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Why was Invaders never played live?
Here's 'Invasion' from the Iron Maiden Soundhouse tapes, just after Paul leads a call and response with 'eyo-yo-yo-yo-yo' like he's Sting doing 'Don't Stand so Close to Me'.
Song begins 29:12 - https://youtu.be/u9JndrzUbq0
The lyrics are around the same idea, though it sounds nothing like Invaders, but, notice one segment of the guitar solo is straight from Invaders, 30:32.
I'm guessing there must likely be an intellectual property conflict in the song writing, such that Iron Maiden never plays Invaders live.
The question was raised with Adrian Smith on 'That Metal Show' with Eddie Trunk, but he didn't answer directly, apart from acknowledging a remark that it was written by Dennis Stratton. 43 : 10 @ https://youtu.be/dy_G_b_iX94.
lyrics https://ironmaiden.fandom.com/wiki/Invasion.
The Dennis Stratton wiki states he is the only member not to have contributed to writing of any recorded material.
However, I found another site crediting Stratton on Invasion - https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/dennis-stratton/credits.
Was it that carry over solo that created the conflict? What part did Dennis claim that prevents 'Invaders' from being played live?
