The Top 5 List Thread
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CiG
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
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Are we doing this? Ok, let's do this.
I should preface by saying Maiden's never been a band I could listen to at great length - even for an entire album. I don't think it's due to a lack of endurance - I can certainly get caught up in the right epic album, or the right speed/power/NWOBHM album. I just think Maiden's song structure and lyrics suggest that they had progressive ambitions which they were not entirely qualified to fulfill.
Sure, there aren't many bands who could present certain concepts (i.e. war) as uniquely and compellingly as Maiden, but there are other concepts that they had no more intellectual claim over than the average band (i.e. religion, insanity, relationships, coming of age, etc.), and which they approached in nearly the exact same way musically - over and over again, ad nauseum - so in my opinion they definitely overextended themselves conceptually. They could have stuck to 5-6 great albums, but instead they made an extra 10-or-so mediocre ones.
As far as Bruce goes, his voice fits in well with the epic/operatic style that Maiden ultimately stuck with, but I don't hear a great deal of emotional depth in it. He seems to be always on a soapbox, and very short on introspective/confessional moments, so there's a lack of dimensionality. Paul Di'Anno had a similar lack of dimensionality, but he was a good punk figure, and that shows in songs like "Prowler" and "Running Free". I think you can relate to Paul on a "desperate teen lashing out against the system" level that you never can with Bruce, and after hearing Paul's work on Maiden's first two albums I can't help but sense lost potential in the Bruce era.
I should preface by saying Maiden's never been a band I could listen to at great length - even for an entire album. I don't think it's due to a lack of endurance - I can certainly get caught up in the right epic album, or the right speed/power/NWOBHM album. I just think Maiden's song structure and lyrics suggest that they had progressive ambitions which they were not entirely qualified to fulfill.
Sure, there aren't many bands who could present certain concepts (i.e. war) as uniquely and compellingly as Maiden, but there are other concepts that they had no more intellectual claim over than the average band (i.e. religion, insanity, relationships, coming of age, etc.), and which they approached in nearly the exact same way musically - over and over again, ad nauseum - so in my opinion they definitely overextended themselves conceptually. They could have stuck to 5-6 great albums, but instead they made an extra 10-or-so mediocre ones.
As far as Bruce goes, his voice fits in well with the epic/operatic style that Maiden ultimately stuck with, but I don't hear a great deal of emotional depth in it. He seems to be always on a soapbox, and very short on introspective/confessional moments, so there's a lack of dimensionality. Paul Di'Anno had a similar lack of dimensionality, but he was a good punk figure, and that shows in songs like "Prowler" and "Running Free". I think you can relate to Paul on a "desperate teen lashing out against the system" level that you never can with Bruce, and after hearing Paul's work on Maiden's first two albums I can't help but sense lost potential in the Bruce era.
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CiG
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
It helps that Brave New World (is that its name?) rules. Aided in me getting over whatever biases I had.
CiG
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
Yeah that's the one. I heard that and I liked it, so I decided to work backwards through the 1990's.
Vilden
From the holy kingdom of Harmonia
Satanstoenail
My Larpstyle determines my Derpstyle
Maiden lost me at No Prayer and I have zero desire to check out any of their post-eighties material based on the bits & pieces I've heard.
The Ozzman
Melted by feels
The X Factor is worth a listen. There are some good tracks on there. I like Virtual XI but it could probably be skipped.
EspaDa
Damage Case
Fear of the Dark is an awful album in general. 2 good songs and that's it. Dance of Death is great, so is Brave New World, A Matter of Life and Death is a bit overlong and The Final Frontier is boring. That's how it goes for me.
PrincessHades
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Top 5 Malmsteen singers:
1. Mark Boals
2. Göran Edman
3. Tim Owens
4. Mats Levén
5. Michael Vescera
1. Mark Boals
2. Göran Edman
3. Tim Owens
4. Mats Levén
5. Michael Vescera
TechnicalBarbarity
Poser Disposer
Top 5 Maiden songs
Prowler
Iron Maiden
Remember Tomorrow
Children of the Damned
The Trooper
honorable mention's to ...
Purgatory
Transylvania
Phantom of the Opera
Powerslave
Hollowed Be Thy Name
The Prisoner
i listen to D'ianno era far more than Bruce era/
Prowler
Iron Maiden
Remember Tomorrow
Children of the Damned
The Trooper
honorable mention's to ...
Purgatory
Transylvania
Phantom of the Opera
Powerslave
Hollowed Be Thy Name
The Prisoner
i listen to D'ianno era far more than Bruce era/
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Top 5 of Metallica's 5 worst studio albums 
- Load
- St. Anger (assuming you delete all but 3-4 songs)
- Death Magnetic
- Reload
- Hardwired
no country for old wainds
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apropos of nothing @Phylactery
based on my own analysis of stats/achievements/context/etc, all time top 10 tennis players (post-laver/rosewall/newcombe):
1) federer
2) borg
3) djokovic
4) nadal
5) sampras
6) connors
7) lendl
8) mcenroe
9) agassi
10) murray
wilander, becker and edberg would be 11-13.
based on my own analysis of stats/achievements/context/etc, all time top 10 tennis players (post-laver/rosewall/newcombe):
1) federer
2) borg
3) djokovic
4) nadal
5) sampras
6) connors
7) lendl
8) mcenroe
9) agassi
10) murray
wilander, becker and edberg would be 11-13.
Vegard Pompey
ALLY TO GOOD, NIGHTMARE TO YOU
Hey @Vilden
Glark blork döör görf nort hatt bark sig årbas garant fnarisk sjtalpel gnormis (post-Usglarmit/Thorg/Merusga):
1. Flord
2. Jörhypp
3. Etradul
4. Tjorgast
5. Ålargus
6. Jekfirlös
7. Ysvintrot
8. Folkhjästgarfelutskurdilvdning
9. Inglärep
10. Morhagg
Gör oskblut vat ärmangas Mynduläk, skom hvorst görbel najn
Glark blork döör görf nort hatt bark sig årbas garant fnarisk sjtalpel gnormis (post-Usglarmit/Thorg/Merusga):
1. Flord
2. Jörhypp
3. Etradul
4. Tjorgast
5. Ålargus
6. Jekfirlös
7. Ysvintrot
8. Folkhjästgarfelutskurdilvdning
9. Inglärep
10. Morhagg
Gör oskblut vat ärmangas Mynduläk, skom hvorst görbel najn
Doomguy
This is huh, wow...
Top 5 ways to drink coffee;
1: Long Macchiato
2: Double Espresso
3: Espresso
4: Ristretto
5: Cappucino
1: Long Macchiato
2: Double Espresso
3: Espresso
4: Ristretto
5: Cappucino
EspaDa
Damage Case
The Ozzman
Melted by feels
Doomguy
This is huh, wow...
Top 5 prediction for next season's English Premier League;
1: Arsenal
2: Chelsea
3: Manchester United
4: Machester City
5: Tottenham Hotspur
1: Arsenal
2: Chelsea
3: Manchester United
4: Machester City
5: Tottenham Hotspur
NFlames.
1. Fruit punch(whatever is fruit punch).
2. Fruit punch.
3. ^
4. ^
5. cola.
1. Fruit punch(whatever is fruit punch).
2. Fruit punch.
3. ^
4. ^
5. cola.
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