IRON MAIDEN REFERENDUM 2020: Results -> Hallowed Be Thy Name wins for the 5th time!

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mckindog said:
The love for Caught Somewhere in Time amidst people whining about Steve’s repetition continues to baffle me.
The chorus is not one of his better melodies and is just the same phrase repeated again and again. So is the PRE chorus. The riffs are repeated about twice as often as they should be.
It’s the 7th best track on the album.
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Well in my case it's partially imprinting (first thing by Maiden I ever heard was a Hammersmith '86 bootleg given to me by a classmate on two C60 tapes, and this is obviously the first song after the Blade Runner intro); besides, like much of the album it has a kind of a dreamy feeling that's not really typical for them. I like the overall sci-fi atmosphere, and I like the guitars. Also, unlike later stuff I've been whining about, it kinda develops and flows effortlessly. That's about it I guess.
 
mckindog said:
The love for Caught Somewhere in Time amidst people whining about Steve’s repetition continues to baffle me.
The chorus is not one of his better melodies and is just the same phrase repeated again and again. So is the PRE chorus. The riffs are repeated about twice as often as they should be.
It’s the 7th best track on the album.
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Excellent sound, great melodies, great soloing. The rhythm section shines in the original mix as well, less so on the remasters. The repetition and the weak chorus are what keep it from being truly top tier.
 
No problem. I mentioned that early on in the thread.

If 5 songs were tied with 10 votes and no songs had more than 10 votes, then I'd have to use those rules. Also, during Top 10.
 
The Flash said:
Excellent sound, great melodies, great soloing. The rhythm section shines in the original mix as well, less so on the remasters. The repetition and the weak chorus are what keep it from being truly top tier.
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See, I agree with this whole heartedly. I like it just fine, it’s just that for Maiden it’s a middling track that seems poised for another top 10 finish.

Every criticism of No More Lies (which I much prefer) applies to this song. But I guess it comes down to how much you like the melodies.
 
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mckindog said:
The love for Caught Somewhere in Time amidst people whining about Steve’s repetition continues to baffle me.
The chorus is not one of his better melodies and is just the same phrase repeated again and again. So is the PRE chorus. The riffs are repeated about twice as often as they should be.
It’s the 7th best track on the album.
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Exactly this. The "repetition" brigade giving songs like this a pass really drives me nuts. It's fine when it's CSIT or SSOASS, but it's not fine when it's a newer song, because reasons.
 
mckindog said:
Every criticism of No More Lies (which I much prefer) applies to this song.
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CSIT doesn't have a long slow opening section. Long slow opening sections work better on epics like Talisman and EOTC, not No More Lies.
Also, CSIT sounds more... streamlined than No More Lies. I'm not sure how to explain it.
 
mckindog said:
The love for Caught Somewhere in Time amidst people whining about Steve’s repetition continues to baffle me.
The chorus is not one of his better melodies and is just the same phrase repeated again and again. So is the PRE chorus. The riffs are repeated about twice as often as they should be.
It’s the 7th best track on the album.
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Ah, but it's fast, and not all meaningful like, and that means it's sufficiently macho to like it.
 
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