Abas
Jester with no tears
Mannen gå härifrån
Maiden songs everybody seems to like but you dislike?
- Thread starter Dick Brucinson
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AncientMariner_Essex
Ancient Mariner
Can I play with Madness is popular amongst the feral Maiden fandom but to me it’s the worst track on Seventh Son. I do t hate it and do t feel the need to skip it when listening to the album but I do find my mind wanders when that track comes on and I’m already thinking about the next track as soon as it starts.
My main issue with the song is the chorus vocal line as it just about works on the studio version but boy can this be difficult to sing live, even for a man of Bruce’s talent. I’ve yet to hear a decent live version to my ears.
My main issue with the song is the chorus vocal line as it just about works on the studio version but boy can this be difficult to sing live, even for a man of Bruce’s talent. I’ve yet to hear a decent live version to my ears.
Sth2112
Ancient Mariner
Wasting love
The song being nr 9 on most played Maiden song on Spotify says it all. I really think it is one of their worst ever. Sound like they wanted to copy Don’t cry. I fear they will play it live this summer, when Rod find out how "fans are really loving this overlooked tune on streaming sites".
The song being nr 9 on most played Maiden song on Spotify says it all. I really think it is one of their worst ever. Sound like they wanted to copy Don’t cry. I fear they will play it live this summer, when Rod find out how "fans are really loving this overlooked tune on streaming sites".
Starblind
Educated Fool
I remember Nicko admitting that the Wasting Love was a comprise, sth to jump into that metal ballads vagon at the time, with Dont Cry's, Unforgiven's, Still Loving You's etc...
But I think it's a good song with a decent message. Not a song like other childish love songs like Don't Cry. And it's one of the favorite songs of the female fans, as far as I see. So it can provide a good balance in the new setlist. Still, as a ballad I would prefer Prodigal Son
If they were to play a slower song there is Children of the Damned, No Prayer for the Dying, Still Life, Infinite Dreams and some others. A ballad, like Wasting love, would be a mood killer.
I hadn't realised this song is that popular on Spotify. It's another one in my list of popular tracks, I don't care about, then.
I hadn't realised this song is that popular on Spotify. It's another one in my list of popular tracks, I don't care about, then.
Vaenyr
Ancient Mariner
I won't stand for that Wasting Love slander 
It's an amazing track. Bruce soars, the main riff turns from acoustic interlude to crushing heaviness, the lead guitars deliver a bunch of great melodies and Janick gets to show off some truly iconic solos and licks. The lyrics are pretty good for the subject matter at hand, which isn't a given if you look at the rest of early 90s Maiden output.
It's an amazing track. Bruce soars, the main riff turns from acoustic interlude to crushing heaviness, the lead guitars deliver a bunch of great melodies and Janick gets to show off some truly iconic solos and licks. The lyrics are pretty good for the subject matter at hand, which isn't a given if you look at the rest of early 90s Maiden output.
Abas
Jester with no tears
Took me very long to appreciate that trackI won't stand for that Wasting Love slander
It's an amazing track. Bruce soars, the main riff turns from acoustic interlude to crushing heaviness, the lead guitars deliver a bunch of great melodies and Janick gets to show off some truly iconic solos and licks. The lyrics are pretty good for the subject matter at hand, which isn't a given if you look at the rest of early 90s Maiden output.
Ruflux
Ancient Mariner
I really don't understand how anyone can stand Wasting Love. Incredibly annoying chorus melody, forgettable verses, and the whole product is even more cynical than From Here to Eternity in simply aping a popular rock staple with no original ideas. If it was made by any other band, nobody would even remember its existence anymore. It's about as antithetical Maiden as it gets since it's really just a clone of a popular type of song, the rock power ballad.
Dick Brucinson
The TRUE Dick Brucinson
I know what you mean. I was excited when they brought CIPWM back in the reunion years since it wasn't played often before Bruce left the band. And it was performed rather well during the orignal tour of the album in 1988. But when they brought it back in the 2000s, Bruce for some reason went sloppy on the chorus, true. But this a phenomen I noticed with several of their song performances comparing pre and post reunion. Wasted Years is another one. I just can't listen to it live nowadays, the chorus sounds like sunf by a bunch of drunk football fans. To me it seems as if the reason is: At earlier performances Bruce took those songs more for seroius while nowadays they are kinda like folklore for him. He is just not interested in performing them properly.
Dick Brucinson
The TRUE Dick Brucinson
I think it's great, and I hope they bring it back! Live in 1992 it was very exciting, believe me!
Eddie's Uncle
Nomad
To not like this song, fine. Personal taste (I like it, though). But to say it is a Don't Cry rip off, now that's a stretch. If anything, it sounds more like Skid Row or W.A.S.P., a stadium power ballad.
Belshazzar
Yer Mum Can't Come
Wrathchild
Feels like filler to me. Of course it's an early song, but considering it's been a live staple on and off well into the 21st century, I never got it.
Run to the Hills
I still maintain this song is only famous because it was the first "hit" single from the first number one album.
Heaven Can Wait
The worst thing on SIT by far. I always skip it, then wonder why the record's so short
The Clairvoyant
My least favourite of the SSOASS album.
Feels like filler to me. Of course it's an early song, but considering it's been a live staple on and off well into the 21st century, I never got it.
Run to the Hills
I still maintain this song is only famous because it was the first "hit" single from the first number one album.
Heaven Can Wait
The worst thing on SIT by far. I always skip it, then wonder why the record's so short
The Clairvoyant
My least favourite of the SSOASS album.
Iron Lurker
Ancient Mariner
It's long been my opinion FotD seemed like it was Maiden's attempt to breakout on American radio and MTV (pressure from the record label, perhaps?). Advertising even had "Chains of Misery" as one of the featured tracks, which I feel was composed as a radio friendly type song. The plan didn't work.
It was likely trying to keep up with the '80s metal is an embarrassing thing of the past' sentiment of the 90s. Ostentatious metal and especially hair metal was the most uncool thing ever at that time. I think by distancing themselves from the 80s metal scene they retained some appeal outside of diehard metal fans with FOTD.
Belshazzar
Yer Mum Can't Come
The first Maiden song I learned all the way through on Guitar some 27+ years ago, including solo, so it has a special place for me.
Helmuth Von Moltke
Educated Fool
I give Empire of the Clouds a pass because of Bruce's illness and I respect it, but I personally don't like it very much.
Some fans liked Death or Glory, I'm not keen on it.
Can I Play With Madness, I've never loved it.
Sanctuary, I think its quite an un-Maiden sounding song, at least how they later developed.
Some fans liked Death or Glory, I'm not keen on it.
Can I Play With Madness, I've never loved it.
Sanctuary, I think its quite an un-Maiden sounding song, at least how they later developed.
Belshazzar
Yer Mum Can't Come
Death or Glory was one of my favourites on the album!