TheMercenary
Ancient Mariner
The Number Of The Beast ?
Guess The Iron Maiden Song!
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BloodOnTheBassistsHands
Educated Fool
"Out of the Shadows"?
- "Time" is in the lyrics, which is a Pink Floyd song
- The lyrics refer to "King for a day", which is the name of the Faith no More album (clue six)
- It's written by Harris/Dickinson, which is the only song on AMOLAD with that combination
- It's been played live
- Like "Coming Home", "2AM" and "Children of the Damned", it's a (semi-)ballad
We have a winner! Well done, @BloodOnTheBassistsHands.
Your turn.
You started well, but I'll explain the rest of the clues in a few minutes.
Clue 1:
It's hard to live in the city
A central line from the lyrics in the Lou Reed/Velvet Underground song "Ride into the sun".
Clue 2:
In the lyrics you can find the name of a Pink Floyd song, a Neil Young album and the name of a progressive rock band from the 1970 with a self self-titled debut album. The second song on their second album is also similar to a line in the Maiden song you're looking for.
"Time" is the PF song, "Old Ways" is the Neil Young album, Gypsy is the prog-rock band, with a s/t debut album from 1970. Gypsy's second album has the song "Reach out your hand", whereas "Out of the Shadows" has the line "Reaching it its hand"
Clue 3:
A few contrasts are established, that are central to the lyrics.
The chorus has the contrast of shadow/sun and beauty/pain
Clue 4:
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Saga have a song called "Out of the Shadows", although not on this album. The album title nods to "beauty and pain" from Maiden's lyrics.
Clue 5:
The song ends with a statement about human existence that is found across several mythologies. It is also a commonly used trope in films.
"A man who casts no shadow has no soul." This is often used in films to show that a character is in some way otherworldly or evil.
Clue 6:
Faith No More's "King for a Day....Fool for a Lifetime". Point to "king for the day" in the OOTS lyrics.
Clue 7:
It is an album track that has been played live. However, it features only on one Maiden release.
Self-explanatory.
Clue 8:
A transition is a key element in the lyrics.
From the shadows to out light/sun, and from newborm to grown-up.
Clue 9:
This song has more than one composer, and is the only on the album credited to this exact songwriting partnership.
Harris/Dickinson.
Clue 10:
The song has something in common with Coming Home, 2 A.M and Children of the Damned.
Like it or not, but these songs are - or at least have elements that are typical for - power ballads.
Not the ones: Sea of Madness, The Sheriff of Huddersfield, When Two Worlds Collide, Be Quick or Be Dead, Wasted Years, Blood Brothers, Childhood's End, El Dorado, Fates Warning, The Red and the Black, The Clairvoyant, The Thin Line Between Love and Hate, The Clansman, Wildest Dreams, Hooks in You, 22 Acacia Avenue, Running Free, Infinite Dreams, For the Greater Good of God, The Legacy, The Man Who Would Be King, The Unbeliever, Starblind, Only the Good Die Young, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, When the Wild Wind Blows, The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg, The Legacy, If Eternity Should Fail, Deja Vu, Sheriff of Huddersfield, Gangland,
It's hard to live in the city
A central line from the lyrics in the Lou Reed/Velvet Underground song "Ride into the sun".
Clue 2:
In the lyrics you can find the name of a Pink Floyd song, a Neil Young album and the name of a progressive rock band from the 1970 with a self self-titled debut album. The second song on their second album is also similar to a line in the Maiden song you're looking for.
"Time" is the PF song, "Old Ways" is the Neil Young album, Gypsy is the prog-rock band, with a s/t debut album from 1970. Gypsy's second album has the song "Reach out your hand", whereas "Out of the Shadows" has the line "Reaching it its hand"
Clue 3:
A few contrasts are established, that are central to the lyrics.
The chorus has the contrast of shadow/sun and beauty/pain
Clue 4:
View attachment 25719
Saga have a song called "Out of the Shadows", although not on this album. The album title nods to "beauty and pain" from Maiden's lyrics.
Clue 5:
The song ends with a statement about human existence that is found across several mythologies. It is also a commonly used trope in films.
"A man who casts no shadow has no soul." This is often used in films to show that a character is in some way otherworldly or evil.
Clue 6:
Faith No More's "King for a Day....Fool for a Lifetime". Point to "king for the day" in the OOTS lyrics.
Clue 7:
It is an album track that has been played live. However, it features only on one Maiden release.
Self-explanatory.
Clue 8:
A transition is a key element in the lyrics.
From the shadows to out light/sun, and from newborm to grown-up.
Clue 9:
This song has more than one composer, and is the only on the album credited to this exact songwriting partnership.
Harris/Dickinson.
Clue 10:
The song has something in common with Coming Home, 2 A.M and Children of the Damned.
Like it or not, but these songs are - or at least have elements that are typical for - power ballads.
Not the ones: Sea of Madness, The Sheriff of Huddersfield, When Two Worlds Collide, Be Quick or Be Dead, Wasted Years, Blood Brothers, Childhood's End, El Dorado, Fates Warning, The Red and the Black, The Clairvoyant, The Thin Line Between Love and Hate, The Clansman, Wildest Dreams, Hooks in You, 22 Acacia Avenue, Running Free, Infinite Dreams, For the Greater Good of God, The Legacy, The Man Who Would Be King, The Unbeliever, Starblind, Only the Good Die Young, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, When the Wild Wind Blows, The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg, The Legacy, If Eternity Should Fail, Deja Vu, Sheriff of Huddersfield, Gangland,
BloodOnTheBassistsHands
Educated Fool
Clue 1: you suffer before the guitar solo
The_7th_one
Ancient Mariner
The Angel and the Gambler ?
BloodOnTheBassistsHands
Educated Fool
Good guesses, but no to all.
Clue 1: you suffer before the guitar solo
Clue 2: the song's chorus and key signature contradict each other
Already guessed: Red and the Black, Stranger In A Strange Land, The Angel and the Gambler
Clue 1: you suffer before the guitar solo
Clue 2: the song's chorus and key signature contradict each other
Already guessed: Red and the Black, Stranger In A Strange Land, The Angel and the Gambler
BloodOnTheBassistsHands
Educated Fool
No to all so far.
Clue 1: you suffer before the guitar solo
Clue 2: the song's chorus and key signature contradict each other
Clue 3:
Already guessed: Red and the Black, Stranger In A Strange Land, The Angel and the Gambler, The Clairvoyant, The Apparition
Clue 1: you suffer before the guitar solo
Clue 2: the song's chorus and key signature contradict each other
Clue 3:
Already guessed: Red and the Black, Stranger In A Strange Land, The Angel and the Gambler, The Clairvoyant, The Apparition
TheMercenary
Ancient Mariner
Isle Of Avalon
Black Bart
Ancient Mariner
Die With Your Boots On
chaosapiant
Ancient Marinade
Number of the Beast
The_7th_one
Ancient Mariner
Starblind
BloodOnTheBassistsHands
Educated Fool
No to all so far.
Clue 1: you suffer before the guitar solo
Clue 2: the song's chorus and key signature contradict each other
Clue 3:
Clue 4: Kasparov and Karpov
Already guessed: Red and the Black, Stranger In A Strange Land, The Angel and the Gambler, The Clairvoyant, The Apparition, Isle Of Avalon, Die With Your Boots On, When Two Worlds Collide, Number of the Beast, Starblind
Clue 1: you suffer before the guitar solo
Clue 2: the song's chorus and key signature contradict each other
Clue 3:
Clue 4: Kasparov and Karpov
Already guessed: Red and the Black, Stranger In A Strange Land, The Angel and the Gambler, The Clairvoyant, The Apparition, Isle Of Avalon, Die With Your Boots On, When Two Worlds Collide, Number of the Beast, Starblind
Black Bart
Ancient Mariner
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