46. Can I Play With Madness
(7th Son Of A 7th Son, 1988)
Punkte: 97
Votes: 9
Schnitt: 10,8
"'Can I Play With Madness' actually started life as a ballad I had been working on called 'On The Wings Of Eagles'. Then Bruce had a verse for it but wanted to change the title to 'Can I Play With Madness.' I must admit, it did sound better that way. So we took that one in and Steve liked it, too. It was Steve who came up with the time change in the middle and the instrumental passage, which again gave it that lift it needed. I was surprised when it was such a big hit. We'd had singles go into the charts before, but they flashed in and straight out again, usually. But this song hung around there for ages, and they actually played it on the chart rundown on Radio 1 on a Sunday afternoon, which is something they'd never, ever done before. I think people were amazed when they saw us sing the opening part. We weren't exactly known for our harmonies. If I'd suggested harmonies when I first joined the band, I would have got beaten to a pulp, but me, Bruce and Steve would sing the harmonies live. It was quite simple, really, but very effective, and the audience loved it, they'd jump up and down from start to finish. Despite the title and whatever Bruce meant in the lyrics, it became a feel-good kind of song for the band and a real highlight of the show on that tour." (Adrian Smith)
"This song is a real collaborative effort. The beginning bit, the riff -with all apologies to Pete Townsend- was me on acoustic guitar at home. Then Adrian came along with some chords and I went "Hang on a minute, I have some words here that fit!", so we sat down and worked on it. Steve then came in with the Zeppelin-isch time change bit and we also had a tremendous argument with Nicko saying "This won't work, it's too radical!", but I thought it will work....and it did." (Bruce Dickinson)
"Ich habe 'Can I Play With Madness' zum ersten Mal im Mai 1988 gehört, als das Video in der ARD-Sendung Formel Eins gezeigt wurde. Ich habe das in meinem Maidenmonth-Beitrag zur "Maiden England" alles etwas ausführlicher geschildert; dieser Moment, dieser Song waren mein musikalischer Urknall. Ich habe in einem Plattenladen in meiner Heimatstadt damals dann die Werbung für die "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son" gesehen und musste diese Scheibe unbedingt haben. Mein Vater ist dann losgezogen, aber weil die Platte noch nicht erschienen war, brachte er stattdessen die "Number Of The Beast" mit. Erst kurze Enttäuschung, dann Begeisterung nachdem 'Invaders' vorbei war, und dann ganz große Liebe nach 'Children Of The Damned'. Seitdem bin ich Metal-Fan, und Maiden sind meine absolute Lieblingsband!" (
@Gaimchú )
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