Aces High
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Uploaded by Mahiarb on Nov 24, 2007
"Aces High" is a song written by Steve Harris. It is Iron Maiden's eleventh single and the second from the 1984 album Powerslave. The song tells the story of a British RAF pilot fighting against the German Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1940), the first battle to be completely fought in the skies over the UK. The song topped at number 20 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was a frequent concert opener and it was usually preceded by "Churchill's speech", a part of a famous speech that the British Prime Minister gave during World War II, on the 4th of June 1940, 2 days after the French defeat and general retreat from France's lost battlefield with French and Belgian remaining troops gathered at Dunkerque. Despite being popular amongst fans, the song is rarely played live. It has only been played during the World Slavery Tour and The EdHuntour. The music video for "Aces High" features archive footages of Winston Churchill's speech, Allied troops in everyday life, real dogfights between RAF and Luftwaffe, black & white animated battle maps and even a brief appearance of Hitler speaking.
My Grandfather was a fighter pilot... He's been up in those skies. I dedicate this song to him.
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Are you Tom Araya from SLAYER ?? ;D
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5/5 for the descriptiom ;)
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buy a tuner
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@tacuatillo - Thank you tacuatillo... Very kind of you to say so.
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Read below comments... I think I explained this only a million times.
Mahiarb 5 months ago
tune your bass!
nnkvocka 1 year ago
@nnkvocka - I know... I know... the bass sound is very muffled and could come across as un-tuned... Believe me it is tuned... it's just Bad Recording...
Please do check out the later videos for a better sound.
Mahiarb 1 year ago
u should fix ur camea
Milanman1096 1 year ago
@Milanman1096 - I did... check out the newer videos...
Mahiarb 1 year ago
In the beginning it doesn't look like you are playing all the notes
BMHollow2134 1 year ago
@BMHollow2134 - Well... these were the first few videos I did... on my own... so you got to cut me some slack with the way things turn out... Check out the newer videos for a more professional look and sound ;)
Mahiarb 1 year ago