Iron Maiden - Flight of Icarus (Drums and Bass only)

[@wndowpayne]

This a great date test..if she says it sounds like Maiden she is a keeper.

[@alexpaurazas4083]

One of the best rhythm sections In Metal

[@vincentmasterbassist6784]

The best

[@valentins.2637]

@@vincentmasterbassist6784 I think that's pretty subjective. But for me it's Geezer Butler and Bill Ward

[@befryhus2334]

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[@mrzed2349]

finally people will realize how difficult it is to keep a solid bass line going. Steve is fucking brilliant

[@vincentmasterbassist6784]

mr zed hes an absolute savage

[@blackscience8980]

Fuckin genius

[@MajorDstruction]

It's made me begin looking into playing again. I'm 50, but Mr. Harris is the reason I took it up over 30 years ago to begin with. I may suck but the passion is back!

[@jmpsthrufyre]

So is Nicko.( and Clive) That really makes it so much easier. Don't have to think because the drums are so damn solid.

[@thomasclapham7388]

It’s one of Steve’s Least favourite songs to play live as well (hence that they avoided it early days) Until the they brought it back in the legacy of the beast tour

[@JOsKosID]

When the drummers and the bassists chemistry work, it's a half a band. Drummer and bassist are the heart and a rythm of band. I can tell this as a bassist. :)

[@iconcanada3660]

Steve has bionic fingers. This whole band is amazing

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

3:20 bionic style!

[@biorythmicshifter]

This song kicks ass even without anything else. Pure brilliance!

[@antwanwilliamsAkrimoneyAkiApac]

I remember buying a bass guitar in 1983 as a senior in high school. It was a fender copy and I always wanted to play the bass. This is one of the songs I would play along to as I was teaching myself how to play. It was a struggle at first because Steve is top notch on the bass.

[@MrMaideniac]

Harris and McBrain feed off each other in their playing.

[@jonbeijar224]

Still do....

[@thefog7067]

I like the story about how the when Maiden was practicing flight of Icarus before they were about to record it in the studio and Steve said to Nicko " it's a bit slow, Play it a bit faster" 😄

[@tralhas]

Bruce stated that Steve never liked the song. "Steve never liked it. He thought it was too slow, but I wanted it to be that rocksteady sort of beat. I knew it would get onto American radio if we kept it that way, and I was right." Thank God for Bruce to stand his opinion!

[@twikirobot6897]

....and the version on Live After Death sucks....because it's WAY too fast.

[@tralhas]

@@twikirobot6897 Yeah... I always preferred the studio version of their songs (to listen at home) because of that "turbo" mode that maiden go sometimes.

[@giulimborges]

it is great@@twikirobot6897

[@brunovladimir4157]

I love the entire bass line, specially the chorus section, DAAAAANM

[@leoneldelgado271]

3:36 Fly as high as the sun..........!!! 🤘🏻🤣👍🏻 Today December 8 2024 received the notice that Nicko is retiring from Iron Maiden..... Up the irons...!!!! Y gracias Maestro...!!!

[@BrunoNunes83]

wish i had this back in the day i was learning to play the bass..

[@titobalkani8240]

Seriously man, me too

[@scottallen653]

No shit!!Me too!!! But this is great,tho.Love hearing the actual interaction,not just my (reasonably close)interpretations.

[@joshl.8950]

I would try to pull my headphones halfway out to get different audio channels. Also used to go listen in the car to hear the bass better than my discman!

[@Kathey3]

The picture is so amazing :D

[@isserdayan2543]

Cool..finally Maiden karaoke😎

[@TheGoodSon89]

from the bottom of my heart thanks for the track!

[@jacekkowalczyk9909]

steve and nicko- love you

[@RadioklimaTheReturn]

Bass fantastic!!!!😯😯😯😯

[@papapoodo6685]

FANTASTIC!! Two of the best! More please?!?!

[@iconcanada3660]

Dude has fingers of steel

[@biorythmicshifter]

Of Iron…

[@joaofernandes8360]

Beautiful

[@MrManuSmith]

the sound is great!

[@jmpsthrufyre]

Love the slides. Don't hear them much. And the drums during the chorus are sooo damn tasty. Amazing!!

[@yuvalshneor696]

The picture is sick!🤟🤟

[@ChikoChonny]

My best Maiden karaoke EVER! I know too much this song XD

[@davidwilkinson7645]

I could listen to this without anything else🤷‍♂️🙏🙏 up the fuckin irons. And RIP martin birch. God fuckin bless ya🙏🙏

[@j_gab]

Amazing

[@jasen1971]

Id l9ve to hear some isolated bass from Mercyful Fate and King Diamond (Timi Hansen bass)

[@sergiodambrosio363]

I totally agree! What a great bassist he was! On all the albums he played he always had done a very good job. He is not so well known, sadly... I wrote about him on an italian bass forum when he died, and no one even commented... And his band too should have been much famous. Many young HM listeners barely know them, and I've always thought that it is absurd! Mercyful Fate is one of my favorite HM bands since the first time I listened to their music, back in 85. They are way better than many bands more famous than them, in my opinion. Greetings from Italy!

[@ColtraneTaylor]

Steve took his entire sound and playing style from Rinus Gerritsen, bassist of Golden Earring.

[@TheFryingPanStudio]

smooth an tight!!

[@jmpsthrufyre]

Solid and loose

[@vincentmasterbassist6784]

ago both, right where they need to be

[@atgv43]

Can anyone hear Bruce's scream in their head at the end?

[@robsonbilbao2196]

EU ADORO ESTA MUSICA

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

3:00 woah

[@menostube]

Imagine that this song is not Steve's favorite... He mentioned that some time ago in an interview.. No wonder they don't play this amazing song on live concerts..

[@joey_ramone_96]

they used to play it tho, they just have more stuff and can't play everything off this album (iirc they already play the trooper, revelations and Where eagles dare *not sure about this last one), it's understandable, even tho it's quite sad

[@garyzabnicki2856]

They just played it last Friday. It was awesome

[@R95-o6x]

Very good

[@marcioandre1378]

Perfect

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

The bass rhythm is totally different than I thought all these years. 😂

[@cartasinfinito4509]

Cool. Thanks

[@titobalkani8240]

THANK YOU GOOD SIR🤘

[@osullibr]

More please dude. Lots more.

[@antonistroumpoukis5170]

Very tight and great sound. I hear some influence from Led Zeppelin's Immigrant song in the verse.

[@availablelight999]

Who says magic doesn't exist!! Maiden and Rush

[@ketihezza]

Harris and lee

[@montesxd7u7v22]

so fucking unique way to play

[@steveobryan5949]

Adrian and Bruce snorting coke in the background??

[@emankcin1701]

I think they are Janick and Dave 😅 Janick certainly. Besides they would have stopped taking anything stronger than vodka by 2000. I'm fun at parties, I know.

[@nate-ds9tg]

@@emankcin1701 Dude Janick wasn't in the band at this time. And Nicko's hair is way too short in this picture for it to be Janick-era.

[@emankcin1701]

@@nate-ds9tg Except for Steve wearing Brave New World shirt.

[@FadirDungeon]

@@nate-ds9tg This was 2000 or 2001 and Jan was in the band at the time. I think Nickos hair is set up in a pony tail.

[@tristanp1983]

@@nate-ds9tg yeah this photo isn't from 1983, it's from 2000/01 and those are the trousers Jan wore on the BNW tour..

[@tariksba]

Beautiful and pretty princesses ...

[@phunkybeatmonkey]

yanick and dave chopping the lineys in the back ground

[@choudhurynoor1327]

Adrian and Dave

[@diegojavier3632]

I think is Janick and Kevin Shirley

[@QuirinusLaurelin]

How is this possible?

[@LYFDDT]

I just put together the drum track and the bass track. The 2 tracks are from youtube. Someone must have ripped it from Guitar Hero or Rock Band games... I did not play one note. What you hear is all Steve and Nicko.

[@asv77]

By the power of the gods!

[@paulocesargildelima7687]

👍

[@antonellacatarraso982]

bestial

[@trikkke11]

Steve's least favourite Maiden song, if I remember correctly. A bitch to cover, I think. Maybe he outclassed himself when composing it... On a sidenote: Nico looks like a mobster in the picture.

[@alessandroarcuri209]

The song was composed by Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson, actually, not by Steve.

[@trikkke11]

@@alessandroarcuri209 Was anybody denying that ?!

[@alessandroarcuri209]

@@trikkke11 aaah, you were referring to the bassline, I thought you meant he wrote the whole song.

[@trikkke11]

@@alessandroarcuri209 Glad we can agree Steve writes his own basslines.

[@iconcanada3660]

Holy shit it sounds like immigrant song

[@DidacticEditions]

He says he likes this albu best, but it was the foggiest and most mattressy album base sound wise...Not as clear in general

[@WildChildMcCloud]

He used a very midrangey tone boosted around 400 hz. Add that to an already mid heavy Fender P bass played through 12 inch speakers and voila.

[@ignaciozdanavicius9268]

SON LOS MEJORES................LEJOS