Up until July, somehow I had lived my whole life without seeing Iron Maiden in concert. Now I look back on all those years and realize they were only half-lived. Iron Maiden rules! Their show is heavy and fun and has lots of stuff on fire--everything that metal should be.
Today's song is the first single from 2000's Brave New World, in which longtime Iron Maiden lead singer Bruce Dickinson rejoined the band after some years away. It is also the title of one of my all-time favorite horror films, The Wicker Man. The song doesn't follow the storyline of the movie, but it does seem especially relevant this year, since it's about modern society's apathetic disinterest in world events until something immensely bad happens that won't be ignored. Maybe if we'd all just wake up and pay attention, we wouldn't need Eddie the Head's giant laser finger to come single us out?
As serious as the subject matter is, "The Wicker Man" is classic, rocking Iron Maiden. Plus the video has lots of stuff on fire! Watch out for that Eddie, though. He'll run you off a cliff and steal your car.
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