I’ve always been dazzled with the medium known as music videos.
\nSome of the most ear-shatteringly bad bands have been able to come
\nup with some of the most visually astounding works of videos. Other
\nbands make ones that are abstract and deeply intellectual. Then
\nthere’s Maiden. To me, they are the greatest band in the world. To
\nme, they are the worst video-making band in the world. It’s funny
\nhow that works out, isn’t it?<\/p>\n
This collection of the band’s music videos (ranging from live
\nsongs played during concerts to studio-made ones) encompasses their
\nentire career, from the Di’Anno era to
\nRock In Rio<\/i>. It’s nice to see that they paid attention to
\nthe careers of both Paul Di’Anno and Blaze Bayley, unlike other
\ncompilations (I’m looking at you, Edward the Great).<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the band kicks off this two-disc DVD set with the
\natrocious Skyhooks’ cover “Women in Uniform.” While the video is
\nfunny in its tongue-in-cheekness and unbelievably low budget, the
\nsong itself is a monotonous, redundant, insipid trek that leaves
\nthe listener begging for the end.<\/p>\n
Things do get a little better after that, with a live version of
\n“Wrathchild,” and an interesting version of “Run to the Hills.”
\nIt’s good to see that the band doesn’t take anything very seriously
\nwith “The Number of the Beast” (with men dressed up in red pyjamas
\nand devil masks, waving around pitch forks) and the hilarious “Holy
\nSmoke,” but a lot of their other stuff, namely “The Trooper” (with
\nstock footage from an old movie based on that historic charge) are,
\nfrankly, boring.<\/p>\n
I quite enjoy the live tracks, as you get to hear (and see) the
\nband play some old favourites that haven’t made their way back into
\nthe setlists of today (“Stranger in a Strange Land” is a prime
\nexample).<\/p>\n
In the first bit of disc two, the fun starts to wear off. The
\nvideos descend from funny to cheesy, and the sound quality on the
\nlive tracks also degrade (“Hallowed Be Thy Name” sounds pretty
\nshoddy). However, with Blaze’s songs appearing, it gives the DVD a
\nbreath of fresh air. The biggest jewel of it is a live version of
\nthe Dickinson song “Afraid to Shoot Strangers,” which I personally
\nthink he sings better.<\/p>\n
The thing that really saves this collection are the Camp Chaos
\nvideos. Those guys are geniuses. They make some kick-ass cartoons
\nto go with “The Trooper,” “Aces High,” “Man on the Edge” and
\nothers. The best of which is “The Number of the Beast,” where
\npreacher-Dickinson does battle with Eddie who is also in the
\nprocess of doing battle with our ole friend Satan in hell. It is
\ntruly a great moment.<\/p>\n
In all, it’s a good buy. Maybe not completely worth the $30
\nCanadian I forked over for it, but it’s enjoyable, whether you want
\nto rock out, or if you just want a laugh. However, if you’re
\nlooking for a genuinely good collection of music videos, I do not
\nrecommend it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":26829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5725],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-38116","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-iron-maiden","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38116"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}