2011-11-15
In ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT / Tags: Attack, back, children, Cowards, freedom, Murder, Stab, women /
Question by Karl’s On Hiatus: Murder For Freedom A Stab In The Back, Women And Children And Cowards Attack?
Yeah I am on a Maiden binge…..
What are the best songs about historical events?
I made this….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtwwS0iosdQ
Thanks William
Best answer:
Answer by God Listens To Slayer (MCMG)
Aces High – Iron Maiden
Paschendale – Iron Maiden
The Flight of Icarus – Iron Maiden
War Pigs – Black Sabbath
Alexander The Great – Iron Maiden
Angel of Death – Slayer
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battle of new orleans – johnny horton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50_iRIcxsz0
ohio – neil young
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdVMGKOFIwY&feature=av2n
chicago – graham nash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEFsBF1X1ow
woodstock – matthews southern comfort
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyTUF5gP2KE
Run to The Hills! *bum-baba-dum! bum-baba-dum!* Run For Your Li~ves!
I too am on a Maiden binge, I’m so damn stoked for their album m/
Aces High – Iron Maiden
The Longest Day – Iron Maiden
Paschendale – Iron Maiden
Hallowed Be Thy Name – Iron Maiden
The Trooper – Iron Maiden
To Tame a Land – Iron Maiden
Back In The Village – Iron Maiden
Rime of The Ancient Mariner – Iron Maiden (technically, yes)
These Colours Don’t Run – Iron Maiden
Genghis Kahn – Iron Maiden
Judas Be My Guide – Iron Maiden
It’s under debate whether The Number of The Beast actually happened.
run to the hills…. run for your lives…….
gee.. dunno why peeps might be excited over a 35 year old metal band… surely they have long ago hit the 10 year ceiling and went to poop? =P
Let’s see…..
IRON MAIDEN-
The Longest Day (D-Day, operation Overlord)
Paschendale (Self explanatory)
Two Minutes To Midnight (Doomsday clock, referring to the cold war)
The Trooper
Run to the Hills
SABATON
The Price of a Mile – On the Battle of Paschendale
Cliffs of Gallipoli â About the Gallipoli campaign in World War I.
Talvisota â About the Finnish Winter War during World War II.
Union (Slopes of St. Benedict) – About the battle of Monte Cassino during World War II.
Panzerkampf â On the The Battle of Kursk.
Primo Victoria – (About D-Day of Operation Overlord).
Reign of Terror – About Operation Desert Storm and Saddam Hussein.
Panzer Battalion – About the 2003 Iraq War. (oddly enough)
Wolfpack – About the Battle of the Atlantic, specifically Wolfpack Hecht’s attack on convoy ONS-92.
Counterstrike – About the Six-Day War.
Stalingrad – About the Battle of Stalingrad.
Into the Fire – About the Vietnam War.
Coat of Arms – About the Greco-Italian War during WWII and the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.
Midway – About the Battle of Midway.
Uprising – About the Warsaw Uprising.
Screaming Eagles – About the 101st Airborne Division and the Siege of Bastogne.
The Final Solution – About the Holocaust.
Aces in Exile – About foreign pilots during the Battle of Britain.
Saboteurs – About the Norwegian heavy water sabotage at Vemork.
Wehrmach – About the Nazi war machine and the effects of the Third Reich on an ordinary German soldier.
White Death – About Simo HÀyhÀ, an extremely gifted Finnish sniper during the Winter War.
Attero Dominatus â – About the Battle of Berlin.
Nuclear Attack â – About Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Rise of Evil â – About the Third Reich and Adolf Hitler.
In the Name of God – About the War on Terror.
We Burn – About the Yugoslav Wars.
Angels Calling – About World War I.
Back in Control – About the Falklands War.
BOLT THROWER
Overlord ( ummm… operation Overlord?)
The IVth Crusade (self explanatory)
Tank (Mk.I) (World War 1, first use of tanks in battle)
many more of their lyrics deal with historical battles and the like, I just got to admit to burning out…..
LEAVES EYES
the Entire Vinland Saga album and Legend Land are about Leif Erickson discovering Newfoundland in North America.
These aren’t Metal DMaul…but they are historical and excellent songs…
The Legend of Crazy Horse ~ JD Blackfoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xh5GUkK0u4
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald ~ Gordon Lightfoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw
Well, I can’t add any Iron Maiden, but…
’1692 (Glen Coe Massacre)’ ~ Nazareth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3syno-cGYpU&fmt=18
‘The Hangman and the Papist’ ~ The Strawbs
{set some time in the English Civil War}
‘Sad Mary’ ~ Stone the Crows
‘Fotheringay’ ~ Fairport Convention
‘To France’ ~ Mike Oldfield
{all about the end of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots}
‘The Rape of Maude Bowen’ ~ Inkubus Sukkubus
{based on supposedly true events}