Root Of All Evil?

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I was looking up something on Wikipedia tonight and randomly decided to put The Iron Maidens into the search to see if anything would come up. This page did - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Maidens and at the bottom of the second paragraph in the background section it says, "2008 brings Root Of All Evil, a 4 song EP on their Japanese label Powerslave Records."

Is this just a renamed version of the Route 666 ep or something new?? Cos in the discography it's credited to 2007.
 
when I went to Iron Maiden's show at Yokohama,
I got flyer(I always got the news about Maidens' at Maiden's show:lol:)

this CD is EP

1 Transylvania
2 The Evil That Men Do
3 Different World(acoustic Ver)
4 The Trooper (disco Ver)

I really surprise!
The Trooper's disco version?!:loco:
 
From the Maidens Japanese site, translation via Babelfish. :err:

New EP release 2008/1/28 メイデンズ 2008

メイデンズ, release does4 tuneentering EP "Root Of All Evil" on 2008 April 23rd. As for this EP, unique EP. It is the cover tune of Iron Maiden, but インストゥルメンタル, acoustic and disco beat version are included. As for CD design, the prominent artist of the jacket design of Iron Maiden,as for DerekRiggs and how explanation, it is the schedule where Paul Dianno of the memberof the origin Iron Maiden is written.

1. Transylvania (インストゥルメンタル)
2. The Evil That Men Do
3. Different World (acoustic)
4. The Trooper (disco version)
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Kimiko could something be lost in translation as to "disco beat"? :erk:

Jim
 
spideyjg said:
From the Maidens Japanese site, translation via Babelfish. :err:



Kimiko could something be lost in translation as to "disco beat"? :erk:

Jim
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thank you for translation:)

but,uhh.....in Japanese written only"disco beat"...no other information.
so,I think translation is right(but it can't translate"Maidens" and "instrumental").

there's no sample on webshop(HMV or Amazon),so just wait and see...
I'm waiting for the information from Maidens!
 
From the Powerslave Records site...

http://www.powerslaverecords.com/

"THE IRON MAIDENS WILL RELEASE ROOT OF ALL EVIL E.P.

The Iron Maidens will release a four-song E.P. titled, "Root of All Evil" on April 23, 2008 in Japan. The first track, "Transylvania," will be an instrumental cover, while "Different World" will be an acoustic cover and "The Trooper" will be a disco cover, sure to suprise fans. "The Evil That Men Do" will be your average cover, sure to delight fans.

Visit http://www.theironmaidens.com/ to get the latest news and tour information for The Iron Maidens. "

There is a picture of the cover up there too.
 
OK,so now the question is,will it be available to buy worldwide,or it's gonna be strictly a limited edition only for the japanese market?
 
How about the Japanese release of Aja and Clarence Clemons? Did u guys know about that one?
 
E.O.G. said:
OK,so now the question is,will it be available to buy worldwide,or it's gonna be strictly a limited edition only for the japanese market?
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so far as i know it's only available in japan. the band is still waiting to get personal copies so we'll see if we get more with the shipment.
re: disco version - done while we were in bahrain and a specific genre remix requested by the label. i'd say it borders on moody ambient rather than disco - kind of a melancholy feel on war lol
 
MiniMurray said:
re: disco version - done while we were in bahrain and a specific genre remix requested by the label. i'd say it borders on moody ambient rather than disco - kind of a melancholy feel on war lol
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I think the word 'disco' is rather misleading - and not really the best translation. It makes it sound like we remade the Trooper into Boogie Fever or something! :lol: It's a dance remix, pure and simple. The label wanted to give a try at promoting the music of Maiden and our versions of it to those who aren't already Iron Maiden fans. Since a lot of the younger people there spend their time in dance clubs and the airwaves are full of j-pop, they had to find another way to do it - kind of like bringing the mountain to Mohammed....

It was important to maintain the integrity of the song while translating it to this very different genre. That's a pretty tall order! So we tapped the talents of people we knew and felt we could trust - in this case, my husband, bassist Lynn Woolever and his partner, Glenn Baren. I know that to some folks doing something like this with the music is akin to sacrilege. For what it's worth, though, I once read an interview with Bruce who said although he appreciated people being faithful to the original versions when they record their music he would love to hear versions of their songs that are completely different. We sure did that here!! :lol:

Ultimately, IMHO, it shows once again the greatness of the songwriting, by transcending a specific musical style. And if it brings a few more lambs to the fold who will then discover the greatness of Maiden's music then mission accomplished! :saint: So, hopefully, people will listen first before making up their minds on what they think of it....

Please forgive the length and wordiness of this post but I thought some of you would like to know a little more about the whys and what fors.
 
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