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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Jazz Iron Maiden at White River Amphitheater: Man Promises Neck Tatt

Posted by Trent Moorman on Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 2:54 PM

John McMurtrie

Iron Maiden ran through their White River Amphitheater set impressively. Pyro surged and spurt. Eddies grimaced. Maiden has a strong contingency of diehard fans. Songs focused on the Seventh Son album. I was hoping for more Powerslave. The theatrics were a bit clownish, but Iron Maiden is Iron Maiden, and Iron Maiden can do whatever they want. In the parking lot beforehand, a couple from Mount Vernon pre-gamed in their car with a small cooler of liquor, and splif. They listened to Maiden to get ready to listen to Maiden. There, I heard Powerslave. I approached and requested Widespread Panic, but they had not heard of Widespread Panic. We listened to the song “Powerslave” and they kissed. When I left, the guy said to his girlfriend, “Fuck it, I’m getting a neck-tatt tomorrow, of me getting a neck-tatt of you.” When I got back to my car after the show, they were still there. Maybe they beat me back. Maybe they never left. They were listening to Powerslave. I hope the guy is getting the neck-tatt. (Setlist after the jump.)

Setlist:
Moonchild
Can I Play With Madness
The Prisoner
2 Minutes to Midnight
Afraid to Shoot Strangers
The Trooper
The Number of the Beast
Phantom of the Opera
Run to the Hills
Wasted Years
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
The Clairvoyant
Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden

Encore:
Aces High
The Evil That Men Do
Running Free

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Please explain why on EARTH you would request Widespread Panic in the parking lot of a Maiden show.

Posted by remarkablyadept on July 31, 2012 at 4:26 PM

Why white river? This is when it sucks not having a car and not being able to convince anyone with a car to get off their lazy asses on a Monday night.

Posted by Roberto Rodriguez on July 31, 2012 at 4:30 PM

What #1 said. Lucky you didn't get nunchucked.

Posted by Dougsf on July 31, 2012 at 5:14 PM

I have no idea why I requested Widespread Panic. I guess I thought it would be funny.

Posted by Trent Moorman on July 31, 2012 at 5:24 PM

Actually not a bad song by Widespread Panic there. Who'd a thunk it. I clicked it as a joke.

Posted by Eddie Fan 206er on August 1, 2012 at 1:03 AM

I give Panic a lot of credit for being the only (I think) "jam band" of some renown that regularly uses power chords, so I suppose you could say there's some crossover there.

With respect to listening to Iron Maiden to get ready to listen to and watch Iron Maiden, this band is one of the few left where attendees are damn near REQUIRED to wear the shirt of the band they're going to see. Similarly, it makes perfect sense that those two were listening to Powerslave before the show.

In a lot of ways, I have no business loving Maiden as much as I do and I'm far from blending in with the crowd that went to this show, but as long as I'm flying the colors (I was), I really didn't have to worry about sticking out like a sore thumb.

Seeing Maiden in 2012 is a lot like seeing Maiden in 1985 - they do exactly what the fans expect of them and we return the favor by buying lots and lots of t-shirts, just like we did in 1985. We love them for being trapped in amber and we wouldn't have it any other way.

Posted by remarkablyadept on August 2, 2012 at 4:20 PM