2 more albums?
Ian Salsbury
"From the beginning I've said Maiden will make fifteen studio albums. In
that case there's only one left and that makes me sad. There is a life after
Maiden. And there's a lot I'd like to do I don't have time for now. Sure I'd
miss the band, but there's no reason to live in the past. We'd probably piss
off some people if we quit, but the day we don't want to do it anymore it's
over."
2009 could see the last Maiden album? I guess they`d all be in their 50`s or
so by then and going out whilst still at the top.
Willatts
I remember similar comments from a while ago. If they do stop enjoying
it then the quality will dive, and that'd rather defeat the object of
making music - unless they were broke. If they did decide to call it a
day, and possibly go on to other projects that would never have fitted
within the bounds of Maiden then that could be interesting, but I
certainly wouldn't want to see a Sabbath style "final gig.......ever,
until the next one" scenario coming about.
I couldn't see them really sticking to a set number of albums, any
split would come down to what they wanted. They seem to have really
enjoyed making this last album, so there could be some mileage yet.
Picasso
Why would you want a band like maiden to go out the way metallica is
going out.
They'll still do their solo work, I mean, how the fuck can you ever beat
an album like Bruce Dickinsons Accident of Birth -- that fucking album
is genius! If I find an album as good as that, I will be doing too much
headbanging, and probally end up with brain damage!
All im saying is, let iron maiden go out with a bang, I will respect
them for that.. we'll all have albums spanning 3 (possibly 4 decades)!
WHAT MORE CAN YOU WANT, they'll almost be senior citizens! What a
fucking life they've had, and provided us with some of the best music,
and certainly the best metal ever written!
Glenn
Yep I think that makes sense... Priest are practically 60 already and
they can kinda get away with it because it seems they've never had the
same sort of energy on stage as Maiden. But with Maiden the live
aspect would suddenly be disappointing when age catches up and they
can't be so energetic. That doesn't stop them recording I guess, but
equally Maiden have always been a touring band and to do albums and
not tour isn't going to seem right. So I'm all for it, a couple more
albums and tours (which have already been scaled back from world tours
to Festivals + a few other dates) and then my friends I'm afraid we'll
have to accept that it's the end !
Glenn
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Earthdog
> Yep I think that makes sense... Priest are practically 60 already and
> they can kinda get away with it because it seems they've never had the
> same sort of energy on stage as Maiden. But with Maiden the live
I saw both Maiden and Priest four times in the early to mid 80's and I
would disagree with your statement. IMO Priest had way more energy on
stage than Maiden.
Glenn
wrote:
I'm certainly no expert on Priest so that's interesting to know :)
Shiflet
"Earthdog" <nob...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I saw both Maiden and Priest four times in the early to mid 80's and I
> would disagree with your statement. IMO Priest had way more energy on
> stage than Maiden.
Odd, in literally EVERY single bit of live footage I've seen, from the 80's
all the way to today, Maiden has been FAR more energetic on stage than
Priest.
Ian Salsbury
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I`ve seen Maiden loads of times over the years. Only seen Preist once and
that was last year. Maiden were far better and far more energetic. The band
run about all over the stage...Dickinson in particular covers every inch of
the stage whilst Halford barely moves.
Earthdog
>>
>>> I saw both Maiden and Priest four times in the early to mid 80's and I
>>> would disagree with your statement. IMO Priest had way more energy on
>>> stage than Maiden.
>>
>> Odd, in literally EVERY single bit of live footage I've seen, from the
>> 80's all the way to today, Maiden has been FAR more energetic on stage
>> than Priest.
I just bought the Early Days DVD, and if my memory is correct, I'd have to
guess that either Maiden embellished their performances for the camera, or
I just happened to catch them on bad nights. The way I remember it is, on
the Beast tour Maiden was somewhat animated, but Priest, who were the
headliners, were much more so. Then on the following three tours in which
Maiden headlined, Dave and Adrian were fimrly rooted to the stage. They
may have walked around a little but that was it. Steve was his normal
madman self, like you see in the footage. Bruce was also pretty animated,
but not nearly so much as in the Beast over Hammersmith segment. One
thing about Maiden, though, is that they were typically playing more
complex material than Priest, which could help to explain the why.
Another point I'd like to make is that on the last two tours I saw them,
Bruce was somewhat hoarse and had a hard time hitting the high notes and
sustaining notes. When I first heard Live after Death, I figured that
they overdubbed most of Bruce's parts. In contrast to that, Halford was
loud and clear each time I saw Priest.
>
> I`ve seen Maiden loads of times over the years. Only seen Preist once and
> that was last year. Maiden were far better and far more energetic. The band
> run about all over the stage...Dickinson in particular covers every inch of
> the stage whilst Halford barely moves.
>
>
Priest used to do this thing where Halford, Downing, Tipton and Hill would
all move in tandem, not really a headbanging motion, but more of a
whole-body rocking motion. The entire Priest show was carefully
choreographed,and every movement was planned, whereas Maiden was more
free-form.
Don't get the idea that I'm knocking Maiden or saying Priest is better.
I'm just repeating what I saw and remember more than 20 years ago.
Maiden had a very aggressive tour schedule, and as I stated before, played
very complex music. Anyway, both bands put on great, elaborate shows, and
worked very hard to make sure that their fans got more than their money's
worth. Both bands were a sight to see (and hear) back in the "the day."
Steve Berry
Oh those were the days eh ??
When Priest used to do that "Synchronistic swagger" it always used to make
me laugh and think of Spinal Tap.
I can just imagine Maiden doing that in the Ruskin Arms late 70s/early 80s.
Wonder how many of the local punters would have let them away with that
before the beer bottles started flying ! ;)
I guess you can't really do that sort of thing with songs like
Prowler/Remember Tommorrow etc...
Well you could but it may look a tad silly.
Rgds, S