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

From: 20 Years of Jethro Tull ; Year: 1988 (1981); Genre: Rock This is one of my favourite hidden gems from 'Tull. It was part of the Broadsword and the Beast recording session, but has never even made it to the remaster version of the record. I really like the '80s rock feel of this song; very different, which is probably a reason it never made it on the album. Hear Motoreyes on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Ween - The Mollusk My song pick 2 years ago today: Simon & Garfunkle - At the Zoo My song pick 3 years ago today: Rush - Prime Mover My song pick 4 years ago today: Dazz Band - Swoop "I'm Yours" My song pick 5 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Hunt by Numbers My song pick 6 years ago today: Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers - Can-Can My song pick 7 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Home My song pick 8 years ago today: Steve Vai - Details at 10 My song pick 9 years ago today: England Dan & John Ford Coley - Westward Wind...

From Desolation Boulevard (U.S. release); Year: 1974 (1973); Genre: Glam Rock Haven't picked one from Sweet in a while now and since they've also been on my mind I thought I'd go ahead and pick another one. This one's definitely not everybody's cup 'o tea so to speak; I've noted that with this song in particular it seems to be either you like it or you hate it. I'm in with the first group; I think it's a fun song to listen to. Hear Ballroom Blitz on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Don't Let the Blues Get You Down My song pick 2 years ago today: Commodores - Easy My song pick 3 years ago today: Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) My song pick 4 years ago today: Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - Eat That Question My song pick 5 years ago today: Nocturnal Rites - Ring of Steel My song pick 6 years ago today: The Moody Blues - The Sunset/Twilight Time My song pick 7 ...

From: Passion and Warfare ; Year: 1990; Genre: Hard Rock Some instrumental guitar magic from Mr. Vai on this track. Hear The Animal on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Savatage - Strange Wings My song pick 2 years ago today: Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night My song pick 3 years ago today: Luther - It's Good for the Soul (Parts I & II) My song pick 4 years ago today: Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child 'o Mine My song pick 5 years ago today: Charles Blackwell Orchestra - Taboo My song pick 6 years ago today: Yes - South Side of the Sky My song pick 7 years ago today: Pallas - Eastwest My song pick 8 years ago today: Finntroll - Ursvamp My song pick 9 years ago today: Eric Burdon & the Animals - Sky Pilot My song pick 10 years ago today: The Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child My song pick 11 years ago today: The Cranberries - Zombie

From: Stray Cats ; Year: 1981; Genre: Rock 'n Roll/Rockabilly/Blues Rock Had this one on my mind lately and I also realized that I had yet to pick a song from the Stray Cats/Brian Setzer; definitely need to remedy that one. That bluesy rhythm and bass line on that acoustic bass really drives this track. Hear Stray Cat Strut on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Give It Up My song pick 2 years ago today: Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - It's The Engine In Me My song pick 3 years ago today: Foghat - Slow Ride My song pick 4 years ago today: Savatage - Beyond the Doors of the Dark My song pick 5 years ago today: Harlequin - Superstitious Feeling My song pick 6 years ago today: Les Paul - Hip-Billy Boogie My song pick 7 years ago today: The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season) My song pick 8 years ago today: Muse - Uprising My song pick 9 years ago today: Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry ...

From: Can't Buy a Thrill ; Year: 1972; Genre: Rock Hearing one of their songs off the first album in the car the other day got me wanting to revisit Can't Buy a Thrill once again. I love the Bossa Nova beat and the jazz/rock styling they're known for. Hear Only a Fool Would Say That on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Primus - The Storm My song pick 2 years ago today: Return to Forever - Earth Juice My song pick 3 years ago today: Psychotic Waltz - Strange My song pick 4 years ago today: Queen - Great King Rat My song pick 5 years ago today: Karussell - Wintermärchen My song pick 6 years ago today: Ian Anderson - Old School Song My song pick 7 years ago today: Alice in Chains - Them Bones My song pick 8 years ago today: America - Lonely People My song pick 9 years ago today: Rammstein - Weißes Fleisch My song pick 10 years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Space Into/Fly Like An Eagle My song pick 11 years ago today: The Delgados -...

From: Badmotorfinger ; Year: 1991; Genre: Alternative Metal/Grunge Time again for some Soundgarden. Their early '90s material felt like an excellent idea to pick; I love the hard grinding sound of this one. Hear Slaves & Bulldozers on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Pearl Jam - Daughter My song pick 2 years ago today: Alice in Chains - Don't Follow My song pick 3 years ago today: Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright My song pick 4 years ago today: Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy My song pick 5 years ago today: "Weird" Al Yankovic - Word Crimes My song pick 6 years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - Come a Little Bit Closer My song pick 7 years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli (Quintette du Hot Club de France) featuring Freddy Taylor - I Can't Give You Anything But Love My song pick 8 years ago today: Rin' - Fuhen My song pick 9 years ago today: Cream - Badge My song pick 10 y...

From: Moanin' in the Moonlight ; Year: 1959 (1954); Genre: Blues Some great blues sounds for today with this aptly-titled classic. All I can say about this one is "wow" at that voice and music; true musical masters/artists. Hear Forty-Four on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Arlo - Stab the Unstoppable Hero My song pick 2 years ago today: Wild Turkey - One Sole Survivor My song pick 3 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here My song pick 4 years ago today: The Who - We're Not Gonna Take It/See Me Feel Me My song pick 5 years ago today: Chet Atkins - Funky Junk My song pick 6 years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Overdrive My song pick 7 years ago today: The Doors - Light My Fire My song pick 8 years ago today: Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds My song pick 9 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Grace My song pick 10 years ago today: John Denver - Season Suite: Summer My song pick 11 years ago today: The Ste...

From: Trying to Never Catch Up ; Year: 2006; Genre: Indie Rock Had them on my mind today and thus am picking a song from them. I still love WMMF's first album the most, this title-track really exemplifies their sound from this time. Hear Trying to Never Catch Up on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Van der Graaf Generator - Pilgrims My song pick 2 years ago today: Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There? My song pick 3 years ago today: .38 Special - Caught Up In You My song pick 4 years ago today: Funkadelic - I Bet You My song pick 5 years ago today: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - ...And the gods Made Love My song pick 6 years ago today: Boz Scaggs - Can I Make It Last (Or Will It Just Be Over) My song pick 7 years ago today: Supertramp - It's Raining Again My song pick 8 years ago today: King Crimson - Sleepless My song pick 9 years ago today: Johann Sebastian Bach - BWV 703 - Fughetta: Gottes-Sohn ist Kommen My song pick 10 years ago tod...

From: Building the Perfect Beast ; Year: 1984; Genre: Rock Had some of Don Henley's music on my mind this morning; as normal, thought I'd pick one of them. One of his hits, it's probably one you've heard at some point if you've been exposed to classic rock radio. Hear All She Wants to Do Is Dance on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Brave Belt - Can You Feel It My song pick 2 years ago today: Soundgarden - Rowing My song pick 3 years ago today: Carmen - Joy My song pick 4 years ago today: Alice Mudgarden (Alice in Chains) - Right Turn My song pick 5 years ago today: Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart My song pick 6 years ago today: Johnny Rodriguez - Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico My song pick 7 years ago today: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Op.49 - 1812 Overture My song pick 8 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Down, Down My song pick 9 years ago today: Savatage - The Ocean My song pick 10 years ago today: The Steve Mille...

From: Shuttered Room ; Year: 1982; Genre: New Wave Boy, this one brings back some memories; the whole song is excellent in my opinion all the way across the board, I just love the early 80s New Wave sound. Anyway, this is a rather dark song about a coming nuclear war/apocalypse, those raised in the '80s and decades before will know the feeling of constant doom everyone felt during the Cold War ; literally we did not know if we'd make it to adulthood. That's the feelings they covey in Red Skies , it's a truly well-written and produced track. Hear Red Skies on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Jethro Tull - Raising Steam My song pick 2 years ago today: Tesla - Hang Tough My song pick 3 years ago today: Quincy Jones - Summer in the City My song pick 4 years ago today: The Delfonics - Hey Love My song pick 5 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Lazarus My song pick 6 years ago today: Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) My song pick 7 ...

From: Space Oddity ; Year: 1969; Genre: Progressive Rock Felt like a good day to pick a David Bowie song. This is an amazing track from his Space Oddity album; great music, vocals, and lyrics. And of course the story told is just the cherry on the top; I absolutely love this song. Hear Cygnet Committee on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Genesis - Dodo/Lurker My song pick 2 years ago today: War - Slippin' Into Darkness My song pick 3 years ago today: Megadeth - Trust My song pick 4 years ago today: The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl My song pick 5 years ago today: Guns N' Roses - Knockin' on Heaven's Door My song pick 6 years ago today: AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap My song pick 7 years ago today: Frédéric Chopin - Op.19 - " Bolero " My song pick 8 years ago today: Missing Link - Filled Up My song pick 9 years ago today: Hawkwind - The Church My song pick 10 years ago today: Quincy Jones - Walking in Space My song pick 11...

From: 30 Seconds to Mars ; Year: 2002; Genre: Progressive Rock I had this band on my mind today for some reason, so I'm picking one from them. I like the overall feel of Echelon , it's a pretty good song. Hear Echelon on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Blind Melon - Deserted My song pick 2 years ago today: Forest - Graveyard My song pick 3 years ago today: Billy Joel - Laura My song pick 4 years ago today: The Byrds - Mr. Spaceman My song pick 5 years ago today: Toronto - Enough is Enough My song pick 6 years ago today: Little River Band - Help Is On Its Way My song pick 7 years ago today: Joseph Haydn - Symphony No.45 in F Sharp Minor - " Farewell Symphony " My song pick 8 years ago today: "Weird Al" Yankovic - I Think I'm a Clone Now My song pick 9 years ago today: Primus - Pork Chop's Little Ditty My song pick 10 years ago today: Jethro Tull - For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me My song pick 11 years ago ...

From: The Final Frontier ; Year: 2010; Genre: Metal I love the way this song was constructed; that those meter changes are excellent and, as always with Iron Maiden, the music and singing are top-notch. Hear Starblind on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Grass Roots - Bella Linda My song pick 2 year ago today: Rage Against the Machine - No Shelter My song pick 3 years ago today: John Cougar Mellencamp - Rain on the Scarecrow My song pick 4 years ago today: Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight My song pick 5 years ago today: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Hollywood Nights My song pick 6 years ago today: Men at Work - Down Under My song pick 7 years ago today: Pantera - Walk My song pick 8 years ago today: Hawkwind - Chronoglide Skyway My song pick 9 years ago today: Yes - Five Per Cent for Nothing My song pick 10 years ago today: Megumi Hayashibara - Fly Me to the Moon My song pick 11 years ago today: Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Pedal Up

From: Time ; Year: 1981; Genre: Rock Dang, I noticed I'm almost out of songs to pick off of this great album; well it is my favourite from ELO, so, yeah. This is one of the B-Sides that didn't originally appear on the record, but was included later. It has more of a straight-up rock sound as compared to the rest on the album. Hear The Bouncer on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Dick Dale - Summer Surf My song pick 2 years ago today: Neil Young - Computer Cowboy (aka Syscrusher) My song pick 3 years ago today: Jethro Tull - The Foot of Our Stairs My song pick 4 years ago today: Peter Tosh - Rumors of War My song pick 5 years ago today: War - Low Rider My song pick 6 years ago today: Midnight Oil - Truganini My song pick 7 years ago today: The Nightwatchman - I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night My song pick 8 years ago today: Van der Graaf Generator - Childlike Faith In Childhood's End My song pick 9 years ago today: Billie...

From: The Nature of the Beast ; Year: 1981; Genre: Hard Rock Short and sweet, I guess you could say that about this song. I like wot you get to hear throughout it; it really has everything in a small package. Hear Crash and Burn on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Foreigner - Cold As Ice My song pick 2 years ago today: Rush - Everyday Glory My song pick 3 years ago today: Rod Stewart - The Motown Song My song pick 4 years ago today: Zapp - I Can Make You Dance My song pick 5 years ago today: Bachman & Turner - Rock & Roll is the Only Way Out My song pick 6 years ago today: Mortification - Overseer My song pick 7 years ago today: Deep Purple - Highway Star My song pick 8 years ago today: Rush - Not Fade Away My song pick 9 years ago today: Steeleye Span - Shaking of the Sheets My song pick 10 years ago today: Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face My song pick 11 years ago today: Taj Mahal - Fishin' Blues

From: The Chronicle of the Black Sword ; Year: 1985; Genre: Hard Rock/Progressive Rock Arioch is a bonus track that originally did not appear on the album; its the namesake of a very malevolent character in the Elric of Melniboné series by Michael Moorcock. This entire album was written around those books as well, and this one is an instrumental piece that kind of acts as a theme to that character. Hear Arioch on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Elvis Presley - All Shook Up My song pick 2 years ago today: Deep Purple - Never Before My song pick 3 years ago today: Ex Deo - Cruor Nostri Abbas My song pick 4 years ago today: Hawkwind - Be Yourself My song pick 5 years ago today: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday Night Special My song pick 6 years ago today: Icehouse - Great Southern Land My song pick 7 years ago today: Genesis - Many Too Many My song pick 8 years ago today: Iron Maiden - Where Eagles Dare My song pick 9 years ago today: Yes - Yours Is No Disgr...

From: Hope ; Year: 1977; Genre: Progressive Rock Finally I've started to remember the songs I've been meaning to pick; I guess the mind is the first thing to go, right? :P Anyway, to me this song sound a lot like a fusion between King Crimson and Electric Light Orchestra: very out there and pretty to listen to. Hear Around the Universe in Eighty Days on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: A-ha - Cry Wolf My song pick 2 years ago today: Bruce Springsteen - Dry Lightning My song pick 3 years ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - Evolution Orange My song pick 4 years ago today: Rush - Madrigal My song pick 5 years ago today: John Fogerty - A Hundred and Ten in the Shade My song pick 6 years ago today: INXS - Devil Inside My song pick 7 years ago today: Boston - Rock and Roll Band My song pick 8 years ago today: Mr. Big - Undertow My song pick 9 years ago today: Rush - In The End My song pick 10 years ago today: Led Zeppelin - Kashmir My song p...

From: The Revölution By Night ; Year: 1983; Genre: Hard Rock For some reason I was drawing a blank; I knew I had a song in mind, but just couldn't remember. Anyway, I am going back to one of my "standby" bands I pick from; they are also one of my favourites. This song has a great, feeling to it with some nice lyrics that are very descriptive and vocals that carry them well. Hear Eyes On Fire on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Beach Boys - All Summer Long My song pick 2 years ago today: Bernard Wright - Who Do You Love My song pick 3 years ago today: Alice in Chains - Check My Brains My song pick 4 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin My song pick 5 years ago today: Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know My song pick 6 years ago today: Cybotron - Sonic Overdrive My song pick 7 years ago today: Pearl Jam - Jeremy My song pick 8 years ago today: Banchee - Iceberg My song pick 9 years ago today: ZZ Top - M...

From: Caramba ; Year: 1981; Genre: Pop/Comedy This very weird song started running through my mind after some 30+ years of not hearing it. Chances are, (if you lived in the 1980s), you've heard this tune at some point. Basically "island" beats/music combined with nonsensical lyrics; it's very easy to get this one stuck in you head, but is fun to listen to all the same. Hear Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Big Star - In The Street My song pick 2 years ago today: Bowling for Soup - 1985 My song pick 3 years ago today: Neil Young - Computer Age My song pick 4 years ago today: Johnny Cash - Thirteen My song pick 5 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Valley My song pick 6 years ago today: Ian Anderson - Photo Shop My song pick 7 years ago today: Ozzy Osbourne - Over the Mountain My song pick 8 years ago today: Ome Henk - Neem Een Ander In De Maling ( Barbie Girl ) My song pick 9 years ago today: Weather Report - Cu...

From: Mothership Connection ; Year: 1975; Genre: Funk Funky Friday again! I know I pick a lot of Parliament-Funkadelic for these occasions, but I love the band(s) so much. Anyway, this is one that has a lot of talking over the beat with very funky choruses. Some might recognize parts of this song from being sampled by different hip-hop/rap artists. Hear P Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Peter Frampton - Show Me the Way My song pick 2 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) My song pick 3 years ago today: Bachman & Turner - Moonlight Rider My song pick 4 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Cup of Wonder My song pick 5 years ago today: Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Poor Me Israelites My song pick 6 years ago today: Sky - Cannonball My song pick 7 years ago today: Muse - United States of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage) My song pick 8 years ago today: Alice in Chains - Would? My song...

From: The Temptations Sing Smokey ; Year: 1965 (1964); Genre: Soul/Motown/R&B I believe, if my memory serves me right, this is the first song from Motown that I learned on the bass. It's such an amazing and beautiful bass line, and when you listen to the rest of the song, well, you know why this is such an important piece of music. Hear My Girl on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Ozric Tentacles - Mysticum Arabicola My song pick 2 years ago today: Billy Idol - White Wedding My song pick 3 years ago today: Bruce Hornsby and the Range - The Valley Road My song pick 4 years ago today: The Rolling Stones - Get Off of My Cloud My song pick 5 years ago today: Rick James - She Blew My Mind (69 Times) My song pick 6 years ago today: Genesis - Squonk My song pick 7 years ago today: Bob Dylan - Hurricane My song pick 8 years ago today: Bad Company - Silver, Blue & Gold My song pick 9 years ago today: Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The W...

From: Goat's Head Soup ; Year: 1973; Genre: Rock This has always been one of my favourites from The Rolling Stones. The instrumentation and arrangement is exquisite throughout. Hear Angie on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Wolfmother - Victorious My song pick 2 years ago today: The Beach Boys - Sloop John B My song pick 3 years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Mercury Blues My song pick 4 years ago today: Head Hunters - Chameleon My song pick 5 years ago today: Yes - Siberian Khatru My song pick 6 years ago today: Maddy Prior - Mother and Child My song pick 7 years ago today: Ludwig Van Beethoven - Op.13 - Piano Sonata No.8 " Pathétique " My song pick 8 years ago today: Chet Atkins - Tears My song pick 9 years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - Tusk My song pick 10 years ago today: Fairport Convention - Tam Lin My song pick 11 years ago today: Cream - Tales of Brave Ulysses

From: Can't Slow Down ; Year: 1983; Genre: R&B/Pop Was on my mind for a lot of today; it's one I've always had a soft spot for so to speak. You cannot help but be transported back to the mid '80s when you hear this song, especially those like me who lived through the era. Even though it's dated it's got a special quality to it that just begs you to listen to it. Hear All Night Long (All Night) on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Replacements - The Ledge My song pick 2 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Hey You My song pick 3 years ago today: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Powderfinger My song pick 4 years ago today: Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now My song pick 5 years ago today: Wings - Silly Love Songs My song pick 6 years ago today: Aphrodite's Child - End of the World My song pick 7 years ago today: Triumph - I Can Survive My song pick 8 years ago today: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside My ...

From: Clockwork Angels ; Year: 2012; Genre: Progressive Rock Was revisiting wot I guess is Rush's final studio album and I wanted to pick a song from it as well. I could've sworn I had picked the title track already, but I guess not. This one's a song that in my opinion should've been a single, while not as good as their big ones from the album, it's a very good song. Hear Clockwork Angels on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Kinks - Living on a Thin Line My song pick 2 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Slow Marching Band My song pick 3 years ago today: Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Flight of the Cosmic Hippo My song pick 4 years ago today: Mastodon - Creature Lives My song pick 5 years ago today: Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed My song pick 6 years ago today: Soundgarden - Live to Rise My song pick 7 years ago today: Shocking Blue - Venus My song pick 8 years ago today: Rush - Countdown My song pick 9 years ago today: M...

From: Not Fragile ; Year: 1974; Genre: Hard Rock I love this heavy riff-based rock, especially from BTO; this one puts the foot down and doesn't let it back up so to speak. Rob Bachman's drums is the machine that really drives the song. Hear Givin' It All Away on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Rush - Summertime Blues My song pick 2 years ago today: The Fatback Band - Yum Yum (Gimme Some) My song pick 3 years ago today: The Stylistics - I'm Stoned In Love With You My song pick 4 years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Heart Like a Wheel My song pick 5 years ago today: Hawkwind - Space Dust My song pick 6 years ago today: Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention - Call Any Vegetable My song pick 7 years ago today: Queensrÿche - Sign of the Times My song pick 8 years ago today: Don McLean - Vincent My song pick 9 years ago today: Eric Burdon and War - Spill the Wine My song pick 10 years ago today: Supertramp - School My son...

From: Ecology ; Year: 1970; Genre: Rock/Soul/Funk This one has some great rock infused funk and soul throughout with a great groove. Hear Born to Wander on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Byrds - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better My song pick 2 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - I'm On the Lamb, But Ain't No Sheep My song pick 3 years ago today: Fates Warning - Stranger (With a Familiar Face) My song pick 4 years ago today: Herbie Hancock - Oh! Oh! Here He Comes My song pick 5 years ago today: Lobo - Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend My song pick 6 years ago today: Rush - Different Strings My song pick 7 years ago today: Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song My song pick 8 years ago today: Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Big Country My song pick 9 years ago today: ABBA - When All is Said and Done My song pick 10 years ago today: Hawkwind - Motorhead My song pick 11 years ago today: Savatage - Can You Hear Me Now

From: Stone Blue ; Year: 1978; Genre: Hard Rock Picking some Foghat today, just felt like a good fit for the day. Gotta love that straight-up heavy hard rock sound. Hear Stone Blue on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Platters - The Great Pretender My song pick 2 years ago today: Rhapsody of Fire - Lux Triumphans/Dawn of Victory My song pick 3 years ago today: Blue Cheer - Second Time Around My song pick 4 years ago today: King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part 2 My song pick 5 years ago today: The Cars - You Might Think My song pick 6 years ago today: Falco - Rock Me Amadeus My song pick 7 years ago today: Stratovarius - Elysium My song pick 8 years ago today: Johnny Rivers - Muddy River My song pick 9 years ago today: Steeleye Span - Padstow My song pick 10 years ago today: Rush - Lakeside Park My song pick 11 years ago today: Bon Jovi - Every Day

From: fear ; Year: 1991; Genre: Alternative Rock Another band that I have yet to pick a song from, and one that had a rather mild influence on me back in the days of youth. It's fun when a song you have not heard in ages from a band you haven't heard in a while comes back to your attention. Hear Walk on the Ocean on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Soundgarden - 4th of July My song pick 2 years ago today: Carmen - Dancing on a Cold Wind My song pick 3 years ago today: Jane's Addiction - Three Days My song pick 4 years ago today: Grand Funk Railroad - Some Kind of Wonderful My song pick 5 years ago today: The Isley Brothers - The Pride (Parts 1&2) My song pick 6 years ago today: Queensrÿche - Spreading the Disease My song pick 7 years ago today: Fates Warning - Monument My song pick 8 years ago today: Rush - Alien Shore My song pick 9 years ago today: Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town My song pick 10 years ago today: Bon Jovi - ...

From: Going To A Go-Go ; Year: 1965; Genre: Motown/Soul Wot else is new, I had a hankering for some Smokey Robinson today, so I'm choosing one from him and The Miracles. Tracks Of My Tears has always been one of my favourites not only from them, but Motown as a whole; it's just a very well-written and recorded song. Hear Tracks Of My Tears on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling My song pick 2 years ago today: Dick Dale and his Del Tones - The Wedge My song pick 3 years ago today: Gin Blossoms - Found Out About You My song pick 4 years ago today: Shelia Skipworth - Look What You Done to Me My song pick 5 years ago today: Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit My song pick 6 years ago today: Alice in Chains - Angry Chair My song pick 7 years ago today: Alestorm - Shipwrecked My song pick 8 years ago today: Steeleye Span - Dark-Eyed Sailor My song pick 9 years ago today: The Police - The King of Pain My song pick 1...

From: Secret Messages ; Year: 1983; Genre: Rock/Rock 'n Roll It just hit me today to choose something from ELO, and I realized I had not tapped the Secret Messages album as of yet, (as far as I know anyway.) This ones got the same rockabilly vibe as their hit Hold On Tight To Your Dreams , but it's even more centred in that genre. Hear Rock 'n' Roll Is King on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Return to Forever - Beyond the Seventh Galaxy My song pick 2 years ago today: Al Di Meola - July My song pick 3 years ago today: Gary Lewis and the Playboys - Palisades Park My song pick 4 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Warm Sporran My song pick 5 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Sole Survivor My song pick 6 years ago today: Mastodon - Divinations My song pick 7 year ago today: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - K.626 - Requiem Mass in D Minor My song pick 8 years ago today: Banchee - The Night is Calling My song pick 9 years ago today: Band of Horses...

From: Hawkwind ; Year: 1970; Genre: Psychedelic Rock/Space Rock/Progressive Rock A new month starts today and I feel that it's time for some Hawkwind. This is another one of their songs that borderlines between music and good 'ol cacophonic noise. All in all it makes for an excellent soundscape. Hear The Reason Is? on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Pink Floyd - Your Possible Pasts My song pick 2 years ago today: Jigsaw - Listen to the Joker My song pick 3 years ago today: James Brown - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag My song pick 4 years ago today: What Made Milwaukee Famous - Just Run My song pick 5 years ago today: Muse - Map of the Problematique My song pick 6 years ago today: Stahlhammer - Nur Ein Tier My song pick 7 years ago today: Mr. Big - Fool Us Today My song pick 8 years ago today: The Jimmy Castor Bunch - E-Man Groovin' My song pick 9 years ago today: Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er My song pick 10 years ago today: Art...