I missed an 'if' out there
IRON MAIDEN SURVIVOR 2015: Results - Hallowed wins again!
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MrKnickerbocker
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MrKnickerbocker
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In which case...how unethical is it for me to change my current votes?
MrKnickerbocker
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I hate you. 
CriedWhenBrucieLeft
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MrKnickerbocker
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Serves me right.
Also, this is the biggest farce that's ever farced. Score another survivor for the Play Classics crowd
There should beIt might upset some people but there's no rule against it.
Friggin' tactical voters smh.
Oh, and voting for Revelations, Powerslave, Rime, Paschendale and Eternity.
Detective Beauregard
Leviathan of Doggerland
Revelations is better than at least seven remaining songs. It was one of their earliest examples of mature, dynamic songwriting.
Lampwick 43
Barstool Warrior
All of these songs are so strong that every elimination is going to sting in some capacity. With that said, losing Book of Souls would be downright tragic.
Whooten
Ancient Mariner
There is literally only 1 "play classics" song left--Hallowed (as it should be). You monsters have already killed The Trooper, Number of the Beast, Killers, Aces High, Wasted Years, 2 Minutes to Midnight, Run to the Hills, Wrathchild, Running Free, and Sanctuary. The remaining older songs are not what the "play classics" crowd wants played.
MrKnickerbocker
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I completely agree. But someone has to save Empire and TBOS.
Based on the way votes are going, we're looking at a Top Ten with possibly only one song recorded post-1995. Possibly a Top Ten with only one song recorded post-1988. That's ridiculous for a band that has written some of their best material in the last 16 years. Maybe it's not the "Play Classics crowd" who want to hear the old hits, but it's certainly the "Play Old Stuff" crowd.
SixesAlltheway
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The old stuff is just amazing though. No reason to fight it just because...The old stuff IS amazing
MrKnickerbocker
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So is the new stuff. But let us not make this into another Favorite 7 Album Stretch thread.
Whooten
Ancient Mariner
I think it just comes down to (and this is just my opinion) that views on the older songs are more congealed. Meaning there are clearer lines between the "best" songs of the 80s and ones that get cut in the first round. It seems opinions on the 2000+ material differ more widely. For example, some of my top post-2000 songs include EL Dorado, When the River Runs Deep, Face in the Sand, The Wicker Man and Lord of Light, but many of these are fodder in the early rounds when their respective albums join.
I don't think anyone's fighting, I just don't like getting lumped into the Play Classics crowd just because I generally prefer older songs. I consider myself more of a "Play More of the Catalog" crowd. This includes the aforementioned songs as well as older stuff like Still Life, To Tame a Land, The Duellists, Flash of the Blade, Murders in the Rue Morgue that never really got their due. Hell, I don't really like the Blaze era at all, but would love to see something from Virtual XI that hasn't been played live yet.
I don't think anyone's fighting, I just don't like getting lumped into the Play Classics crowd just because I generally prefer older songs. I consider myself more of a "Play More of the Catalog" crowd. This includes the aforementioned songs as well as older stuff like Still Life, To Tame a Land, The Duellists, Flash of the Blade, Murders in the Rue Morgue that never really got their due. Hell, I don't really like the Blaze era at all, but would love to see something from Virtual XI that hasn't been played live yet.