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My son has confiscated my entire Maiden collection!
And I, as his father, couldn’t be more proud!
I’ve been a Maiden fan since I first saw them at an open air festival for their NotB tour. And I’ve been hooked ever since.
Now, I’m not a rabid collector of all things Maiden, mind you, but I’ve got every single CD and just about all of the videos/DVDs they have released so far, but let me get to my point.
My 16 year old son is now obsessed with all things Maiden.
He broke out my old record collection (every album up until Sit) and put them up on his wall, he has taken every one of my CD booklets from EVERY Maiden CD and reads them all as he listens to the music, he is constantly watching my Maiden DVDs and video tapes, took my McFarlane Eddie and displayed it in his room and, just recently, confiscated my Eddie patch from the AMoLaD CD and had my wife sew it onto the shoulder of his favorite jacket.
And I've recently been buying him (at his request, of course) Maiden T Shirts and posters.
Now this, my friends, is all good news. It is very interesting to observe this next generation of kids really embracing Maiden just like we old timers did around the same age as they are now.
What is ever cooler is that his girlfriend and some of his friends will hangout in the pool and chill while listening to Maiden in the background. And I’ve come home from work a few times and saw them all hanggin’ around the Big screen and watching DotR, RiR, and LaD.
Have any of you life long Maiden fans recently experienced the same resurgence of interest in Maiden with your kids, or kids you’ve seen about town?
And let me finish by saying this is one proud PAPA!
And I, as his father, couldn’t be more proud!
I’ve been a Maiden fan since I first saw them at an open air festival for their NotB tour. And I’ve been hooked ever since.
Now, I’m not a rabid collector of all things Maiden, mind you, but I’ve got every single CD and just about all of the videos/DVDs they have released so far, but let me get to my point.
My 16 year old son is now obsessed with all things Maiden.
He broke out my old record collection (every album up until Sit) and put them up on his wall, he has taken every one of my CD booklets from EVERY Maiden CD and reads them all as he listens to the music, he is constantly watching my Maiden DVDs and video tapes, took my McFarlane Eddie and displayed it in his room and, just recently, confiscated my Eddie patch from the AMoLaD CD and had my wife sew it onto the shoulder of his favorite jacket.
And I've recently been buying him (at his request, of course) Maiden T Shirts and posters.
Now this, my friends, is all good news. It is very interesting to observe this next generation of kids really embracing Maiden just like we old timers did around the same age as they are now.
What is ever cooler is that his girlfriend and some of his friends will hangout in the pool and chill while listening to Maiden in the background. And I’ve come home from work a few times and saw them all hanggin’ around the Big screen and watching DotR, RiR, and LaD.
Have any of you life long Maiden fans recently experienced the same resurgence of interest in Maiden with your kids, or kids you’ve seen about town?
And let me finish by saying this is one proud PAPA!
