AncientMariner_Essex
Ancient Mariner
I was wondering if the more learned Maiden fans on this forum could answer a question that has been bugging me and a mate of mine.
Last night I was talking with a mate and I can't remember how it got brought up but we were talking about Iron Maiden on top of the pops. We know the played running free back in the day on the show and I remember seeing them back on the show playing man on the edge with Blaze. They never performed bring your daughter to the slaughter which I thought was weird as it went number one but I remember the video being played.
I tried to google this question but found nothing except one article from 2012 from the Maiden website talking about going on the show performing run to hills which had been re released as part of the Clive Burr benefit shows. The article mentioned the last time they were on the on the show was in 2000 performing wicker man which I never knew!
Just curious as to how many times they were on the show in the flesh as opposed to having a video played. That's one thing that has always bugged me with Maiden is how at every opportunity they have to discuss the early days/history they bang on and on about how they achieved their success with no radio playing and no support from the mainstream media which is utter bollocks in the uk as throughout the 80's they had several high charting singles that had videos which were played on top of the pops plus the radio had chart countdowns on Sundays and always played the full songs for the top 10. I heard Maiden loads on the radio, ok no where near as much as other pop acts but whenever they released a single that charted well I'd hear it played in radio.
Last night I was talking with a mate and I can't remember how it got brought up but we were talking about Iron Maiden on top of the pops. We know the played running free back in the day on the show and I remember seeing them back on the show playing man on the edge with Blaze. They never performed bring your daughter to the slaughter which I thought was weird as it went number one but I remember the video being played.
I tried to google this question but found nothing except one article from 2012 from the Maiden website talking about going on the show performing run to hills which had been re released as part of the Clive Burr benefit shows. The article mentioned the last time they were on the on the show was in 2000 performing wicker man which I never knew!
Just curious as to how many times they were on the show in the flesh as opposed to having a video played. That's one thing that has always bugged me with Maiden is how at every opportunity they have to discuss the early days/history they bang on and on about how they achieved their success with no radio playing and no support from the mainstream media which is utter bollocks in the uk as throughout the 80's they had several high charting singles that had videos which were played on top of the pops plus the radio had chart countdowns on Sundays and always played the full songs for the top 10. I heard Maiden loads on the radio, ok no where near as much as other pop acts but whenever they released a single that charted well I'd hear it played in radio.
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