Not sure of the meaning or particualr influence for this song, but ive got to say, as a massive Maiden fan, this to me is one of their poorest efforts. Musically it's alright, but lyrically it just feels very lazy/thrown together and settled with at the last minute. The singing in general is ok, but i feel Bruce could have gone that extra step.
In all honestly the whole No Prayer for the Dying album has a lot lacking - It's a mix of Steve's 'Maiden' songs and Bruce's 'classic rock solo' work. There's no real structure to the album. Some songs are catchy and good overall.. e.g. Tailgunner... that is a typically awesome Iron Maiden song, but in general it's not a great album and the fact that they never play anything off it shows that the band feel the same. Luckily they redeemed themselves with the follow up album Fear of the Dark.
Not sure of the meaning or particualr influence for this song, but ive got to say, as a massive Maiden fan, this to me is one of their poorest efforts. Musically it's alright, but lyrically it just feels very lazy/thrown together and settled with at the last minute. The singing in general is ok, but i feel Bruce could have gone that extra step.
In all honestly the whole No Prayer for the Dying album has a lot lacking - It's a mix of Steve's 'Maiden' songs and Bruce's 'classic rock solo' work. There's no real structure to the album. Some songs are catchy and good overall.. e.g. Tailgunner... that is a typically awesome Iron Maiden song, but in general it's not a great album and the fact that they never play anything off it shows that the band feel the same. Luckily they redeemed themselves with the follow up album Fear of the Dark.