Μολών λαβέ= as or when you come,(try and)get it. Spartan mindset. Macedonians were part of the Dorian tribe(the other 2 Hellenic tribes were the Ionians and the Aeolians) like the Spartans and they were proud of it. Up the Irons!
I was around 16 years old when I heard this song for the first time, being 40 now, still to this day the guitar solo part with the bass and drums just hammering brings tears to my eyes, bloody amazing band and song.
Two guitarists in this band. The first solo was played by Adrian Smith (my personal favorite) and the second solo was played by the legend Dave Murray.
Déjà vu... Seriously underated track, that riff absolutely blows me away even now and I've listened to this band for over 30 years. Tbf the whole Somewhere album, Seventh son, Number of the beast, Powerslave. Believe me those few years, nobody touched them. Also, check out Di'Anno on Phantom of the Opera. Early maiden but boy... What an epic journey. So nice to see new Maiden fans, you're like our very own blank canvas, keep up the good work! 🤘
Also while I'm here, you should try some Judas Priest. The Sentinel is a great starter for you. It was that track, and Maidens 'The Trooper', that got me into metal (and particularly those two bands) in a serious way.
@@BrotherMan321 Haha I don't tend to do it but was being lazy 🤣 Absolutely. It's a beast of a track that encapsulates everything good about that band at that time. One of my all time favourites 🍻
Oh man, the whole album is very nostalgic for me. But I will never forget discovering Déjà vu while grinding in Tanaris with my Orc warrior on WoW. It just blew my mind.
I'm singing it to myself right now!! "Feels like I've been there before!! Feels like I've been there before! Feels like I've been there before! Feels like I've been there before!!!!!"
@@Noksivs - Yeah but they are both lead and rhythm so they take turns on lead which results in a ecstasy of exchanges between the two. Most bands have just dedicated lead and rhythm.
@@JD.Knight @Libero: Hm. How much reactions do you see with Alexander The Great? All are doing the known stuff and the suggestors mostly suggest 10 others before they reach ATG. So imho underrated. If somebody Asks me about Maiden songs, ATG is in my Top 3.
My favorite Iron Maiden song.. my first time hearing it i fell in love with it. My Favorite band since 1982 and my son who is 23 it is his favorite band too. Please check out To Tame A Land, The Number of the Beast, The Nomad, The Parchment, Rime of the Ancient Mariner just to name a few ;)
Wow, great thoughts and reaction!. You echo my own feelings when i first heard this song and Maiden overall. From this album you might as well check out the tracks - Heaven can wait, and also - The loneliness of the long distance runner. Okay seeing as you're looking for the references you might as well react to the Maiden song - Flight of icarus(from the album - piece of mind). There's a reference to it in this album art, see if you can spot it! :). Icarus i think was an ancient Greek or Roman tale i think. Guitarists are Dave Murray and Adrian Smith. A third guitarist joined the band after these early albums (Janick Gers, he has contributed a lot to the newer stuff)
Hearing this song when I was really young is a huge part of the reason I have degrees in Classics today. I wanted to learn about everything that came before and after Alexander in the Mediterranean after hearing it. Speaking of, I dig the shirt. 🤘
To Tame a Land (awesome bass lines) and of course incredible guitar solos (My personal favorite). Otherwise if you want a straight forward banger, awesome album opener, I would strongly suiggest MOONCHILD. Other epics that you will have to hear at some point are Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
I wonder if "To Tame a Land" will get a little more attention soon as the much awaited Dune part two (actually the second half of the book material) will hit theaters next week.
After listening to the entire album I'd say I prefer Adrian Smith out of the two, but I'm going to disagree with that one. Slash is a total monster. Not just his work with GnR but Velvet Revolver, Slash's Snake Pit, and his Solo Album were all insane! 100% in the same league.
@@hurm1t974 Rookie. Keep listening to more Maiden and you'll see the separation...You haven't even gotten to Seventh Son. You will come to understand. One day.
Try « To tame a land » from the « Piece of mind » album. If you have loved this « Alexander the great », i think you will love this song too. And you can do all the songs of my « holy trinity » of Maiden’s albums: Piece of minds, Powerslave, and Somewhere in time. Only great songs and some masterpieces.
after like15 years playing guitar i realized the way is not just to be able to play fast. the important thing is the notes you chose and how you can play them and the overall construction
It's so nice to see the stank face reacting to something beautiful like this for the first time!! Reminds me of my first listen!!! Nice channel! Keep going!!
The details in the art work only makes sense if you're very familiar with the band. It's full of references of their previous work leading up to and including this album. 🤘
Been enjoyable watching your Iron Maiden reacts. See you've done 8 of their songs so far. I've been listening to Iron Maiden since 1982, at the age of 15. Probably the biggest heavy metal band from Britain, along with Judas Priest. Iron Maiden is: Bruce Dickinson - Vocals Born: August 7, 1958 (age 63 years) Started with Iron Maiden in 1981, left in 1993 and rejoined in 1999 and present singer Steve Harris- Bassist and Founder Born: March 12, 1956 (age 65 years), Started the band in 1975 and has never left Dave Murray- Guitarist Born: December 23, 1956 (age 65 years), 1976-1977, 1978-present Adrian Smith- Guitarist Born: February 27, 1957 (age 64 years), 1980-1990, 1999-present Janick Gers- Guiarist Born: January 27, 1957 (age 65 years), 1990 - present Nicko McBrain - Drums Born: June 5, 1952 (age 69 years), 1982 - present Iron Maiden just put out their 17th studio album last year. If you like story telling great prominent bass line, great drumming and guitar solos you will love Iron Maiden. Next ones I'd recommend doing is Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Live at Long Beach Arena) and Where Eagles Dare (studio) - KILLER DRUMS ON THIS ONE Murders in the Rue Morgue (named after a short story by Edgar Allan Poe) had first singer Paul DiAnno Rime of the Ancient Mariner - (From the poem of the same name by Samuel Taylor Coleridge(story about about an ocean voyage) Epic 13+ min song 2 Minutes to Midnight - About the Doomsday clock for the End of the World The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (based on a short story of Alan Sillitoe which was made into a 1962 film Alexander the Great (About the story of Alexander the Great) ***You've done this one The Prisoner (based on the UK television series that ran briefly in the late 1960’s) Run to the Hills (about the European arrival in America told from the perspective of both the oppressed Cree and the invading Anglo-Saxon soldiers) Aces High (about aircraft dog fighting between the British and German fighter pilots of WWII) ***You've done this one Powerslave (about an arrogant pharaoh in his dying hours, he can't understand why he's about to die and fights it in vain) ***You've done this one Trooper (based on the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava 1854,which took place during the Crimean War) ***You've done this one Where Eagles Dare (based on an Alistair Maclean novel, (1967), and film (1968) about a WWII rescue of an American general from a Nazi stronghold in the Bavarian Alps Revelations (The work of Aleister Crowley influenced the writing of this song, starts out with a Hymnal Oh God of Earth and Alter) Flight of Icarus (loosely based on the ancient Greek myth of Icarus) To Tame a Land (the song relays the story of Paul Atreides, Paul Muad'Dib, from the book Dune by Frank Herbert) Can I Play With Madness (Describes a young man who tries to learn the future from an old prophet in order to come to terms with his visions and nightmares) The Evil that Men Do (Title from William Shakespeare's Julius Caeser, but song is unrelated) The Clairvoyant (relates the reflections of the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son on his life and his powers) Fear of the Dark (the fears we all have of what is in the dark) (Do Live in Rio) Ghost of the Navigator (The lyrics are a metaphor of life, with the ship sailing west towards the setting sun representing death) Brave New World (Loosely based on the 1932 novel by Aldous Huxley) No More Lies (About someone who knows that his time has come with the darkening sky's representing the beginning of the end) Dream of Mirrors (based on reoccurring and maybe premonitory dreams) Dance of Death (Story takes place in the deep south of the U.S. where Voodoo is taking place) (Do live Death on the Road) Paschendale (about the Battle of Passchendaele during WWI) Brighter than a Thousand Suns (About the dawn of the nuclear bomb age) The Longest Day (about the WWII Normandy Invasion) That should give you plenty of material for Iron Maiden Up the Irons!
So glad you have found this album. The Art ... Yeah having this and the B side on vinyl as a 14 year old :) This song is such a way to finish a truly Classic Album, still can't get over Adrian Smith's feel, tone with the best bands mates. Also ... The break down in Sea of Madness is one of the most perfect pieces of music ever recorded, trust you will feel it soon.
I don’t doubt at all that they would play this incredible song next year in the future past tour ! That would be a huge challenge especially for Bruce ! But these guys can do everything! Fans have been claiming for this song for years , I think this now or never ! This tour is gonna be a mixed from Senjutsu and Somewhere in time
Dude!!! What a sick song eh? Im a huge rap fan as well as metal. Theres so many samples from metal and rock used in rap its wild. Just cause you loved this song so much let me melt your brain. Try Helloween- keeper of the 7 keys studio version. Smoke some grass an sit back and let it carry you away
Iron maiden are my favorite metal band of all time, I've been a fan since 82 when I was 12 and this album is phenomenal, every song on here is just superb in every aspect, you've gotta listen to this entire album, wasted years, stranger in a strange land, somewhere in time, déjà vu, loneliness of the long distance runner, heaven can wait, you've gotta check out their live performances, they are so much better live, I actually saw them about 6 years ago here in Washington where I live in the Tacoma dome and they were amazing live, absolutely flawless and incredible and they blew the roof off! I'll never forget this experience. Check out flight 666 live, every song is filmed and recorded in a different country on this massive world tour, check out aces high live, power slave live , rime of the ancient mariner live , hallowed be thy name live, flight 666. Check out dance of death live also.
Helloween-Eagle Fly Free(studio version), Yo the dude is just burnin and ragin some Maiden, brings me back, enjoy it while you can bro.It's two guitarists Dave Murray and Adrian Smith, nowadays throw in Jannick Gers. UP THE IRONS!.
Bro I was a teenager in the 80's!! If u haven't listen to Judas Priest!! I would introduce you to the song The Blood Stone!!! But the Sinner would be more fitting!
Next up: phantom of the opera (singer is different, Paul Dianno), and Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Both Epic! Also, if you like epic: rush 2112 (with lyrics). Thx dude
I am predicting your future and it says you will end up liking more songs by Iron Maiden than any other band, so here's a little bit to expand your rabbit hole. Where Eagles Dare (based on a 1968 World War 2 movie with Clint Eastwood) Sun and Steel (based on a historical Japanese samurai) To Tame a land (based on the book Dune) Losfer Words (big 'orra) (instrumental) Flash Of The Blade Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (based on a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge) Heaven Can Wait The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (based on a book or a movie i think) Stranger In A Strange Land (based on a failed Arctic or Antarctic expedition) Infinite Dream The Evil That Men Do Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son The Prophecy The Clairvoyant There are a lot more, but I figure you should get enjoyment from these before you move onto other songs, I haven't even heard all their songs yet and I like over 90 songs.
The number of the beast album like you were saying the one with hallowed be they name in it well the rest of the songs are phenomenal as well then the piece of mind album which is after that one , even better then the number of the beast album.
Where you like the drums in this song the time scale is 6/8 which what hip hop musicians mostly apply. I think that's why you like it or found it familiar.
Good news is this great song only gets better with repeated listens, trust me after all these years. If you want to hear modern Maiden listen to the best from last year’s album...Senjutsu, the Parchment and Hell on Earth.
