Your Captain, Bruce Dickenson, Your Copilot, Eddie
Published by Alex February 12th, 2007 in Sports, events. Share This
The lead singer of seminal metal band, Iron Maiden, just flew a team of English SCOTTISH football [soccer] players from Glasgow to Tel Aviv for their upcoming game against the Israeli club. Bruce Dickenson, owner of some of the finest pipes in metal, has been a licensed commercial airline pilot for several years, and is an avid football fan; he requested the job personally.
Of course, we immediately think of Maiden’s first US single, “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”
- Iron Maiden, 1983
Iron Maiden star captains Rangers [news.bbc.co.uk]
They are scottish football players, not english ones.
Quite right! Mel Gibson didn’t give his life for nothing, you know.
FREEDOM!
Hey,
Long time reader; first time poster (I think) here.
I hail all the way from sunny Scotland (which is NOT part of England) and am a fan of the team you mention.
Please, please, please make the change in your article (from English to Scottish) as it doesn’t reflect well on your levels of journalism nor your geographical knowledge:
Glasgow is in Scotland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow
:-)
Thanks.
Ronnie, et al:
Here and I thought Glasgow defected years ago.
Of course Glasgow is in Scotland, not England /me slaps forehead. I’ve amended the error but left the original mistake so that that generations of proud Scots like yourselves will realize that this dumb as a stump American doesn’t know his geography.
God knows I love Bruce, but his choice in teams…not so much. Rangers are the favorites of self hating political submissives. If you hate freedom and want to be dominated by England, Rangers are the team for you. F-The Queen.
Eddie is obviously a left footer.