https://peertube.weidensees.net/videos/watch/f0c8cddf-3b81-4e96-8526-b47c251322e7 The official video for Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness. Taken from Iron Maiden's 7th studio album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son released in 1988, which featured the singles "Can I Play With Madness", "The Evil That Men Do" & "The Clairvoyant". "Can I Play With Madness" ist eine der bekanntesten Singles der britischen Heavy-Metal-Band Iron Maiden, die im März 1988 veröffentlicht wurde. Der Song war die erste Auskopplung aus ihrem siebten Studioalbum, dem Konzeptalbum Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. Der Text handelt von einem jungen Mann, der von Visionen und Albträumen geplagt wird und befürchtet, den Verstand zu verlieren. Er sucht deshalb einen alten Propheten auf, der in einer Kristallkugel die Zukunft vorhersagt. Der junge Mann ignoriert jedoch die Ratschläge des Propheten, was zu einem Streit zwischen den beiden führt. Das Lied ist Teil der Geschichte des Albums, die sich um Prophezeiungen, den ewigen Kampf zwischen Gut und Böse sowie das Schicksal eines "siebten Sohnes eines siebten Sohnes" dreht. Der Song zeichnet sich für Iron-Maiden-Verhältnisse durch einen sehr eingängigen, fast poppigen und radiotauglichen Refrain aus, behält aber dennoch die charakteristischen Twin-Gitarren-Melodien bei. Die Single erreichte Platz 3 der britischen Charts und ist damit eine der kommerziell erfolgreichsten Veröffentlichungen der Band. Geschrieben wurde das Stück gemeinsam von Gitarrist Adrian Smith, Bassist Steve Harris und Sänger Bruce Dickinson. Das Video ist berühmt für seinen satirischen und humorvollen Ton. Es zeigt die Band, die in einer alten Kirche/Ruine spielt, und wechselt sich mit einer kleinen Rahmenhandlung ab. In dieser nervt ein exzentrischer Kunstkritiker (gespielt von Monty-Python-Legende Graham Chapman in seiner letzten Rolle) die Bandmitglieder, bis er schließlich durch einen Zaubertrick des Propheten durch die Wand gesprengt wird. Lyrics Can I play with madness? Give me the sense to wonder To wonder if I'm free Give me a sense of wonder To know I can be me Give me the strength to hold my head up Spit back in their face Don't need no key to unlock this door Gonna break down the walls Break out of this bad place Can I play with madness? The prophet stared at his crystal ball Can I play with madness? There's no vision there at all Can I play with madness? The prophet looked at me and laughed at me (ha ha) He said: Can I play with madness? He said you're blind, too blind to see Said you're too blind to see I screamed aloud to the old man I said "Don't lie, don't say you don't know" I say "You'll pay for this mischief In this world or the next" Oh and then he fixed me with a freezing glance And the hell fires raged in his eyes He said "You wanna know the truth son? Lord, I'll tell you the truth Your soul's gonna burn in a lake of fire" Can I play with madness? The prophet stared at his crystal ball Can I play with madness? There's no vision there at all Can I play with madness? The prophet looked at me and laughed at me (ha ha) He said: Can I play with madness? He said you're blind, too blind to see Said you're too blind to see "Listen to me," said the prophet Can I play with madness? The prophet stared at his crystal ball Can I play with madness? There's no vision there at all Can I play with madness? The prophet looked at me and laughed at me (ha ha) He said: Can I play with madness? He said you're blind, too blind to see Said you're too blind to see Can I play with madness? ABOUT IRON MAIDEN: Iron Maiden are an institution. Over the course of six decades they have come to embody a spirit of fearless creative independence, ferocious dedication to their fans, and a cheerful indifference to their critics that’s won them a following that spans every culture, generation, and time-zone. A story of gritty determination and courageous defiance of the naysayers, theirs has been an adventure like no other. The band’s immense discography includes the studio albums ‘The Number Of The Beast’, ‘Piece Of Mind’, ‘Powerslave, ‘Somewhere In Time’, ‘Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son’, ‘Fear Of The Dark’, ‘The Final Frontier’ and ‘The Book Of Souls’ which have spawned many classic hits as ‘The Trooper’, ‘Wasted Years’, ‘Hallowed Be Thy Name’, ‘Wasting Love’, ‘Run To The Hills’, ‘Aces High’, ‘Rime Of The Ancient Mariner’ and ‘2 Minutes to Midnight’. #IronMaiden #CanIPlayWithMadness #SeventhSonofaSeventhSon Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:22:54 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.weidensees.net https://peertube.weidensees.net/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://peertube.weidensees.net/videos/watch/f0c8cddf-3b81-4e96-8526-b47c251322e7 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.weidensees.net/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.