the Valley 6) Tears of a Clown 7) The Man of Sorrows 8) Empire of the Clouds

As far as I'm concerned the best album Maiden has ever done. A true classic.