Was Fear of the Dark a crowd-pleaser in the 90's?

In my memory it was always popular but the Rock in Rio took it to another level. Also keep in mind there was a pretty substantial influx of new fans in those days as well so it was new to them.
 
Fear of the Dark is not as good of a song as Hallowed, but I think it is better live than Hallowed and I typically enjoy it more when I am at a Maiden concert. I have seen several shows now where Hallowed was dropped and I haven't missed it a single time.

With that being said, I also wouldn't miss FOTD if it was dropped as well. But I think of the staples it brings the crowd energy like no other.
 
Back in 1992 fear of the dark and afraid to shoot strangers were like iron maiden enter sandman and nothing else matters. Those songs were more than often on tv and radio. For me was a great album. Very 90s.
 
BludBrutha said:
Seems bizarre that Run To The Hills has typically not been in the setlist for the last 25 years but FOTD has.
Click to expand...
Both are very big (live) hits and one is just tougher for the band. Hills was also skipped during the Blaze era for obvious reasons. I think it's normal for a band (whose setlists are usually not 20 songs) to drop some of its biggest songs (from 5+ of them) for some tours. Unexpected, but still. It wasn't even a regular song during the second Reunion and first album tour!
dickinson1978 said:
Back in 1992 fear of the dark and afraid to shoot strangers were like iron maiden enter sandman and nothing else matters. Those songs were more than often on tv and radio. For me was a great album. Very 90s.
Click to expand...
Yep, FOTD album was perfect for such promotion because of the style of the songs.
 
Mosh said:
Fear of the Dark is not as good of a song as Hallowed, but I think it is better live than Hallowed and I typically enjoy it more when I am at a Maiden concert. I have seen several shows now where Hallowed was dropped and I haven't missed it a single time.

With that being said, I also wouldn't miss FOTD if it was dropped as well. But I think of the staples it brings the crowd energy like no other.
Click to expand...
The sing along part is one of the best moments in an iron maiden show. Im really happy to see that song what has become. I grew up with that album. I have great memories of thst years
 
Starblind said:
and that thing Argentine audience did during symphony of destruction, cheering me-ga-de-th me-ga-de-th was sth grew from this (imho).
Click to expand...
An earlier example is the "Angus" chants on AC/DC's Whole Lotta Rosie from the 'If You Want Blood You've Got It' live album (recorded in Glasgow, the crowd just happened to be chanting "Angus" when they started the song and it became a thing).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top