Iron Maiden - 01.Intro / The Wicker Man (New York 2000)

Iron Maiden - Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, USA, 05 Aug. 2000.
Intro: Remix of the song "Arthur's Farewell" by Jerry Goldsmith from the OST of the movie "The First Knight" (1995).
[Lyrics Intro]
Adorate me, Adorate me, Adorate me, Adorate, Adoraate[x3]
Dominus deus, Dominus noster, Dominus mortus est
Hoc regnum meum est, Hoc regnum meum est
Deus in caelo, Deus in caelooooo
Translation:
Adore Me, Adore Me, Adore Me, Adore (God), Adore (God)[x3]
The Lord (is) God, Our Lord, Lord (Arthur) is Dead
This is my Kingdom, This is my Kingdom
God in Heaven, God in Heaven
[Lyrics The Wicker Man (Smith, Harris, Dickinson)]
Hand of fate is moving and the finger points to you
He knocks you to your feet and so what are you gonna do
Your tongue has frozen now you've got something to say
The piper at the gates of dawn is calling you his way
You watch the world exploding every single night
Dancing in the sun a newborn in the light
Say goodbye to gravity and say goodbye to death
Hello to eternity and live for every breath
Your time will come, your time will come
Your time will come, your time will come
The ferryman wants his money you ain't going to give it back
He can push his own boat as you set up off the track
Nothing you can contemplate will ever be the same
Every second is a new spark, sets the universe aflame
You watch the world exploding every single night
Dancing in the sun a newborn in the light
Brothers and their fathers joining hands and make a chain
The shadow of the Wicker Man is rising up again
Your time will come, your time will come(x5)
Bruce Dickinson:Vocals
Steve Harris:Bass
Janick Gers:Guitar
Dave Murray:Guitar
Adrian Smith:Guitar
Nicko McBrain:Drums
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''The Wicker Man'' is a song from the twelfth studio album''Brave New World'' by Iron Maiden, released on 30 May 2000.
''This song is called 'The Wicker Man' because there's one line in the song which mentions The Wicker Man as in The Wicker Man of the cult 70s movie. And the song is, I think, the best single Maiden have had out in donkeys years. It's a really rocking single. Basically the feel of it is so up in term of the vibe you could almost be listening to an Offspring track during one or two bits of it as far as I was concerned. I was just thinking about when I stand up in front of x thousand people singing, just thinking about the buzz I get out of it; I'm thinking about the buzz I used to get when I was a kid and I used to go to rock festivals you really felt you belonged to something bigger than yourself on that one day. You also felt in some ways that you could change something; you could change the world a weeny bit that day 'cos you're all in that field. And that's what's the song's about, hence the chorus, 'Your time will come'. You suddenly feel you are a part of everything. '' (Bruce Dickinson)
The lyrics seem to highlight the general apathy of our modern society and our egoistic disinterest in what is happening in the world until something actually happens to us and we get "knocked to our feet". Watching "the world explode every single night" refers probably to those who watch the evening news and who have an overload of grisly images of wars and sufferings, and who become gradually de-sensitised and de-humanised.
The symbol of the new rise of the wickerman, a figure of paganism, might imply that we are slowly going back to ancient "evil" ways. The ritual was once performed as a fertility rite for the land in former Celtic tribes, where a giant wicker man was burned with living beings inside, mostly farm animals but also sometimes humans too, then the ashes were spread on the fields as fertiliser. Technically, the system was good as the ashes would contain a lot of elements beneficial to the crops, mostly a fair amount of nitrogen from the animals, but there are nowadays many very efficient fertilisers on the market that render this method quite fortunately obsolete.
''Brave New World'' is the twelfth studio album by Iron Maiden, released on 30 May 2000 (see 2000 in music). It marked the return of longtime lead singer Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith to the band, who left in 1990, replaced by Janick Gers. It was also the band's first studio recording with three guitar players, as Gers stayed with the band after Smith's return.
The album art and title song are references to the novel of the same name written by Aldous Huxley.

[@mateluna]

I was at MSG. My first Iron Maiden concert! :)

[@revan210]

Their sound is incredible! A truly great live band! FORVER UP THE IRONS!!!

[@Danuch113ny]

I was at this concert. What a great show!!! Halford, Queesryche, & Maiden. MSG COMPLETELY sold out. All the bands were awesome, the crowd was nuts, an all around great night! Thanks for posting this!!

[@craigc9589]

Saw them the day before or after in Massachusetts, what and awesome show! One of the best concerts ive ever seen!

[@rebelscum88]

they start off so epic, and chilling... i went to the somwhere back in time concert, even that started off chilling! i love it, and i love maiden. keep going guys!

[@PhantomLordNYC]

Wow I was at this show. It was AWESOME. Halford opened along with Queensryche. It was a great night.

[@OSKRTORRES]

Hello from Puerto Rico... Excellent video!!! Maiden Ricans forever!

[@Evergladecro]

- Fuck yea!!! :)

[@rodrigofigueroa4723]

1:42 🤘💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[@amithabajan2]

im seeing them a year on that day! spooky huh.

[@Killer96z]

This was an amazing concert RIP John Ruvio

[@rustykuntz94]

+Killer96z I was there! The Garden in NY is such a great legendary venue to play. Big arena, but NOT too big & the acoustics in the building are great, almost never heard a bad sounding concert there for any band.

[@ulfw6664]

Not realy a maiden fan, like Halford and Qeensryche moore. But opening a show this way is fenomal! Can watch this over and over.

[@ricardoleony]

a pity that queensrych didnt make it to rock in rio 2001 , i was there

[@Confidientellity17]

Their time will come in Prague 8.8.2008

[@timosha21]

@Mozzer232 did dreamtheater play for you guys??

[@user-qw8yw6sf9w]

на футбол стоко людей не ходит как на концерт айрон мейдон

[@therungofthemooring9253]

YOU JUST MADE HISTORY. SATAN.