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Raider
Joined: 12 Aug 1999 Posts: 1286
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Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2002 6:16 am Post subject: Why Iron Maiden's Piece Of Mind Rules My World |
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While we're here, I've gotta mention a cool part in the event that inspired "Where Eagles Dare." As you probably know, it's based on the mission where members of the 101st Airborne dropped into Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" redoubt. They were trying to find Hitler, but obviously didn't. So instead, they raided his liquor cabinet and left. Gotta love it when people can make the most out of a situation [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] |
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Jeff
Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 491 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2002 2:52 pm Post subject: Why Iron Maiden's Piece Of Mind Rules My World |
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i always it was written about the movie, where Eagles Dare..? |
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Wyvern
Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 2214 Location: Costa Rica
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Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2002 2:55 pm Post subject: Why Iron Maiden's Piece Of Mind Rules My World |
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quote: Originally posted by Raider:
While we're here, I've gotta mention a cool part in the event that inspired "Where Eagles Dare." As you probably know, it's based on the mission where members of the 101st Airborne dropped into Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" redoubt. They were trying to find Hitler, but obviously didn't. So instead, they raided his liquor cabinet and left. Gotta love it when people can make the most out of a situation [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
And more than that, in the movie by the same name with Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood, based on a book by Alistair McLean (1968). |
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Badboy
Joined: 20 Jul 2001 Posts: 550 Location: Omaha, NE
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Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2002 8:18 pm Post subject: Why Iron Maiden's Piece Of Mind Rules My World |
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Yes Piece Of Mind is a very good album it has one of my all time favorite songs and that would be Flight Of Icarus.
I would have to say I liked Live Afer Death better. |
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Jeff
Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 491 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2002 8:26 pm Post subject: Why Iron Maiden's Piece Of Mind Rules My World |
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with all the brewhaha ( not bralala ) on this album, I jsut had to throw it in and lsiten again.
although it has its points...Powerslave still is a bit better imo |
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iwarrior
Joined: 05 Apr 2002 Posts: 3526 Location: Pittsburgh,PA
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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2002 2:00 pm Post subject: Why Iron Maiden's Piece Of Mind Rules My World |
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I read on one site that "Still Life" was inspired by Ramsey Campbell's "The Inhabitant of The Lake." |
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Wyvern
Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 2214 Location: Costa Rica
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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2002 2:41 pm Post subject: Why Iron Maiden's Piece Of Mind Rules My World |
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quote: Originally posted by iwarrior:
I read on one site that "Still Life" was inspired by Ramsey Campbell's "The Inhabitant of The Lake."
I tought it was based on a H.P.Lovecraft tale. 'Quest For Fire' is also based on the movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Not to mention 'To Tame A Land' based on Frank Herbert's Dune(without his consentment, pompous bastard). 'The Trooper' is about the Balaclava battle during the Crimean War, and 'Die With your Boots On' in part at least, in Nostradamus prophecies.
Who said Iron Maiden is not a cultural band?
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iwarrior
Joined: 05 Apr 2002 Posts: 3526 Location: Pittsburgh,PA
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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2002 6:42 pm Post subject: Why Iron Maiden's Piece Of Mind Rules My World |
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quote: Originally posted by wyvern:
quote: Originally posted by iwarrior:
I read on one site that "Still Life" was inspired by Ramsey Campbell's "The Inhabitant of The Lake."
I tought it was based on a H.P.Lovecraft tale. 'Quest For Fire' is also based on the movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Not to mention 'To Tame A Land' based on Frank Herbert's Dune(without his consentment, pompous bastard). 'The Trooper' is about the Balaclava battle during the Crimean War, and 'Die With your Boots On' in part at least, in Nostradamus prophecies.
Who said Iron Maiden is not a cultural band?
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Yeah,Frank Herbert wasn't fond of Maiden. I read that Maiden wanted to quote Herbert in the beginning of "To Tame A Land",but when they asked him,they got a nasty letter back from his people saying that "he didn't like heavy rock bands".
And Maiden are well-read aren't they? I always point to them when non-fans think that metal is uninspired and stupid. |
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Wyvern
Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 2214 Location: Costa Rica
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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2002 11:16 pm Post subject: Why Iron Maiden's Piece Of Mind Rules My World |
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quote: Originally posted by iwarrior:
And Maiden are well-read aren't they? I always point to them when non-fans think that metal is uninspired and stupid.
Indeed, look at this:
'Phantom of The Opera' = Gaston Leroux (not to mention all the movies)
'Ides Of March' = Shakespear's "Julius Caesar"
'Murders In The Rue Morgue' = Edgar Allan Poe
'Genghis Khan' = self explanatory
'Children Of The Damned' = great British sci-fi/horror movie
'Run To The Hills' = history
'The Prisoner' = great British sci-fi TV series
'Where Eagles Dare'= cinema
'Fligh of Icarus' = mythology
'Die With Your Boots On' = Nostradamus prophecies
'The Trooper' = history
'Still Life' = horror tale
'Quest For Fire' = cinema
'To Tame A Land' = sci-fi tale
'Aces High' = history
'2 Minutes To Midnight' = warmonging critic
'The Duellists' = cinema
'Back In the Village' = "The Prisoner" series
'Powerslave' = Egyptian history/mythology
'Rime Of The Ancient Mariner' = Samuel Coleridge Taylor
'The Loneliness Of The Long Distant Runner' = cinema
'Deja-Vu' = psychology
'Alexander The Great' = history
'Run Silent, Run Deep' = cinema
'Tailgunner' = history
'Holy Smoke' = TV evangelists critic
'Lord Of The Flies' = book and cinema
'Heart Of Darkness' = book and cinema
'Man On The Edge' = cinema
And all the others with interesting subjects, regarding: religion, politics, supernatural phenomena, sci-fi, horror, philosophy, psychology, or just plain fun. |
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