lets discuss some underrated tunes.

metalwarrior220 said:
Paschendale (still doesn't get the respect it deserves)
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OMG  :wtf: :nuts2:

HOW do you in the name of god find the 3rd best maiden song UNDER-RATED

*faints*

That song has more respect than Adrian Smith
 
Jeffmetal said:
It's actually 4/4.
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Really? The Prophecy?

Have to add The Educated Fool to my underrated tunes list.  Just heard for the first time in a long time and it's a darn good Bayley tune.
 
Prophecy is a decent song, not good enough to make this list though.

But I gotta say I'm on board with those who love the outro.

Outstanding bit of music.
 
The Prophecy is perhaps the most underrated song in Maiden's whole carrier, besides The Thin Line.

Outstanding bit of vocals, too.
 
p4warrior said:
Giving it another listen now.  I've never cared for this track.  Trying to notice the elements you mention


A nice, contemplative track.  Good follow-up to the exhausting SSOAS song.  I think the timing always threw me off (3/4 or  6/8? Still don't know the difference), but upon a close listen the guitar layers, especially in the instrumental break, are superb.  Fade-out is second to none also.
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The difference is this; 3/4 is 3 beats per measure with the quarter note getting the beat, 6/8 is 6 beats per measure with the eight note getting the beat.  You may say "why do you need both since 6/8 appears to be the same thing as 3/4"?  The reason is they have different feels to them that when writing or transcribing music (I'm not talking about tablature which I'm not a big fan of) that you couldn't properly express while staying within the rules of standard notation.

As Jeff already stated, The Prophecy is in 4/4.  Four bests per measure, the quarter note gets the beat, very simple to count.
 
Twarkle said:
The difference is this; 3/4 is 3 beats per measure with the quarter note getting the beat, 6/8 is 6 beats per measure with the eight note getting the beat.  You may say "why do you need both since 6/8 appears to be the same thing as 3/4"?  The reason is they have different feels to them that when writing or transcribing music (I'm not talking about tablature which I'm not a big fan of) you couldn't properly express while staying within the rules of standard notation.

As Jeff already stated, The Prophecy is in 4/4.  Four bests per measure, the quarter note gets the beat, very simple to count.
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This. Some songs that are in 6/8 are The Legacy, Dance of Death, Jerusalem and Taking the Queen.
 
I should note that there are plenty of excellent musicians who couldn't tell you what time signature they were playing in, and that's fine as well.  It's all about being able to feel it.  But at the same time there is stuff that if you can't count it, you are likely not going to be able to play it.  You run into this a lot with guys who play guitar and learn strictly from tab.  They are missing the nuances that give certain songs their groove because they are following numbers more than listening to the song, and aren't able to reference the notation to see how notes are grouped together.  

That and the fact that 50% of the professional magazine and book transcriptions are truly awful.
 
Utterly agree. I'm re-doing all tabs from songbooks 'cos they are really lacking. I think I'm the 'only' guy who tabbed more accurately the intro to Sea Of Madness or the duets from Back In The Village. None of the SIT or Powerslave songbooks I have nailed it. In fact, they're very disappointing!!! Every songbook I get, I sit down with the guitar (acoustic, generally), open the book and go revisitng note by note and making notes on what must be fixed. Even The X Factor songbook, which is really well done, has errors.
 
I wish Maiden would screw with the posers who complain about a lack of hits in their recent shows and play this setlist:

Invaders
Still Life
Sun and Steel
Sea of Madness
Flash of the Blade
Educated Fool
Out of the Silent Planet
etc, etc.
 
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