Iron Maiden - The Trooper (feat. Tim "Ripper" Owens & Ben Christo) by Esprit D'Air
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- čas přidán 27. 09. 2023
- Music video by Esprit D'Air performing The Trooper (cover of Iron Maiden) feat. Tim "Ripper" Owens (ex-Judas Priest, now KK's Priest) & Ben Christo (The Sisters of Mercy).
Song originally written by Steve Harris / Iron Maiden.
Video production by Charlie Smith at Mind Art Visual. Mixed and mastered by Paul Visser at The Recording Studio London. Artwork by Andrew Ley. Esprit D'Air live photography by Paul Duckworth (CZcams thumbnail).
Performed by:
Kai - Lead vocals, guitar, guitar solo 1
Tim "Ripper" Owens - Lead vocals
Ben Christo - Guitar solo 2 & backing vocals
Yusuke - Guitar
Takeshi - Bass
Jan-Vincent Velazco - Drums
Lyrics:
You'll take my life, but I'll take yours too
You'll fire your musket, but I'll run you through
So when you're waiting for the next attack
You'd better stand, there's no turning back
The bugle sounds, the charge begins
But on this battlefield, no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and horses' breath
As I plunge on into certain death
The horse, he sweats with fear, we break to run
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
And as we race towards the human wall
The screams of pain as my comrades fall
We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
And the Russians fire another round
We get so near, yet so far away
We were meant to fight another day
We get so close, near enough to fight
When a Russian gets me in his sights
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
A burst of rounds take my horse below
And as I lay there gazing at the sky
My body's numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear, I draw my parting groan
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It was so fun to do this cover!
Like for many metalheads, "The Trooper" was one of the first heavy metal songs I got into. I am honored to team up with both Tim "Ripper" Owens (ex-Judas Priest) and Ben Christo (The Sisters of Mercy) on this to commemorate its 40th anniversary with our own version! We also wanted to respect the original version but also make it our own, so Ben and I wrote our own guitar solos in it. The tour footage was taken from our sold out UK tour earlier this year. We can't wait to see you again in Europe in 2023/2024!
We hope you love it!! 🔥🔥
Spotify, Apple Music & more:
play.espritdair.com/the-trooper
Mindblowing cover...... the vocals from both singers and guitar solos from both Kai and Ben...... probably the best cover of this song ive heard.......!
Thank you Spotify for showing me this in a playlist, this was epic!
Expected nothing less from a talent like Esprit D'Air 😏🤘🤘
Thank you! You're so kind! ❤
i am addicted to the voice of tim ripper owens!
Tim can be the lifesaviour for Maiden! 🎯
Tava indo ouvir "Wasting love" e apareceu esse vídeo como anúncio. Não me arrependo de ter clicado🤘
First time I clicked on a ad and this popped up! Awesome performance, Know I know about Esprit D'Air💥👍
Omg❤🎉❤❤ temazo gracias por compartir, awesome work thnaks for sharing ❤🎉
Awesome!! What a perfect cover of a perfect song!!!! ❤🔥🤘👍
Those guitar solos 🤯🤯🤯
I've never really listened to Iron Maiden, but I absolutely love this cover! Gonna be on a repeat for a while I think :D
I went to see Iron Maiden on tour a few years ago and they performed this and it was amazing, but this is such a brilliant cover. I love it 💖
*_Super amazing_* 💯❤️🔥✨⚡🤟🔝
Epic colaboration guys!!! Amazing job everyone!!! Let's bring the old memories of rock and metal!!! It's time to wake up and make a resurrection of memories!! ❤🎉🎉🎉
Esprit D'Air is such a cool band, thank you for this awesome cover!
Tim Owen's voice is impressive! I got shivers! And last but not least, my NUMBER ONE GUITAR HERO Ben Christo's take on the solo makes the song reach a new level of epicness! 🤩
GODDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Absolutely awesome 😍👏🤘xx
kai in glasses kinda cute😂😍
Kai in general is adorable tbh
Omg this is the first Maiden cover i love🤟🏻😃🤘🏻
I cannot tell you how much joy this song brings me. That sounds fantastic I just time traveled back to the 80s! 💖✌️🎶
So happy to hear that it gives you that feeling! ❤
🔥🔥🔥
Amazing version! I'm a Maidenmaniac and I enjoyed so much this version! Excellent!
Omg omg omg I've waited for this! Amazing!!! Not that it's surprising anymore, you guys are always incredible 💜
Awesome cover! Ripper delivers as always 😉🤘
I so hope that you play this at your Exeter gig man ❤❤❤❤❤
WOW, WOW, WOW. Love this!
this is so cool. long time fan of maiden, judas priest and esprit d'air!
and like that... it is on repeat. 👌
This is my preferred version from now on.
I love Iron Maiden. The Trooper is such a big piece of music and you have managed to honour it and still make it your own. Awesome❤
Damn, this footage. Just footage of people being happy with their own performance, with their lives. I'm having hard times right now, and this reminds me of once happy people I once shared lives with. Just a sad memory, a nostalgic one. I know that it was not intended to give such emotions, but it does to me. Also, the thing about fighting russians in this song is kind of relatable for me as a Ukrainian. It's weirdly poetic how things like that can provoke deep thoughts like these. So good.
Most excellent cover 🤘🔥
Amazing!!
Absolutely insane cover can’t wait to see you guys in liverpool next year 🤘🎸
Geez!...wow ... amazing cover, 10/10👍
Such an amazing collab and video! Thank you for sharing with us ;)
The most awaited single and video really blew my head!!! I hope to see you in Latin America someday!! Kai, you are great, you have shown everybody what you are made of!!! I loved it, keep rocking hard!!!
We'd love to go to Latin America finally one day! ❤ thank you for waiting for us!
I will always be waiting for you!! It will be a dream come true when I see you here. My gratitude and admiration forever. I can see the the wonderful human being within the musician. Thanks, Kai, you are a great person.♥️😊🎸
EPIC!!! ❤❤ ❤ 🔥 🔥 🔥
I love the fresh energy you guys brought to this classic! Keep on rocking guys!🤘
Awesome cover and collab!! 🤘🤘
Thank you! Really glad we made this happen together! ❤️🤘
Absolutely terrific cover and great collaboration. Love the signature "Kai" guitar tone on this! Hoping for new original music / new album from Esprit D'Air sometime soon?
Definitely working on it! It is a long process. Happy to give fans fun stuff in the mean time! 🤘🔥
I looooooveeeee it!! 🤘🏻 made an awesome song awesomer!! 🤘🏻
You all got it! Keep going!!!
Damn, this is fire 🔥🔥🔥
I am just in Love with it. 😍😍😍
Its so great.
🤘 Amazing as always 🔥 epic cover.
Hope you can come someday to México 🖤
This absolutely slays!! ❤️🔥🔥 fantastic cover, fantastic video and fantastic memories 🥰
I Got this ad when i was listening to the trooper
I can’t hit like hard enough
I LOVE IT!!!!!!
🤘❤🤘
So awesome! 🤘🤘🤘
I love it!!! 🤯😃🤘 So epic!!!🔥🖤 Keep going!!! 🙌
Awesome 🤘🔥
Thank you for watching! 🤘🔥
Fantastic 🤘 Sounds amazing and great video 👍 even spotted myself a couple of times 😁
It was so cool seeing you at every show this year! 🤘🔥 Thank you so much, Paul!!
Very good!
Thank you! 🤘❤️
Absolutely loving this cover 😍😍😍
So glad! Thank you for listening! ❤️
@@EspritDAirOfficial been listening on Spotify since about 12.15 am 😅 so it's definitely a favourite
The ripper of troopers! 😂
la verdad si canta muy bn
What is takeshi doing at 1:37 😳😳😳😳😳
Licking shrooms🍄
Completely forgot I had a bday hat on at the show. Until I saw myself in the corner of the screen...
This band is even better than Maiden! 🤔🪨🎯
Mee lawv u lawng time
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂wdf