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

From: The Time of the Oath ; Year: 1996; Genre: Power Metal Well, it's Halloween and so I wanted to choose a song at least somewhat apropos. None really came to mind, so after wracking my brain for a while I settled on this nice piece of power metal from the aptly named band. Hear The Time of the Oath on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Concrete Blonde - Darkening of the Light My song pick 2 years ago today: Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name My song pick 3 years ago today: Misterio - Stinking Zombies My song pick 4 years ago today: Helloween - Halloween My song pick 5 years ago today: The Jimmy Castor Bunch - Dracula Parts 1 & 2 My song pick 6 years ago today: Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt Kickers - The Monster Mash My song pick 7 years ago today: Kreeps - Dead Men Walking My song pick 8 years ago today: Dick Dale - Riders In the Sky My song pick 9 years ago today: Andrew Gold - Spooky, Scary Skeletons My song pick 10 years ...

From: Uglier Than They Used Ta Be ; Year: 2015; Genre: Hard Rock/Metal Re-visting Uglier Than They Used Ta Be today and decided on this track for my pick. I believe that this is one of the singles off this album; it's a very good song and it had a music video made for it. Hear Under the Bottom on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Moontrekkers - Return of the Vampire (The Bogey Man) My song pick 2 years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Confusion My song pick 3 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Lap of Luxury My song pick 4 years ago today: Victor Wooten - You Can't Hold No Groove If Ya Ain't Got No Pocket My song pick 5 year ago today: The Spooks - The Spook Walks My song pick 6 years ago today: Midnight Oil - Drums of Heaven My song pick 7 years ago today: Irving Berlin - Alexander's Ragtime Band   My song pick 8 years ago today: Queensrÿche - Della Brown My song pick 9 years ago today: Van Halen - Unchained My song pick 10...

From: Signify ; Year: 1996; Genre: Progressive Rock Revisiting my favourite album from Porcupine Tree this morning; I just love the depth and spaciousness of this track, it's very pretty. Hear Every Home is Wired on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Cranberries - Dreams My song pick 2 years ago today: Queensrÿche - Queen of the Reich My song pick 3 years ago today: The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination My song pick 4 years ago today: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Endless Enigma (Part 1)/Fugue/The Endless Enigma (Part 2) My song pick 5 years ago today: Hawkwind - Lost Chances My song pick 6 years ago today: Elton John - Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) My song pick 7 years ago today: Béla Bartók - BB 52 - String Quartet No. 1 in A minor My song pick 8 years ago today: Victor Wooten - Us 2 My song pick 9 years ago today: The Sons of the Pioneers - Cool Water My song pick 10 years ago today: Norman Greenbau...

From: Sol Invictus ; Year: 2015; Genre: Alternative Metal Whilst driving home yesterday I happened to notice someone's dog wearing a " cone of shame " and this song just jumped into my head; I had to pick it. Hear Cone of Shame on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: April Wine - One More Time My song pick 2 years ago today: Riggs - Heartbeat My song pick 3 years ago today: Dazz Band - To the Roof My song pick 4 years ago today: Jan & Dean - The Little Old Lady from Pasadena My song pick 5 years ago today: Buddy Holley and the Crickets - Maybe Baby My song pick 6 years ago today: Lou Reed - Satellite of Love My song pick 7 years ago today: Alestorm - Barrett's Privateers My song pick 8 years ago today: Sly and the Family Stone - Sing a Simple Song My song pick 9 years ago today: Miles Davis - So What My song pick 10 years ago today: Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You My song pick 11 years ago today: J.S. Bach - BWV 659 -...

From: Thunder Seven ; Year: 1984; Genre: Hard Rock Some nice '80s hard rock in the fashion only a band like Triumph does for this Sunday. You can feel a lot of their late '70s/early '80s sound throughout this one, but also a noticeable transitory movement towards the sound of that most would relate to the '80s. Hear Follow Your Heart on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Harlequin - Survive My song pick 2 years ago today: Mr. Bungle - My Ass Is On Fire My song pick 3 years ago today: Mike + The Mechanics - All I Need is a Miracle My song pick 4 years ago today: Led Zeppelin - Ramble On My song pick 5 years ago today: Cream - I Feel Free My song pick 6 year ago today: Eddie Lang - Pickin' My Way My song pick 7 years ago today: Sergei Rachmaninoff - Op. 27 - Symphony No. 2 My song pick 8 years ago today: AC/DC - Big Balls My song pick 9 years ago today: The Guess Who - Hand Me Down World My song pick 10 years ago today: Finntroll - S...

From: Out of the Blue ; Year: 1977; Genre: Rock Have had ELO on my mind today; this seemed like a nice mellow song for an otherwise mellow day that it's been. Hear Starlight on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) - Ooby Dooby My song pick 2 years ago today: Fats Domino - I'm Walkin' My song pick 3 years ago today: Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes My song pick 4 years ago today: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Against the Wind My song pick 5 years ago today: AC/DC - T.N.T. My song pick 6 years ago today: "Weird Al" Yankovic - Your Horoscope for Today My song pick 7 years ago today: Sly and the Family Stone - Stand! My song pick 8 years ago today: Sethian - Purity in Sorrow My song pick 9 years ago today: Sethian - Nothing Is True My song pick 10 years ago today: Steely Dan - Charlie Freak My song pick 11 years ago today: Van Halen - Summer Nights My song pick 12 years ago toda...

From: Wintersmith ; Year: 2013; Genre: Folk Rock/Progressive Rock Been going over Steeleye Span's Wintersmith album once again and, of course, am picking one from it. Fire & Ice has a nice heaviness and lighter sounds and feeling; it's one of my favourites off the record. Hear Fire & Ice on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Weed Whacker My song pick 2 years ago today: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band- The Fire Down Below My song pick 3 years ago today: Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) My song pick 4 years ago today: Judas Priest - You Got Another Thing Commin' My song pick 5 years ago today: Van Halen - Right Now My song pick 6 years ago today: Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - Tell Me What It Is My song pick 7 years ago today: Rush - Mr. Soul My song pick 8 years ago today: Megadeth - How the Story Ends My song pick 9 years ago today: Sethian - Epitaph My song pick...

From: Wovoka ; Year: 1973; Genre: Rock/R&B Been hearing Redbone a lot lately, thought it'd be a good time to pick one of their songs. I really like this track, it's got a great beat, playing, and singing. Hear Wovoka on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Ultravox - Frozen Ones My song pick 2 years ago today: Savatage - Stay With Me a While My song pick 3 years ago today: Japan - Quiet Life My song pick 4 years ago today: Maddy Prior - Rosettes My song pick 5 years ago today: Funkadelic - Funky Dollar Bill My song pick 6 years ago today: Sky - Westway My song pick 7 years ago today: Asia - Wildest Dreams My song pick 8 years ago today: Don Henley - Dirty Laundry My song pick 9 years ago today: The Scorpions - Big City Nights My song pick 10 years ago today: Graham Central Station - Earthquake My song pick 11 years ago today: John Denver - Season Suite - Fall My song pick 12 years ago today: Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki ( Ue o Muite Aruko ...

From: King Animal ; Year: 2012; Genre: Alternative Metal Heard some music today from Soundgarden's King Animal album; I've picked a lot of songs off this record, a lot of good music on it. I'm kind of going down the list a ways to find a track I have not chosen yet; I almost have this album picked clean so to speak. Anyway, while not my favourite song on it, it's still a great tune and one I love listening to. Hear Blood on the Valley Floor on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Away From Home My song pick 2 years ago today: King Crimson - The Night Watch My song pick 3 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Trains My song pick 4 years ago today: Three Dog Night - Feelin' Alright My song pick 5 years ago today: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Like a Rock My song pick 6 years ago today: The Coasters- Poison Ivy My song pick 7 years ago today: Béla Fleck & the Flecktones - Earthling Parade My son...

From: Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One ; Year: 1970; Genre: Rock This song has been playing in my mind quite a bit lately, it's quite a catchy and fun track. It's one of those tunes that seems light hearted, but all around that fun music is actually somewhat serious in message. Whatever the case I like the song and it makes a perfect pick for today. Hear Apeman on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: David Bowie - China Girl My song pick 2 years ago today: The Beatles - A Day in the Life My song pick 3 years ago today: Paris - Blue Robin My song pick 4 years ago today: Dick Dale - Third Stone From the Sun My song pick 5 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - The Revenge of Vera Gemini My song pick 6 years ago today: Queen - Ride the Wild Wind My song pick 7 years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Enter Maurice My song pick 8 years ago today: Mastodon - Capillarian Crest My song pick 9 years ago today: Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie...

From: The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome ; Year: 1977; Genre: Progressive Rock Ahhh, some late '70s prog rock; about as good as it gets, eh? I believe that I have yet to pick one from this album in particular, it's got most everything a progressive rocker would like across the board. Hear Chemical World on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Don Henley - Heart of the Matter My song pick 2 years ago today: Bruce Hornsby and the Range - On The Western Sky My song pick 3 years ago today: Parliament - Children of Production My song pick 4 years ago today: Huey Lewis and the News - Power of Love My song pick 5 years ago today: Black Sabbath - Paranoid My song pick 6 years ago today: The Cult - Painted on My Heart My song pick 7 years ago today: Scott Joplin - The Entertainer My song pick 8 years ago today: Maktub - So Tired My song pick 9 years ago today: Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca My song pick 10 years ago today: Iron Maiden - Sun and Steel My son...

From: John Wesley Harding ; Year: 1967; Genre: Folk Rock Bob Dylan has been on my mind today and I thought I'd pick another of his tracks. This song is of course, the original version that he penned that was made extremely famous by the late-great Jimi Hendrix whose version is legendary . Just another one of many songs that Bob Dylan wrote that are mind blowing when you listen to the music and lyrics. Hear All Along the Watchtower on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The O'Jays - Time To Get Down My song pick 2 years ago today: Dazz Band - Let it Whip My song pick 3 years ago today: Benny Carter - Things Ain't What They Used To Be My song pick 4 years ago today: The Kinks - Destroyer My song pick 5 years ago today: Band of Horses - The General Specific My song pick 6 years ago today: Nightwish - Song of Myself My song pick 7 years ago today: Gustav Mahler - Symphony No.4 My song pick 8 years ago today: Saigon Kick - Chanel My song pick 9...

From: Domestiques ; Year: 1996; Genre: Indie Rock It's definitely been a while since I've picked one from The Delgados and their music has been playing incessantly in my mind, so I'm picking one. This was always one of my "second tier" of favourites from the band; it's a fun one to listen to. Hear Strathcona Slung on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Genesis - Misunderstanding My song pick 2 years ago today: Pallas - The Blinding Darkness of Science My song pick 3 years ago today: Aerosmith - Remember (Walking in the Sand) My song pick 4 years ago today: AC/DC - Money Talks My song pick 5 years ago today: The Doors - People are Strange My song pick 6 years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli (Quintette du Hot Club de France) - Minor Swing My song pick 7 years ago today: Van Der Graaf Generator - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers My song pick 8 years ago today: Asia - Only Time Will Tell My song pick 9 years ago ...

From: Feel ; Year: 1974; Genre: Jazz Fusion/Funk More funky music for this Friday, this time it's some jazz/funk from the great George Duke. I love that electronic groove he lays down on this instrumental track; makes it a lot of fun to dance to or to listen. Hear Funny Funk on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Steeleye Span - We Shall Wear Midnight My song pick 2 years ago today: Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away My song pick 3 years ago today: Queen - Another One Bites the Dust My song pick 4 years ago today: U.K. - In the Dead of the Night My song pick 5 years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop My song pick 6 years ago today: Funkadelic - Cholly (Funk Getting Ready To Roll) My song pick 7 years ago today: Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag My song pick 8 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Play In Time My song pick 9 years ago today: Exile - Kiss You All Over My song pick 10 years ago today: Rush - Show Don't Tell My song pick 11...

From: Earth and Sun and Moon ; Year: 1993; Genre: Alternative Rock This song caught my attention while going through some Midnight Oil; I absolutely love the rhythm section, the bass in particular really drives the song. Hear Now or Never Land on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Grass Roots - Where Were You When I Needed You My song pick 2 years ago today: The Moody Blues - Are You Sitting Comfortably? My song pick 3 years ago today: A-ha - Train of Thought My song pick 4 years ago today: Motörhead - Motorhead My song pick 5 years ago today: Leon Mitchison and the Eastex Freeway Band - Street Scene My song pick 6 years ago today: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) My song pick 7 years ago today: Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing My song pick 8 years ago today: Rush - Leave That Thing Alone My song pick 9 years ago today: Jim Croce - Photographs and Memories My song pick 10 years ago today: Electric Light ...

From: No Prayer for the Dying ; Year: 1990; Genre: Metal Was listening to some Iron Maiden this morning and got me in the mood to pick one of their songs for today's blog post. Hear Run Silent Run Deep on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Rolling Stones - Citadel My song pick 2 years ago today: Dire Straits - Down to the Waterline My song pick 3 years ago today: Black Sabbath - Into the Void My song pick 4 years ago today: Stanely Clarke - Vulcan Princess My song pick 5 years ago today: Black Flag - Annihilate This Week My song pick 6 years ago today: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) My song pick 7 years ago today: Hawkwind - Hurry on Sundown My song pick 8 years ago today: Steeleye Span - New York Girls My song pick 9 years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Living in the U.S.A. My song pick 10 years ago today: Three Dog Night - Shambala My song pick 11 years ago today: Diesel - Sausalito Summernight My song...

From: Fire Garden ; Year: 1996; Genre: Hard Rock Picking one of my old backlog list, which I have not gone over in a long while; I really need to update it and use it more. Anyway, this is a very upbeat song considering its title, but he sure wails on that guitar through the entire track. Hear The Crying Machine on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Rush - Territories My song pick 2 years ago today: Charley Pride - Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' My song pick 3 years ago today: Matthews' Southern Comfort - Woodstock My song pick 4 years ago today: King Crimson - Lament My song pick 5 years ago today: Steve Vai - The Boy From Seattle My song pick 6 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Bourée My song pick 7 years ago today: Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra My song pick 8 years ago today: 30 Seconds to Mars - Year Zero My song pick 9 years ago today: Don Williams - If Hollywood Don't Need You My song pick 10 years ago today: Cream - Strange Bre...

From: Every Picture Tells A Story ; Year: 1971; Genre: Hard Rock/Soul I had the band Faces on my mind today, and whilst this is a proper Rod Stewart album all the members of Faces at the time were present on this track as far as I know. This is, of course, a cover of the song first recorded by The Temptations; I like how the band pays homage to it while at the same time making a very unique version of the song. Hear (I Know) I'm Losing You on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Lawrence Gowan - Moonlight Desires My song pick 2 years ago today: Boston - Used to be Bad News My song pick 3 years ago today: Rhythm Machine - Everybody's Chippin My song pick 4 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Fallen Angel My song pick 5 years ago today: Foo Fighters - These Days My song pick 6 years ago today: Hawkwind - The Aubergine That Ate Rangoon My song pick 7 years ago today: Oasis - All Around the World My song pick 8 years ago today: The Smashing Pumpkins - T...

From: Sloppy Seconds ; Year: 1972; Genre: Rock Making an abbreviated pick today, it's been quite busy, but I like this song, so I'm picking it. Hear Carry Me, Carrie on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Hawkwind - Mutation Zone My song pick 2 years ago today: Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke My song pick 3 years ago today: Alestorm - Walk the Plank My song pick 4 years ago today: Sky - Sahara My song pick 5 years ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - Trouble No More My song pick 6 years ago today: Simon & Garfunkle - Mrs. Robinson My song pick 7 years ago today: Rare Earth - Get Ready My song pick 8 years ago today: Trio of Doom - Continuum My song pick 9 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Aqualung My song pick 10 years ago today: Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys - Wayfaring Stranger My song pick 11 years ago today: Billy Squier - In The Dark My song pick 12 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Steel Monkey