Nicko McBrain

Starblind said:
much more (good) surprises and deep cuts. Even Infinite Dreams alone makes a difference.
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Yeah i agree on ID , but not sure about the other deep cuts. No Killers, Phantom, Powerslave just doesn`t add up to better to me. Imagine the meltdown on here too if Maiden only played 10 songs!
 
well to start with, of course it's a funny comparison (from me) :) but i mean: Nicko's approach here is much cooler. for example choosing parchment (he tells that it's his favorite song from senjutsu) (then how come it didn't get in the 7 songs they played from that album?). or 'no more lies' which havent been played since the first leg of final frontier...

to sum it all: deep cuts, hidden gems work more for me than the usual hits which i heard before from Maiden many times, and all the time in bars and from cover bands etc.

and again: infinite dreams! :)
 
Starblind said:
well to start with, of course it's a funny comparison (from me) :) but i mean: Nicko's approach here is much cooler. for example choosing parchment (he tells that it's his favorite song from senjutsu) (then how come it didn't get in the 7 songs they played from that album?). or 'no more lies' which havent been played since the first leg of final frontier...

to sum it all: deep cuts, hidden gems work more for me than the usual hits which i heard before from Maiden many times, and all the time in bars and from cover bands etc.

and again: infinite dreams! :)
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Each to their own , i like the Parchment but if i`m choosing that or Hell On Earth i would personally choose HOE so i`m pretty happy we got it in 23/24. :ok:
 
Fozzie said:
Each to their own , i like the Parchment but if i`m choosing that or Hell On Earth i would personally choose HOE so i`m pretty happy we got it in 23/24. :ok:
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of course i would choose HOE too. but i would also choose Parchment over Death of the Celts for sure! That song killed the mood for 10 minutes on each show I saw. I dont get Maiden, they made great songs with middle east vibes like Nomad and Parchment but then don't play them! + To Tame a Land (only one tour) and of course Alexander (absent till Future Past)... Only Powerslave is an exception.
 
Starblind said:
of course i would choose HOE too. but i would also choose Parchment over Death of the Celts for sure! That song killed the mood for 10 minutes on each show I saw. I dont get Maiden, they made great songs with middle east vibes like Nomad and Parchment but then don't play them! + To Tame a Land (only one tour) and of course Alexander (absent till Future Past)... Only Powerslave is an exception.
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I would have chosen it over Celts too to be fair. TTAL is still one i hope to see live, unlikely now i guess.
 
Again apples and oranges. If Maiden were to do a fun for them set instead of formulating a setlist to appeal to the masses (for a classics/hits tour) it would be just as varied as Nicko's.

-- A Message From Your Friendly Neighborhood Apologist Maidentard.
 
Iron Lurker said:
Again apples and oranges. If Maiden were to do a fun for them set instead of formulating a setlist to appeal to the masses (for a classics/hits tour) it would be just as varied as Nicko's.

-- A Message From Your Friendly Neighborhood Apologist Maidentard.
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For example, Steve would do a medley of all his bass-only intros and then yell football chants into the microphone, followed by Adrian just playing half of the Wasted Years riff and then letting the E & B strings ring out.

(written with love & admiration of my two favourite musicians)
 
Starblind said:
titanium tart's setlist is much more interesting and appealing than maiden's latest setlist. sad but true.
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You could say that, but I don't think it's fair to compare a cover band with no theme to the setlists and Maiden now (their set is almost perfect for its theme, tbh, so appealing?). And both setlists have 4-5 deep cuts (imo), so it's not far off. Plus, his set is mostly mid-tempo songs.
Since we heard that Nicko does a great job with Parchment, it's curious he didn't push for it, at least for the 2nd leg. He is feeling better now? It is a fan favorite after all. Bruce was probably the deciding factor and chose Celts, maybe because of the vocals in the intro and the overall more lively tempo. Or because of the backdrop?
Starblind said:
I dont get Maiden, they made great songs with middle east vibes like Nomad and Parchment but then don't play them! + To Tame a Land (only one tour) and of course Alexander (absent till Future Past)... Only Powerslave is an exception.
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Good call. Maybe because all of them have something unique (to say) in them.
 
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