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“Strange World” is a song from the bands debut album Iron Maiden. It was written by Steve Harris, the bass player for Iron Maiden. It is the sixth track from the original US & UK album releases; and the seventh track from the remastered 1998 release CD.
“Strange World” tells of a dystopian society, where people never grow old. Amongst other things the narrator (singer) laments how “smiling faces ever so rare”. The lyrics also contain what could be allusions or references to several famous dystopian fictions: the lack of aging and any emotions but empty happiness amongst the people could be references to Brave New World by Aldous Huxley; the line “ship of white light in the sky” could be an allusion to the novel We, specifically the scene in which it was discovered most of the world had been destroyed by a superweapon, as nowadays the term “superweapon” would likely be assosciated with nuclear warfare; and the lyric “living here just isn’t the place” could be voicing on the running theme amongst dystopian fiction of seemingly perfect societies that beneath the surface really aren’t perfect at all.
The song that precedes it will always be Transylvania, the famous instrumental piece, because they both merge, as one song if listened to.
“Strange World” tells of a dystopian society, where people never grow old. Amongst other things the narrator (singer) laments how “smiling faces ever so rare”. The lyrics also contain what could be allusions or references to several famous dystopian fictions: the lack of aging and any emotions but empty happiness amongst the people could be references to Brave New World by Aldous Huxley; the line “ship of white light in the sky” could be an allusion to the novel We, specifically the scene in which it was discovered most of the world had been destroyed by a superweapon, as nowadays the term “superweapon” would likely be assosciated with nuclear warfare; and the lyric “living here just isn’t the place” could be voicing on the running theme amongst dystopian fiction of seemingly perfect societies that beneath the surface really aren’t perfect at all.
The song that precedes it will always be Transylvania, the famous instrumental piece, because they both merge, as one song if listened to.
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so this is my take on the two insanely awesome guitar solo's of dave murray in strange world, of course their not perfect, but not too bad I think!.. let me know!..
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lactophobia wrote:
One guitar uses a wah and the other one sounds like a chorus, but you can do same with a low flanging fx.
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PIKACHU69 wrote:
I think this is my favorite maiden track...Well somewere in the top 10 for sure :D.
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AllyOfTheDark wrote:
I don't know if the guitars in this song use a flanger or a chorus or wah-wah effect, or what, but they sound fantastic. So moody, atmospheric, and otherworldly...
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Powerslave7 wrote:
Awesome! I love this song. Right '“smiling faces ever so rare”.
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Irenicus_ wrote:
"Later, when Maiden became a metal monster, they never had songs like Strange World and Remember Tomorrow... " and what about Wasting Love, No Prayer or Journeyman? btw, beautiful song, love it.
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PahnDaemon wrote:
Great song, and a lot of not so intelligent people who tag this as heavy metal.
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Orange1999 wrote:
one of my favourite songs
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MikeySchenker wrote:
This is sooo beautiful... lovely job by Paul...
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Photophobia wrote:
A genuinely eerie and dreamlike song.
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settlehead wrote:
Smiling faces ever so rare.
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malajen wrote:
best iron maiden song ever
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exodus1973 wrote:
one of the few tracks that never got played when i was growin up.
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WiJoCo wrote:
I made a video for this, synching the song with footage from the movie "Donnie Darko". It's on YouTube if anyone wants to see it. I hope you like it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M98dVAP4gi8
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truemayhem78 wrote:
bellissima e malinconica, la tipica canzone da ascoltare verso le due di notte affacciarsi alla finestra, guardare la città con ancora qualche luce accesa alle finestre delle case, sentire un' altro giorno che muore... un bel joint che accompagna l'ascolto è il top!
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brettcar70 wrote:
Listeneing to this awesome song takes to another world... a "Strange World"...........Maiden Rules !!
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settlehead wrote:
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm plasma wine (2)
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wajahat_k wrote:
One of the greaterst ballads ever no doubt. And one of maidens most underrated tracks.
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OpethForLifee94 wrote:
Beautiful stuff. Good on the Maiden boys!
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MATI9630 wrote:
One of the best ballads I've ever heard. Right now the only one (which I can remember) that tops it is Pink Floyd's Time.
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koutsivtom wrote:
one of the greatest post metal songs ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!everytime i hear it ,i thing is better
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