Phantom of the Opera- Iron Maiden LIVE 1980 

If you are still watching this shit in 2021, trust me, you’re fvcking legend mates. This video is 41yr old now and still kickin🤘🏼

The first two albums are actually my favorites 🫢

Something special about Paul's voice. Incredible

I will always love the DiAnno era. they were savage, aggressive, genuine. 🇮🇹 VIVA IRON MAIDEN !!!

Clive burr was a fucking genius and deserves recognition as an innovator of metal drums

Love the Paul Dianno era. Those 2 albums are fantastic!

damn ! I liked this song when I was 16-17 ! I am now 50 and I am still singing it - headbanging in my car !!! people think i am crazy !

Paul Di'Anno, please come back !!!! The two first albums were the best👍 The spirit of eighties...

I was guitarist in the support band ,The Angels,we did two nights with maiden at the Marquee.Great gigs and great bunch of geezers.I can remember coming off,they went on and i thought 'this band are going to be massive'. We had no hope.Steve Harris is a genius.

Best years, best song, Paul is amazing

THIS is metal. Not just the music. But the ATTITUDE.

The first Iron Maiden album, their best. Raw power and emotion

4th July 1980, recorded exactly 40 years ago today. Still sounds fantastic. Dennis Stratton deserves credit for his playing and for bringing Clive Burr into the band on his personal recommendation.

Best Iron Maiden song and lineup 🇮🇹

I fucking Love Bruce Dickinson. But this song, this godamn song is Paul's

I like Paul. So punky voice. Perfect to this song!

Paul Dianno is still one of my favorite voices.

Paul hade an amaizing voice live... incredible!!!

Maiden has few if any bad albums, but these two hold a pure place in my heart as true raw metal. Dickinson certainly took up the mantle and helped define the band, but these songs are the roots of the sound, cadence, and life.

You've done a fantastic job Sean!! Thanks for sharing it with us. 42 years later and we are still here listening to these guys - Paul Di'anno is a legend - Long life to Maiden!!!!

Followed maiden since the 70's.What a great drummer Clive Burr was.

I'm 54 years old, but these are always my Irons... When heavy metal met classic music....

This is so bloody awesome. Clive Burr, Di'Anno and Stratton in the same legendary song! I have to say as loving all these guys in this era, I missed Clive the most after NOTB. Great video! And of course RIP Clive Burr.

à 56 ans, j'écoute encore avec plaisir ce groupe mythique, merci de me faire encore vibrer.

No other metal band could have delivered this piece. This must have shocked the hell out of people when they first heard it.

best version of this song ever

i want to dedicate this song, specialy the headbanging parts, to all who shared with me the magical times of the metal 80s.. Maybe our time has passed but our passion will live forever. BANG THE HEAD THAT DOESNT BANG!!!

brutal, cru, sujo, rápido.....essa fase do IRON foi fantástica, pena que o Dianno n se cuidou, certamente está entres os melhores vocais dessa geração!

lucky bastards in this show...damn...

DiAnno is legend period!

I had this album as a teenager and it really opened my ears to Iron Maiden more than the later albums. This is so vibrant and vivid and raw and energetic!

Always and forever, my favorite Iron Maiden lineup.

Clive was a beast on the drums.

Fascinated with those old and foundational Iron Maiden from the first albums, the dark, gritty atmosphere, the punk attitude of Paul Di´Anno, the energy and the fury.

Brilliant ,the production on the album version not great ,this proves Paul was indeed a great singer live ,just don't compare to Bruce , completely different singers ,Paul's voice suits the band's style as it's his song , Bruce's voice took them in a different direction to suit his , respect to both singers ,they suit their time period in the band perfectly ,well done for doing such a great job on the video ,hard to believe that was 40 years ago ,still sounds so fresh 👍🤘

Amazing! The first two albums are the best!

damn the sound quality is awesome for early 80's live gig

Reparem que o som e vocal sao limpos, sem desafinação. Uma obra de arte ao vivo!!!

Clive Burr is fantastic drummer

Ohhh what I give too see Maiden like this again,love the DiAnno era,raw/brutal even a punkish element to their early sound,proud to be a fan back then and now 🤘🏻

_Somebody watching in 2020..?_

There's no other voice like this. This is raw power.

Dave Murray, my favorite metal guitarrist! Up The Irons!

First time seeing this version....completely amazing quality.

This song is a timeless classic

En mi humilde opinión nadie cantará esta canción como Paul es una de mis favoritas.

Absolutely TREMENDOUS!!

I really love their early stuff so much that I usually listen to their first and second one in my car Toyota. Great cheers from Japan !

Saw them for the first time in 80. Clive drumming was so good as was the whole show. I had no voice for days after. I was 17 and I've been a fan ever since. Not many bands made it this far with almost no radio time

Best Metal generation ever! So real!!

Awesome on every level...and Clive,you were a fn' high energy beast on the drums...RIP brother

Love this, it’s like watching something in a history documentary. Should be shown in schools for history of music

Seeing Paul at his best here just makes it all the more sad how far he's fallen since.

This video should be used as a tutorial of how a crowd should enjoy a metal show. No phones, no moshing, just a lot of headbanging hands in the air, etc...

nearly died in a car crash in Germany but only had iron maiden tape to listen to, thats all i needed, been a fan since, music makes you buzz.

This is one of the greatest heavy rock songs ever played.

Brings back memories . i bought this album new . i used to bring my guitar to school and play running free . kids would ask me "who was that you played?" I said "Iron Maiden" "iron who? They'd say lol. Nice to see footage of Dennis here.❤ Up the Irons☺ R.i.p Clive

Muy privilegiados los que teníamos 11 años en ese 1980. Impregnaron de calidad y excelencia nuestros oídos y por eso la frase: Maiden no se compara, no tiene con quién además, no es ni la punta de la pirámide, es la pirámide; es la música clásica de avanzada, siempre persiguiendo la perfección, y la obtienen y en vivo además; Maiden es una cultura poderosa, es el Metál mejor diseñado e interpretado,y por esa cultura se desprendieron cientos de géneros y subgéneros, se procrearon miles de maravillosos músicos y excelentes agrupaciones, gracias a Maiden, 40 años pasaron de ese concierto, sumidos en la perfección, es el mayor ejemplo de lo que es ser músico y agrupación, del respeto de ellos mismos hacia la cultura que crearon, el respeto por nosotros, la grandeza intelectual para lograr satisfacer a millones de verdaderos oídos a través de esa estructura empresarial que por la grandeza de su música entendieron tenían que diseñar para recorrer el mundo y entregar esa magia de música y cultura que impregnaron en almas y oídos a millones de personas, la decencia de estos músicos, el estado físico y su energía inquebrantable, la puesta en escena, la seriedad extrema, afortunado yo y afortunado mi hijo que nació también escuchando y aprendiendo de Iron Maiden. Gracias.

Diano era is my favorite Maiden. Love most the Bruce stuff too but something about Diannos voice just hits home.

2021 around the corner and still this timeless masterpiece gets me going...

This is the best live performance of Phantom I have ever heard! Clive Burr's drumming is incredible in the middle section. This is awesome. I have this on cd in my collection. It sounds amazing cranked up in headphones!

Paul Di'anno was the man!!! This was the album that introduced me to Iron Maiden.

With Dennis Stratton live.. so great video!!

Di Anno era, the best

Di'anno was great.

Takes me back when I was a teenager getting together with friends and air play these songs. 51 now but still enjoying

When music was music and not just a sound!!!!!! Bring me back the good old days!!!!!!!

One of the best Maiden's pieces, absolutely

Thanks for taking the time to put all the pieces together Sean. Bruce is amazing, but in this footage Paul is out of this world. Such a punk attitude and a wonderful voice and stage presence, and he was just a kid!...Comparisons are such a waste of time.

Che meraviglia, mi viene da piangere ripensando a quei tempi... "Phantom of the opera" è un gioiello unico, mitici Iron!

Omg. Paul Di'anno was a phenomenal singer. He sounds amazing. I always knew it since 13 when I fell in love with Iron Maiden but I didn't realize how great he was until now. Truly. ...it all worked out great for them and Bruce and Bruce is a God. But Paul started off the legacy and Bruce picked up this blazing torch.

Imagine being at the forefront of revolutionizing an entire genre of music. Incredible.

I was 14 then now I am 53 and I have never stopped listening to them and I will never do it ... Iron forever

I saw them with Paul Di'anno and still think the first album is the best.

Maiden at its best!

This absorbs all the best from heavy, speed, punk, rock, but basicly this is fundamental heavy metal, the best one!

denis straton on guitar amazing

Best version of Iron Maiden love this line up

I love this álbum, Paul di anno is a genius

Love the early Maiden, it's the best. Thanks for posting this.

Sean, I am so glad that you have posted this video. It is showing the original lineup of Iron Maiden.

The only band that brings so much history and legend to their sound and actually become historical and legendary in being and stature, themselves.

forever in my heart this album with Pauls voice. Cants believe this is 40+ years old. Cheers to the absolute legends who captured this in such good quality!

Beautiful ! Paul di anno was the best !

I'm about to do my 4th Iron Maiden tribute as a drummer. Watching this, Clive's speed on the fast hihat part is insane. I really think the reason Clive was fired was because he set the bar for himself so high that he couldn't maintain his level to Steve's liking on long tours. I don't blame alcohol for that. I blame Clive because these drum parts are so fast that no normal human being can possibly do that shit on a long tour. I hope that makes sense to non-drummers.

Arguably- the best and most badass iron maiden gig

A raiz está aí. Excelente, paul é incrível

Not worth comparing Paul to Bruce on this one its Pauls song and rightfully so

Phew. What a killing machine this band was back then. To be young again... Clive, where are you now? You were the best...

So glad i bought live at the Rainbow on VHS 30 years ago. Paul's presence and vocals in Maiden were electrifying!.

itsa shame paul dianno didnt make more albumns with iron madien i could cry

Dennis Straton!!! Wow, he played awesome!!

They play one hhelluva show. Truly proud to have been 15 when it was released in 1980. Awesome 👌 l could fit right in there . I love this band.

È sempre un meraviglioso piacere ascoltare un brano dei Maiden dal vivo, specialmente quelli del 1* album! Sono cazzuti !!!

This is the Maiden that quite literally rocked my world as a young 11 year old in London. I found where I belonged.

Hard to grasp that around this time they were just a local band who just had a record deal and played like this. A stadium level performance in a club scale venue. JUST INSANE!

Excelente versión en vivo, la interpretación de Paul es impecable,obvio que los demás integrantes estuvieron excelentes.

This crowd is great! Girls in there too!

OMG - found this by chance, I was at both the Marquee gigs! Still got the original red t-shirt & 'soundhouse tapes' from that period in the attic somewhere - and possibly the ticket stubs unless my mum got there first. Sweat dripping off the ceiling, feet sticking to the floor.. happy days. Maiden were the b******s, never quite the same when Den Stratton was elbowed. An excellent guitarist but maybe it wasn't edgy enough. As for PD, well I remember seeing Dickinson hanging around the bar at one of the gigs (actually, at loads of Marquee gigs!), like a parasite - too cool to chat but happy to have his glass filled. Obviously waiting to get his feet under the table; Samson were not in the same league, as proved to be the case. Oh well. Thanks for the memories, Sean. Appreciate it. I can show my kids that once upon a time I was cool!!!! :)

Saw these in 81' Derby assembly rooms for £2.50. Still have ticket and programme same for the year after though the ticket price did go up a whole pound! Worth every penny. The golden age of metal....