Iron Maiden - Communication Breakdown (Studio Version)

[tate180]

i want this album a lot the cover is funny

[nicolassantana2]

so good

[Aragorn212]

I think this version have more "fat" then LedZepps "rough" original.

[ubuybuyb]

"UP THE IRONS!!!!!!!!!!"

[15viceandvirtues]

Good cover, but it's not just the same. Zeppelin is untouchable!!!

[elmesy100]

i love iron maiden but they just destroyed this song leave this to zeppelin please

[Juan38677]

good cover!

[LouGruff]

DO NOT MESS WITH ZEPPELIN!

[HulkWhenAngry]

@LouGruff they're maiden. they can do whatever they want. im a huge fan of both and i think this is really good

[ACEFREHLEYFREEK13]

Bruce brings something different to the song

[pickitupdlux]

three or four years earlier Bruce would have hit the notes on "nervous breakdown" and "insane" without any trouble

[Billinois78]

Legend has it that, at this point in time, Bruce wasn't feeling very enthusiastic about being in Maiden (he'd go solo soon after) and wasn't taking that session as seriously as he is normally known to. I actually question whether he even believed this recording would see the light of day. He might've just thought that it would be erased or shelved and forgotten.

STILL, anyone who tries to say Bruce doesn't know blues, or can't do it - Listen to 'Ballad of Mutt', one of his solo songs.

[AllardFumerton69]

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[MultiVincent98]

almost perfect on voice

[TheLagunaSunrise]

GREAT

[intervalkid]

The singing is embarrassingly bad. Not Bruce Dickensons style at all.

Bruce just doesn't know the blues at all and to play Zepplin effectively you have to know blues.

[MrLino]

@intervalkid I wouldn't say it's "embarrassingly bad", but i have to agree with the second statement.

[dreadss64]

@intervalkid lets see you do it better then -_- who cares i think he did it  fine. stop complaining you sound like a girl

[intervalkid]

@dreadss64

Jackass! I am known for being able to do Robert Plant spot on bitch!

[dreadss64]

@intervalkid upload a cover bitch

[intervalkid]

@dreadss64

I know you yearn to hear my kickass Plant impression but I have no access to a camera or recording equipment of any sort.

Bruce Dickinson sings Maiden like no one else can but he cannot do what Robert Plant does.

I do have a video of me recording a blues vocal retake. You can watch that if you want.

[isahMGGT]

a cover isn't a COPY, it's a TRIBUTE.

Iron Maiden can't play like Zeppelin... and Zeppelin can't play like Iron Maiden... because they're both very original and different bands

good version :D

[MichoAngelos]

uuuuuuu this is really bad!!!

[logan4x6]

This is definitely not as good as the Led Zeppelin version.

[kliff215]

not bad version at all. cool

[DoomMetalSludge]

Maiden needs to play a Sabbath song... something like Johnny Blade

[DarthKrattus]

The problem is, Dickinson's voice is too operatic and epic, while this song requires more... sexy

[joc8ita]

Iron Maiden is amazing, the Zep's are amazing too. But definitely some songs are just made to be played or sing by one guy only.

[HookInMouth999]

I agree totally... i dont know if its just cause im a huge zeppelin fan and they are my favorite band... but i feel like all zeppelin songs were made to be song by robert plant and no one else.... although i do think some of the covers ive heard are a great tribute

[RhoadsFreak336]

Maidens version is way better than Zeppelins.

[mascott77]

@RhoadsFreak336 you're insane

[138AfterShocK]

I like iron maiden

I like led zeppelin

I like this but zeppelins version is better

[IllusionaryMind8]

First time i didnt enjoy Bruce. He sound tired in there. I own this CD (and thw whole Eddie archives chest) In the booklet it says that this was recorded in 1990 for the B side of the single bring your daughter to the slaughter.

I would like to hear him sing it now cause Bruce just dont stop to get better over time.

[JesusTehNinja]

oh how so very wrong you guys are, iron maiden is allowed to cover any song they want and it is a law to like it

[REIDSRAGE]

nothing against dickenson, but he just cant touch plant.

[mascott77]

@Ch33ky360 how can u say that! bruce is a screamer, not a singer. he doesnt even compare to Robert!

[MattDSmith1]

f 'kin awful!

[guderian2000]

Zeppelin's version blows this out of the water.

[Zeebo1uk]

it totaly does, still a decent version though

[hyperguido]

Iron Maiden is the greatest band ever. And that's a fact.

Bruce Dickinson is the best singer ever.

That's a fact too.

But his voice just doesn't fit with this song I think

[luigikicksass]

all of what you just said is 100% true

[VanHellion666]

yeah is good but not the best Bruce and Plant both are Gods but in their own music

[miwerton]

agree maybe when they had di"ano it would sound better on this song

[KNIGHTthing23]

i doubt it. have you heard his cover of Symphony of Destruction? so bad.

[ulihamdo9]

great cover

[TheGodessOfMetal]

AMAZING!

Much better than Led Zeppelin's shitty version!

[swissbird101]

if it wasn't for zeppelin maiden wouldn't be around.

[TheGodessOfMetal]

You wish.

[blindiris22]

haha hate to break it to you but your terribly wrong zepplin probobly had some or little influence on maiden you would have been much more accurate by saying if it wernt for black sabbath there wouldnt be maiden

[asdfadfer]

Well the riffs in Flight of Icarus are based on immigrant song.

[swissbird101]

well first of all they obviously influenced maiden if their covering one of their songs, but secondly zeppelin and sabbath are the pioneers of metal so i agree that it would be more accurate to say that with sabbath but zeppelin had alot too. btw i still like iron maiden alot too im just saying zeppelin made it it's their song so their version should be better

[Noizzification]

@swissbird101 not so true...Steve Harris was a HUGE Deep Purple fan and they were his main inspiration. True enough mate!

[sharrer2]

@Noizzification Steve Harris isn't Iron Maiden though is he?

[FreakBeast]

@isahMGGT Don´t forget that Dave Murray was also since the first line-up

[isahMGGT]

@FreakBeast yes, but in the documentary "The Early Days" they talk about the actual first line-up, five years before the first record. Steve Harris is the only one who's in the band since 1975

[sharrer2]

@isahMGGT Ahah, sorry, I was think of Steve Morris. My bad.

[andrewzepp]

actually there are a few problems with the lyrics anyway it sounds great

[zombiehorde99]

i'd just rather not compare bruce or plant

they're both simply amazing. nuff said.

good cover too ;D

[propilanz]

cool

[uiuoiujklj]

His voice doesn't hold a candle to Robert Plant

[xContaminatedx]

Back in the day, maybe, but Dickinson pwns Plant nowadays.

[faceurhell]

Zep is too damn good to top. Bruce is no Plant, and isn't as flexible voice-wise. But he's still got a damn impressive voice, and this is still a great cover of an incredible song.

[AGillen887]

You guys who think this version is better are insane haha. Robert Plant and Bruce Dickinson happen to be two of my favorite singers, and Zepp and Maiden are two of my favorite bands, but this versions is nothing compared to the Zeppelin version. Bruce just deos not sound right singing this type of song, where this is Plants bread and Butter. I mean, its like Plant trying to sing Hallowed Be Thy Name, not gonna go so well. And the solo cannot touch the original.

[Videostar1another1fa]

@AGillen887 It's because it's Janick playing,Dave would have made a much better version of the solo.

[DenzelLockheart]

No way, this version is better. I prefer this version because he doesn't sing too fast and Bruce's voice fits the song 100x better.

[nofuatolu]

one of the only bands who should cover a song like this, in my opinion. i like it a lot.

[danthebard]

lol great zepp does it better

[Glennfaw]

Pretty good. I think that Bruce is truly godlike when he's singing his own material but IMO he's generally disappointing when he's covering other peoples stuff. I think Plant did this best first time out, but as far as covers go I reckon Chris Cornell owns Bruce on this song.

[chrismckie23]

Bruce owns plant lol, both amazing though

[LinkBulletBill]

Plant is amazing how can you say that compared to Bruce!?

[XXSLASHXX44]

sweet. but i love led zepps better

[mclovinpage]

this is ,....

no no nothing to be compare with zeppelin

[FireAssasin]

well i like this one but i prefers Zeppelins..

[snakun]

its great, my two favorite bands