Iron Maiden-10.The Educated Fool(Hamilton,Canada 1998)
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- Iron Maiden - Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, June 28, 1998, during the '' Virtual XI World Tour'' 1998.
The Educated Fool (Harris)
Blaze Bayley:Vocals
Steve Harris:Bass
Janick Gers:Guitar
Dave Murray:Guitar
Nicko McBrain:Drums
[Lyrics]
I'm an educated fool so I don't know what it is I'm supposed to do
About this awkward situation that's been thrust right down upon me
As I'm walking down into on my own into the valley of life
Got a lifetime of experience yeah I've got so much to give
Open the page at chapter one could this just be that life's just begun
Forever within your darker thoughts reflecting on everything you've been taught
Never felt this way before, seems that somebody's just opened the door
To the book of life... or is it death? is there ever any way out
Someone's looking down on me to the very inner core of my soul
They won't tell me what they see but I really want to know
I want to live my life on my own, I want to lift the unturned stone
I want to walk right into the fire, I want to live out all my desires
I want to go and see the fire burn, I want to see and feel my world turn
I want to know what more there's to learn, I want to pass the point of no return
Do you really want to be just another statistic or feel
That you really should aspire, that you really do deserve more
Do you ever really feel that you have so much potential inside
What you really have to give could be realised so much more
I want to live my life on my own, I want to lift the unturned stone
I want to walk right into the fire, I want to live out all my desires
I want to go and see the fire burn, I want to see and feel my world turn
I want to know what more there's to learn, I want to pass the point of no return
Time will flow, and I will follow
Time will go, but I will follow
Time will flow, and I will follow
Time will go, but I will follow
I want to feel what life's like respond, I want to meet my father beyond
I want to walk right into the light, I want to feel no fear but delight
I want to live my life on my own, I want to lift the unturned stone
I want to walk right into the fire, I want to live out all my desires
Time will flow, and I will follow
Time will go, but I will follow
Time will flow, and I will follow
Time will go, but I will follow
The educated fool...
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'The Educated Fool' is a song from Iron Maiden's album ''Virtual XI '',released in 1998.
''This started from the guitar melody line that you hear at the beginning and it fitted really well with a couple of other ideas that I had at the time. It turned out very strong and is one of Blaze's favourites on the album. ''(Steve Harris)
'The Educated Fool' is about the deep and introspective mid-life realisation that most people eventually reach, where they begin to realise that their education and ideals are not really relevant to what is important in life. But the song also seems to be a statement of hope, to put these things into a proper perspective and face the ultimate meaning of life (whatever that might be) head-on.
This is also the first song where Steve Harris's father is mentioned ("I want to meet my father beyond"), as he had recently passed away. The other song that mentions Steve's father is 'Blood Brothers' ("Just for a second a glimpse of my father I see"), yet another life-questioning song, although on a more general level.
Musically this is an excellent song, with powerful emotion, some great vocal harmonies, and classic Maiden riffage. Definitely this is one of the best songs on the album.
'Virtual XI' (pronounced: Virtual Eleven) is the 11th studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The album was released on March 23, 1998. It was the second and final Iron Maiden album recorded with vocalist Blaze Bayley. The album is slightly unusual in the Iron Maiden catalogue for its extensive keyboard use. For this album all the keyboard parts were performed by bandfounder / bassist Steve Harris whereas on previous albums the keyboard parts were handled by session musician Michael Kenney. The album also had a reduced songwriting input from Janick Gers compared to the previous Iron Maiden albums since he joined the band in 1990.
Just like the tour of The X Factor album, the tour for this album was cut short when Bayley suffered from an allergic reaction caused by certain elements used on the stage.
I LOVE every second...To me this will ALWAYS be their Golden Era, the melancholic melodic tunes, the deep cutting lyrics, brilliant guitar harmonies, phrasing, riffs and solos, and the dark, intense voice of Blaze turns them into haunting Golden Gems...the X-Factor is a Masterpiece and Virtual XI not so far behind.....BRAVO MAIDEN and BLAZE !!
Do you listen Powerslave,Somewehere in time,Seventh son,Di'anno years???World slavery tour is the golden era of IM
@@sanijadresko2675 I love the Somewhere in Time album, that is in my top three..... Maybe I became a fan to late, maybe not, but the music I love the most is their more progressive, symphonic..... Everything comes down to your own opinions and tastes...
@@susannewilliamsson8339 When i was a kid in 80's i remember the big ifluation of Iron Maiden!I think the golden age of IM are the years of Bruce voice...82-92
golden era? are you nuts?
@@tryingggg1251 that is the gift of music, all of us can love their music, albums, no matter what era.... All of us have different opinions, and all opinions matters.....
the blaze era is so underrated, this is one of my favourite maiden songs
Same.
I loved it personally
I believe that Virtual XI is the best album of Iron Maiden
Same. To be, this is almost up there with Aces High and Hallowed
All the people who is just yelling how "out of tune" Blaze is in this song, should put a little more attention: the "out of tune" voice you are complaining about it's, actually, Steve Harris' backing vocals: Blaze is doing the low harmonies, and it fits perfectly with his baritone register...
It's been 17 years since Blaze left, and gave us two wonderful underrated albums that most of the fans didn't actually hear again with an open mind... so enough with your narrow-minded bullshit spreaded in every Blaze-era videos: Blaze Bayley is an amazing vocalist, an amazing composer and amazing musician overall
I love X factor & Virtual XI....masterpieces!
vladmezcor agreed, absolutely no one could have replaced bruce and I love the x factor and half of virtual XI xD
True...
The truth is; Blaze had been singing out of tune with Maiden a LOT, more so on the "X Factour" than this one, probably. - He would tend to go horribly sharp, I even heard him do it in the studio with behind the scenes recordings, and this was NOT the case on the final albums. - It's also not the case here, and Steve is actually on the notes as well, so that's not even an argument.
But again, Blaze HAD been singing out of tune on other recordings. - He has become a FAR better vocalist over the years, though. I urge everyone to check out his acoustic covers with Thomas Zwijsen. - Also, I love Virtual XI, but I dislike most of X Factor (only like about 3-4 tracks of that).
vlad mezcor I´ve always loved the Dark Era of Maiden, and I´ve always loved the voice of Blaze, dark, intense, powerful......HE is without any doubt what so ever THE metal voice....
This has some of the greatest maiden guitar solos in ever
If there´s ANYTHING I regret it´s not seeing the Maiden with Blaze......Look and listen.....THIS is the power of metal, the spirit, talent......and NOBODY brings the HEAT like theese guys, NOBODY..
My first maiden-concert was with Blaze on that tour...
@@shallowlord I envy you, I wasn´t even a fan back then but I´d surely loved it. Both the music and Blaze´s voice has grabbed my heart, completely.
Virtual xi is my one of my favorite albums
Dave absolutely destroys with that solo. So awesome.
Dave's musicianship is so endearing to watch.
God give all of them a really long life
🙏🏼🤘🏼🎸
Maiden always have a typical "fan",that comes on another vocalist's videos to say..BRUCE IS GOD!
The Other Iron Maiden eras was amazing too
Canal do LuC when did he say that???
Too bad that DiAnno became a sore loser.
Great song. Great era. Great tour. Great album. You don’t like it ??? Cry me a river
Steve’s backing vocals are great here, band is on point, Jan’s solo is sharp and strong, such a gem!!!
They need to bring back this song to the setlist ! Killer song !
Janick Gers un ídolo
This song and two worlds collide are my favorite
Such a great song. So underrated.
Great song in Blaze era!
This song is the best one on the album in my opinion. So damned awesome and heavy
Long Live Janick!
Janick the best
Such an underrated song and performance
Another blistering song from the Blaze era....Listen, just listen...dazzling lyrics, epic guitar harmonies, solos and the incredible dark and intense voice of Blaze...no matter what anyone thinks, this era was brilliant....
Blaze is incredible cool!
Excelente vocalista blaze !
1:07 gers is so beautiful 😍
I've never seen Janick stand so still while performing before! 🤯
Great song!! One of my favourite from "Virtual XI". Great performance!! It's a shame that this song has not been played Live after 1998
This is song is really touching and very special to me. Dedicated to all of us educated fools in a world full of impolite people. Time will flow, and we will follow. Always ahead.
Todo el album es impresionante 🇲🇽🤘
Essa musica e foda e tem uma letra fantastica
i always liked this track
This song it's a Classic , like oter songs , but it's underrated , the x factor and virtual XI albums are a master piece of allá IRON maiden's discography, i like the blace bayley era, because i'm a real fan an sopported the banda in allá times
Blaze is great here!
So weird seeing Janick wear a t-shirt with sleeves! Thanks for uploading these videos, this era doesn't get enough love.
Great song, also true, you know...
This is the first time I see Janick playing an Iron Maiden concert without an Iron Maiden shirt... plus, he doesn’t seem to go crazy and dance like he always does ... was he ill?
haha Probably not, but I definitely noticed. Although, there were some pretty crazy MTV/VH1 video clips of the last tour(s) Bruce did in the 90s and Janick was beyond wild. Maybe here to match Blaze's style he brought to Maiden-a bit serious and darker.
I was more off put by Steve wearing pants...
but the good old classic Rebook ex-o-fit is there on his feets... hahaha
I LOVE blaze
I've always thought that Virtual XI and The X-Factor are home to some of Iron Maiden's greatest songs, and that Blaze Bayley is just as great a singer as Dickinson and Di'anno, but live.... Blaze just isn't the natural-born leader of men that Bruce is.
In shows like Death on the Road and Rock in Rio, Bruce Dickinson's voice carries this power that simply can't be replicated. I think he is the main reason why Iron Maiden is one of the very few bands that is BETTER live than in the studio.
+David Fellner i Agree with that...
i think that blaze just didnt fit in with some of bruces songs.I actually enjoy his stuff.
+David Fellner There are great songs on both albums, but Blaze never fit. Not to say he's not a good singer; he's great on his solo stuff. But Harris tried to make him Bruce 2.0 on these albums and Blaze, being a low baritone, was never built for that.
Exactly....Bruce is such a great performer...and singer...a natural frontman...but Blaze is also a great singer...this is a great album
I feel like, with how they chose blaze, it’s like we’re in a different/or only universe where Blaze is part of Iron Maiden
You gotta think that of Blaze wasn’t part of Maiden, we would never get Clansman, Sign of the Cross, etc.
Friend: "Blaze sucks!"
Me: "Yeah?"
*plays The Educated Fool*
Friend: "Dood, this guy is awesome!"
Grande cantante
I met Iron Maiden playing Carmageddon 2, so i wasn't a Bruce lover. Man on the edge was the best track!!! Blaze for me did a great job in the band
Yeah but carmageddon 2 had aces high too right? And maybe some other maiden tracks
@@erikverbove6351 yes, but Man On The Edge was the perfect fit for that game, no doubt.
very good solo by jan
Thank you Ancutzamica1 for giving us theese invalueable precious videos of the Blaze era...So many of us became Maiden fans too late, we never had a chance to see them live. I´m ever so grateful because I´ve become a Blaze fan aswell and I believe the X-Factor is a MASTERPIECE and Virtual XI not so far behind....once again, thank you..
5:29 he's busy fucking around and misses the cue to come back in again.
davey got nice Nikes
Another great song
thats my favorite song from blaze singer!!! i love this song waw!!!!!!
Their dark era ?? NO, to me this will always be a Golden Era......the melancholic melodic lines, the deep lyrics and here they are using theese slow, soft intros and outros which adds a certain magic to the songs...lyrically aswell as musically we still hear echoes of this era in their later music..a unique, legendary and extremly important era that hopefully never will fade away.....
I am putting a thumb up to all your comments. TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!! :-*
@@chiaracaniaticarlucci4779 I´ll hold your words close to my heart....may I wish you a Very Happy New Year !!
@@susannewilliamsson8339 Awww...Susanne,I have to say thanks to our lovely Blaze,because I met a wonderful,amazing woman like you. You are a great person. I simply ADORE the words you type to describe our Hero of Music. I am here for a coffee break and so i can reply to you comment. May your New Year be great,full of beautiful things. All the best from me,Chiara,your "virtual sister ". Love and hugs from the "Old boot" :-* (…Italy...)
This is great video quality for a bootleg from 1998!
Magnífico!!
great song /m/
One of the best songs.
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This and 2 am are the musics of my life.
Oh dear the backing vocals on this are shocking.
THE BEST BLAZE MAIDEN TUNE
esta canción, LOS MAIDEN la deben tocar ahora. Eso seri a genial
La vivorita de Dave Murray
Where?
Great song. Won't comment on lead singers but the "key" to me is having Adrian in the band.
+dambo0706 ...and Gers out!
tarcísio chagas Gers is not a bad musician .
+ThreeDaysOfDan You're right... he's not bad... Janick Gers is THE WORST musician ever...
Richard Michael Egan You said it all!!!
dambo0706 pretty sure Gers has composed some of later days Maidens best songs.
It would be awesome if they played songs like this live nowadays...they have so many good songs especially in the Blaze era that they don't play anymore...
soooo goooood
As much as a like Blaze as a singer, he was a terrible frontman.
Esta canción debió haber sido incluida en el set list del tour final frontier. Educated Fool por 2 Minutes To Midnight.
en serio?
Marjane!!!!cijeli osmi ti častiš
Blaze and Blazes's period were good ones.
👏👏😢
Empecé a escuchar Iron Maiden por The number of the beast, pero me hice fanático por Virtual IX.😉
this song and lighting trits twist are my two frovourt songs on this ablem
I don´t care what you think, Blaze made an enormous impact to the Maiden, both musically and lyrically. We STILL hear echoes in their later music......If you don´t like Blaze or his fantastic voice, fine .....but NO ONE can ever deny the fact that theese albums with Blaze are totally unique !! For all of us that loves this era, theese albums are treasures........
@Rita Lovett thank you my friend even if not many fans agrees wiyh us I love them, especially X-Factor..
thank YOU so do I that´s for sure....
Most of people don't like Blaze, but i think the time he passed in the iron maiden was so useful!
Iron Maiden were great at every point of their career for me personaly ... Of course I prefer them with two great musicians like bruce and adrian but I really liked them with blaze (and dianno)... The fact is that in virtual xi they seemed a little depressed and you could sense that both at the live performances and songs... It was in fact a dark age at Iron Maiden history commercially speaking but gave as a lot of good music aswell .. both x factor and Virtual xi are underated albums.
💙
ufffffffffffffffffffffffffffff maidennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Wanna hear Bruce wail out this chorus soo bad.
@kazaux Agree, he rocks!
IRON MAIDEN IS SO FANTASTIC AND AMAZING WITH BLAZE, D´ANO & DICKINSON, IS JUST A CHAPTER IN THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE BAND, JUST THIS, BUT FOR ME I LIKED SO MUCH THE BLAZE SONGS SIGN OF THE CROSS, THE EDGE OF DARKNESS, FUTUREAL, THE CLANSMAN, LORD OF THE FLIES, AND MUCH MORE.
Love Maiden, I love Blaze he is no Bruce but nobody is Bruce. But Blaze does as well as anyone can to release great music.
I wish that I could've attended atleast one of their concerts...
but fuckin lebanon doesn't allow them to include us in their tour !
and now I'll never watch them live :(
But no matter, atleast I can listen to their more then epic songs !
Up the IRONS!!!! YOU'RE FUCKIN AWESOME !
5/5
@DrzSpectre Yeah, he is in Iron Maiden for Pete's sake! He is great!
damn that hi-hat is killing my right ear
great song though
wow janick actually wasn't crazy in this video, that's a first
just... great. what's more to say?
Saw that tour when they came to Brazil (rainy night in São Paulo). Didn't like it then, and continue to not like it now. For the record, the X-Factour show in Brazil with Blaze was superb, this is just sad, not just Blaze...whole band kind of struggle.
Janick Gers shows he is as good as Adrian and Dave
Man, yall who shitted extra hard on Blaze era were insane back in the day, yeah Blaze range doesn't come close to Bruce but the melodic factor was turned to eleven in the instrumental and compostion areas
Fuckin' Great!
Day before my son was born
@ThePentagram9 nothing is better than dance of death, no way.
It looks a little silly with blaze running around but I still loved it lol
The body of work on the 2 albums with blaze (including Virus) are great peices of music.. I think Maiden became more of a progress band, 7th son was just the tip of the iceberg as far the experimentation into the prog sound.. listen to A song like this track or even 2 Am, then listen to Infinite Dreams, then listen to Dream of mirrors & Lord of light.. & yes their different songs from A different era with Bruce but it's still got that prog rock sound. (At least in my opinion) The band has grown so much since 1976! Up the Irons!!!!!
I think had Bruce had been on Virtural 11 the album would of been much stronger. With adrian added and the procuction made just a bit more heavier we could of had a solid record, not as good as BNW but more on the lines of Dance of Death quality. Although the songs would have to change a bit and the order.
1.Futureal (obviously different lyrics cause blaze wrote them but good song. Probably a new name too?)
2.Virus (should of been on the album instead of AATG)
3.Lightning strikes twice (Maybe some added work)
4.The Clansman (Perfect, especially with Bruce)
5.When two worlds colide (Interesting instumentaly, Blaze lyrics so new name and new lyrics)
6.The educated fool (filler track , not bad but maybe some new verses to suit Bruce's high tone)
7.?
8.?
Maybe some more tracks but 8 is fine.
Dont look to the eyes of strangers probably would be too low and cheesy for bruce and Como estas amigos (written by Blaze) probably would't exist if Bruce had been on board and Angel and the Gambler.....eh no.
@@ScorpionMaster1224 WOW, you just said you would change all of it....just to fit the voice of Bruce ?? Tell me one thing, don´t you think the band would have changed their tuning to fit the voice of Blaze.......because HE was the singer during this period. Even if you love Bruce, you must be able to accept the singer at the time, if not, why ??? I love the voice of Bruce, but I will never ever say he is the ONLY voice that counts.......I´m sorry but to me that would be a major mistake.....
It's great that fans are still deluding themselves after all this time.
Great song. But that is something with the chorus that Always make me think twice before I listen to it.In fact, if there is something wrong with the Virtual XI album are the chorus of Angel and The Gambler, Lightning Strikes Twice and the Educated Fool and. Don't look to the eyes of s Stranger really doesn't need to sing that for infinite times.
I saw Maiden in '98 with Blaze and in '99 with Bruce on the Ed Hunter Tour... both in Ahoy Rotterdam. Pretty sure Blaze was awful on Bruce's songs except for "afraid to shoot strangers.. he couldnt not perform the classics live (i think that was just part of the reason he was sacked) The educated fool was a solid song on the virtual X1 album... but if you listen what bruce did with the chemical wedding: this album blows virtual out of the water! Thank god he returned !
@TheSuperDeathemperor Blaze is a great vocalist in his soloalbums, you should try to listen to them, search for "Blaze - Stare at the Sun". All the Maiden songs is to high for his vocal range though, so that's why he sounds out of tune.
Also, maybe there is a problem with vocal monitors, or he just walk away from them, look at his right hand at the end of first two "i want to live my life on my own" parts, I think that he just can't hear himself, and use his hand to help, it's a big problem for singer...
Saw Maiden on this tour. As much as I love The X Factor and the stuff Blaze has done since leaving the band,that night haunts me to this day. Maiden couldn't sell out a leisure centre in Newport, Blaze could not manage the crowd, the singing was not good on the stuff written for Blaze,let alone Paul or Bruce and the 4 piece Eddie that appears during the Iron Maiden song was set up wrong so the head and jaw inflated in the wrong place leading to roadies running on stage kicking the jaw into place. Pure Spinal Tap. Shame really, like I said, I love the stuff Blaze did before and after this album/tour..
Underrated song, shame about Blaze's reversed baseball cap souring the atmos.
@ThePentagram9 i know man i'm just kidding
😄😄😄😄☯️😇🇭🇷
One of the best Maiden tunes of all time. It's amusing to observe fake fans slagging the Blaze era - stick to Foo Fighters and Cardi B, Maiden isn't for you.
defiantly was a different time for maiden.
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