Just saw Iron Maiden on the 14th of October, in Portland Oregon , they have not been here for so long, it was so loud, the people were so into singing along, after the show I couldn't even hear for like 30 minutes, no matter when, I saw Iron Maiden, they have never disappointed, to me the greatest band ever. 🤘 UP THE IRONS 🤘
Infinite Dream is kind of like a ballad and so is Blood Brothers. Going back to early Maiden you have Strange World, Remember Tomorrow. Also Coming Home is another ballad like song. This is the best band in the world and the best live band I've ever seen. Hoping to see them in their upcoming Run For ayori Life tour where they will be playing songs never played life before. I can't wait. Great review Nikki. ❤
I’ve seen them alresady twice. One in Argentina and another one when I was living in Mexico. And the third one will be this December. Always great gigs. Up the Irons!!!
Saw them in LA,guys still rocks the world,Nicko 73 years still kicking drums,Janick still little child on stage,flawless Adrian & Dave duo,Steve keep his highest work rate,never miss a bit on his bass and Bruce,successfully kept voice 25 seconds of highest range,25 seconds,greatest bunch of all times
Bruce has said that when he sings, every song is like a movie in his head and he wants to act it out for the audience, that's why he's so theatrical on stage.
Yes, alot of their music is themed like this. They do have some ballads over the years. They have an amazing catalog of music, they have released over 40 albums since 1975.
Iron Maiden's original vocalist Paul Di'Anno passed away in Oct. 2024 (R.I.P) ... he recorded the first 2 Maiden albums ('Iron Maiden' in 1980 and 'Killers' in 1981) before he was replaced by vocalist Bruce Dickinson, who is the current singer. Paul Di'Anno carried on w/ various projects but never experienced major success... He was performing in a wheelchair before he died. Link below to a Paul Di'Anno performance of 'Remember tomorrow' w/ Iron Maiden in 1980 ua-cam.com/video/_IW5udGAjyo/v-deo.html
@@alexandremaireno-ni4ec Exactly... we don't count Paul Day or Dennis Wilcock (even though Wilcock is allegedly, the uncredited writer of 'Charlotte the harlot')
British rock bands don't usually do love songs in the way that US bands do, just good old-fashioned heavy rock. White Snake did do one cald ' lay down. I think I Love You . That's about as close as it gets.
You should defenetly react to a german band called Helloween. I think they are right up your alley. They have a song called Keeper of the seven keys witch you can watch here on the tube. Search for the Unitel alive one,the official live video from 2017. Im grown up on Maiden,Helloween,Manowar,Dio,Judas Priest and not to forget the band that started all the pirate metal...Running wild. Just the name of their vocalist should make your knees week. Rockin Rolf. 😄😄 So if you wanna talk old school metal im here for you. Hugs from your swedish viking......🤘🤘🤘🤘
Iron Maiden ballads are very rare... a bulk of their songs are like Black Sabbath - starts slow and then explodes into the metal 🤘🤘 However, they did record a few mellow songs... 'Strange world' (w/ original singer Paul Di'Anno - R.I.P.) and 'Prodigal son'. 'Wasting love' - from their 1992 album 'Fear of the dark' (Bruce Dickinson on vocals) ...'Journeyman' (from their 2003 album 'Dance of Death)... Blaze Bayley was the vocalist of Iron Maiden from 1995 to 1998... they had 2 slower songs - '2 AM'... 'Como estais amigos'.
All I ever knew for the longest time was Bruce as the vocalist and never really bothered to listen to their early stuff because I didn’t think it would be worth it, then I listened to Strange World and it’s my favourite Maiden song by far.
You should see them! They're so Awesome! I've seen them several times in my country (Venezuela) and here in the US. Actually, I'm going to see them a couple of times at the beginning of next month. And a day after the second show... David Gilmour. And of course, we all are waiting for the World Tour next year, because they're planning to have a setlist for the first 9 albums. Iron Maiden to Fear of The Dark! It's going to be epic. I will recommend you Wasted Years and Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. (Phantom of the Opera is Another good one for Rocktober) Bruce is the Best Storyteller of Heavy Music. Stay Safe.
The lyrics are an awesome tale. Regards from Portugal :) EDIT: from another post about Bruce Dickinson "I think this concert was 2001 so Bruce was 43 at the time. Now at age 62 he is as energetic as then and better shape than most of us younger fans. Bruce is awesome. Multitalent. Professional airline pilot, national level fencer, historian, beer brewer, author and has had his own radio show. He's also a surviver of cancer tumor on 2015. University of Helsinki promoted he for honorary philosophy doctorate 2015. He has also doctorate to Queen Mary University of London. And is a honorary citizen of Sarajevo. Fine man".
South american crowds are definitely out of this world... To answer your question, Wasting Love would be the one that could be considered as a ballad. Maiden is the band that introduced me into the world of heavy metal in the mid 80s. I've only seen them 5 times live, the last one being already 10 years ago, I think I should try to catch them one more time before they stop touring... And let's have a thought for Paul Di'Anno, singer on the first 2 albums "Iron Maiden" and "Killers" who passed away today 😢
To Tame a land Nikki. from Piece of mind album. another masterpiece from their huge catalogue. Amazing heavy metal band Iron maiden was, is and will be eternally! Up the Irons🤟 Greetings from Barcelona 👋
Suscrito ❤ que bella es ud. Nosotros los chilenos amamos esta banda el dia 27 y 28 de noviembre IRON MAIDEN se presentara en el estadio nacional en esos dos dias habran visto a iron maiden casi 150 mil fanaticosp de esta gran banda britanica🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱un gusto aberla conosida
Wasting love is a great ballad on maiden style of course! Afraid to shoot strangers also. But overall, they are dynamic mostly, most of their songs are dynamic. But wasting love is slow-middle pace! I am talking about the music of course, regardless of themes! But most of their songs aren't one dimensional or flat +/-, in terms of transitions; tempo/feel/rhythm/melody change. Prodigal son, also strange world, infinite dreams.... Actually i hesitate when i try to remember and mention the songs lol, because i said, mostly they aren't just flat or one dimensional band, they are very well-balanced in general
Hope all is well since you didn't have "anything to ramble about " as you put it ,lol.And I see you lost your sticks and Pau costume.Oh yeah I have my freshly brewed coffee so bring it on 9 mins or 15 whatever and with IRON Maiden its a fun ride .For sure a great entertainer/frontman.Love how it picks up after the first few minutes of warming up .The crowd reminds me of TWA at some of the bigger shows now they just need to add Hey Hey Hey ,🤣😂Yes there is something about Fear of The Dark its an earworm as they say that sticks with you .
Number of the Beast. Hollowed Be Thy Name 1982 offical video is live and videoed 2 months b4 the album was released. Revelations. Still Life is another Halloween one. Aces High and The Trooper. 22 Acacia Avenue is like a love song. Can Name like 30 great maiden songs off the top of my head.
9 minutes is only a mid-length song for Iron Maiden! I’d say the thing that is consistent across the entire Maiden catalog is they do a lot of story telling so the songs you’ve listened to so far quite representative of what Iron Maiden do. You do need to check out a live performance of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner for peak story-telling!
You want a ballad, listen to empire of the clouds, it's almost 20 minutes long but trust me it goes by so fast. A love song, first that comes to mind is wasting love
One option I give you is that you do the polls with Iron Maiden and/or with the bands you want and the one that wins the poll is the one you react to and publish first and the second one you publish the next day and so on, depending on the percentage they got in the polls. The idea is so that you can do all the songs in the polls and not limit yourself to just the one that won.
Iron Maiden is perfect for rocktober because of their imagery and their mascot Eddie he can be pretty scary looking, early albums like Killers Number of the Beast 666 and all that if you want a long one then the 13-minute Rime of the Ancient Mariner from the classic 17th century poem is it good one
Hello beautiful Nikki! They haven't made many really slow songs. "Strange world", "Prodigal son", "Wasting love", "Blood brothers" and "Journeyman" come to mind. A band you should try in my opinion is Helloween, and to start with I would suggest the song "The tale that wasn't right". Greetings and many kisses from Italy. P.S. I've seen Iron live about twenty times and they never disappoint! Pure madness!😊❤❤❤❤❤🥰
I don't know if you want to check this one out or not but "Pet Semetary" by The Ramones is it pretty cool song for october. It's creepy and fun. Kind of punk rockish though
In my entire lifetime I have never seen a shitty show from them ! Even bands like Metallica(my all time favorite) and Megadeth had bad shows but not Maiden... Absolute legends...
If you look across their song catalog which spans 40 years, war/religion or religion/war, other societal-impacting things like politics or the evils of prostitution, movies, literature, history, and mythology would take up quite a bit of it. They have very few ballad-type stuff; don't waste your time with Wasting Love. The live version of Journeyman or Blood Brothers from this show would be much better choices. From their early days, I would go with Prodigal Son.
Okay I pause this to write this though this is a great song you can say that for majority of Maiden songs this wasn't a song that was a single per se not like Aces High or 2 Minutes to Midnight or even number of the Beast it wasn't off of very popular album compare to the most successful albums what I'm saying is that there's so many better ones but like I said they have so many hits you'll probably enjoy every one of them I would try listening to Wasted Years or Seventh Son of a Seventh Son but I can name dozens so just enjoy the rabbit hole
I often say in most genres now music is so generic and boring simple chords and boring content matter Always about break ups always 3,4 mins long and stuff they often reply well it’s all been done before … I just point to iron maiden the pinnacle of music originality
Just saw Iron Maiden on the 14th of October, in Portland Oregon , they have not been here for so long, it was so loud, the people were so into singing along, after the show I couldn't even hear for like 30 minutes, no matter when, I saw Iron Maiden, they have never disappointed, to me the greatest band ever. 🤘 UP THE IRONS 🤘
Sounds like an awesome time! 😁
That's so metal!
Im going to see them on the 20th,cant wait 🫣
Rest in peace, Paul Di’Anno 😔🤘🏻🕊️
Saw them in 1980 on the 1st album tour with Paul it was brilliant
R.I.P Paul🤘
Somos el mejor pais de Chile!!! Larga vida Iron Maiden. Descansa en paz Paul Te extrañaremos!!!
Wena kliao!!
IRON MAIDEN ❤CHILE FOREVER 💪🇨🇱 Each concert of the most beloved is a unique show in the Word 🇨🇱 un gran abrazo para usted reina 🌷
Infinite Dream is kind of like a ballad and so is Blood Brothers. Going back to early Maiden you have Strange World, Remember Tomorrow. Also Coming Home is another ballad like song. This is the best band in the world and the best live band I've ever seen. Hoping to see them in their upcoming Run For ayori Life tour where they will be playing songs never played life before. I can't wait. Great review Nikki. ❤
Seeing a Maiden concert is an experience non-metal people need to watch. Nothing but people completely together in music
Best band ever. Best live band ever. Actually maiden is a religion
I’ve seen them alresady twice. One in Argentina and another one when I was living in Mexico. And the third one will be this December. Always great gigs. Up the Irons!!!
Iron Maiden"Guardians of the Metal Throne"!..RIP Paul.
I’ve seen them 5 times and I’m going to see them this Sunday in SA 🙌
UP THE IRONS 🤘
Saw them in LA,guys still rocks the world,Nicko 73 years still kicking drums,Janick still little child on stage,flawless Adrian & Dave duo,Steve keep his highest work rate,never miss a bit on his bass and Bruce,successfully kept voice 25 seconds of highest range,25 seconds,greatest bunch of all times
Bruce has said that when he sings, every song is like a movie in his head and he wants to act it out for the audience, that's why he's so theatrical on stage.
Oh really? Well that's awesome and he does a great job at doing it too. 😅
More like life story which he sing to the crowd🤘
The Clansman from the same concert (Rock in Rio 2001) is for me their best live performance
Next July will be my 6th Iron Maiden concert here in Italy, every time is a new experience! They are just from another world :). Cheers
Just saw Iron Maiden last night in Toronto, it was Awesome 🔥
Iron Maiden a maior banda de heavy metal de todos os tempos
They are the fine wine of metal/hard rock.
Yes, alot of their music is themed like this. They do have some ballads over the years. They have an amazing catalog of music, they have released over 40 albums since 1975.
Iron Maiden's original vocalist Paul Di'Anno passed away in Oct. 2024 (R.I.P) ... he recorded the first 2 Maiden albums ('Iron Maiden' in 1980 and 'Killers' in 1981) before he was replaced by vocalist Bruce Dickinson, who is the current singer.
Paul Di'Anno carried on w/ various projects but never experienced major success... He was performing in a wheelchair before he died.
Link below to a Paul Di'Anno performance of 'Remember tomorrow' w/ Iron Maiden in 1980
ua-cam.com/video/_IW5udGAjyo/v-deo.html
I'm guessing by 'original' you meant him being the first to record anything with the band...he was actually their 3rd singer overall
@@alexandremaireno-ni4ec Exactly... we don't count Paul Day or Dennis Wilcock (even though Wilcock is allegedly, the uncredited writer of 'Charlotte the harlot')
Wasted Love is a ballad by them, Greetings from Chile!
Wasting Love*
Thanks! I will have to check that one out. And wow, Chile! Thanks for tuning in. 😁
2 of my favo songs from Maiden in a row, saw them live 2 years ago and again 2025
That's awesome that you got to see them live! I'm sure it was great!
Empire of the Clouds is slower and VERY long. Great song.
In the last vid he said “Santiago” so I assume it is from Chile (?)
It is, at 7:19 he says something like go Chile or something like that, and at 9:05 you can see Bruce is wearing the Chilean Flag.
@@argantyr5154, esse video que ela está vendo é do show que o Maiden realizou em 2011 na cidade de Santiago, Chile.
Abraço do Brasil 🇧🇷.
I saw them last week in Portland. They still put on a great show.
Gonna see them in June in Stockholm, Sweden. The 11th time and yes, they are one of, if not THE best live act you can see.
March 6th 2016 finally i saw this legendary band in my country,
Awesome show
I'm going to go see them in Québec City on October 27th and in Montreal on October 30th.
British rock bands don't usually do love songs in the way that US bands do, just good old-fashioned heavy rock. White Snake did do one cald ' lay down. I think I Love You . That's about as close as it gets.
You should defenetly react to a german band called Helloween. I think they are right up your alley. They have a song called Keeper of the seven keys witch you can watch here on the tube. Search for the Unitel alive one,the official live video from 2017. Im grown up on Maiden,Helloween,Manowar,Dio,Judas Priest and not to forget the band that started all the pirate metal...Running wild. Just the name of their vocalist should make your knees week. Rockin Rolf. 😄😄 So if you wanna talk old school metal im here for you. Hugs from your swedish viking......🤘🤘🤘🤘
Great reaction! It’s hard to beat the fan interaction in South America. Okay, a ballad or slower song. You should check out Wasting Love. 🤙🏼
*_You want something slower?_* 👇
Iron Maiden - Dream Mirrors; Live Rock In Rio 2001
Iron Maiden - Revelations; Live 2008 (FULL HD) 🤘
Iron Maiden ballads are very rare... a bulk of their songs are like Black Sabbath - starts slow and then explodes into the metal 🤘🤘
However, they did record a few mellow songs... 'Strange world' (w/ original singer Paul Di'Anno - R.I.P.) and 'Prodigal son'.
'Wasting love' - from their 1992 album 'Fear of the dark' (Bruce Dickinson on vocals) ...'Journeyman' (from their 2003 album 'Dance of Death)...
Blaze Bayley was the vocalist of Iron Maiden from 1995 to 1998... they had 2 slower songs - '2 AM'... 'Como estais amigos'.
All I ever knew for the longest time was Bruce as the vocalist and never really bothered to listen to their early stuff because I didn’t think it would be worth it, then I listened to Strange World and it’s my favourite Maiden song by far.
Gonna try hard to see them in Charlotte in November.
You should see them! They're so Awesome! I've seen them several times in my country (Venezuela) and here in the US. Actually, I'm going to see them a couple of times at the beginning of next month. And a day after the second show... David Gilmour. And of course, we all are waiting for the World Tour next year, because they're planning to have a setlist for the first 9 albums. Iron Maiden to Fear of The Dark! It's going to be epic. I will recommend you Wasted Years and Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. (Phantom of the Opera is Another good one for Rocktober) Bruce is the Best Storyteller of Heavy Music. Stay Safe.
The lyrics are an awesome tale. Regards from Portugal :) EDIT: from another post about Bruce Dickinson "I think this concert was 2001 so Bruce was 43 at the time. Now at age 62 he is as energetic as then and better shape than most of us younger fans. Bruce is awesome. Multitalent. Professional airline pilot, national level fencer, historian, beer brewer, author and has had his own radio show. He's also a surviver of cancer tumor on 2015.
University of Helsinki promoted he for honorary philosophy doctorate 2015. He has also doctorate to Queen Mary University of London. And is a honorary citizen of Sarajevo. Fine man".
This was recorded in 2011, Bruce was 53 and in my opinion, he was in top form.
He was actually 52
This one gruop I see 11 or 12 time live I still love it
Love your reacton to one of the best gruop going
South american crowds are definitely out of this world...
To answer your question, Wasting Love would be the one that could be considered as a ballad.
Maiden is the band that introduced me into the world of heavy metal in the mid 80s. I've only seen them 5 times live, the last one being already 10 years ago, I think I should try to catch them one more time before they stop touring...
And let's have a thought for Paul Di'Anno, singer on the first 2 albums "Iron Maiden" and "Killers" who passed away today 😢
RIP Paul
That concert was in my country hehe
To Tame a land Nikki. from Piece of mind album. another masterpiece from their huge catalogue. Amazing heavy metal band Iron maiden was, is and will be eternally! Up the Irons🤟 Greetings from Barcelona 👋
Suscrito ❤ que bella es ud. Nosotros los chilenos amamos esta banda el dia 27 y 28 de noviembre IRON MAIDEN se presentara en el estadio nacional en esos dos dias habran visto a iron maiden casi 150 mil fanaticosp de esta gran banda britanica🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱un gusto aberla conosida
Closest to a love song is "waisting love". A ballade: Journeyman
Wasting love is a great ballad on maiden style of course!
Afraid to shoot strangers also. But overall, they are dynamic mostly, most of their songs are dynamic. But wasting love is slow-middle pace! I am talking about the music of course, regardless of themes! But most of their songs aren't one dimensional or flat +/-, in terms of transitions; tempo/feel/rhythm/melody change.
Prodigal son, also strange world, infinite dreams.... Actually i hesitate when i try to remember and mention the songs lol, because i said, mostly they aren't just flat or one dimensional band, they are very well-balanced in general
Hey Nikki I think you should do the full concert of Rock In Rio 2002 there were 300,000 fans in attendance that was a great concert
bruce also does very well on solo albums')!!!!!!
For me fear of the dark for about 20 years was in my opinion the best song ever written that's till I heard ghost love score
Hope all is well since you didn't have "anything to ramble about " as you put it ,lol.And I see you lost your sticks and Pau costume.Oh yeah I have my freshly brewed coffee so bring it on 9 mins or 15 whatever and with IRON Maiden its a fun ride .For sure a great entertainer/frontman.Love how it picks up after the first few minutes of warming up .The crowd reminds me of TWA at some of the bigger shows now they just need to add Hey Hey Hey ,🤣😂Yes there is something about Fear of The Dark its an earworm as they say that sticks with you .
HELLOWEEN - Halloween (Official Live Video) please
Number of the Beast. Hollowed Be Thy Name 1982 offical video is live and videoed 2 months b4 the album was released. Revelations. Still Life is another Halloween one. Aces High and The Trooper. 22 Acacia Avenue is like a love song. Can Name like 30 great maiden songs off the top of my head.
9 minutes is only a mid-length song for Iron Maiden! I’d say the thing that is consistent across the entire Maiden catalog is they do a lot of story telling so the songs you’ve listened to so far quite representative of what Iron Maiden do. You do need to check out a live performance of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner for peak story-telling!
Wasting love is pretty good
You want a ballad, listen to empire of the clouds, it's almost 20 minutes long but trust me it goes by so fast.
A love song, first that comes to mind is wasting love
One option I give you is that you do the polls with Iron Maiden and/or with the bands you want and the one that wins the poll is the one you react to and publish first and the second one you publish the next day and so on, depending on the percentage they got in the polls. The idea is so that you can do all the songs in the polls and not limit yourself to just the one that won.
Might be nice to do something with Paul Di'Anno's vocals on it. Perhaps "Remember Tomorrow" or "Phantom of the Opera" since it's Rocktober
Iron Maiden is perfect for rocktober because of their imagery and their mascot Eddie he can be pretty scary looking, early albums like Killers Number of the Beast 666 and all that if you want a long one then the 13-minute Rime of the Ancient Mariner from the classic 17th century poem is it good one
I saw maiden twice once in 1988 then in 1996 in my small province of New Brunswick in Atlantic Canada
Next year 17.07.25 Vienna🤘🎸🥁🎤
I grow up listen am 64 now and still listen today
Maybe the only classic heavy metal band with 3 guitars
Rime of the ancient mariner flight 666 live...te recomiendo saludos desde Chile
Infinite Dreams is a slower song. Please react to it. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son is my favourite by them.
Rest in peace Paul di'anno
Journeyman is the only one that is completely acoustic if I'm remembering correctly. A more "calm" power ballad would be Wasting Love.
Awesome, thank you. I will have to check those out one of these days. 😊
Hello beautiful Nikki! They haven't made many really slow songs. "Strange world", "Prodigal son", "Wasting love", "Blood brothers" and "Journeyman" come to mind. A band you should try in my opinion is Helloween, and to start with I would suggest the song "The tale that wasn't right". Greetings and many kisses from Italy. P.S. I've seen Iron live about twenty times and they never disappoint! Pure madness!😊❤❤❤❤❤🥰
I don't know if you want to check this one out or not but "Pet Semetary" by The Ramones is it pretty cool song for october. It's creepy and fun. Kind of punk rockish though
If you want a slower song, Journeyman live from Death on the Road is a MUST WATCH!!!
My Favourite "realy" slow Songs of Maiden is Journeyman and Out of the Shadows.
In my entire lifetime I have never seen a shitty show from them ! Even bands like Metallica(my all time favorite) and Megadeth had bad shows but not Maiden... Absolute legends...
If you want more of a ballad from Maiden, check out Waisting Love.
You know the origional singer paul diano this week please do wrathchild byy iron maiden with diano in the80s
If you look across their song catalog which spans 40 years, war/religion or religion/war, other societal-impacting things like politics or the evils of prostitution, movies, literature, history, and mythology would take up quite a bit of it. They have very few ballad-type stuff; don't waste your time with Wasting Love. The live version of Journeyman or Blood Brothers from this show would be much better choices. From their early days, I would go with Prodigal Son.
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do "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" from Flight 666
Okay I pause this to write this though this is a great song you can say that for majority of Maiden songs this wasn't a song that was a single per se not like Aces High or 2 Minutes to Midnight or even number of the Beast it wasn't off of very popular album compare to the most successful albums what I'm saying is that there's so many better ones but like I said they have so many hits you'll probably enjoy every one of them I would try listening to Wasted Years or Seventh Son of a Seventh Son but I can name dozens so just enjoy the rabbit hole
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I often say in most genres now music is so generic and boring simple chords and boring content matter
Always about break ups always 3,4 mins long and stuff they often reply well it’s all been done before … I just point to iron maiden the pinnacle of music originality
not close to upp the irons
death on the road version is better, more teathrical and dramatic.
Exactly!!! I never got all the fuss about this En Vivo version...a bigger crowd and that's it!
@@alexandremaireno-ni4ec I´m from Chile and I love the "En Vivo" version, but death on the road version is in another level!
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Iron Maiden has never ever played or done a ballad and I mean never!
Wasting Love.