WEBVTT

00:00:00.020 --> 00:00:05.240
Metalhead Podcast, Metalhead Podcast, GO!

00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:28.040
You must listen.

00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:30.160
You must listen.

00:00:31.580 --> 00:00:32.599
You must listen.

00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:40.540
Now, here is the Podcast Metalhead's Podcast Go.

00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:43.620
Hello, this is George.

00:00:44.220 --> 00:00:46.960
We've got a nice little short episode for you today.

00:00:47.380 --> 00:00:52.440
Due to all the things going on in August, it's going to be complicated,

00:00:52.940 --> 00:00:55.080
and we're not going to be able to do an episode,

00:00:55.180 --> 00:01:24.120
but at least not until maybe towards the end of the month. So to hold you over, I am going to give you this. In the last episode, we mentioned the Lost Maiden tapes. Well, they weren't lost. They were just sort of in limbo because we recorded this back in very early June and we just weren't sure where to put it. We thought we might tack it onto an episode, but then the next episode we did was the year or the mid-year rather.

00:01:24.180 --> 00:01:43.000
So I thought I would just put this together and put it out there to hold you over until our next episode. In a couple of weeks, I'll also have the Vakken episode for you. So check it out. Enjoy. See ya.

00:01:54.860 --> 00:02:23.340
Sharing beers with good people. Talking. Talking about music. I'm here with John. Hi, I'm John. Hi, I'm Will. Hey, I'm Warren. This is Warren. You may have heard us talk about him before. He's a good guy. He makes beer. Makes him twice as good a guy. Just like Will. Except Will's only half as good. And he likes, yeah, he's way better than I am. And he likes metal. He likes metal. And he's here at Iron Maiden with us. And so is TR. Hey, TR. Hey, what's going on, man? And so is Romy. Hey, Romy. Hey. Hey.

00:02:24.180 --> 00:02:52.260
How's it going? You may know Romy and TR from Prague Power last year. So it's quite a bunch of people here and a whole bunch of other people that I don't know who they are, but they look like good guys too. And then the teeming masses as well. Oh my god, where is that? Okay, that's not good. That's not good at all. That needs to go on the fire. You mentioned the big fire. This is awesome. Yeah, there's big flame. Wait for somebody to catch on fire.

00:02:54.180 --> 00:03:23.800
Most people bring like a cooler full of beer. Warren just brings down a 6-tell and sets it on the ground. Flames shooting all over. It's just like flames shooting all over. It's like pre-show flames. It's like a Rammstein show. Yeah. So, uh... That's pretty much the whole show I just did for us. And it's still cool. So, is anybody at all here to see Ghost?

00:03:24.180 --> 00:03:50.960
I mean, not here too, but interested in seeing ghosts, yeah? Yeah. Okay. They put on a good show. They're entertaining. I like them. I've seen them before, but this is definitely a larger venue for them, I'm sure. I'm not sure. I'm curious that maybe they might, you know. It's not going to be that evil with the sun out, though, I'll tell you that. That's true. It's like an afternoon massacre or something. Oh, man.

00:03:58.340 --> 00:04:24.140
Yeah, we're just out here having some beers, chatting. Warren, are you familiar with the setlist they're going to play tonight at all? Not at all. I know they're going to do some stuff about Book of Souls. I'm hoping they do some old shit. What song would you like to hear most from them today? Fly the Ancient Mariner would be my... I don't think it's going to happen. I don't think it is either. That would be my...

00:04:24.180 --> 00:04:53.780
My Wish. Yeah, that's one of my favorites. Have you... Sorry to interrupt you, John. Have you seen them play that? Have you seen them at all before? No, this first time. Oh, excellent. You're a maiden virgin? I have a maiden virgin. I was going to say, okay, so now pick a realistic song you'd like to see live. Yeah, and then we can shoot that down, too, because... Because that ain't going to happen either. Yeah, there's a lot of classics that aren't on the set list for today, but I'm sure it's going to be a good show regardless. Well, from my understanding, if they play anything like they did in Europe, they'll do like you were saying, Warren.

00:04:54.160 --> 00:05:23.580
I play a bunch of songs from Book of Souls and then I think they hit a lot of albums but it's one song from each album which is fine. It's alright. It's cool. And if people don't like it, whatever. Don't come. It's made. Yeah, it's made. It's an event in and of itself regardless of what they play. Will, why don't you come over here? I'm trying to get a hold of Metal Chris so we can drink beer. Okay, we can't drink beer without Metal Chris. Even though we are technically drinking beer. But yeah, I'm rambling.

00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:54.040
What do you want to see tonight, George? You name a song. And we get back to Warren so he gets a realistic song. Oh, well, if we want to talk about unrealistic songs, I'd like to see Empire of the Clouds. What the fuck is wrong with you, man? That's a great song, man. I love that song. I like Warren's Selection better, Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. I'm going to go with that one. Give us this goddamn microphone. What's wrong with you? But one that I know they're going to play, in fact, I'm pretty sure they're opening with it, If Eternity Should Fail, off the new album.

00:05:54.180 --> 00:05:54.400
Yes.

00:05:54.960 --> 00:05:55.760
I don't ruin anything.

00:05:55.940 --> 00:05:57.160
It's opening up for the whole world tour.

00:05:57.360 --> 00:05:57.540
Exactly.

00:05:58.370 --> 00:06:00.840
So I really dig that song.

00:06:01.380 --> 00:06:04.240
And so I'll be glad to see that.

00:06:04.400 --> 00:06:06.360
And you know a couple of the new songs.

00:06:06.470 --> 00:06:08.600
Because I've seen all the old songs so many times.

00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:12.200
It'll be nice to see a couple of you know I don't like all of the new songs on the new album.

00:06:13.380 --> 00:06:15.220
But you know I like If Eternity Should Fail.

00:06:15.500 --> 00:06:16.600
I like Speed of Light.

00:06:17.980 --> 00:06:19.240
The Red and the Black is kind of cool.

00:06:19.820 --> 00:06:22.340
The only one I really like is Death or Glory.

00:06:22.540 --> 00:06:23.900
And it's on the set list from London.

00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:53.940
So I'm assuming they're playing it here. Yeah, I think so too. I think we're going to get all the songs we probably want to hear off the album. So yeah. And then a smattering of others. I know I know number of the beast will be on there. And we know for sure obviously that the litigious song that I'm Hallowed Be Thy Name obviously won't be on there. No, we're not. What's the story behind that again? Steve Harris ripped that shit off. There's like two whole versions.

00:06:53.980 --> 00:07:23.960
that he lifted from a song from like 1972 or something like that? As Romy was explaining it to us earlier today, I think what it is is that the band that performed the song was the one that filed the lawsuit originally years ago, and this is supposedly the person who actually wrote the lyrics this time. So it's two different groups of people, whatever. You know, just get it taken care of. But what the hell? I mean, it's one thing for something to be similar. You know, usually you see like, oh, Zeppelin's getting sued because of this, or...

00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:53.920
Somebody's getting sued because of that. And you're like, yeah, it's a pretty weak connection there. I don't know about that. Just two whole verses of lyrics that got lifted. That's, that's not, there's not a lot of wiggle room there. And did you listen to the song too? We were talking that day. Yeah. So there's a piece, I guess, towards the end, it sounds like the mercenary a little bit. And you're like, whoa, that's like how many years later? Yeah. So I don't know. I'd have to go back and listen again, but if that's the case. What the hell, Steve Harris? We're going to drag him off the stage and make him answer his crimes. Jesus. All right. Well, Warren, you got anything more to say?

00:07:54.000 --> 00:08:20.220
You're just gonna stand there drinking beer. Cheers. What are you drinking, sir? I'm drinking Diamondback right now. This is their green machine. It's pretty damn tasty. I know. It's blast. What's in this that you're not drinking? It's never a good sign when the brewer's not drinking his own beer. I'll have plenty more of ours. I just had a Diamondback the other day, didn't I? I totally pissed on the Whirlpool. Fuck you guys.

00:08:24.060 --> 00:08:24.280
to it.

00:08:25.880 --> 00:08:26.520
For all you Hollywood

00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:27.780
Night fans in the 80s.

00:08:30.640 --> 00:08:31.220
Alright, well,

00:08:33.300 --> 00:08:34.260
maybe we'll do more

00:08:34.300 --> 00:08:35.159
if more people show up.

00:08:35.880 --> 00:08:36.400
Willie, you got anything

00:08:36.520 --> 00:08:36.880
more to say?

00:08:37.479 --> 00:08:38.200
What do you want to see?

00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:42.320
You Naked Later?

00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:43.840
Well, that is a given.

00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:47.140
But John there too.

00:08:48.980 --> 00:08:51.360
So, when you say see,

00:08:51.920 --> 00:08:52.240
what do you mean?

00:08:52.280 --> 00:08:52.580
Hear.

00:08:53.560 --> 00:09:23.500
What songs are you looking for? Do I want to hear? We were talking earlier when we were having lunch is that I'd really like to see... I'd like to see. I'd like to hear... Quit rubbing your bush on my face. I want to hear... I know. It does. Dick jokes. Yeah. They never get old. We never get any older. Yeah. I want to hear stuff from Seventh Son, which I was expecting.

00:09:23.560 --> 00:09:26.820
I was explaining earlier, which I know is not gonna happen, but it's my favorite album.

00:09:27.060 --> 00:09:27.540
Wishful thinking.

00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:29.060
Yep. It'll never happen.

00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:31.000
That really surprises me.

00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:33.600
Because I know a lot of people that just hate that album.

00:09:33.800 --> 00:09:35.200
I'm not one of, I'm not among them.

00:09:35.500 --> 00:09:36.500
I do like that album a lot.

00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:39.080
Some really great songs on there, but it just surprises me.

00:09:39.700 --> 00:09:41.680
Yeah, I'm not a fan. I'll be one of those people.

00:09:41.820 --> 00:09:44.280
The first seven albums, it's number seven for me on the list.

00:09:44.700 --> 00:09:46.560
I just never got into it. I mean, I like it.

00:09:46.560 --> 00:09:48.180
Because it's the seventh song of the seventh song?

00:09:48.640 --> 00:09:50.940
Alright, so John, what is your favorite Iron Maiden album?

00:09:51.960 --> 00:09:52.280
Mmmmm.

00:09:52.540 --> 00:10:21.040
It's gonna be cliche, but I'll say... I do like that album a lot. But I'll be cliche and say Number of the Beast just 'cause that's the one I cut my teeth on first. You know. I'm either going peace of mind or power slave for me. Power slave. It depends on the mood. Power slave sometimes overtakes it. Alright. I'm gonna get Warren here when he's got a moment. Warren, favorite Iron Maiden album all the time. Killers. Killers. Old school. Right on. Hey, TR.

00:10:22.560 --> 00:10:52.480
I should say it's old school considering it came out a year before Number of the Beast. But that's cool, you know, whatever. Mine was new school. Old Testament, New Testament, you know. Hey, guys. TR, favorite Iron Maiden album of all time. Ooh. I think I have to go with Power Slave on that one. I said peace of mind, Power Slave, so. Yeah, well, that's kind of, for me, the same kind of sweet spot for me on that. Yeah, those two albums are pretty much, I know,

00:10:52.540 --> 00:11:21.040
a lot of people like Number of the Beast. And I like that album too, but it's got to be like that peace of mind, power slave, time frame. Love that stuff. Excellent. Romy, favorite Maiden album? Can't answer that, man. There's too many good ones. Come on, just pick one. Your favorite album at this moment right now in time. Somewhere in time, right now, what's your favorite album? That's a good one. That's a good one. You know, it really strikes me on the mood.

00:11:22.540 --> 00:11:24.560
It's like picking your children. You can't do it.

00:11:25.620 --> 00:11:26.980
And are all your children.

00:11:27.310 --> 00:11:29.580
Alright, fine. We'll let you slide on that one.

00:11:30.640 --> 00:11:33.480
You can't really nail it.

00:11:33.780 --> 00:11:35.500
Well, that's the problem. It was done too much to begin.

00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:38.700
No, no, no. I'm talking when you hit the lever.

00:11:38.910 --> 00:11:39.680
You just gotta move it.

00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:42.860
Alright, well, I think we're gonna stop for now.

00:11:43.060 --> 00:11:45.900
And we'll possibly do a little more before the show.

00:11:46.020 --> 00:11:48.380
Maybe not. If not, we will hit you up after.

00:11:48.890 --> 00:11:49.160
See ya.

00:11:51.940 --> 00:11:52.840
Toxic Moths.

00:11:53.900 --> 00:11:58.700
We've been asking everybody if there's a particular...I know you know the setlist,

00:11:59.610 --> 00:12:01.900
but if there's a particular song that you would have liked to heard or...

00:12:01.900 --> 00:12:03.340
We know the setlist.

00:12:04.420 --> 00:12:06.060
We suspect the setlist.

00:12:06.380 --> 00:12:20.700
I mean, you gotta assume they're gonna play a lot of what they played in Europe, but this is the first show of the US leg of the tour. We don't know. They could pull something out. I mean, it was up to me. I don't know what would be cool to hear. Like, something not super obscure, but something they don't play a lot.

00:12:20.940 --> 00:12:23.260
It's gonna be most of the new album and stuff like that.

00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:30.560
Um, you know, The Evil That Men Do would be cool. Something like, a little, you know, yeah.

00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:33.140
Thank you, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.

00:12:33.160 --> 00:12:33.960
Yeah, I love that song.

00:12:34.340 --> 00:12:43.340
Something like that, I don't know. Um, anything that's like not from like Killers or Number of the Beast, which are pretty much the two, you know, most of what they're gonna play is gonna be off of those if they play old stuff.

00:12:43.980 --> 00:12:50.340
But, I don't know. I mean, in the end, I just wanna hear some cool tunes. I mean, it's that simple to me.

00:12:51.459 --> 00:13:19.740
What's your favorite Maiden album? Probably Number of the Beast. I like Power Slave a lot too, but probably Number of the Beast. I mean, yeah, it's the one everyone knows, but like, that's the album that got me into Maiden. That was my reason to say that. It's like when people say, like, what's your favorite Slayer album, and everybody says Rain and Blood. Yeah, but it kind of is their best album. I mean, how do you... It's kind of like Number of the Beast may be their best album. It probably is. I think Power Slave's better.

00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:49.540
Even Peace of Mind is better, to be perfectly honest. Peace of Mind, man. It's got The Trooper. It's got Run to the Hills. It's got Revelations, Flight of Icarus. I mean, come on. That's way more than Number of the Beast has. We were just saying, it's hard to forget the first album. There's tons of great songs off that, you know, so. Alright. Any input here? Catherine does not want to get Cougar Bush in her face. No.

00:13:50.340 --> 00:14:20.320
What is it with us that women never want to come? Oh no. They're like, they're okay to hang out, but as soon as we whip out the microphone, they walk away. She doesn't like being on camera or nothing like that either. It's just a microphone. But you know, Dr. Lang does the same thing. Whip out the microphone, walks away. I guess we're just not good enough for the women folk. Because they don't ramble all damn day. Alright. So those, I don't know if you introduced. Chris, say hello. Hello. Metal Chris runs DCHeavyMetal.com. He's been my long time co-conspirator

00:14:20.380 --> 00:14:50.320
for about six years now when our heavy metal nights are doing them yeah back at port city or whatever so 2011 i think we started doing those yeah um yeah and we we host shows together now at atlas live shows we've got a couple bunch coming up dc heavy metal is co-sponsoring the ukiyaro uh kiyaru ukiyaru uh show name to spell pronounce yeah yeah i've done it so many times now that i've got it but

00:14:50.320 --> 00:15:20.300
But yeah, it's tough. I mean, it's hard to tell someone that band name. Expect them to Google it, though. You gotta spell it out. Yeah, I mean, they're cool. It's just that it's not SEO optimized. So, you know. To be sure. Yeah, but Helga Might and Dagger Moon are playing that show, too. So anyway, Metal Chris, DCHeavenMetal.com is co-sponsoring it along with Atlas. So, yeah, we've all known Chris for many years and him and I go at least seven years back now. Yeah, something like that. Ever since I met you

00:15:20.340 --> 00:15:48.480
outside of the Howard Theater flyering a show or whatever. We were both flyering and I was like, what do you got there? Trying to do these metal shows at a brewer. I was like, well, I wasn't in on that. And the rest, as they say, was history. Yeah, man. And he's a great spooner. You told me I was a great spooner. You have a great booner. I won't deny that. At least my Catherine doesn't want in on the podcast. And with the dick jokes.

00:15:50.340 --> 00:16:03.740
He's like, "Can I play Minecraft right now, please?" Yeah. Alright. Well, I guess that'll do it for the before show. I can't speak for the before show. And we'll be back after. Yeah. Later.

00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:50.220
We've seen Iron Maiden. And, well, I guess we should probably start with Ghost, like you were just saying. So, sounded horrible. Truly horrible, yeah. Could not hear them for shit. They sounded absolutely... I mean, I think they performed well. And they looked good. Yeah. But I think the sound there just... And I was questioning whether their sound is something that translates to such a large venue, maybe. It's more of a better sound for, you know,

00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:51.920
A hall.

00:16:52.160 --> 00:16:53.640
A hall or enclosed venue.

00:16:54.060 --> 00:16:55.480
Because this is a cavern.

00:16:55.660 --> 00:17:00.440
If you've never been to Jiffy Lube, a.k.a. Old Nissan, it's gigantic.

00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:01.700
It's just so big.

00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:05.120
So, yeah, I didn't think their sound was great either.

00:17:05.360 --> 00:17:09.180
I thought they played their, as Bruce would say, they played their asses off.

00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:12.540
But I just wasn't getting the sound either.

00:17:12.760 --> 00:17:14.500
His vocals were kind of buried, too, a little bit.

00:17:15.339 --> 00:17:45.300
Well, and it seemed like there was a lot of kind of background canned stuff that was being put out. Like there were a lot of harmony vocals when nobody was singing harmonies. I don't know if that was just... Hard to see when your face is covered like Jason and the Argonauts, you know, that mask from the old movie. Well, they are nameless ghouls, so... I think I was watching them and watching the audience reaction and wondering why the hell they were reacting so positively to something that you couldn't hear. And I've decided that...

00:17:45.340 --> 00:18:15.300
The American Music Listening Public Really Like Bands That Wear Masks They Like Ghost They Like Slipknot They Like Masks So I Think For The Podcast Moving Forward We Should All Wear Masks So They Can't See Us Now Anyway That's Right So We Could Be Wearing Masks And You Don't Even Know It Yeah But You Know What Though Migwo Wears Masks And They're A Badass Fucking Black Metal Band So I Mean You Pick Your Poison Yeah But They'll Be Breaking Here Next Year For Sure Next Album They're Totally Like Top 40 Well They Got The Masks Covered

00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:45.140
Yeah, exactly. But anyway, you were saying I think I interrupted. Well, I just, you know, it seemed kind of, to me, I didn't really have, I didn't have a hard time hearing them. So, I mean, I don't know. So the difference a few rows makes. Maybe so. But I really, I didn't think they sounded that bad. It was all completely muffled. I couldn't hear, I mean, I couldn't make out most of which songs they were playing. It got a little better, like when they played Ritual, I think. Yeah. That's about when,

00:18:45.340 --> 00:19:15.300
Yeah, that's, of course, I'm not really, I've seen them before, but I wasn't really familiar with all of their material, especially anything from, you know, their latest album or like the last album before that. But certainly I knew Ritual. And when that came up, it was like, oh, yeah, I know this tune. And I don't know, I definitely felt like his vocals at times were hard to hear. But it seemed like

00:19:15.320 --> 00:19:45.300
I don't know to me it seemed like very slick like there was a lot of you know either like there seemed to be some background tracks that were being piped in either vocals or some other stuff obviously they were playing guitars and you know keyboards and all that but there seemed to be like some other stuff going on either I guess it was mostly the harmony vocals and some of the like the growly vocal stuff that was going on there so and I get it there are a lot of

00:19:45.320 --> 00:19:49.500
Bands that do that kind of thing. And they, you know, to enhance their live

00:19:49.860 --> 00:19:53.600
sound, they put some, you know, backing tracks in there. But

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:57.140
when you got that many guys in the band, I would think, you know,

00:19:57.700 --> 00:20:01.020
at least one of them can sing and maybe do backing vocals, but

00:20:01.450 --> 00:20:03.880
whatever. They committed a cardinal sin.

00:20:04.430 --> 00:20:06.760
You see what I did there? Is that nice? You like that?

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:09.660
They did the prog, you know,

00:20:10.560 --> 00:20:13.520
Kiss of Death. They brought out a keytar tonight.

00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:43.080
Oh, yes. I didn't notice that. Oh, yeah. Oh, my God. I did not notice that. I sat down for a lot of it because I was like, I can't hear it anyway while I watch it. And I was looking like, oh, so it's okay for ghosts to use a keytar. But boy, if a prog band does it, they suck. Well, you know, I noticed that, you know, I was watching them and I was like, boy, they're a lot more moving around and active than last time I saw them. And that's because last time I saw them was a completely different band.

00:20:43.720 --> 00:21:13.420
And I'm like, you know, I think part of, I'm just speculating here, but part of replacing the entire backing band, they went out and got people that are professionals and they all, they have the moves down. I mean, they were all striking poses and doing things like, say, Iron Maiden would. And, you know, the last time I saw them at the Fillmore, they just sort of like stood around and played. Didn't they look like Jawas? They had the little mask.

00:21:13.520 --> 00:21:43.140
I mean, I kept expecting, you know, the whole time from them. You just wanted to work that in. You know, the thing about it is that was another, when I say it was slick, that was another element of it. You know, I had to, I have to admit, like, I, I, I don't, I knew that there was like kind of an unknown element of who's in this band and, and, you know, that they've always been anonymous essentially. So I, I, I wanted to look it up because I thought, okay, so wait a minute, you know,

00:21:43.540 --> 00:22:13.480
Because I knew the singer was different. But I found out that on the albums, it's the same guy. So they've got a studio band that does all this. And then they have this. So it's kind of like a franchise. It just doesn't seem like. The lead singer is the only consistent person. And so to me, it's like, okay, if this is some fabricated thing. I mean, okay, they play the music. It sounds like, I guess it sounds like it does on the album.

00:22:13.560 --> 00:22:41.760
But to me it seems like okay are these guys like the monkeys or you know what you know what's the deal here? Yeah. It just seems like okay if you've got this band that does the stuff in the studio and then you just put these other guys up there to do the live show what kind of connection are you having with the artist? Sounds like zero. Yeah. I don't know. Did you listen to him at all out there?

00:22:43.520 --> 00:23:13.320
Let's ask Romy. I know he's trying to hide in the car. But your impressions of Ghost, sir. They were good. Yeah? You liked it? Yeah. So the sound wasn't bad up there for you? I didn't think so. Nope. It must be where we were. I certainly thought that their set was slick. I don't think... When I say what I say, I'm not actually dissing on Ghost. No. I think it's the... Neither was I. I mean, they were very professional. They played well.

00:23:14.280 --> 00:23:43.320
I thought they did a good show. I think it was just the sound, either the sound guys weren't up to snuff or something. Yeah, I mean it might have been the area where you, you know, different areas sometimes get a little bit different sound. Pockets of suck. Yeah. But yeah, I thought they did a good show. They were entertaining. I just, you know, I just have some questions about like, you know, having like these other guys that aren't really the band that did the music. It's like, okay,

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:47.980
I think we've reached their set time of 45 minutes talking about them.

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:52.740
We're going to make Will happy and we're going to move on to the headliner, Iron Maiden.

00:23:54.560 --> 00:23:55.860
They're okay. All right.

00:23:56.020 --> 00:23:59.120
They're all right, I guess. I mean, they're not a ghost or anything, but you know.

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:05.440
No, I got to say, despite different set lists or whatever,

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:11.420
Bruce Dickinson has got to be the all-time greatest frontman ever.

00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:42.260
And I was thinking about that later on. I'm going, well, it's partly because nobody does anything anymore. Bruce gets up there and he runs his ass off all over the stage and he's putting on the masks and waving the flag and bouncing around and getting everybody worked up. And then you go see Opeth. What's Mike doing? He just fucking stands there and plays guitar. Yeah. You know, it's not that it's not a good show, but they're not easy. They don't do that. No, but that's the thing is, most people,

00:24:42.380 --> 00:25:11.960
don't do that anymore. And so that's why I'm like, you know, why is it that Iron Maiden is like Bruce Dickinson is the greatest front man ever for me? Every time I see him, I'm like blown away. Why dissing on Opeth? We're supposed to be talking about Iron Maiden. I wasn't dissing on them. I was just using an example that I knew would strike home with the two of you of a band of a typical band. Okay. Not that the, not that they're typical and, but a, uh, just a standard, you know, performance.

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:42.120
kind of band that they just stand there. Nobody does stage shows. Maybe you get a backdrop. It's because they can for one. They've got the financial backing to do it. There's a certain level of that Opeth doesn't have the fan base that Iron Maiden has and therefore also not the budget that Iron Maiden has. But I will say that despite throw the money away,

00:25:42.380 --> 00:26:12.180
Look at what the guys are doing. And there's a lot of activity and energy on that stage at an Iron Maiden show. There definitely is. Well, maybe it's me, but Nico's definitely. Was he behind? I didn't think so. They slowed songs down. Wasted Years was a lot slower, I thought. On the drums, at least. Yeah, it was weird when they did that whole riff on the piano. Yeah, I mean, it's... It's a joke. It's a joke. They didn't do it on the piano. There's no piano. Yeah, it was his synth guitar. Yeah.

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:41.660
Will, Iron Maiden. Come on, give it to me, man. Part of me just thinks that you guys are all full of shit. Why? We've said nothing but the... How wonderful Iron Maiden is. Yeah. In fact, I was going to say, and I hadn't gotten to it yet, he's going to pour his drink on me, that I really think Iron Maiden is my favorite band of all time. And that's kind of a surprise to me.

00:26:42.380 --> 00:27:12.340
They are. So there you go. You want to talk now? Come on. You can do it. No, no. So the entire time we've been talking is mostly about what they did play, what they didn't play. It wasn't really about the merits of... I feel like the entire conversation has not really been about the merits of the show in and of itself. Okay. We're always comparing it to

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:42.100
what was or what could be. And I'll be the first one to say what it should be or what not. And I'm with you guys. It wasn't... I've seen Iron Maiden a couple times now. This definitely was not the greatest show I've seen. But it was a great show. No. Iron Maiden... Not the greatest. No, I will agree with you there. It is not the greatest Iron Maiden show I've seen.

00:27:42.380 --> 00:28:12.340
But it was a damn good show. I was completely satisfied. I thought that was an outstanding show. I mean, granted, I didn't get the goosebumps I usually get during the Trooper, you know, but I still thoroughly enjoyed the Trooper, you know. I'm just saying, it's maybe... Sorry, I was trying to complete a sentence and the microphone was... Ripped away. Yes. Finish your sentence, please. I have no idea what the fuck I was trying to say. Then maybe there wasn't actually a sentence that you didn't finish. There was a...

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:38.400
Basically what I thought. In general. My opinion of Iron Maiden tonight was that. Yes. It's Iron Maiden. They will put on a great show. Are they getting old? Yes. Are they playing some songs I don't give a fuck about? Yes. Would I like them to play some songs that I really care about? Yes. Did they play the songs? No.

00:28:42.440 --> 00:29:12.060
I thought that's a little bit of a change. No, no, no. You seemed to enjoy that. You were like waving around and getting into it. Guys are not understanding what I'm talking about right now. No. No. Clearly not. Clearly not. I'm trying to bring the reality and the counterpoint to the gushing, overwhelming like, oh my god, Iron Maiden. So you want to throw down with TR? Oh.

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:16.300
You want to like strip down the loincloths and go

00:29:16.540 --> 00:29:18.460
dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun

00:29:18.860 --> 00:29:19.280
and then like

00:29:20.540 --> 00:29:21.160
rustle around on the

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:24.980
Yeah, I don't disagree with you. Yeah, it wasn't my favorite maiden show of all time

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:26.640
Romy's like, I'm glad I'm sitting down

00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:28.060
I don't disagree with that

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:31.080
I had a good time because I don't know if I'll get

00:29:31.580 --> 00:29:32.480
to see them again

00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:33.860
But I agree

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:36.920
It was definitely not my favorite maiden show

00:29:37.540 --> 00:29:39.240
Not even close, but I still had a good time

00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:41.120
I guess overall that's what I'm saying

00:29:41.120 --> 00:30:10.620
This is definitely not my favorite Maiden show. Maiden is always fun. It's always great to see them, whether you're by yourself or with all your friends. But this show, this was a forgettable show compared to some of the other shows that I've seen. Maybe it's because you're not so big on the new album. Do you think that might be part of it? I mean, yeah, yeah. Clearly, yes. Clearly, that's part of it.

00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:40.260
I could give a shit about the new album. The new album is not fun for me. And I've been, and I've definitely seen, like just what I was saying the other night, I saw Paul Bearer the other night. And I'm not a big fan of the new Paul Bearer album. But when they played the new songs live in that setting, those new songs sounded great. Yeah. And I would say that, you know, some of that stuff translated tonight with Iron Maiden when they played the new songs.

00:30:40.340 --> 00:31:10.260
They sound a little bit better live than they did on the album. But it's... Not your cup of tea. Yeah. If I have to give an honest opinion of Iron Maiden's tour, this go-around... His very first show of the American tour. Yeah. It's just like... If you've seen Iron Maiden before, you know, just... You don't have to buy a ticket. There's nothing extraordinary, awesome,

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:40.300
I have some remarkable nothing about this tour around that everyone was like yes I need to see it's not the final show they're gonna do a million more of them play a lot of new songs that are just sort of meh that's why there were a couple of them I wasn't real fun and like great unknown whatever even the the title talk book of souls was like whatever but like uh red and the black was awesome death or glory was awesome death or glory is my favorite if I have a favorite song off the new

00:31:40.320 --> 00:32:09.900
That's a lot of glory. Absolutely. Yeah. And how about that ginormous Eddie at the end? I swear they keep, I mean, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe he's not bigger than the power slave Eddie, but that was one really big freaking Eddie. Oh yeah. Yeah. And it, and it, they always, they always manage to impress because they, they always bring the stage show and it's always enjoyable and they always have something that they pull out that's bigger and better than last time. So that was fun.

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:12.100
I think they could go bigger because

00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:16.020
like the power slave Eddie was actually like a giant like animatronic dude

00:32:16.430 --> 00:32:20.080
whereas this was I'm pretty sure he looked inflated yeah and so they could go bigger

00:32:20.290 --> 00:32:23.300
because they could go a while to inflate him because his head kind of just stuck there for a while

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:25.060
and it just slowly popped up and it was like

00:32:25.580 --> 00:32:29.440
it just shot up out of nowhere so yeah but he was pretty cool

00:32:29.990 --> 00:32:32.880
I get a Bruce props he pulled out the luchador mask tonight

00:32:33.520 --> 00:32:37.699
yeah you didn't go with the with the the like the hawk looking mask

00:32:37.760 --> 00:33:07.120
I have no idea of flying arm bars or something like that, but... That was different. And what was with the monkey mask? Oh, well, I'm like a monkey. Is that what it says? Is that what the lyrics? Oh, wow. That's why he's doing the monkey. Okay. Wait, that was part of the lyrics? Yeah. Sorry, yeah. Yeah, I didn't know. I guess I didn't know that. I mean, it sounds familiar when you sing it because you sing it so well. But I didn't never pull that out of the lyrics. Yeah, that was the whole thing. It was very weird.

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:37.600
The whole time I was just thinking, oh, my kids would love this. Like, this is the one show I should bring my kids to. I'm telling you, it is entertaining. You can't say that it's not entertaining. I enjoyed it. And I agree with you, Will. Like, initially, I know what you said. Like, you know, is there anything that sets this Iron Maiden show apart from past tours? And I would have to agree with you, no. But when you look at, you know, the level of a show that you get,

00:33:37.720 --> 00:34:05.880
Consistency. Yeah, consistency. Yeah, it's still an outstanding show. Oh, absolutely. Compared to like anybody other. I'm with you too, Art. I get what you're saying. I'm with you. Iron Maiden always puts on a show that is above and beyond any performer, in my opinion, that you will ever see. And maybe this is, I'm being spoiled at this point. Right. Is that I've seen Iron Maiden a bunch of times and on this particular,

00:34:11.200 --> 00:34:37.679
I'm seeing them at a giant venue so I'm even though we had great seats thank you John great great seats it was just like you know like we're still really far back there's no intimate experience with it it's just yeah you kind of feel like you're if you personally felt like you had an

00:34:37.720 --> 00:35:07.660
Intimate Experience. I think I might have had one with you during one of the songs. Oh, absolutely. I mean, I'm gonna say it was more than one time. Yeah, and if anyway, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Just yeah, okay, we got it. Yeah, we got it. Yeah, okay. Should we do highlights then? Well, I want to do one low light before we get into the highlights. And that's these fucking dudes in front of us who held their phones up the whole damn shit.

00:35:07.720 --> 00:35:11.720
He's recording it or he's like streaming it to his girlfriend

00:35:13.100 --> 00:35:19.500
Oh FaceTime or whatever or Skype and I had to look at some like pissed-off chick because you kept will

00:35:19.560 --> 00:35:32.420
kept trying to like get into the picture yeah he kept like he kept he was like literally really trying to be annoying he was like literally over the guy looking over his head and his hands were there and the guy's like talking on the phone and she's just like

00:35:34.299 --> 00:36:02.340
kind of look. And I'm like, just turn your fucking phone off. Put it down. There was two guys right next to each other. And they just kept doing it. I wanted to slap the phones out of their hands. One guy disappeared finally. So we finally got a break. But yeah, it's just unreal. You know, I take pictures at shows. Up, snap, down. Sometimes I take a video, but I always try to keep it like 30 seconds. If I'm going to go over 30 seconds, it's because I can hold it in front of my chest so it's not up in anybody's way. Otherwise, 30 seconds are less.

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:31.960
because I don't want to piss people off. I have one other low light or low highlight from the show and that's Bruce's mic was shit during the Trooper. Yes, it was. That bummed me out because... No, no, no. His mic was pretty shit throughout the whole thing. But that was the lowest point of the whole show. He kept cutting out and stuff. That's the point that you really wanted to hear him. Yes. Yeah, of all songs, that was the one. You know, and... But I was impressed that they played it because the previous set list, they were not playing it.

00:36:32.440 --> 00:37:02.220
Yeah, they were. Yeah. Well, they must have been. I put it on my set list based on that. I created a playlist. Sorry, I saw a set list that someone said that they did in London and the troopers. Maybe we looked at different ones. The troopers not on that set list. Well, they were real troopers for playing it. They troopered through it. Yes. All right, highlights. Highlights for me, power slave all the way.

00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:32.400
That was so... That would have been a lot better had... That was one of the songs where the dickhead held his phone up for the whole song in front of me. No, I love that. That was like the biggest highlight for me of the whole show. I really enjoyed that. Yeah. John? Mine, I don't know if you guys ever noticed in the past, but mine was Dave Murray. In the past, he's looked a little, not sluggish, but a little more reserved on stage. He didn't move that much. This show...

00:37:32.440 --> 00:38:02.400
The frogs are out. The night frogs. Somebody step on a duck. Somebody check Will's shorts. Dude, I got cloth seats. I was... Downwind! Oh! Oh, man. I will say this. I thought his energy on this tour was better than it has been on the last few tours. He looked like he was...

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:32.400
I'm fun, but I agree. Dave Murray... Niko definitely... I mean, look, he played drums for 40 years. It catches up to you. He still played pretty well, I thought. I was like, what's with Dave Murray and this Les Paul? He's a Stratt guy. I look up and... Oh, they were all... At one point, I think everyone played a Les Paul tonight. Equal opportunity guitar players. Which is good, because I'm a Gibson guy over a Fender guy, so, you know. No, everything sounded great. I mean, yeah, they all took their solos, and they all sound

00:38:32.460 --> 00:39:02.400
It was kind of great and I mean yeah Dave was just really shredding it up and it was enjoyable yeah he definitely they all looked like they were having a really good time and they were messing around with each other and you know You should put it in perspective this was the first show of the tour and it's usually the worst show of the tour Well but you know what they also probably had more energy than they're gonna have later on in the tour But in terms of if something's gonna go wrong if they're not gonna like a song you know they're not gonna be up for it it's usually the first couple of shows

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:32.220
But I still thought they did a great job. I like that during the trooper, Bruce was taking the Union Jack and just draping it over Yannick's head and messing with him. He's probably sitting there going, God damn it, it's not even my flag! It's not my country! He persisted and he made it through. It's okay, he was only playing one note at that point. His leg was up. I wish I could put my leg up like that.

00:39:35.800 --> 00:40:01.340
Yeah, so, you know, they ended with Wasted Years. You know, before the encore, they, of course, did the original ending with Iron Maiden, as they always do. I think that's the only old song they play that I don't mind that they play. You didn't like Wrath Chop? I've heard it so many times. I mean, I can sub something out there.

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:03.880
or Fear of the Dark.

00:40:04.710 --> 00:40:05.040
You know.

00:40:06.140 --> 00:40:06.860
They're cool songs.

00:40:07.040 --> 00:40:07.340
Don't get me wrong.

00:40:07.370 --> 00:40:07.860
I like them.

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:11.020
But it'd be kind of neat to see or hear something else once in a while.

00:40:11.120 --> 00:40:13.420
Like, Children of the Damned was cool to hear that again.

00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:14.460
You know.

00:40:14.620 --> 00:40:16.260
And like I said, Blood Brothers was cool to hear.

00:40:16.600 --> 00:40:16.780
Yep.

00:40:17.180 --> 00:40:17.400
So.

00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:19.100
Alright.

00:40:19.520 --> 00:40:19.640
Well.

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:21.720
Yeah, we're not leaving those in the car.

00:40:22.520 --> 00:40:25.040
Do we have anything else before we go?

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.260
I'm good.

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:27.220
You good?

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:27.740
You good?

00:40:28.060 --> 00:40:28.180
Good.

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:28.780
I'm satisfied.

00:40:30.740 --> 00:40:31.940
Will nodded his assent.

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:34.360
Okay.

00:40:35.180 --> 00:40:35.420
All right.

00:40:35.830 --> 00:40:37.080
Well, we'll see you next time.

00:40:37.580 --> 00:40:37.720
Later.

00:40:39.700 --> 00:40:40.240
Boom, bye.

00:40:42.560 --> 00:40:43.040
See ya.

00:40:43.560 --> 00:40:44.000
Later.

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:08.600
"I can't believe me"

00:41:25.340 --> 00:41:43.160
Редактор субтитров А.Семкин Корректор А.Егорова