Talk:2 Minutes to Midnight

message: In the trivia section there was a remark that the opening riff is virtually identical to Dio's Stand up and Shout.  I have removed this as it is not true... Stand up and shout is C then B, and 2 Minutes is C, D... The remark was someones opinion based on the rhythm structure and not the actual music. --Kurtvw (talk) 08:35, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edited Trivia 

message: There are flags of nations that were at war around the time (or were just troublesome) when the record was released (I could recognize the Soviet Union, Afghanistan, a flag that seems like Iran's , United Kingdom, Argentina, United States, Israel and Cuba), all at half mast, and the way the flags are lined make the ruined building look like the UN... or is it just me? Anyway, can anyone lend me a hand in elaborating this? Confusing Text 12:27, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's what it looks like to me too Cryomaniac 21:48, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The cover 

message: Generally interpreted as an anti-war song? Who on earth would interpret it as a song for anything but that? Magicana 11:33, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Interpretation

message: :Image:Iron maiden 2 minutes to midnight a.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Iron maiden 2 minutes to midnight a.jpg

message: I feel that the mentioning of the covers, especially the one by The Iron Maidens is simply advertisement for their band. Hence, I'm removing it. WorfoSAUR (talk) 00:00, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Covers

message: Hey, I was looking at a diagram that compares the entire history of Earth and I noticed that modern humans appear at 11:58 p.m., which is two minutes to midnight . I wonder if this has any thing to do with inspiring the song, or is just a coincedence.
Ryoushibloodfire (talk) 00:22, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: What time zone was the diagram drawn in? InedibleHulk (talk) 04:07, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

text: If this is the one you mean, I'd take it with a grain of salt. Everyone knows the dawn of time happens at dawn. We're just used to accepting the beginning of a day is the middle of the night because we heard it made sense from someone we trusted. InedibleHulk (talk) 04:17, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earth's History as a Clock