53. Iron Maiden “The Number Of The Beast” (from
The Number Of The Beast)
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Certain religious Christians, mostly located in the Deep South, believed that this song was about Satan worship. Their predictable reaction was to ban the record and then stage public burnings- no doubt Iron Maiden loved this response as it put them on the map.
As for the tune itself, once you get past the silly intro (reminds me of the Haunted Mansion) this is pretty excellent heavy metal. The singer, Bruce Dickinson, joined the band for this album and he is extremely talented. Not sure what they sounded like before but it doesn’t seem to be a coincidence that this guy’s arrival occurred at the same time with the band’s advance into metal superstardom.