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

From: Lionheart ; Year: 1978; Genre: Rock I have to admit, I have never considered myself a fan of Kate Bush, but definitely do not hate her music. She is an enigma to me personally; I really believe that it comes down to the fact she used her ubiquitous given and surname and not a unique and memorable stage name. Not that it is a problem, more of an issue with me and not placing an artist with a song I do in fact like and remember. Anyway, wotever the case, I thought it is far past time to add one of her songs to my blog.  This was a minor, but no her only, hit off of her sophomore album. It was supposedly inspired, subject matter wise, by The Hammer Film 's movies, which consisted mostly in the horror genre. Also though, it got even more inspiration from an autobiographical film concerning screen great Lon Chaney: Man of a Thousand Faces . From it Kate Bush was captivated in particular by James Cagney playing Lon Chaney, who was playing the role of Quasimodo in the 1923 sile...

From: Edge of Thorns ; Year: 1993; Genre: Rock I cannot begin to state just how great Edge of Thorns is; not a single weak or filler track; it will always be one of my favourites from not just Savatage, but any band. This is a neat instrumental piano interlude played by Jon Oliva between a couple of intense tracks, which is perfect in placement.   Hear Exit Music on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Santana - Leave Me Alone     My song pick 2 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Back to the Family     My song pick 3 years ago today: Klaatu - Hope   My song pick 4 years ago today: Midnight Oil - We Resist   My song pick 5 years ago today: Thin Lizzy - Borderline   My song pick 6 years ago today: Yes - Mood for a Day My song pick 7 years ago today: The Beatles - Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite   My song pick 8 years ago today: The Who - Athena My song pick 9 years ago today: Waylon Jennings - Do It A...

From: The Muppet Movie: Original Soundtrack Recording ; Year: 1979; Genre: Folk I don't know why, but I just wanted to pick this overture-esque and historically significant song from The Muppet Movie . Written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher, who also wrote most of the songs for the film, was sung by the legend Jim Henson himself as the staring Muppet Kermit the Frog. Basically the song consists of Jim Henson accompanied by a banjo and strings amongst other sparse instrumentation. Interestingly enough, it reached number 25 on the Billboard Charts for seven weeks and was selected for preservation into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry a few years ago.   Hear Rainbow Connection on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Journey - Feeling That Way     My song pick 2 years ago today: Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson - The Bottle     My song pick 3 years ago today: Journey - Anytime   My song pick 4 years ago...

From: Is There Anything About? ; Year: 1982; Genre: Jazz Fusion/Progressive Rock Do not know why, but just started to play this record from the jazz fusion band Brand X and immediately liked it. I guess you could say that they were wot you got if you had a group of highly skilled British musicians/composers try their hand at the jazz fusion that was popular in The States at the time. I have to say, it turns out you really get a great result all around and then some. Is There Anything About? was the leftovers/reworked tracks from their two previous albums following the band's dissolution that would last just over a decade. Whist these songs are not the best that the Brand X put out, they are very listenable as wot they are: dusted down scraps from the cutting room floor. This one was essentially redo of a backing track from their song Soho on the '79 record Product .   Hear Modern, Noisy and Effective on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Parliam...

From: 1982 ; Year: 1982; Genre: Soul/Funk Had their music on my mind again today, so you know wot that means.... This is a nice funky soul track with some disco for some dance flavour; wot's not to like?   Hear Lighten Up on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Lighthouse - Disagreeable Man     My song pick 2 years ago today: Redbone - The Witch Queen of New Orleans     My song pick 3 years ago today: Karussell - Nachtkind   My song pick 4 years ago today: Aerosmith - Lightning Strikes   My song pick 5 years ago today: Jim Croce - Box No. 10   My song pick 6 years ago today: Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now My song pick 7 years ago today: The Cult - Sweet Soul Sister   My song pick 8 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Pied Piper My song pick 9 years ago today: Queensrÿche - Screaming in Digital My song pick 10 years ago today: Canned Heat - Going Up the Country My song pick 11 years ago today: Jaco Pasto...

From: Harmonic Mind ; Year: 2026; Genre: Psychedelic Rock/Progressive Rock Wanted to hear something from Ozric Tentacles today that I had not heard before; as luck would have it, their new album released about a month ago! I have to say, it is interesting to hear a shift towards jazz fusion; this track in particular reminds me of peak era Return to Forever. You can hear a noticed jump in musical maturity and composition strength; I really love this one.   Hear Malachite on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This is Nowhere     My song pick 2 years ago today: Mr. Big - Suffocation     My song pick 3 years ago today: Stanley Clarke - Modern Man   My song pick 4 years ago today: Cheap Trick - I Must Be Dreamin'   My song pick 5 years ago today: Rufus and Chaka Khan - Dance Wit Me   My song pick 6 years ago today: Van Halen - Love Walks In   My song pick 7 years ago...