Couple React To Iron Maiden 2 Minutes To Midnight

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

I love how this songs get started and INSTANTLY my wife starts jamming!!!! This band is fucking AMAZING! 1:16 :)

[@hunter0311able]

Maiden always gets you with the lyrics

[@arthurc10f]

Been listening since the early 80s they still amazing

[@asbjrnfossmo1589]

Opening riff is my ringtone. Has been for years. This is such a great song, and even greater if viewed in context of its time, when nuclear war was a likely event. Oh, and the lyrics at one point say "To the tune of (a) starving milliard, to make a better kind of gun". I always wondered if English speaking people knew what that word, "milliard" means. That word is not used in American English at all.
Spoiler alert - I'm going to provide an explanation as far as my memory goes:
There are two ways of counting high digit numbers. Americans use the "short scale", while Britains (and Norwegians like myself) use long scale. In short, the long scale definition of a billion is "a million squared", which is 1.000.000.000.000 whereas the definition of a trillion is "a million cubed", which is 1.000.000.000.000.000.000 - In America, million, billion, trillion just goes up by a factor of 1.000 so an American billion and trillion are, respectively 1.000.000.000 and 1.000.000.000.000, the last of which equals a long scale billion, but Americans see as a trillion. Now, in the long scale scenario, you change the ending "on" to "ard" to signify a factor of 1.000. So 1.000.000.000 is milliard, 1.000.000.000.000 is billion (million cubed), 1.000.000.000.000.000 is a billiard, 1.000.000.000.000.000.000 is a trillion, and 1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 is a trilliard.
...and they told me everything is bigger in America. Now we know why. Yourr units system is off =)

[@revan_alva2077]

Doomsday clock, and "feeding the war Machine our babies" line is meant signify sending young sons and daughters into war, and this imo is a great anti war song along with Paschendale( which u guys should react to if haven't) this shows the horrors of war...

[@emptybraincase4181]

this.

[@jamescoderre9595]

It's an anti war song about the doomsday clock & threat of nuclear annihilation this song was written back in 1984 during the cold war , I think there's also some reference from biblical scripture in this song .... Iron Maiden are deep thinkers & their lyrics reflect this.
I can't wait to see your lyrical breakdown video for this song
Awesome lyrics yet again from Bruce Dickenson & co.

[@thomastaylor9579]

EXACTLY...WELL SAID I JUST POSTED THE SAME THING BASICALLY..THUMBS UP "UP THE IRONS"

[@ninocuric5290]

Golden gos is on the los and never out of season ;) Maiden , great music must have a deeper meaning ,,it has to make you think

[@longshankdrills8799]

Well explained !!! 👍

[@LokitheSiberian]

As others have said, it’s an anti-war song about the Doomsday clock. “To the tune of starving millions to make a better kind of gun”

[@adcock455]

LOOK UP THE BIO OF THE BAND...SOME OF THE MOST WELL EDUCATED MUSICIANS IN ROCK

[@jacobkubacki2719]

I play this song every New Years Eve at exactly 11:58. It’s become tradition!

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

Lol

[@kristinee1025]

The look on their faces when they heard "that" lyric. I knew this was going to happen. It looks like they're reading the comments and have learned the purpose of the Doomsday Clock, and so forth. To repeat what's been said before, Iron Maiden, despite the visceral lyrics that can be confused for delight in death or war, are by far anti-war.

[@DanJackson1977]

This is one of the hundreds of 80s metal songs about nuclear war. It was a big theme at the time as we were still in the cold war.. there's even an 80s thrash band called Nuclear Assault.

[@johannesvandenboom1520]

You should react, to poweslave, revelations, alexsander the great, caught somewhere in time, fear of the dark. Iron maiden's lyrics are about real life topics, history. You should not feel guilty about rocking out to Maiden, it is all about the music and their atitude. They are the godfathers of heavy metal. Keep up the good work and keep on rockin'

[@williamcoyle9213]

Maiden is metal with a history lesson

[@FatemeKhodayari]

The song is about the doomsday clock, interesting topic if you don't know about. When they wrote this, it was 3 minutes to midnight, well now it's actually 2 minutes to midnight. :): Lyrics were mainly done by the singer Bruce Dickinson, while Adrian Smith has composed the music. And the opening riff is just super catchy and raw.

[@NZLatic]

Fateme Khodayari It’s now 100 seconds to midnight according to the latest doomsday clock

[@jasonkadlec3929]

I love how quickly you quit jamming once you heard the kill the unborn line. Classic! 🤣🤣🤣

[@paulwalsh2344]

Yeah... telling... Good people just get shocked by the horror of war.

[@paulpeterson6899]

So glad more are discovering the musicianship of these masters of their craft. Up the irons!!
This song is actually against the horrors of war and death in the modern world by presenting them as horrific and evil. The point is it looks like two minutes to doomsday, so theyre criticising war and abortion.
Its just like Number of the Beast is about presenting the Devil as a "pretty bad guy" to use Bruce's own words. Theyre very intellectual in their writing.

[@ViolentMessiah666]

Hell yeah! Never too much Maiden, love you guys reactions to 'em. Great thing is they never shy away from exploring "The horrors of war" in their lyrics, this one is about the Doomsday Clock.
Would humbly request reactions to "Phantom of The Opera" with original singer Paul Di'Anno, "Children of The Damned" from Live After Death or "Strange World" from Maiden Japan 🙏🤘

[@darastarscream]

The song was written during a spike in tensions between NATO and the Soviet Union-- a group called the Union Of Concerned Scientists developed criteria to describe how close human civilization is to an Apocalypse-level event (the Doomsday Clock).
Recently it was advanced to under two minutes due to climate change, economic instability, and escalations in several conflicts around the world.

[@eaglepep1]

Jan 23, 2024 the clock was changed to 90 seconds to midnight!

[@louisclaudio1165]

Iron maiden in short are bad ass history teachers that shows us through their lyrics that the world isn't sunshine and rainbows. Never ever feel guilty about learning history from these guys

[@dalemarcum16]

Hell yeah. This song rocks

[@Markhypnosis1]

Not sure if you've done these, but I'd love to see you react to two of Iron Maiden's earlier tracks......Remember Tomorrow, and Phantom of the Opera. Both are with their original singer Paul Dianno. Both are epic, almost classical pieces of music.
Come on guys, "like" this comment if you want to see them react to those tracks.

[@megaherd619]

Been trying to get them to react to Phantom of the Opera from the Live at the Rainbow video (the studio version's sound mixing is terrible imo) for a month now, with no luck, but keep pushing for it. Di'anno era Maiden is fire! Their sound back then was so raw it was almost punk.

[@jenscee7679]

It uses a lot of metaphor to describe the horrors of war and how we arm mad men all over the world to kill the innocents.

[@richardhartman6316]

Madmen your referring to people who served in the military like myself i was a Ssgt in the u.s army Rangers im a patriot not a madman

[@michaelbaldwin8484]

On a side note, the actual Doomsday Clock was recently moved to 100 seconds to midnight....

[@johncopple6479]

I think we are at less than 60 seconds as JAN2021!

[@bd9712]

Of course it's a song AGAINST war !

[@chrisbricky7331]

All lyrics should be taken in context. Way back when during the cold war, there was a Dooms Day clock. The song is referencing that the world was coming to an end. As in 2 minutes to midnight. Build a bigger gun was reference to Iraq actually trying to build a cannon that could shoot to the moon while the people starved. So lots of war references. Including oiling the war machine and feeding it with our babies. Yes, the young are sent to war by old people. :)

[@mattharvey968]

Check out the song Powerslave from this same album!!! 🤘🏻 up the irons!!

[@bd9712]

Great reaction.
Great song... Another little Iron Maiden song/story. Like they do.
This is a great tune !!!
Did you know Bruce Dickinson is a master pilot ? From large commercial airliners to small fighters old and new !?!?
😀😀😀 ☮️

[@robbuechner3647]

The song is about the dooms day clock, right now the clock is at 100 seconds to midnight...

[@Joohny92]

A little tip: When you listen to a song (especially maiden), read about the song what it means. It’s really important what are you listetning and in this one lyrics is crucial! ;)

[@jasonrichardson1208]

Omg...your wife is the most!! Great reaction!

[@thomastaylor9579]

"UP THE IRONS"

[@richardcranium5048]

I've seen Iron Maiden 4 times 84' 88' with my then 16 yr old daughter in 2014 last time my daughter surprised me with tickets in 2018... The Rocked Every Time

[@heavymetalnicholas5340]

This is the first video I have seen! Thank you!

[@MaddogJones]

I was fourteen when this song came out and instantly got the meaning of this song...

[@rogerwelsh2335]

Yinz guys are true metal heads Welcome to the community and a big thank you for how much you’ve grown the community.

[@firebird77clonefirebird89]

I tuned in to gaze upon the lovely visage of Tasha. It's difficult to rock out to such heavy and profound material isn't it? Watch it again in "Tales of the Iron Maiden". It is a fan film which is honestly EXCELLENT and you will enjoy! CHEERS!

[@kentishmale1969]

If you two keep getting further in to Maiden you'll end up supporting West Ham if you're not careful !!

[@jenscee7679]

Keef I’ve been a Maiden fan for 40 years and still don’t lol. Great club though.

[@jarmopaakkonen2045]

Millwall🤘up the Irons❤️

[@thomastaylor9579]

hey you two,i know how much you love IRON MAIDEN,you need to check out Raphael Menes and Fabio Luna.these guys are amazing if you do the blind audition you will not believe your ears,and will be hard pressed to tell who's who...again ,from the music to the voice.you will be blown away and pleasantly surprised...P.S love your reactions...

[@McKavian]

You should try Tesla's 'Modern Day Cowboy' - they are kind of a bluesy hard rock

[@tomkatt3725]

Great suggestion

[@McKavian]

@@tomkatt3725 thank you!

[@richardcranium5048]

You could throw a dart at a Tesla album and get a winner... Buy yeah that's a good one for sure

[@dustynbrooks6505]

You too got my subscription no biased just listen to what hits the soul maiden is amazing and so are you too ♥️

[@adunt1981]

Iron Maiden is one of the greatest bands of all time period! Any genre! Musically and message few can come close

[@metal-adventures-joerg]

IM,the love of my life for 38 years now and the only woman who will never leave you! ^^
And their lyrics, so full of wisdom and so timeless!!!

[@raymondjamesrivera]

"what are listening too?!?!" - One of the BEST anti war songs of all time! Loving your channel, Up The Irons!!

[@GrayNeko]

"Brighter Than A Thousand Suns"
UP THE IRONS!!!

[@thommyjacobs8921]

An amazing & timeless Maiden song as much as it is a powerful anti war anthem. "As the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song
, to the tune of starving millions to make a better kind of gun" sums it up perfectly.

[@Meeshrick]

It is actually a protest song about nuclear war,. The song title references the Doomsday Clock, the symbolic clock used by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which represents a countdown to potential global catastrophe that would happen at midnight. . In September 1953 the clock reached two minutes to midnight, the closest it ever got to midnight in the 20th Century.

[@remohio]

When in doubt....jam!

[@MrCain667]

About Doomsday clock...Anti War song....GODS favorite band.....1983 was my first show...B4 POWERSLAVE even come out....Songs r history & politics....

[@tomrocks5367]

If this song was written today it would need to be renamed "100 seconds to midnight!". "Up the IRONS!"

[@imying72]

lol...your wife has the cutest voice ever. You guys are
awesome

[@jeffrichards1537]

Iron maiden should have their own wing in the Rock.n roll hall of fame. Legends

[@usnva5638]

These metal bands are communicating to the masses in a powerful way. There's still time to reverse course from what we're heading towards. Songs as such are a telltale story of our future.

[@Metal_Archaeologist]

Up Th Irons!!!! It's 6 pm on a hump day.... Cheers!

[@MrTech226]

As you know already, song is Doomsday Clock. These guys of the band even I went thru the Cold War, tensions between USA and Russia when it was USSR. Both countries had and still have ICBMs aimed at each other plus other countries had Ballistic missiles. Concerned scientists created the Doomsday Clock to show how close that humanity is the end of life. Steve Harris written the song after hearing stories from his relatives and living with the dangers of Nuclear War. We are still at risk of Nuclear War or Terrorist because radicals are trying to get one of those weapons of destruction.

[@jackolantern7342]

you guys are too cute.. Binge-watching these reactions. Like a trip down memory lane to high-school and college. \m/

[@louiselockett2905]

Hey man your wife just shut you up and you all you can do is smile. I really like watching y'all's videos and I would love to see you to listen to Maiden's song "the thin line between love and hate" , but be forewarned it may provoke strong emotions to surface. It moves me to tears every time I hear it.

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

Dude, we are there! And yes, my wife shuts me up all the time. The abuse in our relationship is 50/50. She complains about how unfair I treat her all the time. Quirks of marriage i guess.

[@sfrink1425]

I haven’t read all the comments or watched your lyrical breakdown, but you listened to this song with a disadvantage, as did I when I originally heard it in the 80s.
As you mentioned, Maiden’s songs are a history lesson, and this is now, but when it came out it was talking about their present, which was at the height of the Cold War. The title of the song and chorus refers to the “Doomsday Clock”, a concept by scientists at the time about how close we were to Armageddon. And “Two Minutes to Midnight” says we we very close at the time-and we were.
It’s an anti-war song. Period. It doesn’t glorify violence. It’s quite the opposite. It describes violence, but from a critical point of view, especially when it comes to profiting from war (the golden goose referred to at the beginning of the song). And the difficult reference to killing the “unborn in the womb”, which I originally thought glorified abortion (but was wrong) is actually a reference about how war now kills indiscriminately, and with the push of a button bombs can kill the innocent.
The song is really a criticism of politicians and war profiteers who were pushing us towards doomsday, all for the sake of profit. Listening to the song again with that in mind, you have a much greater respect for the lyrics-and the band.

[@paulwills1459]

your wife rocks !!!

[@ValSalva1337]

Another classic. Keep em coming!

[@taddei3912]

Add it to the classics! Blood brothers next!!

[@Applecornflakes]

The contents of their lyrics are generally written as a criticism of gruesome topics such as war, not in praise of them. I personally don't see why guilt is necessary :)

[@VelvetViolator]

It's an anti-war song and they go straight to the point what fucking war is about. The song was written during the height of the cold war, while every big nation literally had the finger on the trigger 24/7. We and the band just wanted peace, that's why they draw a picture what it would be if chosen so.

[@bhutchin1996]

Saw them in early 1985. Second loudest concert I'd ever been to, loudest was Kiss. Check out Loudness' 'SDI'.

[@jimwells768]

Tee you guys gotta try some triumph.. Follow your heart. Great 3 man band🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻

[@adeal2buy354]

THE FATHERS OF METAL...UP THE IRONS!!!!!

[@williamcoyle9213]

I hope you get more out of the lyric breakdown it's about war and the doomsday clock.

[@williamcoyle9213]

I was in the moment I did not mean to sound disrespectful. Love your reactions. I just re read and i think I came off a little rude. And please please do Megadeth looking down the cross

[@futurewavecs]

Put doomsday clock into a search engine. The lyrics will make complete sense then. :)

[@sketchtherapy1218]

With Iron Maiden they don't wanna make u feel, they wanna make u think. You're never feel good about them but you'll think clearer.

[@m.ericwatson968]

Guitarist Adrian Smith really started standing out on Powerslave, as songwriter and lead guitarist (plus backing vocals, he's actually a pretty good vocalist), Bruce even said Adrian creates the melodic stiching with his particular style that ties the music together.

[@carnifexia1725]

Now I know who inspired Dave Mustaine to write "Skin o' My Teeth" ;)

[@Trygvar13]

It's about the Doomsday Clock. In the 80's we were at 2 minutes to midnight. In the early 2000's it went backwards by several minutes but today it stands at 100 seconds to midnight.

[@allenrobison8103]

So many people get freaked out over the lyrics "to kill the unborn in the womb". I believe they refer to the unintended consequences of war. The innocent victims involved. I also think this is one of the best metal jams ever.

[@ednunes2439]

The political overtones on this is epic. The art work for the single show Eddie out in front of flags of many nations, sought of like the United Nations building. Truly a warning about the politicians of the world. Yes they are great story tellers and students of history

[@samuelswanson3109]

two minute,s to new year and the fire work begin new year,s song🤔🤩🤟🤘✌️

[@bretmaverick4993]

very kool.😊

[@johncopple6479]

"You know something big about to happen " Yes it's Bruce Dickerson !

[@scottblankenship650]

A lot of us back in the mid 80s thought that the doomsday clock was going to strike midnight and war was going to happen on a world wide scale. This is a antiwar anthem by Iron Maiden. At least that’s how I’ve always Viewed the song.lol

[@BongEyedBastard]

IRON MAIDEN - THE RED AND THE BLACK
It's the best song they've done in the past 10 years and hardly anyone has reacted to it yet.

[@hardtohandleweddingbandent8653]

The best way to warn against the horrors of war is to hide truthful lyrics in great music.

[@jaqs125]

You are great guys, ñove yours reactions

[@CanadianMetalHead73]

I fucking love this tune always one of my favs!! I've seen Maiden a couple times and they are a must see!!!

[@bakes6951]

I liked as soon as she uped the irons

[@Rod180798]

Love how shocked how you guys look listening to this song ! hahahaha Maiden is simply telling the horrors of war.

[@phantomjackalope1]

...always jam. Yes! by all means. Jam. ALWAYS jam!

[@YaHUKaB_ShaRYAL_YaShaRAL]

2 Minutes To 🕛. 🤘🏻

[@markrogers7304]

Maiden lyrics are a history lesson in metaphors. Wanna know history listen to every maiden album start to finish.

[@MRBrien77]

If you haven't already done it check out Ace's High

[@henrym7427]

The one reaction channel that knows the name of all band members b4 reacting

[@andrewwood8706]

welcome to british rock bro

[@TrollingInTheDeep]

Caught Somewhere in Time by themselves or The Duellists from same album!!!🤘🤟🤘🤟🤘🤘🤘🤟🤘🤟🤘🤘🤘🤟

[@ragmanracing1409]

To Kill The Unborn in the womb is reference to stopping the war before it starts. Not actually killing babies

[@KillDozer44]

SSHHHHHH the solo Reeeeeeeeeeeee I'm triggered

[@sketchtherapy1218]

This song is very deep it's even deeper if you look at the video.

[@standarddef8769]

Man the mood in the room turned around quick 02:21

[@Metal_Archaeologist]

Blood is Freedom's Stain... Don't Pray For My Soul Anymore....
Sarcasm? Peace!

[@Chris_Clark1MaidenFan]

Alexander the Great by Maiden, it’s got a little hip-hop to it at the end. Then Empire of the Clouds.

[@tracycecil8010]

2 minutes to midnight is referring to the doomsday clock. It is basically the likelihood of the world ending in nuclear war. This song is about the evil of the corporate war machine

[@reverendriff5597]

These guys came from London. They sing about WW II also.

[@rtrooperw8115]

Great review and reaction! But remember, song is about war and the carnage of it. They really put you there...👍🏻

[@MrMrjunala]

Oh and if You guys are doing more Iron Maiden reactions PLEASE try out their LIVE videos!!

[@chrish5500]

Hi guys it’s a anti war song
And at the moment it’s at 40 seconds to doomsday
They new something back then
Cheers from oz

[@dolphin8077]

Topppp. Welcome to Maiden world 🤘🏻

[@susanasergent8841]

Your faces are PRICELESS. You weren't expecting that, were you?

[@jf1673]

METAL IS GODS VOICE.!!!

[@pluckinmageetar]

"Prime time Belsen feast" an old Norse post war ritual, I believe.