I have a lot of respect and admiration for the songwriting output of Dylan, Lennon, McCartney, Waters, Townshend and many others, but I don't think any of them has a stronger and deeper body of work than Steve Harris.
@@undericesinger I'm an old guy who first saw Mr. Harris live in 1980, when my appreciation for his songwriting skills began with Phantom of the Opera. I wouldn't even know how to like my own comment, so if I actually did that, kudos to me I guess. 2 things Steve is most proud of more than anything else -- Maiden as a live act and his songwriting accomplishments.
@@talismanmia2537 Steve Harris is THE MAN! He is also a Brit. I would find it very unlikely that he would put himself above Beatles members and Pete from the Who. These artists probably molded him. I can see how as an artist you can always find areas where you do things better or differently. Your comment came across as polite, but contrarian. Like a more polite version of my High-School self. 🤣 "The Beatles aren't as good of songwriters as Iced Earth.." Lol a lot to unpack with musical technology and genres of the time. Harris is very repetitive and can hang on a riff a bit too long. He's more like Dylan in that sense. Compare the Tempest by Dylan to Where the wild Wind Blows. The riff and vocals stay the same for a while. Great lyrics will help the listener stay engaged. It's not enough to NOT slightly cringe in those moments for Dylan and Harris... "Is there another part to this song?" To counter, Paul McCartney has written thousands of songs and can pack a lot of nuance and changes into a song that is 2 minutes and 30 seconds. He can make the ENTIRE song the hook. Steve Harris has never come CLOSE to making the ENTIRE SONG memorable. You might have a confirmation bias for Steve because he's underrated. That's fine, but your assertion is very off base IMO.
Y2K wasn't an idea, guys... it was a real issue. Thousands of programmers worked for months to fix it. If that collaborative effort hadn't happened there would have been trouble. A lot of old men came out of retirement because there were many old systems in coding that nobody worked in any more. So the threat wasn't over exaggerated some people didn't trust that the work done was going to be enough and then others like there always is, we're extremely paranoid and took it to far. Great reaction, guys. I've been an Iron Maiden fan for forty years and I remember when this album was considered to be their be comeback album. Never knew there would be two more after haha.
This is the best song on the album, but it takes a bit of growing on you to get there. There is a lot going on in it, not all of it obvious on a first listen. Final Frontier is that sort of album - not very much in the way of straight-ahead songs on it, and those that are are not the strong tracks. It is this song and the Talisman that stand out in the end (IMHO), and you have to be locked into the right frame of mind before the songs finally click, and then you really get into it. (For me, that was taking this album on a solo road trip.)
About doomsday preppers, basically. Also try to remember the film this was based on was in the 1980's - imminent nuclear war was THE issue, for everybody. Like some global murder-suicide pact world leaders were dragging us all into. We were always maybe 20-30 minutes from total destruction, thanks to those who actually believed they could "win" a war that would kill every person and burn the world. Today's new Cold War, it's like everybody just forgot what was so fucked up about the last one.
I have a lot of respect and admiration for the songwriting output of Dylan, Lennon, McCartney, Waters, Townshend and many others, but I don't think any of them has a stronger and deeper body of work than Steve Harris.
Steve Harris himself would disagree and laugh at you.
@@undericesinger I'm not so sure of that.
@@talismanmia2537 Fair enough. Did you like your own comment for the algo?
@@undericesinger I'm an old guy who first saw Mr. Harris live in 1980, when my appreciation for his songwriting skills began with Phantom of the Opera. I wouldn't even know how to like my own comment, so if I actually did that, kudos to me I guess. 2 things Steve is most proud of more than anything else -- Maiden as a live act and his songwriting accomplishments.
@@talismanmia2537 Steve Harris is THE MAN! He is also a Brit. I would find it very unlikely that he would put himself above Beatles members and Pete from the Who. These artists probably molded him. I can see how as an artist you can always find areas where you do things better or differently. Your comment came across as polite, but contrarian. Like a more polite version of my High-School self. 🤣 "The Beatles aren't as good of songwriters as Iced Earth.." Lol a lot to unpack with musical technology and genres of the time. Harris is very repetitive and can hang on a riff a bit too long. He's more like Dylan in that sense. Compare the Tempest by Dylan to Where the wild Wind Blows. The riff and vocals stay the same for a while. Great lyrics will help the listener stay engaged. It's not enough to NOT slightly cringe in those moments for Dylan and Harris... "Is there another part to this song?" To counter, Paul McCartney has written thousands of songs and can pack a lot of nuance and changes into a song that is 2 minutes and 30 seconds. He can make the ENTIRE song the hook. Steve Harris has never come CLOSE to making the ENTIRE SONG memorable. You might have a confirmation bias for Steve because he's underrated. That's fine, but your assertion is very off base IMO.
I think it's so appropriate that Eugene sings this over the shortwave radio in an episode of The Walking Dead.
11:41 Janick's solo 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Live version in Santiago, Chile 2011 is my favorite
rising of the irons from the ancient times
Live in Chile would have been better. This song is a masterpiece. Up the Irons! \m/
Iron maiden is the GREATEST(live;)BAND in the world now and forever🤘
Up the mighty Irons🤘🤘🤘🤘
I recommend you react to The Talisman and The Man Who Would Be King by Iron Maiden from this same album
The Talisman is a criminally underrated song
Up the irons!! 12:07 as always maiden; melodic, epic, sentimental, beautiful, powerful, daring, dramatic, dynamic!
Underrated album
The 80s animation by raymond briggs callwd when the wind blows is woth watching.
Should have reacted to live en vivo version of this song
Based on the book. When the wild wind blows.
keep listing to Maiden you are going to become big fans.UP THE IRONS
Live...les recomiendo saludos desde Chile.
This song reminds me of a modern-day day Romeo and Juliet style tragedy🤔
More of a “The Mist” ending.
Song gives me 6th grade vibes. Like 2012 when my friend found it for me. Was a so great song.
How I see this song, it´s with a lovley couple, trying to survive the fallout
Y2K wasn't an idea, guys... it was a real issue. Thousands of programmers worked for months to fix it. If that collaborative effort hadn't happened there would have been trouble. A lot of old men came out of retirement because there were many old systems in coding that nobody worked in any more. So the threat wasn't over exaggerated some people didn't trust that the work done was going to be enough and then others like there always is, we're extremely paranoid and took it to far. Great reaction, guys. I've been an Iron Maiden fan for forty years and I remember when this album was considered to be their be comeback album. Never knew there would be two more after haha.
Iron Maiden...LIVE👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
inspired by en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Wind_Blows_(1986_film)
I've always loved this song. Had the album on cd when it came out. This song is sad and crazy. It was all a tragic mistake.
We're gonna go to the stars for sure.
free Palestine from hamASS !
Live versión in Chile, a must
this song stacks up against any of Maiden's 80s output
Everyone, ask yourself. Are we ready for when the wild wind blows?
It,s just the human condition to survive, cave man style before all religion
James Blunt -The Girl That Never Was
Hey its the new axis of evil
I'm losing my time because you guys don't read comments.. but this song is a must on its Live version in Chile 🇨🇱
Haven't you already done this years ago?
I'm pretty sure it's a reupload, I've definitely seen their reaction to this before on YT a while ago.
This is the best song on the album, but it takes a bit of growing on you to get there. There is a lot going on in it, not all of it obvious on a first listen.
Final Frontier is that sort of album - not very much in the way of straight-ahead songs on it, and those that are are not the strong tracks. It is this song and the Talisman that stand out in the end (IMHO), and you have to be locked into the right frame of mind before the songs finally click, and then you really get into it. (For me, that was taking this album on a solo road trip.)
Live version is so much better
🎉🎉🎉
Get a load of this song live! ruclips.net/video/3m77COXpN6g/видео.htmlsi=sf3-nluY1dyVbhcg
I want believe its a story of doomsday theorist
About doomsday preppers, basically.
Also try to remember the film this was based on was in the 1980's - imminent nuclear war was THE issue, for everybody. Like some global murder-suicide pact world leaders were dragging us all into. We were always maybe 20-30 minutes from total destruction, thanks to those who actually believed they could "win" a war that would kill every person and burn the world.
Today's new Cold War, it's like everybody just forgot what was so fucked up about the last one.