Author Topic: Your top 3 tracks off Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind besides The Trooper? (Read 2337 times)

WildRanger · « **on:** July 02, 2018, 03:01:55 PM »

Which 3 tracks?

ChuckSteak · « **Reply #1 on:** July 02, 2018, 03:03:45 PM »

Revelations, Still Life, To Tame a Land

WildRanger · « **Reply #2 on:** July 02, 2018, 03:06:46 PM »

Quote from: ChuckSteak on July 02, 2018, 03:03:45 PM

Revelations, Still Life, To Tame a Land

Same as my picks.

MirrorMask · « **Reply #3 on:** July 02, 2018, 03:16:56 PM »

Revelations, vocal masterpiece by Bruce, the song that introduced me to heavy metal in 1995
Where Eagles Dare, kickass drum intro and all around awesome song
Still Life, very original and catchy

Whole album is a damn masterpiece. Yes, even Sun and Steel. Ok, Quest for Fire is lame but still Piece of Mind > most eveything that's ever existed in the observable universe

pg1067 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 02, 2018, 03:25:44 PM »

To Tame a Land is the best song on PoM and might be my favorite Maiden song of all time (at worst it's #2 or #3).

I selected Eagles and Revelations as the other two.

I'd probably rank the whole album thusly:

1. TTaL
2. Eagles
3. Trooper
4. Revelations
5. Die with Your Boots On
6. Flight of Icarus
7. Sun and Steel
8. Quest for Fire
9. Still Life

I agree wholeheartedly with MirrorMask: "Whole album is a damn masterpiece. . . . Piece of Mind > most eveything that's ever existed in the observable universe." The "worst" song on PoM is better than anything lots of bands ever did.

The Walrus · « **Reply #5 on:** July 02, 2018, 03:26:45 PM »

Easy peasy. Die With Your Boots On, Flight of Icarus, Where Eagles Dare. Amazing trio right there.

wolfking · « **Reply #6 on:** July 02, 2018, 04:47:06 PM »

Quote from: WildRanger on July 02, 2018, 03:06:46 PM

Quote from: ChuckSteak on July 02, 2018, 03:03:45 PM
Revelations, Still Life, To Tame a Land

Same as my picks.

Same. Still Life just missed out.

NoseofNicko · « **Reply #7 on:** July 02, 2018, 07:12:43 PM »

Quote from: WildRanger on July 02, 2018, 03:06:46 PM

Quote from: ChuckSteak on July 02, 2018, 03:03:45 PM
Revelations, Still Life, To Tame a Land

Same as my picks.

Same and I would’ve picked them even if The Trooper had been included.

TAC · « **Reply #8 on:** July 02, 2018, 07:16:14 PM »

Quote from: wolfking on July 02, 2018, 04:47:06 PM

Quote from: WildRanger on July 02, 2018, 03:06:46 PM
Quote from: ChuckSteak on July 02, 2018, 03:03:45 PM
Revelations, Still Life, To Tame a Land

Same as my picks.

Same. Still Life just missed out.

You sure about that Kade?

TAC · « **Reply #9 on:** July 02, 2018, 07:17:38 PM »

Where Eagles Dare
Revelations
Die With Your Boots On

jasc15 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 02, 2018, 07:25:50 PM »

"Where eagles dare" was the first maiden song I heard, and it grabbed me right away. As soon as the guitars kicked in, I knew they would become one of my favorite bands, and that's never happened before or since. Every other band I listen to needed a bit of introduction first.
"Revelations" and "die with your boots on" were my other two picks. Revelations was the first song i learned to play on bass by ear, but I'm sure I got a lot wrong.

TAC · « **Reply #11 on:** July 02, 2018, 07:31:35 PM »

Quote from: jasc15 on July 02, 2018, 07:25:50 PM

TAC is right again.

Stadler · « **Reply #12 on:** July 02, 2018, 10:53:18 PM »

1. Where Eagles Dare
2. Still Life
3. Revelations
4. Die with Your Boots On
5. Flight of Icarus
6. Trooper
7. To Tame A Land
8. Sun and Steel
9. Quest for Fire

Indiscipline · « **Reply #13 on:** July 03, 2018, 12:27:30 AM »

Revelations
Where Eagles Dare
Still Life

Even with The Trooper available

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #14 on:** July 03, 2018, 12:28:51 AM »

Revelations
Where Eagles Dare
To Tame A Land

NoseofNicko · « **Reply #15 on:** July 03, 2018, 12:28:59 AM »

Nice to see the love for Still Life. Definitely one of their most underrated songs.

max_security · « **Reply #16 on:** July 03, 2018, 01:32:22 AM »

To Tame A Land
Where Eagles Dare
Still Life

Zydar · « **Reply #17 on:** July 03, 2018, 02:52:48 AM »

Where Eagles Dare
Revelations
Still Life

Bertielee · « **Reply #18 on:** July 03, 2018, 04:44:39 AM »

Where Eagles Dare, Flight of Icarus and To Tame a Land.

B.Lee

Dave_Manchester · « **Reply #19 on:** July 03, 2018, 08:18:52 AM »

Revelations, To Tame a Land and Flight of Icarus. Omitting The Trooper is a bit random to me, it wouldn't make my top 5 on the album.

MirrorMask · « **Reply #20 on:** July 03, 2018, 08:20:58 AM »

Quote from: NoseofNicko on July 03, 2018, 12:28:59 AM

Nice to see the love for Still Life. Definitely one of their most underrated songs.

More than underrated, I'd say forgotten, because it's squeezed between all the insane awesomeness that is present in this album, the one that came before, and the one that came after. It's not as famous as the other songs but diehard Maiden fans basically all love the tune.

bosk1 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 03, 2018, 08:53:13 AM »

Still Life has always stood out to me as one of their cooler, more creative and fun songs, despite that it didn't make my top 3 in this poll.

TAC · « **Reply #22 on:** July 03, 2018, 09:29:38 AM »

Quote from: bosk1 on July 03, 2018, 08:53:13 AM

Still Life has always stood out to me as one of their cooler, more creative and fun songs, despite that it didn't make my top 3 in this poll.

Yup. True.

bosk1 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 03, 2018, 09:30:48 AM »

My only wish is that Barry was still around so that I could see his head explode from the fact that Quest for Fire has two votes.

jasc15 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 03, 2018, 09:38:41 AM »

Never cared much for the B side (as soon as Bruce starting signing about dinosaurs, I just couldn't take it seriously

), but I will give Still Life another spin based on this poll.

Dream Team · « **Reply #25 on:** July 03, 2018, 02:12:50 PM »

Eagles
Revelations
Flight

Or, the opening 3 tracks.

Podaar · « **Reply #26 on:** July 03, 2018, 02:21:04 PM »

Revelations
Still Life
Flight of Icarus

bosk1 · « **Reply #27 on:** July 03, 2018, 03:22:38 PM »

They should play QFF live.

Rattlehead · « **Reply #28 on:** July 03, 2018, 09:03:12 PM »

Die With Your Boots On
Flight of Icarus
To Tame A Land

Setlist Scotty · « **Reply #29 on:** July 04, 2018, 04:06:09 PM »

I went with Where Eagles Dare, Still Life and To Tame a Land, altho I'm sure that The Trooper would've replaced Still Life if it were an option.

The one thing I don't get is all the votes for Revelations. I'm sorry, but IMO, the studio version sucks! My first Maiden album was Live After Death, and I love pretty much everything on that album, including Revelations. But later, when I got around to picking up Piece of Mind and I listened to the studio version for the first time, I was surprised how much I hated the song. I couldn't figure out why, until I relistened to the live version and saw how sssslllllllooooooooooooooowwwwwwww and plodding the studio version is. Boring! I'll never listen to the studio version, but at least the version on Live After Death breathes some life into it.

TAC · « **Reply #30 on:** July 04, 2018, 05:52:58 PM »

Some of us were fans of the song before Live After Death!

max_security · « **Reply #31 on:** July 04, 2018, 06:17:12 PM »

Quote from: TAC on July 04, 2018, 05:52:58 PM

Some of us were fans of the song before Live After Death!

LOL , that's right . I like the slow studio version much better with the mellow verses. LAD sounds like they are just bashing through it.

TAC · « **Reply #32 on:** July 04, 2018, 06:46:05 PM »

I saw the Powerslave tour, and I distinctly remember that at the end of Revelations, where he goes "All of youuuuuuuuuu", I remember rolling my eyes thinking what a Dio ripoff.

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #33 on:** July 05, 2018, 01:00:55 AM »

Clearly the live version of Revelations is much too fast, doesn't do the song justice. And Bruce's vocal delivery in the studio is amongst his best, while the live version is only good.

But maybe I would think otherwise if I've heard the live version first.

PowerSlave · « **Reply #34 on:** July 05, 2018, 02:36:36 AM »

Quote from: TAC on July 04, 2018, 06:46:05 PM

I saw the Powerslave tour, and I distinctly remember that at the end of Revelations, where he goes "All of youuuuuuuuuu", I remember rolling my eyes thinking what a Dio ripoff.

I don't get the reference. It's probably obvious, but not coming to my mind...

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Author Topic: Your top 3 tracks off Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind besides The Trooper? (Read 2337 times)