Iron Maiden... 'The Book Of Souls'..

Greetings World's !!

It's a warm, Thursday afternoon, here in England..... altho' - looking out of the window, there is no blue sky to be seen !! Oh well.... that's us for you !!

As I type, B - My Wife & Dearest Friend - is sat over to my left, having a cold drink of Lilt. It really is a strange day !! I'm sat here, with a jumper on, 'cause my back is hurting like mad.... yet, I'm feeling cold.... on the other hand, B is feeling the heat & is having a drink to cool off !! A strange day indeed !!

Ok - it's a little after 2pm & once again, I'm sat here, typing these words to you..... sooooo - I hope you're all having a great day ?! I see I've had a reader, over in Turkey - I'm glad to see you've taken the time to log in.... my thank's to you !!

Earlier today, we took a drive over to town, to do a bit of shopping.... I'm glad we went - I found the latest Iron Maiden album, it was only £10 - sooooo, it was bit of a bargain.... well, I think so, at least !!

It's a 2 Cd set & is called 'The Book Of Souls' - to be honest, I was surprised to see it, in the supermarket....... they only usually stock the latest 'Britain's Got (NO) Talent' winner & crap like that. I shouldn't moan - some of the people on the show, can actually sing. Unfortunately, those people are not Simon Scowl's material & get no where.... unless you're a dog of course !! Anyhoo.....

The tracks are:

CD 1

1) If Eternity Should fail
2) Speed Of Light
3) The Great Unknown
4) The Red & The Black
5) When The River Runs Deep
6) The Book Of Souls

CD 2

1) Death Or Glory
2) Shadows Of The Valley
3) Tears Of A Clown
4) The Man Of Sorrows
5) Empire Of The Clouds

I've only played it once - but.... it's well good !! The last track 'Empire Of The Clouds' is really good.... go & check it out - there are clips of it, on the 'net & will be worth your time.

It's been a while, since I went out & bought a Maiden album, shortly after it was released - but.... Actually, I think the very last one, that I bought, "hot off the press" so to speak, was more than likely their 2 Lp live album, back in the 1980's !! Hell - that was a very long time ago.....

I have bought loads of their albums, over the years - but, mainly after they've been out a while.... or, in the most part, if they're "live" albums. I do like my live music - even tho' I can not go to concerts these days.... bit of a bummer really !!

Check their stuff out.... it's not all bang, crash wallop stuff - the 3 guitar line up really does give them an edge. Give them a listen & see how you get on - hopefully you won't be too disappointed ?!

As you might have guessed - if you've only read a few of my posts.... I do like my music, sooooo - check out the stuff I've written over the last few years & see just how much, the music I listen to varies. I really am a bit of a loon, when it comes to my listening taste !!

As for the music of the moment.... I'm listening to a bit of Genesis.... from their 'Trick Of The Tail' album - see, I do listen to some weird & wonderful stuff !!

While B was out at the Zoo..... that was yesterday... I sorted out some old tapes & came across 7, that I recorded back in 1986. My ex-Wife wanted her albums, so I took the tracks, that I liked and put them onto these tapes.

So far, I've had Bryan Adams, Jackson Brown, Clifford T Ward, Rick Springfield & various others.... a great deal of which, I have replaced on Cd.... since those wild & wonderfully crap days !!

My plan, and I've tried this before, is to record the things, that I like & don't have, onto some Cd's.... it'll take a while - but, it will give me something to listen to & - hopefully - it will also take my mind off of the various pains & aches !! That's not for today tho'.....

I mentioned B went to the Zoo.... she got home relatively early last night - very tired, but full of brilliant tales of what she had seen. Much to my surprise - they still have an American Bison there !! She showed me a picture of the beast.... I can not believe it's the some one, that I saw, all of those Moons ago !!

I'm going to e-mail the Zoo & see what year this one came to be there..... just out of interest. I will let you know what they say !!

As for the rest of the family... well, I spoke with ME, a little while ago & she is coming over.... sometime tomorrow. We have an 8 socket lead, that she might want..... so, I will make sure that's here for her. Also - we have a couple of electric fires, that they might find useful, over the coming Winter - I'm not sure if she will want them, but.... they're here if they do.

That's about it, for the family at least.... M was working I guess, today - but we'll see him, as & when he has the time. They are both busy, especially with the baby on the ways !! Bless them both.....

Rod Stewart's 'Georgie' is on now - I had it as 7 inch single - it's a fantastic track.... go & check it out !! I bought a 5 Cd set, just to get this one track.... sooooo I won't need to transfer this one - a fantastic song...... one of the best that RS ever did !!

Right - I must go.... things to do & stuff like that... nothing too exciting, just stuff. Sooooo....

.... as always, I thank you for logging in & reading my words - I thank you for your time & hope you'll check back in, one day really soon.... until next time.....

Bye Bye