Bruce Dickinson-08.Run To The Hills (Chile RockFest 1997)
Posted on April 21st, 2010 by admin
Bruce Dickinson – Chile RockFest, Estadio Santa Laura, Santiago, Chile, Nov. 21, 1997, during the ”Accident Of Birth Tour” 1997.
Run To The Hills (Harris)
Bruce Dickinson – Vocals
Adrian Smith – Guitar
Roy Z – Guitar
Eddie Casillas – Bass guitar
David Ingraham – Drums
[Lyrics]
The white man came across the sea
He brought us pain and misery
He killed our tribes he killed our creed
He took our game for his own need
We fought him hard we fought him well
Out on the plains we gave him hell
But many came too much for Cree
Oh will we ever be set free?
Riding through dust clouds and barren wastes
Galloping hard on the plains
Chasing the redskins back to their holes
Fighting them at their own game
Murder for freedom the stab in the back
Women and children and cowards attack
Run to the hills, run for your lives
Run to the hills, run for your lives
Soldiers blue in the barren wastes
Hunting and killing the game
Raping the women and wasting the men
The only good Indians are tame
Selling them whisky and taking their gold
Enslaving the young and destroying the old
Run to the hills, run for your lives
Run to the hills, run for your lives
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”Run To The Hills” is a song from Iron Maiden’s album,The Number Of The Beast,and it was released in 1982.
”This song is about the American Indians. It’s written from both sides of the picture. The first part is from the side of the Indians. The second part is from the side of the soldiers. I wanted to try and get the feeling of galloping horses. But when you play this one, be careful not to let it run away with you.” (Steve Harris)
Perhaps Maiden’s most publicly recognisable song and their first big hit single, ‘Run To The Hills’ describes the Indian wars of the American west, first from the Indian’s perspective and then from the white man’s perspective. It is a fast-tempo song with a drum beat that is reminiscent of gallopping horses. Although it is a Maiden classic, it is a bit too short. Nevertheless, the song was critical in opening the way for Maiden’s invasion of America.
In the lyrics, the sentence “the only good Indians are tame” probably refers to the infamous American saying “The only good Indian is a dead Indian”. This mindless and absurd proverb is said to stem from the following anecdote that took place in January 1869, at old Fort Cobb, Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, shortly after Custer’s fight with Black Kettle’s band of Cheyennes: Old Toch-a-way (Turtle Dove), a chief of the Comanches, on being introduced to General Philip Sheridan (18311888), desired to impress the white man and managed to say in English “Me, Toch-a-way; me good Injun.” The General, a known bigot and Indian hater, just smiled and answered: “The only good Indians I ever saw were dead.”. Although Sheridan later denied having made such a statement, the sentence became quickly a saying that is still used nowadays, although the Indians that have not been physically killed now live in reservations where alcoholism caused mainly by unemployment and squalor contribute to kill an already dying culture. Who said that America was “the land of the free and home of the brave”?
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April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
no esta es mejor, …
no esta es mejor, refiriendome solo a la voz de bruce, no desafina en la nota alta del coro, en cambio en rio, la desafina solo un poco que no se nota pero = JEJE
April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
esta buena la …
esta buena la version! pero escucha la del Rock in Rio 2001 y comparalas…
April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
isso mesmo ñ falta …
isso mesmo ñ falta ninguem Iron Maiden é Adrian e Bruce….
sem esses dois ñ existe Maiden!!!
Up The Iron’s!!!
April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
this song was …
this song was written by STEVE HARRIS!!!
April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Vai se foder filho …
Vai se foder filho da puta, Bruce Dickinson com essa banda é melhor que o Iron Maiden!
April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
es el mejor run to …
es el mejor run to the hills que le he escuchado a bruce dickinson, compadres 0 desafinacion, sobre todo el tono alto” run foOor your…….”
April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
xD!!!
corran a los …
xD!!!
corran a los andes
en vez de corran a las colinas lol
April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
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iiiii-iiiii-iiiii-iiiii
aaaa-aaaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaa!!!
April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
el primer publico …
el primer publico que comenzo hacer he heh he he run to the hills fue el chileno ya es caracteristico en argentina lo hacen pero nso copiaron viva chile corran a los andes
April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
run to the hilsss …
run to the hilsss run four your liveeeesss!!!!
April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
faltou o harris e o …
faltou o harris e o murray…
April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Awesome! 666 evil …
Awesome! 666 evil thumbs up!
April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Amazing stuff!!
Amazing stuff!!
April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Run for your Lives !
Run for your Lives !
April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Just as good as …
Just as good as maiden!!!!!
April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
What can I say?! …
What can I say?! Amazing!!!
April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
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Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey CHile!!!
April 21st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
thanks for posting …
thanks for posting these!