First time hearing Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Iron Maiden
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- Опубліковано 9 гру 2023
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Maybe one of the most beloved songs by Iron Maiden, Rime of the Ancient Mariner from the album Power Slave. This was a special for Burch and you get to hear his impression of the spoken word during the interluded.
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We were reading the poem for my British Literature class. It was in the syllabus at the beginning of the semester and I didn't know at the time the Maiden song was based a poem and I exclaimed to the teacher that Iron Maiden had a song named this. Like she knew what I was talking about. The album had come out only a few days before the start of the semester. So when it came to reading this in class the teacher allowed me to bring in the song to play for the class. I wrote the lyrics down and the teacher made copies for everyone in class. The teacher actually got into the song and liked it. Great teacher.
My English teacher senior year played Flight Of Icarus for our Mythology unit and my friend and I sung all the words with the class looking at us like we were crazy 😁
I had a very similar story in my English lit class. The teacher also asked for us to play this in class
Absolute masterpiece. The mighty Irons at their best.
I used to hang out with these guys back in the early late 70's, early 80s. We all drank and messed about in the Ruskin Arms pub in East London and I must have seen them play at least 30 times before they made the big time. They were and still are the most humble decent guys you could meet. I even played football ⚽️ with Stevie Harris for a local amateur team (Melbourne FC)and he was as good at that as he is on the bass. They really are top blokes...up the Irons⚒️⚒️⚒️
Man I love hearing European story's like that. I hope someday to go to Europe
@@ShannonDavis-eq4fj it's all true......Great days🎸🎸
Who doesn't love the galloping bass!!
Oh pity...Steve has stated that John Entwistle was one that influenced him
I saw the Powerslave tour and it was one of the best concerts I have ever seen. I would lay on my bed with the speakers by my ears until I got headphones for Christmas.
I love my live after death dvd!!
I did the exact same thing. I saw them on the Powerslave in Germany. Motley Crue opened for him. Dear GOD it was loud. Iron Maiden played so long that people were leaving from sheer exhaustion. They brought Eddie out. Freaked me out. When I finally said to myself. I need some air. I walked out, we're all sweaty, ears ringing, Iron Maiden was still playing.
I did a report in history class in 1987 on Alexander the Great and used Maidens song. Teacher loved it gave me an A.
Literature class my senior year, we metalheads knew more about Samuel Taylor Coleridge than all the "smart kids." (Thanks to this song and Xanadu from Rush.) Our teacher was flabbergasted. We told her ROTAM was a Maiden song and we convinced her to let us play it in class. Once she heard it, she was even more flabbergasted. Good times!
Damn right!
"Froggage" :D
in my school us metal heads were the smart /geek/nerd kids.
"The Flight of Iccarus" was always a favorite of mine.
Back in the day I did a report/project for my English class on the Flight of Icarus. It blew my teachers mind that I knew that from Greek mythology. Thank you Iron Maiden 👍
I’ve literally listened to this song thousands of times and when I watch a reaction of someone listening to it for the first time I I feel like I’m listening thru your ears…..This is a timeless epic masterpiece and I’m glad you guys covered this
Iron Maiden is the best band in the world. I have been a fan since 1982 when I was 12.
1982 , and I'm 73 years old now.
Another one you need to do as a history lesson is Alexander The Great, absolutely great!
My roommates wand I were listening to that album and Accept Metal Heart every single night. We came up with our dream concert, and came up with Iron Maiden and Accept. I went home to see my parents that next weekend, walked into the record store to find a poster for Iron Maiden and Accept on tour. I bought my tickets that night. What a show!
I still get emotional knowing the breakdown and his scream is coming along w his cackle 🔥🔥 still my fav song of theirs - that whole album is front to back banger ❤️❤️❤️ !!!!
the Live After Death version was the first time I heard that song around 85 ...i was 13 years old... Loved it and Maiden ever since...
Not only one of the best Maiden songs , but one of the best Metal songs of all time
1985 this tour came to Florida and still to today was the best live concert I have seen and I have seen a lot of really good performances.
They made the auditorium look and feel like a ship during g this song. Fog was rolling down the stairs and you could hear the creaking ship all around you. I can tell you how good it was but you really had to be there and experience it.
I love that you are an old school Maiden die hard fan like me!I totally enjoyed this one! Stay heavy! Up the Irons!🤘
I waited a long time for this reaction, and I loved it. Thank you guys for enjoying this work of art. Long live Bruce Dickinson! Up the iron's! 🤟
I know you said you wouldn't do Any maiden for a while but I would eventually love to see moonchild are stranger in a strange land
My high school English teacher, who was fresh out of college, allowed me to bring my boom box and play this song for the class because she was schooling us on good poetry.
She, my self as well as the rest of the class had a great time listing to true artists at work that day.
I will always be thankful to Iron Maiden for this.
one of the best MAIDEN stories...great tune
"Scream for me, Long Beach!!" I was there in '85 when they played 4 nights to record the live shows for Live After Death. That was the beginning of a great journey for me.
Burch, she may enjoy Hallowed be thy Name. Always loved the story telling and man does Bruce kill it. Anyways, love what
you both are doing!
"Beause he's Bruce!" The most Maiden quote ever!!
We almost always hear the studio version first. Usually from the radio or someone's stereo. There's always time to enjoy the LIVE versions after you know the orginal. -- Great reaction!
The song by Iron Maiden, "The Trooper", is about the Crimean War. Another historic event brought to music by the band.
Lead singer, Bruce Dickinson also is a pilot and flys the bands 757 tour jet.
I was that 14 year old kid listening to this album in 1984 and loving every bit As loud as I could when my parents were out and then when the vhs came out we had a party🤘🤘🎉🎉🎸🎸
As a Frenchman, I can say that Bruce taught me more English than any of my teachers. I can't believe it was almost 40 years ago... How lucky I was to have Iron Maiden as the soundtrack to my life. The quality of the musical compositions and lyrics, the power and mythical duets of Adrian and Dave, the bass line of Steve, Clive and Nicko... There's a before and an after to Iron Maiden, and I'm betting that 200 years from now (if mankind doesn't self-destruct by then) there'll still be curious people to marvel at their genius.
The story is based on Cooks third voyage to the Pacific.
One of crew members left life at sea and turned to teaching. In one of his class was a young, C K Chesterton who was enamoured with the stories of life at sea. The poem was inspired by those stories.
The spoken bit was a passage of the poem.
I worked in the Mitchell library and the story was confirmed by an academic fellow who was researching for his English language doctoral thesis
With this song I discovered Iron Maiden. It was another stage of my life, a very dark one. Let's say that music, especially Iron Maiden, saved me. Thanks for this video. Long live the Iron Maiden!
Was at Kemper Arena in Kansas City for the World Slavery tour! Remember Bruce wearing the mask of feathers? 🤘UP THE IRONS!
Yes! We just about wore the sleeves out! And the artwork...Riggs was brilliant!
Great choice, IMO. Always fun to watch someone experience my favorites for the first time.
received this album for Christmas of 1984 and after getting my license in late Jan. drove 2 hrs. to Greensboro's Coliseum with my younger brother and two of our friends to see Iron Maiden on the World Slavery Tour. 7th row on the floor for Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry Tour (I Wanna Rock / We're Not Gonna Take It) opening up for Maiden. Steve Harris's right hand is still god-like to me in terms of his strength and stamina to play these bass riffs for hours each night, night after night, year after year. He seemed super human. I love the moral to the story. I love the theme of redemption. Musically, I love the way it "opens up a can of whoop ass" following the slow section as Dickinson's vocals soar. The guitars' solo harmonies and Harris following them note for note on the bass is just phenomenal. My first ever rock concert and it was an experience I will never forget.
You're welcome ...so much... for letting us join you
And nice call using the lyric version! It's easier to feel what the artist intended us to feel when we know exactly what's being sung
My all-time favorite Iron Maiden song. Up The IRONS!!!!
Iron Maiden, Killers, Powerslave and Somewhere in Time are my favs
great reaction!
Awesome that you seen this as well! I got to see all 4 shows at Long Beach and then Vegas, Alpine Valley, Hoffman Estates and Red Rocks. Still my favorite tour of all time!
Up the irons!!! ❤❤❤ Would love to see the both of you reacting to Empire of the Clouds or The Writings On The Wall (Music Video) by Iron Maiden ❤❤❤
I remember buying the record! Still have it and it sounds great.
Thanks guys for doing that song it's so awesome! That song is a masterpiece.
I requested this. Epic song. I saw them twice on the World Slavery Tour. Great stuff.
To be fair The Rime of The Ancient Mariner is a loooooooong poem. One of the longest English language classic poems out there.
Live After Death - Best live album of Maiden's. Power Slave, the best live gig I've seen Maiden do! :) Bruce's introduction to this song is just epic.
I saw them on this tour. Ancient mariner was definitely a highlight of the show for me.
Love your reactions and the way you get along. Please do 1 more Iron Maiden reaction before you stop with Maiden. It's got to be Dance Of Death (En Vivo version). One of my favorite performances.
Really enjoy your back and forth. I am glad I found another reaction channel. Two unique perspectives. Always enjoy finding out what you guys discover next. Love this song
What an absolute masterpiece! The summary of the the story in the lyrics along with direct quotations make this song. But the music follows the lyrics and adds to the drama like an opera, especially the climax when the rain comes and Bruce lets out that bloodcurdling scream. This is a prime example of of why the Irons are the GOAT
Been waiting long time for "Damn Yankees" its overdue for COME AGAIN!!!
Great story and song! I love it when the song gets slow and the poem begins. It sounds like a witch cackling when the boat sound effects come on.
This is my favorite _Iron Maiden_ song. 🤘
It's a masterpiece.
I _love_ the interlude.
The pacing of this song is phenomenal as well.
And I'm like this guy in that this band got me into both recent and ancient world history.
Our English teachers also wondered why us long hairs were so interested in those subjects. 😝
P.S. And what is _truly amazing_ is how Bruce incorporates all of those very complex lyrics into the rhythm section of the song! And I dare you to find repeated lyrics! At least in the way they're worded, anyway; I don't believe there are any!
P.P.S. I was one of the lucky few thousand that attended that _Powerslave_ tour on those four days at Long Beach Arena, where they taped _Live After Death._ I was only 16 at the time. 🤘
Awesome! Thank you Flickering Box.
Its also plays into the live show. This gave the stage hands a chance to change the setting during the long instrumentals. 👍
The best song on their best album! From Bruce's scream and the two minutes that follow are, for me, essence of heavy metal!
Yes! Iron Maiden This Is a Masterpiece as Is The Whole Album Powerslave.
Omg. My all time fave maiden song. So happy y’all reacted to it!
Good version choice, Burch. I think that studio or lyric versions most often are the best introductions to a song. Almost everyone who loves a live version, including me, fell in love with the studio version first.
I remember reading some of this in school, but never really read the whole thing, and I remember hearing this in concert, BUT I never paid attention to the words, because as a bass player, I was too busy watching Steve Harris! Thanks for going with this version, because at 59 years of age, now I pay more attention to the words and this was my first time to really HEAR the lyrics! Go figure!
I love this song! I used it my junior year of high school in 1989 as part of a presentation of the poem in my English Literature class! Everyone thought I was nuts!!! (I was a metal head who grew up in a small north eastern Louisiana town; nothing but a bunch of farmers' kids in a private school) ;) LOL !
Edit: It's funny. I wrote my comment before watching the video, and some of the comments you made about your teacher and others were similar to my experiences!
I actually have a full-page newspaper advertisement for the Powerslave Tour w/ Twisted Sister (Phx, AZ) framed and hanging. Can't send a photo here 😢. UP THE IRONS!
Hi guys just found your channel. I was also 15 when I saw the Powerslave tour. But I was lucky enough to see Maiden the year before on the World peace Tour. 1983. NICKO had just joined
I'm now 54 years old and remember it all like it was yesterday . I saw them in Glasgow @the Apollo. Greatest concert hall in the world. Loving the channel. Stay awesome
Big love from Scotland. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is soooooo good to see live.
Great choice and now to watch the live version. LOL
This song meant so much to me and still does 40 years later. Iron Maiden introduced me to heavier music, melody, singing, history, literature and their cover artworks led me to pursue a career in visual arts. How many artists can pride themselves on having such an impact over its audience? Thank you Iron Maiden, I owe you so much.
This song was a big part of me back in the day. Great reaction y'all.
I think this was an excellent way for her to experience I love the band and the song
Thank you. This is by far the best song you've covered.
This is an epic classic. Love them. xx
🤘😎🤘
this is my jam. i get goose bumps every time i listen to it
UP THE IRONS!!!!!!!!
I used to hang out with these guys back in the late 70's, early 80s. We all drank and messed about in the Ruskin Arms pub in East London. I must have seen them play there at least 30 times before they made the big time. They were the most humble decent guys you could meet. I used to play football ⚽️ with Stevie Harris for a local amateur team (Melbourne FC)and he was as good at that as he is on the bass!! They have stayed true rockers and they are still the most humble decent guys you could meet. Up the Irons ⚒️
Had an English teacher who would play it in class before the reading assignment was handed out.
🤘🏼❤️🔥🔥🔥❤️🤘🏼 hey man, I really loved your reaction of rhyme of the ancient mariner!! I was also 15 years old in 1984 and I watched Iron Maiden play at the Long Beach Arena,, I’m obviously from California lol,, I saw them both nights that they played, it is also the show that they recorded live after death on🔥🔥🔥🤘🏼🤘🏼
best song ever by them! Rock on u 2
In an English Lit class in college we studied this poem for a day in class and the professor played this song at the tail end of the day to compare and contrast.
I had the same experience as you did Burch, back when this was first released... used it in my English class for a report and explored various bits of poetry because of it.
This was Steve's Maiden voyage (yeah, I did it. I made a pun out of it) into progressive music, weaving an epic song from a classic poem. They would venture down this road as well on some other tracks on this album and Somewhere In Time and finally in Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, their first concept record. This would serve as inspiration as well for countless progressive metal bands like Dream Theater to forge their own career paths in this vein. It's why Powerslave will always rank highly on my favourite albums of all time.
Well, I agree this rendition of the poem is a "progressive" song, in the sense it's long and does not show an usual structure. But a progressive attitude was ever within the band since the 1st album, think about Phantom of the Opera, and so on. "Killers" itself has a lot of "prog-ish" moments, songs with strange structures, technical interludes, timing & rhythm changes... And the rest is history.
It was 39 years ago Nov 28th - I was 13 - Saw World Slavery tour and my first of many Iron Maiden shows - needless to say my life changed forever that day - absolutely amazing show! My first metal show with Twisted Sister opening.
And The Talisman! So amazing!
I know what you mean when you say you lost your mind going to a maiden concert shortly after your 15th birthday. I went to my first concert being just 14. The main act was KISS, but they were supported by a (in Germany at that time) unknown band......
It was my first time seeing Iron Maiden (1980). I was infected and until now (luckily) never "healed".
One of the top 5 concerts I have ever been to was in February 1985 Iron Maiden World Slavery tour in Chattanooga, Tn.
I had a spare Powerslave cassette cover. Used it to decorate my history book... It really didn't go down well with Mr. Bowen. God I'm old.
One thing I love about Maiden is that the songs live and breathe after they are recorded, Maiden perfect a lot of the songs in a live environment.
You had to see it live... too much better :)
Saw that tour! Twisted Sister opened in Atlanta!
2:53 My first concert when I was 12 ... and still my favorite over 38 years later
I saw the Powerslave tour in Chicago back in '84. It was incredible!
I would have love to see the live version. But I understand why you went the lyrics version route.
Oh, by the way, my grandfather was named Birch. Spelled different, but you two are the only people I've heard with that name.
All in all a great song. The guitar work in this song is nothing short of stellar.
Great band, great song, great vid. Coleridge was born not far from me in the UK and has affiliations with the town I live in.
In high school, I did 'Flight of Icarus' in one of my English classes.
Yes Burch. I can relate to your memories. I´m born 1970 (I reckon you are too), so when this came out I was 14. And, surprise, Iron Maiden got me interested of english as a language and I learned it basically by reading song lyrics from my heavy metal albums, including Iron Maiden of course, and translating them to my native finnish. I started to write short stories and poems of my own, my english teacher was surprised about my vast and erm peculiar vocabulary and I explained that it may have something to do with this hobby of mine... Those were the days. But, Rime Of The Ancient Mariner is still my favorite Iron Maiden song, it is just a complete song and brings Samuel Taylor Coleridge´s poem wonderfully to life !
And good point to the lyric video, I know this by heart after thousands of listens during nearly four decades, but for the first timer, it´s hard, there´s a lot of text and Bruce sings sometimes at a machine gun speed.
One final point, a funny thing, I have AKG K240 headphones on. Now how odd is that 😊
For shure were doing it too 😂 best from Germany 🤘 thanks
Masterpiece of a song along with their greatest album. IMO.🤘
Yes I remember seeing them in Long Beach Arena on the Second night where they Recorded Their Famous Concert on Video
Iron Maiden is being robbed by not being in the rock & roll hall of fame. One of, if not the greatest, rock bands ever.
It's the Rock and roll hall of Fame 's !oss
I saw them on that tour with Twisted Sister in Nashville!
The whole album is a master piece, try the others songs too!
my fav IM song!!
Awesome!
Amazing
That dress is gorgeous. Beautiful.
Oh, and the song is cool! Up the irons!
Thanks for the reaction! If you want another song inspired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem try Xanadu by Rush!