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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMaiden's Bruce Dickinson jabs Judas Priest.
This is from a recent interview:
FT: Has your voice changed with age?
BD: Yes, the tone of it changes because your body shape changes. As you get older your voice actually gets weightier, it gets fatter. [But with Maiden] there's only one singer, there's nobody hiding behind the amps, unlike some other guys we shan't mention. And we still don't have an Autocue. Yay! I never realised that people were using Autocues. What the fuck is that all about? People pay good money and you can't even remember the sodding words. The daftest one I ever saw was [Judas Priest's] Breaking the Law. It's on the fucking Autocue. "Breaking the law, breaking the law/Breaking the law, breaking the law/Breaking the law, breaking the law/Breaking the law" guess what? "breaking the law." It's ludicrous.
I love both bands - they obliterate 99.9% of all the bullshit that passes as music today - but Bruce cracked me up there.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)I had no idea what Autocue was until this post, but I guess it makes sense that it existed. Gene Simmons would have benefited greatly
I actually teared up a little when watching that Maiden documentary about their South American tour in Ed Force One
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)Iron Maiden gets the nod for maintaining their quality sound consistently over the years; Never kow tow-ing to "corporate rock" by mellowing their sound for broader appeal.
shenmue
(38,497 posts)Got pretty much all their albums.
GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)I went to see Maiden open for Judas Priest at Madison Sq Garden back in the 80's. JP got banned for life for what the fans did and Halford's "in-action". Now that was ludicrous.