Just wondering if any of you folks remember the epic heavy metal song Invaders by Iron Maiden? It was on The Number of the Beast album released sometime in the 80s. The entire song (it's really rather silly) is about, well, Viking raids and,uh-hem, Invaders. It goes something like this:
(rockin' metal dude guitar and drums. Helps to sing if you are wearing hot pink spandex)
Longboats have been sighted
and the evidence of war has begun
Many Nordic figthing men...
their swords and sheilds
gleam in the sun
Call the reinforments and assemble the men
on the shore
this enemy is much to powerful to take on
alone
Invaders
Raping
Invders
Maurading
I really can't remeber the rest, but it involves looting, pilliging, raping and all the other wholesome adventures of those wacky Vikings.
My college roomate would BLAST this song every other day, complete with lip-sync and air guitar (he was from Norway... he said it was a roots thing). However, now so many years removed, I think this would be a PERFECT song to blast while tellin' the Picts to be steppen' off at the point of an axe...
Any other proud ex-metal heads remember this song?
Lots o' Luv from the High Stage Terror Alert capitol of the United States of Kiss My Ass...
BBJ
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