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?