Maiden's new Artwork

[Tiki-Tom]

Originally posted by blonddgirl777
What do you mean exactly :confused:

Every time I see a show they are, very true to themselves...

Well, Dance of Death was pretty boring. That's only one example. I've seen them dozens of times live-and live they're great! For years they have promoted very boring product. I live with the world's biggest Maiden fan-even she agrees with me.
Their management (more than likely 'Arry) has really become the Gene $immons of metal. Live album after live album, remasters galore, greatest hits, mediocre product, etc! WTF? They have gotten so stale creatively that they have to depend on what they did in the past knowing that their die-hards will buy anything Maiden-even if they already own a hundred copies in one form or another. They used to care about the music quality. Lately all they've seemed to care about is the pound note. That's far from what they used to be and far from my definition of true to oneself. That being said, I hope the new disc will see a return to the Maiden from back in the day! There are hints there, at least with that single and it's cover.

All I'm saying is that, for example, some may say EVH is being true to himself. Maybe he is. But that would have to be his present self NOT his past!

[mako_kimura]

When my music service Rhapsody released Reincarnation, the album art was totally different

[Tiki-Tom]

Here is the official cover artwork by Melvin Grant.
Looks even more amazing than the leaked image.

http://ironmaiden.com/media/images/IID00002176.jpg

[binnie]

Cool, cheers for the link!

[Tiki-Tom]

Eddie's back
Hell yes!!!!!!

[Tiki-Tom]

They took down the old link. Here's the official one.

http://www.ironmaiden.com/media/images/IID00002176.jpg

[blonddgirl777]

Originally posted by Tiki-Tom
... All I'm saying is that, for example, some may say EVH is being true to himself. Maybe he is. But that would have to be his present self NOT his past!

Changing with time, eaven if not satisfactory to everyone doesn't mean "NOT true to oneself"...

I.M.O.

[Tiki-Tom]

Originally posted by blonddgirl777
Changing with time, eaven if not satisfactory to everyone doesn't mean "NOT true to oneself"...

I.M.O.

Well, IMO, changing with time is a poor excuse for becoming bored and lazy.

This thread was about the cover for the new single. If they had always been true to themselves, as you say, then they would have never come out with that piece of shit cover for DoD. Oh, I guess they "changed with time" for that album only to change back for this one.

[blonddgirl777]

Originally posted by Tiki-Tom
Well, IMO, changing with time is a poor excuse for becoming bored and lazy.

This thread was about the cover for the new single. If they had always been true to themselves, as you say, then they would have never come out with that piece of shit cover for DoD. Oh, I guess they "changed with time" for that album only to change back for this one.

Hey,
Don't get all worked up there!

Ever heard of David Lee Roth?
He is no longer bending over backwards and summersalting on stage... nor his he wearing spandex tights.
His musical influences change as often as his underwear do but,
He remains true to himself.

Do you still have a mullet haircut?
If so, don't you change that... ever!

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Originally posted by blonddgirl777
Ever heard of David Lee Roth?
He is no longer bending over backwards and summersalting on stage... nor his he wearing spandex tights.
His musical influences change as often as his underwear do but,
He remains true to himself.

Bien vu, BG. It's cool to see you're back around here.

I never could stand Maiden, personally. I'll never say it's no good, of course, but those grandiloquent, pseudo-epic lyrics and way too far-fetched riffs, well, no thanks.
My brother came up against one of the guitarists in Lille a few years ago. They had hired a concert hall there to rehearse before a European tour.
Dave's Spandex's... BTW, my bro told me the guy still wore large ray bans, very tight t-shirts and jeans jacket, still had the long, long hair like in 1980... As far as I'm concerned I don't give much shit about look in general. It's more about their music, but then all tastes are in nature...

[blonddgirl777]

Wanna know "untrue to oneself"?
Try Tomme Lee;

Back in the 80's the trend was R&R Hairbands,
He did R&R Hairband.

In the mid. 90's, the trend had became Hip Hop (goin' to jail) Rappers,
He TRYED the jail/rapper shit but OUP! realized it had nothing to do with him.

So in the 2000's, the trend comes back to R&R (trends have a 20 years cycle),
He comes back to R&R but guess what? Kids want kids... not old farts like him.

Moving along with the trends with your clothing, furniture and overall looks is a sign that you can evoluate but,
Tagging along with every new trend as far as music goes, is a sign that you are desperatly trying to SELL
(at all cost) because you have been forgotten, somewhere down the road...

Maiden and D.L.R. (for exemple) are NOT trendy at all.
They make their own.

[blonddgirl777]

Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise
Bien vu, BG. It's cool to see you're back around here.

I never could stand Maiden, personally. I'll never say it's no good, of course, but those grandiloquent, pseudo-epic lyrics and way too far-fetched riffs, well, no thanks.
My brother came up against one of the guitarists in Lille a few years ago. They had hired a concert hall there to rehearse before a European tour.
Dave's Spandex's... BTW, my bro told me the guy still wore large ray bans, very tight t-shirts and jeans jacket, still had the long, long hair like in 1980... As far as I'm concerned I don't give much shit about look in general. It's more about their music, but then all tastes are in nature...

Eille Jérôme!
Quoi de neuf?

Well... you know me...
Fashion is my life and if people don't want to change that, it is le chômage pour moi!

Some people look good in their old originals... I have a 44 years old friend who still looks awsome in her Gothic outfits and died jet black hair... she will never change it. We all have a hard time imagining her otherwise.

I also know some guys that never left their KISS T-Shirts and they are looking great too.

I guess it's the copying the younger generation when in your 40's that really bothers me. That and the refusal to "act your age" like hairpiece on balding men, mini skirts on 57 yrs old women etc...

If Elvis was still alive, I would hate to see him in a baby blue jump suit but I wouldn't mind seing Jimmy Hendrix in his tight hippie clothes...

I guess it all depends...
I love Maiden... whatever they do, as long as they never Rap or twirl a Disco ball!
Although... I do, like Rap and Disco? L.O.L.

[blonddgirl777]

Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise
... BTW, my bro told me the guy still wore large ray bans, very tight t-shirts and jeans jacket, still had the long, long hair like in 1980...

But Jérôme, he had never left the taped jeans... now the kids are immitating that.
And sorry to say but, in "some European countries" (obviously not France),
fashion has been stucked in the 80's ever since!

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Originally posted by blonddgirl777
Eille Jérôme!
Quoi de neuf?

Well... you know me...
Fashion is my life and if people don't want to change that, it is le chômage pour moi!

Oh, I sent you a PM before I read this post.

Originally posted by blonddgirl777
Some people look good in their old originals... I have a 44 years old friend who still looks awsome in her Gothic outfits and died jet black hair... she will never change it. We all have a hard time imagining her otherwise.

I also know some guys that never left their KISS T-Shirts and they are looking great too.

I guess it's the copying the younger generation when in your 40's that really bothers me. That and the refusal to "act your age" like fake hair on balding men, mini skirts on 57 yrs old women etc...

If Elvis was still alive, I would hate to see him in a baby blue jump suit but I wouldn't mind seing Jimmy Hendrix in his tight hippie clothes...

I guess it all depends...
I live Maiden... whatever they do, as long as they never Rap or twirl a Disco ball!
Although... I do, like Rap and Disco? L.O.L.

Well I won't ever try to compete on this ground...
That said, every time it's very enlightening!

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Originally posted by blonddgirl777
But Jérôme, he had never left the taped jeans... now the kids are immitating that.
And sorry to say but, in "some European countries" (obviously not France),
fashion has been stucked in the 80's ever since!

Well fashion here has often startled me... Lately it's been those awful jeans with thin vertical lines that so many of my pupils will wear... Yark!

Iron Maiden's look was pretty close to AC/DC's Young bros. I don't care that much about how musicians look, except when I find their music crappy.
Had they not had those amazing record sleeves, they wouldn't have had a quarter of the success they've met, I think. CVH would probably have been even more huge if they had hired a designer about as crafty...
But well, I don't want to spoil this thread, as I'm not sure you can find any more anti-Maiden than I am...