William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: The Shadow Self ; Year: 2016; Genre: Symphonic Metal Had some of Tarja Turunen's solo music on my mind today; decided to check out some of her more recent material. I have to say, it's not bad at all, still the same operatic metal sound I like a lot. Hear Undertaker on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - Happy Feelin' My song pick 2 years ago today: The Fabulous Flee-Rakkers - Green Jeans My song pick 3 years ago today: Aerosmith - F.I.N.E. My song pick 4 years ago today: Coven - Lost Without a Trace My song pick 5 years ago today: Fairport Convention - Autopsy My song pick 6 years ago today: The Police - Every Breath You Take My song pick 7 years ago today: Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone My song pick 8 years ago today: The Moontrekkers - Night of the Vampire My song pick 9 years ago today: Maddy Prior - Cold Flame My song pick 10 years ago today: Savatage - Follow Me My song pick 11 years ago today: Bachman-Tu...

From: Colours in the Dark ; Year: 2013; Genre: Symphonic Metal/Power Metal This is a great song and album if you like hearing classical and operatic styles mixed with hard rock/metal music. Tarja Turunen shows her singing skills off excellently here and is as beautiful as ever. Hear Never Enough on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Twisted Sister - Heavy Metal Christmas (The Twelve Days of Christmas) My song pick two years ago today: Stratovarius - Learning to Fly My song pick three years ago today: Miles Davis - Green in Blue My song pick four years ago today: Tarot - Midwinter Nights My song pick five years ago today: Henry Mancini - A Shot in the Dark My song pick six years ago today: Finntroll - Jaktens Tid My song pick seven years ago today: Band of Horses - St. Augustine My song pick eight years ago today: Dan Fogelberg - Leader of the Band

941 ( Tarja Turunen - I Walk Alone ) Been meaning to add this one off of Tarja Turunen's second solo album to my list for some time now. It has a nice blend of Symphonic Metal and Classical, of course Tarja's vocals is far and gone the main draw for me. While I love her singing it does not sound right without the Nightwish sound backing her when I listen to her solo material. Don't get me wrong, her solo material is good, but I guess I am too used that amazing sound they made together. Here is the music video on YouTube. Here is a television performance on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Link Wray - Rumble My song pick two years ago today: The Carter Family - Wildwood Flower +

This is a leftover from my attitude song picks that I felt like picking today. For those who are unaware, Tarja Turunen was the former lead vocalist for the band Nightwish. I was introduced to both Tarja Turunen and Nightwish; I became a fan after the time of the breakup, so I really don't care much about the breakup and rather just enjoyed the music. The breakup between her and Nightwish was quite confrontational and emotional; there is still a lot of resentment even among fans who taken sides as well. Because of this both sides had gotten into a poison pen "songwriting contest" of sorts and used their art as a weapon; this song is one of those barbs. As a CD buying fan with an objective position it seems quite childish, but we fans do reap the rewards of some good self-justifying mood music. Here is the studio version on YouTube. Here is a live performance on YouTube. +