Friday, July 14, 2006

Passchendaele

Blood is falling like the rain
Its crimson cloak unveils again
The sound of guns can't hide their shame
And so we die on Paschendale


- Passchendaele, Iron Maiden

With the middle east on the brink of a full blown war and the horrific bombings in Bombay, I couldn't find a more appropriate song to listen to. This chartbuster from Iron Maiden was based on the siege of Passchendaele by the canadian forces during the first world war in 1917 which eventually led to the German defeat and the end of the war. Hard rock and haevy metal folks swear by this song, the guitaring is just mind blowing and the song brings out the gory and violence of the war and the anti-war emotions as well. Passchendaele, now called Passendale lies in the Belgian province of West Flanders.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

i love this song!!!
how do u get it i cant find it!!!

Unknown said...

You can find it on iTunes. Or else limewire or any p2p software.

Anonymous said...

where on itunes?
i spent all last night searching!
what albulm is it in!!!
i dont vhave a psp and wat is limewire?
cheers
English guy

Unknown said...

The album name is 'Dance Of Death' and look for Iron Maiden on iTunes. Limewire is a P2P software, not PSP :). Meaning everyone shares the software and songs Peer 2 Peer.

Anonymous said...

is this american itunes?
im british!
how u get P2P?
i checked the albulm!
not there has it got another name apart from Passchendaele?
cheers

Anonymous said...

found it
its not on itunes uk for some wierd reason.
just trying to get it free somewhere
i know cheepscape lol!