Alexander the great: The song and not the person

I was listening to "Alexander the great" this morning and was reminded about my introduction to this song.

We lovingly called him Myrugaru for two reasons. First, he was a hairy monster (when 100 boys are cramped into a small space called hostel, such details come to the fore quickly). Second, he was a myru. The guys rise to notoriety took place right in his first year. He stood in front of the bank on the first of a month and collected loan worth three or four thousand from seniors with scholarship. That evening he had a brand new Phillips stereo in his room. Coincidentally it cost him three or four thousand rupees. 

He introduced me to Alexander the great and Iron Maiden. I was blown away by the song the first time I heard it. The song structure, singing, lyrics and guitars were all spectacular. In the next few months, I collected all the available Iron Maiden material (but I could not lay my hands on the particular song itself till many years later). At that time, I asked him a naive question "Has this group played a concert in India?" He was offended and responded with derision in his voice "India! Are you nuts? They will spit on India". I was in awe of Iron Maiden and went on the collection spree, I mentioned earlier.

A few years later, Iron Maiden was one of the first mega-metal group to tour India.