CriedWhenBrucieLeft
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Death Or Glory is so manufactured sounding.
Your Maiden blasphemy
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Pibroch_Whistler
Educated Fool
"manufactured" was my take on it too (first several listens) but Bruce imbues it with so much ... BRUCE ... that it just works for some reason.
Black Abyss Babe
I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold
That's original ...
To be fair though, it probably is in keeping with the idea behind the song.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Never knew that. Thanks for the curious info.
GOTN, OOTSP, Rainmaker and The Talisman say hello.... to name a few.
True. I think anyway that it is a classic from the reunion era.
srfc
Ancient Mariner
Pibroch_Whistler
Educated Fool
Coming Home = Fantastic Chorus from the reunion era
I've also been quite partial to These Colours Don't Run lately also
I've also been quite partial to These Colours Don't Run lately also
MindRuler
Ancient Mariner
Sounds almost like a Bruce solo song. That´s why I like it so much I guess.
MindRuler
Ancient Mariner
Still don´t know which one I prefer: this one or the Killers version.
Black Abyss Babe
I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold
Yay! The Apparition is Maiden's most underrrated song. Add to that ATTS, Wasting Love, Chains of Misery, Weekend Warrior and the title track and you've got one hell of a good album
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
The Killers version is way better than the Metal For Muthas version IMO.
MindRuler
Ancient Mariner
I like both versions. Recently I listened alot to MFM and this version is pretty awesome too. But this is the unpopular maiden opinions thread you know...
chaosapiant
Ancient Marinade
I’ve said this before but I agree 100%. In my mind, VXI is an embryonic version of Brave New World. The song writing is very similar on both albums.
Black Abyss Babe
I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold
TXF is the closing of the previous chapter, VXI the beginning of the new one. And Blaze is integral to both.
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
Dunno about that. It’s a real shift in Maiden songwriting which paved the way for their post-reunion releases. I think it’s really the start of the next chapter.
chaosapiant
Ancient Marinade
I don't know...X Factor has a lot of embryonic material that Maiden would later go on to do, and it doesn't continue anything from the previous two Maiden albums. I have to think on this one. Granted, I suppose songs like Fear of the Dark and Afraid to Shoot Strangers are indeed very indicative of what the X Factor would become.
I disagree. There is much on FOTD that foreshadows TXF. Weekend Warrior and Childhood's End, if the vocal tracks were different, would fit rather well in a TXF environment. The individual segments of The Fugitive contain much that would be developed further on TXF. The electric guitar sound and the heavy use of acoustic guitars is something that binds the two albums. FOTD has a deep underlying melancholy that TXF turns into the dominant theme. Overall, I think TXF and FOTD are closer to each other than to VXI and NPFTD respectively.
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Hm. I see your angle but it's not quite. There's a hard rock aspect to FOTD, 2 singles are straight for MTV. None of that stuff on TXF. The guitar sound is not the same.
The elements of Childhood's End were reused for Judgement of Heaven and The Unbeliever. Verses are the same kind of a beast, while bass/drum groove from CHE's chorus ended in the latter's instrumental section. I don't hear anything from Chains of Misery.
Of course that TXF continues some traditions that were present on the album before. ATSS and FOTD have defined a lot of the structure that Harris used in the songwriting ever since. However the hard rock stuff is replaced with some serious heavy metal like Blood on the World's Hands.
On the TXF-VXI relation, things start to get complicated due to their intentional decisions to tweak the natural process (Nicko's drum sound and arrangements). TXF is, drum wise, miles apart from VXI.
Overall I do not think that TXF is closer to FOTD than FOTD to NPFTD. The early 90s albums feature up beat hard rock stuff and themes while TXF doesn't.
The elements of Childhood's End were reused for Judgement of Heaven and The Unbeliever. Verses are the same kind of a beast, while bass/drum groove from CHE's chorus ended in the latter's instrumental section. I don't hear anything from Chains of Misery.
Of course that TXF continues some traditions that were present on the album before. ATSS and FOTD have defined a lot of the structure that Harris used in the songwriting ever since. However the hard rock stuff is replaced with some serious heavy metal like Blood on the World's Hands.
On the TXF-VXI relation, things start to get complicated due to their intentional decisions to tweak the natural process (Nicko's drum sound and arrangements). TXF is, drum wise, miles apart from VXI.
Overall I do not think that TXF is closer to FOTD than FOTD to NPFTD. The early 90s albums feature up beat hard rock stuff and themes while TXF doesn't.
Abas
Jester with no tears
What kills this song for me are the shift in tone when each solo starts. What were they even good for? It's one of the few songs from them that makes me wonder that.