Vocal Coach REACTS - IRON MAIDEN 'Rime Of The Ancient Maiden' 

"The Bohemian Rhapsody of ... metal" 👍 If anything deserves that honor, it is probably a Maiden song 🤟

It’s no accident that Iron Maiden, with Bruce, have been killing it for over 40 years. Bruce is an athlete.

The song is from the Powerslave album which has an Egyptian theme. The symbols your seeing are just stage art from that album. On the Powerslave tour, the entire stage was one huge Egyptian themed tome. I’ve seen almost every tour since Piece of Mind; Bruce is very high energy live. They always deliver live.

As a bass player, the stamina of Steve Harris is incredible, he is a bass god. Steve uses some of the heaviest gauge strings on the market, which tune to a high tension and take a lot of strength to play. He really drives this song with his triplets. Just as impressive as Bruce.

My English teacher in high school used this when she taught epic poetry. We had to read and interpret the lyrics then we moved on to the actual poem. It helped me understand it so much better

This was perhaps the most amazing Maiden song I ever saw live, and I saw it three times on Powerslave's World Slavery Tour. The dry ice was bellowing fog with a huge triangle prop that lowered above the stage and swayed back and forth to the snippets of Coleridge...Bruce nailing every word to the bow of the ship

This was taken from the Somewhere Back in Time tour. It was a 'history' tour that meant only playing songs from 80s albums (most notably Powerslave, Somewhere in Time and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son). As Powerslave was a song based in Egypt and the album had Egyptian iconography all over it, the eye is just part of the decoration. The song Powerslave mentions the Eye of Horus so I assume that's what it's meant to be.

How amazing is it that everyone in the audience knows the lyrics. Iron Maiden has an amazing fanbase.

Steve Harris is brilliant when it comes to writing songs

Just saw them again a few months ago, and yes, Bruce is still running around like a madman. Best front man in the business! UP THE IRONS!

I've seen Maiden live twice but I'd pay a thousand bucks just to see this song live once :')

I was at this very concert. One of the best shows I have ever been to! The energy from not only the band, but the entire audience was off the charts.

Their 1985 version is their best live version of this song. I recommend you watch that one. So good.

I was at the '86 Powerslave show in Lakeland, Florida. I was 17. I remember every single moment of that show. Can still feel the power of it. I've played in 100s of shows, and seen 100s of concerts. This is the only one I remember every single second. If that sais anything about a Maiden show.

Bruce has more energy than people in their 20s. He bounced all over the stage when I saw Iron Maiden live. I am going to see them again in October of this year in NYC. I cannot wait!

I've been to their shows twice, once during this tour in 2008. Bruce is always amazing and very energetic live. Same for other band members.

Saw them in NJ about 10 years ago. He is a kid off his Ritalin onstage the entire show! A nickname of his is something to the effect of the opera singer of metal! He lost almost nothing vocally to the tongue cancer treatment he underwent years ago. He's awesome as is the rest of the band. Thanks for the great r&a!

Hell yeah man, Seen em live 5 times with more to come. The best show you'll ever see. Hands down my favorite song by maiden. Hopefully I'll see em do it live one day, it's a bucket list for me

Helo from Brazil!

Bruce does infact run around the whole show live, costume changes and working the crowd. Also the whole band is into ancient themes which is why they have runes and hieroglyphics all over the place

Good video Ken. I would like you to analyze Bruce Dickinson singing Tears of the Dragon. The live version.

I love your Iron Maiden reactions! You truly have the joy of a Maiden fan! 🌷 Bruce is not as active as he was 10 years ago obviously but he still is more active on stage than performers 20 and 30 years younger than him. The energy in their shows is always amazing!

Best live band ever and we are not fans we are part of the Maiden family

The production is amazing live the storytelling is unmatched in metal

Check out Maiden's live version of the song "Book of Souls" from their Live Chapter. Bruce is epic!

Saw Iron Maiden live in 1986 Powerslave tour.STILL the best concert I have ever seen. Definitely in their prime.

Seen them multiple time. Bruce is true to form.

The 'eye' you pointed out on stage is an ancient Egyptian symbol. It could be either the Eye of Ra, which in the simplest way to explain it represents power! Or it could be the Eye of Horus, in which case, once again in the simplest way to explain it, is a symbol of protection. Either way, they used it on and off since their album Powerslave which featured Egyptian themes.

Sick! Sick! Sick! Everything was perfection. They are seriously the tightest band in music!

I have seen these guys live since 1985. At this point I think I went to 6 ou 7 gigs. The last one last year! Always amazing!

Top 5 of Maiden songs for me. But this is more than a song, this is an experience.

Seen them twice. Entire band is phenomenal! Bruce is energetic throughout.

Seen Maiden quite a few times over the decades And Bruce really started to get more theatrical in the past 20 years for sure. I mean used masks and some slight changes, but really started to do it w/ the Dance of Death tour and onward I noticed. Which is fine for me, I dig it. It helps tell the story.. I saw this tour that your watching here w/ my wife. It was epic. As for the eye of Horus actually.. It stems back to their Powerslave album and tour which was the Live after Death tour. And the song Powerslave itself is about Horus . This stage set up, is a "throw back" to the Live after Death tour. Maiden will do a tour after a new album and then between albums they'll do a "throw back" tour. Sometimes its just songs from the first 4 albums, this one which was a throw back to the 80's albums and their massive Powerslave tour, which is why the stage has all the Egyptian stuff on it.

Thank you for doing this song. You should watch Bruce singing Tears of the Dragon with Tribuzy live. Really get to hear his vocals

Have seen Maiden since '83...and yes, he is like this live!

I got to fulfill a bucket item list of mine and saw Maiden play live in Greensboro, N.C. in October, 2022. I took my fiancé who is a fan of classic rock not a fan of rock to this level. She LOVED it and it was all she talked about weeks after the show. As much as she enjoyed the show she really got into the music. The whole band is amazing and I love how they look like they really love each other after sooo many years playing together. Yes, there has been rift over the years but overall they really care about each other and really seem to love playing together. I can't wait to see them again!

Yes. I started going to their shows in the mid 80's and every show, every tour, is the same effort that you've seen on these videos so far. This sustained effort for decades is impressive and so much fun.

Good old Bruce man is a machine still sing like that after beating throat cancer back in 2014 properly inspirational.

I saw them at the Canadian Tire Center in Ottawa October 15th 2022 and they are still AMAZING!!!

I’ve seen Iron Maiden 5 times. Bruce is FULL of energy 🙌🏼🙌🏼

My favorite part is watching Ken's looks of amusement, astonishment, and sheer awe at what Bruce is doing. There is a reason that Maiden still has fans after over 40 years in the business. Incredible musicians

You need to do another month of metal, some more Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Dio would be some suggestions. Another a bit less metal but with a great vocalist is Steelheart.

Iron Maiden is a realy great band and i love this song ! Bruce is a very amazing singer, his voice is realy amazing good ! Greatings from germany ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

It's a couple of hours of non stop movement from all the band in my opinion the best live band ever

Came back to this one... So nice to see you really enjoying the song (you do that each time you listen). :)

Thanks for the reactions I subbed! From Ontario Canada!

and he pilots the plane!!

Eye of Horus. It's a theme from their Powerslave album.

I’m new here. From Portugal. The 1st time I saw Maiden was in the 80s. Saw them about 5 or 6 times. Planning to see much more. Love them❤

saw them with Bruce in 2001 in Slovakia, they literally stops the rain falls down for 2 hours, crazy performance !

They were on of the best shows I have ever been to.

Best part with seeing this live [i was there in NJ in 2008 and original set back in 1988] was us older people reliving our youths and kids our age back than rocking out!

Pure professionalism \m/

I am 51 and have been a fan of Iron Maiden since my high school days. I finally got to see them live for their new albums and it was amazing! Yes it is true. Costume changes, Eddie is part of the show, and they end on Aces High with a plane prop! Awesome show!

Good you got around to this one. Been listening to Maiden since 1983. Brought this song into British Literature class in HS and played it since we were reading it for class.

the greatest song ever written.

Bruce has been doing Fencing since his 20s, which has given him great endurance. (In fact, he was asked to join the British Fencing Team, but couldn't due to his touring schedule.)

Yes true to form. Guys a legend

I love when you react to Iron Maiden!

Thanks for another very cool reaction. If you want to be impressed by Bruce's ridiculous vocal chords, I HIGHLY suggest The Talisman (En Vivo) He hits higher and longer extended notes on that song. Spoiler alert: the song is so hard to sing live, that even Bruce doesn't move from the spot

Good job man.

This song is a curiosity in terms of thier body of work. The symbology is a treat if you search online.

eye of osiris on the stage is part of the Powerslave album which this song belong to.This tour was more or less about the Powerslave album

Me encanta verte flipar con el metal!!!

don't worry about responding that much, a thumbs up makes me smile. I got to seem them once several years ago, and yea Bruce is hyper to put on a show

Saw Maiden 9 times firt time was in 1984 for Powersalve , and yes live show are crazy LOVE Bruce

Saw tours going back to the 80s, best live recorded audio is on the Live After Death tour.

I saw numerous shows of each of their first six world tours. Bruce is a machine, in constant motion for the entire up to 2 and a half hour show.

The last time I saw them in 2019 Bruce was all over the stage. I have my tickets for October 2024 so I will update.

I love those sounds of the wooden ship in the slow part.

All done with subscription and all alerts. keep it going with more #Maiden of course.

18:23. The kids are younger that the song. Maiden is really a timeless artist. Up the Irons!!!

Hell yeah it's true to form. Bruce is one of the greatest showmen of all time.

Rime of the Ancient Mariner is from the album Powerslave which has Egyptian album art.

There been doing this for at least 40 years wow still kicking ass

Perfect.

Oh yes! A classic!

I'm at that show, The Meadowlands in Jersey 2008. Flew from Indiana.

Such an epic song

The power slave album was Egypt themed for the art so that's with the symbol

I've seen Maiden I only once sadly. It was definitely awesome. Bruce is one of the greatest frontmen in all of rock.

first ever metal band i remember hearing, reason why i play guitar.

"Rime Of The Ancient Maiden" 🤣 Nice headline

Hey Ken, please react to Ronnie James Dio. It's the time. Any song, he was amazing, one od the best singers od all time.

Greetings and Love from Köln/Cologne, Germany. The Wadjet (or Ujat, meaning “Whole One”) is a powerful symbol of protection in ancient Egypt also known as the “Eye of Horus” and the “all seeing eye”. The symbol was frequently used in jewellery made of gold, silver, lapis, wood, porcelain, and carnelian, to ensure the safety and health of the bearer and provide wisdom and prosperity. However, it was also known as the “Eye of Ra”, a powerful destructive force linked with the fierce heat of the sun which was described as the “Daughter of Ra“. The “eye” was personified as the goddess Wadjet and associated with a number of other gods and goddesses (notably Hathor, Bast, Sekhmet, Tefnut, Nekhbet and Mut

I've seen the #Irons hundred of times! will be seeing them soon World Tour starts next month in the UK.

New Sub frm Namchi SIKKIM INDIA 🇮🇳 in the name of MAIDEN.. UP THE IRONS..🤘🤘🤘

I got three cracked ribs being pushed against the fence in front of the stage back in 87. Maiden was so good I didn't even notice until after the concert. Best live band (in my opinion) ever.

2022 Maiden tour starts in May if the world allows. I got my tickets for California. Looking forward to it. Up The Irons!

best band of all times!

Have seen Iron Maiden 4 times. First time was 1982. Best performers ever

Welcome back Ken! You should take a look at Show-Go Fragrance and Den Walked Away BBU Wildcard. Both are amazing.

I've seen Iron Maiden a half dozen times "OR" more..... I saw two shows of this particular tour, same venue, 2 nights back to back. First night/ 26th row Orchestra, second night FIRST ROW ORCHESTRA.... By this time I had been a Maiden fan for over 20 years. I missed the ORIGINAL WORLD SLAVERY TOUR....I think it was '86.... For reasons we won't share on open social media..... And, one of my favorite Maiden songs is Rime of the Ancient Mariner..... I actually got emotional when it played and I was first row...... Not only is Bruce Dickenson second to none as a front man, we HAVE to give props to the rest of the band, whom I've known all along... Not on a personal level, but, on a magical, musical tour/extravaganza!!! The video is great, but to see them "LIVE".......words, nor video can describe...... Thanks for this!!!!!

World tour starts next week at Donnington (UK) I will be there!!

Have seen them 3 times....He's running around for the entire show 2+hr 😀

The Somewhere Back in Time Tour has songs from the albums Powerslave & Somewhere in Time albums & the cover art for the Powerslave album the song is from is Pharaonic themed. The set has hyroglyphs also & then the back canves looks like the bowels of a sailing ship for the song. The song is based on the poem of the same name by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

je les ai vus en 2005 au parc des princes a paris ! Magique

Best live band I've ever seen. Not the best gig but the tightest performance and most elaborate and professional show. Phenomenal artists with one of the best atmospheres eve,r when they get hold of a Donnington crowd it's something to behold

My rock Anthem. The most iconic song I have ever heard. Bruce, is called the Air Raid Siren for a reason.. Up the irons 🔥

La mejor banda de todos los tiempos