Todd Michael Hall - Flight Of Icarus (Iron Maiden vocal cover)

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 way, like an eagle
Fly and touch the sun

Now the crowd breaks and a young boy appears
Looks the old man in the eye
As he spreads his wings and shouts at the crowd
"In the name of God, my father, I fly"

His eyes seem so glazed
As he flies on the wings of a dream
Now he knows his father betrayed

Now his wings turn to ashes, to ashes his grave

Fly on your way, like an eagle
Fly as high as the sun
On your way, like an eagle
Fly and touch the sun

Fly, on your way, like an eagle
Fly as high as the sun
On your way, like an eagle
Fly as high as the sun
On your way, like an eagle
Fly, touch the sun
On your way, like an eagle
Fly

Fly as high as the sun

Ο Todd Michael Hall έγινε γνωστός στο "μεταλλικό" κοινό λόγω της παρουσίας του στους Riot V (τα τελευταία δεκατρία έτη). Παράλληλα έχουμε ακούσει την φωνή του σε δίσκους των Jack Starr's Burning Starr, Timo Tolkki's Avalon, Reverence κλπ.

Παράλληλα "τρέχει" και την προσωπική του καριέρα, στην οποία προστέθηκε ένας ακόμη δίσκος. "Off the Rails" ο τίτλος και "βγήκε" στην "καρδιά" του περασμένου φθινοπώρου. Στο πλευρό του Todd ο κιθαρίστας (των Metal Church, Presto Ballet κλπ) Kurdt Vanderhoof.

Σήμερα θα τον παρακολουθήσουμε, σε βίντεο, να αποδίδει (φωνητικά) το τραγούδι των Iron Maiden, "Flight Of Icarus", και να μας λέει σχετικά:

«My brother Rick has always been a huge fan of Iron Maiden and he and our friend Joel Sheldon took me to my first heavy metal concert to see them at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan on August 11, 1983 during the Piece of Mind tour.

I've seen them numerous times since. Bruce Dickinson is a legend. His voice is incredible and it still is to this day. I also love the fact that he is a bit of a renaissance man with talents and passions outside of music as well.

Special thanks to Bruce and the guys from Iron Maiden for their incredible career that continues to inspire us to this day.

On the technical side:

I am calling this a live vocal cover, because I sang the song from beginning to end in one take without any vocal overdubs or edits.

I have been singing along with this album for 40 years, so I know the song really well. I have also performed it live in a cover tune band. Bruce has a huge voice and it sounds to me like he emphasizes his chest more than his head voice.

For a studio recording, I would push harder and emphasize my tone more, since I could punch in and out, but for this live vocal take, I needed to back off the intensity a little to maintain my vocal quality over the length of the song. I believe this was my fourth take over two sessions.

The music came from Moises (with just the lead vocal deleted). I sent my vocal track and the music track to my friend Kurdt Vanderhoof who added some effects to the vocals and blended them in with the music. Special thanks to Kurdt for his assistance.»