Guess The Iron Maiden Song!

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Clue #1: A lyric from this song echoes the title of a hit single by another metal band from the early 2000s
Clue #2: (Extra context on clue #1) This other band’s hit single was on the soundtrack to both a movie prequel and a video game sequel, and the other band shares its name with a song from a famous grunge band’s album that came out 10 years before this other band’s single
Clue #3: Matchbox Twenty-Three?
Clue #4: Winter is coming
Clue #5: Lady Of The Lake, Rob Roy, and Ivanhoe
Clue #6: Half the items in Rumsfeld’s infamous quartet?

Incorrect guesses: Infinite Dreams, The Thin Line Between Love And Hate, Blood Brothers, Still Life, Only The Good Die Young, Montsegur, The Edge Of Darkness, Stranger In A Strange Land, Sign Of The Cross, Isle Of Avalon
 
Jmaster said:
The Great Unknown
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There it is.

Clue #1: A lyric from this song echoes the title of a hit single by another metal band from the early 2000s - The lyric is “when the world has fallen and we stand alone”, and the song from the other band is “I Stand Alone”.

Clue #2: (Extra context on clue #1) This other band’s hit single was on the soundtrack to both a movie prequel and a video game sequel, and the other band shares its name with a song from a famous grunge band’s album that came out 10 years before this other band’s single - “I Stand Alone” by Godsmack was released in 2002 and appeared on the soundtracks to The Scorpion King and Prince Of Persia: Warrior Within, and “God Smack” was a song from Alice In Chains’ Dirt from 1992.

Clue #3: Matchbox Twenty-Three? - The third solo album from Rob Thomas, lead singer of Matchbox Twenty, was The Great Unknown.

Clue #4: Winter is coming - A reference to the lyric “winter softly falling to the ground”.

Clue #5: Lady Of The Lake, Rob Roy, and Ivanhoe - The titles of three pieces written by Sir Walter Scott, who was also referred to as “The Great Unknown”.

Clue #6: Half the items in Rumsfeld’s infamous quartet? - Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary Of Defense to George W. Bush, infamously referred to different types of information as “known knowns, known unknowns, unknown knowns, and unknown unknowns”. I suppose you could argue that up to 3 of these would count, but I was only thinking of the ones where “unknown” was the noun, as with “The Great Unknown”.

Your turn.
 
Alright, here's another:


Clue 1: The lyrics of this song has motifs that are also found in The Number of the Beast, Flight of Icarus and Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
 
Clue 1: The lyrics of this song has motifs that are also found in The Number of the Beast, Flight of Icarus and Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Clue 2: Another well-known band, containing several strong personalities, have a song with the same name as the Maiden song in question. Unlike the Maiden song, though, their song never made it onto an official release by the band. Still, the song is well-known due to a twitchy, yet unquestionably legendary performance.


incorrect guesses: Back in the Village, Ghost of the Navigator, For the Greater Good of God
 
The_7th_one said:
Sea of Madness
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That's the one. Well done, your turn.
Sorry about the late reply, been off-line a few days...


Only the two clues to explain this time, here they are:

Clue 1: The lyrics of this song has motifs that are also found in The Number of the Beast, Flight of Icarus and Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

What did I see/Can I believe (NOTB ) My eyes they see but I can't believe (SOM)
Fly on your wings/Like an eagle (FOI) Fly so high on wings above (SOM)
How can she sail with no wind in her sails (ROTAM) - There ain't no wind to fill your sails (SOM)


Clue 2: Another well-known band, containing several strong personalities, have a song with the same name as the Maiden song in question. Unlike the Maiden song, though, their song never made it onto an official release by the band. Still, the song is well-known due to a twitchy, yet unquestionably legendary performance.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young performed Neil Young's tune "Sea of Madness" at the Woodstock festival i 1969, their second gig together as a band. The song didn't make it onto 1970s "Deja Vú" (another Maiden link right there :) ) album, but it is on the Woodstock film soundtrack album (although the performance heard on the album isn't actually from the Woodstock gig, but from a gig at Fillmore east in September 1969).
 
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