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matic22 said:
It's not about that...

It's abot the fact that @GhostofCain brought up... In the movie Helmuth Von Moltke is speaking about the lyrical depth of Iron Maiden and he is immediately followed by (or preceeded by) Prowler.

I just found that hillarious.
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Not immediately preceded by, but having someone as esteemed as @Helmuth Von Moltke talking about the weighty nature of Iron Maiden lyrics when previously in the film they had a long segment with the band playing Prowler live was unintentionally funny. :lol:
 
GhostofCain said:
Not immediately preceded by, but having someone as esteemed as @Helmuth Von Moltke talking about the weighty nature of Iron Maiden lyrics when previously in the film they had a long segment with the band playing Prowler live was unintentionally funny. :lol:
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I am just looking forward to the day when @Helmuth Von Moltke finally releases a paper on the historical depth of Prowler’s lyrics. Hopefully it is available to download on JSTOR!
 
Ascendingthethrone said:
I am just looking forward to the day when @Helmuth Von Moltke finally releases a paper on the historical depth of Prowler’s lyrics. Hopefully it is available to download on JSTOR!
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I don't know what the hell everybody is going on about?! Are you all perverts? The lyrics are obviously about the void of human isolation. The city is full of life ("ladies flashing"), but the narrator is completely disconnected, crawling in the shadows. "It" represents the massive, empty void of extreme loneliness and alienation - IT is open wide. The narrator opens this void wide to the world, desperately asking, "What you seeing, girl?" as a plea to be acknowledged as a human being. "Feeling myself" is a desperate, physical attempt to confirm their own existence because they feel like an invisible ghost ("nothing's with me").

It's crazy no one has done a dissertation on this subject when you think about it.
 
Yeah, he’s just a deeply depressed bloke. Mobbing and bullying at their finest—and they call themselves ‘fans.’ Pathetic.
 
I hate to be negative about this, but it is their own fault it is selling poorly.
  • It is advertised as the same show that many people saw last year. Not many fans will want to see the same show again, especially casual fans.
  • If they are changing the setlist, they should have mentioned this in the initial press release. If they are hoping on a last minute surge then good luck to them.
  • Transport options for coming back afterwards are poor.
  • It’s too expensive.
This is the closest Maiden has ever performed to where I live, and I can’t justify it.
 
Ascendingthethrone said:
I hate to be negative about this, but it is their own fault it is selling poorly.
  • It is advertised as the same show that many people saw last year. Not many fans will want to see the same show again, especially casual fans.
  • If they are changing the setlist, they should have mentioned this in the initial press release. If they are hoping on a last minute surge then good luck to them.
  • Transport options for coming back afterwards are poor.
  • It’s too expensive.
This is the closest Maiden has ever performed to where I live, and I can’t justify it.
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Price - yeah 200 quid for the 2 nights camping is steep considering that's not far off a full 3 day festival price. But then considering the price of arena gigs these days it seems commensurate to that. Hard to see how they could do the thing for less than that, shits just too dear these days.

£50 to camp on the Saturday night seems extortionate.

Transport - seems out of their control with the traffic restrictions but looks like over a hours walk from the gig to the train station in Stevenage. I would not fancy that walk after a day and night at a gig in a field, no ma'am.

Overall, the full 2 night camping package appeals to me and I'd pay the money, especially with the 4 for 3 offer but it's not the kind of thing I'd undertake alone. And I don't have 3 friends willing to take the trip cos they all saw the show last year. If this was the first leg I'd say there would be about 6 or 7 of us going to this.
 
Ascendingthethrone said:
I hate to be negative about this, but it is their own fault it is selling poorly.
  • It is advertised as the same show that many people saw last year. Not many fans will want to see the same show again, especially casual fans.
  • If they are changing the setlist, they should have mentioned this in the initial press release. If they are hoping on a last minute surge then good luck to them.
  • Transport options for coming back afterwards are poor.
  • It’s too expensive.
This is the closest Maiden has ever performed to where I live, and I can’t justify it.
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I think the bigger problem was, will be, and will be forever enshrined as it's a festival of sorts with no real killer support acts. It's like they had most of the blueprint down but when it came time to execute, management balked at the idea of getting multiple festival grade acts to support.

I said it before, but a once in a lifetime can't miss it setlist announcement would've enticed the hardcore and a cadre of established names as support would've sealed the deal for casuals. Instead we're at 0 for 2.
 
Ruflux said:
I think the bigger problem was, will be, and will be forever enshrined as it's a festival of sorts with no real killer support acts. It's like they had most of the blueprint down but when it came time to execute, management balked at the idea of getting multiple festival grade acts to support.

I said it before, but a once in a lifetime can't miss it setlist announcement would've enticed the hardcore and a cadre of established names as support would've sealed the deal for casuals. Instead we're at 0 for 2.
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I get this but then I assume it would have cost £300 instead of £200. Download is £365 for 5 nights camping and 90+ bands.

I think a one off event of this type is just always going to be relatively expensive in comparison to established festivals and plenty of casual fans would weigh it up like that. There's small metal festivals in warm countries for the price of Eddfest, 3 or 4 nights, loads of bands, guaranteed good weather, excuse to see another country (or at least an airport and a field in another country).

So I think a lot of people are priced out of this but I'm not sure they could feasibly do it much cheaper.
 
Poto said:
Curitiba apparently getting announced fairly soon. And I think that will be the last concert announcement we get in a long time from Maiden.
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That guy has insiders in local music business market, he gets it right almost every show he "announces".
 
Ascendingthethrone said:
I hate to be negative about this, but it is their own fault it is selling poorly.
  • It is advertised as the same show that many people saw last year. Not many fans will want to see the same show again, especially casual fans.
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I get the point. However, I personally try to catch as many Maiden shows as possible, no matter what the setlist really is. I'm glad about surprises and brushing up's, if not tho, then I'm fine with whatever they do. (They could play 17 times Wrathchild, then Iron Maiden, and as an encore 3 more times Wratchchild, I'd still go.) In 1985 as a ten year old they became the soundtrack to my life, lasting until the present day. In not many years from now I will regret every missed opportunity to see them.
 
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