Love Dream of Mirrors... Brave New World is such an amazing album, through and through.
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Love Dream of Mirrors... Brave New World is such an amazing album, through and through.
Killers back in 1981 when I was 8 years old :)
Somewhere in Time, got it from the Columbia Record and Tape Club 13 albums for a penny deal. Got Powerslave too, but listened to Somewhere in Time first.
Heh, my dad had a copy of "No Prayer For The Dying" lying around that I happened to listen to. Luckily it made me check out the other, more well regarded albums.
Live After Death, Churchill's Speech then Aces High wow such build up and fast payoff! Hooked ever since!
My first album was Brave new world, then i listened to Live after death which made me know about the early stuff
I love it! Good old Columbia. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMax
My first IM CD was Live After Death and I was 12 years old. I bought the CD because I loved the cover. Needless to say I fell in love with the music after the first few songs... No, after Aces High, which means after the first song :D and 2 Minutes to Midnight remains my top favorite and most loved song of all times, while IM remains the only band I truly and deeply love :) Then came The Killers (I think, and I was amazed with the whole album), Iron Maiden, The Number of the Beast...
The funny thing is that, to this day, I hate live CDs, but I love Liver After Death (even have a LAD flag).
Damn, I have goose bumps now, as I have every time I think/talk about, listen to or watch live IM.
The Number of the Beast...I was 14. I listened to The Prisoner over and over, never heard an intro so cool. Then I bought Piece of Mind and never looked back, still a top three album for me POM.
I was 11 in 1993 and well into queen,led zeppelin and deep purple (dad's music), and stumbled upon Number Of The Beast on display on the front glass of a recordstore....I said 'nice cover' went inside bought it and boom. Saw them live 7 times :cool:
Somewhere In Time, still my favorite! I still have the big wall poster of the cyborg Eddie busting through the wall rolled up in a box somewhere. I think I need to paint a wall off-white and hang it up.
I used to have that on my bedroom door (facing into my bedroom). It was perfectly door-sized. Somewhere in Time was my first album as well. (I think I posted my introduction to Maiden story somewhere on this forum, but it seems to be gone now). I had a big Seventh Son poster (the art from the front/back album cover) and a giant powerslave mummy eddie black tapestry as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reeb99
okay, I'll post it again:
One night circa 1987 - I was fourteen, I had my VCR ready with a blank tape to record this documentary on Heavy Metal scheduled to play on Mtv (back when Mtv was about music). I don't remember the name of the documentary, but it had great interviews with people like Ozzy, Dio, Scorpions, Def Leppard, AC/DC, etc. I was glued to the set and periodically making sure that my VCR was recording.
When the documentary was over, it went right into a very dramatic booming sound with a massive crowd cheering and dimmed lights... then I heard Churchhill's speech over the low roar of engines... A few moments later he says "We will NEVER SURRENDER!" and the fucking stage explodes with light, sound, pyrotechnics, and an enormous amount of energy. I glanced away for a moment at the VCR to make sure it was still recording (and it was). It was the World Slavery Tour. I soon became worried that I had enough room on the tape to record this entire concert (which I did). I remember watching these guys on stage, and they looked like they were having such a good time together, smiling like they was nothing in the world they enjoyed more than playing this music. It's like they didn't take it too seriously, with playful stuff like Dave Murray getting up on Bruce's shoulders and Bruce running around with an endless supply of energy. Also, I was a huge Indiana Jones fan (still am) and so the whole Egyptian theme stage really got my attention. My head officially exploded when the giant Pharaoh head over Niko's kit split apart and a larger-than-life Mummy Eddie came out and loomed over the stage. I think from that point on, Iron Maiden was my favorite band.
I immediately went out and bought their latest album, which at the time was Somewhere In Time. Then I bought Number of the Beast, Peace of Mind, Powerslave, and Live after Death. I got Seventh Son as soon as it got released. I spent countless hours looking at all the amazing details of Derek Riggs' fantastic artwork which can really only be fully appreciated on an LP sleeve.
To this day, I can't get sick of listening to any of those albums, no matter how many times I play them.
Damn, after reading that i gotta go to atleast one maiden concert...
Also the artwork is like one of the best things IM has, the cover of number of the beast, powerslave, somewhere in time and ESPECIALLY dance of death (best cover ever) are one of the reasons many people started hearing IM!
You really do... there is no band in the world that can touch Iron Maiden live!
lol--Poor old Dance of Death... that artwork gets no love at all. :cool:
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Dance of death is easily the worst iron maiden artwork ever for me.
Its unfinished, this was only a draft model, which with no shame Maiden used (why?)
Even the guy who designed it asked maiden to remove his name from the copyrights, that's not what he had in mind when finished :eek:
and you nekro think its the best ever? you were clearly drunk with trooper BEERS. :D
I could be wrong, Aristo, my friend... but I believe ol' Nekro may have been using sarcasm in that post. :cool:
Also: Yeah, Dance of Death is the worst Maiden artwork in the history of ever, easilly, imho.
Don't know, maybe he likes it so much, he's from Jupiter :pQuote:
Originally Posted by The Educated fool
lol--You've got a point there!
okay... I'm glad someone said something. I was biting my tongue on that one. To even mention the Dance of Death album cover among the work of Riggs made me cringe hard. That album cover ranks as low as "The Angel and the Gambler" music video. Have you seen this thing? SO embarrassing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhlRyxWU21s
ouch!
Dance of death artwork
Angel and the gambler video
EdHunter pc game,
among the very few embarrassing things maiden related
I cannot tell you how much I hate this video and song and album.Quote:
Originally Posted by OpticSugar
Im actually from saturn, went to jupiter last week :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Aristo4
And yes it is really unfinished, for some reason the band thought it'd be good for the cover... Still best cover ever (obvious joke)
Btw i dont think i can sleep now that i watched that music vid... The song is good but the vid is just...
Also btw, ever noticed that blaze said "dont u think im a saviour..." 21 times? Isnt that supposed to refer to the gambler? (Blackjack)
Edit no3: ED HUNTER IS GOOD GAME, ED HUNTER I LOVE
I dug Ed Hunter too... for what it was, it was pretty entertaining, at the time. :cool:
Btw if u thought the angel and the gambler's music vid was bad, check out power of the dragonflame's music video
Rhapsody really did bad with that shit...
https://youtu.be/4niQJLa_Klg
Great song though
I had the poster on the side of my closet, which was right behind my bedroom door. As soon as you opened the bedroom door, there it was. I remember it freaking out my mom more than once haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by OpticSugar
You really do need to find a way to see them in person if you like their recordings even a little bit. They are amazeballs live. One of those rare bands that are better live than they are on a recording. So much better that it isn't even close. It's totally worth it, you won't be disappointed. Search for the South America tour video when they first used the custom Ed Force One. That will give you a taste of the real thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nekroliun
Nobody comes even remotely close that I've seen. I'm a gen x'er though, so I don't really go to concerts anymore. Judas Priest and Queensryche were both very impressive live themselves, but still not up to the level of Iron Maiden. I want to see a Baby Boomer compare Maiden to the Stones live. The Stones are widely thought of as the best pop-rock concert band, and Maiden is top dog of the Hard Rock / Heavy Metal era.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Educated fool
Priest are/were amazing live! Halford is about the only metal singer I'd put as roughly equal to to Bruce in terms of vocal proficiency. :cool: Ever heard the song they did together? Check it out, if you haven't... (or check it out again, if you have!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Reeb99
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHuqLM4f7Gk
Those who know me can relate easily, of course POWERSLAVE!
It was more than 12 years ago, when i listened this album i got obsessed. And wanted a Powerslave t-shirt so bad. Unfortunately, there was none where i lived. So i go to a t-shirt store with my original Powerslave cassette, and told the owner i want a t-shirt with this front cover. I am glad he helped, i got a t-shirt with powerslave album cover design, photocopied from a cassette cover :)
It was quite bad picture quality, but that was my favourite t-shirt and i had it on me for looong time like a uniform :) Memories..:cool:
Very cool story, man! :cool: Love that DIY spirit.Quote:
Originally Posted by osiris0000
My first metal t-shirt was Maiden too... Holy Smoke (I mailed for it though).
Ironically Dance of Death. It didn't turn out what I expected but it's still the album that got me into Maiden. And right now it's one of my least favorite album for them.
Interesting! Especially when one considers that Maiden is a band that a lot of people first got into based on the album artwork... lol :cool:
First for me was Number of the Beast. The album came out in the early 80's and I was in junior high (middle) school, which happened to be the same time that the whole Christian backward masking, rock is evil thing was going on.
Anyway, growing up in a Christian home, 0I wasn't allowed to listen to it, so, naturally, I did.
6.....6......6.....the number of the beast!!!!! F$#! parents $#@! authority $#@ 1the church!!!!1!!!1
Good times.
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son. I was like fourteen and bought mostly for the album artwork xd
My first album was brave new world...
I bought it with twelve when I started to learn English and understood the lyrics of chart music...
I didn't want to listen to that anymore and I came fast to Iron Maiden
My first song was Blood Brothers xD
Three great albums to come to Maiden on, I'd say! :cool:
I bought Fear of The Dark when I was 17, back then Heavy Metal was somethingI didn't know at all but the artwork caught my attention.
I was edging my way into classic metal about 7 years ago. After trying out Metallica and Dream Theater I felt Iron Maiden should be next. My first CD purchase of theirs was Piece of Mind, because it's the one with The Trooper (also I didn't see NotB)
Fun album but for me Maiden didn't click with me until I listened to Live After Death and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Live After Death followed by Somewhere in Time back in 1987 🤘🏻
"Fear of the Dark" back in 1996 when I was in University. Childhood's End and Afraid to Shoot Strangers were simply unbelievable.
Then when i heard 7th Son I was completely blown out of the water...Maiden fan for life now!
Right on. It's cool to hear that FOTD actually brought in some Maiden fans! Too often this album gets unfairly shit upon (as it were). :cool: