Talking Music with Adrian Smith - 'Gangland' 

That would be the best kind of content to make bearable the waiting for the new album and the end of quarantine times!

Agreed

Agreed 👍

UP!

YES. Definitely brings joy and a smile to my face during such dark and depressing times. We sure can use some casual, jamming out videos from Adrian to brighten the day.

INDEED!!!

Agreed. I do the same still. Listen and TRY to play. Lol. Kids today have nothing that even comes close to these legends. Up the Irons!!!

Exatamente!

It is life ❤️❤️

UP THE IRONS!

It's contagious. Love it!

Hell yes!

Bruce and Steve though

UP THE IRONS!!

Until I die 🤘🤘

Gangland wasn't a B side mste

max rav he’s just saying in general.

My God, you're right! I completely missed it was track 7 on Maiden's most iconic album. Thanks for telling me ❤️

@@hairtrooper91 OK fair enough lol . I read it wrong.

Gangland and 22 acacia Avenue were 2 songs I always loved of off number of the beast.

Fully agree. I hate when people disqualify it. This song is a master piece, very cool and great melody.

Clive's drum part? Clive's drums complete career!!, CLIVE BURR an awesome musician and Mr. "Fisherman" Adrian Smith a vital element in the troupe.

No Iron Maiden song is underrated..!

@@gonogazz most maiden songs are underrated wtf

Underappreciated is better, underrated is way too overused. Immediate eyeroll…

The word you're looking for is professional. 🙂👍 Up the IRONS! 🤘🇬🇧

Well in his defence - he IS Adrian Smith

ha ha : ) yes!

That's just being Adrian Smith 🙂 He's always been a perfectionist.

The best.

Harris humble?!?!

@@TheVigiIante LOL... you got a point there!

Adrian and Dave are for sure! their success hasnt affected them one bit.

@@RedroomStudios Nicko also

@@TheVigiIante Harris is cool as well. They are all true Brits. And they say we have no culture!

He'a actually 63 years old. Hard to believe, right?

Dick D... Sadly probably not too many unless they've either been introduced to it by their parents, uncles or hopefully discovered Maiden on their own hopefully. I cant agree with you more though, been a fan myself since 1985 when I first heard them and will be a fan till the day I die

I'm 14 and absolutely love Maiden. Metal forever

@@tomtomm6129 the same 🤘

Awesome post! I was thinking the exact same thing!

UNDERRATED!!?!?! Aaaaahhhh. Stop using that word! He is world renowned !!!!!

he lives near a load of neighbours to they hear him in the loft

Around 99.9% of all guitar players wish they are "underrated" like Adrian.

Underrated. You use that word but I don't think you know what it means.

Adrian and Dave are not flashy but have inspired almost every metal guitarist after them…they may not appear on lists tho as lists are trash anyways

I got to have a beer with him. He's the real deal. Super nice, down-to-Earth and just absolutely cool. He LOVES music. Such a nice guy.

A nice human being and good guitarist but not good for a metal band​@@danw4490

Peter it's you

You know what’s up peter

Hey 🅱️eter!

I agree. Totally underrated song.

@Samuel Jones I thought I killed him!

A tuneful player, to be sure.

Boondoggle... I couldn't agree more!

Awesome guitar player ! ❤👏👏🤘

I hear a lot of Michael Schenker in him... Who was my fave player growing up..

I've always prefered him to Dave. Much more stylish player.

I refuse to believe this man is 63.

hes looking better actualy

He's always looked great, IMO. Still rockin' it at 63.

He looks like he's in better shape too.. :) Love Adrian.. my all time biggest influence.. He's my Gary Moore. Even though I love Gary, but I wouldn't have really listened to him till I heard Adrian talk about him in the past.

Botox

Definitely

But bruce didn’t like it and they removed it from new LP which was replaced by total eclipse I want them to contain nine songs but not removing it

Hell yes i love that song, has a real viciousness to it

Up!

@@arnaldo.ls.1954 the!

I think the Like A Hurricane line was stolen by the Scorpions. Klaus even sings it that way before the solo of Rock You Like A Hurricane. It was purloined, that is my belief.

Agree. Great song.

🤣🤣🤣 your dad sounds like he was a good man

@@MM1717mm He really was a good man, indeed, but born in 1926, so, for him, Heavy Metal was awful ;)

UP!

@@ohyeah5014 IRONS!

MATES!

moar adrian, please

Alexander the great!!! Or Stranger in a strange land

And Judas Be My Guide, Sun and Steel, Flash of the Blade, The Duelists, The Prophecy, Deja Vu, Fates Warning, Run Silent Run Deep, The Nomad, Montsegur, Isle of Avalon, and i think you get my point.

Okay hear me out...thin line between love and hate? Or I'd love to hear them do some b sides live too

Back in the village

New Songs : Ghost of the Navigator, Wildest Dreams, El Dorado, The Talisman, Brighter than a Thousand Suns, The Red and the Black Old Songs : Killers, Remember Tomorrow, Total Eclipse, Trooper (as usual), The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Caught somewhere in Time, Alexander the Great, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Would love if they DON'T PLAY : Iron Maiden, Number of the Beast, Fear of the Dark, Run to the Hills, Hallowed be thy Name

Yes, I appreciate his laughs and comments while playing. Pre-internet era fans could only dream of this content. Thanks.

Far too many long Prog tracks over the last few years, love the early stuff. I’d rather listen to a track wanting more rather listening to a track and getting bored as it’s gone on to long.

You can't watch maiden live if they don't play fear of the dark

@@cyborgeddie4585 oh i can...you know why I love Maiden England 88? No Trooper, No Fear of the Dark... Same goes for the Beast over Hammersmith

I hate to say this because I am a Maiden fan since 1985, but yeah, the last time I saw Maiden live was the AMOLAD tour where they played the album in its entirety, and then when they played some of the classics near the end, I stayed for Two Minutes and Fear of the Dark, and then my girlfriend and I bailed to beat the traffic. As much as I love those songs, I wish they would change them up. When they brought out Flight of Icarus after at least 20 years, I was very, very happy. That was the second Maiden song I learned on guitar, after Losfer Words (another song they need to bring out of the mothballs)

@@joe666b Ah, Beast over Hammersmith. A Gem of a live album. Bruce just nails it with his flawless singing. Killers is my favourite on that album.

@@joe666b that's what we need. None of these songs. They have so many good songs, so many.

Exactly !

it is underrated by Steve. He despises it.

@@83marceloa each to their own. personally; if someone asked me to describe the n.w.o.b.h.m. sound i'd point them in the direction of this track.

@@lesterunwin Personally Lester, I regard Alexander the Great as Maiden's best work. In the past 5 years, I've studied a slew of history and the current book I'm reading is "The Might of the West" by Lawrence R. Brown, and in it, you read briefly about Persia (or Iran or Aryans) getting easily defeated 334-333 BC. Persia was weak even though they had conquered pretty much all of the Levant or Palestine/Mesopotamia/Egypt in the 100s of years before. They were ripe for getting rolled over. It's telling how Jesus spoke Aramaic, yet all the first "Christians" and written text were in Greek. The first "Christians" were Hellenic Jews. Alexander's time was well before all that though.

@@83marceloa Why? It's not even the weakest track *coughinvaderscough*

@@TjMetalHead94 I've always thought it was the weakest track as well. Not so much for the music, but I just never cared for the vocal delivery.

YES!! He just felt like an old buddy!!

he used to have, but he´s very chilled and down to earth dude now by my opinion

IMO, Maiden have never been the Monster ego types ,except for maybe Bruce back in the old days? They always kept it pretty street level never really doing it for the fame.

@@GaryRinaldi They all tell some stories about their egos that they had at some point. There are some funny stories from Nicko yelling at people and so on. But still, they are ridiculously down to earth in my mind...

18 here, they're one of my fav bands.

@@BlackenedLiam same!

i no

Guess this as good a place as any to request something on Back In The Village, I dont love an up tempo heavy rock song more than this

@frisk e chara mmkm

Exactly. I have seen Maiden several times. But I only will attend another show only with an updated setlist. Twilight zone, Genghis Khan, 22.Acaccia Avenue, To Tame a Land, Flight of Icarus, The Duellists, Somewhere In Time, SEA of Madness, The Lonelines of the Long Distance Runner, Deja-vu, Alexander the Great, Only the Good Die Young, Infinite Dreams, No Prayer For the Dying, Public Enemy Numer One... Damn, they should do it those fans that don't want to hear Run To the Hills and Two Minutes To Midnight for 1001 time!! :-)

@@martinblackwhite you know flight of Icarus is in the Setlist?

I’m hoping for songs like when the wild wind blows, rime of the ancient mariner, brave new word, prowler, can I play with madness, and journeyman to be played

@@martinblackwhite I always say that there are so many (SO MANY!) songs that Iron Maiden should play in concert, that they should do some kind of tour dedicated only to those forgotten gems that have been rarely, or never, played live on stage! In my opinion, and I'm fan of this band since 84, there are not fillers or mediocre songs on the albums that Maiden made in the 80's, NOT a single one! And this fact could allow the band to choose from a huge number of great songs. And, yet, songs like The Duellists, Flash of the Blade, Alexander The Great, Sun and Steel, Prodigal Son, have never (🤬) been played live... And some others, like To Tame a Land, Caught Somewhere in Time, Genghis Khan, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, have been played very very seldom in all the long career of this band. I really do not understand why! Greetings from Italy!

@@martinblackwhite Hell ya!..they need to change it up with songs they never play live..

Agreed! Adrian is the best

Same here.

he's my guitar my hero!!

Definitely mate, I love how all of them are honest, down-to-earth guys despite being members of one of the greatest bands of all time :)

Still Life.....one of Dave Murray's finest moments.

Yes.......Still Life....🤟

Groupie😀

I'm also a bass player and agree 💯%!

Never understood the hate for Gangland. Could have seen Dianno sing this one. It's in the spirit of the first two albums (Bruce is incredible on this one though)

And More covers! :)

Very creative drumer. A lot diferent ways to play.

Clive's parts are more difficult than people realise. When he was with Dee Snider in 'Desperado' Dee said that he played with the vocals more than with the Bass, which was interesting to hear. Always been a huge fan since 79!

Me too. I am a HUGE Clive Burr’s fan. I follow every fragment from him on Internet and RU-vid. Not to disqualify Nicko... thats so immature... but I simply love his drumming patterns. Thanks Adrian to give credit to Gangland!!!! Is is a GREAT music.

@@ricardolangone Thanks man!

I miss him so much too 😥 he was the best drummer 😔

R.I.P. Burr

no man, he's not underrated... he has what he desserves

what? he was never underestimated

Well said!!!🎸🇬🇧🤘

I think Invaders is one of their best songs : so fast, so groovy and simple. Amazing.

Why underrated? are included in masterpiece album. For us, early fans, aren't underrated

The prisoner performance on Maiden England is divine.

Total Eclipse was an add well after the original album came out

Me too man. I really enjoyed this. Very down to Earth! Fun, ya know?

Uti? You have an urinary tract infection? Why would you want to announce that?

@@karajalbert6074 UTI = "Up.The. Irons." in Maiden speak. :-)

@@aidanbouw5224 No ? Wow, thanks for the info I didn't know that. 👍👍

Boa

@klee66 so is mine ..🤘

THATS IT!

Ese tema jamás lo tocó Maiden en vivo. Las veces que haya tocado Smith ese tema será en casa porque encima del escenario con Maiden jamás

Absolutely Amazing ❤️

yeah...it seems to come back automatically as I posted above suprising what we can achieve...eh

Adrian has extremely solid rhythm moves, and he can probably keep up with anybody playing a song, any time… He's quick. The thing is not to stop and beat up on yourself, but be laser quick and correct mistakes so they're not really noticed.

well, almost flawlessly :)

There's not a single bad track on Beast IMHO. It is still my fave Maiden album by far.

@@SpeccyMan Can't beat Killers for me!

I think people dislike it because it shoved Total Eclipse off the album, which is arguably a better track but lacks the absolute brute force of this tune. I like both a lot!

Maybe because they never played it live, and Steve always said he did not really like the track (along with Invaders). Personally I love it and just hearing the drums takes me back to being 10 years old again

It's a good punky riff, but the middle section is quite lame. That's OK. Not like they really workshopped this song. I also feel the writing can get pretty lazy on Powerslave, like some of the songs they felt 'ehh, sounds good enough.' It's not nearly as epic in terms of sheer amazing songs, but the band is playing incredibly well, and has a looser more natural feel than Piece of Mind.

😅😅😅Great story mate 👍🤘

Best!

thats great. hilarious.

Funny how people really thought it's devil music and many still think like that. They thought that about old rock and roll.

She was pretty good looking back in the day, and a great voice you could do worse! haha.

Fala Flausino blz. Marcando presença aqui no video do Mister Adrian Smith. Sou inscrito em seu canal tbm hehe

Mestre Flausino, já estou na expectativa do seu próximo vídeo 🤘

Flausino, lhe venero🤘🏼

salve 🤟

Agreed!

Me too. If they imagined the impact this has on fans, they would tell more and more. Im a huge fan from Clive Burr... I enjoyed a lot learning and hearing it.

Clive must have been the most underrated drummer ever. God bless his soul🙏

An early 'punky' classic Maiden song, you could easily hear Paul sing this too.

great song in my top 10 maiden songs

My favourite Maiden song.

Yo también blood brother!😇😈👍

The Number Of The Beast = The Greatest Heavy Metal Album Of All-Time.

@@bryantthoresen6772 I won't argue or disagree on this statement.

Well said. Chemistry of Number of the Beast album is unique, something that cannot be duplicated. Clive + Bruce + Adrian = EXPLOSION of great music and energy. When Nicko joined, band changed, missed something... however I think Piece of Mind carries influences from Clive's drumming on Nicko. And he may admit it. But smoothly that was totally gone.

No perfect album, none album in this world isn't perfect album

@@MasaM-c2c This one is.

@@MasaM-c2c Many albums in this world are perfect. Powerslave is one of them. Dylan's Blood on the Tracks is another.