The poem The Charge of the Light Brigade by Lord Tennyson is what this song is refer to. A lot of Iron Maiden's songs are historically based. Look at Run To The Hills, it is based on Native Americans their reaction to the settlers in one verse and the Army in the next. Worth looking into. Another great song react to the live version of Fear Of The Dark.

@bline5891

6 ай бұрын

Fear of the dark at Rock in Rio, the best life performance ever

@tigg1972

6 ай бұрын

Run to the Hills was my introduction to Maiden, I think I was 12 or so. Blew my mind. Found it on a metal compilation that includes Tom Sawyer by rush, Rainbow and others. Definitely began my love of Metal music.

@ared-ainu

6 ай бұрын

@@bline5891 I used to go to a heavy metal night club, and fear of the dark was the only song where everyone always specifically requested the live version. The club only has a capacity of about 700 people, but with the live version and everyone in the club singing it felt like you were at a festival.

@nilansh23

6 ай бұрын

Best classical reference to me from them is rime of the ancient mariner

@lailachopperchops9290

6 ай бұрын

@@bline5891 I 100 % agree man . bloody brilliant x

That concert was in Chile in 2011, 55k people singing like 1. Historic piece of rock

These guys exemplify what it means when someone is a performer. High energy, high octane, get the crowd involved, and absolutely kill it. There are few live artists/bands better

@seelenwinter6662

6 ай бұрын

iron maiden can play on every place on earth and they will have more fans than eminem, snoop, dr. dre and 10 other famous rapper together...^^

@walkawaycat431

6 ай бұрын

​@seelenwinter6662 Right. They just had to add another show in Brazil, the same venue on the next night. Up the irons! 🤘🤘

@GrayNeko

6 ай бұрын

Up the fucking IRONS!! !m!

@maxpower7318

5 ай бұрын

@@walkawaycat431 Saw them in Hannover Germany last June, absolute Epic, they are still killing it.

@kaffee-pause2663

5 ай бұрын

I was in Köln.

“Cannon to the right of them, cannon to the left of them, Cannon behind them volley’d and thundered stormed at with shot and shell while horse and hero fell!” this passage was read by Geoffrey the butler in Fresh Prince when he played the poet Raphael de la Ghetto. This was his character sneaking in the very real poem by Lord Tennyson a poem about the battle described in this song. It was the Battle of Baclava (oops sorry Balaclava I typo'd), Crimean war 25 October 1854. The Poem was “The Charge of The Light Brigade” a very gruesome battle well summed up by Iron Maiden.

@aleksiheija8170

6 ай бұрын

"Into the valley of death rode the 600"

@Tommy-he7dx

6 ай бұрын

What blows my mind is that there is a recording of the Bugler from the charge, sounding the same Charge a few years later: kzread.info/dash/bejne/g5-Zj9yjmrzZo7A.html Private Martin Leonard Lanfried (1834.8.25 ~ 1902.12.8) of 60th Rifles of British Army, re-enacts the very same bugle which he did at the charge of the Light Brigade during Crimean War, on August 2nd, 1890, at Edison House, London.

@sketchtherapy1218

6 ай бұрын

@@Tommy-he7dx thats awesome

@jeffkoftinoff4503

6 ай бұрын

... the same Crimea which Is being fought over again today between Russia and Ukraine...

@sketchtherapy1218

6 ай бұрын

​@@jeffkoftinoff4503 "only the dead have seen the end of war" ~ George Santayana (Soliloquies in England) "those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it" (The Life of Reason) ~ George Santayana

Iron Maiden's mascot 'Eddie the Head' was something their manager decided to utilize after the band got signed in 1979... In their early club days, Iron Maiden had a silver mask onstage as a stage prop - it would spew smoke and drip fake blood during their sets... Steve Harris called it 'The Head'... but in his thick British accent, it sounded like 'The Ed'... hence, the name 'Eddie'. Maiden's manager Rod Smallwood noticed in 1979 that none of the members of Iron Maiden were flamboyant rock stars offstage... Steve Harris was shy and soft-spoken... then-vocalist Paul Di'Anno was also a nice bloke... So, Smallwood wanted a character that would act as the band's visual mascot - he could do all the crazy things on paper that Maiden could not do in real life. Smallwood contacted a London artist Derek Riggs, who showed him his portfolio (mostly science fiction artwork) ... and in the middle was this painting of a ghoulish corpse w/ hollow eyes and punk rock hair, standing in a dark street. It was the first Iron Maiden album cover in 1980... Riggs said the inspiration came from a photograph taken during the Vietnam war of a soldier's severed head stuck on a Vietnamese tank... Riggs was hired to do all the Eddie artwork for Iron Maiden until 1991 (He claimed he got fed up of drawing 'Eddie') and other artists took over making Eddie artwork for Iron Maiden from 1992 onwards. Iron Maiden soon hired people to sculpt giant Eddies for each album's tour cycle... They would have a huge Eddie walk out onstage during the concerts and appear behind the stage at the end. 'The Trooper' was released in 1983 from their 4th album 'Piece of mind'... it became Iron Maiden's signature song, written by bassist Steve Harris about the British Light Brigade that fought against Russian forces in the Crimean war of 1853.

@edogjohnson11

6 ай бұрын

thank you so much for that. i learned a lot about a band i used to love, and am now starting to listen to again

@dsmallwood2112

5 ай бұрын

I wish i contacted Riggs I was just a kid in VA 😅

The song is based on the Battle of Balacalva during the Crimean War. Made famous by the poem The Charge of the light Brigade.

Bruce Dickinson lead singer is also a qualified commercial airline pilot an Olympic Fencer, He has won two World Championship silver medals (1998, 1999) and two European bronze medals (1995, 1997) and was no. 5 in the 2000 Olympics. On 6 January 2020, Dickinson was made an Honorary Group Captain of 601 (County of London) Squadron RAF

@KnezBranimir879

4 ай бұрын

He is also a professor of ancient history, got his degree back in 1979 at the Queen Mary University of London.

Most Maiden songs tell the stories of history... Delve deep man and enjoy

"Where Eagles Dare", "Number of the Beast", "Children of the Damned', "Phantom of the Opera", "Somewhere in Time", "Wasted Years", honestly sir, we could be here all night! Welcome to the family and damned proud to have you! UP THE IRONS!!! !m!

Love this! 🤘UP THE IRONS! 🤘 This song was written by Steve Harris (Bass player) inspired by the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" about the Battle of Balaclava (1854) during the Crimean War. Please react to "Invaders" from the album The Number of the Beast. Obviously by the title, another "war" song with amazing lyrics and imagery.

Iron Maiden has a fantastic catalog of music. Keep going for sure.

The song refers to the charge of the light brigade. As I understand it, the light brigade was a rapid attack unit designed to clean up at the end of an attack. Due to a miscommunication they were ordered to initiate a full frontal attack. Something the heavy cavalry would do. 600 soldiers charged to their deaths on a mistake.

‘fear of the dark’ in rio should be your next one… epic performance by both band and crowd

@sebiita1988

4 ай бұрын

NOxd

Hell yeah back to my teenage years

These guys put on a very high intensity, high powered show! They are famous for their concerts!

Hallowed be thy name is the most deepest Iron Maiden song to me and this is my second most favourite.

Iron maiden captures my teen years in the 1980s. Lots of history set to a driving beat.

Iron Maiden was formed in the UK, and some of the current members have since settled in the USA... Nicko McBrain (drums) lives in Florida (which is also where AC/DC' singer Brian Johnson and bassist Cliff Williams reside)... Dave Murray (guitar) lives in Hawaii... and Adrian Smith (guitar) lives in California... The other still reside in Europe.

The original video has scenes from the black and white film The Charge of the Light Brigade...check it out. Written by bassist and founding member Steve Harris, the song is based on the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava 1854, which took place during the Crimean War, and inspired by Lord Tennyson's 1854 poem of the same name.

Steve Harris, Bassist and founder of Iron Maiden is often the main songwriter and lyricist who writes songs about historical events and poems. Other members of Iron Maiden contribute their songs to albums such as Bruce Dickinson, singer and Adrian Smith of 3 guitarists wrote song called The Writing on the Wall for Maiden's 2021's Senjutsu. Senjutsu in Japanese means "Tactics"

You're finding all the good stuff now...well done!

I got so much extra credit for bringing in Iron Maiden songs in high school history and English classes in the late 80s/early 90s. This, Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, Alexander the Great. They also helped me get though the Satanic Panic of the 80s and see how full of crap it was. That and playing a ton of D&D (often while listening to album after album of Maiden.)

hands down my favorite band of all time, been a fan since the mid 80s or so

Rime of the ancient mariner flight 666 DVD next, you won’t regret it.😊

"2 minutes till midnight", "number of the beast", and "tail gunner" are Iron Maiden must listens

@dickcaraniun1.1969

5 ай бұрын

Children of the damned also

If this is from En Vivo, it's filmed in Chile in 2011, so the band will be in their 50s at that point

The Eddie depiction at the back of the stage? I had that as the centrepiece on the back of my motorcycle helmet 20 years ago, except he's holding a chequered flag not a union flag. As the front of the helmet had the union flag. Even though it's now unwearable, I still have that helmet. My son and I saw Maiden the week Bruce turned 60 years of age. He still runs around the stage like a lunatic when performing this (and pretty much every other) song. The war was the Crimean war 1853-1856. Between an alliance of Britain, France and Turkey against Russia in the Crimean peninsular. The song references an action during the Battle of Balaklava which became known as the charge of the light brigade. Where Britain's Light Brigade (cavalry) were mistakenly sent against Russian gun batteries at the far end of a valley in what was regarded as a near suicidal act from which they suffered huge casualties. The action was captured at the time in a poem by Lord Tennyson: "Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred."

They have an album that broke them big with "The Number of the Beast" and have a song with the same name. The song was inspired by a nightmare the bassist had after he watched the movie "The Omen." It was because of that one song and album cover they were labeled "Satanic" in the USA. They are definitely NOT Satanic. Many of their songs are inspired by war, literature, poems, movies, and history. They are simply an amazing band.

@mattblatchley2061

6 ай бұрын

This!

@rmckellip

6 ай бұрын

Yeah the "satanic" comment is funny since Revelation in the Bible talks pretty much about the same thing.

@mattblatchley2061

6 ай бұрын

exactly...they were more or less doing a "Bible Study" to music 🤣@@rmckellip

Also the song is about the Charge of the Light Brigade, which happened in the Crimean War in the late 1800's if im not mistaken

They are still going strong, saw them a couple of months ago, and they are still as tight as ever they are touring the States, Australia, New Zealand and South America next year. I would recommend the following live tracks When the wild wind blows Fear of the dark Paschendale Clansman Dance of death

I don't know where you are located, but Iron Maiden is coming to Charlotte, NC next Nov. Tickets are on sale, but the cheapest ones are $130 each (+all the fees and taxes). Unfortunately, with the way the economy is, I won't be able to make it this time around. The sad part is, this may be the last chance for me to see them live. I'm having trouble with mobility, and let's face it the band isn't getting any younger. I would love to see you, AKA, POLO, and a bunch of other do a live reaction.

One of the greatest bands to see live, being in the crowd is an insane experience and always full of the friendliest people i’ve ever met.

I have seen Iron Maiden several times in the eighties and 35 to 40 years ago they were the best band live that I had/have ever seen. Rock on BP

The bugle pronounced beeoogle is a trumpet 🎺 used in war to announce a charge also played on military bases to single the start and the end of the day.

@seancunningham4462

6 ай бұрын

not bulge as BP said 😝

Run to the Hills is a must❤

Your mom was worried about The Number of the Beast album...lol...my mom was clutching her pearls when she heard that album through my bedroom door at 14...I think I turned out ok...😂😂...every song on that album is a banger!!

Growing up with these guys and the Heavy Metal genre at it's roots ( I was in high school in the 80's, so just a little older than you ), it is so cool to see someone experience this for the first time. The 80's were magical.

This live show was shot in Santiago, capital of Chile over 2010. Maiden move real massive audiences in Latin America. This is one of their most classic songs, from their 1983 album Piece of Mind. Is remarkable the lyrics tell about a battle that England lose.

Hard to believe Bruce is 65, wow. Great vid BP

This concert was in 2011 in Santiago, Chile!

Fear of the dark

Up the Irons.This band is legendary heavymetal group.🤘🤘

I’m 62 and they still do it for me. Best metal band ever

i believe this song is based on The Charge of the Light Brigade. a lot of their songs are very historical.

You should never listen to a live version a song you have never heard before. Plus the REAL video is AWESOME!!

Seen Maiden live 7 times. You will never forget a Maiden show. You HAVE to see them live while you can!

I love your reaction Dude! Maiden has been around for 45+ years and are still touring and kicking ass live! Most of their albums are concept albums often revolving around historical events. Enjoy discovering them, you won't regret it.

Iron Maiden is the GREATEST(live;]BAND in the world now and forever🤘 Up the mighty Irons!!!🤘🤘🤘

Let me start with, I love your channel! From Tim Minchin to Tech N9ne to Iron Maiden to Charlie Daniels. I've been a Maiden fan since 1984. Thanks for your variety and open mind to music and for introducing things to your counterparts and friends! I truely enjoy your format. Thank you from Maine,USA.

1983, Ruesselsheim, Germany. Michael Schenker had opened up for them, high as a kite, needed a roadie to play his licks from behind a wall of Marshalls. Then darkness, silence - suddenly a flash of light and 4 guys running to the front of the stage. This was the first number of their set this evening and although i'd heard it dozens of times on the record before, it was a whole different beast seeing them live. On of the greatest nights i had, musically i mean 8-)]

They clearly still love what they do, cos they certainly don't need the money! I recon they'll carry on until one of them passes.....Best live band ever!

My late husband loved Iron Maiden. I used to call it 'melodic thinking man's metal' which always made him laugh. Great memories of him listening to this song and wearing his 'maiden' t-shirts you mentioned.

Saw them in 2019 in Nashville 40 years and still smashed it. Best Live Show Ever!

Their first album came out I was nine years old and it scared the shit out of me and then you get to know the musicians and you realize it's all just a show for entertainment.

Fantastic reaction!👍 With many Iron Maiden songs, you get an accurate history lesson. The Trooper tells the account of a British soldier in the Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War. Lord Cardigan led the British cavalry against Russian forces during this battle on 25 October 1854. Lord Raglan had intended to send the Light Brigade to prevent the Russians from removing captured guns from overrun Turkish positions. However, there was miscommunication in the chain of command and the Light Brigade was instead sent on a suicide mission charging straight at heavy Russian artillery which cost the lives of about three hundred British soldiers. Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote a poem to commemorate this disaster and he called it "The Charge of the Light Brigade". The bronze that the recaptured guns were made from was used to make the Victoria Cross, a military medal of the very highest order that was awarded "for valour" and designed by Queen Victoria herself. Very few of these have ever been awarded, even to this day. Other great Iron Maiden history lessons you could check out.... Run to the Hills, Alexander the Great, Paschendale and Empire of the Clouds. I've been a Maiden fan since hearing their debut album in 1980 when I was 10 years old. I've seen them live every time they've played in London, their home ground, and they never disappoint. Up the Irons!!!

This video needs more Likes. 👍 Come on people, hit that Like button!

Still on the go after 48 years . Seen them in June and as good as ever. All in their mid to late 60s with energy of teenagers. Plenty more to react to as there's 17 albums to choose from. Live versions are the best. Have fun 😊

The Brazilian crowds LOVE their metal music. Any Maiden stuff from Rock in Rio (any of the times they played the festival, but specifically their album from the 2001 show) is incredible. They go nuts for this music down there, and for good reason. So much crowd participation, just a sea of people rocking out. Love it.

Listening to Maiden is a Rabbit-hole..a great and awesome one.. .."Run to the Hills" next ?? :D

Bruce is one of the gods of metal. he has so much positive energy on stage

Please do Fear of the Dark - live

it refers to the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava 1854; and after the show they left with a 747 (EdForceOne) for travelling to the next show with Bruce Dicinson (the frontman) as a Captain flying. Powerful. Greets from Germany

Up The Irons!! \m/,,\m/

Well done sir, as always!

Crimean war, this song describes a military blunder that sent the light brigade, a cavalry regiment straight at the Russian guns where they were obliterated.

I will never forget hearing this song the first time. I was an instant Maiden fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When did this happen... The past 45+ years Maiden has been this good live

The Iron Maiden rabbit hole goes far and deep. An exploration you wont regret!

had the privilege to see them before they retired & they actually had a SpitFire hanging above them during!

I had the privilege to hear them live in Zagreb back in 2013.

When you read the lyrics back it makes me think of it as poetry... which ive never done before... and ive been a maiden fanatic for 2/3 of my life.

Iron Maiden are one of the best bands ever, they're coming state side next year, I'm gonna try catch them, you should too, you'd love the show

Now you're getting into one of my top 5 bands!!!! Hallowed was a great introduction but this is Maiden. I was 17 or 18 when this came out. I've seen them back in the early 80 and they rock just as hard now as they did then well into their 60's. Maiden is one of those bands that you can close your eyes and literally see the story. Mind blowing to see live.

Into the Valley of Death rode the six hundred. Canon to right of them, Canon to left of them, volleyed and thundered THE TROOPER!!! 🤟

This is the song that got me into Iron Maiden back when it was referenced in the book of World War Z. The military would blast it over PA speakers before a battle trying to psych up our soldiers while at the same time luring the zombies into a kill zone

Bruce Dickinson (lead singer) is also an airline pilot, he flies the band's 747 when on tour and has also flown thousands of troops in and out of warzones.

Gotta love a maiden boost in your life

Iron Maiden are a history lesson in music.

Yesss! More Maiden!!!

"The Charge of the Light Brigade" is an 1854 narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. He wrote the original version on 2 December 1854,

You really should listen to the whole album 7th son. It’s a concept album that tells the tale of a mystical “7th son” with special powers who gets seduced by the devil’s daughter, how the forces of good and evil tear at him and seek to exploit his powers, and how he ultimately transcends the struggle. (Just know they are portraying the devil as a villain in a story, not endorsing devil worship.)

Up the Irons 🤘🎸🤘

This song is about The Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava, 1854. Iron Maiden makes a video of this song with old clips from movies about this battle. You should watch that one, it takes the song to a whole different level.

Love Iron Maiden. Tthry are so unique. Their songs ate tales. Feel like listening to an ancient tales. A journey traveling into a trip of epic proportions.

The Crimean War of the mid 1850’s had an event were orders were miscommunicated and the British Light Cavalry Brigade, being duty bound soldiers, took their “perceived “ orders and plunged into a suicidal charge. They charged knowing they were not coming back! Lord Tennyson wrote a poem inspired by the event that addressed the dichotomy of honor in the field of battle and faulty orders by flawed leaders. It is called in literature “The Charge of the Light Brigade”. Iron Maiden writes a lot of songs about historical events. And this one honors “the Trooper”.

Chile...the greatest audience in the whole world!!! Cheers!!!

They are in their 50’s - 60’s and pulling crowds like this still! Actually the singer pilots the bands tricked out 747! He’s a commercially licensed pilot!

Off the charts energy and performance, I think this was about the british failed attempts during the Crimean wars of 1850's

Iron Maiden actually have a song about William Wallace/Braveheart called "The Clansman" I'd definitely recommend checking out the Live at Rock In Rio version from 2001, both the crowd & the energy are INSANE 🙌

Rhyme of the ancient mariner should be your next reaction. The storytelling prowess of these men is exemplary. The mood, Bruce's delivery of the lyrics, and the musical skill displayed are uncanny.

The flag is called the Union Jack

The song is based on "The Charge of the LIght Brigade" by Tennyson. It was based on the Crimean War when Britain did go to war with Russia. It was over access to the Black Sea through the Straits of Dardanelle which connect the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea through Turkey.

You got to ROCK to "RUN TO THE HILLS"- Iron Maiden 1982

The best 🤘This concert was in Chile, i was there. I've seen them 10 times, they're my favorite band 🎶

This video was shot in Santiago, Chile one of the craziest metal crowds in the world

Metal music historie by Iron Maiden the hardest working band out there pure talent ❤️incredible musicians

I want to see you do more Iron Maiden reviews! That was an EXCELLENT and heartfelt review!

I seen them in 82. Best show I've seen.

I grew up similar.....these guys had that image which turned people off, but their music and lyrics are always fire and the intelligence shows in their lyrics

I speak from Brazil and I was on Morumbi stadium of Brazil (São Paulo citi) at 2023 watching Iron Maiden alive again. Its totally amazing the energy from this band. I loved forever MAIDEN, MAIDEN, MAIDEN FOREVER ! Congrats for ur channel dude.