I am bored, so I shall do this right now.
Favourite Maiden song (plus the rest of your top five)
Hah, glad you didn't expect us all to pick just one. This changes often, but at the moment, off the top of my head, I will say:
Aces High
Paschendale
2am
Only The Good Die Young
maybe Children Of The Damned. That will be a top 5 for now, that would probably be totally different tomorrow.
Least favourite Maiden song (plus the rest of your bottom five)
The Apparation would be up there, it is pretty silly.
Quest For Fire is lame.
The Mercenary is a F grade version of The Trooper, with far too much repetition.
Can I Play With Madness shits me to no end, but probably isn't as bad as the others.
Stumped for another one, so I will pick Sun And Steel, but there is probably something worse. I still don't like it much though.
Favourite Maiden album
Tough one...Number Of The Beast is the most classic and probably most consistent, but I probably wouldn't pick it as THE fav, but then, I can't really pick any other, so NOTB will do. SIT is probably next, then TXF, and PS rates well, I quite like DoD, and AMOLAD is climbing the ranks.
Least favourite Maiden album
Probably Killers, followed by Virtual XI, but I still like both.
Favourite individual Maiden moment (NOT an entire song or album - I mean one single bit of a song, a solo or intro or phrasing of lyrics or whatever)
I will be lame and list a few instead of one.
The intro to Ghost Of The Navigator is one of the best intros they have done. The atmostphere is brilliant.
I love when the music kicks back in after the interlude in The Rime. Brilliant. The riffing and leads are so slick with heaps of atmosphere.
The whole bands performance in Aces High is still phenomenal 20 years later. Bruce is amazing, the guitars are wild, and the tempo fast!
The Ides Of March is a brilliant opener, I nearly came when the backing tape came on when I saw them live last year.
The passion in The Evil That Men Do is awesome as well. Love it.
An unexpected one is the intro to Lightning Strikes Twice. When the heavy riff crashes in over Blaze's voice "is it the roaring of thunder that scares you!?"...love it!
Favourite opening track from a Maiden album
Here is a top 5, but this one is in order.
Aces High
The Ides Of March
Caught Somewhere In Time
Sign Of The Cross
Moonchild
Prowler would be next too, it rocks.
Favourite closing track from a Maiden album
This one is VERY hard because Maiden close albums so well. I think I will pick Only The Good Die Young because it rounds out a concept album and I love the song, but fuck, so many classic. I lover Mother Russia and Como Estais Amigos, The Legacy is awesome, and all the classics, Hallowed, The Rime, Fear Of The Dark, Drifter, To Tame A Land....Maiden know how to close an album alright.
