Iron Maiden Live After Death Cd
Maribeth Seagers
reviewing this album cause it was my first introduction to iron maiden. though heard them in music class in 84 horrible tape player but this was first real listen to when 13 years old see this cover in store i bought the cassette tape it was 90 mins long.this was released on vinyl and cassette when it first came out.on october 15th 1985 i was in jr high then. me and my friend listen to it we both hooked right away. and bought the back catalog.
my mom was heavy into church at the time and burned my copy of live after death i was pretty upset.
got on cd few years later and played it until the cd was warn out.i love maiden can listen to them everyday and never get sick of the band.
this is one my favorite songs powerful power ballad their is parts of song reminds me of some music from tv show the prisoner the lyrics were part of the G.K. CHESTERTON oh God of Earth and Alter a hymn played in churchs in england, the part in song where sing this verse is beautiful well written highlight for me.
-based Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem , the song marked in at the time as longest song they did at over 13mins long.that has been surpassed by songs from the book of souls album. Bruce "and moral of this story this what not to do if a bird shits on you" classic line from this live song. this song is epic middle part with creepy witches cackle and moody atmosphere and rising finish epic song must listen.
-cool intro and lyrics but guitar solo in middle is one best ever done send chills down my spine with this guitar solo and bass line ..then song builds and builds as very cool maiden sorta egyption sound to it.
-some maiden fans think this is there best song. i like phantom better but this is up there for me too..creepy intro about waiting for gallows your demise . his verse where says sands of time for me are running low..way he holds the note and and repeats it man try to do that its hard on vocals.smart locals and a blazing wicked guitar solo song really gets your knees a rocking.
-bruce into to song straight head edgy song this was weird listening to bruce sing this over di'anno.bruce half way in works the crowd gets them to chant running free ..they did this when played in maiden england tour on this song fun experience ..and bass line of steve harris kills on this song , crazy how he plays with just his fingers.
not real in depth review just way i see it in my own personal opinion i am not expert song reviewer don't wanna spoil the album so if never heard maiden give this a listen to its amazing perhaps best live album ever recorded . its great for first time fans and album cover art work is amazing, had a dream one night eddie from the cover live after death came out of the cover and chased me with and axe..until got on a ferry got away from him lol.
I know that many of my fellow 30 (plus) years old Metal comrades got really tired of listening to IRON MAIDEN classics and searched for alternative sources of Metal such as Progressive, Black and Thrash. The greatness of this band my friends, is that gives birth to many Heavy Metal kids every day. And here we are, 23 years after the release of Live After Death, there is a chance for the younger audience to enjoy MAIDEN's monumental live performance in Long Beach Arena just like we should have watched it back then.
With all the DVD mania that took over the music business the last 5 years, mainly with Hard Rock and Metal bands, you wonder why IRON MAIDEN let a million Live After Death bootleg-ed DVDs on the music shop shelves around the world. Well, maybe this is the right time; who can argue with Rod Smallwood, the Sheriff Of Haddershfield himself, on IRON MAIDEN's commercial interest? Maybe this is the right time for the digital form of Live After Death.
At last I have in my hands the official DVD, with 5.1 Dolby surround and lots of bonus features. I said to myself I can watch it 99 times, why not 100?. The crowd cheers Maiden, Maiden and then the voice of Winston Churchill makes you wait for the pre-recorded Aces High intro. Fires and blasts, IRON MAIDEN hit the stage with the intensity of a World War II air fight. What an amazing way to open a concert. The stage has the Powerslave-Egyptian theme all over, with hieroglyphics and stuff, the band is dressed weird with tights but in the 80's who was dressed up in a normal way?
For the main feature disc the screen ratios is 4:3 but the unique and magnificent thing is the Dolby 5.1 surround sound. If you have the original Live After Death LP/CD you can listen to the stereo mix Dave Murray on the left speaker and Adrian Smith on the right speaker, reproducing, sound-wise the positions they have on stage, this hard-panning method used by Martin Birch before, on WHITESNAKE's Live In The Heart Of The City and on DEEP PURPLE's Made In Japan that Martin handled the final mixes. But in the 5.1 mix of Live After Death DVD we have Bruce Dickinson's vocals a lot higher on the front speakers, it's funny cause you can hear him having troubles on Aces High melody which hits immediately high notes that without the proper vocal warm up is a tough thing to reach. On the Left and Right rear speakers we have the rest of the band and the crowd noise. This trick creates the live performance feeling to my ears and transfers me in the Long Beach Arena, I'm sure you will go there too. This DVD also includes a solid high quality stereo mix that I recommend on those who don't have access on a Dolby surround system.
IRON MAIDEN prove that they are a live stage band as they record and mix this four-night sold-out gigs and they played like they've never played before, with energy and their music sounds even better than the studio versions of these songs. The other thing that makes Live After Death precious is that you can hear Nicko McBrain's drumming abilities on older songs like Hallowed Be Thy Name, because until '85 we hadn't listen to Nicko in any of them, except the lucky ones that bought the expensive bootleg LPs.
Highlights of this live performance are many, like the mummified Eddie that walks on stage with the band, and then as the giant mummy that comes behind Nicko's drum kit firing sparks from his eyes. Bruce picks Murray on his shoulder during a solo, the unstoppable Steve Harris runs up and down, the classic live MAIDEN image we all have in mind. But I personally mark Bruce's introduction on the thirteen minute masterpiece Rime Of The Ancient Mariner. Bruce says that this song inspirited by Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem that he wrote under the influence of marijuana. Bruce also notices that this particular drug used to be legal in England in 19th century and that Queen Victoria used to ease her period pains by smoking that kind of stuff.
Another amazing moment is the long version of Running Free that appears on the double LP and the double remastered CD but it doesn't exist in the original CD release. In this DVD we have a slightly different version. Bruce manipulates the wild crowd in a unique way that makes them scream from the top of their voices.
After a magnificent dream-set-list of every IRON MAIDEN fan in the world, this 90-minute film comes to an end, with a satisfied cheering crowd and an even more happy viewer in front of the screen that took a journey in time to experience this wonderful songs from the greatest line up of musicians on stage.
The second bonus DVD begins with History Of IRON MAIDEN - Part 2, the follow up of The Early Days DVD. A 60-minute documentary with interviews on how the band flew to Nassau island in Bahamas to record Powerslave, all the funny things they did there under the influence of big amounts of alcohol, the monumental World Slavery Tour that followed with 195 gigs in 21 countries, the Mission From 'Arry incident and of course Live After Death. This bonus DVD also includes the Behind The Iron Curtain documentary, filmed in Poland and Hungary in 1985. In years of division IRON MAIDEN made the big step over the Wall of Hate and dared to perform on Eastern Block soil (making me jealous communists didn't win the Greek civil war). This one hour film includes live performances, MAIDEN playing football ( I must say Adrian Smith is an exceptional footballer but poor McBrain didn't played, he must be awful, I know cause Steve Harris takes seriously football matters), MAIDEN jamming Smoke On The Water on a Polish wedding, and generally never seen before footage of a crazy British band. I must say METALLICA had (and still have) a camera rolling in their lives even when they go to bed; IRON MAIDEN never did it and that is a big deference between these two giants of Metal.
The bonus DVD concludes with Rock In Rio, a historic footage filmed on January 11, 1985 with an audience of 300.000 Latin American Rock maniacs headbanging on the Metal sounds of MAIDEN, Ello' Texas, with rear interviews and performances from Alamo, San Antonio along with the original videos of 2 Minutes To Midnight and Aces High.
My IRON MAIDEN friends, I must say this was 20 well-spent Euros. I do not know if you believe that IRON MAIDEN's music is old news and you want to listen to Doom, Thrash, Black Metal or Progressive and Pop Rock, [but] Live After Death is a must-have DVD that makes you remember the original sound of IRON MAIDEN that drew you into this music. The young ones should dump the Emo, Nu and other Metal monstrosities and focus on something real and solid that won't ever fade away.
That is not dead
Which can eternal lie
Yet with strange aeons
Even death may die
(H.P. Lovecraft, Nameless City)
Da avere sicuramente. Ho conosciuto gli iron maiden proprio con questo live e non ho pi smesso di ascoltarli. Secondo me forse il pi bel live metal di sempre. Lo consiglio a tutti gli amanti degli iron e non.
Fantastico cd Live degli iron. Non si pu non averlo. Lo adoro come adoro rock in rio registrato vent anni dopo. ottima registrazione, contiene molti dei pezzi storici e pi belli della band che ha scritto l heavy metal. Bruce Dickinson e Nikki in gran forma, assoli di chitarra al top!
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