Bruce Dickinson - What Does This Button Do?

[TAC]

They passed the jam

 

[GhostofCain]

OK, there is officially no end to this man's talent ......

Hilarious stuff!

 

[GhostofCain]

Bruce's comic side reminds me of the power cut at Earls Court in 2006, something he alludes to in the book. The band stayed on stage entertaining the audience for 30 minutes with no sound at all, with Bruce acting as the jester. Boy did we laugh!

 

[LooseCannon]

I think my favourite part so far is:

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"The world needs Iron Maiden."

So true.

 

[Black Abyss Babe]

I found the story about Nicko burying his underpants on a golf course hysterical, for some reason ...

 

[matic22]

I think my favourite part so far is:

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"The world needs Iron Maiden."

So true.

Eddie "The Preacher" Casillas

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

Gods bless that man.

I found the story about Nicko burying his underpants on a golf course hysterical, for some reason ...

Its funny cos we can all relate. Surely.

 

[Brigantium]

Yeah. It reminds me of the time I buried my underpants at Fulford.

 

[Mosh]

This is really the Moby Dick of rock bios. One minute you’re hearing tales of rock and roll debauchery, the next Bruce is teaching you how to fence or the various types of pilot licenses.

 

[LooseCannon]

At least he didn't write 20 pages about an apple.

 

[matic22]

One of my favourite parts is when he is speaking about misfortunes of Richard "Guru" Carette.

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

He states that Paschendale is the only song off DOD which holds a candle to BNW. Has he not heard Dance of Death the song?
Good book, too heavy a skew towards planes in the latter stages for it to be consistently enjoyable. Ends well.

 

[Black Abyss Babe]

Its funny cos we can all relate. Surely.

Yeah. It reminds me of the time I buried my underpants at Fulford.

I thought it was funny on account of its complete randomness, but it seems there may be a whole cultural phenomenon going on that I was not aware of ...

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

The club is open to new members but the entrance exam puts most people off

 

[Forostar]

I do think he prefers aviation to music though

Yep.

 

[Ruflux]

He states that Paschendale is the only song off DOD which holds a candle to BNW. Has he not heard Dance of Death the song?

I feel like he may be exaggerating a bit there, because look at him doing DoD on En Vivo! for example. He's totally into it, and I find it hard to believe that despite his overflowing enthusiasm on stage, he actually considers the song a poor effort overall. I know he talked about having to put on a persona when he's on stage, but there's limits to that sort of thing. If you genuinely hate a song then you most definitely won't put your best effort into performing it. It's just human nature.

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

Yeah you're probably right but if you take his words as written, he reckons The Nomad is better than DOD. He doesnt say he doesnt like DOD, just that their cover of a Beckett song is better.

 

[Mosh]

I haven’t gotten that far in the book but I’m kinda surprised if DoD isn’t among his favorite modern Maiden tracks. It’s totally up his alley.

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

Id say its up there, he just didnt give it the nod, is all

 

[Kill Devil Hill]

I think he really meant Paschendale is the only song that competes with the whole of BNW. BNW marked something "fresh" for Maiden, and similarly, Paschendale was fresh. DoD is a retread of old material. It's a silly throwaway comparison. No way he doesn't consider DoD a perfect representation of his "theater of the mind" concept. DoD just doesn't stick out the way Pasch does.

And Maiden's Beckett cover is better than DoD come at me.