(drumming and singing in the background)...Oh.Oh! You cheeky! You slimeball! What did you do that for, you rotten terror Dave? You f'king put myown voice and verbals in the... you know, they've heard me trying to sing this f'king song now.Well how ya doing out there, you lot? Eh? Welcome yet again to Nicko's not alot of people know that, orknew that, or still don't... I don't know, whatever it is now days... number six. You are absolutelydevastatingly spoiled, the lot of ya. You're out there in your greasy sweaty debauched horrible stinking littlepalms and fingers and all those horrible little bits and pieces that go on your hands... Are now the proudestof possibly the most amazed Iron Maiden fans to own 2 Minutes To Midnight, Rainbow's Gold, MissionFrom 'Arry... hoho! We shall talk about that later... And as you heard, that rotten Dave there will be tiddlingthe knobs in the control room, decided to wack the microphone on... Aces High, King Of Twilight, NumberOf The Beast live! Oh you gosh, you've got such a package there! How can you still be sane, after this? Imean, goodness gracious, listen to me, I've been playing it for six years! Hahahaa! Anyway, no!Oh gosh, (sings) two minutes to midnight... cha! Released the 6th of August 1984. My third single with theband. I guess that must make the band's eleventh or tenth single, whenever. Don't write in and say, NickI've got it wrong. or else I'll... (hits the microphone)... give you some of that! And, it got to number 11 inthe charts and this great British... oh by the way, earlier on I was thinking of trying to think... you know wehad the Bleeding BUDGET Company, which we all know who that is by now, right? Now there was anothercompany that I sort of mentioned prior to this little speech I'm giving to you now, and I won't actually tellyou who it was, but the kind of... the... the abbreviation of this I suppose you'll get it from, but I though wecould call them the Mighty Tight Veg, what do you think? I mean, they haven't got any clue, have they?You know, I mean, nevertheless! Hahaha! Now then, we all know who they are, cause they've wimped out.Nevertheless, we still got to number 11 in the great British charts thanks to you guys again, and girls, and allthem little guyettes and guygirls and znznzn... all them people sort of whatever out there... First releasedsingle off the Powerslave album, and yet again this album was recorded in the Bahamas. Yes sir, mmmmhmmm! Now, as we all know, 2 Minutes To Midnight, great song, good video... the first story format thatthe band had ever put out on a video rather than just sort of crazy stuff and... and... the norm, you know.Hehehe.Rainbow's Gold was a song written by some friends of the band's, a guy called Terry Sles... Slesser, sorryTerry I didn't mean to get it wrong... Terry Slesser and a guy called Kenny Mountain who ah... in a bandcalled Beckett together, I do believe. I might have go that wrong... so f'king hell what if I have! You gonnado something about it? Huh huh? Come over here!Anyway, now then, on the butt end of this here single was a track called Mission From 'Arry. See? Now,those of you out there, still to this day some of you think that this was a coreographed piece of entertainmentfor all you guys and girls. Well I can tell you it f'king well was not. It was in fact the, if only, the very f...only argument I've ever had with Steve Harris. We were onstage in Allantown Pennsylvania one evening...this was on the Piece Of Mind tour... when... although it was released on the back of a Powerslave single, itwas actually recorded on the Piece Of Mind tour. And, I was doing a drum solo... you know, new boy in theband, do a drum solo Nick... get on with it. So in this period of time, Steve would go off to the back of thegig and change his... if he had a dodgy bass string, or he... normally he would... but what happened on thisnight, he was changing the battery on his remote, or his... should I say his transmitter. So, he sent this guyaround to tell Mike my drum tech to tell me to extend my drum solo, cause he weren't ready. But he didn'ttell my drum tech, he told this guy who was sitting at the back of the gig who was one of the riggers, a guycalled Paul who's no longer with the band, I wonder why? No, anyway, he said to him, tell Nick to extendhis drum solo. So I'm playing... (makes drum noises)... and all that shit, and I gets a tap on the back andthis guy says Ooy! I go, What! Ooy! Blahahaey! I go What! He's going Heyheyhey ehey! and he'spointing to Steve. I'm going, EH? He's going, ah ah heyheyhey! I'm going, WHAT! He's going,WAHEHAAHAHAYYY! I said, FUCK OFFFFFF! Hahah... Jesus Christ, he made me FUCK! Oh!Anyway, what could I do?I stopped, I gone absolutely wally, so I've come off the gig anyway... and cut the... to make a long story evenlonger, I've come off the gig and I gone in the dressing room and I said, That f'king geezer at the back ofthe gig! What the f'king hell does he think he's doing? There he is, he's giving me all these verbal signs andall this stuff right? I said, I couldn't understand him, he was about three feet behind me instead of comingup and shouting in my lughole. Harris said, I sent him. I went, You what? He said, I sent him. I said,What the f'king hell you doing sending him around to give me messages? He said, Well, I... you know...play a bit more and you know, need a bit more time to change my bass thing-a-me-bob. And I said, If'king care about that, this geezer made me fuck! He said, Well look, you better go and appologize tohim. And I said, F'king right I am! I f'king appologizing to him, he made me fuck! He said... hahaha!That's the argument. We argued about fifteen twenty minutes, and it all calmed down, and Bruce came inand he got a bloody cassette in his back pocket, and he said, Oy Nick, what would happen if he tried to tellyou the lighting truss was going to fall on your head? And I said, Don't you f'king well start! And 'Arrysaid, yeah, he's got a good point, doesn't he? So we started the argument again and Bruce recorded it. Andthen at the end of this Mission From 'Arry you'll remember this... 'Arry says... he grabs the tape... just beforehe grabs it, he sees this tape in the pocket and he's going some (beep)'s recording this! Hahahaha! So hegot the tape, and that's basically how that all happened. But anyway, after this extravaganza, we thought itwas so funny we had to let you guys hear it. And that's the only serious argument I've ever had with Steve inmy life... or my life.So, that just about gives me enough time in this little not alot of people know that number six, part six, orwhatever, to tell you just a tad about Aces High, which as you know has got King Of Twilight on it, andNumber... NOB! of. Number Of The Beast live. This song was released 22nd of... no it wasn't... heh! It was,it was released 22nd of October 1984. Chart position 20 that got to. Now, at the time we were rehearsing thePowerslave album, Steve was writing this single, I started to learn to fly airplanes in Jersey. And, I'd comehome from the aerodrome, and I'd have the old... you know, twisting the old ends of the mustache, twiddlingthe old various bits and pieces... the hat and the goggles and the scarf... Woah, tally-ho Biggles! You'vebandits at six o'clock low, coming out of the sun, 12 o'clock high! Watch out, full power, bomb's awayBiggles! You know, all that good stuff. And I think it sort of slightly influenced Steve to write this song,you know, about those 2nd World War spitfire pilots and those guys. Hey, shhh... just between you and me,Steve... he doesn't like to fly. He hates it, he think's I'm an absolute nut case! But, you don't tell him I toldyou, will you, because he'd be very upset.Anyway, Aces High, King Of Twilight... great! What a package this one is for you! I wish I had more timeto explain some more of the stories on 2 Minutes and things like that, around that time. But I really do haveto go now, I'm running out of time. Oh yes, just a little joke for you before I leave. Have you heard the oneabout the two queers? The were fighting over a manhole! Hahahahah! See ya, I'm off! Bye!Related Songs That Will Make You Cry UncontrollablyLinkin Park Honors Chester Bennington In The Emotional Video For 'One More Light' Watch Beck's Heroic New Music Video For 'Up All Night' Photos
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15 The Final Frontier 2 A.M. 2 AM 2 Minutes to Midnight 2 Minutes To Midnight (Smith, Dickinson) 5:52 22 Acacia Avenue 22 Acacia Avenue (Harris, Smith) 6:04 22 Acacia Avenue (The Continuing Saga of Charlotte... 22, Acacia Avenue 323 Bc] 666 The Number Of The Beast Aces High Aces High (Harris) 4:07 Aces High [Live] Afraid To Shoot Strangers Age Of Innocence Alexander The Great Alexander the Great [356 - 323 BC] All In Your Mind Another Life Back in the Village Be Quick or Be Dead Black Bart Blues Blood Brothers Blood of The World's Hands Blood On The World's Hand Blood on the World's Hands Blood On The World's Hands Brave New World Brighter Than A Thousand Suns Brighter Than a Thousand Suns Bring You Daughter... To The Slaughter Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter Bring Your Daughter... ...To The Slaughter Bring Your Daughter...to the Slaughter Burning Ambition Can I Play With Madness Caught Somewhere in Time Chains of Misery Charlotte the Harlot Charlotte the Harlot 88 Chevrolet Childhood's End Childhood's End Children of the Damned Children Of The Damned (Harris) 4:19 Churchill Speech Churchill's Speech Closing (Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life) Coming Home Communication Breakdown Como Estais Amigos Cross-Eyed Mary Dance of Death Death Or Glory Deja - Vu Deja Vu Deja Vu Die With Your Boots On Die With Your Boots On (Smith, Dickinson, Harris) Different World Different World Different Worlds Doctor Doctor Doctor, Doctor Doctor, Doctor Don't Look To The Eyes Of A Stranger Don't Look To The Eyes Of A Stranger Dream Of Mirrors Drifter Drifter - Steve Harris Edge of Darkness El Dorado Empire Of The Clouds Excerpt of Excerpt Of \ Face In The Sand Fallen Angel Fate's Warning Fates Warning Fear Is The Key Fear Of The Dark Fear Of The Dark (Live At Rock In Rio) Fear Of The Dark [Live At Rock In Rio] Flash of the Blade Flight Of Icarus Flight Of Icarus (Smith, Dickinson) 3:21 For The Greater Good of God Fortunes Of War From Here To Eternity Futureal Gangland Gates Of Tomorrow Genghis Khan Ghost Of The Navigator Hallowed Be Thy Name Hallowed Be Thy Name (Harris) 7:17 Hallowed Be Thy Name [Radio 1 Legends Session] Heaven Can Wait Holy Smoke Hooks In You I Can't See My Feeling I Can't See My Feelings I Can't See My Feeling I Live My Way I'm A Mover I've Got The Fire I've Got The Fire! I'm A Mover I've Got The Fire! If Eternity Should Fail Infinite Dreams Innocent Exile Innocent Exile - Steve Harris Intro Intro: Churchill's Speech Invaders Invasion Iron Maiden Iron Maiden - Live After Death Iron Maiden (Harris) 4:11 Journeyman Juanita Judas Be My Guide Judgement Day Judgement Of Heaven Judment Of Heaven Justice Of The Peace Kill Me Ce Soir Killers Killers - Live Killers - Paul Di'anno, Steve Harris King Of Twilight Lightning Strikes Twice Listen With Nicko ! Part VIII Listen With Nicko! Part I Listen With Nicko! Part IV Listen With Nicko! Part XI Listen With Nicko!, Pt. IX Longing For Heaven Look For The Truth Lord of Light Lord Of The Flies Lord of the Flies [DVD] Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) Man On The Edge Man on the Edge [Live] Massacre Massacre (Cover Thin Lizzy) Mission From 'Arry Mission From 'Arry Monts\u00c3\u00a9gur Montségur Montsegur Moonchild More Tea Vicar Mother Of Mercy Mother Russia Murders In The Rue Morgue Murders In The Rue Morgue - Steve Harris Murky Space Race My Generation New Frontier No More Lies No More Lies [DVD] No Prayer for the Dying Nodding Donkey Blues Number Of The Beast Only the Good Die Young Out Of The Shadows Out of the Shadows Out Of The Silent Planet Paschendale Paschendale [DVD] Pass The Jam Phantom of the Opera Phantom Of The Opera (Harris) 7:01 Phantom of the Opera [Live] Powerslave Powerslave (Dickinson) 7:06 Prodigal Son Prodigal Son - Steve Harris Prowler Prowler '88 Prowler '88 Prowler 88 Public Enema Number One Public Enemy Number One Purgatory Purgatory - Steve Harris Quest For Fire Rainbow's Gold Rainbow's Gold Rainmaker Reach Out Remember Tomorrow Revelations Revelations (Dickinson) 5:59 Rime Of The Ancient Mariner Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (Harris) 13:03 Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (Live) Road To Hell Roll Over Beethoven Roll Over Vic Vella Run Silent Run Deep Run Silent, Run Deep Run Silent,Run Deep Run To The Hills Run To The Hills (Harris) 3:52 Running Free Running Free - Live Running Free (Harris, Di'anno) 8:16 Sanctuary Satellite 15 Satellite 15 The Final Frontier Satellite 15... The Final Frontier Sea of Madness Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Shadows Of The Valley She's Gone She's Gone Sheriff Of Huddersfield Sign of The Cross Sign of the Cross [Live] Silver Wings Space Station # 5 Space Station No 5 Space Station No. 5 Speed Of Light Still Life Strange World Stranger in a Strange Land Sun & Steel Sun and Steel Tail Gunner Tailgunner Tears Of A Clown That Girl The Aftermath The Angel And The Gambler The Apparition The Assasin The Assassin The Book Of Souls The Clairvoyant The Clansman The Duelists The Duellists The Edge Of Darkness The Educated Fool The Evil That Men Can Do The Evil That Men Do The Fallen Angel The Final Frontier The Fugitive The Great Unknown The Legacy The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner The Longest Day The Longest Day The Man Of Sorrows The Mercenary The Nomad The Number of the Beast The Number Of The Beast (Harris) 4:48 The Phantom of the Opera The Pilgrim The Piligrim The Prisioner The Prisoner The Prophecy The Red And The Black The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg The Sheriff Of Huddersfield The Sign Of The Cross The Thin Line Between Love And Hate The Trooper The Trooper (Harris) 3:59 The Trooper [Original Album Version] The Unbeliever The Wicker Man The Wickerman These Colours Don't Run These Colours Don't Run Thin Line Between Love and Hate To Tame a Land Total Eclipse Transilvania Tush Twilight Zone Twilight Zone - Steve Harris, Dave Murray Two Minutes To Midnight Virus Wasted Years Wasted Years '99 Wasting Love We Kill Everything Weekend Warrior When The River Runs Deep When The Wild Wind Blows When Two Worlds Collide Where Eagles Dare Wicker Man Wildest Dreams Wildest Dreams [Promo Video] Women In Uniform Wraithchild Wrathchild Wrathchild - Steve Harris Wrathchild '99 Wrathchild (Harris) 2:54 Wrathchild [Live]
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