Their refusal to sing about blondes and cars, though, is part of what made Iron Maiden better (and funnier) than so many of their peers. They are a Dungeons and Dragons player’s dream come true: a band who write truly rocking songs about World War II battles, Icarus, scenes from the book of Revelation, and the heroic resistance of native Americans to the westward expansion. This is dorky stuff, to be sure, but one only has to let one’s guard down for a second and it’s all over: the here-come-the-horses rhythm section is impossible to resist, and the melodies are totally sweet. Anyone who can listen to “The Trooper” and not get caught up in its twin-guitar harmonies and lyrical combat melodramatics is too jaded for his own good.
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