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[–] [email protected] 94 points 4 months ago (1 children)

looks around and names random objects

Uh.. Barbed wire, crushed tin can, gate to hell.

[–] [email protected] 80 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like Interstate 5 near LA. Pretty common round there.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Yup. There's a couple entrances around here.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago

At the end of highway to hell

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Band: Iron Maiden Album: Iron Maiden Song: Iron Maiden

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That's actually a common format in metal

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I like the song Children of Bodom by Children of Bodom from the album ~~Children of Bodom~~ Hatebreeder.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

I like the song witchcraft, by the artist witchcraft, on their debut album witchcraft

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Black Sabbath and Angel Witch also come to mind

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 4 months ago

Three Iron Maiden songs? That's easy! Am I Evil, Smoke on the Water, and Ace of Spades. And I'm sure they have a self-titled song, too.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Normalise responding with "Name 3 women who trust you that aren't your mother" (I know she counts for 3)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

For a lot of these fucks, I'd accept family members if it were true. People take low bars as exercises in tripping.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Bring Your Cousin to the Coven

Ten Minutes til Midday

Fly With Your Shoes On

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Apprehension of the Dusk

Hello, be thou Nate?

Afraid to Frag Randos

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I have been listening to metal basically half my life (15+ years) but can barely name artists or song names let alone remember lyrics. my memory truly sucks (also does not help that most are not in my native language).

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)
  1. Ace of Bass

  2. The Black Album

  3. Oh Say Can You See (By the Dawn's Early Light)

🤘🎸🥁😈

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Only true metal fans will know these songs. DEEP cuts. Very legit.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

An excellent flemish metal band made a song about this…

T-shirt van Metallica

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

MFW I go there for their take on it and the lyrics are as Flemish as the band 😄

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Here’s a translation which is close…

In our time I would have knocked you on your face set your hair on fire, hid your sandwiches Cause I can't stand that you wear something by the Ramones and that you know nothing about them when I ask you about them And how about those fancy vans on your feet Were the k-swis on, you're gonna pay for that shouldn't you be jumping around with a red bull vodka instead of walking around with a Metallica t-shirt Look there's a john-ny with a t-shirt of Me-tal-li-ca ok chill look, there used to be johnny's Ugly marinas with buffaloes and ponies every day of the week at war with skaters with adidas, pumas or vans with no laces But I found that segregation very practical at the time for us it was nirvana and for them songs about barbies now it's ruined, all gone to shit because there's a Johnny with a Metallica t-shirt. Look there's a Johnny with a Metallica T-shirt

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'll give you the names of 3 future iron maiden songs just by having a look at Bruce Dickinson's DVR

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Never experienced something like that, especially with metal fans who - in my opinion - are some of the most welcoming bunch.

Perhaps it's different in the US, but here in Germany that scenario seems unlikely.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The German metal scene is way more left leaning than most other, that's probably it.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

In the UK I've found the extremes to be on both sides, although this largely aligns with the punk movement here from decades ago.

Some metal fans are the nicest people you could hope to meet. One guy I met in a bar a month or so ago got talking to me because I noticed his Hatebreed shirt, and we got to talking about music, our kids, and life in general. I remember talking about tummy time with him, and before I left he had called his wife to ask what his daughter really liked, and rushed to give me the link so that I could buy it.

Some are also utter bells. One guy I met years ago gave me shit for liking The Used's set at Taste Of Chaos years ago, despite it basically being an emo festival that he also attended. He apparently only went for Killswitch Engage...so spent a fuck-ton to see one band while he seethed about the rest. I met another guy in a bar a year or so ago that was a huge dick to some women because one of them wore a Sleep Token shirt. He kept asking them to say what their favourite songs were, gave them shit because they were the newer songs, and then went on a rant about how they're not even a metal band because they "basically do pop now".

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
  • Ghost of the navigator
  • Passchendeale
  • Powerslave
[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

damn, not even the low hanging fruit

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

They are some of my favorite.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

People listing Iron Maiden songs missing the entire point.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (6 children)

2 Minutes to Midnight

Aces High

Wasted Years


I'm gonna get a lot of shit for this, but I never really liked Iron Maiden and Slayer.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Pfft.

Without even looking: Prowler, Remember Tomorrow, Phantom of the Opera, Running Free, Transylvania, Charlotte the Harlot, Iron Maiden's gonna getcha no matter how far, Iron Maiden wants you for dead!

Man, I love the first two albums. Paul couldn't sing much but he screamed really well.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Forgive my ignorance but I don't see why that's an unreasonable request

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago (2 children)

She doesn't owe him anything.

It's basically accusing her of cultural appropriation, just for wearing a t-shirt she likes.

The question implies skepticism that she is an authentic fan. It's a form of gatekeeping, based in misogyny and rigid social conformity.

Even if she doesn't really know iron maiden's music, so what? It's perfectly reasonable to choose your shirts based on styles and colours you like. I wore a Popeye the sailor t-shirt yesterday, I would not be prepared to talk about my favorite episodes.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What if she was a man instead?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

In what reality is it important to pull someone's card. You can ask anybody wearing a shirt what their favorite song is or if they've seen them live. That's actually acceptable, because you're interested in their subjective experiences. Publically announcing to someone that you want to out-group them over a trivial matter is not.

Edit: and generally, that's how men interact with each other. But some take the existence of a woman in their fandom to be a direct attack on their already incredibly fragile masculinity.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

The same holds true? Can't be that hard not to be an asshole.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

I disagree that gatekeeping is either of those things. I also don't think it's unreasonable to ask people not to publicly associate themselves with a thing if they know nothing at all about that thing.

The bar is on the floor here.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What people choose to associate themselves with in public is exactly fuck all of your business. Don't be like the meme guy, tend to your own garden.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Gatekeeping really is not either of these things, but people can wear whatever they like. I can't say I get why someone would do it at all, but not my problem.

There's a huge difference between using it as a conversation starter and asking about their favorite songs or whatever, since it's reasonable to assume they know and like the band, and going "name 3 songs" because you assume they don't listen to the band and also somehow care about that.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

In these situations the asker is typically skeptical that your a "real fan", usually because of sexism.

It doesn't really matter how you answer because they're not asking for a genuine conversation, they want a dick measuring contest to prove they are superior. If you do fulfill their request chances are they'll nitpick the songs you chose and still accuse you of being a "fake fan".

Gatekeeping often comes with moving the goalpost so the only winning move is not to play.

A genuine asker would probably ask about your favorites rather than demand they answer trivia.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Do you believe that everyone needs to prove their fandom at a moments notice with inane trivia about that thing?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

To name three songs or to get away from her?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Here's how the conversation could go without sounding like an ass:

Him: Cool shirt. Do you like Iron Maiden?

Her: No, I just like this shirt.

Him: That's cool. They're one of my favourite bands. If you wanna hangout sometime I'd love to introduce them to you?

Maybe not the last sentence but can you get the difference in tone?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

I get it, I am a fan of a variety of bands from the 90s, I can sing every lyric but then I couldnt name the song, or bring them up if asked. I think its a memory some people have while other dont.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's been a minute since I listened to them, so I would probably get it wrong.

If anyone needs me I'll be over here listening to Van Canto

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