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

From: Da Capo ; Year: 1966; Genre: Hard Rock/Proto-Punk Kind of weird, but it slipped my mind that today would be my 7000th song chosen on my song-a-day blog. I mean I knew it was close and was present in my thoughts, but to be honest, I had some new music on my mind that I've been hyper-focused on over the last little bit, so that most likely has something to do with it. Okay, anyway, I quickly came up with this often-covered classic with a more or less apt title. Not that this track is an afterthought by any means, which it is obviously not. In fact, I had to check to see if I already had chosen it, and luckily I had not. There's a lot of different musical ideas present; a lot of teenage angst and energy combined with the wet surf guitar and unique, slightly distorted bass. I suppose at the time it was recorded Love sounded unlike really anything else, so it is not surprising that so many were evidentially influenced by it and recorded their own versions over the decades sinc...

From: Rock Yuh Butt ; Year: 1988; Genre: New Jack Swing/Funk/Hip-Hop Always fun to listen to E.U. at the end of the workweek; so much positivity with high energy to get your proverbial and actual booty a-shakin'.   Hear Rock Yuh Butt on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Firefall - You Are the Woman     My song pick 2 years ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - Keep Your Head to the Sky     My song pick 3 years ago today: Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl   My song pick 4 years ago today: Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Demolition Man   My song pick 5 years ago today: Foreigner - The Beat of My Heart   My song pick 6 years ago today: Bernard Wright - Funky Beat   My song pick 7 years ago today: Genesis - The Fountain of Salmacis   My song pick 8 years ago today: Klaatu - Doctor Marvello My song pick 9 years ago today: Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow My song pick 10 years ago toda...

From: Tigers Will Survive ; Year: 1972; Genre: Folk Rock/Country Rock A rather pretty track from one of Iain Matthews' earlier solo albums that does not seem to get the attention it requires. This was his third solo record after leaving Fairport Convention. You can still hear the British folk rock influence quite a lot on this song in particular.   Hear Close the Door Lightly When You Go on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Raydio - Jack and Jill     My song pick 2 years ago today: Quincy Jones - Love, I Never Had It So Good     My song pick 3 years ago today: Young M.C. - Bust a Move   My song pick 4 years ago today: Klaatu - So Said The Lighthouse Keeper   My song pick 5 years ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - Fair But So Uncool   My song pick 6 years ago today: Nirvana - I Know You're Right   My song pick 7 years ago today: Rush - The Big Wheel   My song pick 8 years ago today: Genesis - Invisible...

From: The Visitors ; Year: 1981; Genre: Synthpop Finally had the opportunity to listen to the deluxe edition of my favourite of ABBA's records, and man, I am glad that I did. Not sure as to why I waited so long to hear these mostly b-side singles; a few of them I actually had, but this was not one of them. Completely new music to me, so it is a positive in all regards. As with all of their music from The Visitors , this one on the surface is a synth heavy pop track of the era, but is deceptively complex with a lot of nuance and small ideas that add up to something much more than meets the eye. I mean, if one does not want to pay attention to the deep and quite interesting music, it is a very fun and danceable track with lyrics concerning the ending of a close relationship, whilst being heavy subject matter, their delivery is, again, such that you can just sit back and enjoy or delve deeper and enjoy just as much.   Hear Should I Laugh or Cry on YouTube.        ...

From: Songs For a Dying Planet ; Year: 1992; Genre: Rock/Pop Whilst not his best material, I will always have this album high on my list; a lot of memories in connection with it.    Hear Certain Situations on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Ian Anderson - Panama Freighter     My song pick 2 years ago today: Norman Greenbaum - Skyline     My song pick 3 years ago today: Megaherz - Schwarzer Engel   My song pick 4 years ago today: Louis Armstrong and Oscar Peterson - Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)   My song pick 5 years ago today: Al Di Meola - Ava's Dream Sequence Lullaby   My song pick 6 years ago today: Dream Theater - Viper King   My song pick 7 years ago today: U2 - Seconds   My song pick 8 years ago today: Rammstein, featuring Viktoria Fersh - Moskau My song pick 9 years ago today: Led Zeppelin - Black Dog My song pick 10 years ago today: Guns N' Roses - Patience My song pic...

From: Sally May/Boogie Chillen' ; Year: 1948; Genre: Blues I don't know why really, but just had to pick this one from the immortal blues man and guitar virtuoso John Lee Hooker after listening to it a few times recently. Admittedly, I played it back-to-back quite a few times on repeat; just one of those many of his songs you can just lose yourself it.    Hear Boogie Chillen' on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Powerwolf - Kyrie Klitorem     My song pick 2 years ago today: Little River Band - Lonesome Loser My song pick 3 years ago today: The Smashing Pumpkins - Luna   My song pick 4 years ago today: Banchee - Searcher's Life   My song pick 5 years ago today: David Bowie - Real Cool World   My song pick 6 years ago today: Spacehog - In The Meantime   My song pick 7 years ago today: Rare Earth - Ma   My song pick 8 years ago today: Crash Test Dummies - Swimming in Your Ocean My song pick 9 years ago today...