OFF: Maiden (again!) (was Re: OFF: A Legendary Pinktroduction to The Legendary Pink Dots)

[Christian Mumford]

> 
> On 17 Apr 2009, at 11:59, Christian Mumford wrote:
> > Back then I couldn't stomach Iron Maiden at all though but Rush  
> > were "closer to home". Now I still say The Beast D'Anno is much  
> > cooler than Dickinson (who I couldn't stand on "Run To the  
> > Hills").........
> 
> 
> I never liked Maiden "back in the day"; I was too cool for all that  
> Spandex! :)



I NEVER liked Maiden back in the "day" though i liked the LP art. Now i
listen to "Murders In The Rue Morgue" once in awhile and think "that
Di'Anno dude was one Twisted MF". Though "Number Of The Beast" with
Dickinson's debut is a strong effort either way, more "constructed"
mythos than Di'Annos demented punk snarl could bring forth.



 
> However, Dickinson's _The Chemical Wedding_ solo album totally blew  
> me away when someone finally forced me down in order to play it to  
> me.  It still took me several years after that to kind of warm up to  
> Maiden, but now I kinda dig them -- though, bizarrely, I tend to like  
> their recent material more than the "classic" stuff from the 80s  
> (maybe the Spandex is still bugging me! ;).


the recent Iron Maiden stuff strikes me as the "elder statesmen" plundering the prog market years of Dickinson & co.

Christian

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