Iron Maiden Head to Head XXXIII

[mckindog]

Another round of bottom-half songs

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

Yesterday's poll remains open for voting

 

[mckindog]

Age of Innocence gets ripped a lot, but it is a far more interesting song than the plodding Look For The Truth.
The solo alone should guarantee Different World a win.
Aftermath and Judas Be My Guide are an interesting match — very different and very underappreciated.
I'm surprised Edge of Darkness is going to finish in the bottom half of the tourney.

 

[Black Wizard]

'The Assassin' is Iron Maiden's worst song! I am glad to vote against it.

I also voted for 'Holy Smoke', 'Look for the Truth', 'Judgement of Heaven', 'Heaven Can Wait', 'The Prophecy', 'The Aftermath', 'Out of the Shadows' and 'Edge of Darkness'.

 

[Kill Devil Hill]

The Assassin
Holy Smoke
Look for the Truth
2 AM
The Unbeliever
The Prophecy (love both)
Judas Be My Guide (tough call!)
Different World
Mother Russia

I'm surprised Mother Russia isn't running away with this. I love The Edge of Darkness, but Mother Russia is one of the best songs in Maiden's entire catalog.

 

[Kid_Ego]

Wildest Dreams
Holy Smoke
Look for the Trurth
Judgement of Heaven
Heaven Can Wait
The Prophecy
Judas Be My Guide
Different World
Mother Russia

 

[Mosh]

The Assassin
Holy Smoke
AOI
JOH
The Unbeliever
The Prophecy
Aftermath
Mother Russia (easiest choice)

 

[Jeffmetal]

The Assassin
Holy Smoke
Look For The Truth
2 A.M.
Heaven Can Wait
The Prophecy
The Aftermath
Out Of The Shadows
The Edge Of Darkness

 

[Black Wizard]

People seriously think that 'The Assassin' is better than 'Wildest Dreams'?

 

[Sara]

The Assassin
Holy Smoke
Age Of Innocence
Judgement Of Heaven
The Unbeliever
Mother Of Mercy
Judas Be My Guide
Out Of The Shadows
Mother Russia

There was some tough decisions for me to make here, especially between The Aftermath and Judas Be My Guide. I love both songs pretty much equally, and eventually decided on Judas purely because I felt the duel between the songs was much closer than the results so far suggest. Wildest Dreams vs The Assassin was another tough choice, both are very maligned songs by Maiden fans, but I've always loved both very much. In the end, I decided on The Assassin due to the fact I feel it has more unjustified mud flung at it, and also that the solo section is so much fun to play. I love playing the Wildest Dreams solo too, but The Assassin's solos are just crazy! lol

Age Of Innocence and Holy Smoke were the easiest choices for me. Their opponents are good songs too, but still no match. I'm surprised to see Mother Russia winning so convincingly, I chose it too, and think it's awesome. But Edge Of Darkness is also awesome... definitely close between those two, but Mother Russia is just a special song for me.

 

[Ariana]

I'm surprised to see Iron Maiden losing to Holy Smoke, which I've always found slightly annoying.

My choices:

Wildest Dreams
Iron Maiden
Age of Innocence
Judgement of Heaven
Heaven Can Wait
Mother of Mercy
Judas
Different World
Mother Russia

 

[Forostar]

The Assassin
Holy Smoke
Age Of Innocence
Judgement Of Heaven
The Unbeliever
Mother Of Mercy
Judas Be My Guide
Out Of The Shadows
Mother Russia

+ 1

 

[The Flash]

Assassin
Smoke
Truth
Judgement
Unbeliever
Mercy
Judas
Shadows
Russia

 

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