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Bruce Dickinson-8.Tears Of The Dragon(Sao Paulo 1997)

Eric — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:11:22 +0000

Bruce Dickinson – Skol Rock Festival, Estadio Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nov. 15, 1997, during the ”Accident Of Birth Tour” 1997.

Tears Of The Dragon (B. Dickinson)

Bruce Dickinson – Vocals
Adrian Smith – Guitar
Roy Z – Guitar
Eddie Casillas – Bass guitar
David Ingraham – Drums

[Lyrics]

For too long now
There were secrets in my mind
For too long now
There were things I should have said
In the darkness
I was stumbling for the door
To find a reason
To find the time, the place, the hour

Waiting for the winter sun
And the cold light of day
The misty ghost of childhood fears
The pressure is building
And I can’t stay away

I throw myself into the sea
Release the wave
Let it wash over me
To face the fear
I once believed
The tears of the dragon
For you and for me

Where I was
I had wings that couldn’t fly
Where I was
I had tears I couldn’t cry

My emotions
Frozen in an icy lake
I couldn’t feel them
Until the ice began to break

I have no power over this
You know I’m afraid
The walls I built are crumbling
The water is moving
I’m slipping away

I throw myself into the sea
Release the wave
Let it wash over me
To face the fear
I once believed
The tears of the dragon
For you and for me

Slowly I awake
Slowly I rise
The walls I built are crumbling
The water is moving
I’m slipping away

I throw myself into the sea
Release the wave
Let it wash over me
To face the fear
I once believed
The tears of the dragon
For you and for me…
……………………………

”Tears Of The Dragon” is a song from Bruce Dickinson’s second solo album, Balls to Picasso,and it was released in 1994.

”Balls to Picasso” is a Hard rock album released in 1994 and is the second effort in Bruce Dickinson’s solo career. The ballad “Tears of the Dragon” stayed for many months on top the of charts in countries like Brazil where Dickinson has a large fanbase.
This record marked the beginning of Dickinson’s collaborations with Roy Z, who would work on many of Dickinson’s later albums including Accident of Birth, The Chemical Wedding and Tyranny of Souls. Stylistically it departs from Tattooed Millionaire but is still more traditional-sounding than the follow-up album Skunkworks released in 1996. Later, Dickinson said that he and Roy Z were talked into making the album less heavy than it should have been. (Source: Wikipedia)

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Iron Maiden Argument-Nicko decks a roadcrew member

Eric — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:02:19 +0000

Secret recording by Bruce Dickinson, after one of the shows on the World Piece Tour.
During the show, Nicko was playing his drum solo. While he was doing that, Steve had some problems with his bass guitar. He sent the first guy who he saw to tell Nicko that he should extend his drum solo.
The guy went to Nicko, but since he didn’t know how to properly communicate with Nicko while he was playing, Nicko got confused and messed up his solo. He got angered by it, and he punched the guy after the show. Steve didn’t like that, so they had an argument about it. When it had calmed down, Bruce walked in to ask what happened, and secretly recorded it. In the end, Steve is on to Bruce and says the immortal words “some cunt’s recording this”.

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Iron Maiden – The Trooper

Eric — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:02:04 +0000

The Trooper Video, 1983 from the Album Piece of Mind. The Trooper” is a song written by Iron Maiden bass player Steve Harris.

The song is about the Battle of Balaclava in 1854 during the Crimean War, and is at least partially based upon Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade”, taking the viewpoint of one of the slain troopers, who, in the coverart, is perceived as a bald Eddie. It is known for the galloping triplet sound of its bass and electric guitar, as well as its catchy and memorable riff, and is a crowd favourite at concerts.

It is ranked #24 in Martin Popoff book “The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs Of All Time”. Popoff put together this book by requesting thousands of metal fans, musicians, and journalists to send in their favourite heavy metal songs. Almost 18,000 individual votes were tallied and entered into a database from which the final rankings were derived.

The music video features clips of the charge from the 1936 film The Charge of the Light Brigade, which was controversial due to the deaths of 200 horses and an actor during filming. On the Visions of the Beast DVD, a newer version of the video replaces the film footage with Flash animation by Camp Chaos. In the animation, Eddie – dressed in 19th Century British uniform and wielding two sabers – battles multiple caricatures of George W. Bush, Al Gore and Tipper Gore in a parody of the 2000 US presidential election. At one point, Tipper Gore paints ‘RATED X’ on a cannonball; this is a mocking reference to Tipper’s involvement in the Parents Music Resource Center which successfully attempted to add warning labels to various records – many of them heavy metal – that they deemed inappropriate.

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