Classical Composer Reacts to Alexander the Great (Iron Maiden) | The Daily Doug (Episode 91)
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In this episode of #TheDailyDoug, I'm reacting to Alexander the Great by Iron Maiden. This is their studio recording from the album Somewhere in Time.
Reference Video: • Alexander the Great (3...
You should play a concert called "Piano Maiden", with Iron Maiden songs.
Ivory Maiden 🙂
I'm all in.
@@perzyboy Nailed iT!
There already is a "Piano Tribute To Iron Maiden" album. It came out in 2005, it's really well done too...
@@darkpoet3174 Niiice
"I dont wanna play over this solo. This is too good" He is a real Iron Maiden fan:-)
Got to agree, I think that must be my favourite Maiden guitar solo!
Anyone remember who was soloing when he said that, Murray or Smith?
@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 Smith of course :)
I watched lots of Maiden reactions lately and most of the time Adrian's solos stunned the reactors. No wonder because his Solos are musically more interresting and more melodic. Dave's smooth legato shredding is great but Adrian has just more feeling.
Adrian Smith is the single greatest guitar player of all time, I think. Hats of to Dave too, on this song though. He NAILED his part. Both solos are amazing. But to me, Adrian is the real deal...❤️
- Seventh son of a seventh son (another master piece from the 80's. Iron Maiden at the peak of their powers)
- Dance of death (it's a storytelling song just like the same vibe of Empire of the clouds. Super underrated song)
- Wasting love (why not a ballad by Iron Maiden?)
I agree 👍
All great choices!
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son..... the first Album review
Dance of death would be really interesting.
Paschendale is such an underrated track, a great song-telling of such a horrific battle those young lads endured, so sad and upsetting, but as usual Maiden put it on a pedestal where it belongs, Lest We Forget!
Who else wants to see a video of the members of Iron Maiden reacting to Doug's reaction?
I would love to hear their reactions to this.
YEAH! Most of them would TOTALLY agree to do it?
I subscribe to a lot of reaction channels on the Tube, and I've often asked myself this same question. :-)
yes, of course!
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A full piano version of "Alexander The Great", please? You tried to play along with a song in a few places and it sounded absolutely fantastic! Thanks!
Yes, please!
agreed
Yes
Here is someone who did something
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Doug - It's so great to see someone with your experience and ear figure out these parts in real time. I do my best, but you really really have it. Stay on it brother!
That's because his relative pitch is insane (or he has perfect pitch). It is impressive!
I have the ear too, if only i could get myself to pratice more i could utilize it like doug doese. He must have perfect pitch or is close.
"THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER"
Yesss, such a freaking great song!
@@Mati_Snow The LOOOOONG-DISTANCE RUNNNAAAH!
@@Mati_Snow Ofc I read with Bruce voice :D
The crowd would totally sing the guitar parts
Agreed
It's historically accurate enough that I passed a couple of history tests because I had the song memorized back in 1987 😂
yes i went to high school with someone who didn't study for the Alexander the Great-era exam and got a C- on it because of what he memorized from this song
A few years ago it helped me with a pub quiz question "How old was Alexander the Great when his father died?" :)
@@0zwer0 at the age of nineteen, he became the Macedon king...
I've answered a few Jeopardy questions correctly over the years as a result of listening to this song hundreds of times in my teens.
Dude! I had to do a speech on him and just used the lyrics lol had a hard time trying not to sing it
Holy crap dude, you blow me away with how you're able to just play along. I just started playing piano during Covid and I aspire to be as talented as you are so i can have a blast playing along with my favourite Maiden tunes!!! You are an inspiration!
You have the best 'reaction' videos I've seen. I like how you actually say if you like or dislike something, instead of half of these reactions channels that put on fake expressions and say they like absolutely everything to please the audience that recommended the song. Kudos
@@Dimensionsbrecher Also, the man knows his craft. Incredible musician. Great reaction/review.
First time Played live yesterdey in Ljubljana Slovenia...
I have now realized that I wanna see a piano cover of Alexander the Great.
Same. Up the MOTHERFUCKING IRONS
There's even lullaby versions of Iron Maiden, Slayer, Rush, Pantera, and Metallica songs. I kid you not.
My man, a piano and a saxophone make any song that much better. :D
David bowie will like this comment...
@@Bellathor don't forget violin😉
In my opinion, many older Iron Maiden albums have quite interesting compositions. They were somewhat self-taught, so they did not even know they were "breaking the rules", they just did what sounded good. Natural musicians.
Considering their background, yes they knew the rules, yes they did it on purpose !
@@thedstrings It certainly seems unlikely they would do this without theoretical knowledge.
Doug, it’s so cool that you can play along with these songs without having heard them before. Flippin’ amazing bud!
Its mattwr of musical knowledge. U know how riff will go if u heard enough. Every music has it schemes
@suspicionofdeceit and yet still amazing
@@jedrusnowak3317 True. There's a good reason why they're used so much, like anything considered "classic" : it just works.
Classically trained ;)
Bro when you played piano over the solo i got chills.... that was insane and your ability to quickly learn a song and improvise over it is awesome!!!!
Discovering Iron Maiden is such an interesting experience. I was always a huge Metallica fan (even though they were before my time) and some other trash music, but I never ventured into listening to Maiden . A couple years ago I was at the gym and just decided for no specific reason to listen to Maiden. I went down the typical top 10 songs in Spotify and one after another I was in complete disbelief of how great they were. I assumed these were cherry picked songs and that the albums would otherwise be mediocre. I decided to start from the very beginning (which for many more classic rock bands is not always the best place to start). I came to find out on my journey that basically every single song from their first album through seventh son is simply incredible. It's only more impressive when you come upon their body of work starting from Brave New World. I've since seen them live as well and hope to see them again. They are just spectacular in every way. Greatest heavy metal band of all time in my humble opinion.
You don't get "smarter" that Maiden in hard music!
Welcome to the enlightenment of the great Iron Maiden, you are so very welcome into the circle of one of the greatest fan bases that any band has ever had. 🤘
You're damn right. All they're songs are great and have something to be liked.
the mainstream hates them too, that means they are really great!
Yooo Tygers of Pan-Tang!!!
In my opinion, one of their top 10 songs and one of the most underrated. Whenever I sit back and close my eyes and listen to this song, the intro feels kind of young and perhaps innocent- it takes me to Macedonia, watching a young ATG tame horses with Phillip. Then the military beat kicks in and you start feeling like he is getting older, his training is nearing completion and he's readying the phalanxes for battle and conquest. You can feel the despair in India as his men mutiny. I wish they could have came up with some lyrics around his golden burial. Truly an epic jam
I absolutely love the solo and the fact it hangs back
This is awesome!!!! Doug, you are the MAN!!!!
Maiden's "Seventh son of a Seventh son" is a true masterpiece. Please check the studio version and react to this! Greetings
agree 100%
Yesssss!!!
Lets gooooooo
My favorite Maiden album by far!! Every song is great!
I love Seventh Son but Ancient Mariner is my all-time favorite Maiden song.
It really is amazing to see the difference between someone who understands how music is composed, versus me who simply appreciates music, digest these songs. I have been listening to Maiden for 40 years and am always blown away by them, but this gives me a new appreciation of their talent. To see non metalheads see the quality and beauty of their music and the effort that went into it is really gratifying for me.
Iron Maiden: "Sea of Madness" from the same CD. Not a complex song, but it has the best Iron Maiden riff hands down. The galloping bass and guitar is legendary in the song.
I couldn't agree more, awesome riff
I was just listening to it yesterday. Underrated.
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@@daverowe4566 No.
Nicko's work on the ride cymbal in the riff is simply amazing
I just discovered that channel and I am now addicted. Those reactions are amazing!
I generally hate these types of "reaction" vids but your knowledge of music theory makes it far more interesting and engaging.
Ikr. They’ve never heard the song before 🙄
Why do we love Iron Maiden so much? Because its like listening to a full album with just listening one song.
This is definitely the best review I have seen. There is demonstrated real time theory and emotional response in it. Excellent job man.
For next review, I suggest To Tame a Land. It’s based on the story of Dune and has AMAZING chops. Lots of middle eastern phrasing and scales.
It's one of their buried treasures, rarely played but genius....love that song!!
A piano version would be incredible!!
I'd recommend Powerslave (Phrygian Dominant scale with A-C-Bb chords for the verses) or To Tame a Land, with other nice eastern-like scales and riffs.
Seconded! The cool thing about Powerslave is that Bruce wrote it all by himself, it's a masterpiece.
@@Nghilifa Agreed.
To tame a land
One of my favourite videos on the internet, period. Great work!
Before First Iron Maiden: I don't like the distorted guitar
Me: 😏
Third Iron Maiden: this guitar solo is too good to play over
Me: 🤭
Suggestion: Bruce's solo career Darkside of Aquarius, The Tower, Jerusalem, Tyranny of Souls. Hugs from Brazil!
The Alchemist!!!
"Chemical Wedding" 😉
Great solo albums!
So next time should be Steveth son of the seventh son song or Infinite Dreams from this album oooor Powerslave song written by Bruce with some Egyptian vibe and scale.
Upvote for Powerslave. One of my personal favorite songs. Steve Harris is a monster on the bass in this, IMHO of course 😁
Great shout with Infinite Dreams, absolute classic.
Chalk up another vote for Powerslave. Lots of changes, great rhythmic ideas, great melodies.
"I'm working with the studio recording."
Yeah, you don't really have a choice there. 😁😁
Great reaction. I love the solo too.
I'm still holding out for ATG live before they retire LOL
@@Maidenrules29 Here's hoping LOL!
Me too. I was hoping to hear it on the Legacy of the Beast tour ... maybe next time!
We can only hope to see it live, sadly if they do play it it will probably be on their last tour
THEY FUCKING DID IT
About the lyrics and the "rap" part, Bruce said that this verse
"Hellenism he spread far and wide
The Macedonian learned mind
Their culture was a western way of life
He paved the way for Christianity
Marching on, marching on"
is one of hardest one's he has ever sung.
Got to admit by now that Steve Harris' is quite a musical genius along with the rest of the band
He's the man behind alot of their songs, he's got it all going on in his head.
I once won a pub quiz because of this song! it was a draw between my team and another and the tie break question was 'Where did Alexander the Great die'? died of fever in Babylon. Thanks Iron Maiden! (The other team answered Macedonia). this is one of my favourite songs from Maiden - or do i mean one of my favourite History lessons?
It's a great line!
Whenever Alexander the Great is mentioned (alright, not everyday but you know what I mean) my first thought is those lyrics and don't forget his first ruck in 334BC.
Other than that my ancient history is very poor ha ha.
Doug, I love your reactions to songs, you're so real! And in this one I love how you get amazed by those unespected chords and changes of rhythm.
This song always gives me goosebumps!!! I would love to see this live with an orchestra!!
*This is what great music does to an individual: when a composer/musician appreciates the work of individuals in other genres of music.*
I never realized how much I needed to hear Iron Maiden on piano until now.
Love your Iron Maiden videos Doug. I've been playing guitar for over 20 years and can play most of this type of music. I'm not 1/1,000,000th as talented as you are musically, but I like hearing your classical explanation of the chord progressions/transitions/scales and so on. Keep it up.
Would like to see you do Iron Maiden's Revelations
Live in Sydney version.
One of the very BEST songs. LOVE this album.
You should do Iron Maidens Paschendale. It tells the story of a ww1 battle, the song's got the tempo changes, progressive elements, crispy clear sound on the studio version, and you can find good live versions as well.
Iron Maiden = E Minor gallop! Love it! I saw them live on tour in the 1980's-totally awesome.
"To Tame A Land" off of the "Piece of Mind" album released in 1983 is one of their best tracks.
Also, "Powerslave" from the album of the same name, released in 1984.
I know nothing about the complexities of music but I love watching you figure it out for me and others like me
The fact that we need this guy 35 years ago to deconstruct what Maiden was doing - just more evidence how awesome & great it all was.
Some of us grew up with Iron Maiden ... listening them from far year of 1982 ... And congrats, Doug - you are becoming a big FAN now !!!
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is a classic and Bruce is amazing, and for more great vocals and instrumentation, Infinite Dreams has a great instrumental section with some nifty guitar harmonies and chord changes. Another Maiden Masterpiece. My vote is Infinite Dreams.
I love how infinite dreams builds up and has an epic Bruce scream right in the middle of the song.
I remember one Year Ago. This video made me subscribe the Channel. The BEST daily Doug ever made!
This solo was made for the solos. Adrian Smith (solo 1) and Dave Murray (solo 2) are so different yet complement each other so well. Both are melodic and take the listener on a journey. It's hard to determine which is best and it always seems to be the one you're listening to at that moment in time. Ultimately, I side with Murray and his fiery finish that starts at 10:00
3:43 First listen??? Wow! You just went totally beast mode on that piano. Doug the Great!
Its a great song. From a fairly underrated album. It was one the songs that turned me into a fan back in middle school.
Great reaction, Doug. Playing with them on the fly, Very cool. Next: To Tame a Land. Epic!!!
Iron maiden fan here: next is Seventh son of a seventh son
Doug,
When you started playing along, sounded damn fantastic.
To tame a land, that song has some of the most interesting armonies and chord progressions Maiden has ever done
And again he summons the Maiden fans. Well, here I am and thanks for the video.
I like and comment before even watching it. Hugs from Brazil and please keep turning the suggestions into videos! Kelly here.
I would love to see you react and break down Tarkus by Emerson Lake & Palmer. It's awesome to see someone with a high level of musical knowledge breaking down songs like this.
Man... now I just want to hear you go through the whole album doing a piano jam session over it.
Should definitely do Blind Guardian - Wheel of Time, it would be right up your alley!
I think it's time for blind guardian. And bards song would be perfect for a piano breakdown
Has to do And Then There Was Silence
Anything from BG twilight orchestra would also be interesting.
I second that, it is totally time for some Blind Guardian.
Yes please do some Blind Guardian tunes.
Appart from the already mentioned songs I think 'And the story ends' should be covered.
The piano together with the guitar solos sound awesome
Insanely jealous that you can listen to song one time, and just play along with it!
As for the beginning, I yield to my favorite author when speaking of "The Classics"!
“All that shit starts in E.”
― Stephen King, Revival
I am totally jealous about being able to just instantly be able to sit at the piano and play anything.
Well, for me it's not the piano, but the guitar. But Maiden is pretty "basic" as far as chords and harmony go. Mostnof it is either in E, D, or A (minor, of course) and then if you know your chord-scale relationship, you can jam along instantly, 90% of the time.
@@revylokesh1783 E C D etc chords progresion is typical for 80' Maiden songs written by Harris.
E is the lowest note on a standard tuned guitar so it's the heaviest key to play in if you don't tune down which is the main reason so much classic metal is in E.
It sounds totally goosebumbs when you play along. You can clearly hear that (many) Maidens songs are truly epic and classical worthy underneath the soaring heavy metal vocals and the heavy distorted guitars.
A History lesson in a song. Typical Maiden. This song helped me answer a Jeopardy question or two over the years...lol!
If you want History in songs, try Sabaton if you haven't heard about them yet ;)
In case you don't already know, Steve Harris, the main songwriter in Iron Maiden, will be the first to tell you that he doesn't read music and couldn't tell a pentatonic scale from a golf club.
Dude, you’re amazing. Wish I had your talent and musical knowledge. Great reaction. 👍👍
The reaction in the middle of the song is what I came here for lol
Hey Doug, I've been an IM fan for 40 years. I absolutely love their compositions. Their first six albums were so refreshing (at the time) to listen to. I have listened to those albums hundreds of times. But I have to say, listening to you break them down like you do, makes them refreshing all over again. I sit in front of my screen wide eyed and ears open, taking all that you have to say. Adding the piano to this video only reinforces your take. Thank you for doing these! I hope you continue to "react" to more Maiden melodies.
I'm so glad you looked at this song, and I'm happy that you enjoyed listening to it. ! It's one of my favorites from this album (even though the whole album is basically a masterpiece). Try "Wasted Years", which opens with a guitar jumping through a descending scale on the high E string played interlaced over the open E note. The title track is also really cool, featuring some really interesting guitar work. Hell, the whole thing is good! It was really cool listening to you lay some of this song out on the piano - gives it a whole new dimension. I don't know if it's Bruce doing the opening narration. I always thought it was someone else. As for historical accuracy, I think they may have taken some license with that part. I just looked at something the other night about ATG, and they said he became the Macedonian King at 20, where here they say he was 19. What's a year, right? They also said that the cause of his death is not known, but here they say "He died of fever in Babylon". Also, in the beginning, it seems as if his father is on his deathbed telling Alexander to go get his own kingdom - but the thing I looked at said his father was murdered. And I've read about some of the battles that he waged, which seem different from the ones they laid out here. Oh well - it's still a great song! Thanks for checking it out!
Best channel I have come across in 2021!
Phantom of the Opera - Iron Maiden next please!
Yes, it would be great to hear a reaction to pre-Bruce era Iron Maiden. Especially this song.
@@corepuncher The live at the rainbow version is excellent but I prefer the 2015 Remaster since the progressions and solos in the song is clearly audible in that one.
I feel smarter just by listening to Doug. Even though I do not know a single thing about composing.
Stranger In A Strange Land has one of the greatest guitar solos ever recorded!
Hands down.
The time is right for The Seventh Son of The Seventh Son
Don't you just love how symphonic can be Iron Maiden? Good Job!
I was in 10th grade in high school when this came out. We had World History that year. The chapter on Alexander The Great, i just recited the lyrics to myself. 😆 I got those answers right. 😆
Really appreciate your detailed analysis of this wonderful masterpiece👏👏
I’ll keep recommending Iron Maiden’s ”Starblind”, ”The Talisman” and ”The Legacy”. More proggy, great storytelling, great music! These songs are more atypical as some other recommended Maiden songs and That’s why I think you’d like them!
*yes it’s the same songs as before, I won’t give up!
I also agree with the lot that if you are to do Seventh son if a Seventh son I would recommend a whole album review!
I love this damn video. I have watched it so many times, I can't listen to the original song without hearing the piano flourishes in my head. Alexander the great, badadadadaada... Killer Doug.
This is a history lesson and a music lesson all in one. That’s Iron Maiden. Up the Irons, Toledo, Ohio
I love your insights Doug. Keep it up.
Probably one of my favourite Maiden tunes. I'm a big history nut as well as a Maiden fan so this one is like OH YES!!
If you want more classic-era Maiden, anything else off the Somewhere in Time album is sublime. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is also of similar calibre. They both have that heavily layered, ambient synthy sound! If you want to try out something later, try your hand at a couple of the non-Bruce tunes see what you reckon of them! Sign of the Cross and The Clansman are good shouts for the two albums they did without Bruce, Phantom of the Opera is a good shout for their first couple albums before Bruce!
Sign of the Cross would be awesome!
If I may, I would like to put some opinions of mine on this work and would love a response from you, or the community that follows it. (Sorry, but I don't speak English, so I'm using the famous Google Translate).
1º - We have the sound of the wind as if it brought, from the past, the phrase of Phelip II from Macedonia said to Alexander.
2º - The sound of the march is important, as I believe it is the army preparing or even marching through Greece.
3º - The sound of the galloping bass is a characteristic of Steve Harris, but here I think he found a purpose that was more than fair for her. Alexander was a great general who used cavalry formidably. So the possible reason for using this feature.
4º - When we go to the ground, at the beginning, it gives the impression of something unfinished, it seems that the melody does not end. And it shows a certain uncertainty for the final battle.
5º - In the minute 7:02 you are amazed by the sound. I believe it is the moment when Alexander and his army come across the army of Darius III. Then the final moment of the battle began.
6º - After that, the bass stops being galloped and only becomes fast and frantic, and with much more strength. It is the armies walking against each other. The more metallic and heavy sound of the bass is due, I believe, to represent the sound of armor hitting swords and shields as they walk.
7º - It is interesting for the guitar to start on its own, but after finishing its melody a second guitar enters and accompanies this same melody. I believe it would be as if a soldier felt alone in the battle, but out of nowhere his companion appears beside him and helps him at that moment, showing that he is no longer alone.
8º - Now when the ground becomes more aggressive, this is the soldier's battle cry and at each stop is a soldier from Darius III, falling. Until the victory cry begins, which is at the end of the ground.
9º - Bruce returns and the music continues at a fast pace. Possibly because Alexander's goals had already been accomplished and things got a little "run over" (I don't know how to say it in English).
Hello Doug !!!! I love your videos...especially when you react to Iron Maiden. I'm from Brazil and your channel helps me in my English studies too..thank you my friend!!!!!!!!!!
Your reactions are not only a "simple" reaction, they are a musical classes. Thank you!
From the 80's again, in my opinion, you should react to the song called "To Tame a Land" (Piece of Mind album).
Based on the science fiction novel Dune. Author Frank Herbert refused to allow the band to call this song "Dune." The band originally sent a letter to Herbert's agent for permission. The response read as follows: "No. Because Frank Herbert doesn't like rock bands, particularly heavy rock bands, and especially rock bands like Iron Maiden."
Songwriter Steve Harris tried to convince Herbert that the song would be a good promo for the book, but he still refused.
Nowday To tame a land is better known than Dune 😂 He took it all up the ass I think
What an ass he was.
@@lukeflow3159 I agree with you!
@@Benazgul Do you know the story between the song "Reckless" (Judas Priest) and the movie "Top Gun"?
It was the other way around with Judas Priest.
As the story tells us, Priest were approached in early 1986 for a possibility to offer a theme song for the movie as the soundtrack was due out via Columbia Records. Thus the band played them “Reckless,” which seemed like a perfect fit because of its content and style. Producers of the film liked the song and were ready to attach it over the closing credits, however what sank the deal was their demand that the rights of the track would exclusively go to films soundtrack. It meant Priest could not include it on their forthcoming album and that was just a price too high to pay at the time. Of course no one also knew how successful the film would become.
Well, the song is still clearly about Dune. It just doesn't bear that title. But it's undeniably about the book.
So cool how you can play their music in real time as you listen. Would love to hear play Alexander the Great in full on the piano its sound beautiful !!!!
Would really love Doug to dissect and discuss Mother Russia by Maiden.
Thanks for, once again, remainds me of how fantastic Iron Maide is!
A great song is the title track of this Album, “Caught somewhere in time”.
Its solo is an anticipation of lots of solos in the album like a time machine traveling in different ages.
so many of us 80s kids had a bit of a time having our parents like anything 80s metal. the one and only band me and my dad could agree on, was iron maiden, starting with this song, i put the walkman headphones on him. he of course disputed the accuracy of the history lol but did not take them headphones off till the end. i will not forget that day.
I love it!!!!.... "Whooo..... I'll just stop playing now....." 😂😂😂
I would like to see you react to Maiden's Paschendale or Motorhead's 1916.
IRON MAIDEN....❤ Great reaction 👏👏👏
Next should be "Infinite Dreams" studio version. Thanks for your videos!
Watching you deconstruct the song on the piano was just awesome!
I only recently discovered your videos but I love them. Thank you.
I love this guy, he is so open minded and really interested in music he hasn't listened to before whithout being arrogant, just because he is a "classic guy". Very good explanations, thank you so much.
When you play piano along WITH the song, it sounded beautiful.
"When the Wild Wind Blows" in these Covid days.
What a masterpiece! God, my favourite song ever!.