Song Of the Day - CCXIII - Ashes You Leave

Today, a Placebo song as you never heard it before.

Ashes You Leave - Every you every me

Song Of the Day - CCVIII - Avantasia

Since I'm in a Pop covers mood, I found this one apropriate to signal my return to work, afert a ten days leave for the birth of my new baby daughter.

The original is from Ultravox, and it's an eighties classic, here re-done by Avantasia.

Avantasia - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes

Song Of the Day - CCVII - Leaves' Eyes

Speaking of Mike Oldfield, here is another one of his hits, in a version by Leaves' Eyes.

Leaves' Eyes - To France

Song Of the Day - CCVI - Pathfinder

The eighties was, musically, a period full of creativity and melody, specially in Pop music.
I don't know if it's nostalgia, but I still love many Pop hits from the eighties. I don't think it's only nostalgia, because Metal bands keep doing covers of those songs, and most of these guys weren't even born in the eighties.

Several bands tried to cover Moonligh Shadow from Mike Oldfield and failed miserably, until Pathfinder did it in their Sonata Arctica meets Rhapsody of Fire Neo-Classical style, and made a work of art that surpasses the original piece (for those who like neo classical guitars).

Pathfinder - Moonlight Shadow

Song Of the Day - XVIII - 70s and 80s Pop Covers

We finish the week with a version of Tears For Fears hit Shout, done by the American Nu Metal band Disturbed.

Please feel free to send links to other Metal covers of songs of other genres, be it 70s and 80s Pop or any other genre that is not Metal.

Disturbed - Shout (Tears For Fears)

Song Of the Day - XVII - 70s and 80s Pop Covers

Today I have something a bit different, and even surprising.
A Disco hit from the 70s, from Boney M. completely revamped by Battle Folk Metal band Turisas.
An amazing cover that I couldn't leave out of this week set of covers.

Turisas - Rasputin (from Boney M.)

Song Of the Day - XVI - 70s and 80s Pop Covers

It's not something that I like, to give the Song Of the Day air time twice to the same band in so short amount of time, with so many great bands out there.
But in a week dedicated to Metal covers of Pop songs, this version of Wuthering Heights from Kate Bush, played by Brazilian Power Metal band Angra, here still with the incredible voice of André Matos, just couldn't be out.

Angra - Wuthering Heights (from Kate Bush)

Song Of the Day - XV - 70s and 80s Pop Covers

Today, I decided to bend a little my own rules and dive into the 60s to show you this cover from Danish Heavy Metal band Volbeat playing Dusty Springfield's hit I Only Wanna Be With You.

Volbeat - I Only Wanna Be With You (from Dusty Springfield)

Song Of the Day - XIV - 70s and 80s Pop Covers

Another Pop classic, this time from Pet Shop Boys, in the powerfull voice of Kai Hansen from Power Metal band, Gamma Ray.

Gamma Ray - It's a Sin (from Pet Shop Boys)

Song Of the Day - XIII - 70s and 80s Pop Covers

Today another Power Metal band, Freedom Call, reinventing the eighties classic Dancing With Tears in My Eyes from Ultravox.

Freedom Call - Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (from Ultravox)

Song Of the Day - XII - 70s and 80s Pop Covers

There is so much great Metal music, that I felt lost when trying to decide the Song Of the Day for each day. So I decided to start having some weekly themes, narrowing my universe of possibilities.

This weeks theme is 70s and 80s Pop covers done by Metal bands.

We start the week with a great Power Metal band, doing a cover of one of the most famous Pop bands of the 70s and 80s.

Avantasia - Lay All Your Love on me (originally from Abba)