The problem with playing SIT songs live - A tabu?

Dityn DJ James said:
Robbins, I just realized we were at that show together

EDIT: and I'll see you in Florida lol
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haha cool. Hope to see you there too. My goal is to get in one of the bands photos this time. I failed the entire Maiden England tour to do so :(

As for Seventh Son, I just don't like the songs except for Seventh Son, Infinite Dreams and Only the Good Die Young. I just can't stand CIPWM or Moonchild to save my life. The album just didn't have the power, solos, melodies or riffs that SIT had. I just thought it almost sounded cheesy at times. Back onto SIT. Some musical aspects that made SIT amazing was Harris' bass. Listen to the mid sections of Sea of Madness or Deja Vu, the solo in CSIT, amazing and not really heard that level of bass since Killers. As others have mentioned, Nicko's drumming was awesome. It's the best stuff Adrian has ever written IMO besides The Prisoner riff which is awesome beyond words. Seventh Son just didn't do it for me. I just can't understand some's absolute love for it but then again, many can't understand mine of SIT so to each their own. It's my opinion after all. Not stating a fact here but the SIT stuff in the previous post were facts that can be found via billboard, youtube and such
 
SirRobbins said:
ok. A few things to point out. There was someone on the fan club forum that met Rod in 2012 after the show in Atlanta who asked Rod why they didn't play infinite dreams and why caught somewhere in time hasn't been played live since 87. Rod said Steve said the song "sounds like sh*t live". Highly unlikely we'll ever hear it live. Somewhere in Time was their most successful album in terms of sales and longevity on the charts until 1991 when NOTB finally caught up and passed it in sales. It was their most accessible record for years. It was their biggest album in the states. Steve knows the states hated Seventh Son when it came out but UK loved it. I sadly believe that although they don't sound great live, neither does anything from Seventh son. Seventh son was a weak follow up to SIT IMO. It lacked the power, the riffs and solos that made SIT so amazing, not to mention, the best guitar tone ever. Steve stood by many years in interviews stating it was one of their greatest albums. Shame he doesn't feel that way about it played live. It was the first maiden album I ever bought or heard and will always be my favorite. It's the only album from them where every song is awesome. Every other album seems to have "filler songs" which I feel didn't exist on it. My opinion of course! They dropped Loneliness after the first show because they didn't think it fit the rest of the set list (which changed so many frickin times that tour it's unbelievable)

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SIT and SSOASS are my two favourite albums. SIT has the best riffs in IM discography (Wasted Years riff was the first thing I learned on guitar), but SSOASS has more acomplished sound. SIT is viewed by most of the band members (especially Bruce) as a transition album from heavy metal into more prog waters, while SSOASS is favourite album of at least two band members (Dave and Steve) and is rated highly among all of them. Being that Steve and Bruce are choosing songs for the setlist (it was mentioned in interviews that they send each other a few e-mails before the rehearsals and come up with approx. 20 songs to go in rehearsals with), it's likely that Bruce dislikes singing SIT songs and Steve just goes with it.
 
I could tell after listening to them in a row that Seventh son sounded more refined and SIT sounded like it was processing. They used the same amps on both albums, GK 250MLs. SIT, the chorus and reverb were unusually high, and they had Rolland 707G synth controllers on their guitars. Seventh Son, they just simply used a keyboard. I LOVED the tone they achieved on SIT though and is one of the main reasons I love that album. Those GKs sound so damn good when they are thrashed with a guitar. Somewhere in Time, Deja Vu and Alexander the Great sound phenomenal with them and as cover bands have proven, they sound awful with other equipment. As mentioned, I do love certain songs on Seventh Son. I just can't stand others on there. It's like trying to listen to flight of Icarus or invaders.
 
SirRobbins said:
I could tell after listening to them in a row that Seventh son sounded more refined and SIT sounded like it was processing. They used the same amps on both albums, GK 250MLs. SIT, the chorus and reverb were unusually high, and they had Rolland 707G synth controllers on their guitars. Seventh Son, they just simply used a keyboard. I LOVED the tone they achieved on SIT though and is one of the main reasons I love that album. Those GKs sound so damn good when they are thrashed with a guitar. Somewhere in Time, Deja Vu and Alexander the Great sound phenomenal with them and as cover bands have proven, they sound awful with other equipment. As mentioned, I do love certain songs on Seventh Son. I just can't stand others on there. It's like trying to listen to flight of Icarus or invaders.
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Guitar synth was played only by H with Roland G-707 guitar (the weird one). Non-synth parts were recorded with his Jackson super strat into GK's. Yes the obvious difference in album mixes is heavier use of effects on SIT. But still both albums sound completely different to "Classic era" (NOB-Powerslave) albums and I like the sound of both. Songwriting-wise they are both strong albums and don't contain a bad song IMHO. All other Maiden albums include at least one below standard track.
 
I think maybe he means, he saw them during Somewhere on tour and saw no problem with them playing those songs. Of course, the USA only got CSIT, SIASS, HCW and WY. Sea of madness was dropped after the first USA date. TLOTLDR was only done once. I hate that it was but the intro alone is so spiritual sounding. The bootleg makes me want to build a time machine and go back to that show. The sound is so vintage and 80s sounding. Would be a cool tour to pull out those GK 250MLs and do it.
 
@SirRobbins also, this tour to me was pretty special also because of historical stuff, like the inflatable Eddie and stuff... Pretty unique for Maiden
 
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