William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: Sounds... and Stuff Like That!! ; Year: 1978; Genre: Jazz/Soul Some times there are certain individuals in which any superlative or descriptor of greatness just falls short and just doesn't come close to what that person accomplished. Quincy Jones is one of those; if you listen to music at all you have felt his influence. Anyway, as you can probably surmise, this musical legend recently passed away; I only heard about it yesterday. I knew I had to choose a song that he performed, wrote, produced or all of the above, but that is quite task to choose only one. I could've easily gone with any of the endless number of albums he produced, soundtracks for films, as a band leader or sideman... it was difficult. I just randomly grabbed one of his records and picked the track I liked the best, which was still hard. Whatever the case, the world is still filled with the music he made, helped make, and/or influenced and probably will until the end of the world.   Hear Love, I Never H

From: Arrive Alive ; Year: 1981; Genre: Progressive Rock/Hard Rock Here's a track from their early self-released album which came before their first official epic concept record The Sentinel . For an earlier recording the band was already showing their musical ability in writing and performing.   Hear Flashpoint on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Steeleye Span - Old Matron   My song pick 2 years ago today: Rose Royce - Funk Factory   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Vaughan Brothers - Brothers   My song pick 4 years ago today: Dobie Gray - The 'In' Crowd   My song pick 5 years ago today: Ozric Tentacles - Dissolution (The Clouds Disperse)   My song pick 6 years ago today: Bob Dylan - Main Title Theme (Billy) My song pick 7 years ago today: Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life My song pick 8 years ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - Back on the Road My song pick 9 years ago today: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Cinnamon Girl My song pick 10 y

From: Spirit in the Sky ; Year: 1969; Genre: Rock Needed something from Norman Greenbaum, so I just randomly chose one from this record. Definitely wot was needed and then some.   Hear Skyline on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Megaherz - Schwarzer Engel   My song pick 2 years ago today: Louis Armstrong and Oscar Peterson - Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)   My song pick 3 years ago today: Al Di Meola - Ava's Dream Sequence Lullaby   My song pick 4 years ago today: Dream Theater - Viper King   My song pick 5 years ago today: U2 - Seconds   My song pick 6 years ago today: Rammstein, featuring Viktoria Fersh - Moskau My song pick 7 years ago today: Led Zeppelin - Black Dog My song pick 8 years ago today: Guns N' Roses - Patience My song pick 9 years ago today: Yes - It Was All We Knew My song pick 10 years ago today: Billy Joel - Worse Comes to Worse My song pick 11 years ago today: Marillion - Assassing My song pick 12 years ago today:

From: First Under the Wire ; Year: 1979; Genre: Pop/Rock Lonesome Loser is one of those songs that you might not recognize it by title, but, if you were around during the '80s you will most likely know it when you hear it.    Hear Lonesome Loser on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Smashing Pumpkins - Luna   My song pick 2 years ago today: Banchee - Searcher's Life   My song pick 3 years ago today: David Bowie - Real Cool World   My song pick 4 years ago today: Spacehog - In The Meantime   My song pick 5 years ago today: Rare Earth - Ma   My song pick 6 years ago today: Crash Test Dummies - Swimming in Your Ocean My song pick 7 years ago today: Jethro Tull - A New Day Yesterday My song pick 8 years ago today: Vital Tech Tones - Crash Course My song pick 9 years ago today: Primus - Poetry and Prose My song pick 10 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Budapest My song pick 11 years ago today: Ozark Mountain Daredevils - If You Wanna Get to Heaven My son

From: Thriller ; Year: 1983; Genre: Funk/Pop/Rock Though Halloween has passed, I could not let this Funky Friday go without choosing this legendary classic that is apt for the occasion; and it's actually still actually part of the holiday ....   Watch the full Thriller video on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Moody Blues - The Morning: Another Morning   My song pick 2 years ago today: Marillion - Blind Curve   My song pick 3 years ago today: Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending   My song pick 4 years ago today: Jon Oliva's Pain - Time to Die   My song pick 5 years ago today: Guns N' Roses - November Rain   My song pick 6 years ago today: Jethro Tull - War Child My song pick 7 years ago today: Geddy Lee - Runaway Train My song pick 8 years ago today: Yes - Step Beyond My song pick 9 years ago today: Creed - Torn My song pick 10 years ago today: Steeleye Span - The Fox My song pick 11 years ago today: Victor Wooten - When I Want to Get Funky My

From: Dead Man's Party ; Year: 1985; Genre: New Wave/Rock Happy Halloween! As always, I am choosing an appropriate song for the holiday; this time it is the classic from Danny Elfman's band Oingo Boingo. Yeah, it certainly seems that a goodly amount of the best Halloween music was made in the 1980s.   Hear Dead Man's Party on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Coven - Black Sabbath   My song pick 2 years ago today: Muse - You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween   My song pick 3 years ago today: Black Sabbath - When Death Calls   My song pick 4 years ago today: Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath   My song pick 5 years ago today: Helloween - The Time of the Oath   My song pick 6 years ago today: Concrete Blonde - Darkening of the Light My song pick 7 years ago today: Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name My song pick 8 years ago today: Misterio - Stinking Zombies My song pick 9 years ago today: Helloween - Halloween My song pick 10 years ago today: The