Topic: Share a Song!

[Mooning Freddy]

My good Heavy Metal loving friends, today I would like to tell you of an interesting comparing I made.

Everybody knows the story of Icarus, one of the most famous tales in the Greek mythology. But for those of you who may have forgotten, I will remind it to you the way I read it.

The king of Crete has put a terrible punishment on the city of Athens- to prevent a war, he forced the king of Athens to send him virgins every year, who were sent into a labyrinth to be eaten by the Minotaur. Until the hero Theseus came to Crete, slain the Minotaur, freed the virgins and escaped the labyrinth. The furious king of Crete then ordered the constructor of the labyrinth, Daedalus, and his son Icarus to be locked inside it. But the clever inventor was not down.
"We may not escape by ground, but the sky is free."
Daedalus collected feathers, and constructed wings for him and for his son, and then glued them with wax.
"We would be able to fly over the labyrinth with those wings, but be careful not to fly too close to the sun, or your wax may melt and the wings fall off." He warned his son.
But like every teenager, Icarus didn't listen to his father. The moment he rose to the air, he felt like a god, and strted flying higher and higher, to the sun. And the rest is history.

The British Heavy Metal band Iron Maiden has a song called "Flight of Icarus" about the story. In fact, it's one of my favorite songs by the band. It was not until recently that I discovered that the popular Russian Heavy Metal band Ariya has a song called "Ikar" (Icarus) as well. The band has always admitted it has been inspired by Iron Maiden, but you can understand it yourself by many signs ranging from music style to album covers to logo design.

I decided to check that out, and what do I discover, to my great (not) surprise?

"Flight of Icarus" is from the 1985 Iron Maiden album "Live after Death".

"Ikar" is from the 1986 Ariya album "S kem ti?" ("Whose side are you?")



Ripoff? Well, the songs don't sound alike. The lyrics, on the other hand, make you wonder.
Iron Maiden- Flight of Icarus
http://www.mediafire.com/?vsgmxjz5nzn
Ariya- Ikar
http://www.mediafire.com/?tzub4hci0pm

Judge for yourself:

Iron Maiden- Flight of Icarus
As the sun breaks above the ground
An old man stands on the hill
As the ground warms to the first rays of light
A birdsong shatters the still

His eyes are ablaze
See the madman in his gaze

Fly on your way like an eagle
Fly as high as the sun
On your wings like an eagle
Fly and touch the sun

Now the crowd breaks and a young boy appears
Look the old man in his eyes
As he spreads his wings and shouts at the crowd
In the name of God my father I fly

His eyes seem so glazed
As he flies on the wings of a dream
Now he knows his father betrayed
Now his wings burn to ashes to ashes his grave

Fly on your way like an eagle
Fly as high as the sun
On your wings like an eagle
Fly and touch the sun

Ariya- Ikar
Kto videl Ikara?
Tam, v siney dali
Kril lohkaya para
Sin greshnoy zemli

On letel nad gorami gordiy kak orol
Rassekaya streloy oblak
On letel nad gorami sonzem ozaron
I na zemlyu smotrel svisoka

Kto dal yemu krilya?
Kto jdal na skale?
No vsyo pozabil on
I skrilsa vo mgle

On letel nad gorami gordiy kak orol
Rassekaya streloy oblak
On letel nad gorami sonzem ozaron
I na zemlyu smotrel svisoka

Kto videl Ikara?
Tam, v siney dali
Kril lohkaya para
Zdes, v seroy pili?

Ariya- Icarus (translation)
Who has seen Icarus?
There, in the blue distanse?
A light pair of wings
Son of the sinful land

He flew over the mountains, proud as an eagle
Cuttings trough clouds like a dart
He flew over the mountains, blinded by the sun
And looked over the ground

Who gave him his wings?
Who waited on the cliff?
Nothing more he could remember
And disappeared in the haze

He flew over the mountains, proud as an eagle
Cuttings trough clouds like a dart
He flew over the mountains, blinded by the sun
And looked over the ground

Who has seen Icarus?
There, in the blue distanse?
A light pair of wings
Here, in the gray dust?

[Mr Sven]

This album cover cracks me up. Don't judge a book by its cover. By looking at that cheesy artwork you would assume it's an album of chicano street beats or something you'd bump in the hood. Psyche! It's actually well-paced, gorgeous orchestratic magic... with a subtle groove.



Cheesy artwork?
My cousin designed that ( awaits the "Oh no he didnt posts" ) sorry guys but its true... he goes by Monkee ( if you look in the album insert you should see it )

cant find any pictures to post of him though as any sort of proof..

[Mr Sven]

In Reply To #15

I like that - Kinda reminds me of "songs of time" ecco the dolphin soundtrack, you might also like "Tubular Bells" i'm sure you've heard of that one?

[Ed Oscuro]

What would you think if I sang out of tune?
Would you stand up and walk out on me?

Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song
And I'll try not to sing out of key

 

Sven:  In defense of your cousin, I think that's an excellent cover.

[Think Tank]

In Reply To #18

Yeah, I own the original "Pure Moods" soundtrack that has Tubular Bells on it. And sorry about the cheesy comment, it just doesn't seem very fitting to have a cover like that to go with the music on the cd.

[Mr Sven]

In Reply To #20

I was only pulling your leg about the cheesy comment. I dont mind at all after all it isnt my work is it? and yeah, even though I should have listened to carboot soul cause of my link to it I didnt , I assumed it was going to be all hip-hop or rap or the like, He tends to be into that sorta music and assumed it would be a similar genre. I like it though

[CVfan13]

In Reply To #1

http://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/death-note-original-soundtrack-ii/29-what-s-up-people-tv-size-.mp3

"What's Up People?!" by Maximum the Hormone. Great song, I love it.

[Dark Nemesis]

What about this one? It's really chilling!http://rapidshare.com/files/111789786/04-LESIEM-PATIENTA.mp3

[Think Tank]

In Reply To #23

The guitar at the 3/4ths area is cool. I dig what they are going for there, but it seems a little too calculated. Was that made for a video game or anime or something?

[Dark Nemesis]

In Reply To #24

No, it's just a band and this song is from a collection of this style music. If you want, i can give you more from this collection!

[Think Tank]

In Reply To #25

Do they have anything that's lower and maybe a bit darker? or if not darker, maybe more minimalistic.

Wait, can you have something be "more" minimalistic?

Anyway, I guess my thoughts are that overall the song is really nice. It's almost too perfect, as if it was all synthesized. But layering that many instruments makes it seem too big. Now I love well-crafted, big orchestra pieces, but when it sounds like synths, and it's a really dramatic song, it runs the risk of sounding too videogmey. Ok, I'm rambling. (see my Custom Title for reason).