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This is it, man. You found the holy grail of "HBTN" live performances. 😆 For a recommendation of a rather obscure gem from Maiden- "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" This really doesn't get the play because of the era the song was released, but when one listens to it, you simply cannot only listen once. You have to put it on loop. Really one of my favorites from Maiden. Catchy riffs, amazing solo from Dave Murray (song was even written by Murray) and transitions that will put a smile on your face. Bruce's vocals are just amazing. He really delivers this one with deep lyrics... I could go on but I'll stop. 😉
My favorite performances of this song would be the ones I have attended, hahaha. If you wanna check some crazy audience engament, check their 2000 Rock in Rio, with quarter million people as audience (1985 Rock in Rio was 350.000 people); some tracks to check from there could be "Fear of the Dark", "The Clansman", "Dream of Mirrors", to name a few. Great channel, love your content! The day your Patron will allow some sort of tier for requests, it will become huge. Keep up the good work!
Bruce also fought throat cancer and would not let that stop his passion. He also literally flies the band, crew, and equipment to the shows. A living legend!
THE voices of metal will always be Dio, Bruce Dickinson and Rob Halford. Three absolute powerhouses. You’re right about Bruce’s charisma, he’s widely recognised by the metal community as one of the best front man ever in the genre.
Appreciate the shout out to Clive Burr - he really gave the first three record a different sound than what came after (though I love Nicko - the drummer who took over) and he's absolutely on fire here.
Iron is on a class of their own, to this date theirs live performance has such energy and vigour that put many young to shame. They never fail to deliver spectacular performance, second to none.
I saw them again in May last year, in Belgrade. The crowd was a great mix of old geezers, such as myself and kids such as these. Crone, I was 16 in '82. I was amazed that the kids of today knew and sang along on all the songs, with the repertoire spanning 40 years.
You asked prime frontman in metal. We have Ozzy, Rob H., Dio, etc..., What can be said is that they are all the Best. In Music / Taste / There is no such thing as GOAT. We all have some piece of there song that got to us.
1982 IRON MAIDEN set the world on fire.. Gone was a young opening band.. They became one of the most popular respected an loved bands the world has ever known.
Clive was an incredible drummer, way ahead of his time. The first two Maiden albums should be listened to for his drumming alone. No one else sounded like that at the time.
One Maiden song I think you would love to listen to is Rime of The Ancient Mariner. It’s a 14 minute epic based on the the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. So much going on in that song, but I’m not sure you’d want to react to something that long lol.
Great reaction, love your insight and passion for music. I was a teenager when this song came out, and it hit me hard. They are my favorite band, bar none. The song writing, musicianship and talent of ALL of them is crazy. Bruce is the best frontman in metal IMO. Ozzy, Dio, Rob Halford and Ian Gillan are up there. Check out Rime of the Ancient Mariner, live in New Jersey. Dance of Death live in Chile, The Clansman live in Rock in Rio 2001, Wrathchild live at same concert and Paschendale live. All great performances. Enjoy and Up the Irons!!!
Not over produced! ..... just pure talent, just as amazing live and still rocking the same even though they are older in this live. Oh and they are currently doing a world tour.
Well... at least until the social serviced, police and courts initiated a modern witch hunt in the Satanic abuse scandals of the late 1980s which saw innocent parents arrested, kids seized and jail sentences handed down until years later it was all debunked as utter nonsense. Interestingly perpetrated by secular and mostly atheist authorities. It was a disgrace. It took over a decade for one family to be reunited. The worst examples were on Orkney
Hey there, I’m an Australian 63 year old guy who went to see my favourite metal band in 1982 and saw this very line-up of Maiden, and I’m telling you straight, these guys were the best at what they did. Although they started in 1975 it wasn’t until 1982 when they had the band they were destined to be. Yeah there were certain changes between the years and unbelievably they molded together as though it was meant to be. Bruce came from a band I was really into called “Samson” but OMG, when he joined Iron Maiden they became a World Wide Sensation within the metal industry and genre. Unfortunately Clive Burr, their drummer was suffering from Altzmeimer’s disease and had to give it up. But Nicko McBrain joined the band and they created an amazing legacy for the metal genre. What an incredible band they have always been ✨💪👏👏👏🦘❤🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
This was recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, March 20, 1982. Not sure what the social climate was over there at the time. I was 10, but still remember certain people here in the US freaking out about this album and calling them satanists and all that. Not usually a fan of live versions of songs, but Iron Maiden are frequently the exception. Live After Death was also a really good live album from them.
I was 12 in 1982, in Edinburgh Scotland, we didn't have the 'Satanic panic' here, the UK doesn't have the religious puritanical history of the USA, in general. I rember 1982 and I suspect most parents were quite OK with Metal, they were more worried about punk! Remember, we'd just had the Sex Pistols
@wm-nu1yf I'm a practicing Catholic, having said that, those who lost their heads over this probably think that I'm a million times worse for being Catholic! Incidentally, Nicko is a devout Christian. The medaevil church banned the use of tritonic intervals and labeled it the 'devil's interval' purely because it sounded spooky. The 'Satanic sounds' panic of the 80s was a great example of mass hysteria which had real world consequences because it led to the Satanic abuse trials, the nearest thing to a witch hunt we have had in recent times and which was ironically most aggressively pursued by atheist social workers and courts. Public hysteria is a real problem in our society, especially where we have made the media our priests and social media the pulpit.
I think my parents were a little worried that I was listening to a band called Black Sabbath, but there was nothing approaching that kind of satanism hysteria here in the UK.
@@langdalepaul My parents understood that a lot of that was just marketing. They got me Motley Crue's Shout at the Devil album for my 12th birthday in 1984. It was the original run with the pentagram on the cover. They were somewhat religious, but weren't the lunatics who were freaking out about everything. Even in those days in the bible belt, it was really a minority of people who were just loud about everything. Same thing now. Most people don't care about whatever, but you have the "hey look at me, I'm outraged" crowd which get all the media coverage, making things seem worse than they really are.
I saw them with Clive Burr at the Cobo Hall in Detroit in May 14th 1982. I my have just graduated high school, but new they would be on their own on the next tour. Great show by all three bands and it was past midnight and 38 Special was still playing as we left.
You should have at least 100k subscribers. Great work. One modern track you should do is the live version of Talisman (from En Vivo). Over 30 years later Bruce shows that he is still the best around!
When you consider body of work stretched over 40 years, I don't think anyone compares to Dickinson (or Maiden). If you don't put a lot of merit on total body of work, then I guess that's a different discussion. Saw this song performed in fall of 1982 a few shows before they were done warming up for Priest, and saw Maiden a few weeks back in Prague. Completely blown away by how well they've held up individually and as a band. Might have been the best I've ever heard Dickinson sound, and I've seen them 20 times.
Seeing this, 2 years before I saw them my first time, it's no wonder they're still going strong 40+ years later. They still have this amazing energy on stage even though they're in their 60s now. True professionals, no autotune or playback bs. Standard bearers for the heavy metal movement in the world!
1982, this was the second album that Bruce did. My brothers were major Maiden fans, which made me a Maiden fan. Now, I did not get to see them on this tour. My dad said I was too young at the time at 11, but I would get to see them live in 86 during their Somewhere on Tour Tour. Iron Maiden had put out 4 albums at this point, so we knew Iron Maiden very well in the US at the time. You have to understand in 82, many bands showed up. The big concert in Cal. With Motley Crue, Quiet Riot, Triumph, Judas Priest, Scorpions, and Van Halen took place. Also, this is the time Ozzy and Randy Rhoads were touring and his passing. So Metal was exploding big time. Was a great time to be a kid with older brothers at this time.
Great reaction! This IS the best version of IM-Hallowed be t n. I would guess this is one the earliest shows for IM after the release of the album The number of the beast. They play it very close to the album version, because that's what they have rehearsed. It's when the band played the song for many many times there is some small addings and and differences developed. This song is used to be played at a redicilous high tempo, especially close to the tour endings.
On this tour in Australia, they were the headline act. Supported by an Aussie band called The Boys. Myself and 2 mates travelled 3 hours by train to see them. We were 14. It was at the Capital Theatre in the middle of Sydney. We got there and walked up the steps and stopped to survey the scene. There were a lot of bike gang types dressed in black with plenty of leather and hair etc. Beer in every hand and very dank smoke moving in clouds. 😂 I said to my mates “if just one of our mothers were here we’d be dragged home”.😂 Maiden blew us away, red hot show, they played multiple encores, just about every song from 3 albums. The energy was amazing. I lost my voice for days from singing along. This clip just takes me back.
Rainbow 1977 live in Munich, “Mistreated” Ronnie James Dio lead vocals. The whole band was amazing. It’s hard pick a favorite metal performer from that era, but Dio is a true legend!
One of the greatest voices and one of the greatest bands in Metal; Maiden inspired so many after them. They are the Godfathers of Metal and Bruce is the Godfather.
For me, Bruce is the Freddie/Michael of metal. There are equally great voices. And there are equally great performers but to have both is unbelievable! His energy, he’ll the whole bands, is unmatched. Now you’ll have to do a later Live performance of one of their songs. Rock in Rio, Flight 666, Toronto ‘08. I would recommend Fear of the Dark from Rock in Rio!! Or maybe Rime of the Ancient Mariner from Flight 666. They may have more energy now!
I am a little late to this video but as a person that is a Gen X I did see them in 1982 at 14 without my parents and again in 1984 for the piece of mind tour. It was not uncommon for people my age to attend concerts as society was not as messed up as now and people actually looked out for the younger people even if they did not know them. It was truely a different time. Thank you for the time you spent making this video I just caught one of your other videos and I find myself binge watching others. As a former drummer and vocalist I find your channel appealing.
well, the best metal performer is definetely Bruce Dickonson he even got better and more entertainer as he got older. Flight 666 version ffrom 2000 era and his i nteraction with the auidence is also mindblowing
I saw Queen in 82' with Billy Squire. He was great. I've seen Maiden 7 times. Frist time I'm 83' the last time was in 17' in So Cal. They still play as hard
I agree that most of the public did not know what the song was about, because this concert was held prior to the release of the album. Even so, they had been playing it since December 1981 when they first performed it at the Ruskin Arms in London. You can find the audio of the concert, in which The Prisoner and Run To The Hills also played (all from the album The Number Of The Beast) and in November 81 they played 22 Acacia Avenue and Children Of The Damned, at the Rainbow in London. Two other songs belonging to The Number Of The Beast, so even though they weren't known to the mass audience, I think they were known to the kids in London, because the bootlegs were already scattered all over the city. PS: by the way, if you chose this video because of the definition, I wanted to tell you that I recently found one that I think looks even a little better. Take a look if you want! A big greeting!! ua-cam.com/video/AoAQgLBQDJs/v-deo.html
Back then we went to concerts all the time. I started in 1980 when I was 9 . A bunch of us would get tickets and we made arrangements with somebody's parents to take us. They would just drop us off n pick us up afterwards. It was a different time. People looked after each other back then
You should watch some live Metallica!! My fav two performances are Creeping Death - Moscow 1991 and Master of Puppets - Seattle 1989. Anything from the 1989 show actually, you might like One more live.
I saw them on this tour but it must have been after this show as Maiden was the headliner with Saxon and some other band opening. Good times..! Up the irons.!
Lots of respect to you, that you watch the 1982 version! Thats the real Iron Maiden exp. EDIT: Wrote this in the beginning of the video then he explained. MORE respect.
dude that whole show is electric. i dont think they've ever performed any of those songs better than they did that night. its so clear and precise and each member is on point
Francis, I recently stumbled across your channel, and I appreciate the commentary you provide. It's several steps above most reaction videos. I will suggest a song by a band that is largely unknown, especially in the US. They released their first album in 2002, and they released their 8th album last year. With this album, they are finally gaining some notoriety and have made their first tour in the US. I am pretty confident this song will score high ratings from you on every dimension. The song is Master the Hurricane by Visions of Atlantis. Thanks for the effort you put into this channel.
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I love this performance and this first tour with Bruce. I saw Maiden at their very first gig ever in Sweden, October 9 1980 when they opened for KISS. After that I saw them 4 straight years with this 1982/1983 tour was the greatest.
The fun fact here is, this is before the release of the album, so most of the crowd are listening to this for the first time ever - Steve Harris said "something unconcievable today".
A few bits of context: This concert took place in Hammersmith in West London so not much Satanic Panic. Iron Maiden are from East London & the song is from their 3rd album "The Number of The Beast" so the crowd would have been familiar with them even though they were the opening act because they cut their teeth in the local pubs & clubs in the late 70s before releasing their debut album in 1980. Other live versions worth checking out are "Live after Death" "A Real Live/Dead One" "Live at Donnington '92" "Rock in Rio" & "Flight 666" to hear the evolution of the song over about a 25 year timespan 🤘
P.S. Within the Rock/Metal Band genre “David Lee Roth” is probably the best example of an entertainer, great vocal performance too, but yeah Freddie, Bruce Dickinson and Dio are the singer’s singers… 😉👏👏👏
If you talk about voices in metal, Bruce is one of the best, but also DIO, Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Geoff Tate (Queensryche), Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) and Miljenko (Steelheart) is among the very best.
Yes he is asking that his monitor(s) be turned up. You can sound check all you want, but once you add all of those bodies in there the acoustics change.
Thank you for pointing out how tight the band is, particularly the dual guitars. Most people don’t comment on that. And yes, it is always live with Maiden; no backing tracks.
Also back during dont say no. But nobody was butt hurt, we would party and cops left us alone because we didnt destroy property or block traffic. Just went to the river and had a good time. God i miss the 80s
To answer your question it was ..... Iron Maiden that was on top of the game back in the 80's: Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, (This is when CD's where invented) Powerslave, even Somewhere in Time. They were leading the pack hands down. I saw them in Long Beach for the Live After Death Tour, and pretty much every tour after that. I've got 20+ legit shirts and watched them get egged by Ozzy's kids, my daughters have their share of shirts too. Up the Irons. When Number of the Beast came out that @#$@ was scary. We loved it.
When Powerslave came out me and my friends made a pact to not listen to the album before we saw them in concert. We did pretty good and the majority of the songs off the new album were new to us (except for Aces High, it was hard to stay clear of that one.) The concert we went to was at the Long Beach Arena, where they filmed the "Live After Death" video. Needless to say we were blown away, it was one of the best experiences going to concerts I ever had. Watch the video and imagine seeing "Powerslave" and "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" performed without ever hearing the songs. Gives me chills thinking about it to this day.
About the satanic panic, if I recall correctly, in their Reading Festival performance in 1982 (featured in the Bbc Sessions cd) Bruce rants (right after Run To The Hills ends) about some british vicar of Huddersfield, who was preaching against the band in that same year, later on. So it probably happened in most english speaking countries. In Brazil, people had similar ideas, mostly word of mouth, like Kiss stepping on chicken in their live shows (which they never did) , Ozzy's infamous bat-bite, Black Sabbath's devil thing (the cover of their then newest release Born Again certainly didn't help)... but that only made us kids get more interested!
Yes, he is signaling to get the monitors to be turned up, as at the time there were no in ear monitors. Also Bruce still does not use in ear monitors, he only has ear plugs in when he is performing.
The album and this track was recorded January/February 1982. The Beast on the Road tour started at the end of February. The album released on the 22nd March and this was recorded at Hammersmith in London couple of days prior to the album launch so it was new to the audience (unless they'd been to an earlier show on the tour). I think the reason it sounds so similar to the recording is because they were literally weeks apart. This is the best live version imo. I do believe they were support on this tour only in the US and headlined themselves in the UK/
Dude. Maiden is one of the all time greats and one of my all-time favorite metal bands. I've seen them live many times beginning in the early 80s and as early as a few years ago. You need to go to a show. They are still rocking strong and sound amazing still live. They don't use live tracks for Bruce's voice.
Just awesome. I'd definitely put Bruce and Dio up there with anybody as the greatest frontmen in all of metal. Bruce is INSANE though, when you consider how long he's been doing it at such a high lever and the amount of running and jumping he does on stage (see later videos) even in his 60's and after conquering throat cancer...the guy isn't human. Oh, and did I mention he is a world class fencer, airline pilot, archeologist, and best selling author as well? Mind Boggling! On a side note and speaking of impressive vocals, you really should check Helloween live from their United Alive performances. They reunited with their former singers and guitarist and now perform with 2 main vocalists and 3 guitarists (who are out of this world good): ua-cam.com/video/XJwuqL0IJqw/v-deo.html
Great reaction and thanks for sharing. This concert was recorded 3 days before the album this song was on was released. So not only did the crowd not know what to expect, they had never heard Bruce Dickenson as the lead singer this was his debut, they had never heard any songs from the new album. So yeah, they were blown away. The album was released on March 22, this was recorded on March 20. Chris
Iron Maiden are also one of those bands that practice the song until they can play it live in the studio straight thru and rarely record the tracks separately and then add the pieces together. Look at some of their Abby Road recordings for their albums in the early 2000's. Chris
As for frontmen, you left out Bon Scott of AC/DC and of course David Lee Roth and never forget Elton John. Then there was Meatloaf and Joe Cocker. So yeah, lots around at that time. But, for metal Bruce kinda rules. Chris
For insane composition, listen to ghost of perdition by Opeth. Fair warning, it's about a 10 minute song. But it captivates you with all the changes. This song has about 5 different genres in it.
While Bruce just became the lead vocalist of Maiden at the time he was previously known and loved on the metal scene as lead singer of the band Samson. This performance was in his native UK which was the home base of both Maiden and Samson so he was definitely well-known at the time. Former Maiden lead vocalist Paul Di'Anno was a very underrated vocalist as well. Di'Anno's bands Racer X and Paul Di'Anno's Killers were hit bands on the metal scene as well. As for the greatest performer on the metal scene it depends on the metal style you prefer, there are so many types of metal choices vary ... Goth Metal Peter Steel of Type O Negative, Classic Metal would be Bruce or Dio (hard to choose between them) and for Progressive Metal I'd have to say Andre Matos of Angra. Of the ones I mentioned only Bruce is still alive unfortunately. We've lost too many of the greats over the years. Oh, and I almost forgot ... for Japanese Metal Hyde (who has been performing solo the last few years was the lead vocalist of L'Arc-en-ciel and Vamps not to be confused with the American band The Vamps) has been Japan's greatest male metal performer for years IMHO ... he's still alive and still performing just like Bruce.
Eagle Fly Free-Helloween(studio version), it will change your life. As good or better than anything made today. Greatest metal band on the planet. Up the Irons! Oh and Rime of the Ancient Mariner(studio version) will change your life.
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What’s your favorite performance of Hallowed Be Thy Name? Is it their best live song? Share your thoughts!
This is it, man. You found the holy grail of "HBTN" live performances. 😆 For a recommendation of a rather obscure gem from Maiden- "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" This really doesn't get the play because of the era the song was released, but when one listens to it, you simply cannot only listen once. You have to put it on loop. Really one of my favorites from Maiden. Catchy riffs, amazing solo from Dave Murray (song was even written by Murray) and transitions that will put a smile on your face. Bruce's vocals are just amazing. He really delivers this one with deep lyrics... I could go on but I'll stop. 😉
My favorite performances of this song would be the ones I have attended, hahaha.
If you wanna check some crazy audience engament, check their 2000 Rock in Rio, with quarter million people as audience (1985 Rock in Rio was 350.000 people); some tracks to check from there could be "Fear of the Dark", "The Clansman", "Dream of Mirrors", to name a few.
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The day your Patron will allow some sort of tier for requests, it will become huge. Keep up the good work!
when you can , react to Iron Maiden - Alexander The Great ( with lyric ) = good history lesson . 😎👍
Live After Death
In fact that's the best live performance for all the songs on that setlist
Live from Rainbow 1979/80 is also top notch
I also like Toronto 2008
No backing tracks, no Auto tune. Just an amazing Band.
years of constant rehearsal and performance
Sorry but this is not live, the clip is heavily edited. The title of the original video is misleading.
@@mattvideoeditorWhat do you mean it's not live? It was recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon Arena in '82.
no auto tune. Old school! Just voice!!!
Bruce also fought throat cancer and would not let that stop his passion. He also literally flies the band, crew, and equipment to the shows. A living legend!
In this era and beyond, Maidens live performances eclipsed their studio albums - consistently. One of the best live bands ever.
THE voices of metal will always be Dio, Bruce Dickinson and Rob Halford. Three absolute powerhouses. You’re right about Bruce’s charisma, he’s widely recognised by the metal community as one of the best front man ever in the genre.
And Michael Kiske, Andre Matos, Tomo Kotipelto, Tarja Turunen and many others
@nightgathering hes talking the top 3 goats not those guys
Eric Adams??
Agreed!
Appreciate the shout out to Clive Burr - he really gave the first three record a different sound than what came after (though I love Nicko - the drummer who took over) and he's absolutely on fire here.
Iron is on a class of their own, to this date theirs live performance has such energy and vigour that put many young to shame. They never fail to deliver spectacular performance, second to none.
i am sad the creator left out Lemmy,
I saw them again in May last year, in Belgrade. The crowd was a great mix of old geezers, such as myself and kids such as these. Crone, I was 16 in '82. I was amazed that the kids of today knew and sang along on all the songs, with the repertoire spanning 40 years.
Saw themlive again last week. They've still got it. Didn't play Hallowed, but they did play Alexander the Great, which is another epic song.
You asked prime frontman in metal. We have Ozzy, Rob H., Dio, etc..., What can be said is that they are all the Best. In Music / Taste / There is no such thing as GOAT. We all have some piece of there song that got to us.
1982 IRON MAIDEN set the world on fire.. Gone was a young opening band.. They became one of the most popular respected an loved bands the world has ever known.
Dio, Dickinson and Halford are the Trinity voices of Heavy Metal.
Queen were classed as metal, too. So, Freddie must be up there if not number one;-)
@@azzajames7661 queen were never classed as metal buddy
This IS the best performance of the Song!I like some others too,but this is No.1!
The drumming is the best from clive
Clive was an incredible drummer, way ahead of his time. The first two Maiden albums should be listened to for his drumming alone. No one else sounded like that at the time.
One Maiden song I think you would love to listen to is Rime of The Ancient Mariner. It’s a 14 minute epic based on the the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. So much going on in that song, but I’m not sure you’d want to react to something that long lol.
The evolution of this song/performance is it actually gets faster.Good job on the reaction.keep going.
"Beast Over Hammersmith" was recorded at The Hammersmith Odeon, London.
Great reaction, love your insight and passion for music. I was a teenager when this song came out, and it hit me hard. They are my favorite band, bar none. The song writing, musicianship and talent of ALL of them is crazy. Bruce is the best frontman in metal IMO. Ozzy, Dio, Rob Halford and Ian Gillan are up there. Check out Rime of the Ancient Mariner, live in New Jersey. Dance of Death live in Chile, The Clansman live in Rock in Rio 2001, Wrathchild live at same concert and Paschendale live. All great performances. Enjoy and Up the Irons!!!
In 1982 DIO would be another performer in this genre that was epic.
The Clansman Iron Maiden Rock In Rio really love that one :)
This video was recorded 2 months b4 the album came out, so none probably heard it or about it b4 they seen it.
Not over produced! ..... just pure talent, just as amazing live and still rocking the same even though they are older in this live. Oh and they are currently doing a world tour.
1982 Hammersmith London, England. We never had the 'Satanic panic' in the UK
Well... at least until the social serviced, police and courts initiated a modern witch hunt in the Satanic abuse scandals of the late 1980s which saw innocent parents arrested, kids seized and jail sentences handed down until years later it was all debunked as utter nonsense. Interestingly perpetrated by secular and mostly atheist authorities. It was a disgrace. It took over a decade for one family to be reunited. The worst examples were on Orkney
Hey there, I’m an Australian 63 year old guy who went to see my favourite metal band in 1982 and saw this very line-up of Maiden, and I’m telling you straight, these guys were the best at what they did. Although they started in 1975 it wasn’t until 1982 when they had the band they were destined to be. Yeah there were certain changes between the years and unbelievably they molded together as though it was meant to be. Bruce came from a band I was really into called “Samson” but OMG, when he joined Iron Maiden they became a World Wide Sensation within the metal industry and genre. Unfortunately Clive Burr, their drummer was suffering from Altzmeimer’s disease and had to give it up. But Nicko McBrain joined the band and they created an amazing legacy for the metal genre. What an incredible band they have always been ✨💪👏👏👏🦘❤🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
This was recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, March 20, 1982. Not sure what the social climate was over there at the time. I was 10, but still remember certain people here in the US freaking out about this album and calling them satanists and all that. Not usually a fan of live versions of songs, but Iron Maiden are frequently the exception. Live After Death was also a really good live album from them.
I was 12 in 1982, in Edinburgh Scotland, we didn't have the 'Satanic panic' here, the UK doesn't have the religious puritanical history of the USA, in general. I rember 1982 and I suspect most parents were quite OK with Metal, they were more worried about punk! Remember, we'd just had the Sex Pistols
@@HarryFlashmanVC I was in the southeastern US at the time. The bible belt. They are still freaking out over nonsense.
@wm-nu1yf I'm a practicing Catholic, having said that, those who lost their heads over this probably think that I'm a million times worse for being Catholic! Incidentally, Nicko is a devout Christian.
The medaevil church banned the use of tritonic intervals and labeled it the 'devil's interval' purely because it sounded spooky. The 'Satanic sounds' panic of the 80s was a great example of mass hysteria which had real world consequences because it led to the Satanic abuse trials, the nearest thing to a witch hunt we have had in recent times and which was ironically most aggressively pursued by atheist social workers and courts.
Public hysteria is a real problem in our society, especially where we have made the media our priests and social media the pulpit.
I think my parents were a little worried that I was listening to a band called Black Sabbath, but there was nothing approaching that kind of satanism hysteria here in the UK.
@@langdalepaul My parents understood that a lot of that was just marketing. They got me Motley Crue's Shout at the Devil album for my 12th birthday in 1984. It was the original run with the pentagram on the cover. They were somewhat religious, but weren't the lunatics who were freaking out about everything. Even in those days in the bible belt, it was really a minority of people who were just loud about everything. Same thing now. Most people don't care about whatever, but you have the "hey look at me, I'm outraged" crowd which get all the media coverage, making things seem worse than they really are.
I saw them with Clive Burr at the Cobo Hall in Detroit in May 14th 1982.
I my have just graduated high school, but new they would be on their own on the next tour.
Great show by all three bands and it was past midnight and 38 Special was still playing as we left.
You should have at least 100k subscribers. Great work.
One modern track you should do is the live version of Talisman (from En Vivo). Over 30 years later Bruce shows that he is still the best around!
When you consider body of work stretched over 40 years, I don't think anyone compares to Dickinson (or Maiden). If you don't put a lot of merit on total body of work, then I guess that's a different discussion. Saw this song performed in fall of 1982 a few shows before they were done warming up for Priest, and saw Maiden a few weeks back in Prague. Completely blown away by how well they've held up individually and as a band. Might have been the best I've ever heard Dickinson sound, and I've seen them 20 times.
Rock in Rio 2001, I think the longest I’ve ever heard Bruce hold a note.
I saw this Tour twice Anaheim and Long Beach Arena. Simply Amazing.
Seeing this, 2 years before I saw them my first time, it's no wonder they're still going strong 40+ years later. They still have this amazing energy on stage even though they're in their 60s now. True professionals, no autotune or playback bs. Standard bearers for the heavy metal movement in the world!
1982, this was the second album that Bruce did. My brothers were major Maiden fans, which made me a Maiden fan. Now, I did not get to see them on this tour. My dad said I was too young at the time at 11, but I would get to see them live in 86 during their Somewhere on Tour Tour. Iron Maiden had put out 4 albums at this point, so we knew Iron Maiden very well in the US at the time. You have to understand in 82, many bands showed up. The big concert in Cal. With Motley Crue, Quiet Riot, Triumph, Judas Priest, Scorpions, and Van Halen took place. Also, this is the time Ozzy and Randy Rhoads were touring and his passing. So Metal was exploding big time. Was a great time to be a kid with older brothers at this time.
Great reaction! This IS the best version of IM-Hallowed be t n. I would guess this is one the earliest shows for IM after the release of the album The number of the beast. They play it very close to the album version, because that's what they have rehearsed. It's when the band played the song for many many times there is some small addings and and differences developed. This song is used to be played at a redicilous high tempo, especially close to the tour endings.
Saw them
July 18th 1982
DAY On The GREEN
I WAS 21 & ... YES
I WAS BLOWN AWAY
On this tour in Australia, they were the headline act. Supported by an Aussie band called The Boys.
Myself and 2 mates travelled 3 hours by train to see them. We were 14.
It was at the Capital Theatre in the middle of Sydney.
We got there and walked up the steps and stopped to survey the scene.
There were a lot of bike gang types dressed in black with plenty of leather and hair etc. Beer in every hand and very dank smoke moving in clouds. 😂
I said to my mates “if just one of our mothers were here we’d be dragged home”.😂
Maiden blew us away, red hot show, they played multiple encores, just about every song from 3 albums.
The energy was amazing. I lost my voice for days from singing along. This clip just takes me back.
Rainbow 1977 live in Munich, “Mistreated” Ronnie James Dio lead vocals. The whole band was amazing. It’s hard pick a favorite metal performer from that era, but Dio is a true legend!
Just saw them last year in Los Angeles. Still amazing !! 💜🤘
One of the greatest voices and one of the greatest bands in Metal; Maiden inspired so many after them. They are the Godfathers of Metal and Bruce is the Godfather.
For me, Bruce is the Freddie/Michael of metal. There are equally great voices. And there are equally great performers but to have both is unbelievable! His energy, he’ll the whole bands, is unmatched. Now you’ll have to do a later Live performance of one of their songs. Rock in Rio, Flight 666, Toronto ‘08. I would recommend Fear of the Dark from Rock in Rio!! Or maybe Rime of the Ancient Mariner from Flight 666. They may have more energy now!
I am a little late to this video but as a person that is a Gen X I did see them in 1982 at 14 without my parents and again in 1984 for the piece of mind tour. It was not uncommon for people my age to attend concerts as society was not as messed up as now and people actually looked out for the younger people even if they did not know them. It was truely a different time. Thank you for the time you spent making this video I just caught one of your other videos and I find myself binge watching others. As a former drummer and vocalist I find your channel appealing.
well, the best metal performer is definetely Bruce Dickonson he even got better and more entertainer as he got older. Flight 666 version ffrom 2000 era and his i
nteraction with the auidence is also mindblowing
I saw Queen in 82' with Billy Squire. He was great. I've seen Maiden 7 times. Frist time I'm 83' the last time was in 17' in So Cal. They still play as hard
This was recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in London
Dance of Death En Vivo is live and magnitudes better then the studio.
My go to for live performance from these guys is Rime of the Ancient Mariner. For me one of the greats from that time is Alice Cooper.
I agree that most of the public did not know what the song was about, because this concert was held prior to the release of the album. Even so, they had been playing it since December 1981 when they first performed it at the Ruskin Arms in London. You can find the audio of the concert, in which The Prisoner and Run To The Hills also played (all from the album The Number Of The Beast) and in November 81 they played 22 Acacia Avenue and Children Of The Damned, at the Rainbow in London. Two other songs belonging to The Number Of The Beast, so even though they weren't known to the mass audience, I think they were known to the kids in London, because the bootlegs were already scattered all over the city.
PS: by the way, if you chose this video because of the definition, I wanted to tell you that I recently found one that I think looks even a little better. Take a look if you want! A big greeting!!
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There is also a recording of Bruce performing a 43 second scream on yt from a concert around the same time.
Are you my grandson? Glad you are doing the epic video. Got a sub for now man.
My absolute favorite Iron Maiden song, and that goes wayyyy back for me...
Back then we went to concerts all the time. I started in 1980 when I was 9 . A bunch of us would get tickets and we made arrangements with somebody's parents to take us. They would just drop us off n pick us up afterwards. It was a different time. People looked after each other back then
R.I.P. CLIVE BURR INSANE DRUMMER,BEST ON THE PLANET AT THE TIME
Binge, baby, binge!
11:02 You are very freely and calmly said that because in fact he TRULY is!!! THE ABSOLUTE GOD!!!
You should watch some live Metallica!!
My fav two performances are Creeping Death - Moscow 1991 and Master of Puppets - Seattle 1989. Anything from the 1989 show actually, you might like One more live.
Hallowed be Thy Name live in Montreal from 2008. More energy and showmanship from all members.
Need to see Bruce in his first Major Band... SAMSON...LIVE. 81 Or 82....
" Beast on the road ❤❤" tour. For Number of the besst. This was at Hammersmith Odeon. 1982
Well done, have a subscription!
Next do the Trooper, Rio sometime in the noughties
They used to wear boxing boots on stage. They would come off at the end of the show with sweat pouring out of the lace holes
my first gig was 86 Liverpool UK I was 12, climbed out of my bedroom window because my dad would not let me go, best gig ever been to
I saw them on this tour but it must have been after this show as Maiden was the headliner with Saxon and some other band opening. Good times..! Up the irons.!
Another amazing live performance to check out is King Diamond-Sleepless Nights live at The Fillmore!
Lots of respect to you, that you watch the 1982 version! Thats the real Iron Maiden exp. EDIT: Wrote this in the beginning of the video then he explained. MORE respect.
dude that whole show is electric. i dont think they've ever performed any of those songs better than they did that night. its so clear and precise and each member is on point
Francis, I recently stumbled across your channel, and I appreciate the commentary you provide. It's several steps above most reaction videos. I will suggest a song by a band that is largely unknown, especially in the US. They released their first album in 2002, and they released their 8th album last year. With this album, they are finally gaining some notoriety and have made their first tour in the US. I am pretty confident this song will score high ratings from you on every dimension. The song is Master the Hurricane by Visions of Atlantis. Thanks for the effort you put into this channel.
I love this performance and this first tour with Bruce. I saw Maiden at their very first gig ever in Sweden, October 9 1980 when they opened for KISS. After that I saw them 4 straight years with this 1982/1983 tour was the greatest.
The fun fact here is, this is before the release of the album, so most of the crowd are listening to this for the first time ever - Steve Harris said "something unconcievable today".
Iron Maiden are the GREATEST(live;)BAND now and forever in the whole world;-)
Up the mighty Irons!!!!!
Maiden Great Live, Great Studio! Great Band🎸🤟🎸🤟
I was 14 on release, but in Australia-from England. We laughed at the satanic panic from afar \m/
Damit son you totaly forgot about Lemmy, he got the croud riled up every performance in the 80s and beyond
A few bits of context: This concert took place in Hammersmith in West London so not much Satanic Panic. Iron Maiden are from East London & the song is from their 3rd album "The Number of The Beast" so the crowd would have been familiar with them even though they were the opening act because they cut their teeth in the local pubs & clubs in the late 70s before releasing their debut album in 1980. Other live versions worth checking out are "Live after Death" "A Real Live/Dead One" "Live at Donnington '92" "Rock in Rio" & "Flight 666" to hear the evolution of the song over about a 25 year timespan 🤘
P.S. Within the Rock/Metal Band genre “David Lee Roth” is probably the best example of an entertainer, great vocal performance too, but yeah Freddie, Bruce Dickinson and Dio are the singer’s singers… 😉👏👏👏
Up The Irons 🤘
If you talk about voices in metal, Bruce is one of the best, but also DIO, Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Geoff Tate (Queensryche), Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) and Miljenko (Steelheart) is among the very best.
Yes he is asking that his monitor(s) be turned up. You can sound check all you want, but once you add all of those bodies in there the acoustics change.
Thank you for pointing out how tight the band is, particularly the dual guitars. Most people don’t comment on that. And yes, it is always live with Maiden; no backing tracks.
Also back during dont say no. But nobody was butt hurt, we would party and cops left us alone because we didnt destroy property or block traffic. Just went to the river and had a good time. God i miss the 80s
This is the best version. Period
Seen them in Hampton Virginia in 82.
To answer your question it was ..... Iron Maiden that was on top of the game back in the 80's: Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, (This is when CD's where invented) Powerslave, even Somewhere in Time. They were leading the pack hands down. I saw them in Long Beach for the Live After Death Tour, and pretty much every tour after that. I've got 20+ legit shirts and watched them get egged by Ozzy's kids, my daughters have their share of shirts too. Up the Irons. When Number of the Beast came out that @#$@ was scary. We loved it.
When Powerslave came out me and my friends made a pact to not listen to the album before we saw them in concert. We did pretty good and the majority of the songs off the new album were new to us (except for Aces High, it was hard to stay clear of that one.) The concert we went to was at the Long Beach Arena, where they filmed the "Live After Death" video. Needless to say we were blown away, it was one of the best experiences going to concerts I ever had. Watch the video and imagine seeing "Powerslave" and "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" performed without ever hearing the songs. Gives me chills thinking about it to this day.
About the satanic panic, if I recall correctly, in their Reading Festival performance in 1982 (featured in the Bbc Sessions cd) Bruce rants (right after Run To The Hills ends) about some british vicar of Huddersfield, who was preaching against the band in that same year, later on. So it probably happened in most english speaking countries. In Brazil, people had similar ideas, mostly word of mouth, like Kiss stepping on chicken in their live shows (which they never did) , Ozzy's infamous bat-bite, Black Sabbath's devil thing (the cover of their then newest release Born Again certainly didn't help)... but that only made us kids get more interested!
Yes, he is signaling to get the monitors to be turned up, as at the time there were no in ear monitors. Also Bruce still does not use in ear monitors, he only has ear plugs in when he is performing.
On the album they list Bruce as lead vocals/air horn😅
The album and this track was recorded January/February 1982. The Beast on the Road tour started at the end of February. The album released on the 22nd March and this was recorded at Hammersmith in London couple of days prior to the album launch so it was new to the audience (unless they'd been to an earlier show on the tour). I think the reason it sounds so similar to the recording is because they were literally weeks apart. This is the best live version imo. I do believe they were support on this tour only in the US and headlined themselves in the UK/
Bruce is the king of metal and iron maiden are by far one of the best bands out there
Dude. Maiden is one of the all time greats and one of my all-time favorite metal bands.
I've seen them live many times beginning in the early 80s and as early as a few years ago.
You need to go to a show. They are still rocking strong and sound amazing still live. They don't use live tracks for Bruce's voice.
Just awesome. I'd definitely put Bruce and Dio up there with anybody as the greatest frontmen in all of metal. Bruce is INSANE though, when you consider how long he's been doing it at such a high lever and the amount of running and jumping he does on stage (see later videos) even in his 60's and after conquering throat cancer...the guy isn't human. Oh, and did I mention he is a world class fencer, airline pilot, archeologist, and best selling author as well? Mind Boggling! On a side note and speaking of impressive vocals, you really should check Helloween live from their United Alive performances. They reunited with their former singers and guitarist and now perform with 2 main vocalists and 3 guitarists (who are out of this world good): ua-cam.com/video/XJwuqL0IJqw/v-deo.html
Check out the live concert from Rock In Rio 2001... any of the songs. "Fear of the Dark" for example.
without doubt it is Bruce every time. Try Iron Maidens The Clansman live at Rock in Rio 2001
Great reaction and thanks for sharing. This concert was recorded 3 days before the album this song was on was released. So not only did the crowd not know what to expect, they had never heard Bruce Dickenson as the lead singer this was his debut, they had never heard any songs from the new album. So yeah, they were blown away. The album was released on March 22, this was recorded on March 20. Chris
Iron Maiden are also one of those bands that practice the song until they can play it live in the studio straight thru and rarely record the tracks separately and then add the pieces together. Look at some of their Abby Road recordings for their albums in the early 2000's. Chris
As for frontmen, you left out Bon Scott of AC/DC and of course David Lee Roth and never forget Elton John. Then there was Meatloaf and Joe Cocker. So yeah, lots around at that time. But, for metal Bruce kinda rules. Chris
One of my favourite metal band with others like Rammstein, in extremo, Feuerschwanz, Motorhead, Ensiferum....
I think that you wold like to see Metallica Live Moscow 1991 Creeping Death. Such an powerful perfomance in front of 1.6 million people
Evolution of Band in ROCK IN RIO 2001 HALLOWED BE THY NAME
I think Bruce is the best entertainer by far personally.
For insane composition, listen to ghost of perdition by Opeth. Fair warning, it's about a 10 minute song. But it captivates you with all the changes. This song has about 5 different genres in it.
I wonder if it dawned on anyone else the irony of you asking us what the best metal performance of the time was.... While you were watching it!
While Bruce just became the lead vocalist of Maiden at the time he was previously known and loved on the metal scene as lead singer of the band Samson. This performance was in his native UK which was the home base of both Maiden and Samson so he was definitely well-known at the time. Former Maiden lead vocalist Paul Di'Anno was a very underrated vocalist as well. Di'Anno's bands Racer X and Paul Di'Anno's Killers were hit bands on the metal scene as well.
As for the greatest performer on the metal scene it depends on the metal style you prefer, there are so many types of metal choices vary ... Goth Metal Peter Steel of Type O Negative, Classic Metal would be Bruce or Dio (hard to choose between them) and for Progressive Metal I'd have to say Andre Matos of Angra. Of the ones I mentioned only Bruce is still alive unfortunately. We've lost too many of the greats over the years. Oh, and I almost forgot ... for Japanese Metal Hyde (who has been performing solo the last few years was the lead vocalist of L'Arc-en-ciel and Vamps not to be confused with the American band The Vamps) has been Japan's greatest male metal performer for years IMHO ... he's still alive and still performing just like Bruce.
Eagle Fly Free-Helloween(studio version), it will change your life. As good or better than anything made today. Greatest metal band on the planet. Up the Irons! Oh and Rime of the Ancient Mariner(studio version) will change your life.