OFF: Lyrics

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John A Swartz wrote:
>
> >Do you know the story behind "Piece of mind" ? It's based on Frank Herbert's
> famous novel "Dune", which was the original title of the song. But when the
> band asked the author permission to use the title, Herbert said no way,
>
> If I remember correctly, it was the song "To Tame a Land" (on the "Piece of
> Mind album" - the first Iron Maiden album I bought and first Iron Maiden
> tour I saw) that was based on "Dune".  Bruce Dickinson told the story on
> tour before the band played it.
>
> John Swartz (who can't quite play bass like Steve Harris of Iron Maiden, but
> does play a Fender Precision Bass - Steve was probably the most influential
> bass player to me when I first picked up the bass)yeah that tune kicked butt.it should have been used in the movie.
i think it did the story more justice than the movie did, anyway!
rj