Favourite Iron Maiden song

Heavy metal is for nerdy middle class teenage boys who cannot get a girlfriend (mainly because they don't deserve one)

I have always thought that in a fascist society the one type of music that would never be banned is Heavy Metal....

The only good bit of any iron Maiden record is the end....

My favorite one is the one where they dont play.

Hi

"Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter"

Bruce is cool. He’s a pilot, so, is he a worker? You’d recruit him at the drop of a hat, wouldn’t you? Me too.

Love

LR

yeah, fear of the dark is pretty awesome. i quite like rime of the ancient mariner, although i think they were cowards to use an abridged version rather than setting the entire poem to music, but i suppose over thirteen minutes is already pushing it for a metal song... run to the hills is another good one, and seventh son of a seventh son, because it always makes me think of terry pratchett books.

and paul clearly doesn't know the history of heavy metal, at the beginning of the eighties it was the americans who were all middle class with their ridiculous stadium hair metal, iron maiden were the working class band sticking to the roots. also, in the mid-eighties, when most other metal acts started copying pop lyricwise, and generally being shite, maiden were singing about far more interesting stuff like egyptian mythology and fighting the luftwaffe.

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In Spandex. That's the Majesty of Rock.

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Doesn't anyone like "Tattooed Millionaire"?

Chris

'Run to the hills' does it for me.

Though I've got a soft spot for 'Iron Maiden' as well - how can you go wrong with lyrics like this: "Won't you come into my room, I wanna show you all my wares. I just want to see your blood, I just want to stand and stare. See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor.

Iron Maiden can't be fought, Iron Maiden can't be sought" ?

And way before Slayer started writing pointless songs about blood and gore too.

Run to the hills for sure.

On another note, fellow libcom-er meanoldman and I ran their private bar at the Reading festival, and were very amused by them. Then we came into possession of their specially-produced personal compilation CDs. Ace.

Y'know I'd love for ya to be right Paul but back when there were quite a lot of nerdy middle class teenage (and older and uglier) heavy metallers roaming about it always used to hack me off that the greasy spotty ugly fuckers actually often had pretty good lookin girlfriends (in a crap superficial heavy metal chick sorta way).

I reckon yer right though about the fash not banning heavy metal.

Y'know eddie has featured in a number of loyalist murals over the years. Quite an icon in those quarters (mainly down to Trooper?).

The best Maiden song is "Running Free"...

Saw them at Earls court approx 3/4 yrs ago with some buddies and enjoyed it...

I like "Sanctuary", although the 2nd line is "Ive never killed a woman before but I know how it feels"
Hmmm.

not my cuppa but would hardly say they're awful
never got into them but switch them off either

Run To The Hills, Rime of the Ancient Mariner and 7th Son in that order.
Also, Tattooed Millionaire is brilliant.

You just don't get it.

Theres no wall Jason, there's a salt mine. Jack will be left in charge of the creche at the salt mine .

While most of the rest of us have accepted our fates, its amazing that you still think you will avoid the iron heel of communist justice. Even if you somehow escape the initial purges, your predicatble refusal to wear the rapidly introduced communsit unform will quickly single you out for liquidation.