Guess The Iron Maiden Song!

Clue #1: Alien voters
Clue #2: in those conditions, there would have been no "Rime of the Ancient Mariner".
Clue #3: Alice Cooper was obviously wrong about women.
Clue #4: Hopeless world
Clue #5: officially, this song is a first, actually less so

Incorrect guesses: Age of Innocence/ Out of the Silent Planet/ Invaders/ The Talisman/ Ghost of the Navigator/ When the Wild Wind Blows/ Only The Good Die Young/ Moonchild/ From Here To Eternity/ The Great Unknown/ To Tame A Land/ Charlotte The Harlot
 
Jmaster said:
revelations
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Correct! :)

Clue #1: Alien voters> oops I did it again! It is an anagram of "Revelations".
Clue #2: in those conditions, there would have been no "Rime of the Ancient Mariner". >
"No storm or heavy weather
Will rock the boat you'll see "
Clue #3: Alice Cooper was obviously wrong about women.> the song was indeed "Only Women Bleed", but Bruce did too, during "Revelations", at Rock In Rio 1985:
Clue #4: Hopeless world > this is, in Aleister Crowley's terms, the meaning behind the image of the "black abyss".
(see http://www.ironmaidencommentary.com/?url=album04_pom/commentary04_pom&lang=eng&link=albums)
Clue #5: officially, this song is a first, actually less so: it is Bruce's first visible writing contribution to any Iron Maiden release... except he had had a hand in writing "Children of the Damned", "The Prisoner" and "Run To The Hills", although he couldn't be cited then for legal reasons.

Your turn.
 
That was pretty good one, Revelations is the perfect song here, for the little guess-rounds as it has those completely cryptic and nicely laid lyrics from Bruce, that's some talent really and it's anyways amazing song.
I instantly got the Alice Cooper clue, but also as I was playing around those lyrics from Revelations it was link to the ROTAM, the storm and heavy weather came instantly to my mind.
I had couple songs listed but I should have put Revelations earlier here..the clue#1 was the one that I didn't get so I wasn't sure about it, I should have just locked in my guess instead of waiting. Well, have to see if I get anything right in the next rounds or so..
 
Black Bart said:
Correct! :)

Clue #1: Alien voters> oops I did it again! It is an anagram of "Revelations".
Clue #2: in those conditions, there would have been no "Rime of the Ancient Mariner". >
"No storm or heavy weather
Will rock the boat you'll see "
Clue #3: Alice Cooper was obviously wrong about women.> the song was indeed "Only Women Bleed", but Bruce did too, during "Revelations", at Rock In Rio 1985:
Clue #4: Hopeless world > this is, in Aleister Crowley's terms, the meaning behind the image of the "black abyss".
(see http://www.ironmaidencommentary.com/?url=album04_pom/commentary04_pom&lang=eng&link=albums)
Clue #5: officially, this song is a first, actually less so: it is Bruce's first visible writing contribution to any Iron Maiden release... except he had had a hand in writing "Children of the Damned", "The Prisoner" and "Run To The Hills", although he couldn't be cited then for legal reasons.

Your turn.
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Good one, I only got it because of clue 5.
I completely agree that Bruce's lyrics are a dream to deal with when working out clues, they're so brilliantly loaded with imagery.
Steve's lyrics are, shall we say, more... pedestrian.
I'll post another one in a second.
 
Clue 1: This song has a feature in common with these Maiden songs: Another Life, The Apparition, Burning Ambition.
Clue 2: The song might be inspired by a particular book - although it could also be argued that there isn’t such an influence.


Incorrect guesses: Ghost of the Navigator, Rime of the Ancient Mariner,Twilight Zone, Remember Tomorrow
 
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