{"id":1289,"date":"2017-09-07T23:31:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T06:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/?p=1289"},"modified":"2017-09-07T23:31:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T06:31:56","slug":"a-heartbreaking-iron-maiden-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/a-heartbreaking-iron-maiden-tale\/","title":{"rendered":"A heartbreaking Iron Maiden tale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2008. Amsterdam. I enter an empty bar. It is the dead of winter. It is cold and the streets are deserted. As is the bar. Deserted but for the barkeep. A British man standing behind the counter looking stoic. Early Iron Maiden plays featuring the first singer, Paul Di&#8217;Anno.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My boyfriend left me last night and took all my records. All but Iron Maiden. The early Maiden. With the best singer. Paul Di&#8217;Anno. But it&#8217;s all right. I can listen to Paul Di&#8217;Anno the rest of my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stiff upper lip.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"740\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Amgy9ktEDM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2008. Amsterdam. I enter an empty bar. It is the dead of winter. It is cold and the streets are deserted. As is the bar. Deserted but for the barkeep. A British man standing behind the counter looking stoic. Early Iron Maiden plays featuring the first singer, Paul Di&#8217;Anno. &#8220;My boyfriend left me last night and took all my records. All but Iron Maiden. The early Maiden. With the best singer. Paul Di&#8217;Anno. But it&#8217;s all right. I can listen to Paul Di&#8217;Anno the rest of my life.&#8221; Stiff upper lip. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"A heartbreaking Iron Maiden tale","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,11,2],"tags":[163,162],"class_list":["post-1289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","category-music","category-writing","tag-amsterdam","tag-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u13S-kN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":328,"url":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/my-career-as-a-jerk-the-circle-jerks-documentary\/","url_meta":{"origin":1289,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;My Career as a Jerk&#8221; the Circle Jerks documentary","author":"David Raffin","date":"August 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\"All we need is a bass player and we could be a band.\" \u2013 Keith Morris http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=43T-9ttwrxU \"My Career as a Jerk\" the Circle Jerks documentary chronicles the career of the band formed after singer Keith Morris left that other legendary early LA hardcore band, Black Flag. 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