Author Topic: THE Iron Maiden Thread (Read 436328 times)

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #4655 on:** February 23, 2015, 03:49:29 PM »

Floating = Purgatory

wolfking · « **Reply #4656 on:** February 23, 2015, 04:53:01 PM »

Quote from: sneakyblueberry on February 23, 2015, 03:49:29 PM

Floating = Purgatory

Yeah, great underrated song.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #4657 on:** February 23, 2015, 05:02:17 PM »

Oh! Why floating? Is that some known nickname for Purgatory?

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #4658 on:** February 23, 2015, 05:13:36 PM »

Floating was the first incarnation of Purgatory. I remember reading that in Run to the Hills. "When you see me/floating up beside you".

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #4659 on:** February 23, 2015, 05:33:45 PM »

Cool!

cramx3 · « **Reply #4660 on:** February 23, 2015, 05:57:38 PM »

Thats really awesome, too bad Steve wasnt there though.

Mladen · « **Reply #4661 on:** February 24, 2015, 03:38:18 AM »

Dang, that post is truly unbelievable! The weirdest Maiden line up ever. And yeah, too bad Steve wasn't there.

RodrigoAltaf · « **Reply #4662 on:** February 24, 2015, 04:51:06 AM »

Drifter and Purgatory are two songs hidden right at the end of Killers, and both are awesome tracks IMO. There are some great live versions of both as bonus tracks in the Killers singles.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #4663 on:** February 24, 2015, 05:52:04 AM »

Quote from: RodrigoAltaf on February 24, 2015, 04:51:06 AM

Drifter and Purgatory are two songs hidden right at the end of Killers, and both are awesome tracks IMO. There are some great live versions of both as bonus tracks in the Killers singles.

Clive Burrs energy in Purgatory always gets me pumped up!

TAC · « **Reply #4664 on:** February 24, 2015, 09:12:17 AM »

Drifter is awesome!!

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #4665 on:** February 24, 2015, 02:07:07 PM »

Drifter always seemed to pass me by, but Purgatory - I guess being that there are so many awesome tracks on Killers it gets sorta buried - but its such a fantastic song. Blistering, thrashy pace but with an awesome melodic chorus with awesome guitar/vocal interplay.

wolfking · « **Reply #4666 on:** February 24, 2015, 04:42:44 PM »

Drifter never really did much for me also, but Purgatory would be easily top 3 on the album.

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #4667 on:** February 24, 2015, 04:45:35 PM »

I was inclined to say the same thing, but there's no way I could bump Ides of March/Wrathchild, Prodigal Son, Killers and Murders in the Rue Morgue from the top 4. Purgatory sits around 5-6 for me, but that's only because Killers is so damn good.

TAC · « **Reply #4668 on:** February 24, 2015, 04:46:34 PM »

I've actually never been a huge Killers (the song) fan.

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #4669 on:** February 24, 2015, 04:48:27 PM »

I love it! Great guitar solos and bridge section. It was the first Maiden bassline I ever learnt too, at the ripe old age of 11

wolfking · « **Reply #4670 on:** February 24, 2015, 05:49:35 PM »

Quote from: sneakyblueberry on February 24, 2015, 04:45:35 PM

I was inclined to say the same thing, but there's no way I could bump Ides of March/Wrathchild, Prodigal Son, Killers and Murders in the Rue Morgue from the top 4. Purgatory sits around 5-6 for me, but that's only because Killers is so damn good.

You have a good case here.

TAC · « **Reply #4671 on:** February 24, 2015, 06:20:50 PM »

Murders
Drifter
Another Life

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #4672 on:** February 24, 2015, 06:28:30 PM »

Is that your top 3? I think with a lot of the killers songs there are way better live versions of them. Most of them with Bruce on vocals.

TAC · « **Reply #4673 on:** February 24, 2015, 06:32:01 PM »

Quote from: sneakyblueberry on February 24, 2015, 06:28:30 PM

Is that your top 3? I think with a lot of the killers songs there are way better live versions of them. Most of them with Bruce on vocals.

Yes, those would be my favorite from Killers, which is a GREAT album.

Wrathchild is great live, but honestly I would be fine if I never heard it again.

wolfking · « **Reply #4674 on:** February 24, 2015, 08:14:09 PM »

Quote from: sneakyblueberry on February 24, 2015, 06:28:30 PM

Is that your top 3? I think with a lot of the killers songs there are way better live versions of them. Most of them with Bruce on vocals.

I listened to Beast Over Hammersmith a couple of weeks ago, wow what a great live album.

Mister Gold · « **Reply #4675 on:** February 24, 2015, 09:26:19 PM »

Quote from: wolfking on February 24, 2015, 08:14:09 PM

Quote from: sneakyblueberry on February 24, 2015, 06:28:30 PM
Is that your top 3? I think with a lot of the killers songs there are way better live versions of them. Most of them with Bruce on vocals.

I listened to Beast Over Hammersmith a couple of weeks ago, wow what a great live album.

It really is an incredible live album. As I said a couple years ago in my Top 25 Iron Maiden Songs list, it has the absolute greatest version of Phantom of the Opera ever. Bruce is absolutely on fire there.

bosk1 · « **Reply #4676 on:** February 24, 2015, 09:39:06 PM »

I am listening to En Vivo! right now.

Mosh · « **Reply #4677 on:** February 24, 2015, 11:22:28 PM »

Beast Over Hammersmith is awesome. It's a shame it didn't get a more widespread release (the CD I mean). I'd take it over any of the other live albums any day (except Rock In Rio).

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #4678 on:** February 25, 2015, 12:19:33 AM »

Yes, Beast over Hammersmith! I remember ripping the audio from the Hammersmith show songs on the 12 Wasted Years VHS to Minidisc back in the 90s just to able to listen to that album on run. Bruce sounds like such a young buck on it, love his delivery on that album. I'd probably rate it my third fave live one behind LaD and Maiden England (because, nostalgia. Even though the performances are a little hit and miss in places).

Zydar · « **Reply #4679 on:** February 25, 2015, 12:31:55 AM »

Great live album, indeed. I'd rank it second after Live After Death.

Lowdz · « **Reply #4680 on:** February 25, 2015, 01:25:37 AM »

Quote from: TAC on February 24, 2015, 06:32:01 PM

Quote from: sneakyblueberry on February 24, 2015, 06:28:30 PM
Is that your top 3? I think with a lot of the killers songs there are way better live versions of them. Most of them with Bruce on vocals.
Yes, those would be my favorite from Killers, which is a GREAT album.

Wrathchild is great live, but honestly I would be fine if I never heard it again.

Had Killers in the car cd changer for the last couple of weeks. Just a great album from start to finish. I don't even miss Bruce on it as the delivery is just right for the songs. Its just one of those classic albums that needs to be played whole for me.
It only made no 24 in my top 50 but iys a far better album than that would suggest.
One of the first albums I worshipped as a kid.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #4681 on:** February 25, 2015, 01:26:42 AM »

Hmm don't think I actually heard that one (BoH) and I call myself a fan!

Thy I shall now change that....

Edit: Seriously, it sounds amazing!

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #4682 on:** February 25, 2015, 03:23:14 AM »

Quote from: Lowdz on February 25, 2015, 01:25:37 AM

Quote from: TAC on February 24, 2015, 06:32:01 PM
Quote from: sneakyblueberry on February 24, 2015, 06:28:30 PM
Is that your top 3? I think with a lot of the killers songs there are way better live versions of them. Most of them with Bruce on vocals.
Yes, those would be my favorite from Killers, which is a GREAT album.

Wrathchild is great live, but honestly I would be fine if I never heard it again.

Had Killers in the car cd changer for the last couple of weeks. Just a great album from start to finish. I don't even miss Bruce on it as the delivery is just right for the songs. Its just one of those classic albums that needs to be played whole for me.
It only made no 24 in my top 50 but iys a far better album than that would suggest.
One of the first albums I worshipped as a kid.

Oh, definitely. Paul sounds great on the albums and his tone is very much a part of it's charm. Bruce just sings them better

cramx3 · « **Reply #4683 on:** February 25, 2015, 06:47:28 AM »

Beast over Hammersmith is amazing. The best part of Eddie's Archive (and the awesome goblet and scroll).

jjrock88 · « **Reply #4684 on:** February 25, 2015, 07:13:52 AM »

Quote from: cramx3 on February 25, 2015, 06:47:28 AM

Beast over Hammersmith is amazing. The best part of Eddie's Archive (and the awesome goblet and scroll).

I agree. That goblet and scroll are very cool though!

Mister Gold · « **Reply #4685 on:** February 25, 2015, 07:39:07 AM »

On a level of pure technical performance, Beast over Hammersmith is easily Iron Maiden's best live album. Its weakness comes from the setlist, I think, since it's so damn early in the band's history (if I recall correctly, it was actually recorded even before Number of the Beast had been released).

Zydar · « **Reply #4686 on:** February 25, 2015, 07:43:40 AM »

Yeah, it was recorded two days before the album release. Run To The Hills had already been released as a single though.

Mladen · « **Reply #4687 on:** February 25, 2015, 07:45:56 AM »

I do like that live album very much. I'd rather play that one than Life after death or Maiden England, to be honest. But my favorites are still the later day ones, such as Rock in Rio and Flight 666. En Vivo is also great.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #4688 on:** February 25, 2015, 08:35:47 AM »

Murders In The Rue Morgue is such a cool song to open with.

Mister Gold · « **Reply #4689 on:** February 25, 2015, 10:29:29 AM »

Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on February 25, 2015, 08:35:47 AM

Murders In The Rue Morgue is such a cool song to open with.

It is. That said, I'm actually not sure what song I think is Maiden's best opener. Probably Moonchild.

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