Official New Album and Songs Titles

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edbaldhead said:
Benjamin Breegs - Benjamin Briggs?

Benjamin S. Briggs was the American sailor and captain of the Mary Celeste when it was discovered, apparently abandoned, in December 1872. He, his wife and daughter Sophia Matilda, along with the crew, were believed lost.
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I think you're on to something there... I Believe i read in the studio diary that one song was kinda Rime of the ancient mariner pt II...
 
From Wikipedia:

Ron Maiden (real name Benjamin Breegs) is a British Heavy Metal window-cleaner, born Feb. 29th 1975 in London, Transylvania, etc.
 
Albie said:
Have you, eh, edited it out?
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Albie, the original poster was Conor.  A member of the heretic church of Dennis Stratton, I might add.  I don't think that the information in question could ever be found in that wiki page ;)
 
SinisterMinisterX said:
Remember the rumor that one of the songs was based on an author, or perhaps a book?
"Lord Of Light" is an old science-fiction book from 1967 by Roger Zelazny.
It won the Hugo Award (sci-fi's equivalent of the Pulitzer).

It's about a group of humans (natives of earth) who travel to another planet and become gods to that planet's native humans due to the vastly superior technology of the earth-natives. Most of the earth-natives abuse their power, and the people they rule. The hero is one earth-native named Sam who tries to break this cycle and free the masses.

I'm not saying the song is about the book, but it could be.
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That seems very possible, the book sounds very Maidenish.
 
All this info sounds very promising to me.
An interesting thing is that I see a Dickinson/Harris combo for the first time since No Prayer for the Dying(!).
However, most striking is the fact that Adrian Smith wrote the most songs EVER for a single Maiden album. :)

For the ones who are interested:
In 1972 (album) and 1973 (single) Hawkwind released a song called "Lord of Light".
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hawkwind/dis ... fasol.html
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hawkwind/dis ... fborn.html


About this:
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"'The Longest Day'. perhaps based on the ww2 film of the same name. suggests a battle, possibly the last one?"
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"The Longest Day" is indeed a film, which is based on the same titled book by Cornelius Ryan.
It's about Operation Overlord (better known as D-Day which was 6th of June, 1944). It's not just a battle but THE most important military operation of WWII, or even of the last couple of centuries (at least from an European point of view).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Longest_Day_%28book%29 (book)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Longest_Day_%28film%29 (film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Overlord (info on the operation)


Actually it's the WWII event that I am most interested in, so if this song is really about the events of 06-06-1944, I am very glad that my favorite band pays tribute to it! :)

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Silky said:
Albie, the original poster was Conor.  A member of the heretic church of Dennis Stratton, I might add.  I don't think that the information in question could ever be found in that wiki page ;)
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Yeah I know. I just thought I'd try at a bit of humour, which seemingly failed. I was trying to suggest he (adgadavidthingy) editied the wiki page to remove our Den (which as we know was never there in the first place). ;)
 
Matiis said:
Didn't Nicko say that this was going to be a concept album?
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It may be.  Or they may have changed their minds.  Or maybe Nicko's still living in 1987... ;)
 
You lot are funny. How can you judge a song from its title?

'The Longest Day' may be about the landing in Normandy... but then again, it may not!

'Stranger In A Strange Land' isn't about Robert Heinlein's book.
'Out Of The Silent Planet' isn't about C.S. Lewis's book.

Then again...
'The Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Runner' is about Sillitoe's book.
'Rime Of The Ancient Mariner' is about Coleridge's poem.

And who would have thought that 'To Tame A Land' was about Dune?


What I'm trying to get across is that, until we've heard the songs and their lyrics, any other discussion is just sterile speculation. Come on, only three months to go!  :D
 
Maverick said:
And who would have thought that 'To Tame A Land' was about Dune?
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Not to mention 'Hooks In You', who would have thought what *that one* was about... -_-
 
I personally thought that 'Wildest Dreams' was about... well, let's not get into that!  :innocent:
 
^_^
Maiden's works are free for interpretation, even after the content of the songs is known.
 
Maverick said:
You lot are funny. How can you judge a song from its title?

'The Longest Day' may be about the landing in Normandy... but then again, it may not!
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There's a big chance is it's about the landing. Why?

Paschendale says enough doesn't it? A song from the last album telling the tale of a 20th century war fase, co-written by our beloved Adrian Smith. ;)
 
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