Day 87 - Iron Maiden – Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Not only is Steve Harris one the best bass players in the world, he also is a very good songwriter, finding his inspiration in movies, books or even poetry. Like this song where he used an 18th century poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Thanks to Iron Maiden is this the only English poem I can recite, at least a bit.
One after one, by the star-dogged moon,
Too quick for groan or sigh,
Each turned his face 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.
This song can also be found on my desert island album. Then down in falls comes the rain.
YouTube: Rime of the Ancient Mariner, live Rock in Rio 1985 pt. 1
YouTube: Rime of the Ancient Mariner, live Rock in Rio 1985 pt. 2
YouTube: Rime of the Ancient Mariner, live Rock in Rio 1985 pt. 3
Day 77 - Iron Maiden - Revelations
If there is any album I would take with me to a desert island it would be Iron Maiden’s Live After Death. Would be cool to shout at the seagulls “Scream for me Long Beach”. Revelations is originaly from the Piece Of Mind album.
Day 37 - Soilwork - Departure plan
Melodic death metal. Sounds like a contradiction but it works. If Soilwork put some shocking visual extra’s in their music, they would be just as big as Rammstein. Maybe even bigger. But Soilwork doesn’t. It’s just the music. No image, no imago, no video.
Day 5 - My Dying Bride - Two Winters Only
Classic doom by the British My Dying Bride. The Angel and the Dark River is their best album and I could easily pick all six songs of the album and place them in my list of 10.000 songs. But I choose the baladesque Two Winters Only. It’s haunting, it’s depressed, it’s beautiful.
About this/me
About this:
Inspired by Tuuur, who was inspired by Glenn Case, I will be posting some song of the day posts over here. This blog is written in (poor) English, but since I’m from the Netherlands there will be some Dutch songs and/or lyrics passing by.
About me:
I live in Alkmaar, the Netherlands, a short train ride from Amsterdam. I like open source software, open-minded people and bars open all night.
