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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024

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  • @andyreid6826
    @andyreid6826 Год назад +97

    Steve Harris wrote this song from a nightmare he had after watching "the Omen"

  • @mikestubblefield4978
    @mikestubblefield4978 Год назад +38

    Iron Maiden is one of the greatest bands of all time! I grew up listening to them. I have seen them in concert and they put on one hell of a show! This is one of my favorite songs!

  • @KorvidRavenscraft
    @KorvidRavenscraft Год назад +19

    Bruce Dickinson's scream in the intro is one of the most iconic 'YEEEEEEAAAAAAH's of ALL. TIME. 🤘🤘

    • @sjoekiloeki
      @sjoekiloeki 4 месяца назад

      For me it's Roger Daltrey's.

  • @LudusAurea
    @LudusAurea Год назад +42

    Fucking legendary song. Album. Band. Discography. I still quote this literally every time the number 666 comes up. In high school my friends and I used to drive around at like 11 PM blasting iron maiden because that's all there is to do in Ohio and I have never stopped listening. Thanks for doing the studio version too, too many people jump straight to the live versions where you can't hear 90% of the mix.

    • @deanflynn3021
      @deanflynn3021 Год назад

      Us also driving around with nothing to do but jam out on Maiden Priest Dio Ozzy Sabbath etc

  • @Kate-hu5uz
    @Kate-hu5uz Год назад +21

    Love your reaction, Cliff. This song was based on a dream by Steve Harris, the band's amazing bassist... in other words, it's NOT about satan worshipping. Simply indicative of the era, when a lot of people were beginning to question religion and its relation to good vs evil.

  • @azzajames7661
    @azzajames7661 Год назад +14

    Welcome to the Maiden Family, Brother;-)
    This song is about a nightmare Steve Harris had.
    He also wrote the song "Fear Of The Dark" because that is how he has felt.
    Steve Harris isn't afraid to put himself out there through his music, as he is a very talented musician and writer of lyrics.
    There are so many great songs to choose from, as they have 17 studio albums and there are at least 5 to 6 great songs from each album, if not more, so that is 85 plus awesome songs;-)
    Up the mighty Irons!!!!!

  • @taownet70
    @taownet70 Год назад +12

    As a Christian that Loves Iron Maiden, this song and the band do NOT worship Satan. This song actually speaks to the potential of Satanism becoming part of a movement, and looking at what's happening around the world at the moment...??

    • @taownet70
      @taownet70 Год назад +1

      PS. You haven't lost this subscriber! 🤘

    • @Bad_Wolf_Media
      @Bad_Wolf_Media Год назад +3

      While I appreciate your view, this song has nothing at all to do with Satanism (surprisingly). It's from a nightmare that Steve Harris had after watching a movie. That's it. It's not deeper than that, and anyone seeing/hearing something more is finding something they're looking for.

    • @thestonedgeek8928
      @thestonedgeek8928 4 месяца назад

      Yeah f off with that nonsense.

  • @jonblackburn7634
    @jonblackburn7634 Год назад +7

    This whole album was amazing. Man this has taken me back to my early teens. "Run to the Hills" off this album was also a class song.

  • @therocknrollmillennial535
    @therocknrollmillennial535 Год назад +13

    Rest in Peace to Clive Burr, the drummer on this track. In every video, dude always looked so happy to be there and that, to me, is what music is all about. He always looked so out of place, because he was always smiling while the rest of the guys had on their serious faces, but I know he was the one feeling the music the most, because how could you listen to good music and not smile? If I could see my dad again, there are only a few things I would thank him for, but introducing me to this band is one of them.

    • @azzajames7661
      @azzajames7661 Год назад +6

      Nicko McBrain is always smiling and is the happiest person in the world;-)
      Clive Burr was a great drummer. R.I.P Clive Burr.

  • @willyjilly9684
    @willyjilly9684 Год назад +4

    Aces high is my first maiden song.

  • @Decadenttia
    @Decadenttia Год назад +9

    This was the first Iron Maiden' song I heard when I was a teen. These guys enjoy playing nowadays as much as they did then. I'm really happy I found them when I was trying to find that 'heavy metal' stuff I somehow knew existed. BTW, I did the opposite. I just suscribbed.
    Try "Fear of the Dark" (totally my fav) (or '2 minutes to midnight')

  • @FlatulentBreeze
    @FlatulentBreeze Год назад +2

    Hallowed be thy name is a dope song to name one of so many.

  • @MravacKid
    @MravacKid Год назад +2

    Not quite my favorite Maiden song, but Bruce's voice in the first section never fails to give me goosebumps. :)

  • @garylagstrom3864
    @garylagstrom3864 6 месяцев назад +1

    I saw them in Long Beach California where I lived at the time I’m in Santa Monica now but they played 4 nights from Thursday to Sunday and I was there all four nights in 1985. They filmed 🎥 the shows for what became the Live After Death cd/dvd! My favorite Bruce Dickinson moment: SCREAM FOR ME LONG BEACH…SCREAM FOR ME LONG BEACH…SCREAM FOR ME LONG BEACH ARENA!!! UP THE IRONS!!!😎😎😎🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @Alberto_1965_BR
    @Alberto_1965_BR Год назад +3

    Best album. Best line up. Best song
    Clive Burr was fantastic. The best Metal Drummer

  • @donhawkins3461
    @donhawkins3461 Год назад +2

    This is the one that introduced me to Iron Maiden and I was hooked!!! They're the tightest live band I ever saw!

  • @ellesee7079
    @ellesee7079 Год назад +4

    I love watching your Maiden reactions! Have you done Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner yet? I thought you had, but can't see it on your list?!

  • @stevenlaurin6059
    @stevenlaurin6059 Год назад +3

    First concert i ever saw was Twisted Sister opening for Iron Maiden the powerslave tour been a fan ever since one of the best metal bands to ever step on a stage and Bruce knows how to get the crowd involved and yes that was a 9 and a half feet tall Eddie walking around on the stage

  • @udayshah7205
    @udayshah7205 Год назад +3

    I was in the mood for some iron maiden n u are on it like perfect😅 folks nowadays dont have this talent with guitars 😅

  • @tonywalsh6054
    @tonywalsh6054 Год назад +2

    The spoken intro is voiced by the one and only Mr Vincent Price. The star of numerous black and white horror movies. Legend.

    • @SLOPPEWALL
      @SLOPPEWALL Год назад +3

      No it wasn't.
      The song opens with a spoken word passage, read by English actor Barry Clayton, which quotes Revelation 12:12 and Revelation 13:18.

    • @tonywalsh6054
      @tonywalsh6054 Год назад

      My bad, sounds like Vincent Price and I remembered he'd done a spoken word intro, just realised my old man brain mixed it up with Michael Jacksons Thriller. 🤒

  • @SmoofDizzle
    @SmoofDizzle 11 месяцев назад

    Man that intro took me right back to highschool playing this song on Guitar Hero.

  • @DJMARCD1000
    @DJMARCD1000 Год назад

    Your face at the beginning says it all. When he hit that first note and I saw that smile on your face I knew you were into it. Don't worry I did the same thing. Oh and no red flags here all green. I like to add them vocals are just insane

  • @tralph40
    @tralph40 Год назад +2

    Revelations is a masterpiece if you haven’t heard it. Maiden’s music goes in many directions. Awesome band!!!

  • @6li8storm40
    @6li8storm40 Год назад

    Maiden has been my favourite band fir 40 years this summer. I love your reactions to them, and find myself smiling every time you say you’re jealous.

  • @johntrickey7182
    @johntrickey7182 Год назад

    I was 17 in '82. This was a whole new Maiden.

  • @JD-bj6dc
    @JD-bj6dc 5 месяцев назад

    totally AGREE with the Jack Black reference. I'm not sure if you've listened to Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden, but that song reminds me of Jack Black very closely!

  • @williamskiles7098
    @williamskiles7098 Год назад

    Vincent Price does the introduction, Horror movie ICON

  • @seanbarker4610
    @seanbarker4610 Год назад +2

    Interesting fact, during the recording of the album the producer was involved in a crash between his car and a minibus full of nuns and the mechanics repair bill came to exactly 666 pounds. He insisted on paying 667 pounds!

  • @mcgrath16511
    @mcgrath16511 Год назад +2

    MAIDEN THE GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME BUT you must see them live!

  • @kardeef33317
    @kardeef33317 Год назад +1

    The bassist seen the Omen 2 and had a nightmare. He wrote this song telling his nightmare. The end of the song is what Satan told him in his nightmare.

  • @captaincapitalism264
    @captaincapitalism264 Год назад +1

    They blazed onto the American scene in the early 80s with this album, SO many metalheads created (myself included). This is one of their top songs to me, along with "Aces High", "Wasted Years", "The Prisoner", and of course their ultimate, "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (of which Machine Head does an amazing cover, actually).
    That final verse is simply chilling..."I'm coming back, I will return, I will possess your body and I'll make you burn! I have the fire, I have the force, I have the power to make my evil take its course!"...damn. That could've been written by a Lich in Dungeons & Dragons, hehe.

    • @jessluxsozzy
      @jessluxsozzy Год назад +1

      I was put on the spot by an English teacher in 6th grade to recite a poem. So since I was not prepared I recited the end of Number of the Beast.
      I'm coming back I will return......
      He went a bit white and didn't call on me much after that. Lol

  • @martinsear5470
    @martinsear5470 Год назад

    Dude, this album was a popular choice for the record burnings back in the 1980's. This song was the poster child for not understanding the music.

  • @konradkanuckle5920
    @konradkanuckle5920 Год назад

    My first introduction to MAIDEN was late 82....my older step brothers station wagon with his friends. I was stuck in the back with the GIANT home made speakers of the day! FIRST time i felt my heart skip a beat, been a fan of and metalhead since! From west coast Canada, peace. UP THE IRONS!!!

  • @harrymiram5562
    @harrymiram5562 Год назад

    When Run To The Hills/this album was released, became INSTANT fan! Over the decades, have heard/noticed lyrical/thematic evolution. Their last 2 albums have seen them making another thematic shift--IMO....Up the Irons!

  • @arc88arc88
    @arc88arc88 Год назад +1

    🤘

  • @tommattie1240
    @tommattie1240 Год назад

    Funny you mention Damien. This song was written after several sleepless nights due to that movie.

  • @jeffrichards1537
    @jeffrichards1537 Год назад

    I love the intro is Vincent price. He is a legend just like the band so its fitting.

  • @TrollingInTheDeep
    @TrollingInTheDeep Год назад +1

    Caught Somewhere In Time!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

  • @MySoul4AGoat
    @MySoul4AGoat Год назад +2

    Ayy! My dad named me Damien after the Onen!

  • @jimtatro6550
    @jimtatro6550 Год назад +1

    I remember being a teenager in the 80’s and the whole “Satanic Panic” crap was going on and people tried to say Iron Maiden were devil worshippers….what a load of 💩🤣

  • @ryanslauderdale
    @ryanslauderdale Год назад

    The first four lines of this song had Bruce Dickinson throwing chairs across the studio. But their producer, Martin Birch, wouldn’t let up until they got it right. Then Martin asked, “Can you do the scream, now?” Bruce said, “Oh, willingly.” Hell was then unleashed.

  • @michaelarthur1479
    @michaelarthur1479 Год назад

    Great section in Bruce’s autobiography about the trouble he had singing just the opening line of this track in the studio!!! Also just a great autobiography of the artist himself and his progression!!! Available on Kindle and audible too 😝

  • @SavannahMeercat
    @SavannahMeercat Год назад +1

    Wait, do you have a 6 birthmark too? Mine's in the middle of my back. Guess we were both born for the flames 😅

  • @charlesgladue7216
    @charlesgladue7216 Год назад

    hallowed be thy name 1982 live,the best live performance.

  • @jameslague1894
    @jameslague1894 Год назад

    If you noticed on School Of Rock Jack Black van had Iron Maiden decal on door

  • @jasonthompson3209
    @jasonthompson3209 Год назад +1

    Great reaction! I apologize in advance if someone else mentioned this, but the drummer is a born-again Christian. The stigma attached to this band can still be confused to this day, because of this song. Always a pleasure to watch your reactions! As a side note, I hear you aided your fellow YT reactors, Brad & Lex with copyright issues. I think you're great, my friend. Love, peace, chicken grease.

  • @emmawhelan-galbraith6895
    @emmawhelan-galbraith6895 Год назад

    Iron Maiden are amazing live even today. Cliff if you like horror movies try listening to Ice Nine Kills. Anything from the silver scream album.

  • @MsBenlane
    @MsBenlane Год назад +1

    at the time preachers went off on this published a tract with steve on the cover satanic etc. they have holy smoke with lyrics about tv preachers jimmy the reptile and the makeup queen etc

  • @jen3365
    @jen3365 Год назад +1

    RUN TO THE HILLS!!! you'll love that one

  • @arnoldcox9128
    @arnoldcox9128 Год назад

    Just a lot of fun to listen to

  • @williamskiles7098
    @williamskiles7098 Год назад

    Saw this show, they were opening for Scorpion on Blackout tour

  • @davidmcintyre8145
    @davidmcintyre8145 Год назад

    The song was inspired by the poem Tam o Shanter by Robert Burns

  • @justpassingthrough3657
    @justpassingthrough3657 Год назад +1

    First vinyl album I bought at 13. The beginning is a bible verse. Revelation 13:18. Maiden is a walk through history in their lyrics

  • @jimmurphy7035
    @jimmurphy7035 Год назад

    They bring out a 14' tall robot of their mascot Eddie in their live shows. It's amazing live. I highly recommend you see them in concert.

  • @ivana5532
    @ivana5532 Год назад +1

    🤘🏻🎶🤘🏻🤍 grew up on Iron Maiden….

  • @beetbeet5910
    @beetbeet5910 Год назад +1

    Run to the hills is a must! Halo be thy name another hit

  • @maryannerazzano7692
    @maryannerazzano7692 Год назад

    Best fry scream ever !! 🤘

  • @chrisgonzalez4414
    @chrisgonzalez4414 Год назад +1

    Bru your a major player in the rock scene when you have a official Lego video to the studio track. FUNNY AS HELL.

  • @45Lonewolf45
    @45Lonewolf45 Год назад

    Maiden does a good live version of Dance Of Death from Santiago Chile 2011 and Rime Of The Ancient Mariner live Long Beach California 1985 , I’ve been following Maiden since late 70s

  • @jellis.tw01
    @jellis.tw01 10 месяцев назад

    Dance of Death, 1 of their best fs

  • @BoldDreadman
    @BoldDreadman Год назад

    You have to check Fear of the dark for sure. That was my fav album ftom teen times... Its darker...😊

  • @user-uw1xv7ed2r
    @user-uw1xv7ed2r 10 месяцев назад

    Dan Vasc just released his cover of this song Halloween night. It is AWESOME! Please do a reaction!

  • @Psycholib111
    @Psycholib111 Год назад +1

    I grew up with Iron Maiden, it was Steve Harris that got me into playing bass many years ago.
    You should check out the singer Bruce Dickinsons song, Tears Of The Dragon.
    And.... completly out of left field, you should check out a track by a southern Indian band called Thaikkudam Bridge - Fish Rock - Live (Kappa TV version) and if you want something... stranger... then Thaikkudam Bridge -Chathe.

  • @tannonwraith4692
    @tannonwraith4692 Год назад +2

    UP THE IRONS BROTHER!

  • @corellianartist
    @corellianartist Год назад +2

    Up the irons 🤘🏻

  • @alexbonner2128
    @alexbonner2128 Год назад +1

    Do Run to the Hills!! Guaranteed to give you an energy boost!!! 😁

  • @AbnEngrDan
    @AbnEngrDan Год назад

    This song is about the dangers of evil. He switches perspectives from a witness and what he saw... to the Devil himself.

  • @debratorkelson6036
    @debratorkelson6036 2 месяца назад

    Iron Maiden - Running Free

  • @hawkesjk
    @hawkesjk 5 месяцев назад

    You need to check their live stuff!!!!!!!

  • @lesliebrewer7770
    @lesliebrewer7770 Год назад

    Cliff you need to listen to Rime Of The Ancient Mariner live (izod Center /New Jersey USA March 14th 2008) it will blow your mind

  • @unclefoot
    @unclefoot Год назад

    I love that you’re digging into more rock and metal!
    Iron Maiden and Bruce Dickinson were indeed a huge influence on Jack Black and Tenacious D.
    I don’t think it’s a stretch at all the say that the vast majority of rock and metal that’s come out after Iron Maiden has been influenced by them in some way.
    They’re legends for a reason!!! Also, this song is a perfect example of Yngwie Malsteem’s philosophy:
    “Less isn’t more, more is more!!”
    I know it’s a stretch but I’d love to see Cliff react to some modern metalcore/deathcore. He’ll need to have lyrics on hand for a lot of the screaming but there’s a whole world of incredible lyricism tucked away in so many different “metal” sub genres.
    A couple of note….
    Silent Planet-Panic Room
    System of a Down-BYOB
    Fit for an Autopsy-Far From Heaven
    Cheers!

  • @busterbell871n
    @busterbell871n Год назад

    More Maiden please!

  • @pieterdebruin6249
    @pieterdebruin6249 Год назад

    Brother man, try "The man of sorrows". As a song writer, you might just like a song that will get you thinking. Take care man🎼🎤🖤

  • @Raven5150
    @Raven5150 11 месяцев назад

    His song is about a dream a member of the bad had

  • @MsBenlane
    @MsBenlane Год назад +1

    later on such as dance of deatyh they had 3 guitars

  • @Johnnyultra1
    @Johnnyultra1 Год назад

    Not too late to play guitar. I started at 50 and don't regret a minute.
    Do you research, alot of good cheap guitars and amps.
    RocOn!

  • @aydenmcdonald2817
    @aydenmcdonald2817 5 месяцев назад

    Should do 2 Minutes to Midnight or Run to the Hills

  • @robertadlington650
    @robertadlington650 Год назад

    its a song about a bad dream steve had so christians relax lol

  • @geneticrex
    @geneticrex Год назад

    Nothing more than a song about a nightmare the bass player had after watching a horror film called, "The Omen".
    Those that are too soft to take should find a safe space, crawl up into a ball and cry themselves to sleep.

  • @C_mao
    @C_mao Год назад

    Jack Black was probably influenced by Dio as well. Eighties metal in general.
    80's classic metal is still winning

  • @user-qv2ur2bw3z
    @user-qv2ur2bw3z Год назад

    Up The Irons

  • @DinamesLozen
    @DinamesLozen Год назад

    I discovered Iron Maiden rather late and only clicked with a few songs. However ever since I've heard a cover of this song done by Shawn James years later, I can no longer hear it any other way than his rendition.
    If you ever get the chance do check it out someday, gave it some extra nuances.
    EDIT: Personal fav from Iron Maiden, Fear of the dark.

  • @michaelbraum77
    @michaelbraum77 Год назад +2

    Tell your religious people on here that there is nothing wrong the number 666! It is an error that was proven decades ago, but Hollywood and the Bible "thumpers", bring on the hate, still insist it's 666. It is actually 616!!!
    The original Nosferatu is an amazing film!

  • @Trash_panda_real
    @Trash_panda_real Год назад

    The voice was Vicente price the greatest horror actor of the 40s and 50s

    • @David_Jhawk
      @David_Jhawk 10 месяцев назад

      Intro voice was actually Barry Clayton, Vincent wanted to much money

  • @talismanmia2537
    @talismanmia2537 Год назад +1

    Song has nothing to do with the band and ties to Satan stuff. Written by founder and bassist Steve Harris, it's inspired by a dream he had after seeing the movie Omen II.

  • @zeem3366
    @zeem3366 Год назад

    I'm happy you enjoy metal music but honestly if you like blistering guitar solos and a voice that sounds like metal you honestly need to check out the Metal Gods themselves Judas Priest. Judas paved the way for Iron Maiden, here's a couple of suggestions, Painkiller the video, and a little more mellow than that Victim of Changes. Dreamer Deceiver/Deceiver

  • @happywebster7151
    @happywebster7151 Год назад

    think you could check out jason isbell and the 400 unit "go it alone"

  • @janeteitsworth8824
    @janeteitsworth8824 10 месяцев назад

    You have heard the original now check out Dan Vasc version.

  • @ThomasTallant
    @ThomasTallant Год назад

    OK sir, imagine, (me) at 12? years old, thinking this is the most amazing thing I've ever heard (again, 12, but loved ACDC) and this video was BANNED. My mom was SO mad that I spent $20 (US) dollars to buy the VHS tape of 4 songs from Maiden. I feel SO old, but I hope you get how spoiled we are now with the internet. 🤘🤘🤘

  • @KevPage-Witkicker
    @KevPage-Witkicker 6 месяцев назад

    It's mad when you see reactors (not yourself, thankfully) think that the bands mean the things they sing about, so many calling Iron Maiden satanic for the lyrics in this song, yet do they think Madonna really wants to "Dress You Up In My Life" or that Was Not Was intend to walk a dinosaur?

  • @bobgolleher9195
    @bobgolleher9195 Год назад

    You shouldn't lose viewers, they are not that kind of a band. They are a story telling band about history of the World. And yes Steve Harris wrote this song after having a nightmare from seeing the Omen. He wrote what he saw in his dream.

  • @dvaderwasframed
    @dvaderwasframed Год назад

    Hi ya! New subscriber here. So with you growing up around the horror scene I got a couple videos for you. !. Slipknot - The Devil In I. The meaning behind this song is really deep and has nothing to do with Satanism. 2. Mushroomhead - We Are The Truth 3, Avatar - Hail The Apocalypse 4. Lorde - Blood Red Sandman 5. Ghost - Cirice. I hope you give them a reaction

  • @magich8ball
    @magich8ball Год назад

    How about some Motorhead? Motorhead - Ace Of Spades

  • @brucedickinson12
    @brucedickinson12 Год назад +1

    Children of the dammed off the same album

  • @osamaqtaitat
    @osamaqtaitat Год назад

    Stop caring about stupid arrogant religious ideas, but respect everyone to have it as long as they keep it to themselves without hatred, arrogance, indoctrination, and racism.
    Up the Irons!! And yeah, it’s REAL MUSIC!

  • @chrisgonzalez4414
    @chrisgonzalez4414 Год назад

    Bart Simpson singing this , I have the power I have the force , I have the power to make you eat my shorts.

  • @MsBenlane
    @MsBenlane Год назад

    cuts from stuff like i was a teenage weresolf, the devils bride how to make a monster

  • @ALPHAMAGASLAP
    @ALPHAMAGASLAP Год назад +1

    Actually this is a warning against the devil.
    I have been a Maiden fan for 40 years.
    Many of Maidens songs are from Bible verses.
    Some members of the band are Christians ✝️ as myself.
    It amazes me how many people haven't heard this song before.
    I guess you would need to grow up in the greatest generation X

    • @azzajames7661
      @azzajames7661 Год назад +1

      The song is actually about a nightmare Steve Harris had after watching a horror movie.
      yes, Nicko McBrain is a full on christian.

  • @C_mao
    @C_mao Год назад

    (people who like this, also liked, ..) Dio -Don't Talk to Strangers

  • @Raven5150
    @Raven5150 11 месяцев назад

    The system the had back then that used numbers for letters i can't think of the name it starts with g but 666 is empeorer Nero of Roma i looked up my name and my number is 105