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Here is the cover of the (part of the) poem sung by British heavy metal band - Iron Maiden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7zk4as9kzA https://www.youtube.com

Here is the cover of the (part of the) poem sung by British heavy metal band - Iron Maiden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7zk4as9kzA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7zk4as9kzA

mieses 7y ago
these are better https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner_by_Gustave_Dor%C3%A9 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Rime_of_the_...
Jaruzel 7y ago
The live version from 'Live after Death' is better imho.
- StavrosK 7y ago
  Oh man, tights and long hair, I had forgotten about that. Weird how, say, Black Sabbath had a completely different fashion aesthetic even though they were playing similar music at around the same time.
  - thorin 7y ago
    There was some overlap but Black Sabbath started in 1968 while Iron Maiden's first album wasn't until 1980 (although they had been around for a while). That's quite a long time in music/fashion. Iron Maiden was part of the new wave of British Heavy metal which kicked off a lot of the bands like Metallica that went on to great success. Iron Maiden are still going strong and quite a lot of their songs have interesting links to history/literature. Up the Irons!
CGamesPlay 7y ago
Here's a parody band doing "Rime of the Hip Hop Mariners". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbDfR4UgIWY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbDfR4UgIWY
madengr 7y ago
I remember ~35 years ago we played that for the English class, and Alexander the Great for history. Still a big Maiden fan, and going to their concerts.
StavrosK 7y ago
It struck me as funny that you introduced the Iron Maiden. Is there anyone who doesn't know them? Or are they mainly famous in my neck of the woods?
- timdiggerm 7y ago
  I've heard of them, but never actually heard their music.
  - StavrosK 7y ago
    Oh huh, thanks. Fear of the Dark was pretty widely played, but maybe not so much nowadays. Here's one of my favorite bands live, Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio on vocals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ4aCUlijfw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ4aCUlijfw
    - fishtacos 7y ago
      Dio was amazing at Dio and Dio-era Black Sabbath songs, but listening to War Pigs by RJD is just painful.
      - StavrosK 7y ago
        Yeah, Dio and Ozzie songs aren't well-suited to the other.

Here is the cover of the (part of the) poem sung by British heavy metal band - Iron Maiden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7zk4as9kzA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7zk4as9kzA

mieses 7y ago

these are better https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner_by_Gustave_Dor%C3%A9 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Rime_of_the_...

Jaruzel 7y ago

The live version from 'Live after Death' is better imho.

StavrosK 7y ago
Oh man, tights and long hair, I had forgotten about that. Weird how, say, Black Sabbath had a completely different fashion aesthetic even though they were playing similar music at around the same time.
- thorin 7y ago
  There was some overlap but Black Sabbath started in 1968 while Iron Maiden's first album wasn't until 1980 (although they had been around for a while). That's quite a long time in music/fashion. Iron Maiden was part of the new wave of British Heavy metal which kicked off a lot of the bands like Metallica that went on to great success. Iron Maiden are still going strong and quite a lot of their songs have interesting links to history/literature. Up the Irons!

CGamesPlay 7y ago

Here's a parody band doing "Rime of the Hip Hop Mariners". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbDfR4UgIWY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbDfR4UgIWY

madengr 7y ago

I remember ~35 years ago we played that for the English class, and Alexander the Great for history. Still a big Maiden fan, and going to their concerts.

StavrosK 7y ago

It struck me as funny that you introduced the Iron Maiden. Is there anyone who doesn't know them? Or are they mainly famous in my neck of the woods?

timdiggerm 7y ago
I've heard of them, but never actually heard their music.
- StavrosK 7y ago
  Oh huh, thanks. Fear of the Dark was pretty widely played, but maybe not so much nowadays. Here's one of my favorite bands live, Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio on vocals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ4aCUlijfw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ4aCUlijfw
  - fishtacos 7y ago
    Dio was amazing at Dio and Dio-era Black Sabbath songs, but listening to War Pigs by RJD is just painful.
    - StavrosK 7y ago
      Yeah, Dio and Ozzie songs aren't well-suited to the other.