Álbum Live After Death (Iron Maiden)

Live After Death de Iron Maiden

Álbum de Iron Maiden

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Live After Death es un álbum de Iron Maiden, publicado en 1985 por EMI. El disco incluye 22 canciones, entre ellas «Churchill's Speech (Intro)», «Aces High», «2 Minutes to Midnight» y «Trooper».

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El doble álbum en directo Live After Death, de 1985, es universalmente considerado como uno de los mejores discos en vivo de la historia del heavy metal. Este trabajo captura a Iron Maiden en la cima absoluta de su poder, durante la legendaria gira "World Slavery Tour", un espectáculo teatral y musical de proporciones épicas.

El álbum es un documento histórico. La banda suena como una máquina perfectamente engrasada, interpretando sus clásicos con una energía, una precisión y una potencia que a menudo superan a las versiones de estudio. La famosa frase de Bruce Dickinson al inicio, "Scream for me, Long Beach!", se ha convertido en un grito de guerra para los fans del metal en todo el mundo.

El repertorio es un sueño para cualquier seguidor. El disco es un desfile de himnos inmortales de sus primeros cinco álbumes, desde "Aces High" y "The Trooper" hasta "The Number of the Beast" y "Hallowed Be Thy Name". Escuchar este álbum es como tener un asiento en primera fila en el mayor espectáculo de heavy metal del planeta.

"Live After Death" es mucho más que un álbum en directo; es una experiencia. Es la quintaesencia de lo que hace a Iron Maiden una banda legendaria: la música, la energía, la teatralidad y la increíble conexión con su público. Es una obra absolutamente imprescindible.

Listado de Canciones

Disco 1

  1. Churchill's Speech (Intro)
  2. Aces High4:39

    Letra

    (Steve harris) There goes the siren that warns of the air raid Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne Got to get up for the coming attack. Jump in the cockpit and start up the engines Remove all the wheelblocks there's no time to waste Gathering speed as we head down the runway Gotta get airborne before it's too late. Running, scrambling, flying Rolling, turning, diving, going in again Run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die Run, live to fly, fly to live. Aces high. Move in to fire at the mainstream of bombers Let off a sharp burst and then turn away Roll over, spin round and come in behind them Move to their blindsides and firing again. Bandits at 8 o'clock move in behind us Ten me-109's out of the sun Ascending and turning our spitfires to face them Heading straight for them I press down my guns Rolling, turning, diving Rolling, turning, diving, going in again Run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die Run, live to fly, fly to live, aces high.
  3. 2 Minutes to Midnight6:03

    Letra

    Kill for gain or shoot to maim But we don't need a reason The golden goose is on the loose And never out of season Some blackened pride still burns inside This shell of bloody treason Here's my gun for a barrel of fun For the love of living death. [Chorus] The killer's breed or the demon's seed, The glamour, the fortune, the pain, Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain, But don't you pray for my soul anymore. 2 minutes to midnight The hands that threaten doom. 2 minutes to midnight To kill the unborn in the womb. The blind men shout let the creatures out We'll show the unbelievers The napalm screams of human flames Of a prime time belsen feast... yeah! As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy, We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies. [Chorus] The killer's breed or the demon's seed, The glamour, the fortune, the pain, Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain, But don't you pray for my soul anymore. 2 minutes to midnight The hands that threaten doom. 2 minutes to midnight To kill the unborn in the womb. [Guitar Solo] The body bags and little rags of children torn in two And the jellied brains of those who remain to put the finger right on you. 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. [Chorus] The killer's breed or the demon's seed, The glamour, the fortune, the pain, Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain, But don't you pray for my soul anymore. 2 minutes to midnight The hands that threaten doom. 2 minutes to midnight To kill the unborn in the womb. Midnight... all night...
  4. Trooper
  5. Revelations6:11

    Letra

    O God of earth and altar Bow down and hear our cry Our earthly rulers falter Our peolple drift and die The walls of gold entombe us The swords of scorn divide Take not thy thunder from us But take away our pride (G. K. Chesterton: english hymnal) Just a babe in a black abyss No reason for a place like this The walls are cold and souls cry out in pain An easy way for the blind to go A clever path for the fools who know The secret of the hanged man - the smile on his lips The light of the blind you'll see The venom that tears my spine The eyes of the nile are opening - you'll see She came to me with a serpents kiss As the eye of the sun rose on her lips Moonlight catches silver tears I cry So we lay in a black embrace And the seed is sown in a holy place And I watched and I waited for the dawn The light of the blind you'll see The venom that tears my spine The eyes of the nile are opening - you'll see Bind all of us together Ablaze of hope and free No storm or heavy weather Will rock the boat you'll see The time has come to close your eyes And still the wind and rain For the one who will be king The watcher in the ring It is you
  6. Flight of Icarus3:28

    Letra

    As the sun breaks above the ground An old man stands on the hill As the ground warms to the first rays of light A birdsong shatters the still His eyes are ablaze See the madman in his gaze Fly on your way like an eagle Fly as high as the sun On your wings like an eagle Fly and touch the sun Now the crowd breaks and a young boy appears Look the old man in his eyes As he spreads his wings and shouts at the crowd In the name of God my father I fly His eyes seem so glazed As he flies on the wings of a dream Now he knows his father betrayed Now his wings burn to ashes to ashes his grave Fly on your way like an eagle Fly as high as the sun On your wings like an eagle Fly and touch the sun
  7. Rime of the Ancient Mariner13:18

    Letra

    Hear the rime of the ancient mariner See his eye as he stops one of three Mesmerises one of the wedding guests Stay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea. And the music plays on, as the bride passes by Caught by his spell and the mariner tells his tale. Driven south to the land of the snow and ice To a place where nobody's been Through the snow fog flies on the albatross Hailed in god's name, hoping good luck it brings. And the ship sails on, back to the north Through the fog and ice and the albatross follows on. The mariner kills the bird of good omen His shipmates cry against what he's done But when the fog clears, they justify him And make themselves a part of the crime. Sailing on and on and north across the sea Sailing on and on and north 'til all is calm. The albatross begins with it's vengeance A terrible curse a thirst has begun His shipmates blame bad luck on the mariner About his neck, the dead bird is hung. And the curse goes on and on at sea And the curse goes on and on for them and me. 'Day after day, day after day, we stuck nor breath nor motion As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean Water, water everywhere and all the boards did shrink Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink.' There calls the mariner There comes a ship over the line But how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no tide. See... onward she comes Onward she nears out of the sun See, she has no crew She has no life, wait but here's two. Death and she life in death, They throw their dice for the crew She wins the mariner and he belongs to her now. Then... crew one by one They drop down dead, two hundred men She... she, life in death. She lets him live, her chosen one. 'One after one by the star dogged moon, Too quick for groan or sigh Each turned his facce with a ghastly pang And cursed me with his eye Four times fifty living men (And I heard nor sigh nor groan) With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped down one by one.' The curse it lives on in their eyes The mariner wished he'd die Along with the sea creatures But they lived on, so did he. And by the light of the moon He prays for their beauty not doom With heart he blesses them God's creatures all of them too. Then the spell starts to break The albatross falls from his neck Sinks down like lead into the sea Then down in falls comes the rain. Hear the groans of the long dead seamen See them stir and they start to rise Bodies lifted by good spirits None of them speak and they're lifelesss in their eyes And revenge is still sought, penance starts again Cast into a trance and the nightmare carries on. Now the curse is finally lifted And the mariner sights his home Spirits go fromhe long dead bodies Form their own light and the mariner's left alone. And then a boat came sailing towards him It was a joy he could not believe The pilot's boat, his son and the hermit, Penance of life will fall onto him. And the ship sinks like lead into the sea And the hermit shrieves the mariner of his sins. The mariner's bound to tell of his story To tell this tale wherever he goes To teach god's word by his own example That we must love all things thaat God made. And the wedding guest's a sad and wiser man And the tale goes on and on and on.
  8. Powerslave7:13

    Letra

    (Bruce dickinson) Into the abyss I'll fall-the eye of horus Into the eyes of the night-watching me go Green is the cat's eye that glows-in this temple Enter the risen osiris-risen again. Chorus Tell me why I had to be a powerslave I don't wanna die, I'm a god, why can't I live on? When the life giver dies, all around is laid to waste. And in my last hour, I'm a slave to the power of death. When I was living this lie-fear was my game People would worship and fall-drop to their knees So bring me the blood and red wine for the one to succeed me For he is a man and a god-and he will die too. Chorus Now I am cold but a ghost lives in my veins, Silent the terror that reigned-maarbled in stone Shell of a man God preserved-a thousand ages But open the gates of my hell-i will strike from the grave. Chorus
  9. Number of the Beast
  10. Hallowed Be Thy Name7:21

    Letra

    I'm waiting in my cold cell, when the bell begins to chime. Reflecting on my past life and it doesn't have much time. 'Cause at 5 o'clock they take me to the Gallows Pole, The sands of time for me are running low. When the priest comes to read me the last rites, I take a look through the bars at the last sights, Of a world that has gone very wrong for me. Can it be that there's some sort of error? Hard to stop the surmounting terror. Is it really the end, not some crazy dream? Somebody please tell me that I'm dreaming, It's not easy to stop from screaming, But words escape me when I try to speak. Tears fall but why am I crying? After all I'm not afraid of dying. Don't I believe that there never is an end? As the guards march me out to the courtyard, Somebody cries from a cell "God be with you". If there's a God then why has he let me go? As I walk all my life drifts before me And though the end is near I'm not sorry Catch my soul 'cause it's willing to fly away Mark my words please believe my soul lives on Please don't worry now that I have gone I've gone beyond to see the truth When you know that your time is close at hand, Maybe then you'll begin to understand Life down here is just a strange illusion. Yeah, yeah, yeah... Hallowed be Thy name Yeah, yeah, yeah... Hallowed be Thy name Yeah
  11. Iron Maiden4:20

    Letra

    (Written by Steve Harris) Won't you come into my room, I wanna show you all my wares. I just want to see your blood, I just want to stand and stare. See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor. Iron Maiden can't be fought, Iron Maiden can't be sought. Chorus: Oh well, wherever, wherever you are, Iron Maiden's gonna get you, no matter how far. See the blood flow watching it she'd up above my head. Iron Maiden wants you for dead. Won't you come into my room, I wanna show you all my wares. I just want to see your blood, I just want to stand and stare. See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor. Iron Maiden can't be fought, Iron Maiden can't be sought. Chorus: Oh well, wherever, wherever you are, Iron Maiden's gonna get you, no matter how far. See the blood flow watching it she'd up above my head. Iron Maiden wants you for dead. Won't you come into my room, I wanna show you all my wares. I just want to see your blood, I just want to stand and stare. See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor. Iron Maiden can't be fought, Iron Maiden can't be sought. Chorus: Oh well, wherever, wherever you are, Iron Maiden's gonna get you, no matter how far. See the blood flow watching it she'd up above my head. Iron Maiden wants you for dead.
  12. Run to the Hills3:54

    Letra

    White man came across the sea He brought us pain and misery He killed our tribes, he killed our creed He took our game for his own need We fought him hard, we fought him well Out on the plains we gave him hell But many came, too much for Cree Oh will we ever be set free Riding through dustclouds and barren wastes Galloping hard on the plains Chasing the redskins back to their holes Fighting them at their own game Murder for freedom the stab in the back Woman and children, a cowards attack Run to the hills - run for your lives Run to the hills - run for your lives Soldier blue in the barren wastes Hunting and killing's a game Raping the woman and wasting the man "The only good injins are tame" Selling them whiskey and taking their gold Enslaving the young and destroying the old Run to the hills - run for your lives Run to the hills - run for your lives Run to the hills - run for your lives Run to the hills - run for your lives
  13. Running Free8:43

    Letra

    Just Sixteen A Pickup Truck Out Of Money Out Of Luck I Got No Place To Call My Own Hit The Gas And Here I Go I'm Running Free Yeah, I'm Running Free I'm Running Free Yeah, I'm Running Free Spend The Night In L. I Jail Listen To The Sirens Wail But They Aint Got A Thing Of Me I'm Running Wild I'm Running Free I'm Running Free Yeah, I'm Running Free I'm Running Free Yeah, I'm Running Free Pulled Her At The Bottle Top Whiskey Dancing Disco Hop And All The Boys Are After Me And That's The Way It's Gonna Be I'm Running Free Yeah, I'm running Free I'm Running Free Yeah, I'm running Free

Disco 2

  1. Wrathchild26:36

    Letra

    (Steve Harris) I was born into a scene of angriness and greed, and dominance and persecution. My mother was a queen, my dad I've never seen, I was never meant to be. And now I spend my time looking all around, For a man that's nowhere to be found. Until I find him I'm never gonna stop searching, I'm gonna find my man, gonna travel around. [Chorus:] Cause I'm a wrathchild, well I'm a wrathchild. Yeah I'm a wrathchild. I'm coming to get you, oooh yeah. Say it doesn't matter ain't nothin' gonna alter the course of my destination. I know I've got to find some serious piece of mind, or I know I'll go crazy. But now I spend my time looking all around, For a man that's nowhere to be found. Until I find him I'm never gonna stop searching, I'm gonna find my man, gonna travel around. [Chorus:]
  2. 22 Acacia Avenue23:30
  3. Children of the Damned17:12

    Letra

    (harris) He's walking like a small child But watch his eyes burn you away Black holes in his golden stare God knows he wants to go home Children of the damned (repeat another 3 times) He's walking like a dead man If he had lived he would have crucified us all Now he's standing on the last step He thought oblivion well it beckons us all Children of the damned (repeat another 3 times) Now it burns his hand he's turning to laugh Smiles as the flame sears his flesh Melting his face screaming in pain Peeling the skin from his eyes Watch him die according to plan He's dust on the ground what did we learn You're children of the damned Your back's against the wall You turn into the light You're burning in the night You're children of the damned Like candles watch them burn Burning in the light You'll burn again tonight You're children of the damned
  4. Die With Your Boots On12:36

    Letra

    (Smith/Dickinson/Harris) Yeah! Another Prophet of Disaster Who says the ship is lost, Another Prophet of Disaster Leaving you to count the cost. Taunting us with Visions, Afflicting us with fear, Predicting War for millions, In the hope that one appears. [Chorus:] No point asking when it is, No point asking who's to go, No point asking what's the game, No point asking who's to blame. Cause if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die, Cause if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die, If you're gonna die, die with your boots on. If you're gonna try, just stick around, Gonna cry, just move along, If you're gonna die, you're gonna die. In 13 the Beast is rising, The Frenchman did surmise, Through earthquakes and starvation, The warlord will arise. Terror, Death, Destruction, Pour from the Eastern Sands, But the truth of all predictions, Is always in your hands. (Repeat chorus) They died with their boots on, yes they diiieeeed... The day they die with their boots on, we dieeeeeeeeeee We die! We die! We die! We die! We die! (Repeat chorus)
  5. Phantom of the Opera7:23

    Letra

    I've been looking so long for you Now you won't get away from my grasp. You've been living so long in hiding In hiding behind that false mask. And you know and I know that You ain't got long now to last. Your looks and your feelings Are just the remains of your past. You're standing in the wings, There you wait for the curtain to fall. Knowing the terror and holding You have on us all. Yeah, I know that you're gonna Scratch me, maim me and maul. You know I'm helpless from Your mesmerising cat call. Keep your distance, walk away, Don't take his bait. Don't you stray, don't fade away. Watch your step, he's out to get you, Come what may. Don't you stray, from the narrow way. I'm running and hiding in my Dreams you're always there. You're the phantom of the opera, You're the devil, you're just out to scare. You damaged my mind And my soul it just floats through the air. Haunt me, you taunt me, You torture me back at your lair.
  6. 2 Minutes to Midnight [Multimedia Track]
  7. Powerslave [Multimedia Track]
  8. Revelations [Excerpt][Multimedia Track]
  9. Churchill's Speech/Aces High [Excerpt][Multimedia Track]