The Iron Maiden Thread v. The Merge of Souls

[jammindude]

This could change when I finally rank them, but off the top of my head:

Deja Vu
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Die With Your Boots On
Gangland
Alexander the Great (I know I’m going to get flamed for this one…but it honestly never did a thing for me)

[cramx3]

I kind of enjoy Losfer Words but being an instrumental, I can see why it ends up on such a list. 

[soupytwist]

Quest for Fire
Gangland.
Invaders.
22 Acacia Avenue.
The Prophecy.

[Mladen]

Good idea.

Deja vu
Only the good die young
Losfer words
Gangland
Quest for fire

[The Realm]

Losfer words
Sun and Steel
The Prophecy
Only the Good Die Young
Quest for Fire

[wolfking]

Invaders
The Lonliness Of The Long Distance Runner
Losfer Words
Flash Of The Blade
Sea Of Madness

Wowsers!

Quest for Fire
Gangland.
Invaders.
22 Acacia Avenue.
The Prophecy.

These 3 (including Tim's) are almost top 5 for me haha.

[wolfking]

According to Iron Maiden Commentary, the first part, at 1:52, is a unison, and from 2:14 and on, it's Dave

Can confirm.  That pentatonic trill at the start combined with a whammy dive bomb gives it away being Dave.  One of the only songs where the writing guitarist didn't play the solo.

[TAC]

Hah! Yes, 22 Acacia Avenue is Top 10.

Yeah, I knew those SiT tracks would get your attention.

[wolfking]

Quest for Fire
Die With Your Boots On
Run to the Hills
The Number of the Beast
Heaven Can Wait

Flame me.

[425]

I will flame you for Die With Your Boots On and let you have the others.

Run to the Hills would go in my bottom 10. I think Number of the Beast is a cut above it, but also not among the best songs from this period.

[Dream Team]

Can I Play With Madness
Sun and Steel
Gangland
Die With Your Boots On
Losfer Words

[IDontNotDoThings]

How about this ranking, 5 least favorite songs (top is least favorite) from TNOTB, POM, Powerslave, SiT, and SSOASS:

Back in the Village
Quest for Fire
Gangland
Invaders
Die With Your Boots On

I think this exactly mine, but with a slightly different order

[pg1067]

The worst song on TNOTB IMO is Invaders, by a large margin.

I love Invaders!  Harris's playing in the verses is just crazy good.

How about this ranking, 5 least favorite songs (top is least favorite) from TNOTB, POM, Powerslave, SiT, and SSOASS:

My bottom 5 from Number through SSOASS:

37. Can I Play with Madness
38. The Prophecy
39. Back in the Village
40. The Clairvoyant
41. Infinite Dreams

I have Sun and Steel and Invaders at 10 and 11.  Ha!

According to Iron Maiden Commentary, the first part, at 1:52, is a unison, and from 2:14 and on, it's Dave

Can confirm.  That pentatonic trill at the start combined with a whammy dive bomb gives it away being Dave.  One of the only songs where the writing guitarist didn't play the solo.

I think the first part is harmony, not unison, and I thought the solo part was Dave.  Kinda similar to his solo on The Trooper.

[KevShmev]

Something tells me that minds will be bent into pretzels once we get the top 75 going...

[425]

According to Iron Maiden Commentary, the first part, at 1:52, is a unison, and from 2:14 and on, it's Dave

Can confirm.  That pentatonic trill at the start combined with a whammy dive bomb gives it away being Dave.  One of the only songs where the writing guitarist didn't play the solo.

I think the first part is harmony, not unison, and I thought the solo part was Dave.  Kinda similar to his solo on The Trooper.

Could very well be, I did not listen back to the song, and the Commentary just said "both."

[wolfking]

'Both' makes more sense.

Pretty much every instance in early Maiden it's a harmony, never unison.  Later Maiden with three guitarists sometimes I think both may play the same but it's very rare.  If it's not a third or fifth harmony, it's one doing one line and the other doing a higher or lower octave.

[The Realm]

My bottom 5 from Number through SSOASS:

37. Can I Play with Madness
38. The Prophecy
39. Back in the Village
40. The Clairvoyant
41. Infinite Dreams

I have Sun and Steel and Invaders at 10 and 11.  Ha!

Infinite Dreams??? That is crazy talk.

I'll give you Invaders as a top 10/11 song but Sun and Steel? Man, it is going to be on in the Iron Maiden Top 100 countdown. (Yes, still pushing for top 100)

[Stadler]

Gamgland is all kinds of awesome and I have no idea why it gets the hate it does.

As much as I love The Duellists, and I do, it's really the extended instrumental part that makes the song.

Because it replaced Total Eclipse, which is a top 10 Maiden track for me.

[Stadler]

Unless I do a swerve and swipe it back (which I am considering ).  Given the Maiden kick I have been on lately, I am kind of anxious to get VH over and to move on to IM. 

Look, no offense to Deadeye, who I'm sure is capable, but you're GOOD at this.  If you have any inclination, keep it. Like I said, you're GOOD at this.

[Stadler]

Quest for Fire
Die With Your Boots On
Run to the Hills
The Number of the Beast
Heaven Can Wait

Flame me.

Wow.  That and the Van Halen, I don't know. 

[KevShmev]

Unless I do a swerve and swipe it back (which I am considering ).  Given the Maiden kick I have been on lately, I am kind of anxious to get VH over and to move on to IM. 

Look, no offense to Deadeye, who I'm sure is capable, but you're GOOD at this.  If you have any inclination, keep it. Like I said, you're GOOD at this.

Haha, thanks! 

To me, when doing the countdown, you have to keep it moving.  As I said before, I got this idea from somewhere else, and one of the guys who ran one got down the last 10 and did like one song every few days which absolutely killed the momentum of it.  By doing a few songs every day, I think it keeps everyone invested in seeing what's next, and I got to a point with the last one where I was always doing the updates around this time every morning, so I know if I were just a participant and not the one running it, every morning would be like, "Ah okay, what's next??"  I try to run it how I would like it to be if I were merely following it.

[Zydar]

Die With Your Boots On
The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
The Prophecy
Gangland
The Duellists

These are the only bad/half-decent songs on their respective albums, for me. Too bad each album had to have one "clunker" to stop it from being perfect.

[soupytwist]

I'll definitely take part in any Iron Maiden ranking if invited.  I mean I can't take part in the Van Halen one as I'm from the UK and therefore only know 'Jump' 

[nobloodyname]

I'll definitely take part in any Iron Maiden ranking if invited.  I mean I can't take part in the Van Halen one as I'm from the UK and therefore only know 'Jump' 

See my comment a page or so ago

[pg1067]

My bottom 5 from Number through SSOASS:

37. Can I Play with Madness
38. The Prophecy
39. Back in the Village
40. The Clairvoyant
41. Infinite Dreams

I have Sun and Steel and Invaders at 10 and 11.  Ha!

Infinite Dreams??? That is crazy talk.

I'll give you Invaders as a top 10/11 song but Sun and Steel? Man, it is going to be on in the Iron Maiden Top 100 countdown. (Yes, still pushing for top 100)

I detailed what I don't like about ID a while back.  I just don't see why people seem to like it so much.  I also don't get why some folks seem not to like Sun and Steel.  It's 3:25 of non-stop badassery.

[cramx3]

Sun and Steel gets a fairly low ranking from me, but it's not bottom because it is just a fun song.  It's catchy too.  It's pretty stupid lyrically, but it reminds me of a lot of power metal I like.  It's just fun metal music.  Also there's an clip from a CKY video of them jousting in shopping carts with the song playing.  I've always kind of just related the music to that, fun but stupid.

[DoctorAction]

Heaven Can Wait
22 Acacia Avenue

Can I Play With Madness
Gangland
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

Wow, it really shows the love for the records when you try to find things you don't like on them.

I don't dislike Gangland and there's lots about it i like but its a little awkward somehow so it made my five. But i love the drums and rhythms. And the "once you were glad to be free" vocal section is ace.

22AA is a bit rubbish once it gets past the intro.

PoM isn't my favourite album but I like everything on it so there's nothing from it on it my list. QFF is hilarious. Sun And Steel a fun one also.

The only song in my five that I actually dislike is Heaven Can Wait. We talk about some dodgy Maiden choruses regularly but the repeating descending notes on the word "wait" just make my brain wince. And the woah part is lame, even live. (The chords that change underneath the later part of the woahs are cool, though). Don't like the the tempo or feel either.

CIPWM is a bit awkward and wincy in a number of places, even though it holds a special place in my heart as the single was the first Maiden release that came out when I was already a fan. The harmony vocals don't really belong on a Maiden record, the lyrics barely make sense. The slow Zeppy part is cool, though, and I quite enjoy it.

Seventh Son is fine but unexciting. The verses are fab but the chorus is meh, along with the woah-oooooh parts.

The regular dislike for Invaders is a surprise to me. That opening main riff just after the rat-a-tat intro is amazing! And it's full of gung-ho greatness all the way through. Love it.

Long Distance runner also a top tune, afaic.

[jammindude]

I love how varied the tastes are. Because for me, that riff that starts at the midway point of 22AA might be in my top 5 all time Maiden riffs. I wouldn’t rank the entire song nearly that high, but I absolutely love that particular riff.

[Stadler]

I fully expect to back off from all of these once I start listening for the ranking, but right now off memory:

41.  Quest For Fire
40.  Gangland
39.  Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
38.  To Tame A Land
37.  Losfer Words

[wolfking]

I love how varied the tastes are. Because for me, that riff that starts at the midway point of 22AA might be in my top 5 all time Maiden riffs. I wouldn’t rank the entire song nearly that high, but I absolutely love that particular riff.

The whole song fucking rips.  Top 10 Maiden song for me.

[TAC]

I love how varied the tastes are. Because for me, that riff that starts at the midway point of 22AA might be in my top 5 all time Maiden riffs. I wouldn’t rank the entire song nearly that high, but I absolutely love that particular riff.

The whole song fucking rips.  Top 10 Maiden song for me.

 

[DoctorAction]

I love how varied the tastes are. Because for me, that riff that starts at the midway point of 22AA might be in my top 5 all time Maiden riffs. I wouldn’t rank the entire song nearly that high, but I absolutely love that particular riff.

Tis a great riff.

[pg1067]

I fully expect to back off from all of these once I start listening for the ranking, but right now off memory:

41.  Quest For Fire
40.  Gangland
39.  Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
38.  To Tame A Land
37.  Losfer Words

 

[425]

I understand this reaction to Stadler putting To Tame a Land, but I also feel like it loses some credibility when you put Infinite Dreams.

[DoctorAction]

I love how varied the tastes are. Because for me, that riff that starts at the midway point of 22AA might be in my top 5 all time Maiden riffs. I wouldn’t rank the entire song nearly that high, but I absolutely love that particular riff.

Not to derail into top riffs but the one that starts at 4:32 in Hallowed I absolutely love.