Abba - Happy New Year

Heard today on all radio stations playing oldies.

Eagles - Funky New Year

The Walkmen - In The New Year

U2 - New Year's Day

Nothing changes on new year's day. Get over it.

Celtic Tradition - Christmas in the Old Man's Hat

Boney M - Mary's Boy

Destiny's Child - 8 Days of Christmas

Lenny B & David Verbst - Feliz Navidad

Smith & Burrows - When the Thames Froze

When I dream tonight, I'll dream of you
When the Thames froze
So tell everyone that there's hope in your heart
Tell everyone or it will tear you apart
The end of Christmas day, when there's nothing left to say
The years go by so fast, let's hope the next beats the last

AC/DC - Mistress For Christmas

The Killers ft. Dawes - Christmas in LA

Last year, we've had a recap of all the charity Christmas singles released by The Killers since 2006. Here's the 2013 song.

Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas

Annie Lennox - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

INNA - I Need You for Christmas

Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody

Rocking Christmas since 1973.

Queen - Thank God it's Christmas

Animaniacs - Noel

Santa's name has no L!

The Darkness - Christmas Time

The Horrors - New Ice Age

Counting Crows - A Long December

There is reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last.

Britney Spears - Break The Ice

Yeasayer - Wait for Wintertime

Put your hands up, close your eyes and start moving...

Gwen Stefani - Early Winter

Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews - Baby, It's Cold Outside

One of my favourite versions of this duet.

The White Stripes - In The Cold, Cold, Night

Matchbox Twenty - Cold

Tell me why you gotta be so cold...

Tori Amos - Winter

The Cranberries - The Icicle Melts

Simon & Garfunkel - Hazy Shade of Winter

Look around: leaves are brown and the sky is a hazy shade of winter.

Foreigner - Cold as Ice

Van Morrison - Snow In San Anselmo

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow

Not something one should get lost in...

The Bambi Molesters feat. Chris Eckman - Ice and Pinewood Trees

And because I liked it so much there, we're back in Croatia. Surf rock is alive and well there and represented by the Bambi Molesters. For this song, they teamed up with vocalist Chris Eckman from the Walkabouts.

Alternosfera - Aruncă-mi

From Moldova, Alternosfera

Blla Blla Blla... - Kujt i bije

These guys come from Albania and have hypnotic rhythms to their songs.

Maria Ilieva - I Like

Maria Ilieva, from Bulgaria

The Ant - For Us

The Ant is a musical project of Rijeka native Anthony Kukuljan. Welcome to alternative Croatia.

Ferenc "Caramel" Molnar - Szeretlek

From Hungary, Ferenc Molnar

The Beautified Project - Butterfly

System of a Down aren't the only Armenians gone alternative...

Aria - Poteriannyi rai / Потеряный Рай

Aria, from Russia

Qarpa - Lovesong-0-667

Ukrainean band fronted by singer/songwriter Irene Karpa.

Viktorija - Barakuda

Viktorija, from Serbia

Bijelo Dugme - Hajdemo u planine

Serbian disco folk from the 80s, a big hit when I was seven :D

Pērkons - Balāde par gulbi

From Latvia, Perkons.

Acid Drinkers - Blues Beatdown

From Poland, Acid Drinkers

Metsatöll - Vaid Vaprust

Folk metal from Estonia.

Sugar Ray - Every Morning

End of 90s feel good song.

Fara Zahar - Lav Stori

2Pac - California Love

Not really a fan of hip hop... but this song's got it all.

Kaskade & Skrillex - Lick It

Crazy Town - Butterfly

That's what it sounds like when bad boys go from a Revolving Goor policy to love songs.

Barenaked Ladies - Lovers in a Dangerous Time

Everlast - White Trash Beautiful

Fight - War Of Words

El Perro del Mar - God Knows (You Gotta Give to Get)

A Spanish sea dog from Sweden.

Beck Corlan - Stand Up For Love

Aurelian Andreescu - Oameni

Gun's N' Roses - Paradise City

Van Halen - Running with the Devil

Korol i Shut - Fokusnik

Rolling Stones - Time Is on My Side

What the devil always hums (ever since Fallen, at least).

The Offspring - Days Go By

Pink feat. William Orbit - Feel Good Time

Here's Pink and Charlie's Angels announcing the feel good times: it's weekend.

Daft Punk feat Todd Edwards - Fragments Of Time

The Killers - A Matter of Time

Show me where it hurts, maybe I can heal it.

Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart)

KISS - Journey Of A 1.000 Years

Led Zeppelin - In My Time of Dying

In my time of dying, want nobody to mourn. All I want for you to do is take my body home.

Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time

If she could turn back time, she probably wouldn't dress like that. But if that's the price for that powerpack voice... hell, bring on the creepy stockings.

Lacuna Coil - End Of Time

The Zombies - Time of the Season

Bringing a bit of a hippy flavour...

Pink Floyd - Time

Muse - Time Is Running Out

A panic stricken song for panic stricken days.

Simple Minds - Sign o' the Times

Weird Al Yankovic - Another One Rides The Bus

Whoever said bus riding could not be fun. Everything is funny with Weird Al.

Queen - Bycicle Race

Cause that's what hipsters do on Sundays :))

The Dubliners - Irish Rover

Christina Aguilera Ft. Missy Elliot - Car Wash

A feel good song straight of a shark's tale.

Divlje Jagode - Motori

Robert Planet - Ship of Fools

Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car

Radiohead - Killer Cars

They all drive killer cars
They all drive killer cars

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Aeroplane

Hitching a ride on the aeroplane of music.

Guns N' Roses - Locomotive

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

The best kind of transportation ever...the fast one. And the world can revolve around it.

Bachelor Girl - Buses and Trains

So I walked under a bus
I got hit by a train
Keep falling in love
Which is kinda the same

Mary Gauthier - Drag Queens In Limousines

Iris - Trenul fără naș

A Romanian rock classic from 1984.

The Cars - Drive

Soul Asylum - Runaway Train

I sure feel like boarding one on Mondays...

Audioslave - Getaway Car

Disturbed vs. Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine - Down with the Sickness

Nina Simone vs. Muse - Feeling Good

Because that's what Sundays are for.

Brenda Lee vs. Elvis Presley vs. Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind

The Undisputed Truth vs. The Temptations vs. Adamski & George Michael vs. Adamski & Seal - Papa Was a Rolling Stone (/Killer)

The Undisputed Truth song (mainly forgotten), made a hit by The Temptations, found its way into Adamski's blend with Killer, performed by George - a meddley covered by Seal. And you can dance to just about any of the versions.

Frankie Valli and The 4 Seasons vs. Julio Iglesias - Can't Take My Eyes Off You

P.P. Arnold vs. Rod Stewart vs. Sheryl Crow - First Cut Is the Deepest

A Cat Stevens song to sing to ladies and gents alike.

Bob Dylan vs. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Blowin' in the Wind

Rolling Stones vs. Adam Levine & Alicia Keys - Wild Horses

Who's gonna ride them?

Aretha Franklin vs. Mary J. Blige - (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman

Joni Mitchell vs. Ana Moura - A Case of You

Recently, I had the pleasure of enjoying Ana Moura's graceful presence live and one of the songs she performed was Joni Mitchell's A Case of You.

Depeche Mode vs. Rammstein - Stripped

Let me see you make decisions without your television.

Alphaville vs. Youth Group - Forever Young

Britney Spears vs. Children of Bodom - Oops!...I Did It Again

The Dubliners vs. Thin Lizzy vs. Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar

Sometimes you need it to pass a Monday...

Die Toten Hosen - Zehn kleine Jägermeister

Rolling Stones - Laugh, I Nearly Died

Been travelling far and wide
Wondering who's going to be my guide.

Tragic Error - Tanzen

The Contours - Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)

Sounds an awful lot like Twist and Shout to me, but hey, these guys promise they can do the twist as well.

Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song

Scorpions - No One Like You

Pretty straightforward, this one...

Fallout Boy - Sugar, We're Going Down

Sugar, we're going down swinging.

 

Pavlos Sidiropoulos & Aprosarmostoi - Sto vivlio

Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit

Careful which hole you follow this one down...

Ofra Haza - Im Nin'Alu

Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay

Johnny Cash - I Shall Not Be Moved

Because Mondays, not even grass grows.

Pantera - 5 Minutes Alone

Def Leppard - Blood Runs Cold

... with shivers.

Bad Company - Shooting Star

Metallica - Devil's Dance

He probably dances to Metallica.

Alice Cooper - Poison

A creepy love song, if I've ever heard one.

Extreme - More Than Words

Helloween - Straight Out of Hell

German speed metal straight out of hell, right this year.

Gorky Park - Moscow Calling

Stevie Nicks - Annabel Lee

Here's one of the voices of Fleetwood Mac, setting to music a poem by Edgar Allen Poe. What more could you need to get ready for Halloween?

Vixen - Cruisin'

Foreigner - Hot Blooded

Just like vampires like their victims...

Gun - Word Up

Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark

Just in time for Halloween week...

Enuff Z'Nuff - New Thing

Jamiroquai - Blue Skies

Sting - Heavy Cloud, No Rain

And what do you do when your heart yearns for rain, but the relief just won't come? Just let Sting soothe you, I suppose...

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Heat Wave

Weather Girls - It's Raining Men

Of course, there can't be any proper weather forecast without the weather girls and their classic.

Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow

Len - Steal My Sunshine

And sometimes, the only thing you're in love with is the summer and its lazy, sunny mood...

Manic Street Preachers - Tsunami

Crowded House - Weather with You

Do I lie like a loungeroom lizard
Or do I sing like a bird released

Kate Bush - Misty

B*Witched - Blame it on the Weatherman

Another short-lived girl group of the late 902, from Ireland, offer the suggestion to blame it all on the weatherman.

Ray Charles - You Are My Sunshine

Albert Hammond - It Never Rains in Southern California

Seems it never rains in southern California
Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before
It never rains in California
But girl don't they warn ya
It pours, man it pours

Soundgarden - Black Rain

Deep Purple - Stormbringer

No point in running, cause it's coming your way: storms and Mondays.

Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man

Annie Lennox - Into the West

The end song of Return of the King comes from the magic wand of Howard Shore and Annie Lennox.

M People - Moving On Up

Mousse T - Horny

Aparently, collaborating with Tom Jones on Sexbomb wasn't enough tension relief for Mousse T, so we went more direct with this hit. And if that rhythm doesn't get you grinding on the dancefloor, what the heck will?

The Cure - Lovesong

Erasure - I Love to Hate You

Another band we've somehow missed and I have no idea how... And here's a special kind of love for you, too. Well, we all have our reasons... Love and hate, what a beautiful combination, sending shivers up and down my spine.

Jeff Wayne - Horsell Common and the Heat Ray

Form Jeff Wayne's "War of The Worlds".

Arthur Brown - Fire

Can't get any cheesier

Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart

No idea how we've managed to pass over this lady for so long, but I've corrected that mistake now. Oh, and if you want to know how Bonnie Tyler got her trademark voice, there is a cool article about it over at cracked.com.

Unfortunately, for me this song is forever linked with a nervous brakedown in my first year of college. And no, it wasn't because of the song, it just tipped the glass over.

Gossip - Heavy Cross

Boston - More Than A Feeling

It's more than a feeling, it's an entire attitude.

Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes

Let's hear it for The King...

Lily Allen - Fuck You

Here's a message for you, Monday!

The Offspring - Smash

Getting in the Monday morning mood :D...

Gotye - Eyes Wide Open

There's slightly more to Gotye than his overplayed and overspoofed Somebody That I Used to Know.

Roxette - The Look

Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

Get down Motown style tonight.

Kaskade Featuring Mindy Gledhill - Eyes

Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl

Fall in love today... with a brown eyed girl.

Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes

Porcupine Tree - Gravity Eyelids

Audiovent - Looking Down

These guys broke up after 11 years together and one album released by a major label and it's a darn shame if you ask me. But just for a moment there, they stood on top of the world, looking down.

Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes

RHCP - She Looks to Me

' Coz I've seen them live :)

Bob Marley - No Woman, No Cry

No Angels - Daylight in Your Eyes

An artifically formed girl band from Germany in the early 00's, three of the original five angels reformed a while back and continue performing.

Melissa Manchester - Through The Eyes Of Love

Go West - We Close Our Eyes

80's British synth pop.

Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face

Deep Purple - When a Blind Man Cries

Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

What's in a name? An... eye, apparently ;)

Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now

Counting Crows - Colorblind

Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower

Dear Legendkeeper, 

I'm reading Watchmen... ;-)

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

It's the Eye of the Tiger, it's the thrill of the fight

Risin' up to the challenge of our rival

And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night

And he's watchin' us all with the Eye of the... Tiger...

Bryan Adams - The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You

Sometimes the only thing that can save a Monday is a bit of a fashion sense. Particularly when it comes down to whom to wear.

Metallica - Eye Of The Beholder

Leonard Cohen - Teachers

Oh teachers are my lessons done?
I cannot do another one.
 They laughed and laughed and said,
Well child, are your lessons done?

Mötley Crüe - Smokin In The Boys Room

C'mon, we all did this at some point...

Birdy ft. Mumford and Sons - Learn Me Right

Join in some Scottish dances, straight from the soundtrack of Brave. Here to entertain is Birdy and Mumford and Sons.

Stela Enache & Florin Bogardo - Ani de liceu

Romanian song about the high school years...

Van Halen - Hot for Teacher

Pretty sure just anyone had a crush for a teacher once.

ABBA - When I Kissed The Teacher

One way to become a teacher's pet, is to kiss him (or her, for that matter) :)

Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild

Some Rebellious School Kids

Alice Cooper - School's Out

I always used to play this loudly on the last day of school: school's out for summer, school's out forever.

AC/DC - School Days

Bon Scott singing about school days

Alanis Morissette - You Learn

You live, you love, you cry, you lose, you bleed, you scream - you learn.

Kim Wilde - Schoolgirl

Mid school week, Kim Wilde sings about some sweet schoolgirl :)

Ramones - Rock'n'Roll Highschool

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall pt. 2

Can't really have a school themed week without this song - the chorus of generations.

Roger Hogdson - School

Roger Hogdson, the voice of Supertramp, with School, :)

Skid Row - 18 and Life

Alice in Chains - Lesson Learned

Back to school week kick-off with another Lesson Learned. Your teachers for the day: Alice in Chains.

Pearl Jam - Education

For Monday I choose this song about education.

Ana Moura - Desfado

Since her concert is drawing near...

Knorkator - Komm wieder her

As light as Sunday :)

Earth, Wind and Fire - September

Because it's the season.

Narcotic Thrust - I Like It

I don't know why, but I suddenly remembered this tune...

Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman

A real lady of soul.

Chris DeBurgh - Lady In Red

To a very special lady in red...

The Killers feat. Lou Reed - Tranquilize

I really need to...

Serj Tankian - Occupied Tears

No man's land...

Laura Stoica - Cartierul cântă rock

Because we all love rock'n'roll, here's one of the rather few female voice Romanian rock music had.

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock'n'roll

A soft touch on Wednesday :)

Alphaville - Sounds Like a Melody

The ringing of your laughter, it sounds like a melody... a fine example of German synthpop.

Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive

Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man...

WASP - Heaven's Hung in Black

Molotov - Gimme Tha Power

Power cocktail on Monday.

Carole King - Jazzman

Thank you, Lisa Simpson, for this one.

Fredl Fesl - Ein niederbayrisches Sauf- und Trinklied

A German song about drinking :)

Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)

If you can sit still while listening to this, there is something seriously wrong with you.

Autoerotique - Asphyxiation

Dance your asses off :)

The Monkees - I'm a Believer

Join the church of love - everyone's a believer, from the Monkees to Donkey.

Johnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory

Well said, you can't...

Biffy Clyro - Bubbles

You are creating all the bubbles at night
I'm chasing round and trying to pop them all the time
We don't need to trust a single word they say
You are creating all the bubbles at play

The Stooges - Raw Power

Simply raw power...

The Cardigans - My Favourite Game

Some quality Scandinavian music.

Blondie - The Tide Is High

Summer memories.

Free - It's Alright Now

Just a bit of self suggestion.

Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly

Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I

The Boxer Rebellion - Diamonds

Are you craving for diamonds on this Monday morning?

Neon Genesis Evangelion OST - Fly Me to the Moon

Richie Sambora - Made in America

We started with a blue collar rocker, might as well end with one - an autobiography too.

Lenny Kravitz - American Woman

American Sunday

Beach Boys - Surfin' USA

Here's what the term surf rock was invented for. And who invented good vibrations.

James Brown - Living In America

Rocky vs. Drago

Estelle & Kanye West - American Boy

English singer Estelle falls in love with an American Boy.

Demi Lovato - Made in the USA

"Cause our love was made, made in the USA"

Razorlight - America

Indie British rockers Razorlight  have their own take on the topic.

Rammstein - Amerika

Good America? Bad America?

Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind

Ode to the biggest, flashiest, brightest, most interesting, fascinating city there is. There is no other like New York. And no voice is better than that of Alicia Keys to sing about it.

Kim Wilde - Kids in America

A lady riding the new wave. Funny name to give, since all new waves are bound to end up as oldies...

Madonna - American Life

American Wednesday

John Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.

I keep telling myself that a 1985 song doesn't count as an oldie, since I was very much alive and pretty much kicking back then, but... who am I kidding. So here's a salute to 60s rock.

Simon & Garfunkel - America

American Ruby Tuesday

Leonard Bernstein - America

Everything free in America
For a small fee in America.

Green Day - American Idiot

Taking the spot light on the most upset day of the week are Green Day.

Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.

Monday in America

Ray Charles - Georgia on my mind

No american state ever had an anthem this beautiful. A love song dedicated to a home, not a person.

Jeff Buckley - Grace

Wait in the fire...

Roy Orbison - California Blue

Scatman John - The Scatman

Here's a bit of an inspiring story, from a guy who turned his handicap into something great and who walked away from the tormented music star image. He said goodbye content with his life: I’ve had the very best life. I have tasted beauty.

La Bouche - Sweet Dreams

Today we shall commemorate Melanie Thornton.

The Doors - Hello, I Love You

Here's a guy who helped define the rock star sex idol image. And a declaration couldn't be more direct than this.

INXS - Never Tear Us Apart

Michael Hutchence

Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good

We knew, but we loved her nevertheless.

AC/DC - Gone Shootin'

This Thursday's Child is about Bon Scott.

Janis Joplin - Piece of My Heart

Just take it...

Aaliyah - Try Again

She lived only to be 22 years old, a beautiful voice...

Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

We're gonna 'xcuse him while he kisses the sky.

Ritchie Valens - La Bamba

On this Ruby Tuesday, I give you Ritchie Valens and La Bamba.

Nirvana - Lithium

If you are extremely down, you might try a cure of Lithium.

Sid Vicious - My Way

So, we start our remembrance of the dead with an unorthodox version of Frank Sinatra's My Way, performed by Sex Pistols's Sid Vicious.

Pulp - Common People

Watch your life slide out of view, and dance and drink and screw because there's nothing else to do.

Danzig - Mother

Momma said...

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

Just as good a reason as any to hit the dancefloor: cause you'd look great on it.

K-lu - A fi sau a nu fi

Romanian movie samples mixed with a bit of danceable music :)

White Lies - There Goes Our Love Again

Well, it's Friday so... here it goes - our love again.

UFO - Love to Love

I might not show it anymore, but I still do love to love.

Kings of Leon - Supersoaker

Someone actually asked if there are bands I wanted to see live and haven't. Well, here is one answer to that question.

Budgie- In For The Kill

The Welsh are here :)

Hole - Violet

And the sky was made of amethyst
And all the stars were just like little fish
You should learn when to go
You should learn how to say no

Cher -We All Sleep Alone

Sooner or later

 

The Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin'

I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A. ...

The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated

Everyday...

Radiohead - Creep

But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here

 

Rush - Vapor Trail

Wish this week would be over as fast as a vapor trail...

Chicane - Saltwater (Thrillseekers Remix)

Relax and imagine the waves...

 

Stone Sour - Through Glass

Does eternity feel like home?

Citizen Cope - Brother Lee

Culture Beat - Mr. Vain

Call him insane...

Joe Dassin - Et si tu n'existais pas

French is the language of love, isn't it?

Charlie Winston - Hello Alone

The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums

Kiss me where the sun don't shine
The past was yours
But the future's mine
You're all out of time

 

Alter Bridge - Watch Over You

Sinnead O'Connor - 4th and Vine

The bald / bold lady.

Tarja Turunen - I Walk Alone

I walk alone
Every step I take, I walk alone
My Winter storm
Holding me awake it's never gone
When I walk alone

Don McLean - American Pie

Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day

He was gone on the day the music died...

Bad Religion - Punk Rock Song

This is just a punk rock song, written for the people who can see something's wrong...

Audioslave - Cochise

On Monday, Cochise.

Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

And we have just one world, but we live in different ones...

Joan Baez and Bob Dylan - With God On Our Side

"So now as I'm leavin', I'm weary as hell
The confusion I'm feelin' ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head and they fall to the floor
And if God is on our side, He'll stop the next war"

Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier

Culture Club - The War Song

Not really a theme to write dance songs about...

The National - Start a War

And sometimes it's just personal...

Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends

Love and war don't mix very well, do they?

Thirty Seconds to Mars - This Is War

This is a song about peace.

System Of A Down - War?

War? Why?

Joan Baez - Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards, every one.

Buffy Saint Marie - Soldier Blue

Cowboys vs. Indians...

John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace a Chance

On o the most prominent anti-war voices and one of the greatest anti-war anthems of the '70s. All we are saying is give peace a chance...

The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black

Whilst not really a song about war, "Paint It Black" is featured on the soundtrack of the movie "Full Metal Jacket".

Def Leppard - Gods of War

We're fighting with the gods of war, but what the hell we're fighting for?

 

Black Sabbath - War Pigs

I start this week about war with Black Sabbath's "War Pigs".

Bob Marley vs. Eric Clapton - I Shot the Sheriff

I promised a dose of Slowhand later in the week and here it comes, with a cover of Bob Marley's I Shot the Sheriff. Go, outlaws, go *opening a can of something cold and fizzy*.

AC/DC vs. Hayseed Dixie - Highway To Hell

On Sunday, we have good old AC/DC and the hillbillies Hayseed Dixie taking us on the highway to Hell.

Talk Talk vs. No Doubt - It's My Life

... don't you forget.

Gene Kelly vs. Sammy Davis Jr. - Singing In The Rain

Gene and Sammy, covering a 1927 song, singing and dancing in the rain.

Gloria Jones vs. Soft Cell vs. Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love

This cover song made Marilyn Manson (at least his music if not his looks/videos) digestable for the wide world. Soft Cell has already made an appearance here with this song and it's small wonder - to my knowledge we might've as well posted it in our One Hit Wonders week - probably one of the best of that sort, though apparently they had a string of hits in the UK. I was rather surprised that it was actually a cover as well, the original being performed by Gloria Jones - tainting love since 1964.

Chris Isaak vs. H.I.M. - Wicked Game

Two guys, beaten in a wicked game.

Gary Moore vs. Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away

Get ready for dramatic drum beats, tantalizin violins and a momentous power package of a song - regardless whether the voice that delivers it is male of female. Over the Hills and Far Away is Gary Moore's song from 1987; Nightwish's cover is from the eponimous EP from 2001 (incidentally, the song that got me into Nightwish).

Metallica vs. Motorhead - Enter Sandman

Monsters of rock Motorhead covering monsters of rock Metallica: Enter Sandman!

Bananarama vs. Ace of Base - Cruel Summer

Wiki says Bananarama is the all-female group with the most chart entries. Also, they were a girl band since before the Spice Girls made it cool. Ace of Base were the ABBA of the 90s, making Swedish pop hip once again. As for Cruel Summer... all you need to do is open the window.

Blondie vs. Nouvelle Vague - Heart Of Glass

Female voice vs. female voice, singing about fragile hearts.

Bob Dylan vs.Guns'n'Roses - Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Another Bob Dylan classic - Knockin' on Heaven's Door and wiki only knows how often this one has been covered. Guns'n'Roses did it their way and opened the eyes of a generation to some 60s heroes. And I've intentionally skipped another famous cover by Eric Clapton, we'll be hearing more of him later.

 

Depeche Mode vs. Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus

Your own, personal, Jesus is brought today by Depeche Mode and by Johnny Cash.

Bob Dylan vs. Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue vs. Florian Pittis - Death Is Not the End

A classic depressive song or anti-depressant, as you will. The original is by one of the most covered artists out there, I guess, with the cover being a hauntingly beautiful duet by Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue. Bonus - the Romanian translation by folk legend Florian Pittis.

Soundgarden vs. Copeland - Black Hole Sun

A punk version of a grunge era song.

USA for Africa - We Are the World

Bob Geldof's 1984 Band Aid also inspired the creation in 1985 of United Support of Artists for Africa, lead by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. Both supergroups directed raised money for famine relief in Ethiopia. USA for Africa featured 47 artists and this single together with the Hands Across America event raised almost $100 million.

   

Lou Reed & Bono & Dr. John & Elton John & D. Bowie & Duran Duran - Perfect Day

The perfect day to chill...

N-Eat Groove & Rocca - Scream

Firma were one of the most promising alternative bands in Romania before more or less fading into oblivion (after a rather uninspired video for Baby's Crying, pretty much mimicking Radiohead's Just). If parallels be allowed and proportions kept in mind, lead singer Rocca's collaboration with N-Eat Groove sounds quite a bit like what Brian Molko did with Timo Maas. A pity endurance is not also paralleled.

Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue - Kids

Sexy :)

Bryan Adams & Tina Turner - It's Only Love

Bryan Adams' hugest album was probably 1984's Reckless, riding high on the radio-friendly rock wave. Tina Turner has been rocking it out since 1958 and still going strong. It's Only Love was a duet by the two awesomes featured on said album. Here's however a live version with  great chemistry from a 1999 concert. One can only imagine how it is to celebrate your birthday and 40 years of performance on stage. To paraphrase some other giants who just won't stop - it's only love for rock'n'roll but we like it.

Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love

The theme song for Franco Zeffirelli's film Endless Love.

Derek Sherinian, Billy Idol, Slash, Tony Franklin - In the Summertime

Wherever radio waves reach, there's probably no person alive who doesn't know this song. You might however not know this version of it, so let me throw some Wikipedia bits at'cha, to figure just why it sounds so awesome.

Derek Sherinian (born August 25, 1966) is an American keyboardist who has toured and recorded for Alice Cooper, Billy Idol, Yngwie Malmsteen, Kiss, and Black Label Society. He was also a member of Dream Theater from 1994–1999, is the founder of Planet X and also one of the founding members of Black Country Communion.

William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955[1]), known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. A member of the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans, Idol first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X. He then embarked on a successful solo career, and was a member of the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States.

Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), better known by his nickname Slash, is a British-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with Guns N' Roses, Slash formed the side project Slash's Snakepit. He then co-founded the supergroup Velvet Revolver, which re-established him as a mainstream performer in the mid to late 2000s. Slash has since released two solo albums.

Anthony James "Tony" Franklin is an English rock musician, best known for his work on the fretless bass guitar with Roy Harper, The Firm, Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers, John Sykes' Blue Murder, David Gilmour, Kate Bush, Whitesnake, and most recently with Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

Aerosmith & Run DMC - Walk This Way

Who can resist this mix between rock and rap?

Anouk & Sarah Bettens - I Alone

This song is featuring three magic ingredients to be awesome. Firstly, I Alone is one of the singles from Throwing Copper, the album that brought Live their commercial breakthrough. Second, the voices are the most successful female vocalists the BeNeLux has offered. Anouk may be remembered only for her hit Nobody's Wife, but she has continued success in her home country Netherlands. Sarah Bettens is the lead singer of Belgian rockers K's Choice.

Jewel Feat. Kelly Clarkson - Foolish Games

UB40 & Chrissie Hynde - I Got You Babe

Sonny and Cher's classica duet I Got You, Babe has known quite a lot of versions, including one "performed" by Cher and... Beavis & Butthead. Since it's so hot and summery, though, let's get a bit raggae. Raggae pop band UB40 hail from Birmingham, UK, while Hereford native Chrissie Hynde is the leader of the Pretenders. And they got each other since 1985.

 

Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

Classic

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds with P.J. Harvey - Henry Lee

The story told through this song is centuries old, but no version is as successful as the one by Nick Cave and P. J. Harvey. A story of love, disappointment, murder and punishment.

Seether & Amy Lee - Broken

They are a post-grunge band from South Africa. She is from California and better known as being the founding member and voice of Evanescence. Together, they clain to be Broken.

 

Motorhead - I Ain't No Nice Guy

Featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Slash.

Bryan Ferry - Slave to Love

This is a typical case of saving the best for last, this time taking on the sound of the voice of Roxy Music. One of the most sultry songs ever written (and sung). It has that delta heat of Black Velvet and belongs to Bryan Ferry.

 

Sugababes - Push The Button

Sexy Sunday

Touch and Go - Would You...?

Reaching back to Eurodance tracks of the 90s for Saturdays and there's no small supply of sexy time songs there. And that even without playing anything from the obviously named German duo E-rotic. Here's something a bit more jazzy and just as direct.

Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, Pink - Lady Marmalade

Sexy Saturday

Whitesnake - Slow and Easy

Now, I am not much of a gerontophiliac, if you think this is where we're headed today. But David Coverdale somehow manages to be one sexy old geezer. He's never been quite shy to sing about it and I doubt he heard many no's to the invite below.

Boyz II Men - I'll Make Love To You

Sexy Friday

Rammstein - Mann gegen Mann

We have skipped these guys in the German week cause they were duh-level obvious. But they've a reputation for scandalous songs and this is one of them. Oh, and the video is probably NSFW.

Heart - All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You

Sexy Thursday

Cyndi Lauper - She Bop

Cyndi Lauper has an album with a title that describes her perfectly - She's So Unusual. That album incidentally features one of the songs that lead to the creation of Parental Advisory stickers. She Bop was the culprit as it created a fuss among puritans outraged by its topic: masturbation.

Madonna - Like A Virgin

Sexy Wednesday

Depeche Mode - Master and Servant

A Pain That I'm Used To is a bit too new for Ruby Tuesday, so we can skip the S&M part today and just focus on the D&s. Depeche can suit any mood and need just fine.

Marvin Gaye - Lets Get It On

Sexy Tuesday

Nine Inch Nails - Closer

Nine Inch Nails have a pretty good idea of how to get rid of Monday tensions...

 

Tone-Loc - Wild Thing

Sexy Monday

Henri Salvador - Chambre avec vue

A beautiful relaxing song and a video showcasing some really beautiful spots.

No Doubt - Don't Speak

Ruslana - Wild Dances

A former Eurovision Song Contest winner, representing the Ukraine.

Sash! - Ecuador

K.D. Lang - Constant Craving

If Saint Lu is craving, she still has a long way to go to the state K.D. Lang's in, which is Constant Craving.

Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me

Saint Lu - Craving

Saint Lu is actually Luise Gruber, a blues rock singer from Austria. And she is Craving.

Die Toten Hosen - Nur zu Besuch

Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts

Some more Kylie and her two hearts and her sexy legs.

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box

I think we don't have enough Nirvana around here. And because the 90s are not 10 years ago, as I sometimes think, this song is actually 20 years old.

The Beatles- Let It Be

R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts

Tom Waits - Hell Broke Luce

A voice like the creaking irons of torture instruments of hell. Because it's Monday and Hell Broke Luce. 

"Weird" Al Yankovic - Amish Paradise

A spoof on Sunday :)

Alphabeat - Fascination

Because nothing invites happiness in quite like retaining a childlike fascination for the world. The Danes from Alphabeat can testify that with their summer hit from 2007.

Cappela - U Got 2 Let The Music

Back to the 90's, once again...

Doing Time - I Was a Ye-Ye Girl

Get yourselves dancing while celebrating the free spirits and high moods of the 60s. For your information, this is what wiki says: Yé-yé was a style of pop music that emerged from France, Italy and Spain in the early 1960s. The term "yé-yé" derived from "yeah! yeah!".

Ben E. King - Stand by Me

Classic...

The Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next to Me

The Last Shadow Puppets is a side-project of the frontmen of Arctic Monkeys and The Rascals. Because beautiful things come out from friendship.

JazzyBIT - Winter Town

A little bit of jazz on Thursday :)

Joe Cocker - I Come in Peace

He comes in peace, like all anciently wise creatures of the Universe do. This one's off Joe Cocker's 22nd's album, released in November last year, and dammit, he's been going on and on since 1961. Most of us can't even say that about our lives, let alone our careers.

Maria Raducanu - Los piconeros

A beautiful voice...

Erykah Badu - Honey

In the aftermath of the German week, here is German R&B queen Erykah Badu and her love song to old fashioned record stores :)

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil

Pleased to meet you, I hope you guessed my name...

Abba - The Day Before You Came

A song so old, that Dallas was new and thrilling back then. It even gets a shout-out.

System Of A Down - Lonely Day

Monday...

Jarle Bernhoft - C'mon Talk

Communication breakdown...

Sportfreunde Stiller - Applaus

Never knew much about Sportfreunde Stiller other that they existed... However, I saw them live last year and it was a really enjoyable show. And what better way to end the German week, than in a resounding round of applause.

MIA. - Auferstanden aus Ruinen

This is the punk version of the East German anthem.

Mark Oh - Tears Don't Lie

Speaking of German DJs of whom even noobs of the electronic scene like me have heard...

Cascada - The Rhythm Of The Night

Move your ass on the dance floor!!!

Marius Müller-Westernhagen - Sexy

Well, sexy is not necessarily something I would call this guy... but since a sexy has made him so miserable, I think he deserves a bit of attention as a consolation prize.