The Iron Maiden Thread v. The Merge of Souls

[devieira73]

AMOLAD is awesome. Yeah, you have calm intros left and right, but they work really well regardless. Out of the Shadows, Lord of Light and The Legacy are some of the band's best songs.

I was thinking more about Benjamin Bregg (that intro is totally out of place on a great rocker song) and These Colors...Out of the Shadows is really good the way it is. The intro of Lord of Light is cool and all, but IMO that song would work better if it starded with that guitar riff around 2 min mark. And yes, The Legacy is just a PERFECT song 
And I really like the intros of Brighter..., Longest Day..., Greater Good..., but my point is I think there's more than enough calm intros for a Maiden album (7 songs in 10!). I miss the more immediate/energetic approach of the older ones, I just think that it makes the 80's albums flow better.

[jammindude]

Ok.  Let's play a game. 

Imagine that Iron Maiden never did a follow up live album to Live After Death, and they are getting ready to release Live After Death TWO.   It will be a two disc set that will not have any tracks that repeat from Live After Death 1.    You have been given the task of putting the track listing together.    In our imaginary scenario, IM hasn't released a live album in almost 30 years, but in reality, you can include anything you wish from the many existing live albums they have released.   Maiden England, A Real Live/Dead One, Live At Donnington, Rock In Rio, Death on the Road, Flight 666, and En Vivo can all be used as source material.

What is your ultimate Live After Death 2???

[bosk1]

What is your ultimate Live After Death 2???

En Vivo

Not trying to be flip, but En Vivo! is just about perfect in my book.

[jammindude]

What is your ultimate Live After Death 2???

En Vivo

Not trying to be flip, but En Vivo! is just about perfect in my book.

But En Vivo contains 6 tracks that appeared on Live After Death....so you have to replace them with...well...SOMETHING.      Paschendale from Death on the Road??   Sign of the Cross from Rock in Rio perhaps?

[bosk1]

Okay, fine.    Keep in mind that I am a relatively new Maiden fan, so I am not familiar with the plethora of live releases by them. 

Those are good choices.  Since I have 4 more to play with, I will add:
-Wasted Years (Flight 666)
-The Clansman (RiR)

I will come up with more.

[devieira73]

We can dream... a lot?

Wicker Man
Montesgur
Paschendale
Brighter than a thousand suns
Where Eagles Dare
Caugh Somewhere in Time
Wasted Years
Killers
Sign of the Cross
Man on the Edge
Ghost of Navigator
Tailgunner
Be Quick
No Prayer
Seventh Son
Mother Russia
The Legacy

Encore:
Moonchild
Infinite Dreams
Fear of the Dark

[TAC]

Ok.  Let's play a game. 
It will be a two disc set that will not have any tracks that repeat from Live After Death 1.
   
you can include anything you wish from the many existing live albums they have released.   

What is your ultimate Live After Death 2???

CD 1
Where Eagles Dare (A Real Dead One)
Wasted Years (Flight 666)
Die With Your Boots On  (Maiden England)
Infinite Dreams (Maiden England)
Coming Home (En Vivo)
Dance Of Death (Death On The Road)
Remember Tomorrow (A Real Dead One)
The Clansman (Rock In Rio)
The Talisman (En Vivo)
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (Maiden England)

CD 2
Be Quick Of Be Dead (Live At Donnington)
No Prayer For The Dying (FOTD B Side)
Pashendale (Death On The Road)
Still Life (Maiden England)
Sign Of The Cross (Rock In Rio)
Brave New World (Death On The Road)
When The Wild Wind Blows (En Vivo)
Fear Of The Dark (Death On The Road)
******
Transylvania (A Real Dead One)
Prowler (A Real Dead One)
******
Moonchild (Flight 666)
The Evil That Men Do (En Vivo)

[devieira73]

We can dream... a lot?

Wicker Man
Montesgur
Paschendale
Brighter than a thousand suns
Where Eagles Dare
Caugh Somewhere in Time
Wasted Years
Killers
Sign of the Cross
Man on the Edge
Ghost of Navigator
Tailgunner
Be Quick
No Prayer
Seventh Son
Mother Russia
The Legacy

Encore:
Moonchild
Infinite Dreams
Fear of the Dark

All right, down to 1 hour and 40 minutes:

Wicker Man
Montesgur
Paschendale
Brighter than a Thousand Suns
Where Eagles Dare
Caught Somewhere in Time
Wasted Years
Killers
Man on the Edge
Tailgunner
Be Quick
No Prayer
Seventh Son
The Legacy

Encore:
Moonchild
Infinite Dreams
Fear of the Dark

PS: We can choose songs that are never released or played live before, right?

[jammindude]

Nope you have to choose from existing live releases

[425]

But En Vivo contains 6 tracks that appeared on Live After Death....so you have to replace them with...well...SOMETHING.   

Yeah but... one of those is Iron Maiden. They would never, not in a billion years, play a concert or release a live album that did not include that song.

[devieira73]

Nope you have to choose from existing live releases

So here we go:

Wicker Man
The Ghost of Navigator
The Final Frontier
El Dorado
Remember Tormorrow
The Prisioner
Still Life
Where Eagles Dare
Paschendale
Dream of Mirrors
Wasted Years
Killers
Tailgunner
Be Quick
The Clairvoyant
Seventh Son
The Evil that Men Do

Encore:
Moonchild
Infinite Dreams
Fear of the Dark
Prowler

[ozzy554]

I was listening to what has been released from Diannos new project Architects of Chaoz. To be honest I'm liking what I'm hearing so far. Now if he would get his ass in shape and work on his live performances that would be great.

[sneakyblueberry]

We can dream... a lot?

Wicker Man
Montesgur
Paschendale
Brighter than a thousand suns
Where Eagles Dare
Caugh Somewhere in Time
Wasted Years
Killers
Sign of the Cross
Man on the Edge
Ghost of Navigator
Tailgunner
Be Quick
No Prayer
Seventh Son
Mother Russia
The Legacy

Encore:
Moonchild
Infinite Dreams
Fear of the Dark

I know this isn't really following the rules, but I'd kill a rabbi with a pork chop to see this live.

[The Curious Orange]

While we're dreaming...

Moonchild
Different World
Brave New World
Can I Play With Madness
El Dorado
Rainmaker
Wasted Years
Blood Brothers
Brighter Than 1000 Suns
Mother of Mercy
Paschendale
Stranger In  A Strange Land
Isle of Avalon
The Evil That Men Do
The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
Heaven Can Wait
~~~
The Wicker Man
Wildest Dreams
Fear of the Dark

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Let's explore the dreamstate a bit further:

Murders in the Rue Morgue
Die With Your Boots On
The Loneliness Of A Long Distance Runner
Purgatory
22 Acacia Avenue
To Tame A Land
Where Eagles Dare
Caught Somewhere In Time
Still Life
Lord Of The Flies
Only The Good Die Young
Alexander The Great

~~~~

Man On The Edge
The Prisoner
Stranger In A Strange Land

~~~~

Reach Out
Black Bart Blues
Doctor Doctor (UFO Cover)

[Mister Gold]

^ I especially love how you have them playing Still Life twice!

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Oups 

[Zydar]

Black Bart Blues huh?

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

There's so many songs on that list they'd never play live anyway so I thought, why not BBB!? 

[aurorablind]

While dreaming:


Caught Somewhere in Time
The Wicker Man
Invaders
Look for the Truth
Remember Tomorrow
Mother of Mercy
Infinite Dreams
Montségur
No Prayer for the Dying
Isle of Avalon
Killers
To Tame a Land
Iron Maiden

~~Encore~~
Be Quick or Be Dead
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Paschendale


(Added Iron Maiden and Hallowed for "realism" )

[Polarbear]

Ok.  Let's play a game. 

What is your ultimate Live After Death 2???

Sounds like fun!

Sign Of The Cross
The Wicker Man
Brave New World
Rainmaker
El Dorado
Dream Of Mirrors
Heaven Can Wait
Infinite Dreams
Paschendale
22 Acacia Avenue
Powerslave
The Clansman
Wastes Years
Moonchild
Flight Of The Icarus
The Clairvoyant


Encore:
Can I Play With Madness
Run To The Hills
Killers
Phantom Of The Opera

[devieira73]

All those crazy setlists just make me remember that Maiden have SO MANY great songs never played live.... and never will
In fact, many of them were played live in some tour and, after that, almost totally forgotten.

[cramx3]

All those crazy setlists just make me remember that Maiden have SO MANY great songs never played live.... and never will
In fact, many of them were played live in some tour and, after that, almost totally forgotten.

This is a sad truth

[wolfking]

Let's have a go at this LAD2.  I'm not counting the bonus disc, those songs are up for grabs;

Sign of the Cross
Where Eagles Dare
22 Acacia Avenue
Be Quick or Be Dead
Brave New World
Rainmaker
The Talisman
Still Life
Infinite Dreams
Paschendale
Total Eclipse
Prowler
Remember Tomorrow
Seventh Son of A Seventh Son
The Evil That Men Do
Fear of the Dark

Encore;

Tailgunner
Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Prisoner
Phantom of the Opera

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

All those crazy setlists just make me remember that Maiden have SO MANY great songs never played live.... and never will
In fact, many of them were played live in some tour and, after that, almost totally forgotten.

Yea it's really sad.

I found this list on https://maidenfans.com/tours, can't confirm how current it is because it only streches to BNW, don't think any of these songs have been played on recent tours though.

Songs played live by Iron Maiden:

Iron Maiden
All

Killers
All except "Prodigal Son."

The Number of the Beast
All except "Gangland."

Piece of Mind
All except "Quest For Fire" and "Sun AndSteel."
"To Tame A Land" has been played live but a live recording has never been released.

Powerslave
All except "Flash of the Blade", "The Duellists", and "Back in the Village."

Somewhere in Time
All except "Deja-Vu", and "Alexander the Great."

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
"Only the Good Die Young" and "The Prophecy" not played.

No Prayer for the Dying
All except "Fates Warning", "Run Silent Run Deep", "Mother Russia".

Fear of the Dark
All except "Fear Is They Key", "Childhood's End", "The Fugitive", "Chains Of Misery", "The Apparition", "Judas Be My Guide", and "Weekend Warrior."

The X Factor
All except "Look For The Truth", "Judgement Of Heaven", "2 AM" and "Unbeliever".

Virtual XI
All except "Como Estais Amigos"

Brave New World
All except "The Nomad" and "The Thin Line between Love & Hate.

Played non-album songs:

Women in Uniform
Invasion
I've Got The Fire
Total Eclipse
Burning Ambition

Unplayed non-album songs:

Virus

I wonder if there's a particular reason why they never have played Only The Good Die Young, always thought that song would be a killer live. The same with Alexander The Great, such a great epic imo.
Interesting that they actually have played To Tame A Land, had no idea.

[sneakyblueberry]

I'm sure I've heard bootleg of To Tame a Land live

EDIT: Yep, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPL1an3xIno

I guess its talking about official releases

Double EDIT: That video is killer.

[cramx3]

I think a good list would be, songs they played on the tour for support of the new album that were never played again.  That list would be very large I think.

[wolfking]

I'm pretty sure that looks accurate, but it's ruling out songs that have only been played a couple of times too.  If you add in songs that have only been played a handful of times or only on it's current represented album tour, like Sea of Madness, Silent Planet or Fallen Angel, the list would be bigger.  I didn't know they have played Invaders or Long Distance Runner live.

[CharlesPL]

They never played Invaders live, Distance Runner only once in Serbia (
then yugoslavia)

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I'm sure I've heard bootleg of To Tame a Land live

EDIT: Yep, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPL1an3xIno

I guess its talking about official releases

Double EDIT: That video is killer.

Awesome man! 

Also edit: Seriously, sounds awesome. Bruce have trouble with the high notes though.

[wolfking]

They never played Invaders live, Distance Runner only once in Serbia (
then yugoslavia)

Yeah, I thought Invaders has never been played, and Distance Runner must not have worked well live at all.

[sneakyblueberry]

I'm sure I've heard bootleg of To Tame a Land live

EDIT: Yep, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPL1an3xIno

I guess its talking about official releases

Double EDIT: That video is killer.

Awesome man! 

Also edit: Seriously, sounds awesome. Bruce have trouble with the high notes though.

Yeah, he's struggling there!  Its amazing how his voice and range actually improved over the years.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

They never played Invaders live, Distance Runner only once in Serbia (
then yugoslavia)

Yeah, I thought Invaders has never been played, and Distance Runner must not have worked well live at all.

Funny you mention, I just listened to the audio and yea as with TTAL Bruce stuggles alot but according to the poster they removed it from the setlist because it ruined the flow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09-P_Lt6R00

[wolfking]

They never played Invaders live, Distance Runner only once in Serbia (
then yugoslavia)

Yeah, I thought Invaders has never been played, and Distance Runner must not have worked well live at all.

Funny you mention, I just listened to the audio and yea as with TTAL Bruce stuggles alot but according to the poster they removed it from the setlist because it ruined the flow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09-P_Lt6R00

That's weird, it's one of their most cracking underrated songs.  Nothing wrong with that recording at all IMO, sounds great and the band performed it really well, a shame.

Speaking of TTAL, it was wise to not continue that on future tours.  Bruce not hitting the money note really kills the climax.

[cramx3]

They never played Invaders live, Distance Runner only once in Serbia (
then yugoslavia)

Yeah, I thought Invaders has never been played, and Distance Runner must not have worked well live at all.

I was thinking Invaders wasnt played either, but I assumed I was wrong. 

I do recall Bruce teasing the Greece crowd some years ago saying they would play Alexander the Great.  Seems very unlikely now that it will ever be played.  In fact, the history of the band shows that if they didn't play a song during the promotion of the album tour then they never will play it.