Tournament Of Short Iron Maiden Songs: Phase 8

[Night Prowler]

Aces High was the first Iron Maiden song I heard live in person.

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

Bah. Youngsters. First Maiden song I saw live was Caught Somewhere In Time. Now all we have around here is you kids and your cabaret tours. Get off my lawn.

 

[Brigantium]

Heard a lot of it in the 80s but not live.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

The evil children are still high.

 

[SixesAlltheway]

The evil children are still high.

Well, they still have to leave Minister's lawn!

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

The lunatics are on the grass.

 

[RTC]

The Wicker Man has all the energy of Aces High with more to offer musically IMO.

I think Wicker Man is pretty mildly-tempo'd for an opener personally.

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

Wicker Man: 196 bpm
Aces High: 244 bpm

Aces is faster, but since when is 196 bpm "mildly-tempo'd" ??

 

[Mosh]

Seems like a standard tempo for a Maiden opener anyway.

 

[RTC]

Wicker Man: 196 bpm
Aces High: 244 bpm

Aces is faster, but since when is 196 bpm "mildly-tempo'd" ??

What are you using to calculate the BPM?

 

[Brigantium]

Wicker is more brassy than all-out speed.

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

What are you using to calculate the BPM?

http://www.all8.com/tools/bpm.htm

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

Seems like a standard tempo for a Maiden opener anyway.

That is true.

Aces High: 244 bpm
Be Quick or Be Dead: 242 bpm
Moonchild: 112 bpm, but could be heard as doubling to 224 when vocal enters
Invaders: 218 bpm
The Ides of March: 96 bpm / Wrathchild: 210 bpm
Wildest Dreams: 204 bpm
The Wicker Man: 196 bpm
Futureal: 195 bpm
Tailgunner: 194 bpm
Prowler: 192 bpm
Different World: 186 bpm
Caught Somewhere in Time: 170 bpm
Where Eagles Dare: 150 bpm
The Final Frontier: 135 bpm
Sign of the Cross: 99 bpm at vocal entry

Edit: CSIT was performed about 10% faster live. 186 bpm at Sheffield, Dec 1986.

Edit 2:
Aces High on LAD: 254 bpm
Wicker Man on RIR: 193 bpm

 

[The Flash]

That's fine newbies, but some of us had Aces High as a first live experience. No internet.

So?

 

[RTC]

You must be counting the introduction of CSIT, which has a much lower BPM.

I always thought Wicker Man was paced in a similar fashion to something like Rock Hard Ride Free, but after a relisten, it's faster than I gave it credit for.

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

You must be counting the introduction of CSIT, which has a much lower BPM.

Nope, the fast part after the intro, where the band began playing live.

The very beginning is 97 bpm. It jumps to 118 when the drums enter, then to the higher tempos I gave above after the intro.