Classical Composer Reacts to Sign of the Cross (Iron Maiden) | The Daily Doug (Episode 172)
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- Опубликовано: 27 июн 2021
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In this episode of #TheDailyDoug, I'm reacting to Sign of the Cross (from Rock in Rio 2001) by Iron Maiden. Happy Maiden Monday!
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Hey Doug! A Maiden fan from Brasil here... There are many factors to explain why we react the way we react, but there is one important factor: we do not get as many shows as North America and Europe. South America in general, to be honest. We get some long hiatus as well (the Early Days tour never came to South America, for example).
So when they come, we try to go. But Brasil is huge and has over 200miliion people (no news here, you probably know that). And usually there are only 4-5 dates to go. When we got lucky, they play like in 8 places. Some years they just came to São Paulo and Rio, so fans from North, Northeast, Center-West and South had to travel. The cost to do that is high and the tickets are quite expansive as well.
Maiden is my favorite band and I have been only in 2 shows. And I know that many fans did not even have the chance to go to one.
PS: This Rock in Rio show was a "Maiden night", but there were some amazing bands playing before them. That was another reason to be half a million people in 2001 (I watched 'live' on TV, by the way)
PS 2: sorry about the bad english
Thanks for the explanation. Your English is quite good, by the way. I had zero problem understanding what you were saying. Peace.
In add to this, Iron Maiden was one of the first heavy metal bands that came to Brazil. They played on first rock in rio (in 85), for many of brazilians in that time bands like Iron Maiden were unknown and the festival was a huge succes, after that Iron Maiden maked a legion of fans on all South America that growed over the years.
Anymore you get more and better shows there than a lot of places in the States do - and your fan base is absolutely deserving of them 🤘
Blaze deserves to be remembered, not easy to replace Bruce in mid-'90s, he did a great job in X-Factor, besides his career after Maiden wasn´t so nice, he was unemployed for years and suffer a lot.
His career after Maiden had a lot of ups and downs, but I don't think there was ever a period where he wasn't doing anything musically. He has several solo albums that I think are better than TXF, VXI, and even some of the Bruce albums--The Tenth Dimension, his recent Infinite Entanglement trilogy, and his newest, War Within Me is really, really good. His lowest point was in 2011, when he didn't have a band and had to tour using local musicians, and there was a time he was working in a factory making wheelbarrows in order to keep his music career going.
But I definitely agree, Blaze deserves better than he got from fans and from Steve in particular, who should have known that, when you hire a guy with a lower range, you downtune the songs written for a higher-range singer when you perform them live. Go figure he blew out his voice on both tours.
@@ThisICommand666 I heard Blaze on a radio interview and he said that he was pretty much bankrupted on 2 occasions - if my memory serves me correct. Something was mentioned about being done over by his label and so after some time he decided to go completely freelance and make his own music and produce it and all that jazz.
I really like Blaze singing. His "Kings of Metal" album is quality.
I really liked all the blaze solo albums and the Iron Maiden ones. To me he has a very clean strong voice.
Definitely, he deserves to be remembered. My respects for him 🤘🏼
Agree
Re: Brazil's enthusiasm: Not just for Iron Maiden, either. You should see the RUSH IN RIO concert; thousands of thousands of people singing along to "YYZ"...an INSTRUMENTAL!
Brazilians truly appreciate what we take for granted.
not to mention the stones on copacabana beach, 1million people togheter singing their songs
I was at these two shows (Iron Maiden Rock In Rio and Rush in Rio) and really, the reaction at Rush's show was wild, maybe because the band took decades to come to Brazil and it was a dream come true for the fans. This version of YYZ would be great for an analysis and outside that it is an instrumental, its time signature is broken and people accompanied the instrumental with their voice. It may sound strange, but it's something we often do when listening to any song.
I suggest Iron Maiden The Talisman(En Vivo) or Starblind. Both are from Their Album The Final Frontier
Oh yeah, or if not one of those, the When the Wild Wind Blows!
That version from The Talisman has got to be one of Bruce’s best live performances ever, or at least from the later era.
Hell yeah! I’ve been begging for Talisman; it starts as a dirge becomes a sort of shanty then bursts into a rollicking adventure tale of peril on the high seas. Great song! The full version on En Vivo but gotta read the lyrics. The story makes the song 😎👍
The Talisman is so good. Such an underated song.
@@LeleMelo Yep I think that is his best live performance.
Stranger in a strange land has one of the best maiden solos
Yeah Adrian really is a phenomenal guitar player and he talked about the solo once saying it was finally a slow enough pace for him to really play the way he wanted to over it.
It's weird cuz that song is both overated but also underated, very interesting song
@@moo4929It took me many years to appreciate it like I do today
@@ppppp789 yeah I used to think it was the worst on the album, now I'm really getting into it and realizing that album has no bad songs. It also fits the album cover the best in my opinion
I think it’s completely underrated, the whole album is underrated. Adrian is a fantastic composer and song writer.
This is a terrific choice and by my feelings “The X Factor” is a terribly underrated album with in the Iron Maiden discography. A lot of people discount the incredible mood and craftsmanship that was deployed to make this album. Steve Harris was going through a dark time in his life including divorce, which is why the slower and more gothic maiden sound exists. This album is a mood piece and it is a damn good one. Blaze Baylay does a better job singing this song than Bruce because it fits Blazes art form.
You should here the studio version as well as the whole album. It is amazing.
I’m glad someone else appreciates this album especially blaze’s vocals 🤘🤘
Though this track was written by Harris with Bruce in mind. Perhaps Harris did some alterations to the song when Bruce left and wanted it to fit the new singer. No idea. But if I was to ask Harris one question, it would be about if/how he changed Sign of the cross when they got another singer
Tbh I'd rather listen to "The X Factor" than "Fear of the Dark" and "No Prayer for the Dying"
@@letstalkmetal6867. Absolutely. I put it with in the top 5 in the Maiden discography and I would have no trouble defending my reasons why. :)
@@malawigw. This is a very good question and personally I think the answer to your question is yes. ;)
Blaze and Bruce have very different ranges and octave tones to their vocals. I would definitely think Harris compensated for this. ;)
Be really cool if they came out with a luxury boxset of the album. I’d be first in line to buy it. :)
Well, I guess next up it has to be the Clansman, right? I would love to hear Doug's take on those scottish melodies.
Yes please!!!
I love the chorus.
But please make it the original Blaze version!
It has to be 2001 or 2019 rock in rio versions. Bruce was great in 2019, it represents his current voice well. The only problem with the 2019 version is that the sound people in rock in rio fucked up at times during the show. Thank god I always avoid these festivals, I got myself two tickets for their stand alone gigs and it was great. I ended up boughting two of those amazing Flight of Icarus T-shirts.
The rock in rio 2019 video is not easy to find, they are always removing it from youtube when people post the whole thing. This was live on TV. We can still find it on youtube for now> ruclips.net/video/z2vt4bilVt4/видео.html
@@joefairbairn1978 By GOD, NO. Blaze is a great singer but Bruce represents Iron maiden better. In terms of numbers, most people prefer bruce, I would doubt we could find 1% of maiden fans saying any song is better with Blaze. I really love his solo stuff but Iron maiden = Bruce, period. Considering how Doug wants people to watch his videos, doing something so unpopular to please a small noisy minority would be crazy. This goes even further when you consider how Bruce embraced this song, both the 2001 and 2019 versions of it are brilliant and fit extremely well with his voice and his style.
Brazils love of Maiden all stemmed front their first show there in 85s Rock in Rio as special quests to Queen playing in front of 300000 people! Bruce sliced his head open in one of the songs but continued to sing and run around like a maniac lol the crowd loved it and took the band to their hearts. Overnight they conquered South America with that one show.
That was the show which Maiden were paid the greatest compliment - Brian May of Queen said they had to play one of the best shows of their career so that they weren’t upstaged by Maiden. No other bands can claim they pushed Queen to their maximum.
Bruce cut his eyebrow taking a guitar off his shoulder during Revelations (he used to play the 3rd guitar melody live).
@@CoffeeMatt10 Yes, Maiden are still one of greatest live bands. Saw them on the legacy of the beast tour and they were fantastic. I don't know where Bruce gets his energy. They put bands half their age to shame.
@@leehowells2187 They didn't play south America for years after that so that's obviously just nonsense.
@@garymitchell5899haha, they returned on the Fear of the Dark tour in 92 to play arenas and stadiums so they obviously built up a huge following after that show not just in Brazil but all over South America..
@@garymitchell5899 "'Boys from Brazil': The amazing story of how Iron Maiden broke South America overnight" www.shortlist.com/news/iron-maiden-bruce-dickenson-brazil-rock-in-rio
Their love in South America is touched on in their documentary: "Flight 666" Which I highly recommend. Maybe not as a reaction, but it is a great documentary about the band for your own knowledge.
I was about to write the same thing. Doug must see flight 666 to understand better what Iron Maiden is for millions of people all around the world.
In Flight 666, there's a crowd shot from behind Bruce during Two Minutes To Midnight where you can my right shoulder. Either side of him are the faces of my friends who were also either side of me.
Great documentary which I will have to watch again. Also, Bruce's autobiography, "What Does This Button Do?" has a lot of good background info.
I agree. It's a very interesting documentary. Very nice to see how they are in between shows on those monster tours.
"Unseen forces attack the passengers and crew on an international flight. As the people fight to stay alive, they realise that the unseen forces are the spirits of murdered girls. The spirits are trying to stop their killer, who is onboard the plane."
...i dunno man, doesn't sound like an iron maiden documentary to me.
Hi. The intro is Gregorian chants.
And as a person who can tell several guitarsits just by hearing them, maybe the following info can help you:
Dave is a legato player. Adrian and Janick are staccato. Of the two Adrian is more bluesy and he's more melodic. In the sense that he's always on a scale, usually a minor pentatonic and mods. He also loves chromatic scales whereas Janic is almost always experimental, free style. Almost every time he plays a solo it's a different thing. Adrian has got an ultra light touch (or touché ). Almost every note is at pitch even when live. ( He even uses the G string from a diffrernt gauge then the rest of the 5 strings, because that's the only way the G string stays in tune ) Dave's got a light touch too but not as light as Adrian. Janick's got quite a strong touch. Both Adrian an Janick prefer alternate picking whereas Dave uses a lot of hammer on pull offs. Adrian does that too, but not as much as Dave.
Tone: Both Dave and Adrian have got wide midrange. Dave a bit wider. Adrian goes even wider in the solos, though ( with a Digitech wah pedal ). Janick's clearly got a more scooped tone. That alone helps a lot to tell him. Adrian is the one that uses mahagony body guitars the most (It's got a more resonant, nasal tone). That can help to tell too. But the others use mahagony body guitars too but only occasionaly. They prefer alder.
Doug, I once again humbly recommend Iron Maiden's epic "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner." I know you'd find it interesting.
Yes
Agree!
I also love "Afraid To Shoot Strangers"
up!
Yes!!!
I'm here again wishing for a reaction on "Afraid to shoot strangers". Not your typical Em Maiden song.
@@TrevRockOne I don't think so, it has a section of pretty standard E minor Iron Maiden stuff, but the rest of the chord progressions are unique and much different than most Maiden songs. How many other Maiden songs use D flat/C sharp in the progression?
Yep, it's definitely time for Afraid Too Shoot Strangers! Pretty progressive tune with some cool stuff going on here and there.
@@TrevRockOne no.
Great guitar solo in that one.
Yeah, great one, love to play it with my friends.
Great songs by Iron Maiden. I recommend powerslave studio version next. It has one of the best bass lines and solos in metal. Great video Doug keep it up 👍
I came to the comments to ask Doug to review Powerslave. Just love Dave's guitar solo, and the transitions in and out of it. Hard fight with Stranger in a Strange Land for my favourite
I’m still mad he did rime of the ancient mariner live
He NEEDED to do the studio version
I think you should also give Blaze's version of Sign Of The Cross a listen. His vocal warmth adds something quite ethereal to the studio version.
For similar reasons my favorite version of this song is any from the Legacy tour. I love the power in Bruce's lower register since Book of Souls (e.g. If eternity should fail) - I hope we can hear more of that on the next album.
I'm sorry but Blaze loses this to Bruce
@@0rionknight636 that's a matter of tastes. I like the studio version with Blaze more even though I absolutely love Bruce's voice.
@@0rionknight636 Blaze ALWAYS loses to Bruce. That’s just the way it is.
@@RobCaldera I disagree Blaze does a couple songs like Afraid to shoot Steangers better than Bruce, but by and large Blaze can't even really compete against Bruce when he's in his element and on his game
The lyrics are nor pro neither anti Christianity, they are just based around the novel by Umberto Eco called The Name of the Rose
Yea, right Tomas!
Hi Doug, I would suggest "Brighter than a thousand suns" from "A Matter of Life and Death" album. It's about the invention of the nuclear bomb. Powerful lyrics, varying meters, an interesting song for sure.
Great shout, probably my favourite from that album :-)
@@philowens7786 Yeah, great album. The Longest Day is also great, but I think Doug did that already.
The reaction on Blaze would have been cool and different
Yeah - if you're going to react to a song from an album where he was the frontman, do the reaction o a video with his vocals. Honestly I was a little put off when I saw it was a video with Bruce on vocals and I don't even like Blaze's singing lol
@@caljerm Strongly disagree. Blaze doesn’t do this one or The Clansman justice. Bruce takes them to a new level. I originally heard them both first on Rock In Rio. My disappointment of the daftness of the studio versions, can’t be put in words
@@hellgonwheels8799 wrong kid!
As a guitarist myself one of my favorite things about Maiden and especially the three guitar lineup now is how each player brings their own character to the band. You'll get to the point where you can tell who is playing which solo pretty quickly the more you delve into them Doug. Davey is pretty much all legato and a very fluid player with a lot of strength in his hands. All hammer ons and pull offs and he nearly always plays in the neck pickup position with a double humbucker which gives him that "creamy" fluid tone. Adrian is very pick heavy and more of a staccato player and has a lot of very wide vibrato to his phrasing. Janick is a more spontaneous player, not afraid to push boundaries and step outside of the confines of "normality". Again he's more of a staccato player and is pretty easily identified by a kind of scratchy sound to his playing. All great guitarists in their own right and each one brings something unique to the table. I love the three guitar lineup and it's opened up a lot of possibilities for layering their sound live more.
Agreed. I love all 3 of them
I was so excited to see Blaze get a chance to shine :(
Watching such a huge audience bouncing in love to Maiden puts a smile on my face. That was fun.
You are right about the guitarists having distinguishable styles from each other, I can always identify which of them is playing a solo.
Dave Murray uses a lot of hammer-ons, pull-offs and occasionally taps (like in his solo in this song), Janick Gers is very pick heavy in his faster solos (often referred to as ‘shredding’), and in slower solos he uses a lot of bends, Adrian Smith combines both elements and uses a lot of bluesy scales. I like how different, yet complimentary, their styles are.
I’ve been a Maiden fan for years, and I honestly can’t tell the difference. I don’t have a musical bone in my body. Terrible ear. But I just love music, and that’s why I love Doug. Seeing someone like him explain it all is great. I don’t actually expect to learn anything, because I’m musical-theory retarded, but to see a professional appreciate it at least I know that I have good taste. Lol.
Would love to see some Savatage…“Chance” would be an interesting song to do
Not gonna say something new here: most underrated band in history of metal. Hurts my heart to realize that members of Savatage make fortune and fame with Transiberian meanwhile Savatage falls into oblivion. Most beloved songs at any TSO show are Savatage versions although.
One of 10 best bands in metal history, any genre, imo. Also would fit perfectly into Doug channel with that perfect use of piano, vocals and guitar work form Oliva bros. A must for every music enthusiast.
He has to give a chance to Satavage's Chance... Ok, I'm leaving.
That would be a great choice.
Edge of thorns
Stare Into The Sun
The lyrics of this song are based upon the Umberto Eco novel called the name of the Rose. By the way, there are a film too with the same name of the Book. A really good movie, but the Book is definitely better
Mmmh, you are right. The movie is good but has a different scope ( a criminal story). The book implies more politics like the different influences on the church in medivial times. Like them both. And not to forget: Hi Doug, great video :-)
The thing with Brazil, Argetina and most South America really, is their passion for the Metal genre. The biggest names of Metal have South America as a obligatory passage on their world tours because the fans down there are just unbelievable. This recording in particular is set as one of Maiden's best performances live and a huge part of that is due to the public interaction. They have invented chants, they sing along, they cheer and shout those melodies... they create a whole vibe on concerts unmatched by any part of the world
Thanks for doing the live version! 😊😁😍 up the irons! 🤘
The energy these guys have is incredible. I've seen them half dozen times over the years. Last time was book of souls and I genuinely think they get better with time. How lucky am I to have followed a band since 1982! Awesome!
Iron Maiden has made 'simple' chords' progression seem really beautiful and full of meaning and helping the lyrics deliver the message, love their work!! Thanks, Sir, for reacting to this great live performance in front of a passionate Brazilian audience 🙂
Brazillian Maiden fan here, and the connection Maiden has with us is amazing!. I think this connection comes from the first time the band came to our country back in 1985 to the first ever Rock in Rio festival, it was a very special moment for both the band and our Country. They were releasing the album Powerslave(which is for a lot of people their best album) and making one of their biggest tours ever, and also it was a VERY special moment for Brazil, we were just starting our democratic process after 20 years of a military dictatorship and starting to open our country and entering the new global scenario. It was a magical marriage for the band and fans here, and none of the sides have let the other down since then. Up the Irons! 🤘
After seeing these guys 5 times , it doesnt really matter what they play , its utterly professional !! Do yourself a favour and get some tickets when they play near you , you will NOT regret it , i promise . Ive seen these guys 5 times when they have down to Australia , and have been the most memorable live shows of my life so far !! Im 46 yo , married and with a 6yo and really cannot wait till they tour down this way agian !! Best live show ever 🤘🏻🤘🏻cheers from down south my friend . Adam 👍🏻👍🏻
Keep up the great and honest reviews . Thanks Doug 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Those notes that sounded unusually low for Bruce are kind of Blaze's comfort zone. That's why I prefer the studio version. This song and the entire album it comes from work really well with Blaze's register. The problem, of course, came when they had to go out on tour and he had to sing Bruce's songs.
well finally. I thought that wouldn't happen anymore. ^^ Thank you for doing it. Thumbs up as always. Greetings from Germany
I dont believe you have reacted to Caught somewhere in Tlime yet. I'm hoping that will land on one of your coming Maiden Mondays. Thank you.
Thank you for this. I am enjoying these breakdowns. Up the maidens!
How Bruce with Ayreon, Doug? I think you'd enjoy "Into The Black Hole", one of Bruce's greatest performances of all time, easily a top 5
Yeah, I agree, it's one of his best indeed. Let's hope Doug catch it up
A huge YES!
these Ayreon album is the best!! Bruce Dickinson, Ralf Sheepers, Andi Deris, Timo Koltipetto....! tsssssssss
My Mondays always get better when I see Doug's face popping up on my youtube notifications!
Hey Doug, litened to "Flesh And The Power It Holds" by DEATH. Amazing song!!!
Or even any song from the "Symbolic" album...A masterpiece!
@@philmuller-geib3361 Yeaah Man, it's time for some deathmetal in this yt chanel hahaha
Yeah I wouldn't recommend that lol. Especially with Perseverance era vocals. The guy is a classical choir teacher, prog rock from the 70's is a stretch as it is. I would hate to see him trying to pretend he's enjoying Death, Atheist, Pestilence, and stuff like that.
@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 Hahaha...But at least the instrumental aspect :-)
@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 Usualy he don't hide when he don't like the song (like Through The Fire and The Flames episode).
I remember buying this album when it was released. An epic song in the original studio recording that Bruce was able to interpret amazingly. Thanks for that Doug!
Brazilian here, I think that Iron Maiden started to build this fantastic relationship with their fans here in Brazil (and the rest of Latin America as well) back in the 80's when they started playing in big festivals like Rock in Rio. Since that time several cities became part of their tours and this definitely contributed make them one of the most appreciated bands ever. The cool things is that Iron Maiden opened a road that was followed by many other bands Doug and the results can be seen in several live concert recordings. Cheers mate! Congrats for the fantastic channel!
Doug, your honesty in music analysis is much appreciated. Be as merciless and uncompromising as you need to be in your critiques, irregardless of what the fanboys and cultists think.
100% Magic. Seen this DVD like 200 times. Give me edd til im dead! Keep up the good work Doug! Greetings from sweden
When Maiden played this song in Stockholm 2018 Nickos basspedal broke when the segment around 8:00 minutes in this video starts... Adrian, Dave, Janick and Steve where confused and wondered what happened, but they continued to play as the pros they are until the pedal was fixed. 🤘
It's time for "The Clansman", also from Rock in Rio!
Time for songs by Wintersun. I suggest the Sonic Pump Studio versions and songs: Time, Sons of Winter and Stars, Land of Snow and Sorrow.
Ok but after tens of videos about Iron Maiden, now it's time for SAVATAGE reactions!! Chance, Gutter Ballet, Edge of thorns, Believe, Hall of the mountain king, Mozart and madness, This is the time, Alone you breath.... There's such a lot of great stuff for mr. Doug to react with this band!
Yes yes yes, Savatage are awesome!
Another indisputable masterpiece! Very good! As for the next Maiden Monday, I'd like to suggest The Clansman
Hey, Doug!
You missed the song intro. It has a couple minutes of intro to create an atmosphere and then start the proper song. Like when you reacted to Fear of the Dark, missing about 30 seconds of the main intro riff. A suggestion for preventing this would be searching for the duration of each track before selecting a live video. Many live videos on You Tube have cuts like these. Iron Maiden always play the full songs in it's concerts , so the duration of the tracks will always be very similar to the studio recordings. Nevertheless, thank you for this analisys! I love your reactions over rock songs! Keep doing this great content! Cheers!
Hey Doug!! Two of my favourite iron maiden songs are The Talisman and Dream Of Mirrors. You should check them out!!
I love the way, you break the song down, great job. UP THE IRONS
Yes!! Still think Isle of Avalon from The Final Frontier should be your next Maiden Monday!! Such a great song. So Proggy - you really can't go wrong with it. Starblind also is a really interesting one. I would love a double feature!!!
Yes! Isle of Avalon is such an underrated song! 😌👌🏼
Are Starblind
The man who would be king is also very good from that album!
Yes either isle of Avalon or star blind would be fantastic
Yeah i hope it is the next one
Thanks again for another excellent, 'Maiden Monday'. Powerslave (either from the studio album of the same name, or from the, 'Live After Death' video) gets my next vote. Cheers and keep rockin'!!!
Hiii! Huge fan of Brazil here of Maiden! And fan of you too! 🤘🏻😝
Great video as always Doug, and about your question, here in south America we don't get the chance to see our favorite bands as often as USA or Europe, so when they come down here we're very passionate about it
Best Nicko’s live performance, Sign of the Cross Rock in Rio
Have you guys never heard of Live After Death? FFS
@@garymitchell5899 I did, I own that live album. I just like Nicko's performance on this particular song in Rock in Rio.
Cool review, Doug. I hadn't heard this one before. I'd strongly suggest doing a song by Ayreon that Bruce Dickenson guest sang on called "Into the Black Hole: A) The Eye of the Universe B) Halo of Darkness C)" off of the album "The Universal Migrator Part II: Flight of the Migrator"! A really cool prog/prog metal song and an outstanding performance by Bruce IMHO!
Nice analyse Doug, Maiden tend to almost do palindromic songs structures, the end is where you begin.
My suggestions would be from the underated caught somewhere in time album. Sea of madness has a short but sweet section in the middle or The loneliness of the long distance runner, it really has a race feel about it.
Up the irons!
Hello Doug! Great work, i love your Maiden reactions. I am just surprised there is still no reaction to probably the best Maiden song, that being Revelations (well, at least personal favorite). I would love to see you react to Revelations.
That was great Doug. Thanks.
Brazil is Iron Maiden’s safe haven! I really think you should do something from their latest concerts, where their playing is a little more mature! My tip: Fight of Icarus, live from the Legacy of the Beast tour!
This Doug is a guy I really like :)
A classical composer listening to Nightwish, TO Maiden and loving it ! SO fantastic ;)
YOu said something so true : Every guitar player is recognizable with only his sound signature, here it takes all its sense !
Very good analyze DOug, thanks for your eye and ear professional, the proof that classical music and rock can live together !
You're so right when talking about the 3 guitars different personalities. Those 3 pals have been able (and they still are) to maintain their own musical personality in a (for the standards) big (as number of elements) band. The complicity between Adrian, Dave and Janick is something, musically, precious.
When you ask about the Brazil question, I can't answer for them, but it looks like the huge welcome Maiden had in the Iron Curtain docu/concert; maybe related to the local politics about events and shows (in different places and times of course) and the need the people feel about feeding their own hunger of art in its several shapes.
Has he reacted to Judas Priest before? Because if not, I would recommend either The sentinel or Victim of changes (Live from Unleashed in the East)
i asked a few times but he's more a maiden fan i think
Beyond The Realms Of Death would be interesting
Yes ! Doug I think it's time for some Judas Priest !!
Fuel for life performance of the sentinel is the best one IMO
Been wondering the same thing for a while now. I suggest start with something like alone and war(quite operatic), guardians/rising from ruins then to older stuff e.g dreamer deciever up to one shot at glory.
As you have a great hearing, I bet you could hear me scream in the concert! :P It was my 1st concert of Iron Maiden with Bruce (when he returned) and it was amazing. Cheers from Brazil!
Up the Irons, and greetings from Brazil lol
It would be great if you guys could react to Ozzy Osborne’s “Diary Of A Madman” with the late great Randy Rhodes.
Banger!!!! Great song and greatest Heavy Metal guitar 🎸 intro in Heavy Metal Rock history!!!!
You’ll be glad you did,
Thank you for the entertaining channel
Agreed! Great suggestion
Oh, man, one of my favorite live Maiden's song, awesome. Next, The Clansman, from the same concert please. Thanks Doug.
Man, I've been enjoying the hell out of your videos lately. One thing though, you should probably consider covering Fear of the dark from this very concert and also the old Beast over Hammersmith 1982. live version of Hallowed be thy name. I know you've covered these songs already, but these are probably the 2 best live versions of them. Bruce is one hell of a singer, but his voice has aged and sometimes he is awesome, other times you can see he's struggling a bit etc. However, these versions are superb and definitely worth it. Hell, the whole Rock in Rio live album is worth covering for that matter. It's very interesting, Sign of the cross and The Clansman are both long songs from the Blaze Bayley albums and when Blaze is singing them, they are kinda dark and brooding, but still great. Bruce brought a whole new level of energy to them at this concert and transformed them and I believe it's one of those cases where most IM fans love both versions, we kinda got 4 great songs instead of 2 :D.
I was there! Great show, good memories
This particular concert it's mentioned one of their absolute favorites they've ever done, so many good live songs to react from that show! I'll still keep suggesting Powerslave though (studio version) it takes the same idea from To Tame a Land.
Love this version. Still great live during the Legacy of The Beast tour in 2019
Future Maiden Monday recommendations are The Talisman, The Clansman, Where The Wild Wind Blows & For The Greater Good of God. Loving it 👍
love your Iron Maiden videos - for a band you haven't done yet, I recommend Vanden Plas / In My Universe - german prog, great vocals and progressions, these guys have done theatre productions and rock musicals, so I think their music would be interesting to hear your take
My suggestion would be Renaissance - Song of Scheherezade. It is one looovely song
Oh yes yes 👌🏻
An absolute wonderful song !!! I love that '70ies sound.
A beautiful song. It’s the major league for a first listening of this band. Give him a chance.
Renaissance has some great songs that would be great on this channel but yeah, Scheherazade is one I would definitely enjoy
Well, Doug, Brazil is huge and we love Iron Maiden around here. In my case I've been loving them since the late 70's.
When the Wild Wind Blows!!!!!! Please!!!!
Never hurts to ask again, since Brazil came up...Angra, with the late Andre Matos, a graduated composer and conductor. If I may suggest, "Never Understand", "Lisbon" or really anything from the Holy Land album
I think I heard somewhere that this song was inspired by a novel called ‘The Name of the Rose’
🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 HI BRAZIL HERE 🤘🤘🇧🇷🇧🇷
thank you for showing rock in rio, this Iron Maiden show is a classic, i met the band through this show when i was 10 years old haha
Rock in Rio is a traditional music festival in Brazil, famous for having brought in 1985 many artists of difficult access to the Brazilian public, such as Queen, Iron maiden, Ozzy, etc..
so it's a band very dear to Brazilians and that influenced us a lot, it ended up becoming traditional to them to participate in the festival, unlike the other artists of the first edition, who didn't create this affectionate relationship with the festival.
The last edition happened in 2019 and they played, I was there and it was amazing, haha by the way, on the same day there was sepultura, iron naiden, helloween, anthrax, slayer and Scorpions!! for an absurdly more affordable price than all the separate shows here.
So it's a great party, and a great pleasure for us to receive this bands!!
and by the way, great channel I see all videos!! 🤘👏
'Angra' is a Brazilian melodic metal band influenced by them, it is part of the generation of bands like Symphony x (usa), rhapsody of fire(Ita), Nightwish (fin), helloween (ger).. so, our representative is Angra!! haha they are icons of that generation too!
it will be really cool to hear heavy metal influenced by iron maiden made with Brazilian influences such as Antônio Vila Lobos (Brazilian composer of classical music) and African rhythms ideas and very reflective lyrics!
they use a lot of orchestrations, virtuosity and cool chord ideas!!
Sugestion songs:
- No pain for The dead
- Omni silence inside (New song)
- Winds of destination
Peace ✌️
Hi Doug, again thanks for your marvellous Maiden Monday. Being a Maiden Fan since 1988 I'd like to recommend this nice masterpiece of When the wild winds blow - based on the anti-war novel from 1986. Cool different sections in it. Up the Irons from Germany and stay safe y'all
First time i hear this piece, very good and great analyzis and reaction
I can't explain how much I love this song, when my grandfather was in hospital last year I listened to it everyday and when he passed it just helped me with the greif for whatever reason, It is 1 of the best songs I have ever heard, in my opinion anyway
They performed this song this past Sunday in Chula Vista . Wow . It was amazing
Doug, I saw Iron Maiden on this tour back in 2001 (Stateside, of course) and the concert began with an excerpt from the (late) composer Jerry Goldsmith's music for the 1995 movie First Knight. As you remarked, The X Factor came out in 1995 and so they integrated some of the music from that movie into this song. Goldsmith's soundtrack uses a lot of chant melodies (I'm not sure if they are his own or taken from some specific source) and that's what you are hearing here in the middle section of the song.
If I had a request that you hadn't done yet for Maiden it would be The Red and The Black. Great sound/mix quality there on the studio version. One of the best songs they've done since Bruce rejoined the band.
Great sound a Maiden record produced by Shirley? That's a good one.
I am a Brazilian and... i Love Iron Maiden !! Surprise! 😁😁😁 PLEASE Ghost of the Navigator from this same show ! For me, after Live After Death, Rock in Rio III is the best IM performance ever !! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 Thank you Doug for this amazing lessons (not just reactions) over Iron Maiden Classics! Keep doing that! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
There are very similar lyrics between this Iron Maiden song and Genesis' Supper's Ready.
Iron Maiden - Sign of the Cross:
"Eleven saintly shrouded men
Silhouettes stand against the sky
One in front with a cross held high
Come to wash my sins away"
Genesis - Supper's Ready:
"Six saintly shrouded men move across the lawn slowly
The seventh walks in front with a cross held high in hand"
And listening to a live performance of Supper's Ready is a very different experience from listening to the album version.
The opportunity to watch this live in their last tour was an out-of-this-world experience. The first time I went to a Live concert by Iron maiden I camped outside to get a good spot and since then I always get to the line a day early because there is NO WAY I will lose the best spot possible. Front roll is the best way to experience Iron maiden. And ever since that first concert (It was the Maiden England 2013 tour) I ALWAYS go to more than one for each tour. Thankfully they always do more than one show here in Brazil. On the last tour I had the chance to experience 2 of them, two days apart. I got sick after it all ended, got close to pneumonia. Still worth it. 100% worth it. My point here is> Yes, there is something special about Iron maiden Live. The experience is good enough watching a recording but it will never translate to how it is to be there.
So, I live in Brazil and I'd say that here we go bananas in most internationally famous huge bands for one reason: Rarity/scarcity.
Bands as big as Iron Maiden or Judas Priest do not perform here very often. When they do, there's only 3-5 concerts per tour, which makes it very hard to attend to and also, tickets are very expensive, they can go from 1/4 to more than half the minimum wage here, depending on the band and on the sector you wanna be.
On top of that, Brazil is a HUGE country, unless you live in São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro, which are 100% sure on their list, there's a chance you'll need to travel 500-1k miles to attend to the concert and traveling by plane is also very expensive here for most people. So if you need to spend AT LEAST one minimum wage for a concert, I believe you'd love to get crazy and enjoy every second too, as we do.
Also, Iron Maiden has a history of liking Brazil and also puts high words about the Brazilian fanbase. Check Flight 666 documentary for more info on that.
Love these. I’d like to please request Revelations which has interesting tempo changes and lyrics. Thanks
Does anyone know what’s the name and author of the choir intro for this song?
Brazil must be the biggest basis of Iron Maiden's fans in the world. It's my favorite band ever. For the next Maiden Monday try "Powerslave". Greetins from Brazil.
This is one of the best maiden live performance. A granitic sound and many many many energy and power 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
14:45 as a Brazilian, I also ask myself that and still couldn't figure it out...
I just know we love it 🤘🇧🇷
Edit: just read someone comment it stems from 1985's Rock in Rio. That makes a lot sense
The way they did this on their most recent show (before the pandemic), with the Stained Glass Cathedral stage set, has matured since this - and is incredible. Also - I'd like to suggest 'Blood Brothers' from Brave New World, if you haven't yet reviewed it. :)
I was there, amazing concert !
I think that the reason why there are so many Iron Maiden fans in Brazil may be due to their appearance in the first edition of Rock in Rio, in 1985. I've been to a few recent editions of the festival and had the opportunity to see Iron Maiden live two times and they were amazing. Well, to quote mister Toretto "this is Brazil".
About Brazil, we have a connection with Maiden since first Rock in Rio, in 1985. Crowds in South America go really wild. Check any video of AC/DC in Argentina (Riverplate, 2009), that's insane!
PS: Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb, please :D
In Brazil there is the ‘church of Iron Maiden’. They go nuts for Iron Maiden over there 🤘🏻😆
Quoting Bruce speaking about the concert in Porto Alegre, RS, October 2019: "They put 20.000 tickets for sale... gone! Then raised to 30.000... gone! Now there is more than 40.000 f-ing people here!". It was crazy, it was wild, probably my first and last Maiden concert, left my 1 month old daughter with my wife to watch it, heh.
Maiden Monday!!! 🤘🏻
When they played this at Ruisrock (Turku, Finland) on the Brave new world tour Bruce came out with a quickly made burning cross about 50cm high (2 for the foot people), hilarious 😁
I worked with Blaze on one of his solo albums, what a top guy he is!!
Up the Irons! Thanks, Doug!