Iron Maiden Head to Head XLVIII

[mckindog]

Rules here:
http://forum.maidenfans.com/threads/iron-maiden-head-to-head-i.23045/

Yesterday's poll remains open for voting

 

[Black Wizard]

Strange World
The Talisman
For the Greater Good of God
Coming Home
Prowler
Wrathchild
Only the Good Die Young
The Longest Day

 

[Mosh]

21112112

 

[The Flash]

S. World
Talisman
Dorado
Coming
Flash
Boots
Only
Rainmaker

 

[Forostar]

1. Genghis Khan
2. Prodigal Son
3. For the Greater Good of God
4. Deja Vu
5. Prowler
6. Die With Your Boots On
7. Only the Good Die Young
8. Rainmaker

 

[Srogyy]

Genghis Khan (Strange World was close, because of the tremendous intro/soloing)
The Talisman
For the Greater Good of God
Deja Vu
Prowler (88 version is so good... I'm glad they re-recorded it. Really well written rocker, although the lyrics are low-grade Anyway, I'd rather listen to it live than RttH, Wrathchild etc...)
Ides of March/Wrathchild
Only the Good Die Young
Rainmaker

 

[Sara]

Strange World
The Talisman
El Dorado
Deja Vu
Flash Of The Blade
Die With Your Boots On
Only The Good Die Young
The Longest Day (This was an insanely difficult decision to make. It was pretty much 50/50, I think I just went with TLD, as it was the first box to tick!)

 

[Kill Devil Hill]

Strange World
The Talisman
For the Greater Good of God
Coming Home
Flash of the Blade
Prowler
The Ides of March/Wrathchild
Only the Good Die Young
The Longest Day *

* I stared at this matchup for a long time, and finally, I decided to listen to them back-to-back. I'd overrated Rainmaker quite a bit in my mind.

Edit: Whoa. I caused three ties.

 

[Jeffmetal]

Strange World
Prodigal Son
El Dorado
Déjà-Vu
Flash Of The Blade
The Ides Of March/Wrathchild
Flight Of Icarus
Rainmaker

 

[Sara]

I'm glad to see it's a pretty close battle between Rainmaker and The Longest Day. That match-up pitted my fave song from Dance Of Death against my fave song from AMOLAD, so whichever song wins from that match-up (it looks like it will be Rainmaker) will be well deserved in my book.

 

[The Flash]

Die With Your Boots On is losing to Wrathchild ? Seriously ?

 

[national acrobat]

Genghis Khan
The Talisman
For the Greater Good of God
Coming Home
Prowler
Ides of March/Wrathchild
Flight of Icarus
The Longest Day

 

[Forostar]

Genghis Khan

 

[Kill Devil Hill]

Die With Your Boots On is losing to Wrathchild ? Seriously ?

Die With Your Boots On could quite possibly be my least favorite "classic era" Maiden song.

 

[Mosh]

Die With Your Boots On used to be one of my absolute favorites. I still think it is really good.

 

[Forostar]

Perhaps I am a little late with this but to be honest, I think that The Ides of March should not be combined with Wrathchild. They might be connected soundwise on the Killers album, but these are separate tracks. Every release (be it vinyl or CD) lists these separately instead of together with a slash.

(Not my main argument but I am quite sure less people would have voted for Wrathchild if The Ides of March was not included).

 

[Black Wizard]

I would have voted for it anyway. 'Wrathchild' is awesome.

 

[The Flash]

Die With Your Boots On could quite possibly be my least favorite "classic era" Maiden song.

It's been in my Top 30 for quite a while. Wrathchild is in 100-110 mark.

 

[Sara]

I've often felt that "Killers" would have benefitted a lot had Murders In The Rue Morgue immediately followed The Ides Of March. Murders... would have been a far more effective opener than Wrathchild. The Ides Of March/Murders In The Rue Morgue should have been the combo that opened the album.

As for Die With Your Boots On, that's actually my fave song from Piece Of Mind, I love the tension and the build of the fun but macabre pre-chorus, and the solos and harmony section is one my fave sections of any Maiden song. H's solo in Boots... is one of his finest solos in my opinion.

 

[Forostar]

Beaten by his on Quest for Fire of course. A top 5 Adrian Smith solo for me.