Talk:The Number of the Beast (song)
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[edit] Since the early days suffix
It had originally said that Bruce Dickinson has not been able to re-create the pitch of the scream in the song live. It has since been changed to say that the scream has not been re-created at that pitch live since the early days. I disagree - listen to any of the recordings of the song played live in the early days, and even then the pitch is not hit - including 'Live after Death' and 'Beast over Hammersmith'. Can we get rid of the "since the early days" suffix? - GurTheFred 17:13, 17 June 2006 (UTC).
- It has the same meaning. With or without the "since the early days" suffix the sentence still has the same meaning. BTW, next time use the "+" tab to start a new discussion and not the "Edit this page" tab. — Prodigenous Zee - 02:22, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
A lot of the mythical stories you hear about Iron Maiden are really just tid-bits and exagerations generated for publicity. It is a well known fact in recording circles that Bruce Dickinson's voice was sped up occasionally on record for effect. It's a common practice in the recording industry and there's no shame involved. Maiden however are not one to admit to studio trickery. Remember Tommorrow is a good example of the band's secrecy on the issue. To this day Smallwood doesn't officially admit that Bruce sang to Di'Anno's live version. It's only the hardcore fans that noticed the simliarities between both versions and came to the conclusion.
If you listen to Bruce sing live there are tons of notes that he doesn't recreate outside of the studio. I don't think this diminishes his status as one hell of a vocalist, but you gotta be realistic about it. As good as he is he's not as good as on record.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.116.181.3 (talk • contribs) 12:18, 9 December 2006.
- The problem with the above is the same problem with interesting little facts scattered all around Wikipedia's articles on songs and bands of the last 75 years - nobody cites sources as they're supposed to. Whoever can cite a good source on Bruce's pitch is going to be the person who "wins" the debate. Tempshill (talk) 04:27, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Merge
So, is this still going to be merged into the regular The Number of the Beast (song) article? I think it should be, since it's the same song, and just different versions of the single. Look at The Trooper, there it works too. Tokus 09:46, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
- I would agree. It does look a little lonely by itself. --DrBob 12:06, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
- Agreed. A re-release of a song (even a great song) doesn't really need a separate article of its own (featuring much of the images etc.) --Legis (talk - contributions) 18:14, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Video
Personally I'd like it a lot if someone can cite a source for the cost of the unfortunate video for this song. Tempshill (talk) 04:27, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
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