Iron Maiden - Cross-Eyed Mary (Jethro Tull cover)

[key2kingdom]

Fantastical!

Been a Tull fan for ages . . had no idea the Maiden had covered this song til just now.

Yay!!

[JTea808]

Iron Maiden is like drinking craft brews, darker beer, home brews, etc. You like 1 or 2 different flavors sparingly or you indulge, full on, everything on the list. Not in one sitting though...

[detroitjc]

i agree with leadhead this is awesome!

[Weissmenchland]

Tull isn't an easy band to cover, Maiden is top class here.

[baja543]

no like

[DeafForever666]

so epic

[Ciochumong]

But.. Jethro tull is better.

[zepphree]

maiden.son of god.sitting at lemmys right hand.

[DeafForever666]

@zepphree well put

[josephhrndz]

no sabía que este track existía de maiden. genial!!

[1fiorentina]

@josephhrndz if you wont to by the orinall i got it antoniogiovannini74@hotmail.co­m

[attilathefun1]

wow seven more fags that need to die.

[prowler722]

i have this on vinyl :)

[robsbondchannel]

@prowler722 So do I!!!!

[Chardor]

Jethro Tulls version is best but realy this is just great

[fald33]

I wonder how it would be if Tull played Fear of The Dark...

[thedoctormachine1]

@fald33 taht would be absolutely AWESOME!!!!

[MaidenOfTheMaidens]

What the fuck is this a cover?!?!?!

[dragonstylekungfu]

@MaidenOfTheMaidens no shit

[JaredMetalhawke]

@MaidenOfTheMaidens yes.... while im a big iron maiden fan i doubt they would be able to write lyrics like this.

[Anto194]

Of course the original is ever the original , but this is very good cover of the song :D

[Frostdaddy88]

Wow this stinks compared to the original, especially the vocals.

[losferword]

@Frostdaddy88 wertjhkgfdh

[aBigWhiteBear]

This is Nicko showing he can do the job in some band jam or other. He blew it out of the fucking park with Where Eagles Dare, but hey, this is my 2nd favourite Maiden B side ever.

[616TheBeast616]

As much as I love Bruce's voice, he sounds terrible in this cover.

[PENTADACTYLON]

@616TheBeast616  ...You´r right ! No comparison

[thedoctormachine1]

still prefere the tull version... but it kicks ass anyway!!!!!

[pmabres]

i mean the part when dio start singing...

[pmabres]

mmm this sounds like kickapoo of Tenacious D.... HEHE!

[blica1]

classic maiden touch paying tribute to another great band ! Bruce's vocals are nothing short of fucking bombastic , nuclear , and fucking stellar !

[ToNoahEnd]

...noobs jethro tull won metal band of the year first year it was awarded... They are the original metal. stfu plz

[21Epitaph]

@ToNoahEnd

Irony?

[MEPG75]

gran cover

[BlackwolfFF01]

Having a widely known band like Maiden do one of your songs is the ultimate form of flattery and shows their respect for the original artist.

[atomicfriendo]

cool...when did this happen? It rocks....:)-~

[tspc2186]

@atomicfriendo Uhhhh, about 25 years ago :o)

[atomicfriendo]

@tspc2186 oh ya...duh!...thanx:)-~

[LllDawnlll]

Tull is better watch and listen to that one.

[pittsjamie]

I doubt anything could surpass the original but it definitely is a PROPER tribute! Both great songs.

[amccann7]

I thought Iron Maiden did a kick ass version; great!

[killerchimp9]

Shot cover

[mercury4metal]

Amazing!!! I remember when this came out!!! UP THE IRONS!!! (^_^)

[Christoph1071]

Thanks for cutting off the best cover of Tull! Maiden rules!!!!!!!!

[maidenamerica1]

I don't believe that Maiden is trying to "remake" this song, rather "pay tribute" to a great song from a great band....

[TheGrownUpAdult]

Excellent cover!

[Termite30]

I thought it was a decent cover, but I still like JT's version better.

[VitekSprytek]

No match to Jethro, this is not kind of song, that is well to go metal way. I liked though, i gues because this is great song remade by good band - worse, but they didn't kill Mary :D

[imunbroken]

This version is decent, but please don't try to put it above the original if you've never even heard Jethro Tull's version. The original is pretty "metal" itself.

[jcast18k]

iron maiden + jethro tull = awesome!

[jbct61]

@jcast18k Jethro Tull does not need Iron Maiden. They bright light the sun..

[junkead]

Very good cover but the metal version for this song?

[nthemuseurodenon]

I had this on vinyl back in the day! man I wish I had it today. great cover. Maiden rules! UP THE IRONS!

[Leadhead444]

Wow does everybody hate this cover!!! it's a very great cover!!

[1fiorentina]

@Leadhead444  well if you like it i got the originall from the 80s if you intrested...antoniogiovannini7­4@hotmail.com

[FrankyDooDy0]

@Leadhead444 Great, but never close to the original Jethro Tull one!

[OneBigBee]

Why do people dislike this? I like this a lot.

[residualbill]

Incomplete upload.

[VulgarWind]

@Sheltah The version of Locomotive Breath you have propably is from Helloween (Album:MEtal Jukebox) =... I am not familiar with any other "version" of Loc Breath... Excuse my poor english..

[Sheltah]

I would have been very disappointed if IM tried to do it Tull style. By the way, the vid heralded as Metallica playing Cross-eyed Mary is actually Iron Maiden playing it live. I have a brilliant hill-billie version of Locomotive Breath and it's certainly not Tull but it's so cool.

[crockock2]

i love jethro tull

and i love iron maiden

but i dont link this cover :-/

[editman76]

i used to have this single

[solararis]

Metal music is coined from the sound of the guitars. Tull has some very metal songs, but it is not the majority of their work to be certain.

[0ua8]

There's more to 'Tull than loud guitars,i.e FLUTE and keyboards...etc..

[stopthrm]

very VERY LOUD KEYBOARDS!

[mac1701e]

was this ever put out on a maiden cd or do i have to try to find this single?

[666danielclark666]

the Bsides on the peace of mind picture disk.

[Leoguitarrocker]

I use to own a very rare Piece of Mind cassette where this track was in the b side. It´s a pity someone borrowed it from me and never returned it... The cassette was an argentine EMI edition from middle 80´s.

[mac1701e]

i HATE when that happens, same thing happened to me when i lent ong bak and donnie yen's legend of the wolf to some one, they moved to nc and i never got my movies back (i finally bought new ones but still..)

[jcast18k]

@Leoguitarrocker este tema en un cassette de piece of mind? cuaac

[BARCELOSROGER]

yeahhhhh. simply perfect.

[vinnypimentel]

IRON MAIDEN VERSION IS A CRAP

[0ua8]

Too right 'Maiden don't do sublety...Harris must be very insecure about his musical talent that he has to play with his amps at 11 all the time...SAD

[SeBassIronMaiden08]

that's what you mean by that is unsure of his musical talent .. How do you know?

[stomp919]

This has been out since the mid 1980s You can get it on cd it was on the first ten years box set. 10 cds i think this was disc 5 anyway be prepared to pay its kinda pricey. Long out of print.

[CreatureFeatures75]

I would love to hear Maiden cover Tull's Locomotive Breath as well!

[poromise]

oh fuck yeah, maiden covering tull!

[sabbathtage25]

kickass!! a metal verson of Tull, how cool!!

[jlhguitar]

Tull is kind of metal.

[Keegah]

What? Tull is fucking flutes and mandolins. They're not metal.

[PennyDreadful1]

Folk and metal isnt such a contradiction actually.

But yeah Tull isnt metal.

[PennyDreadful1]

The flutes and mandolins is not what makes Tull less metal!

Its that light boppy rhythm and lack of throttle and heaviness.

[abarbar06]

they dont rreallly use mandolins, idiot. led zeppelin does however and they are considered metal hahah

[luscaslayer]

So - Korpiklaani, Turisas, Eluvetie, etc. are all metal bands that use non-Metal instruments.

[mac1701e]

you'd be surprised at what is considered metal then apolyptica comes to mind  they use cellos of all things and alot of swedish/norweigien bands use orchestras and isn't king diamond start out as an opera singer before he formed the legendary mercyful fate? i believe he was but i do agree that tull isn't metal as we know it, but hard rock, anyway as far as flutes in metal go, check out blind guardians album somewhere far beyond it's good stuff

[PennyDreadful1]

Mmh a little hard rocky maybe with all the heavy blues rock influence.

Nah i wouldnt call Tull metal.

Though they were most probably influential on metal musicans in some way.

[PennyDreadful1]

Tull has their epic kinda metal moments at times.

[taran2448]

Thank-You! I haven't heard this in forever. This was also on the Piece Of Mind Picture Disk.

[jouni26]

best of maiden

[underwwraps2]

YOu spelt Jethro wrong in the Tags.

Thanks for the upload though. 5 stars! Underwraps2

[NoiseFilthFury]

Oops, my bad. Thanks for pointing that one out.

[underwwraps2]

No prob. : )

[RichieEastside]

@underwwraps2 Jeffro lol I dont know if he really spelled it like that, I just wanted to say "Jeffro" xD