Guess The Iron Maiden Song!

Clue #1:
View attachment 21963

Clue #2: 8514.8 km

Clue #3:
View attachment 21971

Clue #4:
View attachment 21974

Clue #5: meet me when the sun is in the Western skies

Clue #6: charity work

Clue #7: William II

Clue #8: This song features two voices all along.

Clue #9:
  • 575g plain flour
  • 200g lard
  • 220ml water
Clue #10:
“There are mates of mine in Sheffield who think I’m a big ponce, but that’s because of the acting I do, not because I live in London.” Sean Bean

Clue #11:
View attachment 21976

Clue #12:
1662131319989.png

Clue #13: Mama, just killed a man...

Incorrect guesses: Iron Maiden/ Be Quick or Be Dead/ When The River Runs Deep/ Juanita/ Prowler/ The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg/ Gangland/ Age of Innocence/ Only The Good Die Young/ Alexander The Great/ That Girl/ Mother Russia/ Still Life/ 2 A.M/ If Eternity Should Fail/ The Legacy/ Brighter Than A Thousand Suns/ Tears of a Clown/ The Parchment/ Hell on Earth/ Paschendale/ The Red and the Black/ Drifter/ Losfer Words/ Run To The Hills/ Reach Out/ The Prophecy/ Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter/ Gates of Tomorrow/ The Parchment/ The Prisoner (though bad, bad The Mercenary guessed twice...)/ Aces High/ No More Lies/ The Angel and the Gambler/ The Longest Day/ Rainbow's Gold
 
Last edited:
Clue #1:
View attachment 21963

Clue #2: 8514.8 km

Clue #3:
View attachment 21971

Clue #4:
View attachment 21974

Clue #5: meet me when the sun is in the Western skies

Clue #6: charity work

Clue #7: William II

Clue #8: This song features two voices all along.

Clue #9:
  • 575g plain flour
  • 200g lard
  • 220ml water
Clue #10:
“There are mates of mine in Sheffield who think I’m a big ponce, but that’s because of the acting I do, not because I live in London.” Sean Bean

Clue #11:
View attachment 21976

Clue #12:
View attachment 21985

Clue #13: Mama, just killed a man...

Clue #14: This song is a team work.

Incorrect guesses: Iron Maiden/ Be Quick or Be Dead/ When The River Runs Deep/ Juanita/ Prowler/ The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg/ Gangland/ Age of Innocence/ Only The Good Die Young/ Alexander The Great/ That Girl/ Mother Russia/ Still Life/ 2 A.M/ If Eternity Should Fail/ The Legacy/ Brighter Than A Thousand Suns/ Tears of a Clown/ The Parchment/ Hell on Earth/ Paschendale/ The Red and the Black/ Drifter/ Losfer Words/ Run To The Hills/ Reach Out/ The Prophecy/ Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter/ Gates of Tomorrow/ The Parchment/ The Prisoner (though bad, bad The Mercenary guessed twice...)/ Aces High/ No More Lies/ The Angel and the Gambler/ The Longest Day/ Rainbow's Gold/ Empire of the Clouds/ 22 Acacia Avenue/ Tailgunner/ Darkest Hour
 
Last edited:
Jer said:
Sheriff Of Huddersfield
Click to expand...
YEEEEEEEEEEEEES! Finally :)

Clue #1:
View attachment 21963 < "Limos and ladies they're driving him queasy"

Clue #2: 8514.8 km < the distance between Huddersfield and Los Angeles, where Rod had settled.

Clue #3:
View attachment 21971 < Captain Nemo is a song from the MSG album but above all, the main protagonist of Jules Verne's 20 lieues sous les mers. Captain Nemo is the captain of a submarine named The Nautilus // "The Nautilus rusts in the yard"

Clue #4:
View attachment 21974 <
"A bear with a sore head, we don't mean your forehead
He slumbers for most of the day (bloody watch it)"

Clue #5: meet me when the sun is in the Western skies < in the Rainbow song ("Sixteenth Century Greensleeves"), the princess is locked in a tower, while "The Sheriff of Huddersfield [is] locked in his castle"

Clue #6: charity work < mock Rod's voice: "(I don't, I'm not in it for the money)". This could also relate to Rod's charity, named "Heavy Metal Truants".

Clue #7: William II < this English sovereign's nickname was Rufus The Red //
"Rufus the red has a crane by his bed
To wrench himself up in the morn'"

Clue #8: This song features two voices all along. < Bruce's regular voice and that of him imitating Rod Smallwood.

Clue #9:
  • 575g plain flour
  • 200g lard
  • 220ml water
< this is part of the recipe for pork pie (https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/raised-pork-pie) //
"The back of the Rainbow's a long way from heaven
But that's where he get's his pork pie"

Clue #10:
“There are mates of mine in Sheffield who think I’m a big ponce, but that’s because of the acting I do, not because I live in London.” Sean Bean
< Sheffield is one of the big towns near Huddersfield. This quotation also adresses how a person can change when they are uprooted, which is what the song is about.

Clue #11:
View attachment 21976
< "He's winning at poker and playing the Joker
And he always cheats when he deals"

Clue #12:
View attachment 21985
< the picture of an urchin // the song is derived from an Urchin song (H's band) named "Life in the city", which are also (almost) the first words of the song.

Clue #13: Mama, just killed a man... < the first words of "Bohemian Rhapsody", the last ones being "I sometimes wish I've never been born at all" //
"But if you dare to tread at the foot of his bed
You'll wish you'd never been born (bloody well right)"


Clue #14: This song is a team work. < the song is credited to "Iron Maiden".

Congratulations @Jer! Your turn.
 
Clue #1:
5d0120e32500006813dc6b1f.jpeg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top