Best Eddie
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GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Best Eddie? Van Halen, of course!
Joking aside, Powerslave followed by Live After Death and The Number of the Beast.
It stopped being interesting to write about, unfortunately.
If you'd like to view the results, they're here:
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Best Eddie! (Responses)
Form Responses 1 Timestamp,Iron Maiden - original, album - Riggs,Iron Maiden - remaster, album - Riggs,Killers - album - Riggs,The Number of the Beast - album - Riggs,Piece of Mind - album - Riggs,Powerslave - album - Riggs,Somewhere in Time - album - Riggs,Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - album -...
srfc
Ancient Mariner
It can be recalled that Derek Riggs himself reproaches Queen for ripping it off on the cover of their Miracle album (1989).
Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20130906...com:80/riggsart/Pages/maiden.dir/07son05.html
I'd love to see the source of queen admitting this on tv.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
This is the best Eddie for me:
(classic!)
(classic!)
My top 10 probably would be:
(in no particular order)
FOTD (album)
Powerslave
Killers
The Wicker Man (not the one with the band on it)
TAATG (Eddie as a card player)
Live After Death
Trooper
Death On The Road
POTO
FOTD (live single)
(in no particular order)
FOTD (album)
Powerslave
Killers
The Wicker Man (not the one with the band on it)
TAATG (Eddie as a card player)
Live After Death
Trooper
Death On The Road
POTO
FOTD (live single)
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Poto
Ancient Mariner
Thanks for posting the results.It stopped being interesting to write about, unfortunately.
If you'd like to view the results, they're here:
Best Eddie! (Responses)
Form Responses 1 Timestamp,Iron Maiden - original, album - Riggs,Iron Maiden - remaster, album - Riggs,Killers - album - Riggs,The Number of the Beast - album - Riggs,Piece of Mind - album - Riggs,Powerslave - album - Riggs,Somewhere in Time - album - Riggs,Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - album -...
Live After Death is a worthy winner. Probably my favourite too.
chaosapiant
Ancient Marinade
Mine top 2 are Book of Souls and Seventh Son. Also those are my top 2 Maiden albums in general.
Josh
Ancient Mariner
I just got the BoS on Vinyl. Love the artwork on it. Some of their best.
Whooten
Ancient Mariner
#29 Sanctuary (Riggs)
Avg: 6.28
10:5
9:6
8:9
7:8
6:7
5:11
4:3
3:6
2:2
1:1
Eddie of Iron Maiden is Killers(ing) Margaret Thatcher, current (at the time) Prime Minister of the UK, AKA the Iron Lady. It's a pretty good joke. I always feel something special about this yellow streetlight vibe of the early Eddies. Nostalgia. Gillian Anderson's portrayal of Ms Thatcher in the Netflix drama, The Crown, is so tortuous that it makes me wish she would meet an end such as this in the show.
Avg: 6.28
10:5
9:6
8:9
7:8
6:7
5:11
4:3
3:6
2:2
1:1
Eddie of Iron Maiden is Killers(ing) Margaret Thatcher, current (at the time) Prime Minister of the UK, AKA the Iron Lady. It's a pretty good joke. I always feel something special about this yellow streetlight vibe of the early Eddies. Nostalgia. Gillian Anderson's portrayal of Ms Thatcher in the Netflix drama, The Crown, is so tortuous that it makes me wish she would meet an end such as this in the show.
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Whooten
Ancient Mariner
#28 Wasted Years (Riggs)
Avg: 6.41
10:3
9:5
8:9
7:17
6:7
5:7
4:2
3:5
2:3
1:0
My friend, Matt, had this poster on his wall. I thought it was weird that Eddie wasn't so prominent. Bunch of Easter eggs on the control panel is quite droll. This motif would return in 2015 via the Speed of Light video. I guess that's good.
Avg: 6.41
10:3
9:5
8:9
7:17
6:7
5:7
4:2
3:5
2:3
1:0
My friend, Matt, had this poster on his wall. I thought it was weird that Eddie wasn't so prominent. Bunch of Easter eggs on the control panel is quite droll. This motif would return in 2015 via the Speed of Light video. I guess that's good.
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MindRuler
Ancient Mariner
What´s really amazing: One of the dates on the control panel, June 27th 1999 is the birth date of actor Chandler Riggs
Whooten
Ancient Mariner
What´s really amazing: One of the dates on the control panel, June 27th 1999 is the birth date of actor Chandler Riggs
...And April 1, 2050 is the release date of the next album
srfc
Ancient Mariner
...And April 1, 2050 is the release date of the next album
And that will turn out to be an April Fool's joke
Whooten
Ancient Mariner
#27 Flight of Icarus (Riggs)
Avg: 6.45
10:2
9:3
8:11
7:15
6:12
5:7
4:3
3:5
2:0
1:0
I like it better than Matisse's Icarus. The detail of the denizens of hell is fantastic, Eddie's face not so much. The window of Eddie's cell from the cover of Piece of Mind is barely visible above Icarus (beneath the gap between O and N). I think this picture marks an end of an era in Eddies as future incarnations brought him to more varied locales (than London or Hell) and the color palette gets broadened from here on out.
Avg: 6.45
10:2
9:3
8:11
7:15
6:12
5:7
4:3
3:5
2:0
1:0
I like it better than Matisse's Icarus. The detail of the denizens of hell is fantastic, Eddie's face not so much. The window of Eddie's cell from the cover of Piece of Mind is barely visible above Icarus (beneath the gap between O and N). I think this picture marks an end of an era in Eddies as future incarnations brought him to more varied locales (than London or Hell) and the color palette gets broadened from here on out.
chaosapiant
Ancient Marinade
I prefer the “mixture of Eddies” going on from the Somewhere Back In Time cover more than this one. This one feels weird to me.