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I long for the day when I can tell Frontier to stick it up their ass.

Anyway, for me, it is Friday, and I have a whole weekend to clean my house, jam some tunes, and contemplate installing my siding. 

I think I need more beer.
 
I'm listening to Virtual XI while surfing, and find myself absent-mindedly humming along to the chorus.  And suddenly I realise, "WTF, I've been humming this same thing for three minutes".  It would be a decent and listenable song at 5 minutes; less so at 10.
 
I don't think so either. I bought Virtual XI like 3 months ago or so, played it twice in my car and except for the Clansman it is the biggest pile of crap I've ever heard Maiden put out... I rather listen to NPFTD.
 
I was just listening to NPFTD last night.

Hey, LC showed me a link to a youtube video of Maiden doing Bring Your Daughter, and Bruce holds this note for over 30 seconds-- I was stunned, and having to breathe faster, just cause he wasn't.
 
Deano said:
Wow! I can't even find that album anymore. Does this make me less of a fan? I think not!
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Onhell said:
I don't think so either. I bought Virtual XI like 3 months ago or so, played it twice in my car and except for the Clansman it is the biggest pile of crap I've ever heard Maiden put out... I rather listen to NPFTD.
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You'd better hide if Perun shows up ...

Although I am not far from agreeing with you ...
 
What? I like the X Factor :D I do, I really appreciate all Maiden albums at some level, but Virtual XI... That's just asking to much from a mere mortal.
 
VXI is really underrated. Futureal, The Clansman, The Educated Fool and Comos Estais Amigoes are 4 top notch songs. The two Murray songs are decent and the other two are pretty crap. It's like a lesser version of Powerslave - 4 great, 4 not so great.
 
I prefer The X Factor to the other 90's albums. Completely outodes FOTD and NPFTD on a writing level, and, in my opinion, the better of the two Blaze records.


Lord of the Flies        :wub:
Man on the Edge
Blood on the World's Hands
 
It's like a lesser version of Powerslave - 4 great, 4 not so great.
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Well, everyone's entitled to their opinion; however, just out of spite, I am going to joyfully listen to Powerslave all day and go re-buy VXI and put it in the microwave.
 
That shows that you care for it enough to take it into your house.  IIRC, you just took St. Anger out of the CD player and threw it out the window on the way home.
 
I dunno, I still like VXI. I recognize that it is deficient compared to the two albums bookending it, but I like it. I definitely like it more than NPFTD and FOTD. I even like it a little more than I like most SIT.
 
SIT is an amazingly strange album surrounded by some incredibly outstanding ones.  SIT has some great highs, and some strange lows.  Not a consistent album, IMO. 
 
Some people love it. I understand why they would love it, but the sound is not the sound I prefer. Of the First Era of Smith, it's my least favorite.
 
I still love SIT; it's differences make it strong to me. St. Anger is an abomination that does not fall into the lofty category of ANY maiden album.
 
St Anger has a few uses - coffee mug coaster, disk for skeet shooting, throwing at advancing zombies - but none of them should involve playing the music upon it.
But the real question, Deano:

What did you think of TFF?
 
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