Guess The Iron Maiden Song!

Diesel, let's talk.

All these things connect in your head. They make sense to you because you come up with them. But most of the clues you give are so vague and so random that they could mean anything to the people trying to guess the song. We don't live in your head and we don't have the same train of thoughts as you.

To take one example. The Jungle Book-TMWWBK connection is obvious if we know that the thing that links them is Rudyard Kipling. However: We don't know the thing linking them is Kipling. There is no context for this to leave us to assume as much. If you're making a jungle reference, people will think it directly has to do with the song. And there are several Maiden songs that are directly linked to the jungle, and others where you could imagine the "jungle" being some sort of reference, i.e. to an urban setting, the law of the jungle, or whatever. If you're just giving us "jungle", I'd think of Man on the Edge before I thought of TMWWBK.

The Rolling Stones thing. WTF? Do you honestly think we all have this very obscure and rather subjective Sgt. Pepper - Satanic Majesties trivia active in our heads??? And that we would then go on to connect it with this specific song? Even if I somehow made the connection between the Beatles and Stones albums, and got to Their Satanic Majesties Request, do you realise that then I would be looking at the album itself ("Citadel" could lead to Montségur, the album title itself to half a dozen Maiden songs) and not the whole discography of the band? And even if, for some reason, I did that, do you realise that once more, I could come up with a dozen Maiden connections from that? E.g. Bridges to Babylon - Alexander the Great. Aftermath - The Aftermath. Prodigal Son - Prodigal Son. Time Waits for No-One - Only the Good Die Young. I could go on and on and on. There are so many connections you expect us to make here that you might as well just toss out any random word or phrase and it would go the same way.

I know you think you're being clever, but you're really just frustrating people with your labyrinthic riddles. What's the point if after 15 such clues and 50 wrong guesses, people just toss out random songs to get it over with?
 
2 Minutes to Midnight
You win!

Clue #1: "We Are The World" < "the tune of starving millions"
Clue #2: "Oh Michael. Michael, you are blind." < a quote from the Godfather Part 2, which is followed by "it was not a miscarriage, it was an abortion" (Kay Corleone) // "to kill the unborn in the womb"

Your turn, @Randalf . :)
 
What's the point if after 15 such clues and 50 wrong guesses, people just toss out random songs to get it over with?
Exactly, as has been brought up a number of times before.

Because I was curious, I counted up the number of clues on @Diesel 11 ’s turns, and he actually used to handle things pretty reasonably until about a year ago, when the number of clues suddenly spiked.

From the start of the game until about a year ago (his first 17 times as clue giver), he averaged 5 clues per run and never went beyond 11 clues total. But between then and now (his 13 most recent turns) he’s averaged over 14 clues per run, with the worst ones running out to 16, 24, 25, and finally a gobsmacking 33 clues. We all remember those really tedious ones.

@Diesel 11 , you used to have self control in this area. Perhaps you could rediscover it?
 
Guesses above are wrong, unfortunately.

Clue 1: truth(s) revealed
Clue 2: now you know that your time is close at hand

Edit: added the words "know" and "time" to the clue 2... Oops.
 
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The Man Of Sorrows


I messed up with the clue #2 and just edited it (added the words "know" and "time" there) to appropriate form, so you can have another go if you feel that it affected your previous guess. :)

So, The Man of Sorrows is wrong as well.
 
No winner yet, so the tale goes on

Clue 1: truth(s) revealed
Clue 2: now you know that your time is close at hand
Clue 3: Yellow pages

Incorrect guesses:
Speed Of Light , Can I Play With Madness, The Clairvoyant, No Prayer for the Dying, Look for the Truth, The Man of Sorrows, 2 AM, When the Wild Wind Blows, Heaven Can Wait, Wasted Years, The Book of Souls
 
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