Curious fact about Maiden's songs titles

[MindRuler]

There's no Iron Maiden song starting with X, Y or Z

 

[Jer]

There's no Iron Maiden song starting with X, Y or Z

Perhaps they will correct that on the new album:

X-ile II: Not So Innocent
Yeasted Wares (Wasted Years II)
Zeventeenth Zon Of A Zeventeenth Zon

 

[Austrogoth]

Ze Troopeur (it works only with French accent though)

 

[MindRuler]

Childhood's End and Hooks In You are also titles of Marillion songs.

 

[Murder of Rue Morgue]

Childhood’s End is also a Pink Floyd song, and Grateful Dead’s... and who knows how many other’s.

We could also say that A Matter of Life and Death is a 1946 UK movie released in the USA under the title Stairway to Heaven (and in Italy too). And that Somewhere in Time is also a 1980 USA movie.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

Only the good have dieded young

Joakim Broden confirmed

 

[Kalata]

Caught Somewhere in Time originally had to be named Somewhere in Time, so it would have actually been the title track.

Is this really true? I think I've never heard about that before.

 

[Murder of Rue Morgue]

Is this really true? I think I've never heard about that before.

There is an actual photo of the original tapes from the recording sessions, but I can't find it anymore.

 

[MindRuler]

Maiden has 2 songs about mothers(Mother Russia, Mother Of Mercy) and 7 about children (Moonchild, Children Of The Damned, Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter, Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, Childhood's End, Prodigal Son, Wrathchild) but none about fathers.

 

[londongeorge]

Alexander has a little intro from a father to a son.

 

[Jer]

Blood Brothers is about Steve’s relationship with his father.

 

[MindRuler]

Blood Brothers is about Steve’s relationship with his father.

True. Was forgotten about that. You're a walking encyclopedia, Jer!

 

[Austrogoth]

Flight of Icarus too

 

[srfc]

True. Was forgotten about that. You're a walking encyclopedia, Jer!

as is educated fool

 

[Murder of Rue Morgue]

Under a certain point of view, also No Prayer for the Dying.

 

[paedubucher]

Fates Warning is also the name of a progressive metal band, and their band leader, Jim Matheos, looks like Steve Harris.

 

[MindRuler]

Fates Warning is also the name of a progressive metal band, and their band leader, Jim Matheos, looks like Steve Harris.

And on the second album of this band (The Spectre Within) you can find a song named The Apparition.

 

[MindRuler]

Maiden (or Steve) likes the use of alliterations in song titles:

2 Minutes to Midnight
22 Acacia Avenue
Blood Brothers
Black Bart Blues
Dance of Death
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Sun and Steel
Weekend Warrior

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Half of those are phrases already in existence though. Lazy & unimaginative comes more to mind.

 

[Black Bart]

Absolutely no Maiden song features the words "doily" or "tea cosy".