[span style=\'font-size:8pt;line-height:100%\']To see the beginning of this conversation, go [a href=\'http://forum.maidenfans.com/index.php?act=ST&f=38&t=4262&st=30#entry126264\' target=\'_blank\']here.[/a] .[/span]
[!--QuoteBegin-SinisterMinisterX+Jan 2 2006, 11:22 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(SinisterMinisterX @ Jan 2 2006, 11:22 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Just out of curiosity, are you comparing their work solely in Iron Maiden, or are you also taking their solo careers into account?
I'm thinking of both. Regarding their Maiden-era stuff, I think there is no contest. 2am is pretty good; Man on the edge is alright, but I have a hard time listening to any of the other Blaze-Maiden songs. On the other hand, Revelations and Powerslave should be on anyone's top-10 Maiden songs. Flight of Icarus, 2 minutes to midnight should be on anyone's top-20. His production dropped off after that and, of course, his early solo-stuff was pretty weak. But by the late 90s he rediscovered his groove and turned out two fantastic albums that I think are almost as good as anything he ever did with Maiden.
I've haven't heard everything Blaze did before and after Maiden. Some of what I've heard is pretty good -- better than anything of the stuff he wrote with Maiden. Stare at the sun, I agree, is a great song. But I haven't found most of the other stuff on Silicon Messiah very compelling.
[!--QuoteBegin-SinisterMinisterX+Jan 2 2006, 11:22 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(SinisterMinisterX @ Jan 2 2006, 11:22 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Here's my opinon:
"Bruce has a better voice"
Their voices are quite different. It's like comparing apples and oranges. That doesn't mean you can't have a favorite (I prefer oranges), but comparisons can't tell the whole story. I also prefer Bruce's voice, but I think Blaze is great too.
What's wrong with comparing apples to oranges?! Apples are tart and sour; Oranges are sweet and juicy. [!--emo&--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/lol[1].gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'lol[1].gif\' /][!--endemo--] Of course, if you're making pie, oranges will suck. So if the point of the analogy is that their voices are good for different things or styles, then I might agree. But the reason I prefer Bruce's voice and singing style is, I guess, that Blaze sounds like he's struggling too hard. With Bruce the sound just rushes out of his pipes -- as if all he had to do was open his mouth and the sounds came rushing out. Blaze sounds like he has to try, has to force the sound out of him. Of course this is just a matter of taste, but I'm turned off by that.
[!--QuoteBegin-SinisterMinisterX+Jan 2 2006, 11:22 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(SinisterMinisterX @ Jan 2 2006, 11:22 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--][span style=\'font-size:8pt;line-height:100%\'] I hope you don't mind if I call you mac.[/span]
[span style=\'font-size:8pt;line-height:100%\']I don't mind.[/span]
[!--QuoteBegin-SinisterMinisterX+Jan 2 2006, 11:22 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(SinisterMinisterX @ Jan 2 2006, 11:22 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Just out of curiosity, are you comparing their work solely in Iron Maiden, or are you also taking their solo careers into account?
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[/quote]I'm thinking of both. Regarding their Maiden-era stuff, I think there is no contest. 2am is pretty good; Man on the edge is alright, but I have a hard time listening to any of the other Blaze-Maiden songs. On the other hand, Revelations and Powerslave should be on anyone's top-10 Maiden songs. Flight of Icarus, 2 minutes to midnight should be on anyone's top-20. His production dropped off after that and, of course, his early solo-stuff was pretty weak. But by the late 90s he rediscovered his groove and turned out two fantastic albums that I think are almost as good as anything he ever did with Maiden.
I've haven't heard everything Blaze did before and after Maiden. Some of what I've heard is pretty good -- better than anything of the stuff he wrote with Maiden. Stare at the sun, I agree, is a great song. But I haven't found most of the other stuff on Silicon Messiah very compelling.
[!--QuoteBegin-SinisterMinisterX+Jan 2 2006, 11:22 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(SinisterMinisterX @ Jan 2 2006, 11:22 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Here's my opinon:
"Bruce has a better voice"
Their voices are quite different. It's like comparing apples and oranges. That doesn't mean you can't have a favorite (I prefer oranges), but comparisons can't tell the whole story. I also prefer Bruce's voice, but I think Blaze is great too.
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[/quote]What's wrong with comparing apples to oranges?! Apples are tart and sour; Oranges are sweet and juicy. [!--emo&--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/lol[1].gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'lol[1].gif\' /][!--endemo--] Of course, if you're making pie, oranges will suck. So if the point of the analogy is that their voices are good for different things or styles, then I might agree. But the reason I prefer Bruce's voice and singing style is, I guess, that Blaze sounds like he's struggling too hard. With Bruce the sound just rushes out of his pipes -- as if all he had to do was open his mouth and the sounds came rushing out. Blaze sounds like he has to try, has to force the sound out of him. Of course this is just a matter of taste, but I'm turned off by that.
[!--QuoteBegin-SinisterMinisterX+Jan 2 2006, 11:22 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(SinisterMinisterX @ Jan 2 2006, 11:22 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--][span style=\'font-size:8pt;line-height:100%\'] I hope you don't mind if I call you mac.[/span]
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[/quote][span style=\'font-size:8pt;line-height:100%\']I don't mind.[/span]