YES. Definitely brings joy and a smile to my face during such dark and depressing times. We sure can use some casual, jamming out videos from Adrian to brighten the day.
This guy could really give a sh*t if he wanted. Yet he invites us to his home, and makes one of the most awesome music videos I have ever seen. He can afford the luxury to show that even he can miss some notes on the guitar. So special, so intimate, so humble - this guy is really a LEGEND. I have listened to Iron Maiden for 35 years, seen them on stage 7 times. Today, after so many years I met Adrian Smith in person. It was truly unique.
The best part was hearing his reactions to the little things while playing (missing a beat, key change, etc). Such an intimate experience for such classic ❤️
Adrian: I haven’t played it for years...it might be fun just to go through it and see if I can remember it. (Proceeds to tear through a nearly flawless rendition of the song.)
I think the Like A Hurricane line was stolen by the Scorpions. Klaus even sings it that way before the solo of Rock You Like A Hurricane. It was purloined, that is my belief.
As a 13 year old boy listening to Maidens albums from that period, I would never ever thought that I actually would be able to interact with a member of that band this way 35 years later. This is so personal. When you have been to so many concerts, standing at the rail cheering your forever hero machine-running band doing it's thing, this is next level. Thank you Adrian for what you have given us over all these years, and thank you for sharing this.
Far too many long Prog tracks over the last few years, love the early stuff. I’d rather listen to a track wanting more rather listening to a track and getting bored as it’s gone on to long.
IMO, Maiden have never been the Monster ego types ,except for maybe Bruce back in the old days? They always kept it pretty street level never really doing it for the fame.
@@GaryRinaldi They all tell some stories about their egos that they had at some point. There are some funny stories from Nicko yelling at people and so on. But still, they are ridiculously down to earth in my mind...
I remember in '82, I put that song at full volume and when it stopped I heard my father (may he rest in peace) yelling : "it's good when it stops !" :)
And Judas Be My Guide, Sun and Steel, Flash of the Blade, The Duelists, The Prophecy, Deja Vu, Fates Warning, Run Silent Run Deep, The Nomad, Montsegur, Isle of Avalon, and i think you get my point.
New Songs : Ghost of the Navigator, Wildest Dreams, El Dorado, The Talisman, Brighter than a Thousand Suns, The Red and the Black Old Songs : Killers, Remember Tomorrow, Total Eclipse, Trooper (as usual), The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Caught somewhere in Time, Alexander the Great, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Would love if they DON'T PLAY : Iron Maiden, Number of the Beast, Fear of the Dark, Run to the Hills, Hallowed be thy Name
I was born in '66 and over the years, saw you guys 33 times thanks to those mega southern California dates you used to do in the 80's. I'm old and disabled now, got the same thing Mick Mars suffers from but also, bad arthritis in my hands that killed any attempts at playing solos i used to enjoy. Watching this video made me laugh and appreciate that the time thats passed for all of us never took away our sense of humour. I just want to tell you how bloody refreshing it is to watch you play a song the way most of the rest of us play, imperfect, unedited, guitar, amp and bedroom sound gear and with the levity that all of us hoped our guitar heros had but never could be quite sure. The last show I saw was in Florida about 10 years ago and had handicap seats but was faced at the arena with a tower of stairs outside and an unbelievable lightning storm that blew in along with a new ticketing system that caused all of us to be sat outside until literally curtain time. Luckily for me, about 5 guys saw me staring at those pyramid of giza like steps and hoisted me up and carried me to the top and put their raincoats together to keep me and my son from getting soaked to the bone. It could've been a totally shit evening but the amazing comradarie of maiden fans allowed me to have a great time. I'll never be able to see maiden again because of being too disabled to get to an arena anymore, but this video was almost how I'd guess sitting in a backstage practice room with Adrian would be like and that is just about as much as I could ask for. Thank you Adrian. You are indeed one of the great ones for me because of your incredible humility. Plus, being a fisherman doesn't hurt either. 😎 Thank you mate.
I'm sorry to hear about your health problems blood brother. Sometimes life deals us some bad cards, but it's always good to have the music (especially heavy metal for me) to turn to when we are down. I'm hoping your condition will get better; medicine is advancing in leaps and bounds every year, and I hope a solution will be found for your health issues. I will respectfully disagree with you in one thing; I don't think you're old enough to call yourself old; I'm sure there is a lot more you can give to the world and your loved ones. The story about your last Maiden show is heartwarming, and truly shows the sense of brotherhood I believe every Maiden fan feels. Here's to hoping that you will see other Maiden shows with your son and thousands of blood brothers. Love and respect.
Exactly. I have seen Maiden several times. But I only will attend another show only with an updated setlist. Twilight zone, Genghis Khan, 22.Acaccia Avenue, To Tame a Land, Flight of Icarus, The Duellists, Somewhere In Time, SEA of Madness, The Lonelines of the Long Distance Runner, Deja-vu, Alexander the Great, Only the Good Die Young, Infinite Dreams, No Prayer For the Dying, Public Enemy Numer One... Damn, they should do it those fans that don't want to hear Run To the Hills and Two Minutes To Midnight for 1001 time!! :-)
I’m hoping for songs like when the wild wind blows, rime of the ancient mariner, brave new word, prowler, can I play with madness, and journeyman to be played
@@martinblackwhite I always say that there are so many (SO MANY!) songs that Iron Maiden should play in concert, that they should do some kind of tour dedicated only to those forgotten gems that have been rarely, or never, played live on stage! In my opinion, and I'm fan of this band since 84, there are not fillers or mediocre songs on the albums that Maiden made in the 80's, NOT a single one! And this fact could allow the band to choose from a huge number of great songs. And, yet, songs like The Duellists, Flash of the Blade, Alexander The Great, Sun and Steel, Prodigal Son, have never (🤬) been played live... And some others, like To Tame a Land, Caught Somewhere in Time, Genghis Khan, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, have been played very very seldom in all the long career of this band. I really do not understand why! Greetings from Italy!
not sure if "underrated" is the correct word for the song, but "gangland" is definitely a brilliant showcase of the late clive burr's skills. many thanks a.s. (and maiden) for the video.
@@lesterunwin Personally Lester, I regard Alexander the Great as Maiden's best work. In the past 5 years, I've studied a slew of history and the current book I'm reading is "The Might of the West" by Lawrence R. Brown, and in it, you read briefly about Persia (or Iran or Aryans) getting easily defeated 334-333 BC. Persia was weak even though they had conquered pretty much all of the Levant or Palestine/Mesopotamia/Egypt in the 100s of years before. They were ripe for getting rolled over. It's telling how Jesus spoke Aramaic, yet all the first "Christians" and written text were in Greek. The first "Christians" were Hellenic Jews. Alexander's time was well before all that though.
as one of the "quieter" members of Maiden ( not much media articles//interviews over the years ) I am so glad to finally get to know and appreciate Adrian at this level. Watching Smith/Kotzen including their interviews, and then this IS So cool ! Thanks for the upload and to Adrian for taking the time.
I hate to say this because I am a Maiden fan since 1985, but yeah, the last time I saw Maiden live was the AMOLAD tour where they played the album in its entirety, and then when they played some of the classics near the end, I stayed for Two Minutes and Fear of the Dark, and then my girlfriend and I bailed to beat the traffic. As much as I love those songs, I wish they would change them up. When they brought out Flight of Icarus after at least 20 years, I was very, very happy. That was the second Maiden song I learned on guitar, after Losfer Words (another song they need to bring out of the mothballs)
I wish Clive was still with us and talk to us about his childhood, favorite musicians, practice routine etc. etc. something similar to this, what a tremendous drummer ❤️
Clive's parts are more difficult than people realise. When he was with Dee Snider in 'Desperado' Dee said that he played with the vocals more than with the Bass, which was interesting to hear. Always been a huge fan since 79!
Me too. I am a HUGE Clive Burr’s fan. I follow every fragment from him on Internet and TH-cam. Not to disqualify Nicko... thats so immature... but I simply love his drumming patterns. Thanks Adrian to give credit to Gangland!!!! Is is a GREAT music.
Would be cool to have Dave & Adrian together some time, talking about their days growing up together, and evolving into the greatest guitar duo of all time. Then we could have Dave Murray talk a bit about "Still Life"
I absolutely LOVE this. He still has a blast playing this after so many years and probably thousands and thousands of times preforming it. So awesome, great video. I'd really like to see more of these. Maybe a little more talking about the songs would be great. Thank for sharing this with us. 🤘UP THE IRONS🤘
Fantastic too see Adrian playing with Clive again. Clive is such a maiden legend 🙌 Adrian has such subtle playing style it makes the maiden sound complete. Up the Irons 🤟🤟
He looks like he's in better shape too.. :) Love Adrian.. my all time biggest influence.. He's my Gary Moore. Even though I love Gary, but I wouldn't have really listened to him till I heard Adrian talk about him in the past.
H!!! I've been listening to these guys for decades, since I was 13. I feel like I grew up with them, like they're big brothers or uncles. Jammed along with them on guitar for years and now I get to jam with Adrian. Up the IRONS!!
I love this guy! I met Adrian years ago at a Chickenfoot gig in Shepherd's Bush. He was very polite and graciously shook my hand. I was so psyched I practically stood there like a gormless goldfish mouthing but not speaking "Adrian Smith is standing next to me" I forgot to tell him how much of an influence his guitar playing and songwriting had been on me! He left pretty quickly as I know his spare time is precious to him and he probably didn't want to get mobbed had anyone else spotted him!
This was awesome!!!! Loved the story how they come up with the song, those influences of Cozy Powell, Gary Moore. R.I.P Clive Burr, one of the best drummers ever
Me too. If they imagined the impact this has on fans, they would tell more and more. Im a huge fan from Clive Burr... I enjoyed a lot learning and hearing it.
I grew up in a very religious family. My parents not so much, but all my relatives and the town I grew up in had a church on every corner. One of my D&D buddies was a drummer for the high school band and he got this album. I was immediately hooked. I made a copy on cassette and had to disguise it in a Linda Ronstadt cassette case! My mom actually thought I was a huge fan of her and she actually bought me one of her albums for my birthday. "oh he loves Linda Ronstadt. I see him listening to that in his Walkman all the time" lol it was Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast I was actually listening to. I had a Black Sabbath cassette in a John Denver case.
At the end of the day if you tie all the threads together, Adrian Smith is one of THE most influential players out there and is responsible - along with the rest of the Maiden family- for some of the most powerful, original, thematic hard hitting and even story metal-emotional albums ever created. Watching this as a life-long fan is such good medicine. Smile and tears of joy! UTI!
Never understood the hate for Gangland. Could have seen Dianno sing this one. It's in the spirit of the first two albums (Bruce is incredible on this one though)
I think people dislike it because it shoved Total Eclipse off the album, which is arguably a better track but lacks the absolute brute force of this tune. I like both a lot!
Maybe because they never played it live, and Steve always said he did not really like the track (along with Invaders). Personally I love it and just hearing the drums takes me back to being 10 years old again
It's a good punky riff, but the middle section is quite lame. That's OK. Not like they really workshopped this song. I also feel the writing can get pretty lazy on Powerslave, like some of the songs they felt 'ehh, sounds good enough.' It's not nearly as epic in terms of sheer amazing songs, but the band is playing incredibly well, and has a looser more natural feel than Piece of Mind.
Yes please. More of this kind of stuff from Adrian, Janick, Dave, 'Arry and Nicko. Brilliant. Talking of which when can we have listen with Nicko part 12 onwards?
Great to see Adrian playing like this, flaws & all, he's always been my favourite guitarist in Maiden I was gutted when he left the band in the late 80's, love his lead tone & the way he constructs his solo's, I had hours of fun playing air guitar to his solo on 22 Acacia Avenue from the Live After Death album which is one of my favourite's from him, especially that version, & his lead break in Prodigal Son is so friggin good !!! Cheers...
it was live after death on vhs in 86 that my dad realized he liked maiden..at first he didn't want me listening to devil music and he caught me watching it and he said i like them and he said he was wrong about them because he thought they was also a bunch of tattooed freaks. i think i got my hate tattoos from him.
Flaws? This man plays really well. There is this popular TH-cam show in Russian where a dude picks apart the technical playing skills of many famous guitarists, pointing out flaws and showing how it can be played better. Long story short, skilful famous guitarists are few and far between. Adrian's playing here is mercifully free from the most typical mistakes that dude points out every time (at least as far as I can see and hear).
We need more videos like this one from all the members!!! UP THE IRONS!
That would be the best kind of content to make bearable the waiting for the new album and the end of quarantine times!
Agreed
Agreed 👍
UP!
YES. Definitely brings joy and a smile to my face during such dark and depressing times. We sure can use some casual, jamming out videos from Adrian to brighten the day.
For us fans, watching one of our idols having so much fun playing a song we've never seen live is just a gift. Thanks Adrian!!!
INDEED!!!
Agreed. I do the same still. Listen and TRY to play. Lol. Kids today have nothing that even comes close to these legends. Up the Irons!!!
Exatamente!
It is life ❤️❤️
UP THE IRONS!
One of the most underrated Maiden songs ever. Clive's drum part is just so killer.
Fully agree. I hate when people disqualify it. This song is a master piece, very cool and great melody.
Clive's drum part? Clive's drums complete career!!, CLIVE BURR an awesome musician and Mr. "Fisherman" Adrian Smith a vital element in the troupe.
No Iron Maiden song is underrated..!
@@gonogazz most maiden songs are underrated wtf
Underappreciated is better, underrated is way too overused. Immediate eyeroll…
Adrian's joyous laughter at the end gives me life. Up the irons forever.
It's contagious. Love it!
Hell yes!
Bruce and Steve though
UP THE IRONS!!
Until I die 🤘🤘
There really should be a weekly adrian show where he does obscure maiden riffs like this
The dudes in this band are all so humble and real. Huge respect for them!
Harris humble?!?!
@@TheVigiIante LOL... you got a point there!
Adrian and Dave are for sure! their success hasnt affected them one bit.
@@RedroomStudios Nicko also
@@TheVigiIante Harris is cool as well. They are all true Brits. And they say we have no culture!
This is what every die-hard fan needs from this channel: old stuff, b-sides, diggin out forgotten songs. Please, do more videos like this!
Gangland wasn't a B side mste
max rav he’s just saying in general.
My God, you're right! I completely missed it was track 7 on Maiden's most iconic album. Thanks for telling me ❤️
@@hairtrooper91 OK fair enough lol . I read it wrong.
Gangland and 22 acacia Avenue were 2 songs I always loved of off number of the beast.
How refreshing to see a "rock star" in a pretty normal looking home studio. Seriously underated guitarist.
UNDERRATED!!?!?! Aaaaahhhh. Stop using that word! He is world renowned !!!!!
he lives near a load of neighbours to they hear him in the loft
Around 99.9% of all guitar players wish they are "underrated" like Adrian.
Underrated. You use that word but I don't think you know what it means.
Adrian and Dave are not flashy but have inspired almost every metal guitarist after them…they may not appear on lists tho as lists are trash anyways
Adrian is so down to earth. Total respect for such a talented, yet, humble musician.
I got to have a beer with him. He's the real deal. Super nice, down-to-Earth and just absolutely cool. He LOVES music. Such a nice guy.
A nice human being and good guitarist but not good for a metal band@@danw4490
I love Adrian's solos, they always have so much attitude and a strong melodic character
A tuneful player, to be sure.
Boondoggle... I couldn't agree more!
Awesome guitar player ! ❤👏👏🤘
I hear a lot of Michael Schenker in him... Who was my fave player growing up..
I've always prefered him to Dave. Much more stylish player.
Don't tell the other guitarists, but you're secretly my favorite.
This guy could really give a sh*t if he wanted. Yet he invites us to his home, and makes one of the most awesome music videos I have ever seen.
He can afford the luxury to show that even he can miss some notes on the guitar.
So special, so intimate, so humble - this guy is really a LEGEND.
I have listened to Iron Maiden for 35 years, seen them on stage 7 times. Today, after so many years I met Adrian Smith in person.
It was truly unique.
DO THIS MORE OFTEN, THIS IS BRILLIANT!
UP!
@@ohyeah5014 IRONS!
MATES!
moar adrian, please
I've been waiting 38 years to see that being played. Thank you Adrian
I always thought Gangland was a criminally underrated song they should've played more
Definitely
But bruce didn’t like it and they removed it from new LP which was replaced by total eclipse I want them to contain nine songs but not removing it
Great humble man.
Great guitarist.
100% pure Maiden.
Yeah! We need more stuff like this!!! 🤘
i no
Guess this as good a place as any to request something on Back In The Village, I dont love an up tempo heavy rock song more than this
@frisk e chara mmkm
The best part was hearing his reactions to the little things while playing (missing a beat, key change, etc).
Such an intimate experience for such classic ❤️
Adrian: I haven’t played it for years...it might be fun just to go through it and see if I can remember it.
(Proceeds to tear through a nearly flawless rendition of the song.)
The word you're looking for is professional. 🙂👍
Up the IRONS! 🤘🇬🇧
Well in his defence - he IS Adrian Smith
ha ha : ) yes!
That's just being Adrian Smith 🙂 He's always been a perfectionist.
The best.
Next should be Total Eclipse. That would be a treat a specially the solo part
Hell yes i love that song, has a real viciousness to it
Up!
@@arnaldo.ls.1954 the!
I think the Like A Hurricane line was stolen by the Scorpions. Klaus even sings it that way before the solo of Rock You Like A Hurricane. It was purloined, that is my belief.
Agree. Great song.
As a 13 year old boy listening to Maidens albums from that period, I would never ever thought that I actually would be able to interact with a member of that band this way 35 years later. This is so personal. When you have been to so many concerts, standing at the rail cheering your forever hero machine-running band doing it's thing, this is next level. Thank you Adrian for what you have given us over all these years, and thank you for sharing this.
Exactly !
Gangland is a classic, Bruce and Clive on another level 🤘
Peter it's you
You know what’s up peter
Hey 🅱️eter!
I agree. Totally underrated song.
@Samuel Jones I thought I killed him!
WE NEED MORE LIKE THIS....especally the old stuff up the irons.
Far too many long Prog tracks over the last few years, love the early stuff. I’d rather listen to a track wanting more rather listening to a track and getting bored as it’s gone on to long.
That guitar is absolutely fucking iconic in metal.
He could easily have a MONSTER ego( and deservedly so), but you can see he is still totally down to earth, laughing around etc
YES!! He just felt like an old buddy!!
he used to have, but he´s very chilled and down to earth dude now by my opinion
IMO, Maiden have never been the Monster ego types ,except for maybe Bruce back in the old days? They always kept it pretty street level never really doing it for the fame.
@@GaryRinaldi They all tell some stories about their egos that they had at some point. There are some funny stories from Nicko yelling at people and so on. But still, they are ridiculously down to earth in my mind...
When he laughed a bit after realizing he remembered that was cool, so real and down to earth
Definitely mate, I love how all of them are honest, down-to-earth guys despite being members of one of the greatest bands of all time :)
I remember in '82, I put that song at full volume and when it stopped I heard my father (may he rest in peace) yelling : "it's good when it stops !" :)
🤣🤣🤣 your dad sounds like he was a good man
@@MM1717mm He really was a good man, indeed, but born in 1926, so, for him, Heavy Metal was awful ;)
This is probably the only possible "live" version of "Gangland" you will ever get from Iron Maiden.
Adrian Smith: a humble talented living legend.
such an underated song!
Cmon play that type of songs that havent been played in a long time in the next tour. For example I would love you play Paschendale again
Alexander the great!!! Or Stranger in a strange land
And Judas Be My Guide, Sun and Steel, Flash of the Blade, The Duelists, The Prophecy, Deja Vu, Fates Warning, Run Silent Run Deep, The Nomad, Montsegur, Isle of Avalon, and i think you get my point.
Okay hear me out...thin line between love and hate? Or I'd love to hear them do some b sides live too
Back in the village
New Songs : Ghost of the Navigator, Wildest Dreams, El Dorado, The Talisman, Brighter than a Thousand Suns, The Red and the Black
Old Songs : Killers, Remember Tomorrow, Total Eclipse, Trooper (as usual), The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Caught somewhere in Time, Alexander the Great, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Would love if they DON'T PLAY : Iron Maiden, Number of the Beast, Fear of the Dark, Run to the Hills, Hallowed be thy Name
Classy guitarist...
Now I would love to see 'H' playing Stranger in a Strange Land!
Adrian Smith one of the greatest of all time! One of the coolest guys ever as well.
I was born in '66 and over the years, saw you guys 33 times thanks to those mega southern California dates you used to do in the 80's. I'm old and disabled now, got the same thing Mick Mars suffers from but also, bad arthritis in my hands that killed any attempts at playing solos i used to enjoy. Watching this video made me laugh and appreciate that the time thats passed for all of us never took away our sense of humour. I just want to tell you how bloody refreshing it is to watch you play a song the way most of the rest of us play, imperfect, unedited, guitar, amp and bedroom sound gear and with the levity that all of us hoped our guitar heros had but never could be quite sure. The last show I saw was in Florida about 10 years ago and had handicap seats but was faced at the arena with a tower of stairs outside and an unbelievable lightning storm that blew in along with a new ticketing system that caused all of us to be sat outside until literally curtain time. Luckily for me, about 5 guys saw me staring at those pyramid of giza like steps and hoisted me up and carried me to the top and put their raincoats together to keep me and my son from getting soaked to the bone. It could've been a totally shit evening but the amazing comradarie of maiden fans allowed me to have a great time. I'll never be able to see maiden again because of being too disabled to get to an arena anymore, but this video was almost how I'd guess sitting in a backstage practice room with Adrian would be like and that is just about as much as I could ask for. Thank you Adrian. You are indeed one of the great ones for me because of your incredible humility. Plus, being a fisherman doesn't hurt either. 😎 Thank you mate.
Blessings and wellwishes to you for relief from your disabilities. Peace be with you.
@@susanmenn5016 Thank you! Peace be with you as well! 🙏
@@MichaelEgan66 Thanks
Fantastic comment Michael. Agree with everything you say here!
I'm sorry to hear about your health problems blood brother. Sometimes life deals us some bad cards, but it's always good to have the music (especially heavy metal for me) to turn to when we are down. I'm hoping your condition will get better; medicine is advancing in leaps and bounds every year, and I hope a solution will be found for your health issues. I will respectfully disagree with you in one thing; I don't think you're old enough to call yourself old; I'm sure there is a lot more you can give to the world and your loved ones.
The story about your last Maiden show is heartwarming, and truly shows the sense of brotherhood I believe every Maiden fan feels. Here's to hoping that you will see other Maiden shows with your son and thousands of blood brothers. Love and respect.
That specific guitar must be one of the most iconic guitars in metal history!!!
Thank you Adrian. For giving us the Best Music ever. Albuquerque New Mexico
That's a great opportunity to modify the setlist of the shows!
Exactly. I have seen Maiden several times. But I only will attend another show only with an updated setlist. Twilight zone, Genghis Khan, 22.Acaccia Avenue, To Tame a Land, Flight of Icarus, The Duellists, Somewhere In Time, SEA of Madness, The Lonelines of the Long Distance Runner, Deja-vu, Alexander the Great, Only the Good Die Young, Infinite Dreams, No Prayer For the Dying, Public Enemy Numer One...
Damn, they should do it those fans that don't want to hear Run To the Hills and Two Minutes To Midnight for 1001 time!! :-)
@@martinblackwhite you know flight of Icarus is in the Setlist?
I’m hoping for songs like when the wild wind blows, rime of the ancient mariner, brave new word, prowler, can I play with madness, and journeyman to be played
@@martinblackwhite I always say that there are so many (SO MANY!) songs that Iron Maiden should play in concert, that they should do some kind of tour dedicated only to those forgotten gems that have been rarely, or never, played live on stage! In my opinion, and I'm fan of this band since 84, there are not fillers or mediocre songs on the albums that Maiden made in the 80's, NOT a single one! And this fact could allow the band to choose from a huge number of great songs. And, yet, songs like The Duellists, Flash of the Blade, Alexander The Great, Sun and Steel, Prodigal Son, have never (🤬) been played live... And some others, like To Tame a Land, Caught Somewhere in Time, Genghis Khan, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, have been played very very seldom in all the long career of this band. I really do not understand why! Greetings from Italy!
@@martinblackwhite Hell ya!..they need to change it up with songs they never play live..
not sure if "underrated" is the correct word for the song, but "gangland" is definitely a brilliant showcase of the late clive burr's skills. many thanks a.s. (and maiden) for the video.
it is underrated by Steve. He despises it.
@@83marceloa each to their own. personally; if someone asked me to describe the n.w.o.b.h.m. sound i'd point them in the direction of this track.
@@lesterunwin Personally Lester, I regard Alexander the Great as Maiden's best work. In the past 5 years, I've studied a slew of history and the current book I'm reading is "The Might of the West" by Lawrence R. Brown, and in it, you read briefly about Persia (or Iran or Aryans) getting easily defeated 334-333 BC. Persia was weak even though they had conquered pretty much all of the Levant or Palestine/Mesopotamia/Egypt in the 100s of years before. They were ripe for getting rolled over. It's telling how Jesus spoke Aramaic, yet all the first "Christians" and written text were in Greek. The first "Christians" were Hellenic Jews. Alexander's time was well before all that though.
@@83marceloa Why? It's not even the weakest track *coughinvaderscough*
@@TjMetalHead94 I've always thought it was the weakest track as well. Not so much for the music, but I just never cared for the vocal delivery.
as one of the "quieter" members of Maiden ( not much media articles//interviews over the years ) I am so glad to finally get to know and appreciate Adrian at this level. Watching Smith/Kotzen including their interviews, and then this IS So cool ! Thanks for the upload and to Adrian for taking the time.
THESE ARE THE KIND OF GEMS WE NEED TO HEAR AT MAIDEN SHOWS. WE CAN DO WITHOUT NOTB, FOTD, RUN TO THE HILLS, THE TROOPER, & TWO MINUTES.
You can't watch maiden live if they don't play fear of the dark
@@cyborgeddie4585 oh i can...you know why I love Maiden England 88? No Trooper, No Fear of the Dark... Same goes for the Beast over Hammersmith
I hate to say this because I am a Maiden fan since 1985, but yeah, the last time I saw Maiden live was the AMOLAD tour where they played the album in its entirety, and then when they played some of the classics near the end, I stayed for Two Minutes and Fear of the Dark, and then my girlfriend and I bailed to beat the traffic. As much as I love those songs, I wish they would change them up. When they brought out Flight of Icarus after at least 20 years, I was very, very happy. That was the second Maiden song I learned on guitar, after Losfer Words (another song they need to bring out of the mothballs)
@@joe666b Ah, Beast over Hammersmith. A Gem of a live album. Bruce just nails it with his flawless singing.
Killers is my favourite on that album.
@@joe666b that's what we need. None of these songs. They have so many good songs, so many.
Adrian Smith is My favourite guitarist ever!!UP THE IRONS! !
One of my top 3 guitarist in the world!
Invaders, Prisoner, Gangland and total eclipse are way underrated
Well said!!!🎸🇬🇧🤘
I think Invaders is one of their best songs : so fast, so groovy and simple. Amazing.
Why underrated? are included in masterpiece album. For us, early fans, aren't underrated
The prisoner performance on Maiden England is divine.
Total Eclipse was an add well after the original album came out
That made me smile - Adrian just enjoying playing old maiden tunes, just like us fans do. Great stuff.
Awesome song, thank Mister!
Adrian playn' & havin' fun just like a kid. Forever Up the Irons
I wish Clive was still with us and talk to us about his childhood, favorite musicians,
practice routine etc. etc. something similar to this, what a tremendous drummer ❤️
Clive's parts are more difficult than people realise. When he was with Dee Snider in 'Desperado' Dee said that he played with the vocals more than with the Bass, which was interesting to hear. Always been a huge fan since 79!
Me too. I am a HUGE Clive Burr’s fan. I follow every fragment from him on Internet and TH-cam. Not to disqualify Nicko... thats so immature... but I simply love his drumming patterns. Thanks Adrian to give credit to Gangland!!!! Is is a GREAT music.
@@ricardolangone Thanks man!
I miss him so much too 😥 he was the best drummer 😔
R.I.P. Burr
Can we get ‘ Talking music with Adrain - 22 Acacia Avenue ‘
@klee66 so is mine ..🤘
THATS IT!
Clive was such an amazing drummer 🙂
Very creative drumer. A lot diferent ways to play.
OMG, I love this guy. He's so cool. Thanks a lot for this.
Adrian is my favourite ever guitarist. Up the Irons!
Agreed! Adrian is the best
Same here.
he's my guitar my hero!!
Would be cool to have Dave & Adrian together some time, talking about their days growing up together, and evolving into the greatest guitar duo of all time. Then we could have Dave Murray talk a bit about "Still Life"
Still Life.....one of Dave Murray's finest moments.
Yes.......Still Life....🤟
Ace.always loved Adrians feel....superb
So glad he didn’t edit to make it perfect. Love the little oops moments
Being a huge Iron Maiden fan for years and guitarist, I immensely enjoyed this.
Me too man. I really enjoyed this. Very down to Earth! Fun, ya know?
Wow happy birthday mate ! You have been one of my favorites since 1982 !!
I absolutely LOVE this. He still has a blast playing this after so many years and probably thousands and thousands of times preforming it.
So awesome, great video.
I'd really like to see more of these.
Maybe a little more talking about the songs would be great.
Thank for sharing this with us.
🤘UP THE IRONS🤘
@@aidanbouw5224 No ? Wow, thanks for the info I didn't know that. 👍👍
Talking about the music or those little stories are hidden gems for those of us who cant get enough
I like the way he missed the timing on the intro. Very human and relatable lol. Up the Irons!
Bruce's parts from 3:17 up to 3:46 still brings a smile to my face even after 35 years.
WE NEED MORE LIKE THIS ONE!!!
🇧🇷 🏴
And More covers! :)
What a video!!!Thanks Adrian
Fantastic too see Adrian playing with Clive again. Clive is such a maiden legend 🙌 Adrian has such subtle playing style it makes the maiden sound complete. Up the Irons 🤟🤟
Thank you🙏
Fala Flausino blz. Marcando presença aqui no video do Mister Adrian Smith. Sou inscrito em seu canal tbm hehe
Mestre Flausino, já estou na expectativa do seu próximo vídeo 🤘
Flausino, lhe venero🤘🏼
salve 🤟
His happiness and excitement while playing one of their songs is beautiful. Kinda makes me happy and makes me wanna play my guitar too.
I remember seeing URCHIN at the Brecknock Adrian always brilliant ,then and now
Adrian looks like he hasn't aged since 2008.
I refuse to believe this man is 63.
hes looking better actualy
He's always looked great, IMO. Still rockin' it at 63.
He looks like he's in better shape too.. :) Love Adrian.. my all time biggest influence.. He's my Gary Moore. Even though I love Gary, but I wouldn't have really listened to him till I heard Adrian talk about him in the past.
Botox
Hugs from all your Brazilian fans!
H!!! I've been listening to these guys for decades, since I was 13. I feel like I grew up with them, like they're big brothers or uncles. Jammed along with them on guitar for years and now I get to jam with Adrian. Up the IRONS!!
I simply love this guy. So talented. One of the greatest guitarist and most underestimated probably.
Agreed!
All that talent and all that Money and he is still so DTE.He deserves all the success he has.....
That was really entertaining Adrian. You guys should do more videos like this. Have a great week!
More stuff from Adrian, and the rest of the guys please, that was a blast!
Such a down to earth guy, no rockstar bs with shades on trying to look cool just hangin and jammin with the boys...
Love Adrian Smith's playing..
next time, please try "The Prisoner" since you wrote it. Great stuff, enjoyed it!
I love this guy! I met Adrian years ago at a Chickenfoot gig in Shepherd's Bush. He was very polite and graciously shook my hand. I was so psyched I practically stood there like a gormless goldfish mouthing but not speaking "Adrian Smith is standing next to me" I forgot to tell him how much of an influence his guitar playing and songwriting had been on me! He left pretty quickly as I know his spare time is precious to him and he probably didn't want to get mobbed had anyone else spotted him!
This was awesome!!!! Loved the story how they come up with the song, those influences of Cozy Powell, Gary Moore. R.I.P Clive Burr, one of the best drummers ever
Me too. If they imagined the impact this has on fans, they would tell more and more. Im a huge fan from Clive Burr... I enjoyed a lot learning and hearing it.
Clive must have been the most underrated drummer ever. God bless his soul🙏
So cool to see one of my "heroes" just being a guy. Thanks Adrian!
I love when great guitar players humble themselves...This was fucking awesome...🎶🎸🤘🎸🎶
I grew up in a very religious family. My parents not so much, but all my relatives and the town I grew up in had a church on every corner. One of my D&D buddies was a drummer for the high school band and he got this album. I was immediately hooked. I made a copy on cassette and had to disguise it in a Linda Ronstadt cassette case! My mom actually thought I was a huge fan of her and she actually bought me one of her albums for my birthday. "oh he loves Linda Ronstadt. I see him listening to that in his Walkman all the time" lol it was Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast I was actually listening to. I had a Black Sabbath cassette in a John Denver case.
😅😅😅Great story mate 👍🤘
Best!
thats great. hilarious.
Funny how people really thought it's devil music and many still think like that. They thought that about old rock and roll.
She was pretty good looking back in the day, and a great voice you could do worse! haha.
What a humble man but monster guitar player. This was the real somewhere back in time. Thank you Adrian!The legend lives on.
What I love about all the iron maiden lads is that they are humble and down to earth. They love the music. Pure and simple
Amo a Iron maiden ❤️
Yo también blood brother!😇😈👍
Iron Maidens gonna get you!!!!! A melhor banda do mundo! Que venham no rock in Rio 2021 de novo!!!!!!! Estou esperando para vê-los de novo!!!!!
This needs to be a series.
Can you make more of this with all members? Lovin' it
At the end of the day if you tie all the threads together, Adrian Smith is one of THE most influential players out there and is responsible - along with the rest of the Maiden family- for some of the most powerful, original, thematic hard hitting and even story metal-emotional albums ever created. Watching this as a life-long fan is such good medicine. Smile and tears of joy! UTI!
Uti? You have an urinary tract infection? Why would you want to announce that?
@@karajalbert6074 UTI = "Up.The. Irons." in Maiden speak. :-)
One of my favorite Maiden songs. I'm glad this made it on the album and not Total Eclipse.
Never understood the hate for Gangland. Could have seen Dianno sing this one. It's in the spirit of the first two albums (Bruce is incredible on this one though)
Gangland was always one of my favourite tracks from Beast - not sure why it's not so popular with some people
There's not a single bad track on Beast IMHO. It is still my fave Maiden album by far.
@@SpeccyMan Can't beat Killers for me!
I think people dislike it because it shoved Total Eclipse off the album, which is arguably a better track but lacks the absolute brute force of this tune. I like both a lot!
Maybe because they never played it live, and Steve always said he did not really like the track (along with Invaders). Personally I love it and just hearing the drums takes me back to being 10 years old again
It's a good punky riff, but the middle section is quite lame. That's OK. Not like they really workshopped this song.
I also feel the writing can get pretty lazy on Powerslave, like some of the songs they felt 'ehh, sounds good enough.' It's not nearly as epic in terms of sheer amazing songs, but the band is playing incredibly well, and has a looser more natural feel than Piece of Mind.
I'd love to you guys run through some of them old songs .. R.I.P Clive🤘🏼
My hero right there inspirational musician
Yes please. More of this kind of stuff from Adrian, Janick, Dave, 'Arry and Nicko. Brilliant. Talking of which when can we have listen with Nicko part 12 onwards?
This was so much fun to watch. Also a great song to remind us how great a drummer Clive was.
In 1987 I found the song “Reach out” on a juke box in an Irish pub in Killarney County Kerry and Fell in love with it!!!! Still rock it to this day!
Adrian, one of my all time favorites. Learning to play Stranger in a strange land solo taught me so much.
Amazing ...Adrian, Iron Maiden- The best band TKS.
Please more videos like this!
Ohh that beat from Clive wow!!! ahh R.I.P.
Great to see Adrian playing like this, flaws & all, he's always been my favourite guitarist in Maiden I was gutted when he left the band in the late 80's, love his lead tone & the way he constructs his solo's, I had hours of fun playing air guitar to his solo on 22 Acacia Avenue from the Live After Death album which is one of my favourite's from him, especially that version, & his lead break in Prodigal Son is so friggin good !!! Cheers...
it was live after death on vhs in 86 that my dad realized he liked maiden..at first he didn't want me listening to devil music and he caught me watching it and he said i like them and he said he was wrong about them because he thought they was also a bunch of tattooed freaks. i think i got my hate tattoos from him.
Flaws? This man plays really well. There is this popular TH-cam show in Russian where a dude picks apart the technical playing skills of many famous guitarists, pointing out flaws and showing how it can be played better. Long story short, skilful famous guitarists are few and far between. Adrian's playing here is mercifully free from the most typical mistakes that dude points out every time (at least as far as I can see and hear).