The Iron Maiden Thread v. The Merge of Souls

[Zydar]

"Tell me why I had to be a Wicker Man"

[Logain Ablar]

"Tell me why I had to be a Wicker Man"

I read that earlier. Crazy stuff. Why oh why? 

The "air flag" waving is pretty funny: https://youtu.be/WYvTOiT5ewc?t=28

[wolfking]

That's bloody weird.

1 week til I see them. 

[Nick]

"Tell me why I had to be a Wicker Man"

I think the funniest part is not being able to use pyrotechnics in the country that invented gun powder.

[El Barto]

I wonder why "Powerslave."

Surprised by the small venue (relatively speaking). That's looks like 10k. Twelve tops.

[425]

I think the use of the word "slave" could be interpreted as sending the message that Chinese citizens are slaves to their government. Taken out of context, I suppose the line "tell me why I had to be a powerslave" could mean "tell me why I had to be enslaved by the power of my government." Obviously that's not what the line actually means, and obviously I don't know any of this for sure, but that's my best guess at the rationale for why they made Bruce change the line.

[Logain Ablar]

Just found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLi9WD4Msyw

Looks like the lyric was only changed for the first chorus. It's "powerslave" in the other choruses..

[wolfking]

Bruce forget what song he was singing then? 

[jammindude]

I'm thinking it was just British humor....

[425]

Well, so Bruce was just joking around, he forgot to sing the right words (unlikely, since he wrote them and it's the name of the song), he forgot that he was supposed to change the words after the first chorus, or he stopped caring about the censors after the first chorus.

[sneakyblueberry]

Maiden tomorrow!!

[wolfking]

Maiden tomorrow!!

Wednesday for me.

[Zydar]

Maiden tomorrow!!

Remember tomorrow.

[cramx3]

Maiden tomorrow!!

Remember tomorrow.

Agreed, before they are wasted years!! 

[sneakyblueberry]

Concert was amazing.  Was an arms length away from the barrier on Adrians side for most of the show.  think i was the most hardcore fan there, most people didn't know how Blood Brothers went... noobs so effing good.

[wolfking]

most people didn't know how Blood Brothers went... noobs

The fuck?

[cramx3]

most people didn't know how Blood Brothers went... noobs

The fuck?

Agreed... the fuck?

[wolfking]

Tomorrow night for me.  Hope the merch is good and reasonably priced.

The support is The Raven Age with Steve's son;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZBxjrknWsU

Meh, not keen on seeing them, solid enough though.  What do people reckon, help me out, if I'm struggling to finish work early, the tickets say 7:30pm on them, so with the support they would probably go on around 8pm so Maiden would come on what 9:00 - 9:30pm hey?  Getting there at 9pm should be sweet I think.

[cramx3]

Tomorrow night for me.  Hope the merch is good and reasonably priced.

The support is The Raven Age with Steve's son;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZBxjrknWsU

Meh, not keen on seeing them, solid enough though.  What do people reckon, help me out, if I'm struggling to finish work early, the tickets say 7:30pm on them, so with the support they would probably go on around 8pm so Maiden would come on what 9:00 - 9:30pm hey?  Getting there at 9pm should be sweet I think.

Maiden go on at 9 most likely.  9pm seems to be standard for IM.  One time they went on earlier, but otherwise I have never seen them go on later.

[wolfking]

Tomorrow night for me.  Hope the merch is good and reasonably priced.

The support is The Raven Age with Steve's son;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZBxjrknWsU

Meh, not keen on seeing them, solid enough though.  What do people reckon, help me out, if I'm struggling to finish work early, the tickets say 7:30pm on them, so with the support they would probably go on around 8pm so Maiden would come on what 9:00 - 9:30pm hey?  Getting there at 9pm should be sweet I think.

Maiden go on at 9 most likely.  9pm seems to be standard for IM.  One time they went on earlier, but otherwise I have never seen them go on later.

Thanks mate.  If I can do what I need to do, drive in there and see Maiden without the waiting, I'll be a happy man! 

[sneakyblueberry]

it was doors at 6:30pm Raven Age at 7:40pm, Maiden at 8:50pm for us.  Everything was bang on time. 

There were some sweet new shirts, Eddie with the heart, and that revamped powerslave thing, but I held off, $60 a shirt is a little bit too much for this fella. 

most people didn't know how Blood Brothers went... noobs

The fuck?

Agreed... the fuck?

Yep.  I was pretty disappointed with the lack of knowledge around me in general tbh.  I started hollering when Doctor Doctor started playing and these two dudes in front of me were like 'why are we getting excited about this?'

[sneakyblueberry]

Tomorrow night for me.  Hope the merch is good and reasonably priced.

The support is The Raven Age with Steve's son;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZBxjrknWsU

Meh, not keen on seeing them, solid enough though.  What do people reckon, help me out, if I'm struggling to finish work early, the tickets say 7:30pm on them, so with the support they would probably go on around 8pm so Maiden would come on what 9:00 - 9:30pm hey?  Getting there at 9pm should be sweet I think.

Maiden go on at 9 most likely.  9pm seems to be standard for IM.  One time they went on earlier, but otherwise I have never seen them go on later.

Thanks mate.  If I can do what I need to do, drive in there and see Maiden without the waiting, I'll be a happy man! 

Enjoy!

[wolfking]

I will.

Gonna buy a bit of merch too hopefully!!

[wolfking]

Saw the boys last night in Brisbane and it was an absolutely amazing show, loved every second of it.  It's incredible the age of these guys are they are still going so strong.  Bruce is the best frontman in the world, the guy is just incredible and his voice was top notch, and his performance from start to finish was to amazing.

The sound was quite good and the set and stage show was phenominal of course.  Nicko's drums sounded very meaty and he performed well.  Steve was solid as always, Adrian had some blistering solos, Janick was energetic and entertaining and Dave was good old Dave.  Of the 3, Adrian was by far the best in the solo departement.  Dave was actually a bit sloppy and seemed a bit lazy and Janick was Janick.  Say what you want about Janick, but his sound is quite integral to the band now and he always puts on a show.

Going on about the Blood Brothers comment, I was quite surprised the difference in reaction between the new stuff and the stuff.  Seemed a lot of people didn't really know Blood Brothers either and even the reception on the new songs seemed quite lukewarm.  Not sure what's wrong with people, I found the new stuff more interesting and entertaining than the same old songs we've seen before.  Thinking about it now, I would have loved to see the AMOLAD tour where they play the whole album.  There was quite a number of people going out and getting drinks and shit during Death or Glory and The Book of Souls.

Highlights for me were If Eternity Should Fail (Bruce is God on this one), The Red and the Black, Powerslave, The Book of Souls and Blood Brothers.  I was surprised how fucking amazing Blood Brothers was, and it might have been my fav actually.  Would have loved to hear more post 2000 stuff to be honest.

All in all, just brilliant, and the crowd was quite full which was good.  $55 bucks a shirt though, damn!!

[cramx3]

Damn that's an expensive shirt.

Glad you enjoyed it, but it's definitely a thing in the US too where the reunion era music is less well received than the oldies.  Sucks, because the new stuff is great.  I can't imagine getting up and going to the bathroom or for a drink during The Book of Souls, that song was AMAZING live, yet I could easily see myself going to the bathroom during The Number of the Beast.  Oh well, it is what it is and it was a lot worse of a crowd when they did play all of AMoLaD.

[TAC]

I'd definitely be getting drinks and taking a piss during Death Or Glory too!

[El Barto]

Are the Aussie shirts different than the Kiwi shirts? I've been paying attention to all of the event shirts this tour.

And I believe mine was 600 pesos, so about $32 US. Made me nostalgic for the 80s. Looks like fifty-five of your dollarydoos is currently $41 US, so that's not terribly outrageous (relatively speaking, of course). I think the US shirts were going for $40.

edit: they are different. New ones are already up at the Maiden shop. The Kiwis got the better art, methinks. China's are spectacular.

[sneakyblueberry]

I was kinda meh about the kiwi shirt, it was pretty much the same concept as the one they brought in '09.  But I suppose there isn't much else you can do for a country who is basically only known for rugby and sheep buggery.  Eddie and a sheep... 

Going on about the Blood Brothers comment, I was quite surprised the difference in reaction between the new stuff and the stuff.  Seemed a lot of people didn't really know Blood Brothers either and even the reception on the new songs seemed quite lukewarm.  Not sure what's wrong with people, I found the new stuff more interesting and entertaining than the same old songs we've seen before. 

It's weird.  It's like, and I imagine it was the same with Sabbath coming to NZ, you'd get a lot of casual fans coming, just because it's a huge band and they like the Trooper or whatever. 

Whereabouts in the venue were you?

I was surprised that in the pit there were a ton of people who didn't know much of the new stuff, or Blood Brothers.  There were a bunch of us doing the 'climb like a monkey' part the true test of who the hardcore fans are!

[Tomislav95]

Iron Maiden is type of band everyone know but sadly not everyone check their newest releases. I remember when I saw them few years ago, there were so many non-fans and casual fans. It's no surprise many people know just classics.

[sneakyblueberry]

^ yeah exactly this.  I think the reception last time they were here was better because they had a setlist full of classics.  But the smaller venue this time around worked in their favour, they managed to pack it out mostly, compared to half empty last time.

[Tomislav95]

They are not so often in my country so they managed to sell whole arena.
They are coming again this year but to city that's not well connected with my city and I'd had to go alone. Hopefully some of my friends will decide to go

[wolfking]

Yeah, the Aussie shirts weren't all that special IMO.

I'd definitely be getting drinks and taking a piss during Death Or Glory too!

It was quite good live, surprising. 

I would have loved the set a few years ago, I can't remember if it was a specific tour but didn't they play like 90% from BNW onwards, with like 2 or 3 old songs, that was it.  I would have loved to see that set.

[El Barto]

Yeah, the Aussie shirts weren't all that special IMO.

I'd definitely be getting drinks and taking a piss during Death Or Glory too!

It was quite good live, surprising. 

I would have loved the set a few years ago, I can't remember if it was a specific tour but didn't they play like 90% from BNW onwards, with like 2 or 3 old songs, that was it.  I would have loved to see that set.

That was the US leg of TFF tour with DT opening. I gather that after the US tour they did a traditional TFF tour, as filmed in En Vivo. Make sense since we didn't really get TFF or AMoLaD tours here, whereas the rest of the world did.

[wolfking]

The Wicker Man
Ghost of the Navigator
Wrathchild
El Dorado
Dance of Death
The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
These Colours Don't Run
Blood Brothers
Wildest Dreams
No More Lies
Brave New World
Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden

The Number of the Beast
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Running Free

Yeah, that look like the one, good stuff.

[TAC]

Yeah, the Aussie shirts weren't all that special IMO.

I'd definitely be getting drinks and taking a piss during Death Or Glory too!

It was quite good live, surprising. 

I would have loved the set a few years ago, I can't remember if it was a specific tour but didn't they play like 90% from BNW onwards, with like 2 or 3 old songs, that was it.  I would have loved to see that set.

That was the US leg of TFF tour with DT opening. I gather that after the US tour they did a traditional TFF tour, as filmed in En Vivo. Make sense since we didn't really get TFF or AMoLaD tours here, whereas the rest of the world did.

I'm sure D or G was better live. But I still think it's a weak track.

Bart, we did get an AMOLOD tour. Not sure how long the leg was. Pretty sure it was longer than TBoS leg. I missed the show in Boston because we were away on vacation that week.