Re: Daily Song: Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter
Strong song. AC/DC-ish. While I for one am
not a huge fan of AC/DC (way too many songs sound the same in my ears), this stuff is a welcome variation in the Maiden catalogue.
I love its punchy bass and drum pattern.
*bam, pam, bam, pam, bam, pam, bam, pam*
Simple and effective beat. I am sure it contributes to its immense success on the charts and during concerts. During a concert, from the first second, this monster of a song draws the attention of every listener, and thousands of heads start nodding like zombies, and later on people go headbanging and jumping.
It's the typical song you won't pay much attention to while being at home, but when heard it has a kind of tension, unique in the catalogue.
The "aaaa, haaa, haaa, haaa, haaa" bridge is exciting, so is the guitar freaking during the couplets.
Only a few days ago, I found out that the video clip uses fragments of a British horror film (with Christopher Lee), called
City of the Dead, from 1960. If I hadn't seen the film, I might never have found out otherwise.
I advise the people who own
A Real Live One, and have buried it deep in a closet: wipe off the dust, play it and find out again how much power it possesses. The studio version is still special on its own imo.
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