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THOUGHTS ON IRON MAIDEN’S VIDEO FOR “THE FINAL FRONTIER”

 Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 at 11:30am by

So we saw Maiden last night. Yeah, the setlist could have been stronger, but whatever. We had a good time, hung out with some good friends, marveled at how Bruce Dickinson, who will turn 52 in August, is in better shape than pretty much anyone else at any age. And as it turns out, if you drink a few beers and smoke a joint, “El Dorado” actually seems like a pretty good song.

And now the band has released a video for the title track from their latest album, The Final Frontier. And, uh… it seems like it should be cooler than it actually is. It tells a story, and cops from everything from The Empire Strikes Back to Alien to Raiders of the Lost Ark, and while I have no idea what the budget was, it does look like it cost a lot more than most metal videos these days. But the CG Eddie looks pretty weak, and, oh yeah, even though I don’t especially dig this track (I haven’t had any beer or weed today… yet), I think that, as a rule, bands should NEVER DISRUPT THE SONG WITH SOUND EFFECTS. ‘Cause first and foremost, the video should be a promotional tool for your music… right? I dunno. When I can’t hear the song because a monster is roaring or laser guns are firing or whatever, I get irritated.

The Final Frontier comes out August 17, and we’re pretty much all gonna buy a copy anyway, so whatever. Music video schmusic video.

-AR

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Edgecrusher-Bell/615940033 Edgecrusher Bell

    Lol this is ironically the best Sci-fi film that came out this year.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Gavin/1396340262 Mark Gavin

      Let’s hope Inception changes that.

  • g man

    they played Wrathchild which I wasn’t expecting. Good show, not great. Video is ok. And I too will be buying the new cd on aug 17.

  • cougar party

    Not bad. I like the song better than ‘El Dorado’, but I hope there are some more epic tracks on the album. Both ‘Final Frontier’ and ‘El Dorado’ are more midtempo hard rock songs then metal songs. Will also be buying this album. Maiden’s always a mandatory purchase.

  • http://www.twitter.com/stabitha Stabitha

    I felt like the stage for last night’s show looked like an episode of Doctor Who (specifically, “The Waters of Mars”)…I love the British love of sci-fi. The setlist was lame, yes, but even when it’s not what I was hoping for, but it was pretty damn good.

  • http://thenumberoftheblog.com DemiGodRaven

    You know, Ozzy did the same fucking thing in his video. Fucking sound effects mid goddamned Gus G guitar solo and it pissed me the fuck off. It’s a fucking music video, either stop the song or don’t play the fucking sound. We’re not retarded, we understand if something goes boom in the video.

    …scratch that, we’re metalheads. We are by very definition…retarded.

    • EvilivE

      Wait, what? There was a song in that video?

  • \m/Eluveitie\m/

    I thought the Alien vs. Predator vs. Indiana Jones thing was badass. The song gets a little repetitve towards the end though, like Wicker Man.

  • Cokane

    Cool video…but it does take your attetion from the music itself,wich didn’t seem that interesting.I love Iron Maiden more than certain people in my family,but after Brave New World,that was it for me.

  • Joe

    This song sucks. I can’t believe Maiden just wrote something that simple. Easily the most generic piece of crap they’ve ever written.

    • Kuranes

      Maiden has written PLENTY of simple songs. Look at “Running Free”.

      • Joe

        Yeah, but this is total radio rock. Simple power chords and not much else. Running Free has energy and a cool bass line. This song lacks everything. Hopefully it’s just because the original song is over 8 minutes and this is an edit. Hopefully…

        • jacksonattack

          It is an edit… it’s a two-part song. The instrumental half is obviously missing, which I’m assuming will be referred to as Satellite 15.

          The song is pretty straightforward but I liked it a lot. The solos are awesome as always and it’ll probably sound way, way better when the sound effects are taken out.

  • http://crescentshield.com Crescent Shield

    Wow that video was cool. Much better computer animation than the latest Slayer video :-)

  • Brock Sterns

    I guess my main complaint is HOLY SHIT THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME

  • Eye of Newt

    Is this a Keel cover or something? If it wasn’t Bruce Bruce, it could have been any generic hard rock tune.

  • Cash Bailey

    The album comes out on my birthday! Fuck yeah, bitches!!

    Also, at least the effects in this video are leagues better than that wretched, cheap-ass video for ‘Wildest Dreams’.

  • Honeynutzz

    They do it cause they can.

  • Ryan

    If you don’t like the setlist, you can eat it. The set is fantastic. I was there at MSG too, and they were spot on. Best live band in the world.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/arko-Milievi/1152407960 Žarko Milićević

    NEVER DISRUPT THE SONG WITH SOUND EFFECTS: Agreed. Check this out as a good example of a very nice short film with too loud crappy music :)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCrU4Q57cBU :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Myteam-Isbetterthanyours/100001264504489 Myteam Isbetterthanyours

    People keep forgetting that there is another 3 /12 minutes to the song we haven’t heard yet.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Myteam-Isbetterthanyours/100001264504489 Myteam Isbetterthanyours

    And about the setlist, stop whining. Any Maiden fan would know they just did an entire freaking tour doing the classics. It’s the year 2010. We’ve heard The Trooper enough.