It's cool to hear a 19 year old Bruce Dickinson's very first studio recording. You can clearly hear, that he already had an incredible voice here! And now he's the greatest vocalist of all time in the greatest heavy metal band of all time!!! Up the Irons!!! ⚒🤘🤘
There is one slightly older from the first band he was in-speed- the song was called 'on the road' if you look that up you should find it! Edit: i found it, here: ua-cam.com/video/mjaZmWGy6DE/v-deo.html
@@eddiethehead4791 Bruce said in both his book and the "Voice of Crube" (from the second cd of the "Best of Bruce Dickinson" album) that this was the first ever studio recording that he ever made.
@@eddiethehead4791 I think that is false, because Bruce didn't meet the other band members of Speed before 1977. And they only did a few gigs in some pubs, before the band split up. Although I read somewhere that Bruce recorded the song with Speed in 1980, when Bruce had already joined Samson. But I don't know if it's true.
I'm reading biography of Iron Maiden. I just got to a part where Dickinson records this song with Shots and I'm so glad I found this song here. Thanks for the upload! The more I listen the more I begin to like this. It's actually a very good song.
Holy crap if it was in '77 that means he wrote this song when he was just 18 yrs. old. Truly Bruce was a prodigy, his voice sounds like it was meant to be used to sing.
Bruce is the bomb, every iron maiden song that he sing sis great....not one bad one(in my opinion) and his solo career is also amazing. It all started with this master piece!!!!!!!!
A lot of you say that Bruce's book "What Does This Button Do" brought you here. But I came here from Bruce's album "The Best of Bruce Dickinson". It's the last song on the second disc.
He said he recovered the tape from this recording.. and it was in pretty bad shape... so he had to restore the tape.. himself... with screwdrivers and the whole thing..... He read this add in a paper for a band looking for a singer... so he went there.. and recorded that.
Lyrics Waiting for the midnight hour (x6) My name is Dracula, Come here, I've something for you Dracula, I need a little life Dracula, And you are gonna be my wife Walking through the town when the streets are bare in the night Shadows everywhere, are you sure it's a trick of the light? Fear is at your heal but you kick it away, you're so sure theres nothing behind you Thats a mistake you can make just one time I bet you thought that I was a ficticous guy from the movie screen Now its far too late for you to break this date, you missed your chance to scream My only sense of humor's in a jugular vein and your neck is on the menu tonight Soon you will know what it's like to be mine My name is Dracula, Come here, I've something for you Dracula, I need a little life Dracula, And you are gonna be my wife As long as you live The Bride of Dracula (x3) As long as you live you'll be Waiting, waiting for the midnight hour (x8)
@stephluvslayne It was 77. He recorded this with a band called Shots that hadn't actually been formed yet. After doing this recording, he joined the band and played small time until he finished college. After finishing college, he joined Samson. Iron Maiden heard him when he played the Reading festival with Samson. After Di'Anno was booted from Maiden for drug abuse, Bruce was asked to join due to this.
He actually skipped college and focused completely on music, until Paul Samson asked if he wanted to join his band. Bruce then asked him if they could wait for 2 weeks, so he could finish his exams, that he had totally neglected until then.
awesome song!!!no doubt that bruce dickinson would become the best singer of the world after that fucking awesome debut song p.s bruce dickinson is my favorite singer of all time and iron maiden is my favorite band so UP THE IRONS FROM GREECE!!!
@damageplan67 Can't throw out Dio... I'd have to say it's between Dio, Dickinson, and Osbourne. I totally respect Rob Halford, but his voice just doesn't hit me the same way as those three. However, I'm totally willing to put him in a top 4. My top 2 are always Dio, for his aggressively melodic voice, and Dickinson, for his enduring power.
@alexfanx theatrical is something bruce has always been. but theatrical in a different sense than what he had done with iron maiden, ill agree with that.
this was before samson is on his best of bruce dickinson album if you get the special edtion one he explains when and how any why about each songs he did when he did his solo stuff. except this one predates the one on the best of bruce dickinson album becouse you can tell its a liitle difrent if you heard the one on the best of bruce dickinson.
@ironjokk it definitely could be one of those groovy tunes they always played during one of the many chase scenes in the scooby doo cartoons. ;) good call
hahahaaha this is so 70's funky chessy rock or something like that, i don't even know how to call this.. and to think that five years later bruce was singing about satan on iron maiden :)
You can tell he doesn't have the power in his voice that he had later on. The voice is a muscle, like any other it takes time and work to get it strong.
@TwilightAronXD wikipedia isnt factual.. its just a bunch of people writing whatever they want on a subject. theres no cited work on there.. well there is but wikipedia itself isnt responsible for such a thing, nor is the poster...
mój rocznik, a tak z innej beczki wtedy jakoś nikt nie walczył o prawa płodów czy aborterów jak dziś. moe to błąd, bo tak wielu wybitnych ludzi się nie narodziło...?
@boxzila Don't try to act like you know something when you obviously have no clue what you are talking about. So Bruce stole a Lizzy Borden demo song and put it in his compilation album, yeah right
No. It was BEFORE he was Bruce Bruce in Samson. This was his very first studio recording. Bruce Bruce was both before and after he was Bruce Dickinson.
"What does this button do" brought me here ^^
Me either
x3
same lol
Not me. The album "The best of Bruce Dickinson" brought me here. It's the last song on disc 2.
@@thewildbruce5612 right
It's cool to hear a 19 year old Bruce Dickinson's very first studio recording. You can clearly hear, that he already had an incredible voice here! And now he's the greatest vocalist of all time in the greatest heavy metal band of all time!!! Up the Irons!!! ⚒🤘🤘
There is one slightly older from the first band he was in-speed- the song was called 'on the road' if you look that up you should find it!
Edit: i found it, here:
ua-cam.com/video/mjaZmWGy6DE/v-deo.html
@@eddiethehead4791 Bruce said in both his book and the "Voice of Crube" (from the second cd of the "Best of Bruce Dickinson" album) that this was the first ever studio recording that he ever made.
@@thewildbruce5612 interesting, thanks for telling me.
If you check the description of the video it does say it was most likely recorded in '76.
@@eddiethehead4791 I think that is false, because Bruce didn't meet the other band members of Speed before 1977. And they only did a few gigs in some pubs, before the band split up. Although I read somewhere that Bruce recorded the song with Speed in 1980, when Bruce had already joined Samson. But I don't know if it's true.
I was just watching a Bruce Dickinson documentary on Reelz which brought me here. Thanks for posting this!
I'm reading biography of Iron Maiden. I just got to a part where Dickinson records this song with Shots and I'm so glad I found this song here. Thanks for the upload! The more I listen the more I begin to like this. It's actually a very good song.
Man I never would've recognized it was him if it wasn't in the title.
I can hear a little of an Ozzy influence in there too
I know this song since the best of came out in 2001. I laughed back then and I do now. That's so 60s psychedelic but from 1977. Great
So young and sings sooo goood! Bruce rules!
Bruce Dickinson 1977.... Wtf !? I'm so ashamed to discover it now >
Esta canción estaba en su doble recopilatorio de hace unos años. Tiene su encanto, es Dickinson inconfundiblemente.
Holy crap if it was in '77 that means he wrote this song when he was just 18 yrs. old. Truly Bruce was a prodigy, his voice sounds like it was meant to be used to sing.
Chon12490 he didn’t write this song
I really like this tune. It's odd, goofy and right up his alley in left field.
Love it!! My all time fav' singer!!!
And so it begins....;)
I think this song is just awesome! The mood of it great.
I come here because i am reading his book, haha.
me too!!
Haha i was reading his wiki
Not me. The album "The best of Bruce Dickinson" brought me here. It's the last song on disc 2.
Great... mighty Bruce!
Bruce is the bomb, every iron maiden song that he sing sis great....not one bad one(in my opinion) and his solo career is also amazing. It all started with this master piece!!!!!!!!
I agree this song is a masterpiece 100 💯👍😎
a cette époque il n'était pas avec Maiden ce n'est arrivé qu'en 1982.
@@michelecollin4249Acho que ele estava antes de Sansão porque se juntou ao Maiden em 81
Great job for a young boy Bruce!
This song can be found on the Best of Bruce Dickinson album. The two brothers are called Phil and Doug Siviter
Nice Bruce
Sounds he was listening to a lot of Blue Oyster Cult.
It wasn't Bruce, who made that song. It was 2 brothers, who made that song and needed a singer, so they could record it in a studio.
"my only sense of humor is in the jugular vein" ... gotta use this as a pick up line someday.
I... Love this...
what a find
Waitin for the midnight hour.. Cool sounds somewhat like Fear of the dark, lyric wise.
I fucking love this song
A lot of you say that Bruce's book "What Does This Button Do" brought you here. But I came here from Bruce's album "The Best of Bruce Dickinson". It's the last song on the second disc.
Miss the days of this tone in his voice
He said he recovered the tape from this recording.. and it was in pretty bad shape... so he had to restore the tape.. himself... with screwdrivers and the whole thing.....
He read this add in a paper for a band looking for a singer... so he went there.. and recorded that.
That's a fantastic idea for a song, I wish Maiden had done it. :)
it's so retro..."waitin' 4 the midnight hour" Seems 2 be he wanted be like Alice Cooper or King Diamond before he met Iron Maiden in 1979.
cool song!
....woah.
Lyrics
Waiting for the midnight hour (x6)
My name is
Dracula, Come here, I've something for you
Dracula, I need a little life
Dracula, And you are gonna be my wife
Walking through the town when the streets are bare in the night
Shadows everywhere, are you sure it's a trick of the light?
Fear is at your heal but you kick it away,
you're so sure theres nothing behind you
Thats a mistake you can make just one time
I bet you thought that I was a ficticous guy from the movie screen
Now its far too late for you to break this date, you missed your chance to scream
My only sense of humor's in a jugular vein
and your neck is on the menu tonight
Soon you will know what it's like to be mine
My name is
Dracula, Come here, I've something for you
Dracula, I need a little life
Dracula, And you are gonna be my wife
As long as you live
The Bride of Dracula
(x3)
As long as you live you'll be
Waiting, waiting for the midnight hour (x8)
Omg i forgot about this amazing song :D
@stephluvslayne It was 77. He recorded this with a band called Shots that hadn't actually been formed yet. After doing this recording, he joined the band and played small time until he finished college. After finishing college, he joined Samson. Iron Maiden heard him when he played the Reading festival with Samson. After Di'Anno was booted from Maiden for drug abuse, Bruce was asked to join due to this.
revickulous2001 paul wasn’t kicked out for drug abuse. Have you ever heard of the internet? You should check it out.
He actually skipped college and focused completely on music, until Paul Samson asked if he wanted to join his band. Bruce then asked him if they could wait for 2 weeks, so he could finish his exams, that he had totally neglected until then.
He sounds like early rob halford... with a brighter tone.... but the phrasing is the same :D... Amazing
Dm Hm I could def hear the Halford on a couple of lines there.
No, not even close!!!
waiting, waiting, waiting for the midnight hour..
@chris85mdp The Shots, this is one of a 3 song session that was recorded.
This is bruce's 1st song that he wrote. Pretty good when you think of it that way :D
consolegamer2020 he didn’t write it.
Thanks!
awesome song!!!no doubt that bruce dickinson would become the best singer of the world after that fucking awesome debut song
p.s bruce dickinson is my favorite singer of all time and iron maiden is my favorite band so UP THE IRONS FROM GREECE!!!
Muito talento
Algum brasileiro em pleno 2021 ouvindo essa relíquia??
holy shit this is a fucking amazing song!
A classic
Verse sounds like killers song from killers album
Bom D+!!!
19 anos
@damageplan67 Can't throw out Dio... I'd have to say it's between Dio, Dickinson, and Osbourne. I totally respect Rob Halford, but his voice just doesn't hit me the same way as those three. However, I'm totally willing to put him in a top 4. My top 2 are always Dio, for his aggressively melodic voice, and Dickinson, for his enduring power.
He's been doin' it for a bit, eh!!?
@DDAY44j YES IT IS the voice is the same
So....apparently....he’s waiting for the midnight hour.
So... two minutes to midnight...?
Is it a previous of "Fear of the dark" lyrics?
No, it's the first ever "goth" song.
o,,o
Previous to Bruce entering Iron Maiden indeed (so pretty previous to Fear of the dark) :P
No. Steve Harris wrote the lyrics to Fear of the Dark. And I'm pretty sure Bruce hadn't played this song for Steve before 2001.
Heavy dose of blue oyster cult.
@alexfanx theatrical is something bruce has always been. but theatrical in a different sense than what he had done with iron maiden, ill agree with that.
this was before samson is on his best of bruce dickinson album if you get the special edtion one he explains when and how any why about each songs he did when he did his solo stuff. except this one predates the one on the best of bruce dickinson album becouse you can tell its a liitle difrent if you heard the one on the best of bruce dickinson.
It's the same version. The quality here on UA-cam isn't the best.
@ironjokk
it definitely could be one of those groovy tunes they always played during one of the many chase scenes in the scooby doo cartoons. ;) good call
It's funny that this reminds people of so many other groups. it actually reminds me of Tom Jones, believe it or not, lol
cool song a little different but cool
whts the special edition called or whts it called where i can download or get these early songs frm bruce? Whts the album called?
The Best of Bruce Dickinson. It's the last song on disc 2.
lol this was Bruce's very first recording so yea If Maiden did a remake it should sound way better
Cheers
I kind of don't want to take this song seriously, but whenever it comes to 2:38, I do ))
hahahaaha this is so 70's funky chessy rock or something like that, i don't even know how to call this.. and to think that five years later bruce was singing about satan on iron maiden :)
You can tell he doesn't have the power in his voice that he had later on. The voice is a muscle, like any other it takes time and work to get it strong.
yup
@TwilightAronXD Because Wikipedia is such a reliable source right?
does anybody have the tab??
this song is too cool XD!!
@TwilightAronXD wikipedia isnt factual.. its just a bunch of people writing whatever they want on a subject. theres no cited work on there.. well there is but wikipedia itself isnt responsible for such a thing, nor is the poster...
reminds me of more upbeat faster version of fear of the dark in parts
Hi... can anyone wrote chords? this song is amazing... can anyone?
Adam Głowacki what?????
Is this THE Bruce Dickinson?
DDAY44j no. It’s actually Bruce Dickinson the insurance salesman. They just share the same name.
@ardon68 It only sounds different because this is shitty UA-cam-quality, it is the same version (I just listened to it)
i'll upload it onto sendfile and then post it on here for you.(:
I think there exists another version of this song.
Nope. This is the only version.
did bruce record this with speed?
No. A band called Shots. They didn't get very far, before they disbanded.
Yea,he was yet a great singer...
No. He was and STILL IS a great singer!
@@thewildbruce5612 Of course, me too I think he's still a great singer.
@@yeailikeu 👍
@brosfs he should try with bittorrent :)
Samson?
Nope. This was a band called Shots. It was before Samson.
Sounds kinda Black Sabbath meets Alice Cooper but not as heavy or as doomy!
mój rocznik, a tak z innej beczki wtedy jakoś nikt nie walczył o prawa płodów czy aborterów jak dziś. moe to błąd, bo tak wielu wybitnych ludzi się nie narodziło...?
Sounds like Plant ffs!
Not really.
sounds like a mixture of Police, Rush and Drugs.
19 years old...unreachable voice
he was 19 years old here and his voice is like presley's. but after that he improved his voice so perfectly and now he's the best singer in the world.
No. He doesn't sound like Presley at all!!! But Bruce is truly the greatest singer of all time!!! He's been the greatest, since he was in Samson!!!
lot of lead guitar towards the end but no riff, I wouldn't call it heavy metal sounds more prog rock to me.
Early hard rock...
Why is this so amazing?
I m here because I consider this a Halloween song....
This is a pretty good piece of music!
Who the fuck is powerslave beside this?
huh waaah?
LOL
Transilvania
:0 omg! Bruce sounds a lot like Robert Plant here O__o!!
Not even close!!!
yea. I wondered why he never re-recorded this.. either with maiden or solo
woah didn't know this was his first recording! sounded amazing already
Whoa, this is interesting hey hey haha cool All sorts of stuff
The basic tone is here. He just put the drives in the Voice... And all is story.
@boxzila Don't try to act like you know something when you obviously have no clue what you are talking about. So Bruce stole a Lizzy Borden demo song and put it in his compilation album, yeah right
Are they waiting for the midnight hour though?
Thanks for posting this - f'king love it!
I think it's before iron maiden, when he was "Bruce Bruce", not "Bruce Dickinson".
No. It was BEFORE he was Bruce Bruce in Samson. This was his very first studio recording. Bruce Bruce was both before and after he was Bruce Dickinson.
Bruce is great and it sounds Little bit of Judas Priest early records ... very good