Samson (with Bruce Dickinson) - Odeon Theater, Birmingham, England, Feb. 7, 1980.

Take It Like A Man

Bruce Dickinson - vocal
Paul Samson - guitar
Chris Aylmer - bass guitar
Barry Graham ''Thunderstick'' - drums

[Lyrics]

Leading me on you've been a bad bad boy
I Bet you since you've been a kid, you've been a mama's toy

I'm gonna teach you, you're gonna learn
Don't fool with me, I'm gonna make you burn

Little boy blue take off your shoe
Just come a little closer so my aim is true

But I don't wanna do it, gonna make you hop
It's hurting me, Is it hurting you?

CHORUS:
Take it like a man
Oh, gonna do it all I can
Take it like a man
Oh, gonna do it all I can

Touch of the lash you've got a Discipline rash
Six of the best bust my leather strap
I'm the master and youre the slave
Bend over son, your gonna be saved
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''Take It Like A Man'' is a song from the second studio album ''Head On'' by Samson, released in 1980.

Head On is the second album by British heavy metal band Samson. It was released in 1980. The cover art features the band's masked drummer, Thunderstick. This is the first album with future Iron Maiden-frontman Bruce Dickinson on vocal duties.

The instrumental "Thunderburst" is credited as co-written by S. Harris. The track is in fact a version of "The Ides of March", the opening track on the Iron Maiden album "Killers" which was released the next year.

Samson was a British hard rock band formed in 1977 by guitarist and vocalist Paul Samson. They are best known for their first three albums with future Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson, then known as "Bruce Bruce", and drummer Thunderstick (real name Barry Graham), who wore a leather mask and performed on stage in a metal cage. Drummer Clive Burr was also member of the band, both before and after his tenure with Iron Maiden. Drummer Mel Gaynor also had a successful music career being a member of Simple Minds for over 20 years.

In a gig by hard rock band Samson at Bishop's Stortford, Dickinson came onstage and performed one of their songs, "Rock Me Baby".He was offered the job as the band's vocalist immediately.They released their debut album, Survivors, in 1979 on an independent label. Dickinson did not appear on the original version, as it had been completed two months before he joined them.During his time in Samson, he went by the name "Bruce Bruce", derived from Monty Python's Bruces sketch.The other band members knew they had improved things by hiring Dickinson, but it took some time for the fans to "catch up".Dickinson was shocked after finding out that all rock performers were not as great artists as he had thought them to be.Most of them, like Samson, didn't think of popularity, but just "to have a good drink, a good shag, and take some drugs". It was very difficult for him to relate to that kind of living.He had smoked before, but in Samson it was more like a habit. Dickinson had to smoke joints in order to communicate with other band members. He called it, "the price that had to be paid", as it was a step towards his goal being a rock n' roll singer.

The band released one more album with Dickinson - Shock Tactics. However, after Samson encountered numerous difficulties, Dickinson departed in 1981.

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