Classical Composer Reacts to The Prophecy (Iron Maiden) | The Daily Doug (Episode 129)
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2021
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In this episode of #TheDailyDoug, I'm reacting to The Prophecy by Iron Maiden. I was really taken by this harmonically interesting and lyric follow-up to Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. Great stuff!
Reference Video: • The Prophecy (2015 Rem...
The prophecy happened : Doug will listen to the full Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album ! He can't avoid that !
Correct. It is Iron Maiden's height of perfection as a complete concept album.
I can‘t think of one song on it that would not be worth it.
@@Macloud2 agree.. just listening it again 😅🤘🏻
Yep, specially tracks #1 , #5, #6 and #8.
BRING ON THE CLAIRVOYANT!
"Seventh Son" is one of those rare albums where "All killer, no filler" actually applies
i would like to play with some maddness and say that there actually is one
Fully agree, it's my favourite maidens album
@@charlimpaccel5065 fuck that, it's killer
@@mikeh7649 me too. so consistent and unique. great themes, mysterious atmosphere
@@phillytheflyerable yeah it's a great album, can I play with madness is probably the weakest track imo, decent song on its own but the entire album as an experience I think can I play with madness should of been tweated a bit to fit in more.
Seven deadly sins, seven ways to win. Seven holy paths to hell and your trip begins. Seven downward slopes, seven bloodied hopes. Seven are your burning fires, seven your desires.
Burning fires.
@@keltarking yes, thank you for the correction, my OCD kicked right in haha
Moonchil - only the good die young. Best Album!
Lol autocorrect strikes again
Loving your reviews of Maiden.
I'm now looking forward to Maiden Mondays, (actually Tuesday in my time zone 😉)
Its a concept album, its made to be listened to in a dark room with headphones on from start to finish.
Its an utter masterpiece.
If only "Can I Play with Madness" wasn't there, or just different it would be perfect.
Well said. My thoughts too !
And back in the day...the lyrics spread before you and staring at the magnificent art work on the vinyl LP..... totally absorbed into the music and complex tapestry Bruce and crew paint for the minds eye to see! God I miss those days!
If you believe Bruce, it's an incomplete concept album: he stuck to the story, Steve went off at tangents, so the story didn't get told properly. In his view at least. Still a really good album though.
@@Nekrovelho yeah, i agree, the others songs are too good *-*
First video: "Hey, I'm Doug Helvering, a classical composer and I'm going to react to this heavy metal piece..."
2023: "Hey, I'm Doug Hell Wolverine, a metalhead and I'm going to react to this heavy metal piece..."
🤘🏼😎🤘🏼
Well we now know what Doug needs to do for a Halloween reaction video!
@@KhordLizardMage Yeah, the Helloween song!
😉😁😆🤣😂🤘👍
🤣🤣🤣
But I mean, it is not that hard to like Classical Music and Metal at the same time. Both are beautiful when well done.
The next song 'The clairvoyant' follows perfectly
My favorite track off seventh son is the clairvoyant!
And it isn't in the key of E.
Iv already been hearing the bass intro in my mind! I thought what a waste not hearing and the next one
And it's a great song!
@@Alfaqwad Mine as well.
5 words: Dave Murray is a GENIUS!
Dave and Adrian..., what a great team😎
Adrian pretty brilliant as, well mate but both together are peerless.
And Adrian Smith is the perfect and only complimentary lead/rhythm guitarist. I’d put “Walking On Glass” up against any other dueling guitar solos around 👊🏼💯
@@km123m8 That face he makes, I call it the kiss of excellence 👊🏼💯
Smoothest solos ever
The Prophecy is actually one of mine favourite Maiden's songs
Right there with you buddy!!!
me too, so unique
Indeed!
Seventh Son, is a concept album. Please listen to the full thing!!
This ^^^^^
yes
Infinite dreams from that album is their most underrated song
It's one of my all time favourites.
And it's their best song, no doubt.
What? Underrated? Nah.
*highest rated
If Infinite Dreams is actually underrated - and I don‘t think so, it may be because of the strong competition on this album. And sure there are lots of Maiden fans that basically don‘t like the „guitar synth/keys era“ (Somewhere in Time, 7th Son).
Never played live, which is criminal in my opinion. Seventh Son is Maiden at their absolute peak, imagine a live show based around a complete performance of this album !!!
I love Bruce, but I don't think he could sing this live, certainly not now. maybe back in the late 80's early 90s.
this is a pretty tough song to do vocally... I imagine bruce wouldnt want to do it. its pretty tricky so he would be more likely to have errors, and probably thrash his voice in the process.
They should have played it in its entirety for the Maiden England throwback tour. A real missed opportunity IMO.
@@WastedYears76 Yes! After doing AMOLAD in whole, I figured that was a perfect time to finally to the whole album, but instead they dropped Infinite Dreams, arguably the albums best track.
I thought there's one!! Disappointed
Seventh Son was Dave Murray’s album. His playing was epic.
Well, to be honest, even tough Dave's playing on 7th son album is phenomenal, ıt's definitely an Adrian & Steve album, conceptually and musically speaking, very much like Somewhere In Time.
Yes.u r right justin evans
What about Adrian?
As far as I'm concerned, "Seventh Son" was Iron Maiden's last album. Everything after that is just...a sad shadow of what they were, produced in Steve's barn studio. No wonder Adrian left amidst of the recording sessions for "No prayer".
@@K4l4mburg0 I would agree, but Brave New World (and Dance of Death for that matter) are almost just as good!
seventh son of a seventh son is my all time fav Maiden album..
Mine too, for many years. Final Frontier really blew me away though. It's a close run thing.
For me too, Somewhere in time is my fav too.
this album simply had some special atmosphere as you are listening to it, and as soon as the last song is over with outro, somehow you feel empty after it, like a part of your soul died
Same here! Got it day one in '88 and have loved it ever since.
@@tomwisniewski8988 Me too. Went to the concert back then. Got the t-shirt. Maiden was my #1... until Symphony-X showed up. Now.... it's LOVEBITES. ( And the circle is complete! )
I'm a big Maiden fan and I've never realised how compositionally interesting this song is. Thank you for your education!!
This. I am NOT a singer but somehow I could belt this song out back in the day. Still kinda can apparently...never knew it was this complicated.
Same, top comment here
I was not expecting this underrated maiden song
Me either. Since he's willing to look beyond the big songs I'd love to see him try Still Life or Strange World.
@@Devilofdoom I remember the first maiden cd my dad burned for me 8 years ago when I was in third grade was maiden England which had still life on it. What an underrated song
Im waiting for To Tame a Land
@@Devilofdoom Oh, great picks, and easily two of the most underrated tracks from Maiden. "Strange World" in particular doesn't get enough love. Even though he didn't write it, Paul Di'Anno made that HIS song.
Seventh Son of A Seventh Son is a full concept album, it's a real masterpiece, the songwriting is great. I hope Doug will listen to the full album, doesn't matter if he won't make a video for each song.
The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg - Iron Maiden
The whole '7th Son' Album is a concept album and makes a LOT of sense to listen to it in its entirety to get the full 'story'...
"Seventh Son" had some common threads, and some connected songs, but it didn't develop into a full-blown concept album. They started down that path, but didn't carry it through to the full extent.
There are rumblings that there may be a full concept album in the future, or Harris's British Lion might do one.
another Murray masterpiece!!!
@@Bad_Wolf_Media It is a Concept album inspired by the novel 'Seventh Son' by Orson Card.
The idea to base the album around the folklore concept of the seventh son of a seventh son came to bassist Steve Harris after he read Orson Scott Card's Seventh Son.[3] Harris stated, "It was our seventh studio album and I didn't have a title for it or any ideas at all. Then I read the story of the seventh son, this mystical figure that was supposed to have all these paranormal gifts, like second sight and what have you, and it was more, at first, that it was just a good title for the seventh album, you know? But then I rang Bruce and started talking about it and the idea just grew.
I know Dickinson himself said later that its more of a 'half Concept Album.
According to Harris, the band "spent more time checking up on each other to see what everybody else was up to, just to make sure the story fitted properly and went somewhere". To make sure each song fit with the record's concept, the band drew up a basic outline for the story, which Harris states "didn't make the actual writing any easier ... I probably took longer over the writing I've done on this album than any I've done before. But the stuff we all started coming up with, once we'd agreed that we were definitely going for a fully fledged 'concept' album, really startled me. It was so much better than anything we'd done in ages".
So Harris himself considers it a concept album and each song does 'follow' on - even if its not a 'concept' album like Operation: Mindcrime for example.
Not really mate, songs are great, but as a concept is just half baked. Compared to Operation: Mindcrime, from the same year, it’s a joke.
Have to go with Brighter than a Thousand Suns if you go for that album :D
I was waiting for paschendale, but this was a surprice!
The Studio or Orchestra version of Passchendale is triumphant.
@@mikecronis doesn't matter..
Yes I agree. It has to be the studio version, hands down. It’s an epic song you can almost smell the blood, and hear the grenades explode.
Paschendale is absolutely onomatopoeic.
The studio verson is great but the live version has Awsome lighting and visual effects
Moonchild..Infinity Dreams....7th son...Claivoyant...The proph..Only the good die young...they go all together...thats why I love 💕this album
Also, Can I Play With Madness. Love story telling albums.
A lot of rock musicians in that timeframe didn’t necessarily understand the science/psychology behind the changes but would sometimes experiment and run with what feels right to them. Back when I was in bands we would go with our gut without knowing why a certain change works.
It’s a very organic way to come up with some fun and unique arrangements.
Fun to see you, with your level of understanding and expertise, dissect songs like this.
I hope you keep this up. It’s so much fun
Please Infinite Dreams from the same album, best Maiden song ever imo
Lol!
Doug: maiden only writes in one key.
The prophecy: hold my key...
#spittake
Guitar players love E minor, but one of the most famous Iron Maiden songs is not on that key, "The Number of The Beast". I believe it's on D major, kinda unusual for metal.
@@jimmyggs91 yes , d myxolydian
@@emiliosetta3557 which uses the E minor scale 😜
@@jimmyggs91 ... Steve Harris plays bass, and a lot of these "E minor songs" are composed by him (I am a bassplayer myself). Guitar players also love A minor ("2 minutes to midnight", anyone?)!
Contrary to the majority of folks here, I would like to propose a song with as many unusual (for Maiden) scales as it gets - El Dorado.
Guitarwise, If I am correct:
1. the verse is in E Dorian,
2. the bridge is in C# Lydian Diminished,
3. the Chorus in G Minor,
4. the instrumental/solo interlude is in:
4.1. A Phrygian (the solo thrown over it is in D Harmonic Minor),
4.2. E Minor (solo + backing guitars)
4.3. B Phrygian (the solo thrown over it is a typical Jannick Gers' mess, with some B Pentatonic Blues inclusions)
E Minor (almost) nowhere to be found! :)
Up the Irons! \m/
Sadly the song sucks.
I LOVE this song and I especially love that acoustic ending. When I first heard it, I thought it had a medieval vibe. I wished they did more of that. This and Alexander the Great are my favorite.
I still recommend Rainbow's Stargazer, but also Iron Maiden's Loneliness of Long Distance Runner, especially if you want Maiden that's not in E-minor.
Es una verdadera joya de Iron Maiden.
"Be quick or be dead" is another great Maiden song not in E minor
Yep.. Stargazer and Gates of Babylon would be two good ones
Stargazer followed by Light in the Black
THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER IS AN INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL TUNE PLENTY OF UPLIFTING HARMONIES BUT WITH A DEEP MEANING THROUGH SIMPLE WORDS. I JUST CAN' T GET ENOUGH OF IT.
I think this is probably one of my favourite extremely underrated Maiden songs!
Very much so.. It is amazing :)
I agree
Agreed!
It sure is on my top five Iron Maiden's songs.
When I first heard it I was kind of awe struck by the way it comes in and the beautiful way it fades out!
Aces High is the ultimate in your face song , within the first 50 seconds it’s already the best combination of sounds ever
Watching a *genuine* reaction to my favourite band, especially from a composers point of view, has given me a much greater appreciation towards these songs. Just listening, like any other song, for years and years has numbed me slightly to the hidden greatness of Iron maiden, which isn't even hidden clearly! Thanks doug 👍
Well, that was a nice surprise! Keep the Maiden Mondays coming Mr. Doug, now:
- Paschendale
- To tame a land
- Sign of the cross
- The talisman
- Revelations
- Sea of madness
Greetings 🇲🇽✌️
Love The sign of the cross! So underrated because it is from the Blaze Bayley period. Doug should really have a look at the Rock in Rio version: ua-cam.com/video/rbinRcPotQo/v-deo.html
@@heetveldlaan No, he should do the studio version. Blazes darker voice suits this one better.
Sea Of Madness really doesn’t get enough love
@@CoffeeMatt10 Strange World too, and it has one of their most beautiful guitar solos
I'm still waiting for "The Sign Of The Cross" A masterpiece in my eyes.
Yeah, me too...
Especially the Rock in Rio live version!
@@devilsownweaponhaha Yup, I'm waiting for that too :D
If you ever do Sing of the Cross, use a live performance with Bruce. Blaze Bayley ruins the studio version with his horrible "singing".
Yes, but live version only with Bruce
That acoustic section at the end has more emotional gravitas than any lyric can encompass
My absolute favorite Maiden album. It is in my opinion some of their finest work.
It would be fun if he did The Clairvoyant to continue the saga!
Needs to go back to beginning.. 😅
Hopefully someone from a far away land will request
@@biffbarely7045 pump
Doug is slowly becoming a Maiden fan!
Now we must turn him into a Blind Guardian fan too 😉
Oh Hell yeah
haha to much double bassdrums :P
He is not ready for Hobbit Metal. Not yet.
He needs ro to And than there was a silence... Actually whole Opera album.... He will be blown away
He should start with The Bards song, A Past and Future Secret and Lord of the Rings etc before jumping onto the faster stuff.
🤞🏻
I loved your reaction to the key changes when you blurt out "That shouldn't work,but it does' That's maiden all over 😂
We need to send Doug a Maiden shirt to wear on Maiden Mondays :)
With some Trooper Beer.
Love Maiden Mondays!! My life is better now :D
Bruce is epic on this track
Bruce is epic on every track...
Bruce is epic.
Epic is Bruce
You might as well react to the entire album as one piece one show Doug. Someone's becoming a maidenhead!
Oh yeah, livestream of the whole Seventh Son album!
That album has the best sound I've heard in my entire life
this is easily one of maidens most classical sounding songs while also carrying that same maiden energy we know them for with the heavy metal sound and dave’s absolutely masterful solos
Starblind and Powerslave, you won’t be disappointed
Yeah. Both are great.
I think it was Metal Hammer who called Starblind a "forgettable filler track" when they reviewed the album...
Starblind is a hugely underrated maiden track.
@@stuartrose9866 What a bad take! To me it's one of their best songs period.
The final Frontier is a underrated Album, Isle of Avalon & When the winds blows wild again are great songs too.
Finally someone suggested a proper Iron Maiden song! Continue with this album, you won't be disappointed. You're amazing Man! #MaidenMondays
Agreed. Infinite Dreams and The Clairvoyant need to be listened to and appreciated.
7th son live at maiden england is legendary
I particularly enjoy how the many key changes within the song (which I often dislike) work so flawlessly in this case. Somehow, everything seems to work perfectly.
The Voice of Bruce in This song is amazing. It show us why Bruce is considered one of the best vocals of heavy metal.
Very underrated song with medieval vibe and amazing acoustic guitar outro. Dm/Em/Am at verse.
Next POWERSLAVE from Powerslave (1984) album. Written by Bruce. Amazing guitar and bass solos at the same time, and not Em xD.
Yes, Doug should do several tracks from Powerslave, including the title track, Aces High and Flash of the Blade
Talking to Seventh Son of a Seventh Son : absolutely listen to Moonchild !
for sure... i think he should review all album fron the beginning to end
Dave doesn't write many tunes but when he does they're top notch
The last minute is one of the most beautiful pieces ever written
Bruce is a phenomenal singer, but my favorite Maiden album is Powerslave. I got into Maiden with Piece of Mind, but their musicality really exploded with Powerslave. As defining as Number of the Beast was, even Bruce has said it was Number of the Beast and Powerslave that put them on another level.
Still... Hard to fight these words. But when checking out Book of Souls, after like.. 30+ years? And STILL being able to amaze? THAT'S what makes Maiden so amazing to me.
Actually Seventh Son is a concept album, all the songs are conected somehow... it is totally Worth a full listen
My friends and I are all in our 50's, we grew up listening on early Iron Maiden as it was played by our older brothers and neighbors, inherited all the albums, bought Somewhere in Time, and then this album came out. This is maiden at their peak... in writing, playing, style, vocals.
This is one of my favourite Maiden tracks. Bruce’s vocals are phenomenal in this. Would be cool to do a Seventh Son album reaction. If not, Infinite Dreams will do....
I love when you do iron maiden. More iron maiden mondays please.
Seventh Son and 2112...You gotta listen to the whole thing start to finish to "get it"!
Agreed.
Both classic... you might want to toss a Operation Mind crime in there to make a complete madness of control.
This song is an absolute masterpiece... And so is the album 🤘
The lyrics are the whole album speaking to you
"Why won't you listen to me, is it so hard to understand?"
😉
"Infinite Dreams," "The Evil That Men Do," "The Clairvoyant", "Can I Play With Madness" so many cool songs from a single album.
Not being a musician, I always loved this song and regarded it as being different from other IM songs, but couldn't figure out why. Now you've showed why it's so special. Thanks for that!
I was never a Maiden fan then someone bought me the seventh son album when I was at college .
Incredible album . A must to listen to the complete album Doug
In 1988, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son was the first CD I’d ever bought. Still have it today and it’s still one of my favourite albums of all time. It needs to be listened to from start to finish to get the full picture. Maiden were at the top of their game on this album.
I love that you appreciate Maiden! They never got a lot of airplay in the US, but the fans they have are absolutely rabid. Guess that's why they're still selling out 100k+ arenas. Screw the radio! Up the Irons!
Probably their best album. Although Piece of Mind has a special place in my heart as well
I listened to the analysis of "the Prophecy" and "the seventh son of a seventh son" and they were fantastic, but I believe that this album should be heard as a whole to have the complete feeling of the work, as it is a single story , like a movie or book and each song works as a chapter of that work. If I may two suggestions for a song: Ozzy Osbourne's Revelations (Mother Earth).
That was awesome! Thanks, Doug!
Always glad to see a Maiden Monday pop up.
7th son is a very cohesive album
Revisiting this reaction after over a year and it is definitely one of the best! The song, with all its changes, complexity, and surprises, lends itself to your fantastic and insightful commentary. This is too often an overlooked and underrated masterpiece.
I'm so glad you "doug" that Doug. it's very cool watching you discover new music genres considering your music knowledge. It's fun being on this journey with you. Thank you for chronicling it.
man i never expected you listening to this song, for me The Prophecy and Judas Be My Guide are the hidden gems
of Maiden´s discography. Its a shame Maiden never played both of this songs live. The acoustic final section is pure magic. Thanks for the video.
There isn't a single recorded live version for this song. It's unbelievable
It’s never been played live
It's really sad. I fear Starblind will suffer the same fate.
@@JordanRose88 yeah probably. Maiden tend not to play songs ever if they didn’t play them on the album tour. Star kind is a great track, one of my favourites on TFF!
I love living vicariously through your discovery and analysis of Maiden's music, and also how you nevertheless don't shy away from providing some critique. I got into this band long ago, and love seeing the fresh enthusiasm!!
I really love this section of your channel, I wait the whole week for the next IRON MONDAY haha, and I reckon this has been the best so far, good on ya mate!
I didn’t expect a reaction of The Prophecy.. great choice. It’s one of my favorite as well from that album. Seventh son of a seventh son is a special album from all of us “up the Irons”. Infinite dreams is also from the same album and it is true masterpiece!! Thanks again!!!
Infinite Dreams!! The best song of the album and one of the best songs in the whole IM catalog.
Excellent analysis and highlighting interesting passages... Again !
I hope you enjoy making these as much as we enjoy watching them. 👍
Nice, calm song between the madness of 7th son and the Clairvoyant.. i love the full 7th son album. Greetings from Chile
7th son tells a story ,a narrative so to speak. My favorite maiden album to listen to start to finish, not necessarily the best maiden album but the story it tells is spectacular
You must listen to the entire album of course, Doug. It is overwhelming. Perfect job and a perfect channel. Keep up the good work.
Yiannis from Greece.
This was very enjoyable to watch! the prophecy is one of my favorite maiden songs
My freshman year in college, I put up a poster of "The Prophecy", the graphic from the single you showed in this reaction. My roommate and neighbors all started calling me Satan more or less immediately. (In a nice way, if that's possible. Many years later, the mom of one of my freshman neighbors greeted me with "It's so wonderful you made it here, Satan!" at her son's wedding. Their rabbi was a tad perturbed.)
Nice! I had that poster in my treehouse when I was a kid.
I had it on my wall during my freshman year in college, too! 1988.
@@mournblade1066 1989 for me! Glad to hear from a fellow old timer.
You should realy do the entire album on video. We love your reactions. DO IT!!!!!!!
The end of the song is amazing!! Hello from Mexico!! I love your videos!!
Thanks so much for doing these, from a hardcore Maiden fan. The way you name off the different keys and how they work is like rocket science to me so this is really fun.
Love seeing your reactions Doug. The whole album is a concept album! Absolutely amazing. I don't think they've ever played this live! For Maiden Monday next week I suggest Powerslave. E for the chorus but probably one the best riffs in E I've heard. Plus the solo is out of this world! Keep up the good work!
In my opinion The Prophecy is a relative short song because it is the transition to the one of the biggest song of the record, Clairvoyant then followed by last song Only The Good Die Young. This is my favorite Iron Maiden record and it will be awesome if you can react to Moonchild which is the opening track!
I am new to your site and am loving everything thanks for sharing your thoughts and immense knowledge.
This is probably my favorite video of yours so far (for Maiden). Watching you be blown away at their change up was fun!
Ganhei esse disco de presente de aniversário da minha mãe aos meus 17 anos no dia 5 de agosto de 1988. (já se passaram 32 anos).
Até hoje, o acho fantástico!
Obrigado Doug, tudo de bom para você🎼🎶🎵🎶🎼👍
Love it when Doug does his proper analysis on the songs. Keep it up! Personally, I'd go for a Rainbow song now..
Thanks for this. Been off Maiden for a couple of years and now I listen to all of it again...
Doug, I can’t thank you enough for doing this song. This has been one of my all time favorite Iron Maiden tunes and I listen to it 2 or 3 times in a row. The feeling it brings to me I can’t put in words and the ending is simply superb with acoustic guitars. Really, thank you so very much 😃
I still say you should react to “Still Life” by Iron Maiden (studio version please).
Great song..one of my favorites.
I believe this is one of the songs they never played live at all, at least not on their original tour for the album.
And Doug still doesn‘t know Maiden enough when he thinks about „playing a song longer live“ 😂
I played in an Iron Maiden tribute band that learned about 50 of their songs. We had a 3-guitar lineup so we could recreate the newer material faithfully, but even with the extra guitarist and having a singer that could play keyboards we struggled with this song because of all the moving parts involved, so I definitely get why Maiden never played it live. Though I’d definitely argue that Alexander The Great was the most difficult song they ever created.
Empire of the Clouds too. Needs an orchestra and the piano was recorded in piecemeal
Awesome to see you excited :)
The entire album is a masterpiece. One of their best and my absolute favorite.
All songs connect to each other, Doug! It's a concept album, every song telling a part of the story. It really is a masterpiece.
The music on this album was the first music which ever really moved me, especially Infinite Dreams and the Prophecy. It came from such an unexpected direction as I'd always been led to expect heavy metal to be mindless!
It’s worth to listen to this album from a to z since it’s a concept album inspired by the novel Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card. I love the artwork on this album. Derek Riggs best work.
Damn. Doug analysing this song has made me like it and appreciate it so much more.Thanks for another great analysis mate!
I love that reaction/analysis! Thx Doug.