Choose your favorite...G 'n R vs Maiden

[J2112YYZ]

14 minutes ago, bluefox4000 said:

I alays found Appetite a little to Gimmick-y and  desperate to shock.  Not that maiden isn't a bit of a gimmick well.  it's just......i dunno. Songs like It' so Easy.  It reerks of juvenile shock value that has not aged well.

 

"OOH WE JUST TOLD A BITCH TO BEND OVER........WE IS NAUGHTY BAAAAAAAAAAAAD"

 

give me a break, lol.

 

and sorry Rick Appetite better than any Maiden?  that's.......a thing you said i guess, lol

 

Mick

 

I never thought of Appetite as gimmicky at all. I don't think Axl wrote those kind of lyrics for shock. He wrote those kind of lyrics because he was a f***in prick 😄

[Segue Myles]

Just now, J2112YYZ said:

 

I never thought of Appetite as gimmicky at all. I don't think Axl wrote those kind of lyrics for shock. He wrote those kind of lyrics because he was a f***in prick 😄

This.

 

Where do you stand with them?

 

I...*like* them. 

[J2112YYZ]

7 minutes ago, Segue Myles said:

This.

 

Where do you stand with them?

 

I...*like* them. 

 I will always love their first three albums. They were one of my favorite bands at the time they released the Illusion albums. Saw them live with Metallica in 1992. So I pretty much saw both bands in their prime on the same night.

[Segue Myles]

Just now, J2112YYZ said:

 I will always love their first three albums. They were one of my favorite bands at the time they released the Illusion albums. Saw them live with Metallica in 1992. So I pretty much saw both bands in their prime on the same night.

Oh that sounds exciting! 

[bluefox4000]

9 minutes ago, Segue Myles said:

I've always found it to be standard. I just don't really love Slash's style, and the songs have never thrilled me beyond "this is fun", only to be forgotten a minute later.

 

Still, super talented musicians and I'd do anything to have bands like this be mainstream superstars in our time.

 

Honestly, don't hate me for this, but if there is any single US metal album to claim as greater than Maiden in the eighties...for me it would be Operation: Mindcrime.

 

 

ooooh slash is what i love about GnR, lol

 

And Operation Mindcrime?.........sigh...........whatever you say

 

Mick

[bluefox4000]

11 minutes ago, J2112YYZ said:

 

I never thought of Appetite as gimmicky at all. I don't think Axl wrote those kind of lyrics for shock. He wrote those kind of lyrics because he was a f***in prick 😄

 

 

OK granted.  still aged like old milk though, lol

 

I like GNR not here to bash.  they were a much needed jolt.  and people talk about Nirvana in that light (and you and i agree on them, lol)  But GNR was a kick in the ass as well that gets a bit overlooked in that discussion.

 

BTW...I LOVE the illusion albums way more than i do Appetite.

 

Mick

[Segue Myles]

2 minutes ago, bluefox4000 said:

 

 

ooooh slash is what i love about GnR, lol

 

And Operation Mindcrime?.........sigh...........whatever you say

 

Mick

Well...its an established genre classic for a good reason bud 🤣

 

Eighties Queensryche is in the running for being my number one metal band of the era, alongside Maiden, Anthrax, Testament and...can't believe I'm saying this...Slayer.

[J2112YYZ]

5 minutes ago, Segue Myles said:

Oh that sounds exciting! 

 

It was! Faith No More opened. That was my first hard rock/metal show. They only problem was that this was the time where Axl didn't come on stage until he felt like it. So after Metallica finished it was over two hours before GnR hit the stage.

[bluefox4000]

1 minute ago, Segue Myles said:

Well...its an established genre classic for a good reason bud 🤣

 

Eighties Queensryche is in the running for being my number one metal band of the era, alongside Maiden, Anthrax, Testament and...can't believe I'm saying this...Slayer.

 

I hate the......oooh it's a classic argument.

 

i took a cxlassic dump last week.  doesn't mean  i ever want to look at it again

 

Weak argument, lol

 

Mick

[J2112YYZ]

2 minutes ago, bluefox4000 said:

 

I hate the......oooh it's a classic argument.

 

i took a cxlassic dump last week.  doesn't mean  i ever want to look at it again

 

Weak argument, lol

 

Mick

 

Hey, sometimes there's a dump that needs to be admired for a few seconds. Like how the hell did that just come out of me 😄

[Segue Myles]

1 minute ago, bluefox4000 said:

 

I hate the......oooh it's a classic argument.

 

i took a cxlassic dump last week.  doesn't mean  i ever want to look at it again

 

Weak argument, lol

 

Mick

Okay but the album is one of my absolute faves so I see it as a classic as much as I do Rumours, White Album or Number Of The Beast

[Segue Myles]

3 minutes ago, J2112YYZ said:

 

It was! Faith No More opened. That was my first hard rock/metal show. They only problem was that this was the time where Axl didn't come on stage until he felt like it. So after Metallica finished it was over two hours before GnR hit the stage.

I loved FNM in my teens...gosh not played them in a while. I have all their albums somewhere...should get on that

[bluefox4000]

1 hour ago, J2112YYZ said:

 

Hey, sometimes there's a dump that needs to be admired for a few seconds. Like how the hell did that just come out of me 😄

 

oh buddy i hear yea.  this one........well let's just say i was hitting high notes to get it out that would make Geoff tate blush, lol

 

Mick

Edited June 10, 2024 by bluefox4000

[Texas King]

Maiden easily but I do love GnR. 

[Rick N. Backer]

On 6/10/2024 at 8:37 AM, bluefox4000 said:

and sorry Rick Appetite better than any Maiden?  that's.......a thing you said i guess, lol

Appetite, as a self-contained album, is better than any single self-contained Maiden album.  Di'Anno's albums come closest.  Dickinson's albums always have a Quest for Fire or a Where Eagles Dare (a song that repeats a section 477 times ).

 

I think people get wrapped up in what a sh*tshow GNR became.  Appetite is a just a flawless hard rock album.

[Rick N. Backer]

On 6/10/2024 at 9:10 AM, bluefox4000 said:

 

 

OK granted.  still aged like old milk though, lol

 

I like GNR not here to bash.  they were a much needed jolt.  and people talk about Nirvana in that light (and you and i agree on them, lol)  But GNR was a kick in the ass as well that gets a bit overlooked in that discussion.

 

BTW...I LOVE the illusion albums way more than i do Appetite.

 

Mick

This thread motivated me to go back and spin UYI I and II today.  I love them as well.

[Turbine Freight]

On 6/11/2024 at 7:48 PM, Rick N. Backer said:

Appetite, as a self-contained album, is better than any single self-contained Maiden album.  Di'Anno's albums come closest.  Dickinson's albums always have a Quest for Fire or a Where Eagles Dare (a song that repeats a section 477 times ).

 

I think people get wrapped up in what a sh*tshow GNR became.  Appetite is a just a flawless hard rock album.

 

 

I wouldn't go quite this far, but I see your point.

 

Barring the two Di'Anno  albums, Appetite is far superior to any full Maiden album that came thereafter. And I'm not really a GnR fan, though I am a Maiden one.

[tangy]

Appetite by it self eclipses all of Maiden. Imo. 

 

Never connected with Maiden. I like a few of their instrumentals but I have always considered lyrics to not be my cup if tea

 

 

[librarian]

Iron Maiden > GNR

[librarian]

The problem I have with GNR is not so much the music, at this stage of my life, it is the vocals. :

 

But I have no problem running around the house yelling the vocal stylings of  Maiden's Trooper

 

 

[librarian]

Or Aces High.

Its going to be a Maiden day here at the house...not even finished having my coffee yet...