Poll: Iron Maiden anyone?

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Thunderhorse31 said:
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Hell yes I love Iron Maiden, one of the biggest reasons I like metal music in the first place.

Novs said:
One of the most overrated metal bands ever.

Their alright, but their nothing special.
Out of curiosity, what metal bands would you say are better or at least more "highly rated" than they?
Black Sabbath,Opeth,Cynic,Neurosis,Gorguts,Suffocation,Death,Meshuggah,Megadeth,Morbid Angel,Atheist,ISIS,Blut Aus Nord,Deathspell Omega,Celtic Frost,At The Gates.. i can go on...
These I agree with you on. The rest I haven't really listened too.
Also Up the Irons From Ireland!
 

JochemDude

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Great band, I've seen them about nine times now. Never do they fail to perform above expectations
 

SonicKoala

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Iron Maiden are pretty good - their good songs are amazing, but their albums have far too much filler for my tastes("Number of the Beast" being an exception - that album is fantastic)
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DesiPrinceX09 said:
Nope, don't like them. Then again I strongly dislike rock and metal music of all kinds, it's just bland noise that all sounds the same.

That being said....*readies flame shield*
I can respect your taste and dislike for metal and rock.

But that doesn't mean you can call it bland noise that sounds all the same.
It's just an opinion, no need to get defensive. Just like one mans trash is another mans treasure, one mans bland noise is another mans sweet melody. If you like rock and metal that's fine, I have many friends that do and I always remain as patient as I can when they start booming it. We have different backgrounds and different tastes; to me, that music is bland noise because I grew up listening to different kinds of music. I'm sorry if my opinion is a bit harsh, but I didn't go into detail about my dislike for the sake of people who like rock and metal.
Not liking metal and rock music is one thing - that's an opinion. Stating it's "bland noise that all sounds the same" is not an opinion - that's flat out wrong, namely the part of it all sounding the same. One could easily list off a number of songs representing the wide varieties of styles which encompass the rock and metal genres, and any person who has functioning ears would be able to determine that those songs do not sound the same.
 

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One of the most overrated metal bands ever.

Their alright, but their nothing special.
Out of curiosity, what metal bands would you say are better or at least more "highly rated" than they?[/quote]

Black Sabbath,Opeth,Cynic,Neurosis,Gorguts,Suffocation,Death,Meshuggah,Megadeth,Morbid Angel,Atheist,ISIS,Blut Aus Nord,Deathspell Omega,Celtic Frost,At The Gates.. i can go on...[/quote]
Most of them are technically way better than most 'popular' metal bands, gotta give you the cake for that. But to me they often miss that charismatic part that bands like maiden have.
 

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They made me get intrested in metal, but looking back... they weren't very metal at all.
It's pop rock for all the posers!

*runs away*
 

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Great band, I've seen them about nine times now. Never do they fail to perform above expectations
Novs said:
Thunderhorse31 said:
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Hell yes I love Iron Maiden, one of the biggest reasons I like metal music in the first place.

Novs said:
One of the most overrated metal bands ever.

Their alright, but their nothing special.
Out of curiosity, what metal bands would you say are better or at least more "highly rated" than they?
Black Sabbath,Opeth,Cynic,Neurosis,Gorguts,Suffocation,Death,Meshuggah,Megadeth,Morbid Angel,Atheist,ISIS,Blut Aus Nord,Deathspell Omega,Celtic Frost,At The Gates.. i can go on...
Yeah, most of those bands are technically superior to bands like maiden, but to me they often miss that charismatic thing that makes you want to track down their next concert.
 

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I'm going to see them in the summer so no prizes for guessing which option I chose :p.

Still can't decide what my favourite song by them is though, too many to choose from :S.
 

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SonicKoala said:
Not liking metal and rock music is one thing - that's an opinion. Stating it's "bland noise that all sounds the same" is not an opinion - that's flat out wrong, namely the part of it all sounding the same. One could easily list off a number of songs representing the wide varieties of styles which encompass the rock and metal genres, and any person who has functioning ears would be able to determine that those songs do not sound the same.
So in other words, my opinion is "flat out wrong" because you don't agree with it. According to your logic, stating that you don't like diet coke is an opinion but going a little more in depth by saying something like "diet coke tastes like medicine" is flat out wrong just because a person who likes diet coke disagrees. Rock and metal sounds like bland noise to me and therefore that is my opinion of it and saying that my opinion is "flat out wrong" is a wrong on your part. Sorry you don't like my opinion, but you have no right to tell me that it's wrong. As for all sounding the same: I meant the beats and such, it's just drums and guitar mostly and it all sounds very similar (is that a better word?). I just feel there's no rhythm and diversity in the music of rock and metal; obviously the voices will sound different depending on the artist but the beats don't sound much different. And once again, that is my opinion of it; doesn't make it correct.
 

SonicKoala

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DesiPrinceX09 said:
So in other words, my opinion is "flat out wrong" because you don't agree with it. According to your logic, stating that you don't like diet coke is an opinion but going a little more in depth by saying something like "diet coke tastes like medicine" is flat out wrong just because a person who likes diet coke disagrees. Rock and metal sounds like bland noise to me and therefore that is my opinion of it and saying that my opinion is "flat out wrong" is a wrong on your part. Sorry you don't like my opinion, but you have no right to tell me that it's wrong. As for all sounding the same: I meant the beats and such, it's just drums and guitar mostly and it all sounds very similar (is that a better word?). I just feel there's no rhythm and diversity in the music of rock and metal; obviously the voices will sound different depending on the artist but the beats don't sound much different. And once again, that is my opinion of it; doesn't make it correct.
I wasn't talking about the "bland noise" part of your comment, your entitled to say that all you want - saying it all sounds the same is wrong, however, because that is an objective quality of the music you're talking about. It's similar to the example you provided, with "diet coke tastes like medicine" - you have gone beyond simply stating your opinion of the drink (ie. I like it/I don't like it) and are now making a comparison which is actually testable. I could take a sample of diet coke, and then take a sample of "medicine" (whatever that would be), and then through a simple taste test, effectively establish whether or not diet coke taste like "medicine".

Likewise, I could easily post a number of videos from Youtube which show just a small selection of the wide variety of styles inherent in the rock and metal genres (which I'm totally going to do right now):


And simply by listening to that small selection of songs, any reasonable person can determine that, although those songs do share a few core similarities (as would ANY songs coming from the same genre), they are all unique in their own way, with regards to instruments chosen, rhythms, song structure, etc. So you can go ahead and "feel" that there's no rhythm and diversity in rock and metal all you like, but the fact is that "feeling" is actually you stating a debatable fact, and that statement happens to be wrong. Keep in mind, I'm not saying that your dislike of these genres is wrong - that's completely fine, people are entitled to their own opinions. All I'm saying is that part of your original statement is not an opinion.
 

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They're alright. I'm not huge on that type of metal. Nothing beats The Trooper though.
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Novs said:
Death_Korps_Kommissar said:
Novs said:
Thunderhorse31 said:
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Hell yes I love Iron Maiden, one of the biggest reasons I like metal music in the first place.

Novs said:
One of the most overrated metal bands ever.

Their alright, but their nothing special.
Out of curiosity, what metal bands would you say are better or at least more "highly rated" than they?
Black Sabbath,Opeth,Cynic,Neurosis,Gorguts,Suffocation,Death,Meshuggah,Megadeth,Morbid Angel,Atheist,ISIS,Blut Aus Nord,Deathspell Omega,Celtic Frost,At The Gates.. i can go on...
These I agree with you on. The rest I haven't really listened too.
Also Up the Irons From Ireland!
Do give a listen. :p
JochemDude said:
Great band, I've seen them about nine times now. Never do they fail to perform above expectations
Novs said:
Thunderhorse31 said:
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Hell yes I love Iron Maiden, one of the biggest reasons I like metal music in the first place.

Novs said:
One of the most overrated metal bands ever.

Their alright, but their nothing special.
Out of curiosity, what metal bands would you say are better or at least more "highly rated" than they?
Black Sabbath,Opeth,Cynic,Neurosis,Gorguts,Suffocation,Death,Meshuggah,Megadeth,Morbid Angel,Atheist,ISIS,Blut Aus Nord,Deathspell Omega,Celtic Frost,At The Gates.. i can go on...
Yeah, most of those bands are technically superior to bands like maiden, but to me they often miss that charismatic thing that makes you want to track down their next concert.
Charisma is subjective.

But i wont deny it. Iron Maiden got charisma.

I dont hate the band, i respect their influence, i just dont find listening to them that interesting.
As much as I love Maiden, and as much as I usually disagree with you over music, they do get a bit samey. There's only so much galloping a guy can take.
 

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They aight. Fun live. Seen 'em twice. Bruce's vocals get on your nerves after an hour or so, though.

Also, not to be a dick, but how can you ponder on a question like that? They have a shitzillion fans...
I was pondering how many on the Escapist are fans
 

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Private Custard said:
I saw a great rockumentary on them over Christmas. They had a camera crew follow them everywhere as they toured five continents. Flight 666 I think it was called.

Was a thoroughly awesome program. What really made it was that they had their own Boeing 757 in Iron Maiden livery......and Bruce Dickinson was the main pilot!
Bought that the other week, it WAS AWESOME!
 

tharglet

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I like some of their stuff... but listening to some of the albums... I can find it gets very samey for me.

So "they're alright" sums it up pretty well for me.