FLIGHT OF ICARUS
Cuarta obra de estudio de los inigualables Maiden, de título "Piece of mind", de 1983, un disco que llega en una época en que la genial banda británica estaba aún expandiendo su imperio metálico a lo largo y ancho del planeta, en concreto, con este álbum terminaron de entrar en el mercado americano alcanzando esta obra el número 70 en las listas de ventas estadounidenses, el puesto más alto hasta ese momento en aquella tierra. Como dato interno de la banda, justo antes de la salida de este disco, el batería Cliff Burr es despedido de Iron Maiden, siendo sustituido por el carismático Nicko McBrain, procedente de la banda francesa "Trust". El disco que hoy nos ocupa se transformó instantáneamente en un éxito internacional, gracias a temas como "The Trooper", o "Flight of Icarus", sin olvidarnos del resto del disco que completa una obra muy en la línea Maiden. Tras alcanzar el número tres en el Reino Unido en cuanto a ventas, la consiguiente gira de presentación de la obra en vivo les hizo visitar lugares tan pintorescos como Las Bahamas, y muchos otros visitados por vez primera por la banda ese año de 1983, certificando ante millones de personas que su directo era, (y es), uno de los mejores que uno puede pagar por ver. Quiero dejar una canción de este disco en el blog, y que mejor que uno de sus temas más aclamados de esta obra, "Flight of Icarus", un temazo de esos que te entran a la primera y que ya no salen de tu cabeza, y del que dejo un enlace a youtube.
As the sun breaks above the ground
An old man stands on the hill
As the ground warms to the first rays of light
A bird song shatters the still
His eyes are ablaze, see the madman in his gaze
Fly, on your way, like an eagle, fly as high as the sun
On your way, like an eagle, fly and touch the sun
Now the crowd breaks and a young boy appears
Looks the old man in the eye
As he spreads his wings and shouts at the crowd
In the name of God, my father, I'll fly
His eyes seem so glazed as he flies on the wings of a dream
Now he knows his father betrayed
Now his wings turn to ashes to ashes his grave
Fly, on your way, like an eagle, fly as high as the sun
On your way, like an eagle, fly touch the sun
Fly, on your way, like an eagle, fly as high as the sun
On your way, like an eagle, fly as high as the sun
On your way, like an eagle, fly touch the sun
On your way, like an eagle, fly...
An old man stands on the hill
As the ground warms to the first rays of light
A bird song shatters the still
His eyes are ablaze, see the madman in his gaze
Fly, on your way, like an eagle, fly as high as the sun
On your way, like an eagle, fly and touch the sun
Now the crowd breaks and a young boy appears
Looks the old man in the eye
As he spreads his wings and shouts at the crowd
In the name of God, my father, I'll fly
His eyes seem so glazed as he flies on the wings of a dream
Now he knows his father betrayed
Now his wings turn to ashes to ashes his grave
Fly, on your way, like an eagle, fly as high as the sun
On your way, like an eagle, fly touch the sun
Fly, on your way, like an eagle, fly as high as the sun
On your way, like an eagle, fly as high as the sun
On your way, like an eagle, fly touch the sun
On your way, like an eagle, fly...
By Nash
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