everytime i hear the bass and the drums i sit there waiting to hear "this is a song from the first iron maiden album, a song called running free LET IT RIP!" from the L.A.D version
Iron Maiden with their BEST frontman... DiAnno!! Still an excellent band, but personally I think with DiAnno they would've had a bit more DANGER and ATTITUDE......
Hoy 8 de febrero se cumplen 31 años del lanzamiento del primer single de Iron Maiden, Running Free (8-II-1980) UPS THE IRON!!!!! DE TU FANS MAS ACERRIMA!!! LO JURO ...IRON MAIDEN ES MI VIDA!!!...y se ha convertido en la vida de muchos mas!!!
What the fuck is all the talk about Metallica? Paul DiAnno with Maiden were pure METAL! DiAnno had the ATTITUDE and Harris had the tunes.. (DiAnno also co-wrote the clasic song KILLERS and a couple more..). Remember that 1980 is a CLASSIC year for ROCK/METAL.... Iron Maiden debut album, Motorhead Ace Of Spades, Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell, Ozzy Blizzard Of Oz....... Check out 1980 for Rock/Metal albums... An excellent year!
Paul Di'Anno stated on That Metal Show recently that Bon Scott died on the day Maiden appeared on TOTP for the first time and that John Bonham died on the day they appeared for the second time. They said we're not going to do that show anymore.
I saw a recent interview with Paul Di'Anno on That Metal Show and he said the first time Maiden appeared on Top Of The Pops was on the day Bon Scott died and the second time was on the day John Bonham died. They said we're not doing that show anymore.
@PeaveyPV20 I remember watching it on Top of the pops. They started off really loud and the BBC turned the volume down. Saw them live on stage not long after and Paul was fuming saying they made them look like twats and they won't perform on TOTP's again. Obviously Bruce Dickinson had other ideas when he took over lol
Classic !! Harris,Murray,Stratton,Dianno,Burr. When metal was really changing. Maiden were like a real metal Thin Lizzy in a way. A nd more progressive in the song writing !! Great clip !!
Just check out that one kid clapping in the audience while everyone else is just blankly staring at maiden.....what a noobish audience....anyways maiden's first two albums rock....and yeah i prefer the bootlegged 1980 black n white videos to this one...I wish i had witnessed em in that era live..but i wasnt even born den...Up the Irons...\m/
I remember watching this on TOTP and recorded it onto a C90 cassette. I still have it. Peter Powell introduces them (which is missing from this video).
At the time when this was perfomed virtually no-one played live on TOTP so it was very brave of Maiden to do so, and how well they pulled it off.
Yeah, in the book "run to hills" Steve and Rod refused to do it unless they played live. The band considered it a real cop out to mime. However they didn't like the audio as they said it was turned down to the point of being stupid and Clive was playing muted drums so that they could hear the fookin' guitars. They avoided TOTP for years after.
@WolfieTed I understand their concers about the low volume, but the BBC was right. This was for the TV audience, not for the live audience, and the lower volume gives it extra clarity, like in a studio recording. I mean, have you ever heard a more clear recording of the dual solo?
@jaivarsa I see your point. Steve however didn't and wasnt too happy (according to the book) One thing I love about Steve is that he is all about the live performance and the fans. They never forgot who got them to the top. The fans...Great band!
@izabelgoudie - The story goes (according to the official biography book from the late 1980s) that playing live wasn't about bravery, it was about them refusing to lip sync because they didn't want to come across as phonies.
The fact that they sounded as good live as they did in the studio did them big favours with the record buying public. Even at a quarter of their usual volume, they came across as fresh and energetic.
@K1w1scot Metallica aren`t gods of Heavy Metal...they are gods of Thrash Metal!!!...Iron Maiden are gods of Heavy Metal, and Black Sabbath are gods of METAL!!!!!!!
@K1w1scot Well...People said that Metallica Sold out when they bringed RTL, especifficaly "Fade to Black"...but is a fuckin great song!!!...Load, Reload are Great!...St. Anger sucks...i admitt that but in Death Magnetic, they returned to thrash metal!...and well...they did not sold out....they only changed their style!!...and well...it wasn`t good for the band...but WHAT THE FUCK!!!...nobody cant say that Metalllica aren`t gods of metal!...or forget the Kill Em All?, RTL, MoP???
@alvartaken Sad to say, it wasn't so much their music that sold them out as more their attitude and rampant consumerist driven ethic (!), James and Lars are two of the biggest ego-masniacs on the planet now. Humility is beneath them now?
If that's the price of fame, then all hail the small indie bands.
@K1w1scot Well...i think that Lars and Bob Rock more than Kirk assumed an ambicious position...that`s true...but u are wrong saying that NOW...you have to know that the Napster situation was like 8 years ago...then they had thirst of money...but you have to watch them now!...their are not the ambicious monsters that they was in 2000...they changed and now the only thing that they want is to play music and raise their childrens!...
@thesonoflucifer - Burr didn't have as much power as Nicko McBrain (about 85%, I'd say) but he was a far better songwriter. There weren't many songs, but those Burr wrote were significant, not filler.
i like the Dickinson era i little bit better then the Di'anno era, but i have to say, this is one of the only songs, besides like prowler, that i woyuld rather hear Di'anno sing then Dickinson evertime
I'm gonna be Dave Murray for our halloween party, and I put on my costume, which consists of a blonde wig, and a leather vest without a shirt. So I'm in my room jammin to maiden, with a blonde wig and no shirt, my dad walks in and looks at me and just shakes his head, like in dissappointment. HAHA
nah man they did playback on wasted years on a german tv show i believe, look up on youtube wasted years playback. its hilarious the guys just mess around and switch instruments. its good
no man just some guys are mixing it on YT and uploading that.
Iron Maiden are one of the most influental bands of all time and they kick ass!!!!!!!! I'm a huge Maiden fan myself!!! Up The Irons!!!!!!!!!! You Rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The band's performance of "Running Free" on the German show Rock and Pop was one of a handful of lip-synched performances, as the band prefers to perform live.
"In 1980, the then fledgling heavy metal superstars Iron Maiden became the first band to play live on the show since The Who in 1972, when they refused to mime to their single "Running Free" - From Top of the Pops.
If any time after they were forced to mime, they usually let the audience know they were. As mentioned earlier by switching instruments or just fooling around. As for this show it was "We play live or we do not play" which was the precedent for the majority of Maidens TV spots.
Great to see these old recordings. Very hard to find. Thanks for putting it up. ObImpossibleRequest: Does anyone have a bootleg of any of Iron Maiden's work prior to Paul Di'Anno? I find Paul's work on Iron Maiden (and Battlezone) amazingly good, Bruce is great too, but they're not the only people to have been lead singer for one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Names and sketchy bios don't tell me what the earlier sound was like.
I really respect Bruce Dickinson- he is an intelligent guy and has a lot of guts and charisma.
But I like Killers album with Paul DiAnno best of any Maiden albums. It still had a lot of that raw NWOBHM energy. And Paul gave it some street level energy. Some would say punk, but real punk and real metal to me is the same thing. Just a little different approach and more guitar acrobatics sometimes in metal. Most of my favorite bands are a little of both.
Great comment, I agree with you, Dickinson was the commercial frontman Harris was lookin for when havin Paul in the Band, but Di'anno is the best frontman this band ever had
playback can make a band look like shit in a heartbeat. priest got burned on a japanese tv show doing "take on the world". binks couldn't hear the playback and lost rhythm several times.
nah man they did playback on wasted years on a german tv show i believe, look up on youtube wasted years playback. its hilarious the guys just mess around and switch instruments. its good
McBrain also does great job I think both of them, Niko and Clive are great drumers and it's difficult to say who is better, but I personally like Niko more, he's funny xD
thanx for that! dennis and dianno together in a live perform on tv! great man! oldschool era of these guys are really rare to fing live videos! thanx! great singing by Paul!
lol! yeah man sure! but as long as clive had been in the band up to 83 we have been a lot of chances to see him live with the guys.. but in here there's a fresh high quality live shit wth dennis and paul.. u got what I mean?..
is that joe strummer ?
dsfsdfsdfsdf80 3 months ago
Is the 2nd guitarrist Dennis Stratton??
efimoramanta 4 months ago
@efimoramanta yes
DjTodex 3 months ago
ahh, clive burr was really great!!!! better than nicko.
walterdbm25 4 months ago
Maiden was blessed to have two of the best lead vocalists in the business.
gingermol76 6 months ago
san ton petroxeilo einai o dianno xaxaxaxaxaxax
filipposg7 7 months ago
heavy metal at the beggining,iron maiden whit paul di anno wowwww
yessiroui 8 months ago
Was this the night Bon Scott died?
chrril1976 9 months ago
everytime i hear the bass and the drums i sit there waiting to hear "this is a song from the first iron maiden album, a song called running free LET IT RIP!" from the L.A.D version
catshumpcats3 10 months ago
what they cut it short
joeybbbbbz 10 months ago
Nooo they totally cut the best part, the last one ;((
alkhan 11 months ago
Free Di'anno!
badstormtroopa 11 months ago
Iron Maiden with their BEST frontman... DiAnno!! Still an excellent band, but personally I think with DiAnno they would've had a bit more DANGER and ATTITUDE......
ColRocknRoll 11 months ago
Hoy 8 de febrero se cumplen 31 años del lanzamiento del primer single de Iron Maiden, Running Free (8-II-1980) UPS THE IRON!!!!! DE TU FANS MAS ACERRIMA!!! LO JURO ...IRON MAIDEN ES MI VIDA!!!...y se ha convertido en la vida de muchos mas!!!
UltraCatrolx 1 year ago
first Top of the pops performance that wasn't using pre-recorded music since 1972
Pugg3nton 1 year ago 2
How nice. Wonder whatever happened to this band, they just seemed to disappear
chewybaco 1 year ago
@chewybaco where u bin they still on go and one of the best rock bands in the world , wake up man
cathybeta 1 year ago
@chewybaco What do you mean with that??? they`re still so much alive
RicardoRAVB 1 year ago
dianno♕ best singer
MyrmidonasTV 1 year ago
we come a looong way...
amithabajan2 1 year ago
I love Paul! He gives the punky touch to the band!
SrtaEspecimen 1 year ago
di anno in concert was great
PhilipHuertas 1 year ago
What the fuck is all the talk about Metallica? Paul DiAnno with Maiden were pure METAL! DiAnno had the ATTITUDE and Harris had the tunes.. (DiAnno also co-wrote the clasic song KILLERS and a couple more..). Remember that 1980 is a CLASSIC year for ROCK/METAL.... Iron Maiden debut album, Motorhead Ace Of Spades, Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell, Ozzy Blizzard Of Oz....... Check out 1980 for Rock/Metal albums... An excellent year!
AxlMidas 1 year ago
Paul Di'Anno stated on That Metal Show recently that Bon Scott died on the day Maiden appeared on TOTP for the first time and that John Bonham died on the day they appeared for the second time. They said we're not going to do that show anymore.
ghostdancer2302 1 year ago
First live concert of TV
LordWindson 1 year ago
@LordWindson
since the Who
mangymetal 1 year ago
@mangymetal Yeah!
LordWindson 1 year ago
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Live at the rainbow 1980!! come on Steve blow some AMP's nice solo Dave and Dennis. Also nice solo Clive!!!
97Maiden 1 year ago
Live at the rainbow 1980!! come on Steve blow some AMP's nice solo Dave and Addrian. Also nice solo Clive!!!
97Maiden 1 year ago
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I saw a recent interview with Paul Di'Anno on That Metal Show and he said the first time Maiden appeared on Top Of The Pops was on the day Bon Scott died and the second time was on the day John Bonham died. They said we're not doing that show anymore.
Mystifier122 1 year ago
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Mystifier122 1 year ago
this must have been the only live performance on top of the pops in the 80's as the rest were mimed. good on maiden for insisting they played live
PeaveyPV20 1 year ago
@PeaveyPV20 I remember watching it on Top of the pops. They started off really loud and the BBC turned the volume down. Saw them live on stage not long after and Paul was fuming saying they made them look like twats and they won't perform on TOTP's again. Obviously Bruce Dickinson had other ideas when he took over lol
pike1644 1 year ago
Classic !! Harris,Murray,Stratton,Dianno,Burr. When metal was really changing. Maiden were like a real metal Thin Lizzy in a way. A nd more progressive in the song writing !! Great clip !!
konaquon 1 year ago
Does Di Anno have to tilt his head to the side after he sings every line?
FrederickThePie 1 year ago
LOLOLOLOL.
Chicnesses 1 year ago
100 PERCENT PERFECT
AL2000FL 1 year ago
Just check out that one kid clapping in the audience while everyone else is just blankly staring at maiden.....what a noobish audience....anyways maiden's first two albums rock....and yeah i prefer the bootlegged 1980 black n white videos to this one...I wish i had witnessed em in that era live..but i wasnt even born den...Up the Irons...\m/
Cryptorchild92 1 year ago
Just six teen, I think I'm drunk, Out of money Out of luck
I wanna shake ma ass to this,
nathanfornash 1 year ago
hey is that Dennis Stratton on rhythm guitar?
beanolabub 2 years ago
@beanolabub yes, it's him.
Destroyer858 2 years ago 2
@beanolabub
in iron maiden there's no rhythm guitar.
mangymetal 1 year ago 2
@mangymetal lol yes there is....to people cnt play lead guitar
one guitar is soft=rythem one guitar is louder=lead
10078g 1 year ago
@10078g
I said.. In MAIDEN.
mangymetal 1 year ago
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matcost92 11 months ago
@mangymetal There is definitely a rhythm guitarist in Iron Maiden. In fact, there's two now.
matcost92 11 months ago
@beanolabub - no - it's Dennis Stratton on twin lead guitar
NeilThompson30 1 year ago
yeah thats iron maiden god damned
coua78 2 years ago
top job by Paul
thegreatbungholio707 2 years ago
Up The Irons. This was the first live performance on TOTP since The Who because they refused to mime, now that is metal!
FreakinSweet86 2 years ago
iron maiden äger fett:P
limpan745 2 years ago
I remember watching this on TOTP and recorded it onto a C90 cassette. I still have it. Peter Powell introduces them (which is missing from this video).
At the time when this was perfomed virtually no-one played live on TOTP so it was very brave of Maiden to do so, and how well they pulled it off.
izabelgoudie 2 years ago 2
Yeah, in the book "run to hills" Steve and Rod refused to do it unless they played live. The band considered it a real cop out to mime. However they didn't like the audio as they said it was turned down to the point of being stupid and Clive was playing muted drums so that they could hear the fookin' guitars. They avoided TOTP for years after.
WolfieTed 2 years ago
@WolfieTed I understand their concers about the low volume, but the BBC was right. This was for the TV audience, not for the live audience, and the lower volume gives it extra clarity, like in a studio recording. I mean, have you ever heard a more clear recording of the dual solo?
jaivarsa 1 year ago
@jaivarsa I see your point. Steve however didn't and wasnt too happy (according to the book) One thing I love about Steve is that he is all about the live performance and the fans. They never forgot who got them to the top. The fans...Great band!
UP THE IRONS ME OL' FRUITS!
WolfieTed 1 year ago
@izabelgoudie - The story goes (according to the official biography book from the late 1980s) that playing live wasn't about bravery, it was about them refusing to lip sync because they didn't want to come across as phonies.
The fact that they sounded as good live as they did in the studio did them big favours with the record buying public. Even at a quarter of their usual volume, they came across as fresh and energetic.
zxcv1234vcxz 1 year ago
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eucutta1 2 years ago
I wished the producers let them play the whole fuckin' song!!
I mean it, this beats the Live After Death version completely...
JoshMurphy666 2 years ago 3
The best version from this song is found from Maiden Japan. in my opinion. Somehow Paul sounds better in these more punk kind of songs.
/watch?v=oLPh7t5Gfrg <-- the maiden japan version
Zo7o 2 years ago
maiden japan is the best iorn maiden live album fuck live after death
coua78 2 years ago
Metallica can go kiss my smelly ringpiece. Iron Maiden ARE the true godz of HM.
(And this comming from a geezah that used to call himself 'Andy the Metallica Fan' back in the 80s is saying a lot, don't you think?)
K1w1scot 2 years ago 22
@K1w1scot Metallica aren`t gods of Heavy Metal...they are gods of Thrash Metal!!!...Iron Maiden are gods of Heavy Metal, and Black Sabbath are gods of METAL!!!!!!!
alvartaken 1 year ago
@alvartaken Maybe once upon a time... I couldn't place them (Metallica) as the gods of thrash now. Slayer, on the other hand...
K1w1scot 1 year ago
@K1w1scot Now, there`s 4 gods...THE BIG FOUR!...
alvartaken 1 year ago 2
@alvartaken Yup! NEVER compromised...NEVER sold out! Though no doubt their gigs have. ?=)
K1w1scot 1 year ago
@K1w1scot Well...People said that Metallica Sold out when they bringed RTL, especifficaly "Fade to Black"...but is a fuckin great song!!!...Load, Reload are Great!...St. Anger sucks...i admitt that but in Death Magnetic, they returned to thrash metal!...and well...they did not sold out....they only changed their style!!...and well...it wasn`t good for the band...but WHAT THE FUCK!!!...nobody cant say that Metalllica aren`t gods of metal!...or forget the Kill Em All?, RTL, MoP???
alvartaken 1 year ago
@alvartaken Sad to say, it wasn't so much their music that sold them out as more their attitude and rampant consumerist driven ethic (!), James and Lars are two of the biggest ego-masniacs on the planet now. Humility is beneath them now?
If that's the price of fame, then all hail the small indie bands.
K1w1scot 1 year ago
@K1w1scot Well...i think that Lars and Bob Rock more than Kirk assumed an ambicious position...that`s true...but u are wrong saying that NOW...you have to know that the Napster situation was like 8 years ago...then they had thirst of money...but you have to watch them now!...their are not the ambicious monsters that they was in 2000...they changed and now the only thing that they want is to play music and raise their childrens!...
alvartaken 1 year ago
@alvartaken st anger is a great album man
ilpazzinista 11 months ago
@K1w1scot same, i used to be a metallica fan, not anymore
catshumpcats3 10 months ago
@catshumpcats3 indeed, with maiden its always the music and fans come first, money and fame second, unlike that other band.
DanJ30 7 months ago
@K1w1scot
Legend.
crashin1 6 months ago
I love how Clive headbangs while he drums. He was really great.
zeppelingirll 2 years ago
dennis straton the first line maiden guatarist
treborzitro08 3 years ago
Dennis Stratton?
BLACKMAGICNIGHT 3 years ago
haha i love how he says "get out my way"
bobsaget987654321 3 years ago 2
ive always ownders why he says LA jail? because there from england
bequickorbedead1 3 years ago
LA just sounds cool.
kolmasjarrari 3 years ago 5
Hmm...I always thought he said "county jail".
K1w1scot 2 years ago
lol same
blindnuts666 2 years ago
Steve Harris in the back on the stage?
USEH567 3 years ago
it's a small stage. Nor room for Stephen's running ;)
yaypej 2 years ago
Yep it was real, and they refused the playback, so they played live
Up the iron
natlowlan 3 years ago 2
that's what special about it; it's live!
yaypej 2 years ago 2
Oooh man, Burr is the best drummer...
Good video...
thesonoflucifer 3 years ago 2
@thesonoflucifer - Burr didn't have as much power as Nicko McBrain (about 85%, I'd say) but he was a far better songwriter. There weren't many songs, but those Burr wrote were significant, not filler.
zxcv1234vcxz 1 year ago
this song is fuckin awesome
i like the Dickinson era i little bit better then the Di'anno era, but i have to say, this is one of the only songs, besides like prowler, that i woyuld rather hear Di'anno sing then Dickinson evertime
Metallicastillrules 3 years ago
I prefer the Steve Harris era (i.e the entire Maiden spectrum)!!
theenforcer22 2 years ago 5
You mean the Paul Diano Era Steve formed the band and plays bass
MrGodfatherofmetal 2 years ago
No what I mean is, I like everything Maiden have done, the entire spectrum! I.e. the Steve Harris era!!!
theenforcer22 2 years ago
For luck Di'anno got kicked out of the band, I just don't like his voice, IMO!
Somebody can like his Voice, but I don't like it. Sounds too much punk.
Tublabasari 3 years ago
that was the beauty of the whole thing...they were a metal band with a punk singer...best of both worlds...
7thDayAtheist 3 years ago 42
Well said. The true metal songs had that edge. Just look at Motorhead/Girlschool's classic "Please Don't Touch". Ohhh the good ol' days.
K1w1scot 2 years ago
If you think that you should check out some metalpunk, like G.I.S.M. and Syphilictic Vaginas. :)
FIENDCLUBGLORF 2 years ago 4
@7thDayAtheist
Hardly say Punk is any good, but alright ^_^
DaveyMurray1 1 year ago
Di'anno rocks!!
Tolo123 3 years ago 2
I've photo with him and his autograph :)
billgoldbergfan01 3 years ago
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Who the hell is that on the vocals?!
Vampire5169 3 years ago
Paul Di Anno, vocalist of maiden until the '81
Destroyer858 3 years ago 13
@Destroyer858 damn right...
1987DeLarge 1 year ago
Actually the people in the audience probably said "who the hell is this band" since most of them are probably disco and new wave fans.
Corndog0202 3 years ago 3
@Vampire5169 That's Paul Di'anno he was in maiden from 79-81
97Maiden 1 year ago
@Vampire5169 the drug addict paul di anno who cnt sing
10078g 1 year ago
@10078g what you talking about of course he can sing
mrdhibbribs 1 year ago 2
@mrdhibbribs nt as good as bruce
bruce owns all
10078g 1 year ago
@10078g ofc, bruce is a god
mrdhibbribs 1 year ago
I'm gonna be Dave Murray for our halloween party, and I put on my costume, which consists of a blonde wig, and a leather vest without a shirt. So I'm in my room jammin to maiden, with a blonde wig and no shirt, my dad walks in and looks at me and just shakes his head, like in dissappointment. HAHA
morepiepleaseTV 3 years ago 26
LOL
Destroyer858 3 years ago
i'm gonna be Di'Anno!
Wodnicky 3 years ago
lol, was that for real? :D
Ra6nar 3 years ago
@morepiepleaseTV
Sounds like something I'd do. But my dad would be Steve. ^^
DaveyMurray1 1 year ago
@morepiepleaseTV son,
i am disappoint, if you were my son though i would be like, Son,
I am party!
catshumpcats3 10 months ago
shit man the crowds fukin lifeless!
hail maiden!
bootylicious655 3 years ago
Maiden= Best band EVER
DenzelLockheart 3 years ago 2
Este video es definitivamente un Incunable...Aguante Maiden!!!!
metalerito2008 3 years ago
nah man they did playback on wasted years on a german tv show i believe, look up on youtube wasted years playback. its hilarious the guys just mess around and switch instruments. its good
no man just some guys are mixing it on YT and uploading that.
gritu69 3 years ago
Iron Maiden are one of the most influental bands of all time and they kick ass!!!!!!!! I'm a huge Maiden fan myself!!! Up The Irons!!!!!!!!!! You Rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
chavkiller03 3 years ago
how many version are there of running free?this one is different from the german pop/rock show version!!
roxlsc 3 years ago
The band's performance of "Running Free" on the German show Rock and Pop was one of a handful of lip-synched performances, as the band prefers to perform live.
StormJordan15 3 years ago
"In 1980, the then fledgling heavy metal superstars Iron Maiden became the first band to play live on the show since The Who in 1972, when they refused to mime to their single "Running Free" - From Top of the Pops.
If any time after they were forced to mime, they usually let the audience know they were. As mentioned earlier by switching instruments or just fooling around. As for this show it was "We play live or we do not play" which was the precedent for the majority of Maidens TV spots.
twainname 3 years ago
@twainname wrong! check out T REX, I LOVE TO BOOGIE from 1976, totally live band and vocals!
jayrox40 7 months ago 2
did they kno they were going to be the best band in the whole world at that timE??
UP THE IRONS!!
DMilla0098 3 years ago 2
they are the best band in the whole world :p
zack2703 3 years ago
Great to see these old recordings. Very hard to find. Thanks for putting it up. ObImpossibleRequest: Does anyone have a bootleg of any of Iron Maiden's work prior to Paul Di'Anno? I find Paul's work on Iron Maiden (and Battlezone) amazingly good, Bruce is great too, but they're not the only people to have been lead singer for one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Names and sketchy bios don't tell me what the earlier sound was like.
2206411411 3 years ago
it seems weird, maiden with stratton
synystersevilheir 3 years ago
this is going stright into my favourites . . .
AidanLunn 3 years ago
they seem lik punk at tht point not rock/heavy metal, by the way there dressed
homerswife 3 years ago
they were metal, but Paul had a punk element to him
Xxrock4life01xX 3 years ago 2
thanks!.cheers, hit the gas and here i go!
jimilove5 3 years ago
Of course it's Paul DiAnno.
I really respect Bruce Dickinson- he is an intelligent guy and has a lot of guts and charisma.
But I like Killers album with Paul DiAnno best of any Maiden albums. It still had a lot of that raw NWOBHM energy. And Paul gave it some street level energy. Some would say punk, but real punk and real metal to me is the same thing. Just a little different approach and more guitar acrobatics sometimes in metal. Most of my favorite bands are a little of both.
madmonk66 4 years ago
Great comment, I agree with you, Dickinson was the commercial frontman Harris was lookin for when havin Paul in the Band, but Di'anno is the best frontman this band ever had
halford99 3 years ago 4
"I'M RUNNING FREE YEAH I'M RUNNING FREE!!!" Gotta love that chorus...Just a song that makes ya wanna move to LA and start fresh!
TwilightZoneBand 4 years ago
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THTS NOT BRUCE!
homerswife 4 years ago
no, that's probably Paul DiAnno. and his version of running free was better!
yuktniyuniyu5nmiyu 4 years ago 5
right Paul Dianno
APRB666 4 years ago
you figured that out all on your own!? Btw, your "caps-locked" is on and you mis-spelled "That's".
doomer79 3 years ago
Iron Maiden Refuse to do play back
they only ever did it once
Man On The Edge - With Blaze i belive on TOTP
joewalker111 4 years ago
playback can make a band look like shit in a heartbeat. priest got burned on a japanese tv show doing "take on the world". binks couldn't hear the playback and lost rhythm several times.
LPcustom76 3 years ago
nah man they did playback on wasted years on a german tv show i believe, look up on youtube wasted years playback. its hilarious the guys just mess around and switch instruments. its good
Ryche9 3 years ago
Vaya increible sin lugar a dudas esta es una de las canciones que suenan mejor con paul que con bruce.
Dht5e59 4 years ago 2
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TOTP is playback
kondurperu3 4 years ago
This was the first performance that was live music on "Top of Pops"..
VolvoSatan 4 years ago 3
not the very first... but the first in 8 years (since the who in 1972) up the irons!
GWB201092 4 years ago 3
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HATE PAUL.. LOVES BRUCE!!!!!<3
Automatisk 4 years ago
Clive was the best
italianstallion421 4 years ago 3
Yes.
Ozzkar 4 years ago
McBrain also does great job I think both of them, Niko and Clive are great drumers and it's difficult to say who is better, but I personally like Niko more, he's funny xD
szymonszef 4 years ago
Both drummers are great but yes I agree with ya mate, Clive was my fave of the two... His work on "Beast" was incredible.
doomer79 3 years ago 2
nickos a fuckin octopus though man, he just puts his head down and goes- hits everything 100% without even looking.
clive is a great freakin drummer but hes no match for nicko
tubtub2942 3 years ago
clive had a unique style that lent itself perfectly to the first few albums. my fav too.
LPcustom76 3 years ago 2
clive left during the recording of that album didn't he? or was it before? because mcbrain made his debut on that album
whatsthatcar 3 years ago
mcbrains debut was on piece of mind :S
KISSfanswe 3 years ago
It's funny how Paul always make the sames move with his head :P
stoffia 4 years ago
it helps him keep time
some people tap there foot, some shake there head lol.
joewalker111 4 years ago
The exactly date is 13th Nov. 1980.
mrDenHarrow 4 years ago
haha, looks like dianno got ticks with him swinging his head after each line xD (nothing against the guy)
comicguitar 4 years ago
No - they were the 1st band to play live on TOTP since the Who in 1972.
theenforcer22 4 years ago
there is only a couple of words that can explain this song such as awsome sweet or up the irons
ragnarokisnow 4 years ago
I totally forgot about this song! Man, it's been over 20 years since I heard this! Great song.
fukimotoz 4 years ago
legend rox!
kindziukxxx 4 years ago
thanx for that! dennis and dianno together in a live perform on tv! great man! oldschool era of these guys are really rare to fing live videos! thanx! great singing by Paul!
korHan7 4 years ago 2
Don't forget Clive Burr!
DarylCooper 4 years ago
lol! yeah man sure! but as long as clive had been in the band up to 83 we have been a lot of chances to see him live with the guys.. but in here there's a fresh high quality live shit wth dennis and paul.. u got what I mean?..
korHan7 4 years ago
they were the first ones to refuse to mime since the who in 1972
joevsimp 4 years ago
legendary maiden love it
isomohis 4 years ago
Iron Maiden!!! Awesome!!!
BodaciousWickerman 4 years ago
no acually the who were but maiden kicks there ass
matts458 4 years ago
Yeh I was gonna say - the first band to ever play live live on Top of the Pops
thrashrabbit 4 years ago
No - they were the 1st band to play live on TOTP since the Who in 1972.
theenforcer22 4 years ago
Well ... First Band to play live on a TOTP-Gig... certainly a merit... anyway - Fuk Top Of The Pops...
NIMRODakaNIMROD 4 years ago
No - they were the 1st band to play live on TOTP since the Who in 1972.
theenforcer22 4 years ago 2
Please coment!!!
Destroyer858 4 years ago