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"Aces High" is a song by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, written by the band's bassist Steve Harris. It is Iron Maiden's eleventh single release and the second from their fifth studio album, Powerslave (1984). The first B-side is a cover of Nektar's "King of Twilight", from their 1972 album A Tab in the Ocean. Their cover is actually a ...
A protest song about nuclear war and the nuclear arms race, "2 Minutes to Midnight" was written by Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson.The song attacks the commercialisation of war and how it is used to fuel the global economy ("The golden goose is on the loose and never out of season"), how rich politicians profit directly from it ("as the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the ...
A building on the left side carries the sign, "Aces High Bar", a reference to the song of the same name. [27] Flying over the "Aces High Bar" is a Spitfire from the "Aces High" cover. [27] To the left of the "Aces High Bar" are four letters in yellow and green. These are Hebrew letters spelling out the name of God, namely יהוה, Jehovah ...
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris.Although fluid in the early years of the band, the line-up for most of the band's history has consisted of Harris, lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson, drummer Nicko McBrain, and guitarists Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers.
Aces High, a 1976 film "Aces High" (music), an orchestral piece by Ron Goodwin, composed for the 1969 film Battle of Britain; Aces High, a 1990 album by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen "Aces High" (song), a 1984 song by Iron Maiden; Aces High Light Aircraft, a Canadian ultralight aircraft manufacturer; Aces High, a minigame in Mario ...
A section of the lyrics are lifted from Beckett's 1973 song "Life's Shadow". Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood was the agent for Beckett and a teenage Steve Harris saw the band play this song live. Harris and Dave Murray settled with one of the credited songwriters, Robert Barton.
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The single marked Iron Maiden's debut release with new vocalist Bruce Dickinson. "Total Eclipse" was selected as the single's B-side over the song "Gangland", which in turn would appear on the initial version of the album. [13] The band later regretted this decision, with Steve Harris commenting, "We chose the wrong track as the B-side.