@@lifeisnice23 - I think it’s hilarious that you left a thumbs up for your own comment. 😂 I think Schenker is awesome too but I dig this heavily influenced tribute to his masterpiece as well and it fits so well with the album as a whole. Have a great day!
I struggled with this years and years ago. Then a few years back I learned the Wasted Years solo and the same sort of technique you talk about is used twice there and it clicked for me, so I went back and tried it and wouldn't you know it, it sounded spot on. Good to see someone validate that for me.
Superb! For someone like myself who is fascinated by the harmonies this is an invaluable tool. I struggle to hear the intricacies and nuances sometimes, thank you very much for this!
One of my favorites off Powerslave. I'm a big fan of a lot of their deep cuts and I can't think of a better track that highlights why that is. A lot of their deep cuts have sections and dynamics that step out of their norm and I think that's why some of them can be considered as polarizing as you pointed out. I've never attempted this one but I'll have to have a try at it. Gotta be up there with one of their trickiest songs guitar wise. Apparently Adrian played this one live in his Untouchables outfit with him also on vocals which I would love to hear. There is a recording of the doing Wasted Years with him on vocals though which is pure gold! I think the fact that you were playing this "incorrectly" and you had to analyze the song and Adrian's general approach to guitar playing in general to help you figure out the "correct" way of playing it speaks volumes to the complexity and nuance of this track. Really interesting video man 👍
Wow I’m just now commenting on another perfectly explained IM song I have lovedfor my entirety…..thank you Nicko for making it easy to understand and the well articulated lesson!
I'm definitely think it's underrated and my favorite song on powerslave and this interlude being one of my favorite "moments" on an album full of great harmonies. And you we're right in saying I was gonna like the next video.
Probably... I loved it from the first time I heard it as well but it was only just starting out on guitar at the time. What caught me was the way the whole note chords came in during the verse to extend the melody (switch the diiiiiiiaaaal and eat the worm...) And Bruce's screams always gave me chills 😊
Dude finally!!!!! My favorite Maiden song to play - and this section ALWAYS stumped me. I have never found an accurate explanation, until now! I'd like to think you answered my request to do this a few months back...
Hahaha yeah man you asked back when I posted my cover of the song and a few others have been asking since then as well. But I had never gotten around to learning the second part and when I finally did get to it, I realized I had been playing it wrong so... It all worked out in everyone's favor! 😁
Nailed it! I've been playing the interlude in different ways last years, but I was never 100% sure that it was right (I actually have been thinking it was good enough... but now it's clear... gonna practice it). Thank you for the amazing work!
Reading this makes me very happy 😊 Thank you and happy practicing 🤘 It's gonna be even more fun playing along with the song once you have this part down!! 🤘
Godddddd I LOOOVE when they go all melodic with their riffs!! Especially on tracks like this one, Deja Vu, Only The Good Die Young, etc where they sound extra power metal-esque with juicy harmonizing melodies. That's when I love Maiden the most.
If you just listen to 7:01 and don't like it then you my friend will never like Maiden. That riff defines why these two are so iconic together. It also shows how badass Nico is for figuring this out.
Thank you!! I think it's just the way it goes... new things come out, people learn to play the songs early on, they never really go in depth and it gets kinda dismissed as easy or simple. It's only when you go back to it later on that you realize just how much depth there is to this material! 😃
@@LicksOfTheBeast Absolutely! These earlier recordings really make me appreciate Martin Birch as well. As much as I appreciate the work Kevin Shirley has done with the band, there's nobody like Martin.😀
Great job! Love the way you explain the "correct" and "incorrect" that sums a lot to learn guitar "inverted" armonies like these, which sound always epic! Subscribed!
I think that is very common for artist to do, use a portion of one piece in another piece as well, I think it's all about the creative process 😀 I deff prescribed, slowing it down is very cool 😎 that's the key with Maiden, it's all just small little sections, if you look at it any other way, they seem daunting to understand, those Ibanez Destroyers are very expensive 😀 from: Scranton, Pennsylvania
I used to play the drums, but also always loved Back in the Village. I mean, it is so freaking fast, melodic, great fun. I would expect most metal players to like things fast! Aces High is fine, but way overplayed. How cool would it have been for Maiden to kick off some gigs of their World Slavery Tour with Back in the Village, then Powerslave, then Prisoner…😁🤘🏻
Another great video Nico. Thanks for taking the time to break down the interlude. I like this song and think some of the licks are awesome (Adrian's opening lick is an example). Keep up the hard work my friend.
Thanks a bunch man! I have always really enjoyed this song from the very first time I heard it. It's fun and full of energy and yeah it's got some really great licks and riffs!
I get the ppl who dont care for the song. But as a guitar player, i cant help but enjoy the riff immensly. Especially since its inspired by Michael Schenkers Captain Nimo riff.
They were even more wrong before 🤣🤣 Mike from Art Of Guitar started doing a fantastic (and very entertaining) series on old tab books with all sorts of inaccuracies... It's incredible how it was even possible to transcribe a simple song so badly! Some of those I remember so clearly so it brings back memories of my early days learning guitar... it's great! 🙂
Thanks,can finally play it, albit slow but it takes time - not used to this type of paddling yet. It's what lead to Adrian's Solo on Wasted year very same lick.
That's really awesome to hear! This kind of pattern is deceptively simple and it's normal to have to start slow even if you're an experienced player 🙂 And yes, it's a cool thing when you can see the progression of a player's style. Adrian played with pedal point legato licks like this from NOTB with the prisoner, gangland, to tame a land, aces high, losfer words, back in the village, powerslave, wasted years... then he comes back with Wicker Man... It's an interesting progression for sure!
@@LicksOfTheBeast True I was playing the Gangland solo wrong the entire time as well (is harder the way it mostly tabbed). I watched Adrian's playthrough he made it look like a piece of cake and a lot different than some tabs and I figured it out.
Awesome ! i love your videos. May i have a request ? would you take a look on the Rythm of the beast with Dave Murray and Nicko McBrain and break it down or record a cover ?
First of all, thank you very much! Rhythms of the beast I think it's been about 25 years or more since I last saw that! I'll take a look again when I have some time and if it's something that I can work with, I'll do something either here or on Instagram. Cheers! 🤜🤛
@@LicksOfTheBeast Thanks i would appreciate it a lot i am a self taught player so no theory on me its still difficult for me to play from hearing and i would like to know proper way to play it i think its an amazing piece of music this one it would be great if someone can break it down !
The pull off to the d string pedal tone yes. The difference with that one is you're playing everything on just one string so it's much less articulated. That part is literally only three notes plus the open D string. 🙂
I have wondered about that myself and it's quite possible that Dave only played his solo. But I have no way of knowing for sure so I'm calling the higher harmony Dave's part based on where it's panned 🙂
very interesting point. Just listened to the original track - the intro, main rhythm and chorus parts actually sounds like there's only a single guitar (Adrian) in play.
@@timp.9582 There are definitely two guitar parts at least but it could be Adrian just dubbed himself in the studio. Sometimes for very articulated fast riffs like this it just easier if one guitarist plays both parts themselves - You probably know all this but I'm just clarifying for anyone who doesn't and might read this thread. ☺️
@@LicksOfTheBeast I actually never knew or even assumed that. always thought Dave and Adrian played their respective parts on every recorded song, rhythms and solos. But it wasn’t until I read somersetcyder’s comment that made me question that. Even after listening to this song for 37yrs, one can still learn something new about their favorite music.
Guitars on this song are great, voice phrasing not much to my likings. There are a couple of tracks from Powerslave that sound far worse to me than this.
This is probably the weakest song on the album but this is a strong album so that doesn't mean much :) I just don't find it as good as the first part, The Prisoner.
I actually find The Duellists the weakest "song" but the instrumental section makes up for it. But as you said, weakest in an album filled with killer tracks doesn't really mean much 😆 I hear Back In The Village as the side 2 counterpart to Aces High. Back then the way albums were paced had a lot of impact on the listening experience as you wouldn't shuffle or play single tracks all that much 🙂
I’m definitely in the group that loves this song, such a great track! Very Michael Schenker inspired main riff, great tune.
"Inspired" it's an euphemism.. That's a total rip-off mate! Kudos to the one and only Master Schenker 🤘🤘
@@lifeisnice23 - I think it’s hilarious that you left a thumbs up for your own comment. 😂 I think Schenker is awesome too but I dig this heavily influenced tribute to his masterpiece as well and it fits so well with the album as a whole. Have a great day!
God bless you, I've been trying to figure this part out for ages lol Amazing work!!!
Hey that's awesome to hear!! Glad I could help shed some light on that. Cheers!!
Fantastic Work!... Back In the Village was a riddle to me forever!!
Hope you'll like the cover I just did of the whole song 😃
Same here. Glad we got it figured out.
I struggled with this years and years ago. Then a few years back I learned the Wasted Years solo and the same sort of technique you talk about is used twice there and it clicked for me, so I went back and tried it and wouldn't you know it, it sounded spot on. Good to see someone validate that for me.
Don't you just love those "ah-ha!" moments when something just clicks? 😃
Amazing !!! Thank you Nicko! So detailed! Sometimes I fantasize Maiden coming on stage with this song... Too good to be true...
Superb! For someone like myself who is fascinated by the harmonies this is an invaluable tool. I struggle to hear the intricacies and nuances sometimes, thank you very much for this!
One of my favorites off Powerslave. I'm a big fan of a lot of their deep cuts and I can't think of a better track that highlights why that is. A lot of their deep cuts have sections and dynamics that step out of their norm and I think that's why some of them can be considered as polarizing as you pointed out. I've never attempted this one but I'll have to have a try at it. Gotta be up there with one of their trickiest songs guitar wise. Apparently Adrian played this one live in his Untouchables outfit with him also on vocals which I would love to hear. There is a recording of the doing Wasted Years with him on vocals though which is pure gold! I think the fact that you were playing this "incorrectly" and you had to analyze the song and Adrian's general approach to guitar playing in general to help you figure out the "correct" way of playing it speaks volumes to the complexity and nuance of this track. Really interesting video man 👍
Wow I’m just now commenting on another perfectly explained IM song I have lovedfor my entirety…..thank you Nicko for making it easy to understand and the well articulated lesson!
you truly deserve this wonderful destroyer… lucky you and thank you for your dedication 🍀🍀🍀
I'm definitely think it's underrated and my favorite song on powerslave and this interlude being one of my favorite "moments" on an album full of great harmonies. And you we're right in saying I was gonna like the next video.
When I read your comment I had just started working on the video so it was perfect timing 😁
I had always found that interlude so tricky to learn. Thank you very much for your detailed explanation. You are very talented...Cheers
One of the best harmonies they've done
Loved this song from the get go. Never realized there were people who don’t like this song. Maybe its more appealing to guitarists?
Probably... I loved it from the first time I heard it as well but it was only just starting out on guitar at the time. What caught me was the way the whole note chords came in during the verse to extend the melody (switch the diiiiiiiaaaal and eat the worm...) And Bruce's screams always gave me chills 😊
Great lesson. That guitar is gorgeous. The lighting really enhances the finish
Dude finally!!!!!
My favorite Maiden song to play - and this section ALWAYS stumped me. I have never found an accurate explanation, until now!
I'd like to think you answered my request to do this a few months back...
Hahaha yeah man you asked back when I posted my cover of the song and a few others have been asking since then as well. But I had never gotten around to learning the second part and when I finally did get to it, I realized I had been playing it wrong so... It all worked out in everyone's favor! 😁
You got it man the only guy I've seen that has got it right! I've been searching for this thanks! The theory on Adrian is totally right on!
Thank you! I'm really glad it could be helpful!! 😃
One of my favorite tracks on the album
This song is the continuation of the song the prisonner , i love it,thank’s a lot , you are a excellent teacher
Brilliant detective work. Excellent.
Amazing, and very interesting!
Nailed it! I've been playing the interlude in different ways last years, but I was never 100% sure that it was right (I actually have been thinking it was good enough... but now it's clear... gonna practice it). Thank you for the amazing work!
Reading this makes me very happy 😊
Thank you and happy practicing 🤘
It's gonna be even more fun playing along with the song once you have this part down!! 🤘
@@LicksOfTheBeast Thank you so much man!
Godddddd I LOOOVE when they go all melodic with their riffs!! Especially on tracks like this one, Deja Vu, Only The Good Die Young, etc where they sound extra power metal-esque with juicy harmonizing melodies. That's when I love Maiden the most.
I love this track - thank you!
Best song on the album !
Great job as always, congrats!
You are a genius.........unbelievable
Great vid. Thanks for sharing!
I'm in the group of love it love love it!!
If you just listen to 7:01 and don't like it then you my friend will never like Maiden. That riff defines why these two are so iconic together. It also shows how badass Nico is for figuring this out.
Always loved the song. There wasn't a week song on Powerslave
great video thank you!
Would love to see a break down of Back In The Village!
Bad ass and thank you for breaking down like this
Glad you found it helpful!
Amazing!
1:12 Never heard Adrian's fart but thanks to you I've almost completed my collection Heavy Fart of British Metal.
Thank you so much, very usefull video!
Thank you Sir 🤘
Brilliant work! Enjoyed the breakdown. The guitar work on this song is generally overlooked in the maiden catalogue. Phenomenal!🔥
Thank you!!
I think it's just the way it goes... new things come out, people learn to play the songs early on, they never really go in depth and it gets kinda dismissed as easy or simple. It's only when you go back to it later on that you realize just how much depth there is to this material! 😃
@@LicksOfTheBeast Absolutely! These earlier recordings really make me appreciate Martin Birch as well. As much as I appreciate the work Kevin Shirley has done with the band, there's nobody like Martin.😀
Great job! Love the way you explain the "correct" and "incorrect" that sums a lot to learn guitar "inverted" armonies like these, which sound always epic!
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Thank you for the great comments and feedback, for watching and for subscribing!!!
I just found this channel. Love your approach and passion to one of my favorite groups. Up the Irons!
I think that is very common for artist to do, use a portion of one piece in another piece as well, I think it's all about the creative process 😀 I deff prescribed, slowing it down is very cool 😎 that's the key with Maiden, it's all just small little sections, if you look at it any other way, they seem daunting to understand, those Ibanez Destroyers are very expensive 😀 from: Scranton, Pennsylvania
I used to play the drums, but also always loved Back in the Village. I mean, it is so freaking fast, melodic, great fun. I would expect most metal players to like things fast! Aces High is fine, but way overplayed. How cool would it have been for Maiden to kick off some gigs of their World Slavery Tour with Back in the Village, then Powerslave, then Prisoner…😁🤘🏻
For me it's the cool changes during the solo(s).
Another great video Nico. Thanks for taking the time to break down the interlude. I like this song and think some of the licks are awesome (Adrian's opening lick is an example). Keep up the hard work my friend.
Thanks a bunch man! I have always really enjoyed this song from the very first time I heard it. It's fun and full of energy and yeah it's got some really great licks and riffs!
It's an awesome song and you cover it perfectly!
I get the ppl who dont care for the song. But as a guitar player, i cant help but enjoy the riff immensly. Especially since its inspired by Michael Schenkers Captain Nimo riff.
Great stuff, Nico (I hope I got the spelling right)!! I absolutely LOVE this song, even though I barely qualify as a guitarist. :)
You did , thank you! 😀
Liked, subscribed and love Back in the Village. Up the Irons💪☘️☘️💪
Many many thanks!
@@LicksOfTheBeast thank you 🙏
One of IM best songs
One of Maidens hardest song’s !
GREAT JOB...TOUGH SONG! 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks Nicko. This really helped. I think it's a great song!🤘
Really glad to hear that! 🤜🤛
This is great! - Nice work.
Many thanks!!
Super chitarra e super canzone,sarebbe una opener perfetta...
you're a genius
Hahaha I wish!
My experience with Maiden is that quite often it is simpler than it seems.
Dammm. I never tough of those parts that way. Guitar tabs these days are almost are wrong.
They were even more wrong before 🤣🤣 Mike from Art Of Guitar started doing a fantastic (and very entertaining) series on old tab books with all sorts of inaccuracies... It's incredible how it was even possible to transcribe a simple song so badly! Some of those I remember so clearly so it brings back memories of my early days learning guitar... it's great! 🙂
Cool!!
Awesome 👌
Amazing Nico! Muito bom!
Muito obrigado!
come sempre molto interessante!!!
Grazie tante!!
2:01 I remember that from an Adrian guitar lesson video lol
Thanks,can finally play it, albit slow but it takes time - not used to this type of paddling yet. It's what lead to Adrian's Solo on Wasted year very same lick.
That's really awesome to hear! This kind of pattern is deceptively simple and it's normal to have to start slow even if you're an experienced player 🙂
And yes, it's a cool thing when you can see the progression of a player's style. Adrian played with pedal point legato licks like this from NOTB with the prisoner, gangland, to tame a land, aces high, losfer words, back in the village, powerslave, wasted years... then he comes back with Wicker Man... It's an interesting progression for sure!
@@LicksOfTheBeast True I was playing the Gangland solo wrong the entire time as well (is harder the way it mostly tabbed).
I watched Adrian's playthrough he made it look like a piece of cake and a lot different than some tabs and I figured it out.
Fun fact, for me; you almost have to learn this interlude by considering it as a drum pattern
That's actually a pretty cool way to approach that part!
wait... there are humanoids who actually hate this song?
this song slams
Awesome ! i love your videos. May i have a request ? would you take a look on the Rythm of the beast with Dave Murray and Nicko McBrain and break it down or record a cover ?
First of all, thank you very much! Rhythms of the beast I think it's been about 25 years or more since I last saw that! I'll take a look again when I have some time and if it's something that I can work with, I'll do something either here or on Instagram. Cheers! 🤜🤛
@@LicksOfTheBeast Thanks i would appreciate it a lot i am a self taught player so no theory on me its still difficult for me to play from hearing and i would like to know proper way to play it i think its an amazing piece of music this one it would be great if someone can break it down !
Essa música é muito foda
Very similar to the interlude from Losfer Words, or is my perception??
The pull off to the d string pedal tone yes. The difference with that one is you're playing everything on just one string so it's much less articulated. That part is literally only three notes plus the open D string. 🙂
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I've always been convinced that Dave Murray never played on this track! If he did, it was very minimal.
I have wondered about that myself and it's quite possible that Dave only played his solo. But I have no way of knowing for sure so I'm calling the higher harmony Dave's part based on where it's panned 🙂
@@LicksOfTheBeast yeah totally agree with you, great job anyway!
very interesting point. Just listened to the original track - the intro, main rhythm and chorus parts actually sounds like there's only a single guitar (Adrian) in play.
@@timp.9582 There are definitely two guitar parts at least but it could be Adrian just dubbed himself in the studio. Sometimes for very articulated fast riffs like this it just easier if one guitarist plays both parts themselves - You probably know all this but I'm just clarifying for anyone who doesn't and might read this thread. ☺️
@@LicksOfTheBeast I actually never knew or even assumed that. always thought Dave and Adrian played their respective parts on every recorded song, rhythms and solos. But it wasn’t until I read somersetcyder’s comment that made me question that. Even after listening to this song for 37yrs, one can still learn something new about their favorite music.
could you share your bias fx2 settings?
Absolutely! They're in the highlights section of my Instagram page 👍
@@LicksOfTheBeast thx man. Gratias tibi ago!
Guitars on this song are great, voice phrasing not much to my likings. There are a couple of tracks from Powerslave that sound far worse to me than this.
i really dont like the singing on this one. Guitar playing is great.
This is probably the weakest song on the album but this is a strong album so that doesn't mean much :) I just don't find it as good as the first part, The Prisoner.
I actually find The Duellists the weakest "song" but the instrumental section makes up for it. But as you said, weakest in an album filled with killer tracks doesn't really mean much 😆
I hear Back In The Village as the side 2 counterpart to Aces High. Back then the way albums were paced had a lot of impact on the listening experience as you wouldn't shuffle or play single tracks all that much 🙂
@@LicksOfTheBeast That's exactly why I stopped buying CD's and switched back to vinyls. :)
none of that sounds like what i hear in the beginning of the song....
Good thing it doesn't because I'm explaining the Interlude - not the intro. 😂
Cheers man!