Former Iron Maiden vocalist Blaze Bayley – who was a member of the fold between 1994 and 1999, performing on 1995’s “The X Factor” and 1998’s “Virtual XI” – shared a few interesting tidbits regarding the Maiden catalog during an interview with UG’s David Slavković. You can check out the chat below.
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Which Iron Maiden songs were the most favorite for you to perform live? And which one of those were the most difficult to perform live?
“Technically difficult – ‘Heaven Can Wait.’ It’s got a very challenging verse in there. It’s a lot of words to fit in rhythmically.
“One of the great things about that song is – as difficult as it is, it taught me this wonderful lesson about phrasing. And I’ve been able to take that lesson and use it in my work since.
“So when I think of ‘Heaven Can Wait,’ there is a direct relationship between learning how to sing that song and [2016 solo song] ‘Infinite Entanglement.’
“There’s a direct relationship because the phrasing on ‘Infinite Entanglement’ – I learned how to do that kind of phrasing and how to put the lyrics and create a melody like that because of singing those songs with Iron Maiden.