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Check out the interview about BRUCE DICKINSON INSIGHTS at The Bruce Dickinson Wellbeing Network!
Brigitte Schön
E-mail interview, January 2016
BDWBN: How did you get the idea for this book?
Brigitte: In December 2011, a friend of mine asked me if I helped him translating a couple of lyrics of Bruce’s The Chemical Wedding in German. To get a good translation you have to understand the meaning, though. Therefore, I took a look at the background. The result: I was immediately fascinated by Bruce’s skill of storytelling and the profoundness of his lyrics… and the intellectual substance challenged me! I continued interpreting Bruce’s lyrics for my own pleasure posting short interpretations in a German Iron Maiden forum every now and then.
BDWBN: Did you stumble upon any surprises in the lyrics? Or were they what you sort of expected from having been familiar with Bruce's and Maiden's music for years?
Brigitte: Bruce’s lyrics held quite some surprises; that’s why I couldn’t stop studying them. It’s fabulous to find something out you didn’t expect – like playing Sherlock. Taking the Queen on the Accident of Birth album, for example, references the English occultist Aleister Crowley – complete surprise.
BDWBN: Are there any songs you have re-evaluated musically, after taking a closer look at the lyrics?
Brigitte: Yes, there are. Before studying the lyrics,...
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