Maiden or Priest
 

Ok I was just wondering what you guys thought about this. Judas PRiest once got a bit p*ssed with Iron Maiden whilst Maiden were supporting them on tour. The boys from Priest complained that Maiden had stolen their sound and the two bands were almost the same (musically).

So which way would you choose, this isn't going on talent or song writing ability or anything, just a simple sorta see the two make a choice on instinct type poll...

Oooooh tricky!

Would have to go with Maiden - cos they were the first metal band I really started buying - oooh remember those big black discs, kids? ;)

Tough choice though. Wouldn't say they that similar though really...

:D

I would, but compare the early maiden more. In recent years they have gone all 'epic' on us!!

Run To The Hills makes this an easy desicion, well, that and Eddie Maiden

http://www.iron-maiden.ru/photos/eddie/85eddie01.jpg

are you saying you like the song run to the hills?

yes. I like the "galloping" bass line.

damn....damn damn damn......and damn once again
explanation : that song is one of the reasons why i laugh at people who listen to maiden, for you see, that song to me represents the epitome of lameness, the lameness of 80's rock....the lamest music genre that ever existed, created in an era that should be surgically removed from everyone's memory....

I thought that would be Breaking the Law?

you mean to say listening to 80's rock would be braking the law? one day my friend...one day...:)

80s rockers were far more talented then most musicians who are big today.

(and i meant that Judas Priest - Breaking the Law represents the epitome of lameness compared to Iron Maidens - Run to the Hills) but im pretty sure you understood.

i beg to differ....

no acctualy, i didn't understand...i thought you understood that i'd rather be eaten alive by piranhas then listen to 80's rock, so no, i'm not familiar with judas priest's discography....

well quit yer beggin and differ already!

Steve Vai, Randy Rhodes, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eddie Van Halen, Jake E. Lee, Warren Dimartini...the list goes on and on and these are just a few guitarists that were rockin in the 80s. No band out today plays with the technical abilities of these guys (with a few exceptions VERY few). Nirvana and grunge i believe killed the idea that you had to be extremely talented to be a successful musician.

is this list supposed to prove your point, you've just named the most sleasy and generic guitarists the world has ever seen...damn dude steve vai??, just because they have the techique down don't mean they make good music...
ooooohohohoho....well now it's getting ugly!!!nirvana and kurt cobain have more talent in their little finger then any of the forementioned musitians....
van halen ....HA!!

sleasy=80s=talent - it all goes hand in hand
my point being their all technical guitarists, and there arent many out today that could outplay them. As far as "good" music, well thats just a matter of taste and opinions.



if by talent you mean basic 4 chord rythems and out of key vocals, then ok, you got me there. Eddy Van Halen could play circles around Kurt with one armed tied behind his back while doing cartwheels in a pool of spoiling pudding.

Iron Maiden kicks MUCH A$$ !!!!!!!!! :ar_15s:

now that's just sad...but i can understand you...you acctualy had to go through the 80's....sorry about that, i wouldn't wish that upon anyone...

ohoho....you want a piece of me don't ya?! c'mon bitch!!!bring it!!!

but seriously, i can't believe you think van halen's better then nirvana...what has this world come to.....why God?! why did the 80's have to happen?!WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!

Wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. When's the last time you saw a girl flash her breasts at a Coldplay concert?

whoa slow down there speedy, i said Eddy Van Halen is a more talented guitarist than Kurt Cobain.

oh..ok, but not a more talented songwriter right....*please say yes, please say yes*

hmmm...not even that could redeem the black hole of human cultural development that is the 80's....

i dont think Eddy Van Halen was a songwriter, so i guess ill agree to an extent.

The 80's was a much needed whoopee cushion placed beneath the a$$ of cultural development.

i'm sorry, you'll have to explain that...didn't get the metaphor...

I like the cut of your jib!!! But we are skimming over Bryan Adams here right?! (please ignore the song I was listening to on my first post in this thread)

We are certainly LEAPING over Bryan Adams here.

hehehe! So Maiden or Priest??

I think my preference is obvious. I also like JP, but if you're still refering to JP's accusation of Iron Maiden stealing their sound I think that's crazy. It was probably attributed to the fact that at that time the two bands were heavily utilizing the double guitar lead tecnique ( a melody being played synchronously on 2 guitars with one guitar playing the higher or lower octave) Judas priest utilized this technique, but Iron Maiden Mastered it. Maiden owned preist in the areas of technical proficiency, vocal skill, and definitely song writing and lyrical subject matter. A lot of people don't realiz that the majority of Iron maiden's song lyrics consisted of historical and political themes, which was exceptionally rare for a metal band in the 80's. As a bonus Steve Harris, Iron Maiden's Bass player is one of the best and most underrated masters of the instrument.

Harmony ;)

Well, no. For a harmony to technically excist the variable interval cannot be an octave. It is a dual melody.

aha not so! A harmony is just two notes that are played together!

OK OK you're right !!!! I don't want to turn an 80's metal thread into an anal retentive debate over music theory.

A-HA! you got cought and now you wanna end the conversation....HA!
but please let's talk more about 80's rock....

yay!!! lol!

Not true

is so!

ARRRGH. OK, last post on this. A double lead is a phrase that refers to a specific guitar playing technique which I described in my lengthy post. It is by dictionary definitions a harmony in the sense that it is two or more notes played simultaneously, but in the conventional sense it isn't, because a new (3rd) harmonic is not created in the combination of the root with the octave.

say what? :rofl: ...man, i crack myself up sometimes....i was hoping we were gonna go " yah...na-ah...yah....na-ah!" for a while but you're obviously not game....:)

Too much pride for that. Even when I'm wrong I have to be right.

Anyhow my favorite Iron Maiden album is Powerslave. Dig the 10+ minute version of Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. As far as Judas Preist goes you just cannoty beat Screaming For Vengeance.