Legacy of the Beast Tour 2018 - CONTAINS SPOILERS

[Number 6]

Finally, FINALLY, I'm seeing Maiden live for the first time in my life in Athens on Friday anyone else coming to Rockwave?

Ugh, you're so lucky! I wish I could see Maiden live...

 

[permanenteddie]

Oh come on it's a bit of fun, it's a song that's been played to death. Anything that revitalises it, and makes it seem fresh is welcome in my eyes. Same with Bruce's costume during FOTD. I'd rather this than watching the band look bored stiff playing it.

Agree 100%

 

[Gk1]

@Gk1

What's your top 10 Maiden songs? Just curious.

Guys come on. I think it is clear I am just talking about the way I see things. You don't have to agree.

Choosing 10 songs is quite hard to be honest with you. I adore almost everything they did up to 1992.

Imo SSOASS has to be one of the 10 best albums ever made.

The tracks I think are among their best in no paeticular orderoare

1. To tame a land
2. 22 Acacia Avenue
3. Killers
4. Infinite Dreams
5. Judas my guide
6. The Prophecy
7.Remember tomorrow
8. Caught somewhere in time
9. Back in the village
10. Alexander the great

Well their first 9 albums are out of this world IMO

 

[mihai]

Finally, FINALLY, I'm seeing Maiden live for the first time in my life in Athens on Friday anyone else coming to Rockwave?

I have just landed in Athens from Bucharest. I hope it will be a great show!

 

[GhostofCain]

Guys come on. I think it is clear I am just talking about the way I see things. You don't have to agree.

Choosing 10 songs is quite hard to be honest with you. I adore almost everything they did up to 1992.

It is interesting to see how people can have such different opinions. I became a fan in 1991 but think that the material released since the reunion is vastly superior to what they released during the 90s, when they were new to me.

 

[Naty]

Heavy metal is inherently a bit silly, I much prefer the theatrical Maiden approach to a bunch of angry looking guys dressed all in black who never look like they enjoy themselves on stage.

Exactly!! Why be so serious? Let the guys have fun! It's always nice to see them enjoying themselves, especially Bruce after all he's been through.

 

[matic22]

A bit of sillynes can keep the band alive, put some fun into gigs, because the tour can become a bit stale, especially with Maiden, who don't swap songs mid-tour.

It can do wonders for band's longevity.

 

[Number 6]

1. To tame a land
2. 22 Acacia Avenue
3. Killers
4. Infinite Dreams
5. Judas my guide
6. The Prophecy
7.Remember tomorrow
8. Caught somewhere in time
9. Back in the village
10. Alexander the great

Not much of a "Rime" fan, huh?

 

[Edington]

A shout out for Caught Somewhere in Time? I like that.

 

[Forostar]

It is interesting to see how people can have such different opinions. I became a fan in 1991 but think that the material released since the reunion is vastly superior to what they released during the 90s, when they were new to me.

In what way did you experience the nineties albums when they came out? Did you run to the shop when released? Did you eagerly buy concert tickets around that time? All this attribites to the intensity of enjoying, enriching this period and the music. Later on, I was eager as well, but at some point you begin to hear some recycling things. Up til 1992 (IMO until 1995, even) it was all fresh and completely new, uncharted. No, not all nineties albums are better than later album. No, not all nineties songs are better than later songs.

But also: hell no that (all?) material released since the reunion was vastly superior. That thought is very hard to comprehend.

 

[Black Wizard]

There is no logic behind this and is simply your opinion.

They are old though.

 

[matic22]

They are old though.

True that.

 

[Diesel 11]

Run To The Hills is a Top 5 Maiden song for me, and they’re performing it better on this tour than they’ve ever done before. Bruce sounds great, the colors are on point, and the silliness brings out the best in the song. Don’t get why a lot of people need to complain about it, I like it. Finally a recording I can enjoy alongside the studio one.

 

[Edington]

...at some point you begin to hear some recycling things. Up til 1992 (IMO until 1995, even) it was all fresh and completely new, uncharted.

That thought is very hard to comprehend. Maiden have been recycling songs since day one. I noticed that quite quickly, but it's never stopped me enjoying them.

 

[Diesel 11]

I would’ve sworn that Foro would pick up on “Starblind”, especially since “Infinite Dreams” is one of his favorites, but go figure, “No More Lies” and “The Clansman” have a stronger connection.....

 

[Gk1]

Not much of a "Rime" fan, huh?

Well,lately I got a bit tired of the longer songs in general. And I think it has to do with the latest Maiden material pushing me to the limits and not with the quality of Rime.

 

[Number 6]

Well, most of my Top 10 is made up of longer songs (including a handful of reunion ones).

 

[Whooten]

Not really on-topic anymore.

Too many songs seem to be long for the sake of being long. An extra repeated chorus here a few extra bars repeated there. Granted this has been going on since Where Eagles Dare, but it has really been evident over the past 20 years (since VXI). This is one of the reason us "older" fans generally prefer 80s to 2000s.

 

[Gk1]

Well, most of my Top 10 is made up of longer songs (including a handful of reunion ones).

I am all ears

 

[Gk1]

Not really on-topic anymore.

Too many songs seem to be long for the sake of being long. An extra repeated chorus here a few extra bars repeated there. Granted this has been going on since Where Eagles Dare, but it has really been evident over the past 20 years (since VXI). This is one of the reason us "older" fans generally prefer 80s to 2000s.

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