Iron Maiden's Stranger In A Strange Land: FULL SONG BREAKDOWN
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2023
- An in-depth, section-by-section look at the second single from iron Maiden's 1986 Somewhere In Time album.
Guitars:
Jackson Adrian Smith SDX
Fender Dave Murray Signature Stratocaster
Plugin: Neural DSP Archetype: Petrucci (Guitar) and Bias FX II (Bass)
DAW: Reaper Audio
Audio Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Strings: Ernie Ball 9-46
Picks: JAZZ III XL 1.5mm 
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Somewhere in Time is a timeless masterpiece. I haven't stopped listening to this since I first bought the tape back in 86.
I have to agree!
This album is the apex of metal.
It was 90% Adrian
This Adrian's solo is really a masterpiece that gives me goosebumps every time I have the chance to listen to it again and again.......
i'm glad others feel that way too. this solo is just epic and touches the soul
Peak Adrian. This song is a masterpiece on an already masterful album.
My favourite Maiden track along with Phantom Of The Opera
A great break down of one of my favourite Iron maiden songs. I hope they play this song on the tour this summer. Cant wait to hear it live.
Can't wait to see the setlist!!
Yup.. except Yanick at libs at the end live and blunts it sadly
Everytime I come across an official promo for the Future Past Tour, I turn up the volume and get chills.
I wore out my cassette tape listening to this song back in 86. Absolute magic. Thanks for playing through this.
Phenomenal video about my favourite Maiden song.I have tickets for the upcoming tour mostly because I have to hear Maiden play this song live!
I´ve listended to that solo thousands of times, still gives me the creeps as if it was the first time... Adrian Smith will always be my favorite.
This song has one of Maiden's best solos - thanks for analyzing this song.
This is one of the songs on Somewhere in Time that I sometimes forget about, but then, like you say, that volume swells and I remember the brilliance.
Your videos are just getting better and better though Nico. Loved the Stones interlude, even though I'm not much of a Stones fan 🤣🤣
Such an amazing song and really well explained. Fond memories seeing them perform this live at the Edinburgh Playhouse in '86.
Lucky lucky man!!
Such a gorgeous song. It really brings out how versatile as musicians Maiden's members are, too. Thanks for the awesome analysis and giving the song a new life for us!
That versatility is one of my favourite things about SIT. They did some really unusual things on those eight songs!
jusr about my favorite Maiden song. Love every part of this song , from start to finish and every part in between. Nico you do such a masterful cover of this song.
Great video, love this song. The Rolling Stones section sounded to me more like the Beatles, but same idea of course.
Magic song..
Amazing! Thanks Nico, I will work hard on this! 😅
🙌🙌🙌
Hello Nicko, great video as always!
I like that You pay attention to blues influences (bluesy chorus was hillarious : ))
Also there is something magical when Adrian ends his solo on note lower note than You would expect (same thing in his solo for 'heaven can wait').
I have some ideas for videos, maybe You would find them cool ; )
1. Songs where originally were 2 guitar parts/harmonies but amigos (mostly Adrian) make them 3 guitar parts (like 'trooper', 'phantom')
And similar:
2. Songs with 3 (or more like 'flash of the blade') guitars parts originally but they can play them fully with current line-up (like seventh son)
3. Songs with 2 guitar harmonies which they still play this way (or never played before but would sound awesome) but would be interesting with adding different 3rd guitar part (like 'iron maiden')
4. Parts with additional part in original but they don't play it that way for some reason (like the very end of 'the evil that man do' solo).
I know that's a lot but I believe You will find some of those ideas interesting : D
I admire Your work. Keep rockin' !
Excellent analysis, as always! Do not forget keyboards, their sound makes the song more intense, suspended in time. What a masterpiece!
This album gets better every time I hear it. It's my favorite driving trip album.
Love this song! Masterpiece! Brilliant! Adrian Smith in his finest!!
Great breakdown, fantastic. Thx mate 🤘🏼🙏
The most incredible thing about your breakdowns videos is to see a guitarist who know music theory! 😝 Joke aside, great video as always!
Hahaha especially one my age, right?😄 😛
Nowadays, they seem to be so much more knowledgeable!
Thank you so much for doing this awesome video of this excellent song!
My first Maiden concert, Killers tour, I grabbed the fence, front row right in front of me all gig long Adrian was there just feet from me. Between songs I yelled "Alright Adrian" and he acknowledged me with a look up and a nod of his head. Ever since then he was my favorite player in Maiden. Then when NOTB came out and I saw he had writing credits and The Prisoner was his main contribution on the album and it kicked ass I have been a fan of his writing ever since. So every song on a Maiden album that Adrian contributes is special in my eyes and especially in my ears. Cheers Nico! Up The Irons!
As usual, fantastic work. I also love the alternative version of the lick at the 12:30 mark (the very Smith one), that Adrian played in the reunion tour in 99 where he had a way more melancholic approach to the lick.
Always love the alternative versions 🙂
Another brilliant video. I learn so much every time you post one of these. Thanks very much
Awesome breakdown Nico, so nice to be able to learn it properly. This song is always my first go to when I am playing my Gallien Krueger 250ML, it just works so perfectly with the amp.
Excellent lesson on a song that is in my life’s playlist! Great to see you dissect it so professionally and with ease. Makes me want to play the info right now correctly! The wife will not appreciate that lol, so onward to tomorrow!
Easily onr of Adrian's finest moments from my fav Maiden record. Thanks!
Another solid breakdown of a Maiden classic. Your enthusiasm and the quality of song transcription make this a really engaging channel for Maidenheads & guitarists alike. Nice one!
1000 thanks!
Beautiful, thanks! These breakdowns of yours deserve a playlist of their own!
There is one actually! 😃
Congratulations, a very nice job of knowing how the songs are composed and the purpose of each arrangement.
This LP is perhaps one of Maiden's best and most forgotten, only relegated to a single song, Wasted Years.
In my humble opinion, it's a live LP from start to finish.
Thank you so much.
Somewhere in Time was the second studio album I experienced being released, but the two year wait between Powerslave and Somewhere in time was torture and felts like ten years and not two. Possibly because I was just 14. Great video, Nico.
Oh yeah the age for sure affects how you perceived time... and also because bands were putting out records a lot more frequently. 🙂
The video makes my brain bleed. When I learn a song to record it, I end up eventually hating the song because of the weeks and months of listening and playing to it 100s of times. But this. This! This is like a surgeon pulling apart nuances even the band probably doesn’t remember. Nico can probably tell what color of pick Adrian was using, what shoes Steve was wearing in the studio.
This is nonetheless another great, maddeningly detailed, inspiring video as always, LITB.
But I will say this. You get yourself one of those blue Fender Steve signature basses they had out maybe 10-15 years ago. We won’t let this oversight slide forever ;D
Hahaha well I tend to obsess over this band a fair bit. But I also take a closer look at the songs when I'm prepping for a video like this so I do study them a little more in depth first. It's definitely a lot of work!
Now for the bass... I'm actually really happy with this Classic Vibe! Especially the neck and the looks with the walnut finish and thick fret markers... It looks so '70s, which I love! And it's inspiring me to practice a bit every day. Perhaps once I can play the parts like Steve, I might consider getting one of his signatures too 😉
Cheers my friend! 🤜🤛
Thank you for this lesson
Awesome man, one of the best Maiden songs, from a top 3 Maiden album to me. Smith's solo in this is absolutely beautiful, pure feel and melody. I'm looking at getting back into playing guitar this year (I'm a bass player mainly) and these vids will help me a lot. Thanks man 👍🏻
It's great that you're doing that and I'm glad these vids will be helpful! 😃
I'm doing the inverse... Started to practice bass a little every day lately.
It's like taking multiple steps back and I'm loving that!
Wow I am so happy to have you play my all time absolute favorite song out of my all time favorite album. Thank you
Awesome video as always! Keep ‘m coming!
Great job. Nico, thanks for the detailed analysis of my favorite song! Great video format. More videos with analysis of songs in this format. Good luck!
Epic tone!
More videos like this please!! I'd love to hear you do this for more tracks from *Somewhere in Time* or *Seventh Son of a Seventh Son* ♥
Oh there will definitely be a lot more to come 🤘🤘
Thank you as always for this very insightful playthrough. Most interesting! This is without any doubt my personal favourite Maiden track and perhaps my most favourite song of all time. I am looking forward to the upcoming tour and hope they will play SIASL live on stage after so many Years. That groove, that Riff... Cheers and kind regards from germany. Up the Irons
Reunion version from Quebec rocks. As Bruce sings it better and Adrian adds some bits.
One of the very rare solo that can make me cry, above all the part at 10,47 min in the current video. I don't know why but it's so beautiful...
Hi Nico!!! thank you so much for this analysis.
I really love this kind of stuff.
Keep on rockin'😀
Thanks! Definitely more to come!
I love this song..seen them so many time live..in the 80’s one of my favorite bands of all time…thank you for the breakdown..🙏😎brother
This tour was my first big concert. Brenden Byrne Arena NJ, the parking lot riot. Amazing.
The artwork, the song writing and the musicianship… this is my number one album of all time. It’s my first go to
My favorite IM song from my favorite IM album.
Awesome song and great analysis. I m so lucky to have been able to witness that masterpiece live in Québec gig Summer 1999. I think Adrian used a Flying V...
If i want to show Maiden to somebody that doesn t know the band, I make them listen to the instrumental part of Stranger 👍
I read that Maiden were exausted for the filming of the video clip in 1986 because it was done after one of the two shows in Sheffield England
Yeah I rember he was playing a King V for a little while. Cool guitar!
Back in the 80s, they really overdid it so much, it's an absolute miracle that they didn't burn themselves out completely!
Thank you! Awesome video, as always! I'm a bit stuck in the fast notes of the 3rd part of the solo, any tip on how to play that Adrian's trademark lick at speed?
Thanks!!
Make sure you downpick the first note (1st string 12th fret), the 3rd string 14th fret and the one with the bend. The others should be upstrokes. Work on that slowly until it feels good and after that it should go a lot smoother 🙂
Somewhere in time..... ahhhhh man just the best album ever and artwork to die for ❤
Man you are the Wizard of Metal \m/ Brilliant break down of a classic track. Thank you so much for all your awesome work. Would love to see a lesson on how to you tackle songs as a band when playing live
Ah man thank you so so much!!
I do have a video planned for some discussion about how our band operates that I hope will be helpful to people interested in joining or starting a band.
Should be out later this year 😃
Cheers!
Loved how you added the Rolling Stones part!
Love, love, love these videos.
Love your break downs. Keep it going
Thank you for this great breakdown. S.I.T. always playing in the car ♾️🎸
Excellent as usual Nico, keep rocking!!!
Thais song is one of the best songs ever! Beautiful shirt by the way! Greetings from Brazil!
And there was me thinking it was Norwich City ! :)
Great song! Love your videos, keep ‘m coming!
Holy crap, I recently found your channel. I can't believe someone got as technical with Maiden as me and my friends did many years ago. You are awesome! I still remember that first time I saw that video....
Fantastic song, it has such a strong atmosphere and groove to it. Thanks for the breakdown!
A lot of cool info and help about playing guitar, respect
haha the singing part was amazeballs
😄😄😄
YOU ARE JUST AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR VIDEOS AND THE GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR...
Thank you very very much!
After your channel, I don't feel like a stranger anymore, having Somewhere in Time as my favorite album, going against all my friends from back in the day. I know a lot of guys here also feel the same.
10:04 The coolest D note ever! Yeah! Great work man! Thank you so much!
Awesome video!!!!
I hope they play this track on their upcoming tour, along with other Somewhere gems.
Thank you for this. I picked up the bass at 15. I’m 50. Learning guitar. This will be my first solo. Glad you broke it into four parts. Awesome tune and I love your channel. Up the Irons 🎸🎶🤘❤️
Hey that's really cool!
I'm very much in the same boat as you as I've started to work a lot more on my bass playing after all these years playing guitar 😃
Amazing solo Nico 🤘🤩
Dear Nico, just discovered your videos. They are an excellent addition to the step-by-step tab videos out there. And it think you masterfully nailed the exact playing! Compliments.
QUESTION: what setup and sound settings did you use?
12:42 the left and right hand synchronicity.. Nice 🙇♂️
Nico esse som é fantástico e atemporal, e ver os caras tocando depois de quase 40 anos me deixa mas fãs dos caras !!
Amazing stuff
I will never hear that chorus the same way again... 🤣🤣🤣 As usual, excellent analysis, Nico!!
Hahahaha I had forgotten about that part in the video 😁
Great 🇧🇷 shirt! I might get the black one!
Great breakdown and another one we’re months away from hearing it live! Get the tissues ready!
Cheers
I have the black one too and it looks great!! Definitely can't wait for this summer 🤘🤘
You abs nailed that solo, thx mate. Hope to cover this with my band so i need to know this stuff in & out while singing lol. :D
I can't get stop watching your videos...lol.
This album, Brave New World and Seventh Son are my absolute favs. The Alexander The Great song man, solos for days :D
Adrian Smith is sensational. I was always a Maiden fan until about 1990 when he left as Steve Harris made the decision to go with a more "street" sound. That was a huge mistake - they had nailed a formidable style of song writing and guitar solos as you so eloquently explain. The solo in this song always stood out to me more than any other of Maiden's with the exception of the Powerslave solo at the 3 minute mark. Finally got over my grief after 33 years later and will seem live in the pit at Power Trip, CA, in October.
Greetings from Brazil!!!! 🇧🇷 🙌🏽
You said all right from the open. "masterful composition, love everything about this". Bruce's vocal performance on this track is equally as brilliant his bandmates. A timeless classic, though it will always be a depth track. Maiden fans know what's up. Great breakdown!
Great stuff, one of their best songs. Also, Adrian's signature guitar just looks so good.. white body, black hardware and scratch plate, maple neck. Perfect.
That was epic, just like the song!!!!
Hola amigo, veo todos tus videos, son geniales, he aprendido mucho, gracias y saludos desde Chile.
Estoy muy contento de saber que disfrutes mis videos! Muchisimas gracias y saludos desde Canada 🤜🤛
You work on youtube is awesome
1000 thanks!
what a masterpiece!
There are certain songs that never get ranked in the top 10. This is definitely 1 of them.
Love your channel! And it's scary just how wrong I've been playing a lot of these songs for nearly 40 years!!
I'm really happy that you're enjoying it!!
And for the record, I don't think it's "wrong" to play a riff how you hear it, or how you like playing it. I will use the term "wrong"in video titles occasionally because it's an attention-grabbing term but really, people develop entire styles by learning things incorrectly, and there is value in that! It's just fun to pick apart the details and subtleties as fans of the original music 🙂 Cheers!
@@LicksOfTheBeast It's the details I miss - it's like my brain doesn't hear the nuances until they've been highlighted and demonstrated!
After 25 years being into rock/metal music, Somewhere in time is the only album that never been pull out from my top 3 albums ever. You can feel it through all five senses, so it's really time traveling album.
Thanks for the explanation, this is inspiration to pick up my guitar once again!!
Up the irons! \m/
wonerful song Adrian Smith is brilliant.
How enlightening!
This video is God like...Well done
I have always loved this song, and this album! I really enjoy your videos, and how you break down each part with such attention to detail (great job)! What bass amp are you playing through?
I used the Bias FX II plugin for everything on this video.
I always list the equipment used in every video, by the way...so if you're ever curious about any gear I'm using, just check out the description 🙂
Superb video. U got a sub. Gotta get practicing!
A song truly worthy of a Licks of the Beast breakdown. This was tremendously entertaining Nico and Sara! 🤘
Thanks a ton!! Cheers 🤘