Greatest Moments in Maiden History

Bruce's and H's return in 1999. Although the albums created were nowhere near as good as the first time Maiden were saved.
 
bornless1 said:
So nice to read your bit on PFD. Some just don't get' this song, I guess. The emotion / atmosphere is captured here like no other song. I'm transported to those fields of WW1 every listen. Powerful stuff indeed.
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For me, it's perfect. The beauty of the violence, followed by that sudden end, "and so we die at Paschendale." It doesn't rhyme, even the way Bruce sings it lends a certain brutal finality to the moment. Like a purposeful juxtaposition of the more celebratory war poetry, with a violent reminder of the result of such violence. Every single note, every single word is theatrically poised to deliver a message and story. It's one of the few songs where Iron Maiden stepped beyond a certain pale of storytelling to get to that apex level of building musical imagery - along with Rime, BTATS, and Empire, in my opinion.
 
#1: When Bruce lets H take the lead vocal on the chorus of Wasted Years on Flight 666... brings a tear to me eye every time.
 
Lego said:
#1: When Bruce lets H take the lead vocal on the chorus of Wasted Years on Flight 666... brings a tear to me eye every time.
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"ADRIAN!"

Such a beautiful moment indeed.

Also, I love when Bruce sings the first lines of the chorus without backing vocals (as much as I love them indeed!) after the break; especially the live versions from the Edhuntour are amazing and incredibly powerful performances with a lot of weight in the lyrics. :)

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I remember seeing them live and getting goosebumps when Doctor Doctor cut over to the "Seven deadly sins" intro.

I tend to be very introverted and shy in "real life", but at that particular moment, I loudly announced to everyone around me that "Shit is going to get real" as the Moonchild build up began (and I then screamed like a prepubescent girl for the next two hours).
 
Ascendingthethrone said:
I always maintain that the ending of TTLBLAH is one of Maiden’s finest moments. The atmosphere of the last 2 minutes appears to be of a band that have settled back together and enjoying playing as a group! The playing is so relaxed. Plus Bruce’s voices, the guitar harmonies and solos are all amazing.
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Sorry, it is an old habit from the old Iron Maiden forum. It is probably quicker to type the full title of the song!
 
In this thread, many members mention many songs and moments from songs. A lot of the mentioned moments make me think of this:

"Maiden, on its best day, has always been an acoustic theatre of the mind".

That statement is so spot on. When music, lyrics or both create images in the listener's mind, it is achieving what it set out to do. The best Maiden songs have many moments that achieve this.
 
soundwave said:
I remember seeing them live and getting goosebumps when Doctor Doctor cut over to the "Seven deadly sins" intro.

I tend to be very introverted and shy in "real life", but at that particular moment, I loudly announced to everyone around me that "Shit is going to get real" as the Moonchild build up began (and I then screamed like a prepubescent girl for the next two hours).
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I screamed "POWERSLAVE" at the first show in 2016 when I heard the intro start and everyone around me went nuts
 
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