2 Bruce Dickinsons?

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I'm not sure if this is the place to post this, but I'm just a little confused when it comes to some studio recordings.

In some songs, such as "Aces High", "2 Minutes to Midnight", "Wasted Years" and many more, there seems to be 2 sets of lead vocals, I'm not sure if it's maybe H singing along (I doubt it) or just echo.

You guys probably know what this is, if you do, can you please give me an explanation :)
 
That's called backing vocals. In Wasted Years it should be Adrian. On the studio versions of Aces High and 2 Minutes it's Bruce, live Adrian.
 
If you're thinking of two sets of lead vocals doing the exact same thing, then you've already answered your own question. Lots of bands do it just to flesh out the sound. I think Deep Purple started it off and if memory serves it was by accident? Anyway, I think Somewhere In Time is the most obvious album for "double lead vocals". Sounds great though :)
 
This reminds me of the time my wife asked me, when first getting into Maiden, "who is that singing backup for Bruce?" And I said "Bruce....Bruce sings backup for Bruce. He's that badass." It was a honeybadger/chuck norris moment.
 
snake plissken said:
If you're thinking of two sets of lead vocals doing the exact same thing, then you've already answered your own question. Lots of bands do it just to flesh out the sound. I think Deep Purple started it off and if memory serves it was by accident? Anyway, I think Somewhere In Time is the most obvious album for "double lead vocals". Sounds great though :)
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Actually John Lennon did that a lot in the Beatles. For instance as early as "A Hard Days Night" song has double tracked lead vocals.

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson did that in many songs so that the other vocal was sung an octave below than the other. Sounds very strong.
 
Suppose he could use a chorus pedal on his voice ;) As I said before I think SIT is probably the most dual Dickinson of all the albums and it does sound fantastic but I also LOVE stuff like this:
 
stjerky said:
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson did that in many songs so that the other vocal was sung an octave below than the other. Sounds very strong.
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Lots of stuff in Tull is in the same octave. So you hear (almost) all the time two Andersons doing almost the same thing. I say "almost the same thing" because the timing isn't hundred percent the same, done on purpose, I believe. Sounds strong indeed, and I guess it was quite new back then, though sometimes a bit less overkill would be good as well. :)
 
And, or course, Maiden record way more than three guitar parts in some songs; and more than two, back when there was only Dave & H --clearly, Seventh Son, they can't do this live either.
 
Vocal overdubs are great if they are done tastefully. Power metal takes it a step or two too far sometimes ;) If you want 50 voices, get a choir!
 
Forostar said:
Lots of stuff in Tull is in the same octave. So you hear (almost) all the time two Andersons doing almost the same thing. I say "almost the same thing" because the timing isn't hundred percent the same, done on purpose, I believe. Sounds strong indeed, and I guess it was quite new back then, though sometimes a bit less overkill would be good as well. :)
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David Bowie did it too a lot in the early albums. Somehow it was a lot more freedom to experiment back then. Nowadays it must be done so that nobody notices those tricks. Of course there are exceptions, like Alice Coopers autotune effects in the new "Welcome 2 my nightmare" -album.
 
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