They have an album or two up on iTunes that I’ve seen so far.  Listened to a couple of the previews there and I like what I hear so far.

“The Lonely” is a dark song, and the most likely to be used on “So You Think You Can Dance” this season. I haven’t checked her tour schedule for the summer, but I’d bet anything there’s a hole in it sometime in June or July for Perri to be there for a victory lap to perform a song from this album. The blatant reference to “Dancing slowly in an empty room” in this song makes it an easy choreographer target. (Though “Bang Bang Bang” would make a kick-butt Quick Step. ;-) I love the piano progressions in this song. It acts as both piano and percussion in the song, which is a nifty trick.

Guess what song they used on “So You Think You Can Dance?” this week? Perri is out on tour and not available to perform on the show, but I almost nailed that prediction…

Virtuoso Ukulele Player!

Seriously, the guy’s insanely good.  The flamenco song he played would rip anyone else’s tendons right out of their arms. And then there’s the crowd-pleasing covers of “Hallelujah,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” that are classics.  Here’s a sample:

8.5 million views on that sucker.  Well deserved.

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10/1 Boston, MA – Berklee Performance Center
(2 entirely different shows featuring songs from A-M
at 6:30pm & songs from N-Z at 9pm)

Crazy. I love it. And if you wanted to hear “I Palindrome I” AND “We’re the Mesopotamians,” you need to go to both shows. I make no guarantee that they’ll play either, though.

(Additional detail is in their email alert, though not on their website.)

Egads, I love this song:

It seems the video was originally a commercial featuring Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight.” This YouTube video remixes the commercial to our favorite Steinman/Tyler number.  It’s just weird and odd for a minute and then kicks in with the drumsticks.  Stick with it.

Someone later went in and remixed it with the Dan Band version of the song.

Can’t believe I forgot about this one, a cover version fo the song sung horribly, but with percussion from home appliances:

Three more videos to go!  We’re almost there!

“Xena: Warrior Princess” Lucy Lawless sings the song with Bonnie Tyler from “Celebrity Duets”:

British Heart Throbs WestLife covered the song not long ago:

How about an acapella cover of the Dan Band’s version of the song with choreography inspired by the original music video? The lead singer’s voice can’t quite hit the high notes…

There are a lot of acapella college groups covering hte song, ALL of whom think it’s a new idea to have their singers turn around to reveal themselves during the opening “Turn around” lyrics. UGH.

So concludes this week’s look at “Total Eclipse of the Heart.”  Be nice to me, or next week I’ll do this for another song.  And neither of us will survive it.

We go all the way back to the first season wtih Nikki McKibbin’s cover:

Carly Smithson covered it in a latter season:

It gets wilder and wackier after this break:

Noted rehab visitor Jessica Sierra sang it on Idol once. I can’t find that video right now, but here’s a clip of her singing it on the live tour with Scott Savol:

Michael Johns once sang it live with The Dan Band: (Again, SERIOUSLY NSFW language here)

And here’s Allison Iraheta on a TV show overseas somewhere covering it:

Finally, I know it’s not Idol, but I had to save The Master of Music for last. Ladies and Gentlemen, William Shatner:

In 1984, she performed the song live on The Grammys broadcast. That’s a lot of hair.

In 2009, it became a viral video hit with a Literal Version that has to be seen to be believed. It’s impressive how they managed to fit the literal descriptions so neatly into the song structure:

The Dan Band covered it a few years ago, to hilarious effect. Warning: Language. A movie picked this version up to give it new life:

Lots more after the break, including more from Bonnie Tyler, herself.

She also covered it with a male choir:

But, man, has her voice ever sounded rougher than here?

And, of course, Nicki French covered it as a dance tune a few years back:

If all else fails, cut straight to Wikipedia.

Tomorrow: MORE of the same damned song!

• Sebastian Bach (18 years)
• Macauley Culkin (8 years)
• John Mellencamp (20 years)
• Joe Francis (7 weeks)

That last one is not a typ0. He’s the Girls Gone Wild guy. Did you expect his marriage to last longer than seven weeks?!?

On the other hand, Shania Twain just got married. And Hugh Hefner is engaged, in another well-meaning and no doubt long-lasting marriage.

Oh, and Elton John has a new baby: Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John. Better than “Apple” or “Rumor,” I suppose, but he loses points for giving his kid a name of one of his songs.  I suppose we should be happy he didn’t go with “Daniel Levon Furnish-John.”

Of course, you need a banner:

99% of the pics so far wind up as black and whites. This one was bright enough to stay in color. I love the way this worked out. The wider angle lens (28mm) worked beautifully here:

More of the band. NoiseNinja did an amazing job here: