Viva l’Italia and viva all the great bands, singers and songwriters coming from the UK during the 60s, 70s and 80s.

I will have to take another listen to Powerslave, “Two Minutes to Midnight” is an awesome song, but “Number of the Beast” kind of encapsulates the moment for me. By the time Powerslave came out I was too deep into OMD and Erasure

@Carlo,

I have to say this blog is given to nostalgia, it is a weakness and a strength BTW I am fired up you commented here, for I am a huge fan of your aggr plugin, thanks for all your work with this Also, Viva Italia!

Eveything has gone… the posters, the 80s… and even my old friend (I met him quite rarely right now).

I liked that post, though!

Also, if you look at my blog’s Yotube channel you will see a small clip of me playing Powerslave on my guitar. Did that just for a friend here who is a fellow Maiden fan

Now I’m going to listen to “Stranger in a strange land”

As for the albums Piece of Mind was excellent, but I, like @Gerry, put “Number of the Beast” at the top of the list because I thought “Run to the Hills” was an important song when I was 11 or 12. I mean the whole idea of singing about the decimation of Native Americans was new to me then. And “22 Acacia Avenue” was wild one, a kinda new concept for me at the time, which prepared me for LL Cool J’s “Bistol Hotel” track on another 80s classic “Bigger and Deffer.” But, I have to admit that it was the “I am not a number, I am a free man” sound clip from The Prisoner that solidifies that album as one of the most important for me. Because of that album I found out what The Prisoner was, and went off and got lost in that world, though it would be years later until I would actually be able to see the series through.

@Gerry,
There is no question that the aesthetic was key to my interest in Maiden, aided by the fact my older brother loved them. And AC/DC went a step further in my mind with the mythology around Angus Young. My brother and his friends would sit around and tell me stories about how crazy they heard he was from other kids. He was something of a hero to my brother, but no so much because he knew all the details (he did love the music), but he liked even more to talk about Angus Young. Outside of Angus he loved to play arguably one of the greatest rock albums of the 70s: “Powerage”. The discussions of Bon Scott and his death were a whole ‘nother ordeal for my brother, along with “Powerage” he loved “‘74 Jailbreak” –and by extension I would listen to both of them again and again because we shared a room. With a bit of Saxon’s “Crusader” thrown in for good measure, another impressive album cover that crossed-over well with my D&D fascination.

I remember seeing that cover for Killers in my cousin’s bedroom when I was like 11 years old. Like you, I stared at it for hours. One of those experiences that really did warp me for life. I just had to listen to the record. Maybe the cultural conservatives have a point.