HISTORY OF IRON MAIDEN PART 2

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In August 1984 Iron Maiden embarked on their longest tour ever, 193 concerts around the planet, playing in over a hundred cities and to over a million fans in North America alone. For this the band had created their most theatrical show to date with a spectacular Egyptian themed stage set based on the band's critically acclaimed "Powerslave" album which had been released earlier that year. After four previous studio albums and extensive touring for the preceding five years the band decided it was time to record a live show, and this, in 1985, became the legendary Live After Death full concert video and vinyl live album.

The stunning live performance was recorded on 35mm film over a four night run at Long Beach Arena, Los Angeles, and captures all the passion, energy and spectacle of an Iron Maiden show. With new technology greatly enhancing both sound and video, this is now available here for the first time ever on DVD and with 5.1 surround soundtrack, providing a fitting testimony to the band's long held status as one of the worlds most exciting live bands.

The Second Disc runs for well over three hours and opens with the Part 2 of the "History of Iron Maiden" series. This entertaining hour long feature is a revealing and intimate account from the band, producer, crew and management of the creative processes involved in the writing and recording of "Powerslave" along with the planning, set building and execution of this phenomenal tour, aptly entitled the "World Slavery Tour".

Special extras include Behind The Iron Curtain, a full length documentary of the remarkable story of Iron Maiden becoming the first major band from the West to play large arenas in the then Communist Eastern Bloc at the height of the Cold War. A further bonus is extensive highlights from the bands performance at the inaugural Rock In Rio in 1985 in front of an estimated 350,000 audience from all over Brazil and South America, their largest ever attendance at a single show. 'Ello Texas gives further insight into touring in the USA with live footage of the band's concert in San Antonio and further interview footage at the Alamo.

With an additional comprehensive collection of photo and artwork galleries, promo videos and tour programme from this period, the Live After Death double DVD package, with almost five hours of footage, is the definitive account of a pivotal time in the band's career and a "must" for any fan of Iron Maiden or Metal.

"Scream For Me Long Beach ! ! "

 

 

Disc One :

   
  Aces High  
  2 Minutes To Midnight  
  The Trooper  
  Revelations  
  The Flight Of Icarus  
  Rime Of The Ancient Mariner  
  Powerslave  
  The Number Of The Beast  
  Hallowed Be Thy Name  
  Iron Maiden  
  Run To The Hills  
  Running Free  
  Sanctuary  
     
     

Disc Two :

   
  History of Iron Maiden  
  Behind The Iron Curtain  
  Rock In Rio '85  
  'Ello Texas  
  Gallery  
  Promotional Clips  

 

ACES HIGH

(Harris)

There goes the siren that warns of the air raid, then comes the sound of the guns sending flak
Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne, got to get up for the coming attack
Jump in the cockpit and start up the engines, remove all the wheel blocks there's no time to waste
Gathering speed as we head down the runway, gotta airborne before it's too late
Running, scrambling, flying
Rolling, turning, diving, going in again
Run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die
Won't you run, live to fly, fly to live, aces high
Move in to fire at the mainstream of bombers, let off a sharp burst and then turn away
Roll over spin round to come in behind them, move to their blindsides and firing again
Bandits at 8 o'clock move in behind us, ten ME-109's out of the sun
Ascending and turning our spitfires to face them, heading straight for them I press down my guns
Rolling, turning, diving
Rolling, turning, diving, going in again
Rolling, turning, diving
Rolling, turning, diving
Run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die
Won't you run, live to fly, fly to live, aces high

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2 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

(Smith/Dickinson)

 

Kill for gain or shoot to maim, but we don't need a reason

The Golden Goose is on the loose, and never out of season

Blackened pride still burns inside, this shell of bloody treason

Here's my gun for a barrel of fun, for the love of living death

 

The killer's on the loose or the Demon's seed, the glamour, the fortune, the pain

Go to war again blood is freedom's stain, don't you pray fro my soul anymore
 
2 minutes to midnight
The hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight
To kill the unborn in the womb
 
The blind men shout let the creatures out, we'll show the unbelievers
the Napalm screams of human flames, of a prime time Belsen feast...YEAH
As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy
We oil the jaws of the war machine, and fee it with our babies
 
2 minutes to midnight
The hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight
To kill the unborn in the womb
 
The body bags and little rags of children torn in two
And the jellied brains of those who remain to put the finger right on you
As the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song
To the tune of starving millions to make a better kind of gun
 
2 minutes to midnight
The hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight
To kill the unborn in the womb
 
Midnight...all night...

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THE TROOPER

(Harris)

 

You'll take my life but I'll take yours too

You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through

So when you're waiting for the next attack

You' d better stand there's no turning back

 

The Bugle sounds and the charge begins

But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath
As I plunge on into certain death
 
The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
And as we race towards the human wall
The screams of pain as my comrades fall
 
We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
And the Russians fire another round
We get so near yet so far away
We won't live to fight another day
 
We get so close near enough to fight
When a Russian gets me in his sights
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
A burst of rounds take my horse below
 
And as I lay there gazing at the sky
My body's numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan

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REVELATIONS

(Dickinson)

 

"O God of Earth an Altar, bow down and hear our cry

Our earthly rulers falter, our people drift and die

The walls of gold entomb us, the swords of scorn divide

Take not thy thunder from us, but take away our pride"

 

Just a babe in a black abyss, no reason for a place like this

The walls are cold and souls cry out in pain, an easy way for the blind to go
A clever path for the fools who know, the Secret of the Hangman - the smile on his lips
 
The light of the Blind - you'll see
The venom that tears my spine
The Eyes of the Nile are opening - you'll see
 
She came to me with a serpents kiss, as the Eye of the Sun rose on her lips
Moonlight catches silver tears I cry, so we lay in a black embrace
And the Seed is sown in a holy place, and I watched and I waited for the Dawn
 
The light of the Blind - you'll see
The venom that tears my spine
The Eyes of the Nile are opening - you'll see
 
Bind us all together, ablaze with Hope and Free
No storm or heavy weather, will rock the boat you'll see
The time has come to close your eyes, and still the wind and rain
 
For the one who will be King
Is the watcher in the Ring
It is You

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FLIGHT OF ICARUS

(Smith/Dickinson)

 

As the sun breaks above the ground, an old man stands on the hill

As the ground warms to the first rays of light, a birdsong shatters the still

 

His eyes are ablaze, see the madman in his gaze

 

Fly on your way, like an eagle

Fly as high the sun
On your way like an eagle
Fly and touch the sun
 
Now the crowd breaks and a young boy appears, looks the old man in the eye
As he spreads his wings and shouts at the crowd, "in the name of God my father I fly"
 
His eyes seem so glazed, as he flies on the wings of a dream
Now he knows his father betrayed, now his wings turn to ashes to ashes his grave
 
Fly on your way, like an eagle
Fly as high as the sun
On your way like an eagle
Fly as high as the sun

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RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

(Harris)

 

Hear the rime of the Ancient Mariner, see his eye as he stops one of three

Mesmerises one of the wedding guests, stay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea

 

And the music plays on, as the bride passes by

Caught by his spell and the Mariner tells his tale
 
Driven south to the land of snow and ice, to a place where nobody's been
Through the snow fog flies on the albatross, hailed in God's name hoping good luck it brings
 
And the ship sails on, back to the north
Through the fog and ice and the albatross follows on
 
The Mariner kills the bird of good omen, his shipmates cry against what he's done
But when the fog clears they justify him, and make themselves a part of his crime
 
Sailing on and on and north across the sea
Sailing on and on and north 'til all is calm
 
The albatross begins with its vengeance, a terrible curse a thirst has begun
His shipmates blame bad luck on the Mariner, about his neck the dead bird is hung
 
And the curse goes on and on and on at sea
And the thirst goes on and on for them and me
 
"Day after day, day after day we stuck nor breath nor motion
As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean
Water water everywhere and all the boards did shrink
Water water everywhere nor an drop to drink"
 
There calls the Mariner, there comes a ship over the line
But how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no tide
 
See...onward she comes, onward she nears out of the sun
See...she has no crew, she has no life wait but there's two
 
Death and she Life in Death, they threw their dice for the crew
She wins the Mariner and he belongs to her now
Then...crew one by one, they drop down dead, two hundred men
She...she, Life in Death, she lets him live, her chosen one
 
"One after one by the star dogged moon, too quick for groan or sigh
Each turned his face with a ghastly pang, and cursed me with his eye
Four time fifty living men (and I heard nor sigh nor groan)
With heavy thump a life less lump, they dropped down one by one"
 
The curse it lives on in their eyes, the Mariner he wished he'd die
Along with the sea creatures, but they lived on so did he
 
And by the light of the moon, he prays for their beauty not doom
With heart he blesses them, God's creatures all of them too
 
Then the spell starts to break, the albatross falls from his neck
Sinks down like lead into the sea, then down in falls comes the rain
 
Hear the groans of the long dead seamen, see them stir and start to rise
Bodies lifted by good spirits none of them speak, and they're lifeless in their eyes
 
And revenge is still sought, penance starts again
Cast into a trance and the nightmare carries on
 
Now the curse is finally lifted, and the Mariner sights his home
Spirits go from the long dead bodies, form their own light and the Mariner's left alone
 
And then a boat came sailing towards him, it was a joy he could not believe
The pilots boat his son and the hermit, penance of life will fall unto Him
 
And the ship sinks like lead into the sea
And the hermit shrieves the Mariner of his sins
 
The Mariner's bound to tell of his story, to tell his tale wherever he goes
To teach God's word by his own example, that we must love all things that God made
 
And the wedding guest's a sand and wiser man
And the tale goes on and on and on

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POWERSLAVE

(Dickinson)

 

Into the Abyss I'll fall - the eye of Horus

Into the eyes of the night - watching me go

Green is the cat's eye that glows - in the Temple

Enter the risen Osiris - risen again

 

Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave

I don't wanna die, I'm a God why can't I live on
When the Life Giver dies, all around is laid waste
And in my last hour, I'm a slave to the Power of Death
 
When I was living this lie - Fear was my game
People would worship and fall - drop to their knees
So bring me the blood and red wine - for the one to succeed me
For he is a man and a God - and He will die too
 
Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave
I don't wanna die, I'm a God why can't I live on
When the Life Giver dies, all around is laid waste
And in my last hour, I'm a slave to the Power of Death
 
Now I am cold but a ghost lives in my veins
Silent the terror that reigned - marbled in stone
A shell of a man God preserved - a thousand ages
But opens the gates of my Hell - I'll strike from my grave
 
Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave
I don't wanna die, I'm a God why can't I live on
When the Life Giver dies, all around is laid waste
And in my last hour, I'm a slave to the Power of Death
Slave to the Power of Death
Slave to the Power of Death

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THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST

(Harris)

 

I left alone my mind was black, I needed time to get the memories from my mind

What did I see can I believe, that what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy

 

Just what I saw in my old dreams, were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me

Cos in my dreams it's always there, the evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair

 
The night was black was no use holding back, cos I just had to see was someone watching me
In the mist dark figures move and twist, was this all for real or some kind of hell
 
666 the number of the beast
Hell and fire was spawned to be released
 
Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised, as they start to cry hands held to the sky
In the night the fires burning bright, the ritual has begun Satan's work is done
 
666 the number of the beast

Sacrifice is going on tonight

 
This can't go on I must inform the law, can this still be real or some crazy dream
But I feel drawn towards the evil chanting hordes, they seem to mesmerise me...can't avoid their eyes
 
666 the number of the beast
666 the one for you and me
 
I'm coming back I will return, and I'll possess your body and I'll make you burn
I have the fire I have the force, I have the power to make my evil takes its course

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HALLOWED BE THY NAME

(Harris)

 

I'm waiting in my cold cell when the bell begins to chime

Reflecting on my past life and it doesn't have much time

Cos at 5 o'clock they take me to the Gallows Pole

The sands of time for me are running low

 

When the priest comes to read me the last rites

I take a look through the bars at the last sights
Of a world that has gone very wrong for me
 
Can it be there's been some sort of error
Hard to stop the surmounting terror
Is it really the end not some crazy dream
 
Somebody please tell me that I'm dreaming
It's not so easy to stop from screaming
But words escape me when I try to speak

Tears they flow but why am I crying

After all I'm not afraid of dying
Don't I believe that there never is an end
 
As the guards march me out to the courtyard
Someone calls from a cell "God be with you"
If there's a God then why has he let me die?
 
As I walk all my life drifts before me
And though the end is near I'm not sorry
Catch my soul cos it's willing to fly away
 
Mark my words please believe my soul lives on
Please don't worry now that I have gone
I've gone beyond to see the truth
 
When you know that your time is close at hand
Maybe then you'll begin to understand
Life down there is just a strange illusion

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IRON MAIDEN

(Harris)

Won't you come into my room, I want to show you all my wares

I just want to see your blood, I just want to stand and stare

 
See the blood begin to flow, as it falls upon the floor
Iron Maiden can't be fought, Iron Maiden can't be sought
 
Oh well, wherever, wherever you are
Iron Maiden's gonna get you, no matter how far
See the blood begin to flow, watching it shed up above my head
Iron Maiden wants you for dead
All my feelings cannot be held, I'm happy in my new strange world
Won't you come into my room, I want to show you all my wares
I just want to see your blood, I just want to stand and stare
See the blood begin to flow, as it falls upon the floor
Iron Maiden can't be fought, Iron Maiden can't be sought
 
Oh well, wherever, wherever you are
Iron Maiden's gonna get you, no matter how far
See the blood begin to flow, watching it shed up above my head
Iron Maiden wants you for dead

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RUN TO THE HILLS

(Harris)

 

White man came across the sea, brought us pain and misery

Killed our tribes killed our creed, took our game for his own need

 

We fought him hard we fought him well, out on the plains we gave him hell

But many came too much for Cree, oh will we ever be set free?

 
Riding through dustclouds and barren wastes, galloping hard on the plains
Chasing the redskins back to their holes, fighting them at their own game
Murder for freedom the stab in the back, women and children and cowards attack
 
Run to the hills, run for your lives
Run to the hills, run for your lives
 
Soldier blue in the barren wastes, hunting and killing their game
Raping the women and wasting the men, the only good Indians are tame
Selling them whiskey and taking their gold, enslaving the young and destroying the old
 
Run to the hills, run for your lives
Run to the hills, run for your lives
 
Run to the hills, run for your lives
Run to the hills, run for your lives

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RUNNING FREE

(Harris/Di'anno)

 

Just sixteen a pickup truck, out of money out of luck

I've got no place to call my own, Hit the gas and here I go

 

I'm running free yeh, I'm running free

I'm running free yeh, I'm running free

 

Spend the night in an L.A. jail, listen to the sirens wail

But they ain't got a thing on me, I'm running wild I'm running free

 
I'm running free yeh, I'm running free
I'm running free yeh, I'm running free
 
Pulled her at the Bottle Top, whiskey dancing disco hop
And all the boys are after me, and that's the way it's gonna be
 
I'm running free yeh, I'm running free
I'm running free yeh, I'm running free

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SANCTUARY

(Harris/Murray/Di'anno)

Out of winter came a warhorse of steel
I've never killed a woman before but I know how it feels
I'd know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I've got to look for sanctuary from the law
I met up with a stranger last night to keep me alive
He spends all his time on gambling and guns to survive
I'd know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I've got to look for sanctuary from the law
So give me sanctuary from the law...and I'll be alright
Sanctuary from the law...and love me tonight
I'd know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I've got to look for sanctuary from the law
So give me sanctuary from the law...and I'll be alright
Just give me sanctuary from the law...and love me tonight
I can laugh at the wind
I can howl at the rain
Down in the canyon or out on the plain
I'd know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I've got to look for sanctuary from the law
So give me sanctuary from the law...and I'll be alright
Just give me sanctuary from the law...and love me tonight, tonight
Love me tonight

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