Iron Maiden
Oct 31, 2006 23:05:11 GMT -5
Post by irock on Oct 31, 2006 23:05:11 GMT -5
Where I live, Jackson's Z-106 is the only rock station I can pick up, and I can't stomach the classic rock format for more than about five minutes so I never listen to them. The Active Rock station isn't powerful enough to reach Vicksburg, but when I go to Jackson I tune it in sometimes. Their 'hot rotation' is so tight it's like a pop station, and I can't stand that either so I never listen to the station for long. Whatever happened to real rock radio? Does it exist anymore? I remember when I was young and Jackson had one of the best rock stations ever: WZZQ. Spins of the hottest songs on that station were always separated by several hours.
Anyway, the point of that is to say that, for all I know, Iron Maiden might still be very popular on American radio and I'd never know it. But I don't think they are. However, when I see how popular some really old groups like Aerosmith and the Rolling Stones still are at CHR/Pop I sometimes wonder. Iron Maiden isn't that old, maybe they're still popular and maybe someone still does play their songs.
I bought the latest album, 'A Matter Of Life And Death', a couple months ago and I love it. I see there was a thread for the lead single The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg here and I feel like a fool for not paying attention to this forum since I liked that song so much. When this board first opened after R&R closed, this forum looked like it was going to be dead and I lost interest. I'm now sorry about that.
My favorite track from the new disk - so far - is The Longest Day.
I'm not so much a heavy metal fan as a non-mainstream rock fan. I like The White Stripes, Tool, Radiohead, Tricky, that sort of thing. I fell in love with Iron Maiden back when 'The Number Of The Beast' came out. The lyrics were some of the best I'd ever heard from any genre of music and the sound was so much more fresh and exciting than anything I'd ever heard from the then-new heavy metal trend that I found them irresistible. I remained a fan until about the 'Seventh Son' album and then for some reason grew so tired of them I almost completely quit listening to them.
But then came 6-6-06. There was a thread about it in the lounge, and some people were scared to go to work that day. The song The Number Of The Beast occurred to me and I dug up my old Iron Maiden records and started listening to them. I went out and bought a bunch of those albums on CD and I've been listening to them, and the new disk, very frequently ever since.
So now I'm wondering how Iron Maiden escaped my notice for so long. I find that the Blaze Bayley era ended several years ago and that Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith are back. Who knew?
I guess that's just one more thing that sucks about living in the South. We're the last to pick up on these things. I have to admit that, since about 2002, I've been extraordinarily interested in politics, since as a gay man the goings-on of the past few years are profoundly important to me. I've been pretty out of touch with the rock music world for quite a while now.
So I'm wondering, just how popular is Iron Maiden these days? It seems like most folks around here who are more than just a few years younger than me don't seem to even know who they are. Their current concert tour includes no engagements anywhere near the US South. I wonder if that has anything to do with the influence of the Southern Baptist Church, since they consider Iron Maiden to be satanic.
Anyway, the point of that is to say that, for all I know, Iron Maiden might still be very popular on American radio and I'd never know it. But I don't think they are. However, when I see how popular some really old groups like Aerosmith and the Rolling Stones still are at CHR/Pop I sometimes wonder. Iron Maiden isn't that old, maybe they're still popular and maybe someone still does play their songs.
I bought the latest album, 'A Matter Of Life And Death', a couple months ago and I love it. I see there was a thread for the lead single The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg here and I feel like a fool for not paying attention to this forum since I liked that song so much. When this board first opened after R&R closed, this forum looked like it was going to be dead and I lost interest. I'm now sorry about that.
My favorite track from the new disk - so far - is The Longest Day.
I'm not so much a heavy metal fan as a non-mainstream rock fan. I like The White Stripes, Tool, Radiohead, Tricky, that sort of thing. I fell in love with Iron Maiden back when 'The Number Of The Beast' came out. The lyrics were some of the best I'd ever heard from any genre of music and the sound was so much more fresh and exciting than anything I'd ever heard from the then-new heavy metal trend that I found them irresistible. I remained a fan until about the 'Seventh Son' album and then for some reason grew so tired of them I almost completely quit listening to them.
But then came 6-6-06. There was a thread about it in the lounge, and some people were scared to go to work that day. The song The Number Of The Beast occurred to me and I dug up my old Iron Maiden records and started listening to them. I went out and bought a bunch of those albums on CD and I've been listening to them, and the new disk, very frequently ever since.
So now I'm wondering how Iron Maiden escaped my notice for so long. I find that the Blaze Bayley era ended several years ago and that Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith are back. Who knew?
I guess that's just one more thing that sucks about living in the South. We're the last to pick up on these things. I have to admit that, since about 2002, I've been extraordinarily interested in politics, since as a gay man the goings-on of the past few years are profoundly important to me. I've been pretty out of touch with the rock music world for quite a while now.
So I'm wondering, just how popular is Iron Maiden these days? It seems like most folks around here who are more than just a few years younger than me don't seem to even know who they are. Their current concert tour includes no engagements anywhere near the US South. I wonder if that has anything to do with the influence of the Southern Baptist Church, since they consider Iron Maiden to be satanic.