Legacy of the Beast 2018 Tour

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Ruflux said:
I disagree with pretty much all of this. The issue with tempos in Maiden has definitely been overblown in particular. No, a song doesn't suddenly sound like crap because they play it sped up live, and it's not a Maiden thing so much as it is a music thing. Every band does it, unless they play to a click or something. CSiT sounds far better when they ramp up the speed, like in that Chicago take above. The original sounds outright lifeless in comparison, and the difference in tempo is hardly massive. The Trooper is another example of a song that really only comes to life live, because they're not afraid to speed it up some.

And rhythm guitar has nothing to do with it either. Sure, having the harmony only makes it sound a bit emptier, but really, it's just a short gallop section riff that's missing. It isn't really life-altering.

No. The reason SiT songs don't really sound that great live is because of Bruce. That video you posted? He sounds terrible throughout the show. He can't come even close to reaching the notes in even the opening track, let alone the rest of the performance. He's basically like this in every bootleg from Somewhere on Tour, apart from the earliest ones. Considering the dramatic shift by the second Sheffield show, I imagine the given explanation of a very, very persistent cold or throat infection is the reason, but it probably does also have to do with a lack of technique and a relentless schedule.
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For me, Bruce can do any song superb live ! The only song he has difficulties nowadays is Aces High !!! So, SIT songs are difficult, yeah, so is every Maiden song and I really don't know why Maiden don't play more songs from the SIT album - and maybe, even the band don't know why !
 
i think that in the second leg of maiden england they were to play no prayer for the dying,but in the end the changed with revelations. so maybe we see a big surprise this time
 
mike(blackie) said:
i think that in the second leg of maiden england they were to play no prayer for the dying,but in the end the changed with revelations. so maybe we see a big surprise this time
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Yeah right... Bruce stated in an interview prior the 2014 leg that he misses playing Revelations, Powerslave and COTD, so that is bollocks mate.
 
No Prayer for the Dying, the song - is fantastic ! Maybe they should played it instead of Wrathchild in the 2017 BOS tour leg ! - but hey, it has it's chances to be on the LOTB tour , I hope :) One of Maiden best songs, for sure !
 
Zare said:
What's your take on the sub par performances? I can put it down to 4 things. Live sound, not sticking to original tempos, lack of third guitar and lackluster performance.
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I do not think the band (and some rabid fans) will admit it, but: Performance. The performance of both vocals and music on SIT was so good and difficult that it could not be done (in tour/live conditions). Loneliness was dropped because they couldn't do it, not because they did not like it. Yeah, let's record this song, let's prepare for the world tour, let's rehearse it, and then drop it (almost) immediately. Wasted Years, CSIT, Sea of Madness, Stranger in a Strange Land and Heaven Can Wait were never done as well as on the album, especially vocally. The other (Loneliness, Deja-Vu, ATG) songs were too difficult to do well live.

SIT is one of my favourite albums (my number one, together with Seventh Son and Powerslave following close and changing sometimes for the number one position) of all time, but it is a studio effort, more than any other album. A brilliant studio effort.
 
matic22 said:
Some people got the IMFC magazine. Any hints in there about the set?
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Not really read it properly, but the Christmas card includes references to quite a few songs/albums. Could be just standard 'Legacy' publicity of course, tying in the game and the general rebranding of all of Maiden's old stuff.
 
Forostar said:
I do not think the band (and some rabid fans) will admit it, but: Performance. The performance of both vocals and music on SIT was so good and difficult that it could not be done (in tour/live conditions).
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It's actually interesting because I've been listening to various bootlegs from the tour, and it does sound a bit like the band struggles to hold it together in some of the then new material. CSiT especially, I noticed Steve simplified to bass part down from the gallop to a more steady thing at some gigs and Nicko had more than a couple of timing errors and seemed to be having a hard time doing the bass drum pattern consistently. I don't think I've ever seen this happen with Maiden before, and I feel like they learned an important lesson in not getting too fancy in the studio from that point on.

They settled into the songs as the tour went on, but ironically by then Bruce's vocals started to be pretty badly strained. They were comparatively strong at the first few gigs, so it's a bit of shame.
 
From the FOTD album, I would love to hear some more songs like: BQOBD and JBMG :eek: , not only the title track !
 
Hmm, there's the grim reaper Ed in the corner. Dance of Death? Also more obvious ones like Piece of Mind, SSOASS, NotB on Eddies' shirt, the clock is two minutes to midnight, etc.

That chandelier definitely looks like it's made from a ship's wheel, too. Not to mention all the different Eds represented by the masks. Really, the question is probably are these meant to be hints or just referencing the previous albums for the Christmas card? My money's on the latter, but I wouldn't be surprised if they deliberately sprinkled in actual hints too.
 
I like how nobody remembers that last time we tried to interpret Christmas Card hints everybody ended up thinking TBOS would turn out to be a concept album about samurais.
 
Hence why I said it's most likely nothing. But it's still fun to comb over the thing and find all the little references.
 
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