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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 30 2005 at 20:56
Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

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Several different genres?! I see one : METAL... Original and new sounding melidies? I see one kind: METAL... Lyrics intelligent? Aren't they the kind of band with I'm-gonna-kill-everyone-lyrics, like most f***ing metal bands? I think yes.

Maiden don't write I'm-gonna-kill-everyone-lyrics,so don't lump them in with those kinds of bands.Murders in the Rue Morgue(Edgar Allen Poe),Ryme of the Ancient Mariner(Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem),The Trooper(Napoleanic Wars),Powerslave(ancient Egypt),Aces High(The British RAF and the Battle of Britain),Alexander The Great(figure that one out),Phantom of the Opera(again,figure that one out),Run to the Hills(The exploitation of the American Indians),Flight of Icarus(Greek mythology),To Tame a Land(Dune).

I don't consider Maiden prog,or even prog metal.They are a metal band with some proggy moments.But I grew up with them,was listening to their first album in 1980 when no one knew who the hell they were and they are a huge musical influence for me.You obviously don't like metal and are very biased in your opinion.Just by the statement of yours that I quoted above,you don't really know what you are talking about.The members of Maiden(especially Steve Harris)are highly intelligent,and probably more well read than you are.

I believe they write some really cheesy lyrics. But, that is not the point. Iron Maiden is not prog.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 30 2005 at 23:40
Umm,I said I don't consider Maiden prog.And I agree with you that the lyircs are cheesy.I was just pointing out they weren't of the variety that the poster I was responding to pointed out


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 05 2005 at 17:09

the Seventh Son album is quiet proggy, especially the title track is prog.

"Alexander The Great" from the Somwhere In Time album is also progressive, and it features a cool 7/4 (or 7/8?) time signature.

But im not sure if i would call them prog!?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 05 2005 at 17:11
Originally posted by Bj-1 Bj-1 wrote:

the Seventh Son album is quiet proggy, especially the title track is prog.

"Alexander The Great" from the Somwhere In Time album is also progressive, and it features a cool 7/4 (or 7/8?) time signature.

But im not sure if i would call them prog!?

I mean; im not sure that i would add them to ProgArchives!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 05 2005 at 20:33

Okay, I was at the record store today and checked out the covers of the Iron Maiden albums, and, I'm sorry, but I don't see interesting music coming from a band that would agree to put out those embarrasing juvenile cover illustrations. If Iron Maiden is more than just a metal band for repressed white boys to rock to to let out frustration (and there's nothing wrong with that, but it's not prog), then, I don't know, they have an image problem.

They're not even good fantasy/sword and sorcery pics; but the kind of stuff I would see in bad comic books. Defend the band if you can, but part of what makes up a band is the persona they choose to project. They could be playing "South Side of the Sky" but if this is their image, I don't know, I'd I have a hard time getting past it.

         

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 06 2005 at 12:03
Originally posted by bluetailfly bluetailfly wrote:

Okay, I was at the record store today and checked out the covers of the Iron Maiden albums, and, I'm sorry, but I don't see interesting music coming from a band that would agree to put out those embarrasing juvenile cover illustrations. If Iron Maiden is more than just a metal band for repressed white boys to rock to to let out frustration (and there's nothing wrong with that, but it's not prog), then, I don't know, they have an image problem.

They're not even good fantasy/sword and sorcery pics; but the kind of stuff I would see in bad comic books. Defend the band if you can, but part of what makes up a band is the persona they choose to project. They could be playing "South Side of the Sky" but if this is their image, I don't know, I'd I have a hard time getting past it.

         

Haven't you ever heard the saying "never judge a book by it's cover"?Jeez.And all thier covers are painted by Derek Riggs,and excellent artist.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 06 2005 at 13:19
Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Originally posted by bluetailfly bluetailfly wrote:

Okay, I was at the record store today and checked out the covers of the Iron Maiden albums, and, I'm sorry, but I don't see interesting music coming from a band that would agree to put out those embarrasing juvenile cover illustrations. If Iron Maiden is more than just a metal band for repressed white boys to rock to to let out frustration (and there's nothing wrong with that, but it's not prog), then, I don't know, they have an image problem.

They're not even good fantasy/sword and sorcery pics; but the kind of stuff I would see in bad comic books. Defend the band if you can, but part of what makes up a band is the persona they choose to project. They could be playing "South Side of the Sky" but if this is their image, I don't know, I'd I have a hard time getting past it.

         

Haven't you ever heard the saying "never judge a book by it's cover"?Jeez.And all thier covers are painted by Derek Riggs,and excellent artist.

Yeah, of course I've heard that. But I think their covers are approved by the band, so it is a reflection of how they see their music. So to me, they see they're music as the equivalent of B-grade horror movies, which again is fine, but it's doesn't exaclty fit the prog genre.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 06 2005 at 22:20
I have claimed in quite a few posts on this thread that I don't think in any way,shape or form that Maiden is prog.They are just a metal band,they have a proggy moment or two.I really liked them growing up,Clive Burr and Nicko McBrain I cite as drum influences.Still like them,as a matter of fact.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 08 2005 at 17:49
Originally posted by bluetailfly bluetailfly wrote:

Okay, I was at the record store today and checked out the covers of the Iron Maiden albums, and, I'm sorry, but I don't see interesting music coming from a band that would agree to put out those embarrasing juvenile cover illustrations.

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