From 14 September 2021

Metal, iron, steel

Your song must reference metal, iron or steel either in the title or the lyrics. (Not in the band name.)

Metal as a genre alone doesn’t qualify, but you could use a metal song as long as it references metal, iron or steel.

Deborah

Robert Glasper – Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box (1 Mic 1 Take)

Robert Glasper is an American pianist, record producer, songwriter and musical arranger with a career that bridges musical and artistic genres.

I love this smooth, jazzy version of Radiohead’s “Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box”. Derrick Hodge is on bass with Taylor McFerrin beatboxes.

Gernaldine

Galantis – Steel

Galantis is a Swedish electronic dance music production, songwriting and DJ duo consisting of Christian Karlsson and Linus Eklöw. Karlsson is also known as Bloodshy as part of two other musical groups, a duo (Bloodshy & Avant) and a trio (Miike Snow). Eklöw is known as Style of Eye.
The song Steel is a great work of art.
The “Sea Fox” is the Galantis mascot appearing in all their videos, cover art and even live shows.

Zosia

Steve Earle – Copperhead Road

Copperhead Road was an actual road near Mountain City in Tennessee known as the “big dry run”. The song was written and recorded by Steve Earle.
The narrator is John Pettimore 3rd. The song is about his bootlegger grandfather who made moonshine and transported it along Copperhead road. The narrator served two tours of duty in Vietnam and on returning grew marijuana.

Liezel

Michael Bolton – Steel Bars

I’ve always been a fan of Michael Bolton… so
Fortunate he had a song with Steel in it phew!

Paul

The Element Song by Tom Lehrer

This song was from 1959. And I’m sure since then other “elements” have been discovered. I sat there asking myself “Did this guy do this all in one take??” Truly amazing. I challenge anyone to beat the number of steely thingies here 😂
And if you do, add them in – it will also make the song longer than 1min26sec hehehe

Chrisna

Neil Young – Heart Of Gold

Heart of Gold is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young. Released from the 1972 album Harvest, it is so far Young’s only U.S. No. 1 single. In Canada, it reached No. 1 on the RPM national singles chart for the first time on April 8, 1972. Enjoy!

Karen

Pretenders – Brass In Pocket

Loved this song back in the day!

Brass in Pocket” is a 1979 single by The Pretenders. It was written by Chrissie Hynde and James Honeyman-Scott, and produced by Chris Thomas. Originating as a guitar lick written by Honeyman-Scott, the song features lyrics that Hynde explained to be about the cockiness that one needs to effectively perform. The song’s title originated as a phrase she overheard after a show.

Sue

Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – MonaLisa Twins (The Beatles Cover)

Maxwell’s Silver Hammer is an original Beatles song from their 1969 LP “Abbey Road”. This cover version by the MonaLisaTwins I find rather tongue in cheek and the style reminiscent of the 30’s. Not a happy song but sung in a Charleston type rhythme and costume.

Lynda

Goldfinger – Shirley Bassey

Goldfinger – This song by Shirley Bassey was released in 1965. John Barry wrote this one and 11 other scores for the Bond Films.

Esther

Wizzard – Iron, steel, metal

Not much of a video but this is especially for Arno.

Wilfred

Hans Zimmer – Man of Steel [Live in Prague DVD]

As the comments say, this song isn’t just about the movie… it’s about being the best person you can be.

Sarah

David Guetta – Titanium ft. Sia

Errol

Eva Cassidy feat. Michael Bolton – Fields of gold

This song made such an impression on me that I clearly remember where I was and what I was doing the first time I heard it. It was love at first hear. It was a cover version, but to my mind still the most beautiful. Here is the cover artist, but with a small surprise thrown in. Like a great ice cream with some chocolate sauce. Enjoy!

Richard

SIXTEEN TONS | Low Bass Singer Cover

With a fist of iron and the other of steel a stark warning that you don’t mess with a Kentucky miner.

Arno

Peacemaker – The SteelDrivers

Modern steel production also brought the production of modern guns. A band appropriately called the Steeldrivers ask whether this weapon really deserves its sobriquet of . Sung from the point of view of the gun, it laments that “I coulda’ been a hammer or a railroad spike. I coulda’ been a train rollin’ through the night.” But until the “lion lays down with the lamb, I’m a cool 3lbs of cold blue steel. I shoot even deader than the way I feel.”