When the Wild Wind Blows

How good is When the Wild Wind Blows on a scale of 1-10?

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mozzle said:
Exactly. The first time I heard it I was actually startled. I was alone with my eyes closed and the headphones loud. I figured that was the time it was going to get heavier, but I was expecting a build and then out of nowhere Bruce comes in, and it's just him for that fraction of second, but wow. First listen, it blew my mind.
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I dont like Bruces singing in most part of the song.Too low,it would has been awesome with some high notes in certain parts.That song sounds like written in blaze era.
 
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rudolf1978 said:
I dont like Bruces singing in most part of the song.Too low,it would has been awesome with some high notes in certain parts.That song sounds like written in blaze era.
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I find it refreshing. How long has it been since he hasn't gone all out at some point in a song. I mean in almost every song he sings, he belts at the top of his lungs, either throughout the song, or just in the chorus. (If I'm listening to Maiden for long periods of time, it can sometimes give me a headache.)

In When The Wild Wind Blows it's steady, almost folky. It's different for Bruce and that's why I like it. Steady and calm, he just sings along with the guitar melody.

In fact, I'd almost like more songs with Bruce like this. He's so much clearer and easier to understand. He doesn't always need to be a hero in my mind. If he toned it down more often well he'd get a  :ok: from me.

Oh, and for the love of dice, don't think I'm bashing Bruce, I think he's straight up, the greatest metal singer around. I just enjoy variety.
 
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mozzle said:
I find it refreshing. How long has it been since he hasn't gone all out at some point in a song. I mean in almost every song he sings, he belts at the top of his lungs, either throughout the song, or just in the chorus. (If I'm listening to Maiden for long periods of time, it can sometimes give me a headache.)

In When The Wild Wind Blows it's steady, almost folky. It's different for Bruce and that's why I like it. Steady and calm, he just sings along with the guitar melody.

In fact, I'd almost like more songs with Bruce like this. He's so much clearer and easier to understand. He doesn't always need to be a hero in my mind. If he toned it down more often well he'd get a  :ok: from me.

Oh, and for the love of dice, don't think I'm bashing Bruce, I think he's straight up, the greatest metal singer around. I just enjoy variety.
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I dont like his singing in the man who would be king,I think since the reunion the best bruce dickinson singing is in brave new world.That its an awesome work.in a matter of life and death he did a very good job too.In dance of death he did it right but for me the mistake was the songs.
 
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I think Bruce's vocal performance on tihs album is spectacular, it's strange how he sounds very slightly stained on Mother of Mercy when singing the chorus but manages to reach the scrotum-tightening highs on The Talisman.
 
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I agree with this.  This is an X-Factor song with Bruce on vocals instead.  Very much so.

LooseCannon said:
I've already explained why Bruce has a different voice on this album; it wasn't written for him. Steve said he's had this idea for years and years and never found the tape until sometime after AMOLAD was recorded. Well, if he had it lying around for 7-8 years, it wouldn't have been written for Bruce.

Part of me wants to know how Blaze would sound on this track; part of me thinks Bruce is incredible that he delivers such a passionate, beautiful performance with something that is different to what Maiden has asked him to sing in the past. For the deeper Blaze songs he's always adopted a gravely voice (SoTC, MotE, LotF), and he's bullied through with his usual siren on The Clansman. We won't mention Futureal here.

If you have asked yourself "what would have the Blaze albums sounded like with Bruce Dickinson", I present to you a partial answer, with the disclaimer that Bruce's vocals in the 1990s, especially the early 1990s, were totally different than anything he has used since returning to the band.
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for me, while the song is really great, it sounds like it was written for Virtual XI. It's kinda got the same vibe. Thank Harris, Blaze ain't singing it though  :bigsmile:
 
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rudolf1978 said:
I dont like Bruces singing in most part of the song.Too low,it would has been awesome with some high notes in certain parts.That song sounds like written in blaze era.
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I thought so at first, too....but having seen the animated film from the same story...I realized that those high soaring vocals would have been out of place for this song.
UpTheIrons said:
I think Bruce's vocal performance on tihs album is spectacular, it's strange how he sounds very slightly stained on Mother of Mercy when singing the chorus but manages to reach the scrotum-tightening highs on The Talisman.
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I think he's in a lot more control of all this, than anyone knows or gives him credit for. I mean...remember NPFTD....raspier...also some on FOTD...and people thought his voice was starting to go. I think he's got such control over his voice, that he gives it what he thinks it needs. Just like no guitarist wants to play the same way always on their guitar...I suspect Bruce enjoys changing his voice where he can, to suit the song...and to keep his own interest high.
 
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The song isn't about them being stupid. It's about how government propaganda in the Cold War era had even loyal citizens disbelieving authorities.
 
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LordMaiden said:
That's just my way of saying you're right.
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LooseCannon said:
The song isn't about them being stupid. It's about how government propaganda in the Cold War era had even loyal citizens disbelieving authorities.
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dis·be·lieve

–verb (used with object)
1.
to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.


But they do believe the authorities.
 
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It's more complex than that. You can believe one set of propaganda and dismiss other things AS propaganda, depending on how you've been exposed over your life. That's what it's about...this couple lived their whole life under the shadow of the bomb, they were convinced by the first report, and decided that the rest were just to make people happy before their lives were eradicated, because they trusted the wrong thing.
 
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Gotcha. I was thinking in terms of the movie where they believe right up until the end.

I forgot in the song, the media is denying the reality of the situation, and they (the couple) "don't believe them in the least bit".
 
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Yep. And the earthquake is what does it for them. I think the movie is different to the original graphic novel.
 
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WTWWB is the best song in TFF I think. 2nd Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Superb album ending classic.
 
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