Basically, The mariner killed an albatross, whiich is a bird that is supposed to bring luck, and the ship ended up cursed. So Bruce's joke at the beginning is "If a bird shits on you, don't kill it, because you might be damning yourself".
In case you don't know: This is based on a 19th century poem of the same name by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Why my college English professor didn't just play us this song, I have no idea. 😂
My ap English teacher was surprised I knew the poem when we studied it in high school. At the end I blasted it over the PA in the theater and we all got to jam.
Iron Maiden embraces timeless themes that call upon us to visit a time and place that are visceral and yet uniquely human. This is our history, our passion for exploration and understanding. The growth of human wisdom and progress. I never disparage nor underestimate our ancestors. Quite the contrary, I’m in awe of them. We owe such a great debt to those who preceded us, and need to ensure we continue their legacy.
That comment you made at the end about feeling like you weren't watching a video but felt like you were there. Imagine what it's like for those of us who have seen Iron Maiden live. I can FEEL all the people at an Iron Maiden show all around me singing the words with all the passion they have for this band when I watch something like this.
This song here is based upon the poem by Samuel Coleridge of the same name.. The synopsis and moral to the story. A mariner is at a wedding and tells a story to the guests. He starts out at sea and kills the albatross because he believed that it was an unlucky omen and the source of their diminished wind. He believed that, once the albatross was dead, the wind would return, and they would be able to cross the ocean at a much greater speed thinking instead it was a bad omen. Because he did this he and and his crew are cursed and the boat is adrift (the slow portion of the song). The crew start dying, 4x50 men (200). The mariners attitude changes and he blesses the creatures which lifts the curse. The mariners sights another boat and is elated and his sins are forgiven by the hermit. The mariners story teaches a moral to the wedding guests to love all things that God made. I suggest going back and read the lyrics
This band is still touring today and they’ve survived the test of music time because they’re all magic on stage live. Like no other! One exception is to another band you’ve reacted to many times, Nightwish. Yes they’re different in their own right but have A LOT in common. The bands are the best on a stage performing to the masses. And this song for Maiden is drop in the bucket. Great to see you two both amazed but a great to see also excited and yet shocked how the music feels. A song like this to really appreciate it more is listening to it a few more times to realize how deep it goes. I’ll being seeing these guys live in Sept and am so stoked to get that rush all over for 1.5 hrs of pure magic 🤟🎸🥁🎤
When this song comes out of the atmospheric spoken word section, "...the curse it lives on in their eye.." vocal line, gets me straight to that awesome scream! The feels. Maiden is without equal. Great reaction!
Now, you know why Iron Maiden is LEGEND ❤❤❤ I love this band so so much , I really love you !! Your reactions are amazing Dominika , wspaniale bylo ogladac pierw jak zaczynalas wpadac w przepasc zwaną Rammstein ,a teraz ogladac Twoj zachwyt nad Ironami ❤❤❤ czekam na kolejne z niecierpliwością, polecam Powerslave, aces high, wasted years, prisoner , can I play with madness i zreszta... Wszystkie sa fajne 😅😅
As a lifelong fan of both bands, I feel Maiden is to metal what Pink Floyd is to rock/progrock. The mood, the stories, the sounds, the textures, the complexity of the songs structure, the feelings, the goosebumps... Man that was great to see you two enjoy it so much. Goosebumps I say. :)
an epic song, for an epic group. At this point in Iron Maiden's history as a musical group, loyal fans for decades, we can only say: Thank you very much Iron Maiden.
I saw this tour in May of 2008, Irvine, CA. The biggest thrill was getting to see Maiden play Mariner live because they had not played it live since The World Slavery Tour back in 1984/85.. Great reaction, UP THE IRONS.🤘🤘
I love Iron Maiden so much, I’ve seen them a few times in the late 80s when I was a teen ager. I’m going to see them beginning of November on my birthday weekend in Philly. So many people are surprised that I like them. One of my Pantera friends reaction when I mention how much I love Maiden was “Really? Iron Maiden?” This is a common reaction. I don’t get it. They are one of my favorite bands. They make me feel alive. Don’t get me wrong, I love Pantera too… but I love Maiden even more. I was lucky enough to see Pantera live with Dimebag. RIP Amazing Dimebag
This song is a real masterpiece 😍 The mastermind behind a lot of Maiden's songs is the bass player and founder of the band, Steve Harris. He's a bit like Tuomas from Nightwish, the brain behind everything (but a lot of their songs also come from mostly Bruce and Adrian, singer and guitar player)
This song is based off a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The title is a phrase found in an 1817 gloss (marginal note) to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1798 epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The phrase refers to the albatross killed in the poem ("The ancient Mariner inhospitably killeth the pious bird of good omen"). So, the Mariner got punished for killing the albatross and that is why Bruce says, as a joke at the beginning, about not killing a bird that poos on you (which is also saying a bird, as in a girl, with word play;) so it is a tongue and cheek joke. Great song and an even greater band, too. Up the mighty Irons!!!!!
Iron Maiden is in the same class as the great progressive rock bands of all time. In fact, Steve Harris, who plays bass and writes most of the lyrics, has said two of his favorite bands are Genesis and Yes (and he even likes the album Tales from Topographic Oceans)! I think some of the other members are also prog rock fans. Anyway, Iron Maiden is a great band, and this song is from one of their all time great albums, Powerslave! Hope to see you check out even more!
And a very humble man. I know Stevie Harris. I used to hang out with these guys back in late 70s,early 80s. We all went to the Ruskin Arms pub where I saw Iron Maiden play at least 40 times!!! I even played football ⚽️ for the same amateur team as Steve(Melbourne FC),and he was as good at that as he is on the bass!!! The best thing though about Steve and Iron Maiden is the fact that have stayed true rockers and are still the most humble decent blokes you could meet. Up the Irons ⚒️
What's truly amazing, is you can watch them perform this back in 1984, and it's THE SAME musicians you just saw (plus another guitarist who joined in 1990). The dedication to persevere, all these years, is just unreal. They are all metal gods. 100%
Thats the right word. It is genius. Compositionally, just astounding. The scope of their vision for this song,inspired by a very old poem by Samuel Coleridge, is just a brilliant arrangement. A showcase of their ridiculous talent as a band. Nobody tells a story like Bruce. Nothing but genius allround.
Oh my gosh y'all!!!! Iron Maiden was part of my youth so very many years ago. At the time I knew them but not so into it. I had not heard this. Wow! I had no idea. Like you said "spectacular". .... So glad someone suggest it to you as well as that you chose to play it. I would have never known. I think that maybe what you said too. I'm also thankful that I listen all the way. Teaches me. There are times when I don't think I'm going to be that into it but I want to check it out that I only listened to part. The first portion of this was good but it just reminded me of the metal bands that were out if a time and just that general music. It's the story develop in the theatrics continued I too was taking past just that classic music realm. It turned into magic. I was there with them in the story. Imagine me sitting with my little phone watching a video of people watching a video... Of a concert performance put on in front of thousands. This whole thing transcended all time and space. Where am I where are you where are they. When was the concert? when did you record your reaction? How long been before I watched it now? Pretty mind-blowing guys :-).
Iron Maiden... one of the best Rock bands ever. I don't know if you reacted to Hallowed be thy name yet, the live version, but wow is it incredible. Great reaction to this one!
Iron Maiden is a "Shamanic band" of infinite Truths and love and light. That nobody else can see and understand. Only UNLESS you have Be-come " it " and totally transformed your-Self to infinite Truths of Soul and Spirit in higher dimensions of consciousness can you possibly ever totally understand the beauty of Iron Maiden. Because, "If it's not Shamanic, it's not Organic. " Not many people have the ability to understand Iron Maiden, as most people live in the lies of duality of good and evil of the mind and are just walking "reactions", and lack the consciousness. But, Iron Maiden = Easily the greatest & most beautiful Metal band in music history. No band writes such depth in their lyrics of the overall human condition with such intelligence & wisdom, bringing light to Truth, combined with such beautiful depth, grace, and power in their music. Absolute masters of their craft and creativity. They are untouchable. All you have to do is read Bruce's published books to see these guys have tons of direct Spiritual experiences. These guys know truth and fully know and see right through the lies of society's game, and they see right through all the lies of Religion (and when I say religion I am talking about the lies churches teach, not true Spirituality, as spirituality and religion are nothing alike). Maiden is so much better than Metallica in so many ways. Much better musicians, better singer, far better songwriting. More melodic. More "pure" energy. Far more longevity and have so many more great songs, and Maiden never wrote a bad album ( you could say they had a sub-par album in the 90's, but remember that was with half the band missing doing their solo stuff). Did Metallica put out some great songs and albums revealing everything in society is a lie, from governments to religions ? They sure did in their early days however it ended there, they did not go deeper into the Self and the greater meanings. And besides, LOADS of Rock bands stated everything in society is a lie through thousands of fantastic songs, and right from the beginning from the first Metal band Black Sabbath through their first six albums. Therefore Metallica never brought anything new to the table. Metallica never really had much to say, while Maiden has so much to say that allow you to really question so many things. Maiden never sold out by producing garbage albums like Metallica's St Anger to appease popularity and the current music "trends" of society, that always pass away, are totally meaningless, and are fake anyways., And you definitely won't see Iron Maiden prostituting themselves in silly reality TV shows like Metallica and KISS have done for years. It's just not Maiden's style. They have absolutely no interest in being "celebrities", or any gossip/drama. Drawing attention away from them because as they said, the music is about much more than them. Which is why they have a mascot "eddie" on their album covers, so people focus on eddie and not the "images" of the band members. Having Eddie (which is just a representation of the blind ego-based mind) leaves them alone to be themselves and they don't have to have any fake image of being "rock stars". As Bruce once said, We can continue making music when we're old and ugly and just slap Eddie on the album cover and nobody will mind. And it is brilliant. Inner light doesn't need the spotlight. Maiden always stayed true and original. Always timeless. Eternal. Nobody sounds like them and nobody ever will. Nobody will again write such important and complete concept albums with such atmosphere like Somewhere in Time and Seventh son, with that super high-level musicianship and genius bass and guitar work (and no band introduced synthesizers into their music with such seamless genius as Maiden did on those 2 albums),, as the concepts of those albums are vital to every human being and Spirit- realizing the illusion of time, and seventh's son concept of realizing the illusion of duality,. The beauty and truths of 1984's " Powerslave" album with it's beautiful egyptian theme, and the striking messages that are right in the title track itself (Powerslave). How humans are slaves to death (in other words, slaves to the illusions of Time), therefore slaves to needing power or any control or judgment, the cause of all our deep inner separations, our greed and selfishness and total blindness, because of the Ego false-self. All of our problems come from our absolute stupidity of fear of death, as humans are totally separated from Truths of Spirit and Soul. The more one fears death, the more one is fearful of life and fearful of fully receiving and giving love. Truth is always paradoxical, as at the speed of light there is no time, it's the Eternal Now of presence. In other words no duality of Good and evil, but only "unity" consciousness of light of the infinite Oneness of the Universe, as you are the Universe ( it's not a coincidence that Maiden's new album has a song titled "Speed of Light"). And it's not a coincidence that "Somewhere in Time" was their next album after they produced one of the greatest heavy metal albums of all-time - Powerslave. And who else in heavy metal at the time had the courage to write long 14-minute masterpieces like Iron Maiden's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" to close out an album?? The answer is nobody else, only Maiden, because it was unheard of before that. And their new album, they just wrote an 18-minute masterpiece to close that album with most of the band over 60. Again, IN-tegrity. Nobody else had a 7-album run like Maiden's first 7 albums. Some bands may put out a couple nice albums in their prime and whisper away into the night, but Maiden put together 7 fantastic albums in a row. And the fact they put out so much great material of those 7 monumental albums in just an 8 year span is unfathomable. Magical. Moreover. You simply cannot find bands with live albums that can approach Maidens live recordings, and in ways better than the studio albums, and that speaks volumes. And at 60 years of age and 40 years into their careers, they are still pumping out great new material. Unlike Metallica where their last 4 albums they were just looking for something to click with no purpose or direction, just poking around aimlessly, it's blatantly obvious. Just 15 years into Metallica's career they were long done producing shameful music with albums like Reload and St Anger. While Maiden, always progressing itself, yet staying true to their form and originality at the same time, 20+ years into their careers came out with a very good album 'Brave New world' . The band quietly laughing at anyone who thought they were done, with a nice tip of the hat to the legendary psychedelic medicine visionary Alduous Huxley. Many songs on that album like "Dream of Mirrors", and "Ghost of the Navigator" that metallica can't touch. And years later, Iron Maiden 25 to 35 years into their careers wrote and produced so many great songs like "The Nomad", Dance of Death, "The Talisman", The Red and the Black, The Man who would be King", "Paschendale", "Brighter than a Thousands Suns", "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg", "Lord of Light, "Empire of the Clouds", "Isle of Avalon", "The Legacy", "The Longest Day", "Montsegur", "Blood Brothers", "Starblind", "Out of the Shadows", "The Book of Souls", "Journeyman (and Journeyman being my personal Ayahuasca journey tribute song :-)" .... "Rainmaker", "Coming Home", "For the Greater Good of God", just to name a few songs that metallica hasn't come close to achieving in their mid to later years. Cliff Burton was the heart of Metallica and by far their best and most talented musician. Burton was to Metallica what Steve Harris is to Iron Maiden. Steve Harris is widely considered to be the best heavy metal bassist of all-time, and if Burton were still alive, he'd be right there with Harris, that's how good Burton was. Nobody in Metallica comes close to Burton's immense talent he had as a musician. When Burton passed away in 1986 Metallica went downhill as they lost their true backbone and juice. And they replaced him with mere hired guns to control, just a hired body to fill in, not to have as a real contributor. But let's face it, a major part of Metallica's popularity is just because of the label that they are an 'american band'. Metallica is always covering Maiden songs in their concerts, and they've played multiple Maiden songs in their concerts as Metallica was influenced by Iron Maiden (All you have to hear is Lars Ulrich grovel at Iron Maiden like a lost puppy during Maidens 2008 tour) . But you don't see Maiden covering Metallica songs. Because Maiden IS Maiden. Even if you split the band members into doing solo work, James Hetfield couldn't come close to writing such a beautiful solo album for himself as Bruce did with "The Chemical Wedding", and what a masterpiece album that is. Why don't more people know about Bruce's solo work? who knows, but people are missing out. One thing is for sure, there is so much more love and MYSTERY in Iron Maiden's music. And so much more meaning. And they always truly progressed. Not many people understand the deep Spiritual meanings in Iron Maiden's music, or understand the full concepts of their albums because they're quite deep, mysterious, wonderous, and absolutely magnificent. But once you grow Spiritually to higher levels of Consciousness, Maiden can bring you to weeping tears with their Truths in their music. Metallica doesn't have that depth, beauty, or power. Real Power is so much more than just playing fast and heavy. Iron Maiden is so much more than just a great heavy metal band, Maiden is much more than the music. As when it comes to the greatest in anything, there is always Much More than meets the eyes (& ears). Eye love you Iron Maiden!!. Gratitude !! Shanti OM . Namaste !
The studio versions are always good but quite frankly Iron Maiden is even better live. I saw them for the first back in Monteal back in 1985 for the Powerslave tour and I was hooked. My favourite album to this day is Somewhere In Time. I've stopped counting how many times I've seen them live. The song was written by the bassist Steve Harris. He is the reason I learned to play bass.
Guys, good reaction but you would definitely benefited from reading on Wikipedia what each iron maiden song is about and where it came from as many of their tracks are based on historical events or literature. This one. Is based on an ancient classical poem. If you know that it makes much more sense. Please listen to The Prisoner.
I was in to Iron Maiden before they were popular. Besides there music I loved all there cover photos on there music albums that I owned in vinal! The Jumbo Jet called Ed Force One in the begining of the video was actually flown by Bruce Dickinson.
Hello, i love your reactions and this is one of my fav bands ! They are realy great and the songs from them are very great ! I love them playing this songs live ! I love you all ! Greatings and love from germany ❤❤😂❤❤😂❤❤
I know that Nicko has had serious health concerns this year, but this just sounds glorious compared to recent. It's easy to take as granted how awesome is drumming is.
Wonderful reaction guys , loved watching you get the same feelings and emotions that I get when listening to Iron Maiden. Another great song with a story is Dance of Death if you haven't already done that reaction.
Nicko playing double kick patterns with one foot, barefeet :) He claims a double kick pedal is "un-drummerish", love the guy , crazy dude, crazy good !
This song is based on an old poem about a guy on a ship who see an albatross and shoots it with his musket. God becomes so angry with this "murder" so he curses the man, and removes all wind so the ship cant move and they runs out of water. After a while theres only him left and the curse liftes and the wind start blowing and its starts to rain wich they do with a misty cloud in the show to make it look like rain. After that he walks around telling people to be respectful about all gods creatures and not kill shit.
It was a rule(at least from the UK) with all mariners that no matter what is happening, starvation, no water etc or everything is fine if a bird lands on the ship for a rest etc, you must not kill it, say for food, if ever done a curse would be put on the crew and ship, and in the case of this ship the mariners (probably not all would have agreed )killed the bird.
If you want a similar experience (a song that feels much more than just a song, and transport you to places your mind wouldn't ever imagined), react to Angra - Carolina IV (but please, the studio version, not the live one, because the live version available is played by a totally different band formation and while still good, it doesn't hold a candle to the original studio version). I guarantee, you'll be amazed: the band mixes regional brazillian music (their country), classical music and power metal, all in one. Coincidentally, Carolina IV, is about navigatin the oceans too.
Iron Maiden are a sum of their parts. This was highlighted when Adrian Bruce left in the 90's. While still great, the magic wasn't quite there. Once they came back together in 2000 they have never looked back!
If you like trippy stage performances, check out Rammstein. In one of them, at least, their keyboard player performs while walking on a treadmill. 😝 They also employ lots of pyrotechnics.
Worlds greatest band. Period.
Rush maybe
@@left4ded420M Y Y Y Y Y Y GOD! ~ W H A T IS RUSH???... A SOAP COMPANY? 😅😮😅 BERNIE GERMANY 😊
You may well be right 😃
well, that's just like your opinion, man.
Full stop.
Ive seen these guys in 3 different decades. 80s, 90s, 2000s and by far the greatest band to ever do it.
Basically, The mariner killed an albatross, whiich is a bird that is supposed to bring luck, and the ship ended up cursed. So Bruce's joke at the beginning is "If a bird shits on you, don't kill it, because you might be damning yourself".
In case you don't know: This is based on a 19th century poem of the same name by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Why my college English professor didn't just play us this song, I have no idea. 😂
It was written in 1797-1798 and published in 1798. That would make it the 18th century.
With 143 verses to the poem
STC fotr the win! I am always surprised that people don't realize how literary IM are
My ap English teacher was surprised I knew the poem when we studied it in high school. At the end I blasted it over the PA in the theater and we all got to jam.
A journey.An experience.Masterfullutter perfection.thats Iron Maiden.
I love it when i see people enjoy Iron Maiden , they are One Of The Greatest Bands Ever .. UP THE IRONS!!!! AUSTRALIA :)
Iron Maiden embraces timeless themes that call upon us to visit a time and place that are visceral and yet uniquely human. This is our history, our passion for exploration and understanding. The growth of human wisdom and progress. I never disparage nor underestimate our ancestors. Quite the contrary, I’m in awe of them. We owe such a great debt to those who preceded us, and need to ensure we continue their legacy.
That comment you made at the end about feeling like you weren't watching a video but felt like you were there. Imagine what it's like for those of us who have seen Iron Maiden live. I can FEEL all the people at an Iron Maiden show all around me singing the words with all the passion they have for this band when I watch something like this.
Thanks for the reaction guys, so glad you enjoyed it!
great choice sir!
For me you can't go wrong with anything from the 70's or 80's Iron Maiden. Album after album of pure quality.
This song here is based upon the poem by Samuel Coleridge of the same name.. The synopsis and moral to the story. A mariner is at a wedding and tells a story to the guests. He starts out at sea and kills the albatross because he believed that it was an unlucky omen and the source of their diminished wind. He believed that, once the albatross was dead, the wind would return, and they would be able to cross the ocean at a much greater speed thinking instead it was a bad omen. Because he did this he and and his crew are cursed and the boat is adrift (the slow portion of the song). The crew start dying, 4x50 men (200). The mariners attitude changes and he blesses the creatures which lifts the curse. The mariners sights another boat and is elated and his sins are forgiven by the hermit. The mariners story teaches a moral to the wedding guests to love all things that God made. I suggest going back and read the lyrics
Iron Maiden is "the Pink Floyd" of Heavy Metal ❤
This band is still touring today and they’ve survived the test of music time because they’re all magic on stage live. Like no other! One exception is to another band you’ve reacted to many times, Nightwish. Yes they’re different in their own right but have A LOT in common. The bands are the best on a stage performing to the masses. And this song for Maiden is drop in the bucket. Great to see you two both amazed but a great to see also excited and yet shocked how the music feels. A song like this to really appreciate it more is listening to it a few more times to realize how deep it goes. I’ll being seeing these guys live in Sept and am so stoked to get that rush all over for 1.5 hrs of pure magic 🤟🎸🥁🎤
When this song comes out of the atmospheric spoken word section, "...the curse it lives on in their eye.." vocal line, gets me straight to that awesome scream! The feels. Maiden is without equal. Great reaction!
Yeah thats my favorite section in Maidens catalog. Intense goosebumps.
Now, you know why Iron Maiden is LEGEND ❤❤❤
I love this band so so much , I really love you !! Your reactions are amazing
Dominika , wspaniale bylo ogladac pierw jak zaczynalas wpadac w przepasc zwaną Rammstein ,a teraz ogladac Twoj zachwyt nad Ironami ❤❤❤ czekam na kolejne z niecierpliwością, polecam Powerslave, aces high, wasted years, prisoner , can I play with madness i zreszta... Wszystkie sa fajne 😅😅
IMO, this is the very best from Maiden! I am blessed to have been able to see Maiden twice live! I Love the Ancient, Gallop timing of Maiden songs!
As a lifelong fan of both bands, I feel Maiden is to metal what Pink Floyd is to rock/progrock. The mood, the stories, the sounds, the textures, the complexity of the songs structure, the feelings, the goosebumps... Man that was great to see you two enjoy it so much. Goosebumps I say. :)
Well said!🏴
The bohemian rhapsody of metal. Truly classical!!!
an epic song, for an epic group. At this point in Iron Maiden's history as a musical group, loyal fans for decades, we can only say: Thank you very much Iron Maiden.
I was at the Long Beach Arena 1984 show, great times. I saw Iron Maiden more than a dozen times during the 80s. They always put on a great show.
great line tnks from brazil
I saw this tour in May of 2008, Irvine, CA. The biggest thrill was getting to see Maiden play Mariner live because they had not played it live since The World Slavery Tour back in 1984/85.. Great reaction, UP THE IRONS.🤘🤘
My #1 metal song of all time, it has pretty much everything.
It's based on a poem by Samuel Taylor Cooleridge called Rime Of The Ancient Mariner. Steve Harris, the bass player, wrote this song.
This song is based on a poem by Samual Taylor Coleridge “Rime of the ancient mariner “
My alltime favourite by the Irons
Iron Maiden the GREATEST(live;)BAND in the world, now and forever;-)
Up the mighty Irons!!!!!
The song, music and lyrics, was composed by Steve Harris, bassists and founder of Iron Maiden. A legend. Thanks for the reaction.
One of my favorite Songs ❤
Excellent Reactions
Iron maiden is the best band ever walked at earth and the only who have the right to wear their own Tshirt band!
I love Iron Maiden so much, I’ve seen them a few times in the late 80s when I was a teen ager. I’m going to see them beginning of November on my birthday weekend in Philly. So many people are surprised that I like them. One of my Pantera friends reaction when I mention how much I love Maiden was “Really? Iron Maiden?” This is a common reaction. I don’t get it. They are one of my favorite bands. They make me feel alive.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Pantera too… but I love Maiden even more.
I was lucky enough to see Pantera live with Dimebag.
RIP Amazing Dimebag
@@madelineanabella6400 Τell him , that Sabbath invented metal , Priest took it at another level.. and maiden perfecting it !
This song is a real masterpiece 😍
The mastermind behind a lot of Maiden's songs is the bass player and founder of the band, Steve Harris. He's a bit like Tuomas from Nightwish, the brain behind everything (but a lot of their songs also come from mostly Bruce and Adrian, singer and guitar player)
I really pray that the people hearing this song really understand.
This is an Epic song & journey. I did a report back in High School on this. 🤘😘
“When music feels like music” is exactly it! If you like this, every other song in this “Powerslave” album has that feel, especially for the guitars
This song is based off a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The title is a phrase found in an 1817 gloss (marginal note) to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1798 epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The phrase refers to the albatross killed in the poem ("The ancient Mariner inhospitably killeth the pious bird of good omen"). So, the Mariner got punished for killing the albatross and that is why Bruce says, as a joke at the beginning, about not killing a bird that poos on you (which is also saying a bird, as in a girl, with word play;) so it is a tongue and cheek joke.
Great song and an even greater band, too.
Up the mighty Irons!!!!!
Great to see you back to Maiden, Their Discography is Massive, Another Great Reaction 😎👊
Iron Maiden is in the same class as the great progressive rock bands of all time. In fact, Steve Harris, who plays bass and writes most of the lyrics, has said two of his favorite bands are Genesis and Yes (and he even likes the album Tales from Topographic Oceans)! I think some of the other members are also prog rock fans. Anyway, Iron Maiden is a great band, and this song is from one of their all time great albums, Powerslave! Hope to see you check out even more!
Steve Harris the main composer in IM, not just lyrics
Mostly person in charge of the most writing is the bass player Steve Harris also the founder of the band. Absolute genious.
And a very humble man. I know Stevie Harris. I used to hang out with these guys back in late 70s,early 80s. We all went to the Ruskin Arms pub where I saw Iron Maiden play at least 40 times!!! I even played football ⚽️ for the same amateur team as Steve(Melbourne FC),and he was as good at that as he is on the bass!!! The best thing though about Steve and Iron Maiden is the fact that have stayed true rockers and are still the most humble decent blokes you could meet. Up the Irons ⚒️
Kudos for another excellent reaction video
What's truly amazing, is you can watch them perform this back in 1984, and it's THE SAME musicians you just saw (plus another guitarist who joined in 1990).
The dedication to persevere, all these years, is just unreal.
They are all metal gods. 100%
My favourite Maiden album!🏴
I love watching people falling in love with Maiden!!
Greatest band in history...
Thats the right word. It is genius. Compositionally, just astounding. The scope of their vision for this song,inspired by a very old poem by Samuel Coleridge, is just a brilliant arrangement. A showcase of their ridiculous talent as a band. Nobody tells a story like Bruce. Nothing but genius allround.
One of my Favorit Bands.🤘🤘🤘🤘
You guys rock! ❤ you get it!❤ thanks from Canada 🇨🇦 😊
Oh my gosh y'all!!!! Iron Maiden was part of my youth so very many years ago. At the time I knew them but not so into it. I had not heard this. Wow! I had no idea. Like you said "spectacular". .... So glad someone suggest it to you as well as that you chose to play it. I would have never known. I think that maybe what you said too.
I'm also thankful that I listen all the way. Teaches me. There are times when I don't think I'm going to be that into it but I want to check it out that I only listened to part. The first portion of this was good but it just reminded me of the metal bands that were out if a time and just that general music. It's the story develop in the theatrics continued I too was taking past just that classic music realm. It turned into magic. I was there with them in the story. Imagine me sitting with my little phone watching a video of people watching a video... Of a concert performance put on in front of thousands. This whole thing transcended all time and space. Where am I where are you where are they. When was the concert? when did you record your reaction? How long been before I watched it now? Pretty mind-blowing guys :-).
FANTASTIC!!!!!!!
What a great reaction. This is one of their best tracks ever ! Love it & Hallowed be thy name xx
Iron Maiden... one of the best Rock bands ever. I don't know if you reacted to Hallowed be thy name yet, the live version, but wow is it incredible. Great reaction to this one!
they did that one about 8 or 9 months ago and the excellent version on the Number of the Beast tour check it out!
@@greggkonitski743 Excellent. Thank you for letting me know.
Love your reactions! Immediate subscription, keep it up.
Great reaction thanks greetings from Costa Rica ❤❤❤❤
What i (also) love about Iron Maiden - as with Nightwish - they smile so much and seem to have so much fun during their concerts.
Thanks for the reaction!
I have listened to this son over a thound times, a few maybe. Still i get the vibe to hype up as soon as the song starts.
12th grade English we had to read the poem “ The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner “ and I was like yeah Iron Maiden covered that years ago lol 😂
Verdadera obra de arte.... Long live Iron Maiden
This is as great as it gets. Best ever! Even better than the studio cut or album!
The Greatest Heavy Metal song of all Time…
For me the greatest song Period.
Iron Maiden is a "Shamanic band" of infinite Truths and love and light. That nobody else can see and understand. Only UNLESS you have Be-come " it " and totally transformed your-Self to infinite Truths of Soul and Spirit in higher dimensions of consciousness can you possibly ever totally understand the beauty of Iron Maiden. Because, "If it's not Shamanic, it's not Organic. " Not many people have the ability to understand Iron Maiden, as most people live in the lies of duality of good and evil of the mind and are just walking "reactions", and lack the consciousness. But, Iron Maiden = Easily the greatest & most beautiful Metal band in music history.
No band writes such depth in their lyrics of the overall human condition with such intelligence & wisdom, bringing light to Truth, combined with such beautiful depth, grace, and power in their music. Absolute masters of their craft and creativity. They are untouchable. All you have to do is read Bruce's published books to see these guys have tons of direct Spiritual experiences. These guys know truth and fully know and see right through the lies of society's game, and they see right through all the lies of Religion (and when I say religion I am talking about the lies churches teach, not true Spirituality, as spirituality and religion are nothing alike). Maiden is so much better than Metallica in so many ways. Much better musicians, better singer, far better songwriting. More melodic. More "pure" energy. Far more longevity and have so many more great songs, and Maiden never wrote a bad album ( you could say they had a sub-par album in the 90's, but remember that was with half the band missing doing their solo stuff).
Did Metallica put out some great songs and albums revealing everything in society is a lie, from governments to religions ? They sure did in their early days however it ended there, they did not go deeper into the Self and the greater meanings. And besides, LOADS of Rock bands stated everything in society is a lie through thousands of fantastic songs, and right from the beginning from the first Metal band Black Sabbath through their first six albums. Therefore Metallica never brought anything new to the table.
Metallica never really had much to say, while Maiden has so much to say that allow you to really question so many things. Maiden never sold out by producing garbage albums like Metallica's St Anger to appease popularity and the current music "trends" of society, that always pass away, are totally meaningless, and are fake anyways., And you definitely won't see Iron Maiden prostituting themselves in silly reality TV shows like Metallica and KISS have done for years. It's just not Maiden's style. They have absolutely no interest in being "celebrities", or any gossip/drama. Drawing attention away from them because as they said, the music is about much more than them. Which is why they have a mascot "eddie" on their album covers, so people focus on eddie and not the "images" of the band members. Having Eddie (which is just a representation of the blind ego-based mind) leaves them alone to be themselves and they don't have to have any fake image of being "rock stars". As Bruce once said, We can continue making music when we're old and ugly and just slap Eddie on the album cover and nobody will mind. And it is brilliant.
Inner light doesn't need the spotlight.
Maiden always stayed true and original. Always timeless. Eternal. Nobody sounds like them and nobody ever will. Nobody will again write such important and complete concept albums with such atmosphere like Somewhere in Time and Seventh son, with that super high-level musicianship and genius bass and guitar work (and no band introduced synthesizers into their music with such seamless genius as Maiden did on those 2 albums),, as the concepts of those albums are vital to every human being and Spirit- realizing the illusion of time, and seventh's son concept of realizing the illusion of duality,. The beauty and truths of 1984's " Powerslave" album with it's beautiful egyptian theme, and the striking messages that are right in the title track itself (Powerslave). How humans are slaves to death (in other words, slaves to the illusions of Time), therefore slaves to needing power or any control or judgment, the cause of all our deep inner separations, our greed and selfishness and total blindness, because of the Ego false-self.
All of our problems come from our absolute stupidity of fear of death, as humans are totally separated from Truths of Spirit and Soul. The more one fears death, the more one is fearful of life and fearful of fully receiving and giving love. Truth is always paradoxical, as at the speed of light there is no time, it's the Eternal Now of presence. In other words no duality of Good and evil, but only "unity" consciousness of light of the infinite Oneness of the Universe, as you are the Universe ( it's not a coincidence that Maiden's new album has a song titled "Speed of Light"). And it's not a coincidence that "Somewhere in Time" was their next album after they produced one of the greatest heavy metal albums of all-time - Powerslave. And who else in heavy metal at the time had the courage to write long 14-minute masterpieces like Iron Maiden's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" to close out an album?? The answer is nobody else, only Maiden, because it was unheard of before that. And their new album, they just wrote an 18-minute masterpiece to close that album with most of the band over 60. Again, IN-tegrity. Nobody else had a 7-album run like Maiden's first 7 albums. Some bands may put out a couple nice albums in their prime and whisper away into the night, but Maiden put together 7 fantastic albums in a row. And the fact they put out so much great material of those 7 monumental albums in just an 8 year span is unfathomable. Magical.
Moreover. You simply cannot find bands with live albums that can approach Maidens live recordings, and in ways better than the studio albums, and that speaks volumes.
And at 60 years of age and 40 years into their careers, they are still pumping out great new material. Unlike Metallica where their last 4 albums they were just looking for something to click with no purpose or direction, just poking around aimlessly, it's blatantly obvious. Just 15 years into Metallica's career they were long done producing shameful music with albums like Reload and St Anger. While Maiden, always progressing itself, yet staying true to their form and originality at the same time, 20+ years into their careers came out with a very good album 'Brave New world' . The band quietly laughing at anyone who thought they were done, with a nice tip of the hat to the legendary psychedelic medicine visionary Alduous Huxley. Many songs on that album like "Dream of Mirrors", and "Ghost of the Navigator" that metallica can't touch.
And years later, Iron Maiden 25 to 35 years into their careers wrote and produced so many great songs like "The Nomad", Dance of Death, "The Talisman", The Red and the Black, The Man who would be King", "Paschendale", "Brighter than a Thousands Suns", "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg", "Lord of Light, "Empire of the Clouds", "Isle of Avalon", "The Legacy", "The Longest Day", "Montsegur", "Blood Brothers", "Starblind", "Out of the Shadows", "The Book of Souls", "Journeyman (and Journeyman being my personal Ayahuasca journey tribute song :-)" .... "Rainmaker", "Coming Home", "For the Greater Good of God", just to name a few songs that metallica hasn't come close to achieving in their mid to later years. Cliff Burton was the heart of Metallica and by far their best and most talented musician. Burton was to Metallica what Steve Harris is to Iron Maiden. Steve Harris is widely considered to be the best heavy metal bassist of all-time, and if Burton were still alive, he'd be right there with Harris, that's how good Burton was. Nobody in Metallica comes close to Burton's immense talent he had as a musician. When Burton passed away in 1986 Metallica went downhill as they lost their true backbone and juice. And they replaced him with mere hired guns to control, just a hired body to fill in, not to have as a real contributor. But let's face it, a major part of Metallica's popularity is just because of the label that they are an 'american band'.
Metallica is always covering Maiden songs in their concerts, and they've played multiple Maiden songs in their concerts as Metallica was influenced by Iron Maiden (All you have to hear is Lars Ulrich grovel at Iron Maiden like a lost puppy during Maidens 2008 tour) . But you don't see Maiden covering Metallica songs.
Because Maiden IS Maiden.
Even if you split the band members into doing solo work, James Hetfield couldn't come close to writing such a beautiful solo album for himself as Bruce did with "The Chemical Wedding", and what a masterpiece album that is. Why don't more people know about Bruce's solo work? who knows, but people are missing out. One thing is for sure, there is so much more love and MYSTERY in Iron Maiden's music. And so much more meaning. And they always truly progressed.
Not many people understand the deep Spiritual meanings in Iron Maiden's music, or understand the full concepts of their albums because they're quite deep, mysterious, wonderous, and absolutely magnificent. But once you grow Spiritually to higher levels of Consciousness, Maiden can bring you to weeping tears with their Truths in their music. Metallica doesn't have that depth, beauty, or power.
Real Power is so much more than just playing fast and heavy. Iron Maiden is so much more than just a great heavy metal band, Maiden is much more than the music. As when it comes to the greatest in anything, there is always Much More than meets the eyes (& ears). Eye love you Iron Maiden!!. Gratitude !! Shanti OM . Namaste !
Up the Irons ⚒️⚒️⚒️
The studio versions are always good but quite frankly Iron Maiden is even better live. I saw them for the first back in Monteal back in 1985 for the Powerslave tour and I was hooked. My favourite album to this day is Somewhere In Time. I've stopped counting how many times I've seen them live. The song was written by the bassist Steve Harris. He is the reason I learned to play bass.
The clansman live in Rio also Iron Maiden best performance.
NICKO is phenomenal🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
The song is based on a poem from 1798.
Guys, good reaction but you would definitely benefited from reading on Wikipedia what each iron maiden song is about and where it came from as many of their tracks are based on historical events or literature. This one. Is based on an ancient classical poem. If you know that it makes much more sense. Please listen to The Prisoner.
Passed Juniors Honors English (11th grade) because of this and world history because of their song Alexander The Great!
Steve Harris, the bassist, is the one who wrote about 90 percent of the songs. This one come from a poem of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I was in to Iron Maiden before they were popular. Besides there music I loved all there cover photos on there music albums that I owned in vinal! The Jumbo Jet called Ed Force One in the begining of the video was actually flown by Bruce Dickinson.
Hello, i love your reactions and this is one of my fav bands ! They are realy great and the songs from them are very great ! I love them playing this songs live ! I love you all ! Greatings and love from germany ❤❤😂❤❤😂❤❤
Great reaction……this song is “EPIC” ❤️🔥🎸 “Up The Irons”
Love your channel. Iron maiden is awesome 👍
If you press your headphones to your ears the sound is incredible!
This song and most of Maiden's songs are written by the bassist Steve Harris.
I know that Nicko has had serious health concerns this year, but this just sounds glorious compared to recent. It's easy to take as granted how awesome is drumming is.
beautiful, more iron maiden
Wonderful reaction guys , loved watching you get the same feelings and emotions that I get when listening to Iron Maiden. Another great song with a story is Dance of Death if you haven't already done that reaction.
Now you know why Maiden has old fans and is growing new 1s. Some of us have been fans 40+ years.
This performance is sold gold.
My English teacher in 11th grade English lit Allowed my friend to bring in the album and play the whole song she was impressed This was 1984
U guys should check out "phantom of the opera" by Iron maiden
Love this story song 😊 magical ❤
Nicko playing double kick patterns with one foot, barefeet :) He claims a double kick pedal is "un-drummerish", love the guy , crazy dude, crazy good !
This song is based on an old poem about a guy on a ship who see an albatross and shoots it with his musket. God becomes so angry with this "murder" so he curses the man, and removes all wind so the ship cant move and they runs out of water. After a while theres only him left and the curse liftes and the wind start blowing and its starts to rain wich they do with a misty cloud in the show to make it look like rain. After that he walks around telling people to be respectful about all gods creatures and not kill shit.
Saw them in 85 on the Power Slave tour in Nashville.
It was a rule(at least from the UK) with all mariners that no matter what is happening, starvation, no water etc or everything is fine if a bird lands on the ship for a rest etc, you must not kill it, say for food, if ever done a curse would be put on the crew and ship, and in the case of this ship the mariners (probably not all would have agreed )killed the bird.
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If you want a similar experience (a song that feels much more than just a song, and transport you to places your mind wouldn't ever imagined), react to Angra - Carolina IV (but please, the studio version, not the live one, because the live version available is played by a totally different band formation and while still good, it doesn't hold a candle to the original studio version). I guarantee, you'll be amazed: the band mixes regional brazillian music (their country), classical music and power metal, all in one. Coincidentally, Carolina IV, is about navigatin the oceans too.
Ahhh, pure art ❤
For me is 'seventh son of the seventh son' my absolutely best song from i m. The album also.
and to know the drummer had a little stroke, on the last tour
Great reaction! Cheers from Brazil!
Iron Maiden are a sum of their parts. This was highlighted when Adrian Bruce left in the 90's. While still great, the magic wasn't quite there. Once they came back together in 2000 they have never looked back!
Up the Iron’s 🤘🤘
Powerslave en vivo vuelo 666...les recomiendo saludos desde Chile
AWESOOOOOME :) legendary guys. please also consider the track, infinite dreams, from the album, seventh son of a seventh son
Metal meets poetry. 🤘🏻
“The energy”. Maiden in a nutshell
Steve Harris fingers are just a blur
Based on a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
If you like trippy stage performances, check out Rammstein.
In one of them, at least, their keyboard player performs while walking on a treadmill. 😝
They also employ lots of pyrotechnics.