AT LAST!
Clue #1: The Return…..
RiR was Maiden’s first post reunion live album and proved that they were still at their peak.
Clue #2: Somewhere in a history with Þ.
Þþ (thorn) was a letter used in Old English. Arthur lived way back in the old days of England.
Clue #3: Please allow me to introduce myself,
It’s a concert intro.
Clue #4: “The Audience Is Listening”.
…because it’s part of a live concert.
Clue #5: Slashing down all my foes to claim the throne.
Arthur had to fight to keep his throne.
Clue #6: Adieu, goodbye, auf wiedersehen; den letzten Weg musst du alleine gehen.
It’s Arthur’s Farewell.
Clue #7: I know the king will come again.
Line from Bruce’s “Return of the King”, which is about Arthur.
Clue #8: Post-alchemical legends.
Reference to “Isle of Avalon”, which deals with the mystical land Arthur is said to have gone to after death.
Clue #9: Yeah so my wife’s boyfriend is kind of a giga chad, bro, he’s soooo hot.
The song comes from the move First Knight, about Sir Lancelot’s love for Arthur’s wife, Guinevere.
Clue #10: The Accolade.
A Symphony X song about a knight.
Clue #11: He died as he lived, in the flash of the blade, in a corner forgotten by no one.
Arthur died in the movie while battling Malagant. His memory has never been forgotten.
Clue #12: Singin’ to an ocean, I can hear the ocean’s roar.
“The Ocean” is a Led Zeppelin song in which the titular body of water is actually their fans at a concert.
Clue #13: A Frenchman, eh? Well it can’t be Hercule Poirot, he’s Belgian!
First Knight was based on Chrétien de Troyes’s works. He was French. Hercule Poirot was a red herring.
Clue #14: Now, Mel
was here, but he’s gone now. He dead.
Melwas is another name for Malagant. Also he dies in the film.
Clue #15: The Barber of Siberia meets James Bond.
Julia Ormond, who played Guinevere in First Knight, also played in The Barber of Siberia. Sean Connery, who played King Arthur, is most famous for playing James Bond.
Clue #16: These are not line by line clues.
Cuz it’s an instrumental.
Clue #17: It’s not a cover song.
Maiden never covered it, they just used it as a concert opener over the PA system.
Clue #18: I wonder what Ebert had to say about this one…
Hint hint, it’s from a movie.
Clue #19: Good ol’ Maurice didn’t even get the job. Suck it, Steve Miller!
Maurice Jarre was supposed to orchestrate the film but turned it down when he became pressed for time.
Clue #20: 1995 • 2001
Film came out in 1995. Rock in Rio was recorded in 2001.
Clue #21: This song was not written by Paul Di’Anno.
Clue #22: This song was not written by Blaze Bayley.
Clue #23: This song was not written by Nicko McBrain.
Clue #24: This song was not written by Janick Gers.
Clue #25: This song was not written by Adrian Smith.
Clue #26: This song was not written by Dave Murray.
Clue #27: This song was not written by Bruce Dickinson.
Clue #28: This song was not written by Steve Harris.
The song WAS written by Jerry Goldsmith.
Clue #29: AllMusic thinks the album this song is on has too much double bass.
Yeah their review said it has too much double bass, which is weird because Nicko doesn’t use double bass.
Clue #30: Remember how I said “Isle of Avalon” was a good guess?
Same subject matter.
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