Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition

702 00:34:39,410 --> 00:34:41,079 You know, there's all kinds of ways 703 00:34:41,204 --> 00:34:43,706 that people can use their... Their talents and energies 704 00:34:43,790 --> 00:34:45,958 to better people's lot in the world 705 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,377 besides spending their time having law suits. 706 00:34:48,419 --> 00:34:50,338 It seems a waste of time and money. 707 00:34:51,714 --> 00:34:53,007 KATON W. DE PENA: The word had gotten out 708 00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:54,592 so the Jesus freaks were scared. 709 00:34:54,842 --> 00:34:56,511 It was great. 710 00:34:56,552 --> 00:34:58,971 You're a kid. It's like the coolest thing to be part of. 711 00:34:59,055 --> 00:35:00,473 Like, you love this band 712 00:35:00,515 --> 00:35:02,975 and there's people protesting about this band. 713 00:35:03,017 --> 00:35:07,939 Like, you're only making us love 'em more, dummies. 714 00:35:08,022 --> 00:35:10,525 Can anybody take seriously a man in a red suit 715 00:35:10,691 --> 00:35:14,403 with a long, red, floppy tail and two plastic horns 716 00:35:14,487 --> 00:35:15,738 with a little light bulb that light up 717 00:35:15,863 --> 00:35:17,156 on the end of his trident? 718 00:35:17,281 --> 00:35:18,658 I mean, if that's devil worship, I'm sorry, 719 00:35:18,741 --> 00:35:20,868 I must be in the wrong century. 720 00:35:20,993 --> 00:35:23,663 JAVIER: I was born in a very strong Catholic country, 721 00:35:23,788 --> 00:35:25,581 and if you don't follow the rules 722 00:35:25,706 --> 00:35:27,542 you're gonna be burned in Hell. 723 00:35:27,667 --> 00:35:30,128 And then all of a sudden here's Eddie 724 00:35:30,253 --> 00:35:31,879 and here is "The Number of the Beast" 725 00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:35,716 with the evil in it and Hell is fun. 726 00:35:35,758 --> 00:35:39,470 Hell is not that dangerous. Hell is some place where, fuck, 727 00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:43,683 these musicians come back and forth. 728 00:35:43,766 --> 00:35:47,395 And I go, "Maybe there's not such a thing as Hell and Heaven. 729 00:35:47,436 --> 00:35:50,815 "Maybe it's more about us as people 730 00:35:50,898 --> 00:35:55,361 "rather than who's up there telling who's bad and good." 731 00:35:55,528 --> 00:35:58,614 (HALLOWED BE THY NAME BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING) 732 00:36:13,588 --> 00:36:17,550 BRUCE: ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah 733 00:36:18,050 --> 00:36:25,975 ♪ Hallowed be thy name 734 00:36:36,694 --> 00:36:39,530 MAN: The panic of Satanism and Iron Maiden proves 735 00:36:39,572 --> 00:36:42,158 that these people don't actually read 736 00:36:42,325 --> 00:36:45,119 what these songs are about. 737 00:36:45,244 --> 00:36:46,245 And what they all don't understand 738 00:36:46,370 --> 00:36:47,496 is these are stories. 739 00:36:49,373 --> 00:36:50,708 REPORTER: What do you think about 740 00:36:50,791 --> 00:36:52,627 the importance of the text of the songs, the beginning? 741 00:36:52,835 --> 00:36:53,711 STEVE: Oh, the lyrics. 742 00:36:53,836 --> 00:36:55,171 REPORTER: In the text of the... 743 00:36:55,379 --> 00:36:56,631 - Yeah, in the lyrics. - STEVE: Yeah. 744 00:36:56,756 --> 00:37:00,426 I think, erm, because a lot of the earlier rock bands 745 00:37:00,468 --> 00:37:04,388 sort of were, well, coming from the blues and stuff, 746 00:37:04,513 --> 00:37:06,891 blues used to sing about being on the road 747 00:37:07,099 --> 00:37:08,893 and, you know, being in love with their woman, 748 00:37:08,976 --> 00:37:11,020 and, er, I think there's a lot more things 749 00:37:11,187 --> 00:37:12,813 you can write about these days. 750 00:37:12,855 --> 00:37:16,567 You don't have to write about my baby doesn't love me any more 751 00:37:16,609 --> 00:37:18,569 and all this sort of rubbish, you know? 752 00:37:18,778 --> 00:37:21,072 It seems crazy to write songs about... 753 00:37:21,155 --> 00:37:23,699 about drinking and... and screwing women 754 00:37:23,783 --> 00:37:28,621 and, erm, smoking, erm, strange substances 755 00:37:28,788 --> 00:37:31,123 and going out and partying and all the rest of it, 756 00:37:31,165 --> 00:37:32,875 when these are all things that are much more fun... 757 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:34,252 It's much more fun doing it 758 00:37:34,293 --> 00:37:36,420 than it is listening to a song about it. 759 00:37:36,545 --> 00:37:38,089 So, I mean, anybody can go and do it 760 00:37:38,130 --> 00:37:39,966 - at the end of the day anyway. - (LAUGHING) 761 00:37:40,174 --> 00:37:43,261 You know? I mean, we prefer to write songs about 762 00:37:43,344 --> 00:37:46,222 things that people don't do very often, like death. 763 00:37:46,973 --> 00:37:47,723 CROWD: (CHEERING) 764 00:37:50,810 --> 00:37:52,478 As you might know, we've got a new album 765 00:37:52,561 --> 00:37:54,897 wandering aroun...