From: pw15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Philip  Wang)
Subject: Re: Iron Maiden More Live Stuff
Reply-To: pw15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Philip  Wang)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 05:02:19 GMT

In article <93023.214008TJK115@psuvm.psu.edu> <TJK115@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>Iron Maiden are going to release yet another live album from the Fear of
>the Key tour.  Its due for release on May 23th.  Hopefully it won't
>contain much stuff from their worst album "No Prayer for the Dead."
>And it will prolly contain some blastphemous Eddie picture draw by
>that psuedo-artist.

Doubt it. Eddie will probably be still be Riggs' while surrounding stuff is
the new guy, who isn't that bad. There are worse artists. Are you sure you 
don't like the new Maiden cover art because it wasn't Riggs's or do you 
really think it's that bad? I find this cover much better than the NO PRAYER
cover, which was kind of silly. Not as good of course as any of the previous
stuff with the possible exception of "Women In Uniform." My favorite of all
of them is the "Purgatory" cover.
 

>Why do I post this?  Cause Iron Maiden have a tendency to play songs
>better live than on their feeble studio stuff.  

Steve Harris has said before that Maiden songs tend to be better live than
in studio. From LIVE AFTER DEATH, I pretty much agree with him. Harris has
also said that Maiden writes to play live, not to play in the studio, so 
I expect a good live album.

Which version of "Remember Tomorrow" do you all people like?
Here's my ranking:

from IRON MAIDEN (LP) - too slow, drags on and on, and Di'anno sounds bored.
	Especially since he's not screaming. Why doesn't he scream here? It's
	the only version without it right before the fast parts.
from "Maiden Japan" (EP) - improvement overall - more full sound thanks to
	H. in the verse parts (rather than Stratton's simple E minor
	arpeggios under Dave's leads). Di'anno sounds a bit forced though.
from "The Number Of The Beast" (single) - instrumentally just as good as the
	"Maiden Japan" version because they're the same people. Vocally,
	though, it's OK. Dickinson changes the whole mood of the song and makes
	it a bit too somber for my tastes as far as this song is concerned.
from LIVE AT LAST (album) - Di'anno sounds much better, but if only he could
	get rid of that strong California accent and get his British accent
	back. Stratton plays a different solo, the Troy brothers sound 
	excellent, but I don't like Bruce Bisland's interpretation of Maiden
	songs. He sounded much better on Weapon's "It's A Mad Mad World" 
	single. Wonder what went wrong with him.
from MURDER ONE (album) - real cool, my favorite version of them all. Is Nick
	Burr any relation to Clive Burr? Steve Hopgood is great as he was in
	Persian Risk. Guitarists play totally different parts from the original
	with the two guys playing different modes and arpeggiated chords so
	there's a lot of space but it doesn't sound too empty. 

Anyone care to comment?

wei hao
Wang Wei Hao                            E-mail at pw15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
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