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On 28 May 2023, nearly 37 years after the album's release, Iron Maiden performed "Alexander the Great" live for the first time. [17] The 2008 tribute CD Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden, released by Kerrang! magazine, features covers of two of the album's songs; "Wasted Years" by DevilDriver and "Caught Somewhere in Time" by Madina Lake ...
The Song elaborates on a popular legend about Alexander the Great also known from the Alexander Romance, Talmud, and other sources. In this legend, Alexander is travelling along with his company in search of the Fountain of Life that grants the drinker immortality. He encounters a wise old man who tells Alexander that he might identify the ...
The Original 1750s Lyrics to The British Grenadiers Shows how the lyrics evolved from a soldier's song to something more palatable to the educated classes of British society. There was no "bumper", "looped" or "tow row row row" in the original version of the song. The first words began: "Some boast of Alexander".
Hephaestion (Ancient Greek: Ἡφαιστίων Hēphaistíōn; c. 356 BC – October 324 BC), son of Amyntor, was an ancient Macedonian nobleman of probable "Attic or Ionian extraction" [3] and a general in the army of Alexander the Great.
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"Anna" was one of the great early soul ballads, even if its loping groove was closer to a mid-tempo song than a slow ballad. Like several of Alexander's songs, it would come to be more famous in its cover version than through its original release. And it was actually a small hit when it first came out in 1962, getting to #68 in the pop charts ...
It has been suggested that this article be merged with List of Horrible Histories (2015 TV series) episodes. (Discuss) Proposed since December 2024. Horrible Histories is a children's live-action historical and musical sketch-comedy TV series based on the book series of the same name written by Terry Deary. The comedy series first hit screens in 2009 and is now in its 15th year, with more than ...
The song describes Alexander's life. 1998 "Alexandre" Caetano Veloso: Brazilian epic song about Alexander the Great from the album Livro. 2000 "Alexander the Great" bond: String quartet release on the album Born. 2005 "Alexander the Great" Iron Mask: Song about Alexander the Great from the album Hordes of the Brave by Belgian band Iron Mask. 2009