the song also serves as a metaphore for the ostricization that metal heads have felt through the years. sure the song is talking about a guy going to the gallows , but it speaks to metal heads because of how the story reflects the outcast nature of metals heads at that time (up into modern times , which has seen a major change in the view of metal ).

@@DenverStarkey You know, I never thought of it that way. Now I think about it, it does make perfect sense. Been a Maiden fan since I was 10 years old in 78, UP THE HAMMERS !! 🤘🤘🤘☮☮☮

@@timrobinson9192 i was born in 79 but been a fan of maiden since 87. started playing bass in 1993 never looked back ,should go with out saying who my greatest bass influence was. that said i always look for the hidden meaning in a song. maiden's song's are chaked full of "between-the-lines" meaning and ideas as well as having great up front stories.

@@DenverStarkey Not only that, but it's also that, back in the days, if you couldn't pay your rent, you'd either got put on a boat to Australia or what is now the US, or got hanged. The lines "Can it be that there's some sort of error" and "If there's a God then why has he let me go?" could be a good indication for that. But the metaphor really is in there too.

A trick: you can watch series at Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using them for watching all kinds of movies recently.

@Deathstroke YAaAaAaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY YEAAAAAAAH!!!

Yeah that’s the best part of the song!

I'm 20 years old I can hold it also for the same time lol my mom was surprised when she first heard me sing it

Have you heard the note that Geoff Tate holds in Take Hold Of The Flame by Queensryche? It's amazing...

I’ve tried it but it doesn’t work for me

You forgot the best bit, he owns the airline and personally flys their tour jet. Yes I said tour Jet. They have their own Iron Maiden 747. They are the closest actual life analog to Dethklok from Metalocolypse. With much less violence.

@@JonnyPhive I appreciate this reference XD

@@JonnyPhive actually they did something like a movie Who Is called Flight 666 and there Is the iron maiden 747

An even more interesting side note: One time, a bunch of British Nationals were stranded in (I think) Lebanon, and because of various diplomatic concerns, the British government "couldn't" do much to help them. SO BRUCE FUTHER MORKING DICKINSON flew his private jetliner (that he also flies around when they are touring sometimes) out there to go pick them up. What a lad.

@@ANunes06 it was during the 2006 war of lebanon, he flew the foreign UK and US citizens who fled from beirut to cyprus from there. But more interesting is that the album "for a matter of life and death" was recorded live in two weeks during this war, i fled my home under the bombs and airstrikes just to find a network shop to go listen to the album, my car got destroyed, i miraculously survived and continued on foot until i found a network shop opened and downloaded the album and listened to it. best days of my life!

trueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Thank you, rap, pop, hip-hop, country etc. Are garbage metal is the best

@@notsocoldicecreamthattaste7525 metal, blues, salsa, classical

Pop star, it's not even pop at this point, it's all synthesizer bs now

I see your mind is boggled, you're blown away by the TALENT and coordination OF that talent into a rocking cohesive whole. I'm old. Music has changed. Sure, There is immense talent in writing and dropping bars, but nothing like it takes to get 5 members together and COMBINING talents to bring an OPUS of sound and emotion. Maiden does it like no other.

Yes he does

Can y'all see my comment?

Not to mention that he's a licensed 747 pilot, an Olympic Level Fencer, a best selling children's author, a London stage star, and once owned a "historically accurate" Renaissance fair. Oh, and to top it off, he's certified to operate a wrist mounted flamethrower system... And ALL of that is true!!! The man is what every boy wishes he could grow up to be!!! If I find out that Bruce Dickenson was one of the first people to colonize Mars, I won't be shocked in the least.

@@echopryme he beat cancer too

@@echopryme for that we love him and when i saw the flamethrower i said in my mind ok guys i have seen everything in my Life now i can die in a Happy dead(jk) but guys i was like HOW THE HELL HE CAN DO THAT LOL

My fave🤟

One of the better metal albums ever

My son used to sing Can I Play With Madness while we were driving down the highway. He was 4 at the time.

He needs to see Piece of Mind first, cause Where Eagles Dare and Revelations are killer songs.

Run to the hills is so over played that i can´t stand it anymore. I rather change station if i hear it on radio. Radio stations could drop it out of the play list and take Gangland to replace it.

It’s one of their best albums

Song weighting for metal is it different for everybody

Yes the LIVE flight 666 version is a must!

Rime Of The Ancient Mariner was their longest epic song at 13:40... At least until Empire Of The Clouds came along at just over 18 minutes. The former a song of literature... the latter a song of history. I still love that old meme of Keanu Reeves (in his "Bill & Ted" character) that says "What if Iron Maiden was invented by professors and teachers to trick kids into learning about history, literature, and mythology?"

It's ok. Aces high and fear the dark live are better

Rime of the ancient mariner, the loneliness of a long distance runner and aces high are some of my favorites story telling songs. There’s another really good one but I can’t think of it…lol

Alexander the Great is another awesome song too

Most of

Steve Harris and Flea are my favorite bassists

Great comment Kevin.

Up the irons!!

He’s the driving force

I dig his idea😂😂😂🤘🏼

I love that LOL

I wonder how your friend would have reacted to King Crimson.

I like to call MAIDEN a classy metal band

@@necoperez2924 you say that as if they're an exception, if you do mean it that way than you need to listen to more metal

Truth.

That´s propably most played Maiden song in the radio. Every f*cking time when i hear Maiden it is Run to the hills... I would rather listen 50 other songs but no. Always the same song. After 33 years of listening Maiden and other metal music there comes limits that you are starting to hate some songs becouse they play that same shit again and again. Maiden isn´t some one hit wonder there are alot of great peaces.

ABSOLUTELY 100% agree

Fear of the dark in rio tho! Gotta watch that live version

Exactly... me too man!

defo up them irons

Up The Irons from Norway 🤘 😷 ✌️

Nailed it

Have you heard of Geddy Lee? Lol

@@angelone1839 oh shut the hell up. coming on that man's comment like this is just you trolling him for his opinion. sure geddy lee is a good bassist too. but the man is showing his love for harris's playing doesn't need you coming and throwing a poo ball at him. and yeah Harris is the reason i've played bass for nearly 30 years myself so sure i'm a bit biased myself. but that's beside the point no one is coming on a comment to a Rush reaction and asking you "heh you heard of Steve harris"

@@angelone1839 Harris is a better songwriter imo

Harris has a fluidity to his playing. Unbelievable how he makes it sound so easy.

@@mikewilson3581 i figured out what it is that makes his playing fluid , as a bass player is et out ten years ago to figure it out so i watched a lot of live performances of stuff i learned the music to , and realized how far the tabs get it so wrong. for example many tabs of his music will have him jump down to the 9th fret on the D string on a key change, but that same note at that same octave can be played off the 4th fret on the G-string. and it sounds identical when done so. the main trick is to play large note shifts across the strings not up and down the neck. it's more efficient finger movement although less flashy looking . also Bar what you can (fret two strings with one finger). honestly you'll note most professional bassist play this way versus jumping all over the neck it's just more professional in sound and fluidity.

"The Human Air-Raid Siren."

That and with the range from Run to the Hill

Yes !!!!

Especially that "low".

To be honest, I think any live performance of this song is WAAAYYY better than the studio recording. Much faster, which is good for this song.

When did Maiden ever do a 3 hour show? 1:45 is their standard show time.

Wow!! I think I had heard this mentioned years ago.

ou>r> me

They re heavy metal

Yes but progressive because of its theatrical style of music and visuals.

He doesn't mean "progressive" the genre. He means progressive in it's literal sense.

Welcome to the irons, you will like it here

ou>r> me

Eh, metal is a form of rock

Epitaph by Judas Priest would be a good choice as well.

Defenilty check it out 🤘👊

It's a shame the unedited video of No More Tears was removed from KZfaq, at least in the UK.

Agreed

Absolutely!!!!!

I've been asking for it for awhile!!"pure genius🔥🎸💯🔥🤘

I would add Children of the Damned, The Ides of March, and Phantom of the Opera

ou>r> me

saw this tour in Montreal. Seen them 3 times. My friend seen them 16 times....yeah he's a fan...LOL

7:48 LOL

“Gutter Ballet” too. Savatage was a great band!

Such an underrated Maiden song!!

is that the one with the intro played backwards. on Peice of mind album

ou>r> me

Haha. Welll... Only if we're talking the '98 remasters.

Long Beach Arena. Live after death

@@stevegambit7933 To be fair any live concert footage by Maiden is brilliant

18 and life would be good, too

This is from1982.

@@juttapopp1869 thanks. It was a typo. 😂