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Re: Greece, now. I don't see the connection. You can blame capitalism though.

Not true. The number of votes for each party suggest Clegg kept the momentum. Its just that it was spread across the country rather than focussed in constituencies. If we had 300 seats or so rather than 650, perhaps this would have been reflected better (or of course with proportional...

Seems people reckon at the moment the Conservatives aren't approaching the Lib Dems seriously enough and that Labour will offer more. Its fairly obvious Labour is a better match because their policies line up better. But we shall see what happens, Clegg appears to be quite open-minded about it...

I hope so now because of this mess of turning away voters, which is just dreadful. There are hundreds of people who didn't exercise their right to vote because of lack of staff or paper! Really pathetic, what a mockery of a country I live in sometimes.

Nope, you are simply posted a poll card with your name and address on it (plus details of how to vote, where your nearest polling station is, etc). You then hand it in at the polling station and they check it off the list. I've voted and it capped off a good day in my exams. I fear though that...

Re: Greece, now. I thought everyone knew never to talk politics in bars/pubs? :p

I think I can quite honestly say I have never seen a fat soldier (or anyone else involved in the military). I have seen plenty of fat generals, but by the time anyone gets to the rank of General, Admiral or Air Marshall, they tend to be too old to do much demanding training anyway.

The only song I've heard live first time was "The Man Who Would Not Die" by Blaze. And I agree with Invader, it was far more special and memorable than plain old listening to it before hand. However, this time around, it will be a long time before Maiden come my way. Its been 4 years now since...

Indeed, problem is, its hard to figure if it will be Labour or Lib Dem, my constituency has always been a strong Tory seat. In the past, the Liberals were fairly strong here so that combined with their recent popularity may be the ticket.

I'm strongly considering spoiling my vote because of the serious lack of a party representing any views other than authoritarian/right wing. Only the Liberals are anything near centralist (which I guess is my view point) and I'm not entirely convinced by their policies on things like the Nuclear...

^I disagree purely because Maiden have elements which make them more appealing to those who don't like the rest of metal music, so clearly they have something your average metal band doesn't. I would also argue that Maiden are closer to the blurred line between hard rock and metal than most and...

Everything is eventually a copy of something, there are only so many different rhythms and combinations we can come up with. Take for instance 2 Minutes to Midnight...a copy of a certain White Spirit riff by a Mr Gers ;). In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with copycats, after all, it is the...

To be a fan of Iron Maiden, there is no requirement other than enjoying Maiden's music. Who says you have to enjoy an entire genre just to be a fan of one  band? You can be a Maiden fan and not a metal fan. Put it this way, very few people who enjoy Maiden seem to go further and try Death or...

I remember that Benjamin Breeg was released in music video form a few weeks before its official single release, first to fanclub only, then eventually it leaked onto youtube. The tracklist for the album was also released around the same time. There was also that site they put up "about" Breeg...

I'm pretty sure we've been through this many times haha, and I think many have always said "that darned 13-time chorus!". Thats also one of the few things that ruin a couple of songs from Virtual XI, sometimes they are just way too repetitive or longer than they need to be. Just too long...

Yeah, how about a "Songs you love to hate" Tour  :lol: Gotta throw The Apparition in there!

Yes, I'm about to finish my degree and I don't want to hear the word "learning" again  :P Oh, fair enough then. Stupid communication barriers...DAMN YOU INTERNET!

Indeed, tribute bands can play live without having to pay though  ;). We aren't talking about Paul re-recording the album are we? Its all about profit, if you are making money off of someone else's property, then its naturally unfair, and hence illegal. However, even though artists make money...

Lets just say that, if bands could stop people performing live music, no one would be able to sing or whistle in public :lol:. Have you not heard of tribute bands?

I would have thought telling the public in a forum first rather than taking this up with the band's management is a bad move? I mean, this smacks of mud-slinging rather than a claim to musical theft. And taking this long to realise doesn't help either..its not like the band can recall all those...