Iron Maiden - 6. The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg (San Antonio,US 2010)
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2010
- Iron Maiden - AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX, US, June 12, 2010, during the Final Frontier World Tour 2010.
A special thanks goes to EL REY, the owner of this DVD.
The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg (Murray, Harris)
[Lyrics]
Let me tell you about my life
Let me tell you about my dreams
Let me tell you about the things that happen
Always real to me
Let me tell you of my hope
Of my need to reach the sky
Let me take you on an awkward journey
Let me tell you why
Let me tell you why
Why should these curses be laid upon me
I won't be forgiven 'til I can break free
What did I do to deserve all this guilt
Pay for my sins with the sale of my soul
Demons are trapped all inside of my head
My hopes are gone, reach for heaven from hell
My sins are many, my guilt is too heavy
The pressure of knowing, of hiding what I know
I'm able to see things, things I don't want to see
The lives of a thousand souls weigh heavy down on me
I know they're crying for help, reaching out
The burden of them will take me down as well
The sin of a thousand souls not died in vain
Reincarnate, still in me live again
Someone to save me
Something to save me from myself
To bring salvation
To exorcise this hell [x2]
Someone to save me
Something to save me from my hell
A destination
Away from this nightmare
Someone to save me
Something to save me from myself
To bring salvation
To exorcise this hell
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Bruce Dickinson:Vocals
Steve Harris:Bass
Janick Gers:Guitar
Dave Murray:Guitar
Adrian Smith:Guitar
Nicko McBrain:Drums
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'The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg' is a song from the fourteenth studio album''A Matter of Life and Death'' by Iron Maiden, released in 2006.
Based on a completely fictitious character that quite interestingly became a powerful marketing tool for the band, this song may be the weakest on the album. Its release as a single before the album itself has caused some disappointment among a few fans, but it must be said that, as part of the album, it blends perfectly well with the rest of the songs. It has a similar feel to the others and conveys the same sense of gloom and suffering as most of the songs on A Matter Of Life And Death both musically and lyrically. Anyway, being a weak song on such a brilliant album doesn't mean much. This is still an excellent piece.
Benjamin Breeg was born in London on September 3rd, 1939.
After the deaths of his parents in a house fire in September, 1947, Breeg was sent to an orphanage in the East End. The cause of the fatal fire, to this day, remains unexplained. Breeg himself was present in the house at the time but escaped unharmed.
He was a bright child but very solitary, prompting one of his carers at the orphanage to state: "He has the demeanour of a child who seems to bear more weight upon his shoulders than any person should. What goes on behind his eyes makes one wonder what's troubling him." As well as his academic interests, Breeg also became interested in The Bible and expressed a desire to join the clergy.
Breeg's first job on leaving the orphanage, in 1954, was at a local Undertakers, where he was given the task of engraving headstones. His interest in the Bible had by now turned into what a colleague deemed to be "obsessive". He lived alone and little is known about his life between 1955 and 1959 other than that his interest in joining the clergy diminished. His obsession with the Bible, however, did not.
Breeg travelled widely between 1960 and 1970, visiting many different countries. Living for two years in Haiti before travelling to Eastern Europe where he lived between 1966 and 1969. He was forced to flee from Romania in 1969 following local Police investigations. He returned to England in March 1971. Upon his return, he was offered a position with the International Institute of Paranormal Investigation which he accepted.
Breeg wrote four books between 1971 and 1977. None of these, as far as can be ascertained, remain in print. All, however, concern the sights and cultures Breeg experienced while travelling. The emphasis in all four volumes is on the Occult practices of the countries visited.
Benjamin Breeg disappeared from his home on June 18th, 1978. All efforts to locate him proved unsuccessful.
A Matter of Life and Death is a very underated album in my opinion.
O mais subestimado da carreira da banda.
A spellbinding, mesmerizing and outstanding song, from the best album they ever did, the phenomenal AMOLAD....incredible music, mindblowing lyrics and the godgiven voice of Bruce, all of it....theese gorgeous guys are the only ones who touches heaven with every song...unbelieveable !!!!
Concordo
2010 was one of their best tours.
i wish i was there so goddamn much, bruce is just fucking fantastic
too bad they didn´t record this 2010 tour..
The setlist for 2010 was great. I really like the new material and with setlist like this they show that the've managed to stay strong through out the years and can put on amazing gigs without having old songs on them. Can't wait to see which south american countries they'll visit on 2011. Hopefully they include Ecuador in the Tour, it will be awesome to hear TheFinal Frontier live!
One of my most favorite intro riffs of all time 😌❤️
A gorgeous, blistering song from the best album they ever did, the magnificent AMOLAD......Theese guys performs it with so much fury, radience and passion, as always....my love and admiration for the masters of heavy metal, or any metal, gets deeper by the minute !!!!
que intro que te llega al alma temazooooooo
Bruce at 6:41, fucking amazing
I can´t EVER believe why the guys didn´t record this awesome show for a DVD, I know the material is there, but the guys didn´t think they performed it well enough.......it´s a crime towards all their fans it would have been the most precious of them all......anyway, thank you Dave Murray and Steve Harris for this jewel in your discography...........´m truly stunned, take a bow....
Love this song! The chorus, main riff, bridge and the solo...
i was ther it was an awsome concert
Saw that tour in Tampa, FL going to make the trip down south FL when they kick off the 2019 Legacy U.S. tour can't wait.
UP THE IRONS\m/. 😈😈😈
Very beautiful song, they really are performing good, the whole show if you ask me!
Oh my God, I was there
i wish i was there so goddamn much
@bumba432
Don't go to the gig then. They've already done more than one heritage tour for people who want to hear older material. I appreciate the current tour as it's material that was being released as I was growing up and getting more into the band.
@MrDennyeddie
If I may correct: Dave Murray is one of the four greatest guitarist in the world!
He's sharing the stage with the other three (I'm counting Steve to)
@bumba432 Why?! Oo Because the werent all the classical songs in it?! >.< Sure this classic sight of Maiden is epic, but I also like to the other, new and progressive Side of Maiden! Specially such songs are so rar on their trips ... :(
its a pitty that nobody seems to know for sure who benjamin actually is supposed to be ... still like the idea that it was eddies human name
Benjamin Breeg was born on 3 September 1939 (the date that France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies), in London, England. Both of his parents died in a still-unexplained house fire in 1947, and Benjamin was sent to an orphanage. He was smart but very much a loner. Here he took up a fascination with religion and thought of becoming a clergyman. He was never able to settle in with any of the three families that fostered him, and after he turned ten began to experience nightmares. He began to show artistic talent and made many paintings which have since been lost; it is presumed that Benjamin destroyed them himself. His paintings were disturbing to others and when asked what inspired the drawings, he said he painted what he saw in his nightmares. He left the orphanage in 1954 and got a job engraving tombstones at a funeral home. He lived alone and by this time his interest in religion had become almost an obsession. Traveling the world from 1960-70, he moved back to England in 1971. He took up a job at the International Institute of Paranormal Investigation, and over the next six years wrote at least four books on occult practices in countries he'd visited. He disappeared on 18 June 1978, and still has not been found. The cousin of Benjamin who created the webpage asked anyone who knew anything about his whereabouts to contact him, and, according to the final chapter of the story, one man did. The cousin arranged a meeting with the man that was set to take place on 14 August 2006.
The website, as well as the biography of Benjamin Breeg, was completely fictional, and was later found to have been created by the band to increase publicity since they knew that fans would research the name trying to figure out who the character was. The date that the cousin and the informant were supposed to meet was none other than the date of the single's release. The website - which has since been taken down - sported an image that was allegedly painted by Benjamin Breeg himself.[citation needed]. This was a dead give-away for fans who recognized that it showed none other than Eddie, the band's mascot, easily discernible by Eddie's one red glowing eye which he has had since the album Somewhere in Time.
@bumba432 ^^ right so :) Yeah greater good of god would be also awesome :) Maybe The Legacy too? :D