Day 11 of the thirty day song challenge

Hey everyone!
For those of you who haven't read the title, this is day 11 of the thirty day song challenge.
And what's today? A song from my favorite band. I've been looking forward to this one for a while now. For those of you who don't know, my favorite band is Nightwish. Some of you probably never heard of them. They're basically a symphonic power metal band from Finland. They are one of the most awesome bands ever. And dare I say it, they are epic. They're coming out with a new album soon called "Imaginarium." I'm wicked bummed, though, because apparently, the world's supposed to end in October, and it's probably not going to be released until later this year. So I won't get to hear that awesome 20 minute song that they're planning on putting in the album.
Anyway, on to one song by them. I'd have to choose "Everdream" for two reasons: first because it's an amazing song, and second, because my band and I are covering it. For all of you who haven't seen it yet, we have a blog that can be found here.
Anyway, here's the video of the studio version.

Well, not exactly a video, but at least it plays the song.
Now here's the totally awesome (and much cooler) live version.

Oh, and while we're on the topic, I was looking at different blogs, and I happened by one called Heavy Metal FTW. This blog tends to post about the more epic metal bands (like Nightwish, Within Temptation, Tarja Turenen, Leaves Eyes, Sonata Arctica). You know, the good stuff. Nothing like the noise crud from us Americans. Well, then again, not all American stuff is bad, but alot of these artists who are obscure in the US have way more talent than some of our most popular artists, like, say, Britney Spears or The Black-Eyed Peas. In my opinion, Nightwish should be winning the grammy for best record, or song of the year, or whatever, rather than The Black-Eyed Peas, who seem to be good at sedating the masses with heavy basslines, and not much else.
That went way off topic, but returning now, on the Heavy Metal FTW blog, which can be found here, I happened to find a video from a French rapper who sampled from "Everdream". Now have you ever heard the French rap. Oh my gosh, it's absolutely hilarious. Here's the video:

Anyway, tomorrow's a song by my least favorite band. Let me tell you, the band has to be pretty bad for it to be my least favorite. I'll listen to just about everything.
Until tomorrow (hopefully),
T-WAC

Day 10 of the thirty day song challenge

Yo, everyone!
I am wicked happy because I just finished reading "Ender's Shadow" by Orson Scott Card. It was an amazing book. It's the companion novel to "Ender's Game," which is also amazing.
Anyway, today is a song that makes me fall asleep. That's a very difficult thing to think of. The only times that I fall asleep to any music is when I'm really tired. It doesn't matter what the music is. It could be anything from Beethoven to We Came As Romans, and I'll be out like a light either way.
So there is no song that makes me fall asleep. But there are many songs that I've fallen asleep to. One album I've fallen asleep to is "Hey, You, I Love Your Soul" by Skillet. It was extremely different from the later Skillet albums like "Comatose," or "Awake," so I didn't have my interest sparked enough to keep me awake.
I just remember waking up very briefly during "Scarecrow," the last song on the album, before falling back asleep. So that's the one that I'm going to post today.
Here it is.

So, tomorrow is.... um..... I have no idea. I knew them up until day 7, and from there I have no idea what's next.
Anyway, adios, mi amigos y amigas!
T-WAC

Day 9 of the thirty day song challenge

Well, hello again!
Good news! The end of the world has been postponed until October 21st, 2011! But I'm still mad. If the world's going to end that early, I'm not going to be able to hear any of the new Nightwish album. Blaugh.
Oh well. I hope that they postpone it back to December 21st, 2012. I mean, that's when the apocalypse was supposed to happen, right?
Okay, back to the post topic. Today is day 9, a song I can dance to. That's tough. I'll pretty much dance to anything. Everything from reggae to Korn (yes, Korn). So I'll just name one: "When They Come For Me" by Linkin Park. Yes, one doesn't think of Linkin Park as music to dance to. But, like I said, I'll dance to anything. I could have said "Yeah" by Usher, but how original is that? That is a dance song.
Anyway, here's "When They Come For Me". (This version is nonexplicit, don't worry)

And here's the studio version. (Warning, explicit lyrics!)

Anyway, tomorrow is day 10, and aside from that, I have no idea. I guess I'll have to find out tomorrow.
Tomorrow, tomorrow, I'll love you tomorrow, it's only a DAAAAAAAYYYYYYY
AAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!
(random Annie moment)
T-WAC

Day 8 of the thirty day song challenge

Hello everyone!
Man, I've just been getting lazy with these posts!
Anyway, today's day 8, a song I know all of the words to. That's both easy and hard at the same time.
Easy, because there are many songs that I know all of the words to. Hard because I have no idea which to pick.
Well, I've narrowed it down to one album, "Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, Chapters 1-13" by HIM. This has to be one of my favorite albums of all time. The first five or six songs are amazing, but after that, though the songs are still awesome, they can't compare to the first few songs. This is an album that I sing along with at the top of my lungs regardless of who's listening.
Which song.... Hmm....
Y'know, I think I'll post two for this one. Technically I'm supposed to post one a day, but what the heck.
The two songs are "In Venere Veritas," and "Scared to Death," which happen to be the first two on the album. There's really no profanity in either song, which is good, because I sing them all the time. Well, anyway, here they are.

And here's "Scared to Death."

I find this group kind of funny for a rock group. Their lyrical style is totally different from any other group I've ever heard. All of their stuff is about love, relationships, heartbreak, and other things of the like. Heartbreak is a common theme for rock, but the way HIM speaks about it is totally different.

Oh, random end-of-post topic! The other day, I got to advertise for my karate school by wearing a large fat panda costume made to look like "Po" from Kung Fu Panda. It was quite an experience. First I spent fifteen minutes trying to figure out how to get the costume on, then, when the head instructor and I had finally figured it out, I walked outside and stood by the side of the road, waving, dancing, and doing random karate forms (yes, in a heavy panda costume). Overall, I think it was a good experience, though on two occasions, teenagers felt the need to profanely express with me their desire for me to engage in procreation (if you know what I mean) as they drove by. Finally, after an hour and a half, two of the parents called me inside, and said that I had been working for long enough.
A brief lesson that I learned from that experience: when standing in a costume by the side of the road, do air guitar as the cars pass by. They love it.

Okay, I honestly have no idea what day 9 is. But I will know tomorrow.
Adios!
T-WAC

Day 7 of the thirty day song challenge

Hello again everyone!
First off, I'd like to apologize for not posting in a while. Things have been very busy here.
Second, the world ended today at six PM. Don't ask me why I just posted! You are forbidden to ask that question!
So, getting back to the point, today is day 7, a song that reminds me of a certain event. This isn't all that easy.
Hmm......
I don't know if this really counts, but there's a song that makes me think of a happy ending I guess. I don't know if that's technically an event, but it works. The song is "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears For Fears. This song is kind of one of those songs that you can hear playing at the end of a movie when the good guy won and there's no more worries and all that. Well, anyway, at the last phase of my first black belt test, after I was given my black belt, this song was all I could think of. As soon as I got home, I put my Tears For Fears CD into the CD player, and played it. The Bruiser was not terribly happy about me playing it, given that it was past ten when we got home from the karate school, but I didn't really care. So I guess this song makes me think of the final phase of my first black belt test.
Here it is.

Well, anyway, tomorrow is day eight! That might be a song that I know all of the words to. I don't know.
Anyway, we're about to watch "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," so I have to go.
Until next time,
T-WAC