Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Song of the Month - April 2021 - Fade to Black

I'm going to work my way backwards through Facebook's confusing system and try to get all the videos Eric has posted for his Song of the Month series. Today's month is April 2021, and the song is Fade To Black.

Apr 1st - Song of the Month, Day 1: This is going to be a little different for me, since I'm posting a song this month that I barely know and have very little history with. In fact, the first time I recall hearing in was a couple days ago when researching it for today! But this is a request from my brother-in-law, Ray. And it looks promising, there have been many covers over the years. There doesn't seem to be an official video by the band for this song, so this first one is pretty static, but I suspect thing will improve very quickly. Everyone, thanks for tolerating my rambling introduction. Here it is, "Fade to Black" by Metallica.



Apr 2nd - Song of the Month, Day 2: A guitar cover.



Apr 3rd - Song of the Month, Day 3: I don't think "Fade to Black" really lends itself to parody, so for this month, we'll have Orchestral Saturdays instead. Metallica has done the song with orchestras themselves, but I'll save those for later on. Let's open, then, with this version:



Apr 4th - Song of the Month, Day 4: I haven't heard a lot of their stuff, but what I have seen of First to Eleven has always impressed me. So I thought this would be a nice one for today. I was right!



Apr 5th - Song of the Month, Day 5:



Apr 6th - Song of the Month, Day 6: Time for an acoustic version!



Apr 7th - Song of the Month, Day 7: I was wondering what "Fade to Black" might sound like on other instruments, and lo and behold, this one turns up!



Apr 8th - Song of the Month, Day 8: We had a violin yesterday, how about a piano today?



Apr 9th - Song of the Month, Day 9: So how does Metallica deliver "Fade to Black" live? Here's a 2018 performance in Lincoln:



Apr 10th - Song of the Month, Day 10: It's Orchestral Saturday! Here it is with a string orchestra.



Apr 11th - Song of the Month, Day 11:



Apr 12th - Song of the Month, Day 12: On a single acoustic guitar.



Apr 13th - Song of the Month, Day 13:



Apr 14th - Song of the Month, Day 14:



Apr 15th - Song of the Month, Day 15: On something called a harp guitar!



Apr 16th - Song of the Month, Day 16:

(Metallica: Fade To Black (Cover feat. Alexander Paiva and Rayce Coyle)


Apr 17th - Song of the Month, Day 17: Wait, this is already the penultimate Saturday this month? Okay, then, for this Orchestral Saturday, let's have the San Francisco Symphony and a few special guests:



Apr 18th - Song of the Month, Day 18: Metallica in Italy!



Apr 19th - Song of the Month, Day 19:



Apr 20th - Song of the Month, Day 20:



Apr 21st - Song of the Month, Day 21: A simple acoustic guitar cover.



Apr 22nd - Song of the Month, Day 22:



Apr 23rd - Song of the Month, Day 23: A mellower guitar cover.



Apr 24th - Song of the Month, Day 24: The final Orchestral Saturday.



Apr 25th - Song of the Month, Day 25: Metallica live!



Apr 26th - Song of the Month, Day 26:



Apr 27th - Song of the Month, Day 27: Yikes, it must be getting close to the end of the month, because it's getting harder to find new videos! But this one turned up at last after a bit of scrolling.



Apr 28th - Song of the Month, Day 28: This kid is only 12!



Apr 29th - Song of the Month, Day 29: We're in the homestretch, so how about some live performances?



Apr 30th - Song of the Month, Day 30: Metallica live at the VH1 MyMusic Awards:

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