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Originally Posted by Trollheart
23 “22 Acacia Avenue” (from The Number of the Beast)
Should have made it 22 on the list, shouldn't I? Oh well... Love the opening chugging guitar that just keeps going as Bruce's vocal comes in, and we're told this is the sequel to the far inferior “Charlotte the harlot” from the debut album. Maiden get a lot of props from me for this, because as I mentioned before, they take an atypical view of prostitution here. While most bands --- certainly most metal ones --- would be leering and laughing, perhaps considering punishment for the “whore”, having fallen so low, Maiden take a more sympathetic view, and in fact the song is about trying to get Charlotte to “Give up all this mad life” and come away with him. A metal band making an honest woman out of a hooker? That's what makes this song what it is, and why I rate it so highly. Not to mention the superb guitar solos at the end.
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Yeah, that's so much less condescending. I love Maiden, but this song is kind of out of touch in 2015.
And "
Hellbent for Leather" has so much more personality as an album title than something as generic as "
Killing Machine".