So yeah… the December COtM never made it up. I wrestled with the arrangement for many hours, and by the time things were starting to look up, Xmas had already passed. Sorry everybody - next year!

This month, I woke up my inner child and browsed her playlist to choose January’s cover. Too young to know a token ballad when I heard it, at age four this was my favorite cut from Rebel Yell.

I remember the mid-eighties as a time of synths and samplers, with keyboard sounds going in and out of fashion within months. The effect was sometimes cheesy, but more often these sounds gave an emotional, atmospheric quality to the recordings.

Did all the moody colour of Billy Idol’s “Eyes Without A Face” come from the synths? I decided to find out for myself, and so can you!

Click here to listen to my acoustic, synth-less take on the song.

Does the acoustic version keep the original’s emotional quality, change it, or lose it altogether?

You’re welcome to leave your two cents in the comments.