The Iron Maiden Thread v. The Merge of Souls

[TAC]

Triple post..

I'll post a couple of my own shots from that tour for those that haven't seen them..

March 30, 1987
Civic Center
Providence RI

[Glasser]

Regarding the Somewhere In Time tour, I never understood why they played Rime and not Alexander.
But they did play Phantom. That was before the days of knowing the setlist ahead of time. When those first few notes of Phantom started, I went crazy!




Troy NY, 1-11-87
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu64ESskzR4&t=1s


Still probably my all time favorite video bootleg. I watched this endlessly in the late 80's.
One thing I like about it is that it actually has a decent view of Nicko.

Friggin’ love Phantom of the Opera!!!!

[TAC]

Those opening notes of Phantom during that show is a Top 5 concert moment for me.

[Dedalus]

Just mention a tour and TAC throws his photos in your face. 

Cool!   

[Dedalus]

Delete please 

[Herrick]

Regarding the Somewhere In Time tour, I never understood why they played Rime and not Alexander.

I think someone in here posted one of the band members saying there was a part the band couldn't pull off live.

[TAC]

Regarding the Somewhere In Time tour, I never understood why they played Rime and not Alexander.

I think someone in here posted one of the band members saying there was a part the band couldn't pull off live.

That tour is literally one of my Top 3 Maiden shows, but I always thought Rime didn't exactly fit the futuristic motiff.

[TAC]

Pro shot footage from the Philly inhouse cameras. Unfortunately a couple of songs are basically cut including Caught Somewhere In Time, but it's 85% of the entire show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1EE-YR4fi4&t=1s

[Glasser]

Regarding the Somewhere In Time tour, I never understood why they played Rime and not Alexander.

I think someone in here posted one of the band members saying there was a part the band couldn't pull off live.

That tour is literally one of my Top 3 Maiden shows, but I always thought Rime didn't exactly fit the futuristic motiff.

Yes Unless the Rime of the “ancient” Mariner was Caught somewhere in time. 

[TAC]

Regarding the Somewhere In Time tour, I never understood why they played Rime and not Alexander.

I think someone in here posted one of the band members saying there was a part the band couldn't pull off live.

That tour is literally one of my Top 3 Maiden shows, but I always thought Rime didn't exactly fit the futuristic motiff.

Yes Unless the Rime of the “ancient” Mariner was Caught somewhere in time. 

Which would make the Mariner a stranger in a strange land.

[Glasser]

Regarding the Somewhere In Time tour, I never understood why they played Rime and not Alexander.

I think someone in here posted one of the band members saying there was a part the band couldn't pull off live.

That tour is literally one of my Top 3 Maiden shows, but I always thought Rime didn't exactly fit the futuristic motiff.

Yes Unless the Rime of the “ancient” Mariner was Caught somewhere in time. 

Which would make the Mariner a stranger in a strange land.

So Alexander The Great is at a Losfer Words in a flash of the blade in a sea of madness?

[TAC]

Regarding the Somewhere In Time tour, I never understood why they played Rime and not Alexander.

I think someone in here posted one of the band members saying there was a part the band couldn't pull off live.

That tour is literally one of my Top 3 Maiden shows, but I always thought Rime didn't exactly fit the futuristic motiff.

Yes Unless the Rime of the “ancient” Mariner was Caught somewhere in time. 

Which would make the Mariner a stranger in a strange land.

So Alexander The Great is at a Losfer Words in a flash of the blade in a sea of madness?

[Dream Team]

Talking SIT:

Another amazing album in the incredible NOTB - SSOAS streak.
Only HCW is below par and it's always been irritatibg to me.
Loneliness doesn't get enough love. The guitar part after "must be so determined and push myself on" is beaut.
Love that part in ATG "he paved the way for Christianity. Marching on. Marching on!"

I'm with you on Heaven Can Wait. It's an amazing song live though.

I love HCW. We’re talking a few seconds of chorus here guys, the rest of the song is awesome.

[WardySI]

Somewhere In Time is also a Top3 Maiden fer me and concur with others only HCW is less than stellar but it's still great!  Not reading much love for DeJa Vu, but even it is an album essential \m/

[DoctorAction]

Talking SIT:

Another amazing album in the incredible NOTB - SSOAS streak.
Only HCW is below par and it's always been irritatibg to me.
Loneliness doesn't get enough love. The guitar part after "must be so determined and push myself on" is beaut.
Love that part in ATG "he paved the way for Christianity. Marching on. Marching on!"

I'm with you on Heaven Can Wait. It's an amazing song live though.

I love HCW. We’re talking a few seconds of chorus here guys, the rest of the song is awesome.

I have enjoyed it live when I've seen them. The whoa whoa whoa thing is really fun live.

[jammindude]

Echoing the thought that live is where HCW really kills it. It was a mid tier song until I heard it live.

[Mladen]

I've always loved Heaven can wait. The chorus just makes me feel good, it's incredible to hear Maiden pull of a major key so well.

[wolfking]

Pro shot footage from the Philly inhouse cameras. Unfortunately a couple of songs are basically cut including Caught Somewhere In Time, but it's 85% of the entire show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1EE-YR4fi4&t=1s

Holy shit, this is legit.

[Ben_Jamin]

I love QFF lyrics 

In a time when dinosaurs walked the earth
When the land was swamp and caves were home
In an age when prize possession was fire
To search for landscapes men would roam

Then the tribes they came to steal their fire
And the wolves they howled into the night
As they fought a vicious angry battle
To save the power of warmth and light

You'd think Ben Jamin wrote those lyrics.

It's about Power Rangers and their Dinozords saving the Earths fire from being stolen by the tribe of Lord Zedd and Rita. 

[wolfking]

Senjutsu is still holding very strong in the listening rotation.

[nick_z]

Senjutsu is still holding very strong in the listening rotation.

Same here, and I'm liking it a little bit more every time. Still haven't quite decided where it ranks in the reunion era, as I like to give these things a little more time 

[DoctorAction]

Yeah, gave it a good start to end listen while doing an annoying plumbing job in the kitchen yesterday. Really great and consistent record.

[TAC]

I'm still hitting it daily, but I've been playing a ton of Maiden as well.

[wolfking]

I'm still hitting it daily, but I've been playing a ton of Maiden as well.

I want to listen to their other albums but that means not listening to Senjutsu.

I'm back to the Parchment being my fav.

This album is incredible.

[TAC]

I'm still hitting it daily, but I've been playing a ton of Maiden as well.

I want to listen to their other albums but that means not listening to Senjutsu.

I'm back to the Parchment being my fav.

This album is incredible.

What do you think about the title track? I'm finding it a little easy to skip.

[wolfking]

I'm still hitting it daily, but I've been playing a ton of Maiden as well.

I want to listen to their other albums but that means not listening to Senjutsu.

I'm back to the Parchment being my fav.

This album is incredible.

What do you think about the title track? I'm finding it a little easy to skip.

I really like it but it could be chopped down a couple of minutes.  I love the simple heavy opening riff though.

To be honest, this album could just be CD2 with Lost World added in and I'd still think it's just as good.  5 amazing career best tracks IMO.

[nick_z]

What do you think about the title track? I'm finding it a little easy to skip.

I really like it but it could be chopped down a couple of minutes.  I love the simple heavy opening riff though.

To be honest, this album could just be CD2 with Lost World added in and I'd still think it's just as good.  5 amazing career best tracks IMO.

I like the title track a lot - it's cool how different it is from the typical IM opener, and how it almost serves as a build-up to the album itself. And I love how vocal melody in the chorus resolves, it's a great Bruce moment for me. My least favorite on the album might just be Stratego, and even that is a thoroughly enjoyable track. One favorite from CD1 that I don't see mentioned often is The Time Machine. My overall favorite...probably The Parchment, at the moment.

[WardySI]

Think the title track serves as the perfect opener and unless  picking through particular songs the album doesn't open better with any the other tracks?

Anyway, while there's some other stellar numbers to be had fer this fan nothing much beats Lost In A Lost World (Bruce's XFactor moment) and Hell On Earth (Seventh Son-like to my ears) both those are serious contenders for Top whatever Maiden lists 😁

At this age it's a rare thing to be truly moved by new music like back when, but while A Matter Of Life And Death came awfully close and BOS was fantastic, not since Brave New World have I been as absorbed with a Maiden album as am with Senjutsu, quite the profound impact \m/


But I do have to shout out for Blaze's killer new one too. 

So weird how when Maiden released Brave New World it overshadowed Blaze's magnificent Silicon Messiah and here we are again 20 years later Maiden and Blaze again releasing some of their finest works in the very same year. 

But yeah, weird but super grateful to have both these albums

[cramx3]

So I wore my Senjutsu tshirt to a big rock festival on Saturday.  Got so many compliments from people including a little kid who almost brought a tear to my eye when he told me Iron Maiden were his favorite band 

But seriously, literally every single person who talked to me about Iron Maiden actually admitted they haven't even listened to Senjutsu  I'm talking around 5 different people I had conversations with about Maiden.

[bosk1]

OK, I just hit the "purchase" button on Amazon for this and the new NMB.  Looking forward to it.  I'm guessing, even before purchase, that with this haul, new DT coming out, and Evergrey and TA releasing albums earlier in the year, my top 5 for 2021 is set.

Regarding SiT, as I've said before, I just adore that album.  It and PoM flip back and forth as my favorite of the classic era.  Even with the "low point" of Powerslave in the middle, the run from Beast through SiT was just incredible. 

[425]

I like the title track a lot - it's cool how different it is from the typical IM opener, and how it almost serves as a build-up to the album itself.

I really agree with this. I think the song it's most similar to is Face in the Sand, and I have always felt that Face in the Sand would be in an interesting, if unconventional, opener, because of how it builds up.

[KevShmev]

Moving along in my journey, although I really liked a few songs and a lot of moments from others, I thought Seventh Son of a Seventh Son was kind of a mess on the first listen, but the second listen was a lot better.  Moonchild was instantly badass, though.

I have to admit I am getting a little nervous as I know the 90's albums are coming next. I am sensing rough times ahead. 

[nick_z]

HUGE fan of Seventh Son here. As I said earlier, it currently sits in my Maiden top 3. It wasn't always that way...I didn't connect with it right away, when I first listened to it (many moons ago...). But now it might well be the one I go back to the most in the "classic" run.

You are right - Moonchild is an incredibly badass opener  My favorite song on the album is Infinite Dreams.

[NoseofNicko]

Infinite Dreams is probably a top 5 Maiden songs for me.

[jammindude]

Moving along in my journey, although I really liked a few songs and a lot of moments from others, I thought Seventh Son of a Seventh Son was kind of a mess on the first listen, but the second listen was a lot better.  Moonchild was instantly badass, though.

I have to admit I am getting a little nervous as I know the 90's albums are coming next. I am sensing rough times ahead. 

It will be interesting to hear a fresh take on them. The Blaze albums are especially divisive with many either liking both or not even bothering with either. I feel I might be in the minority in that I put TXF in the top 5, but VXI as a thunderous turd. But you’ve got two so-so Bruce albums to get through before you get to the Blaze albums anyway. l