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

From: Legends From Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex ; Year: 2019; Genre: Power Metal Some might call Gloryhammer's music "cheesy," "pretentious" or "over the top," but I love it and it is beyond epic with the larger-than-life music and great tales of heroes and great deeds.   Hear Power of the Laser Dragon Fire on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Ian Anderson - Cold Dead Reckoning (2044)   My song pick 2 years ago today: Molly Hatchet - Good Rockin' My song pick 3 years ago today: Carmen - Bullfight My song pick 4 years ago today: The Outfield - Say It Isn't So My song pick 5 years ago today: Quarterflash - Take Me To Heart My song pick 6 years ago today: Carly Simon - You’re so Vain My song pick 7 years ago today: Clifford Nyren - Keep Running Away My song pick 8 years ago today: Mastodon - Blood and Thunder My song pick 9 years ago today: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - K.331 - Piano Sonata No. 11 My song pick 10 year...

From: Black Clouds & Silver Linings ; Year: 2009; Genre: Progressive Rock Had one of their songs from this album come on whilst driving yesterday; I have not picked one from the band in a while, if memory serves me correctly, so I decided I should choose one today. I really like the places where this song goes, shifting from light to hard fast to slow and such; a very beautiful song in many ways.   Hear The Best of Times on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Seals & Crofts - We May Never Pass This Way (Again)   My song pick 2 years ago today: Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne My song pick 3 years ago today: Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - Don't Pull Your Love My song pick 4 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Sleep Of No Dreaming My song pick 5 years ago today: Jim & Ingrid Croce - What Do People Do My song pick 6 years ago today: Rage Against the Machine - Take the Power Back My song pick 7 years ago today: Dick Dale - Terra Dick...

From: Future Now ; Year: 1979; Genre: Funk/Soul/Jazz Fusion This one has a really interesting and unique sound to it with the blend of jazz, funk, soul, and electronica.   Hear Glide on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Wings - Venus and Mars   My song pick 2 years ago today: Pearl Jam - I Got Id My song pick 3 years ago today: Crash Test Dummies - In the Days of the Cavemen My song pick 4 years ago today: Muse - City of Delusion My song pick 5 years ago today: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away My song pick 6 years ago today: Barenaked Ladies - If I Had $1000000 My song pick 7 years ago today: Rush - The Anarchist My song pick 8 years ago today: Audioslave - Cochise My song pick 9 years ago today: Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos - Media Vita in Morte Sumus My song pick 10 years ago today: Stahlhammer - Der Zerbrochene Traum My song pick 11 years ago today: Charles Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette My song pi...

From: Modern Times ; Year: 1981; Genre: Psychedelic Rock Been having some songs from this album on my mind today, I thought I'd take it as a sign I should pick one. Alien caught my attention whilst listening to the album; it's got a nice raucous feel to it and I also love the overall psychedelic awesomeness.   Hear Alien on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get It Right   My song pick 2 years ago today: Ten Years After - Over the Hill My song pick 3 years ago today: The Who - Sister Disco My song pick 4 years ago today: Pallas - Shock Treatment My song pick 5 years ago today: Marillion - Hooks in You My song pick 6 years ago today: Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity My song pick 7 years ago today: Queensrÿche - Breaking the Silence My song pick 8 years ago today: Aerosmith - Jaded My song pick 9 years ago today: Blind Faith - Had to Cry Today My song pick 10 years ago today: Jethro Tull - By Kind Permission...

From: Superunknown ; Year: 1994; Genre: Alternative Metal/Grunge After playing this album again today I wanted to pick one from it. Wot better song to pick from the record, but the title track this time, (especially since I've already chosen most of the other songs off the album).   Hear Superunknown on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Tesla - Afterlife   My song pick 2 years ago today: Tom Rapp - Stardancer My song pick 3 years ago today: The Police - Mother My song pick 4 years ago today: Luther - Don't Wanna Be a Fool My song pick 5 years ago today: Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues My song pick 6 years ago today: Ian Anderson - Doggerland My song pick 7 years ago today: Carmen - Bulerias My song pick 8 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled My song pick 9 years ago today: Miles Davis - Pharaoh's Dance My song pick 10 years ago today: Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone M...

From: Recall the Beginning... A Journey From Eden ; Year: 1972; Genre: Rock I just love the dynamics of this song; the way it goes from acoustic guitar and vocals to the full-on blues rock that the band is known for and back again is pure magic in a sense.    Hear Fandango on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) - Born on the Bayou   My song pick 2 years ago today: April Wine - Caught in the Crossfire My song pick 3 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Ears of Tin My song pick 4 years ago today: Melvins - With Teeth My song pick 5 years ago today: Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls My song pick 6 years ago today: Styx - Do Things My Way My song pick 7 years ago today: Steeleye Span - The Black Freighter My song pick 8 years ago today: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication My song pick 9 years ago today: Queensrÿche - Eyes of a Stranger My song pick 10 years ago today: Bad Company - Holy Water My song pick...

From: Nevergreen! ; Year: 1972; Genre: Progressive Rock/Hard Rock Here's an awesome instrumental track from the short-lived progressive rock band from Germany. This is very much a listeners' song with a lot of virtuosity throughout from all members of the band.   Hear Sorcery on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Boston - Party   My song pick 2 years ago today: Azteca - Non Pacem My song pick 3 years ago today: The Zombies - Beechwood Park My song pick 4 years ago today: Three Dog Night - The Loner My song pick 5 years ago today: Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Babies My song pick 6 years ago today: Live - Lightning Crashes My song pick 7 years ago today: Duran Duran - The Reflex My song pick 8 years ago today: Savatage - The Storm My song pick 9 years ago today: John Dowland - In Darkness We Dwell My song pick 10 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - I Love the Night My song pick 11 years ago today: The Byrds - Eight Miles High My song pi...

From: Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) ; Year: 1993; Genre: Alternative Rock/New Wave In the mood to pick some Duran Duran today. This smooth sounding song just seemed to fit my mood best today; it's one I've always kind of liked although not one of my top absolute favourites from the band.   Hear Come Undone on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: George Clinton - Computer Games   My song pick 2 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Shadow Warrior My song pick 3 years ago today: Hugh Masekela - Grazing in the Grass My song pick 4 years ago today: Scorpions - Send Me an Angel My song pick 5 years ago today: R.E.O. Speedwagon - Ridin' The Storm Out My song pick 6 years ago today: The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar My song pick 7 years ago today: The O'Jays - Give the People What They Want My song pick 8 years ago today: Rammstein - Alter Mann My song pick 9 years ago today: Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing My song pick 10 years ago today: Ra...

From: In Search of the Lost Chord ; Year: 1968; Genre: Progressive Rock Heard this song the other day and it's been in my mind off and on ever since. The song has a very beautiful melody and neat riff played on the flute.    Hear Voices in the Sky on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Kinks - Lola   My song pick 2 years ago today: Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean My song pick 3 years ago today: Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like a Lady) My song pick 4 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Only Solitaire My song pick 5 years ago today: Modest Petrovitch Mussorgsky - Intermezzo Symphonique in Modo Classico My song pick 6 years ago today: The Soul Seven - The Cissy's Thang My song pick 7 years ago today: Soundgarden - Fell on Dark Days My song pick 8 years ago today: Rush - Driven My song pick 9 years ago today: The Moody Blues - Go Now My song pick 10 years ago today: Queen - 39 My song pick 11 years ago today: Hawkwind - Standing at the Edge...

From: 'Nard ; Year: 1981; Genre: Funk/Jazz Fusion This song from Bernard Wright is definitely a listener's track with a lot of amazing, technical musicianship throughout, but it's still quite danceable to boot. I really love the keyboards and the bass especially, however the rest of the band is just as good.   Hear Firebolt Hustle on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Asia - Eye to Eye   My song pick 2 years ago today: Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band My song pick 3 years ago today: Argent - It's Only Money (Parts 1 + 2) My song pick 4 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Woncha Take Me for a While My song pick 5 years ago today: Bass Extremes - Bassically Yours My song pick 6 years ago today: Bonnie Tyler - It's a Jungle Out There My song pick 7 years ago today: The Cult - Fire Woman My song pick 8 years ago today: The Beatles - Free as a Bird My song pick 9 years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Ju...

From: Beat the Drum ; Year: 1998; Genre: Progressive Rock I've been thinking about the band Pallas again today. This album, which is one I have not really delved into seemed to be a good source for today's pick. This one is mostly a light piece with vocals and keyboards, but when the entire band kicks in it really shines.   Hear Blood and Roses on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Faith No More - Zombie Eaters   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby My song pick 3 years ago today: The Who - The Song Is Over My song pick 4 years ago today: Gloryhammer - Questlords of Inverness, Ride to the Galactic Fortress! My song pick 5 years ago today: Bob Welch - Hot Love, Cold World My song pick 6 years ago today: Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears My song pick 7 years ago today: UFO - Too Hot To Handle My song pick 8 years ago today: Stratovarius - Chasing Shadows My song pick 9 years ago today: The Beatles - Back in the U.S.S...

From: Journey Into Space ; Year: 1978; Genre: Rock I wanted to revisit some more from Jigsaw today and, after a little bit of searching, came up with this song. While it's got a bit of a dated sound it has a lot of charm and is a good song.   Hear Wildfire on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Simon & Garfunkel - El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could)   My song pick 2 years ago today: IQ - Awake and Nervous My song pick 3 years ago today: Nirvana - Polly My song pick 4 years ago today: Maktub - Lies My song pick 5 years ago today: Al Stewart - Year of the Cat My song pick 6 years ago today: Midnight Oil - Dreamworld My song pick 7 years ago today: Primus - John the Fisherman My song pick 8 years ago today: Pearl Jam - Go My song pick 9 years ago today: The Ventures - Beethoven's Sonata in C#-Minor My song pick 10 years ago today: Stuart Hamm - Count Zero My song pick 11 years ago today: Louis Armstrong - La Vie en Rose My song pick 12...

From: Dirt ; Year: 1992; Genre: Alternative Metal/Grunge I really felt like listening to some earlier Alice in Chains today; I'm kind of surprised I haven't picked this track yet. A great song in many ways and is brimming with that amazing Grunge sound from the early '90s.   Hear Rain When I Die on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Return to Forever - Spain   My song pick 2 years ago today: Asia - The Last to Know My song pick 3 years ago today: Pink Floyd - Childhood's End My song pick 4 years ago today: Queensrÿche - Take Hold of the Flame My song pick 5 years ago today: Glenn Frey - Smuggler's Blues My song pick 6 years ago today: Weather Report - Predator My song pick 7 years ago today: Joni Mitchell - Hejira My song pick 8 years ago today: Dream Theater - Under a Glass Moon My song pick 9 years ago today: Pearl Jam - Light Years My song pick 10 years ago today: Band of Horses - Factory My song pick 11 years ago today: Rush -...

From: Dystopia ; Year: 2016; Genre: Thrash Metal I heard some Megadeth on the radio today and I thought I'd pick another one of their songs. As with most of Megadeth's tracks, this one has a message in it that works really well with the amazing music they play.   Hear Death From Within on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Steven Wilson - Perfect Life   My song pick 2 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - This Ain't the Summer of Love My song pick 3 years ago today: Dick Dale - Shredded Heat My song pick 4 years ago today: The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society My song pick 5 years ago today: John Denver - Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone) My song pick 6 years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Dance, Dance, Dance My song pick 7 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Bonnie the Cat My song pick 8 years ago today: Ugly Kid Joe - Everything About You My song pick 9 years ago today: Ludwig Van Beethoven - Op. 31 No. 2 - P...

From: Popcorn ; Year: 1972; Genre: Synth Rock Been thinking about picking this song for a bit now; it is Hot Butter's main claim to fame and a fun little exposition of synthesized music.   Hear Popcorn on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Parliament - Agony of Defeet   My song pick 2 years ago today: Dream Theater - Untethered Angel My song pick 3 years ago today: Oasis - Supersonic My song pick 4 years ago today: U2 - A Sort of Homecoming My song pick 5 years ago today: A-ha - The Sun Always Shines on T.V. My song pick 6 years ago today: Cream - Crossroads My song pick 7 years ago today: Luther Davis Group - You Can Be a Star My song pick 8 years ago today: Megadeth - Hangar 18 My song pick 9 years ago today: Black 47 - Different Drummer My song pick 10 years ago today: Band of Horses - The First Song My song pick 11 years ago today: Forest - A Glade Somewhere My song pick 12 years ago today: Weather Report - Teen Town My s...

From: Mr. Eliminator ; Year: 1964; Genre: Surf Rock Here's another track that features the virtuosity of Mr. Dick Dale. I could listen to his music forever it seems like; just so much to hear.   Hear Mr. Eliminator on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Jane's Addiction - Just Because   My song pick 2 years ago today: Journey - Remember Me My song pick 3 years ago today: The Cranberries - Linger My song pick 4 years ago today: Sammy Hagar - There's Only One Way to Rock My song pick 5 years ago today: Midnight Oil - Forgotten Years My song pick 6 years ago today: The Nashville Allstars - Opus de Funk My song pick 7 years ago today: Rush - Freeze (Part IV of 'Fear') My song pick 8 years ago today: Chris Isaak - Wicked Game My song pick 9 years ago today: Dion - Abraham, Martin and John My song pick 10 years ago today: Joachim Witt - Wem Gehört Das Sternenlicht My song pick 11 years ago today: Cab Calloway & The Harlemaniacs - The ...

From: Fantastic Voyage ; Year: 1980; Genre: Funk/Disco Making another pick from the great band Lakeside for this Funky Friday . I especially love the heavy, driving beat throughout this one; a fun song to dance to.   Hear Strung Out on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Steeleye Span - Long-a-Growing   My song pick 2 years ago today: Neil Young - Old Man My song pick 3 years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Ma-Ma-Ma Belle My song pick 4 years ago today: Bon Jovi - Hey God My song pick 5 years ago today: Parliament - Let's Play House My song pick 6 years ago today: Rare Earth - Warm Ride My song pick 7 years ago today: Pallas - Warriors My song pick 8 years ago today: Soundgarden - Flower My song pick 9 years ago today: Northern Kings - Wanted Dead or Alive My song pick 10 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Bungle in the Jungle My song pick 11 years ago today: Edvard Grieg - Op. 54, No.3 - The March of the Trolls ( Trold...

From: Time and a Word ; Year: 1970; Genre: Progressive Rock I had this song on my mind today and thought it would be an excellent pick. I love this early sound from Yes; it's got a real unique feel and sound to it.   Hear Then on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Brave Belt - Goodbye, Soul Shy   My song pick 2 years ago today: Klaatu - Little Neutrino My song pick 3 years ago today: Pallas - Win or Lose My song pick 4 years ago today: AC/DC - Rock 'N' Roll Damnation My song pick 5 years ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - One Way Out My song pick 6 years ago today: Dream Theater - The Ministry of Lost Souls My song pick 7 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Give it Time My song pick 8 years ago today: Jethro Tull - The Waking Edge My song pick 9 years ago today: The Scorpions - The Good Die Young My song pick 10 years ago today: Megadeth - Elysian Fields My song pick 11 years ago today: Django Reinhardt & S...

From: Brothers and Sisters ; Year: 1973; Genre: Southern Rock This is one  that I listen to at times and is a favourite from this band. I really like Dicky Betts' slide guitar throughout the piece.    Hear Wasted Words on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Rush - The Main Monkey Business   My song pick 2 years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - For Your Love My song pick 3 years ago today: The Offspring - A Million Miles Away My song pick 4 years ago today: Imagination - Flashback My song pick 5 years ago today: Blue Cheer - Just a Little Bit My song pick 6 years ago today: Soundgarden - Outshined My song pick 7 years ago today: The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night My song pick 8 years ago today: Iron Maiden - Caught Somewhere in Time My song pick 9 years ago today: Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl My song pick 10 years ago today: Ozzy Osbourne - Mama, I'm Coming Home My song pick 11 years ago today: Adam Gilberti - Dragon's First F...

From: Musicmagic ; Year: 1977; Genre: Jazz Fusion This is another technical and rather lovely piece of jazz fusion. Both Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke are in normal amazing form in this one; I just wish that Al Di Meola and Lenny White were on this record, but it's still a great album to listen to.   Hear The Musician on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Rush - Superconductor   My song pick 2 years ago today: Eddie Money - Two Tickets to Paradise My song pick 3 years ago today: Wilson Pickett - Soul Dance Number Three My song pick 4 years ago today: Weather Report - Blackthorn Rose My song pick 5 years ago today: Tears for Fears - Shout My song pick 6 years ago today: Badfinger - Baby Blue My song pick 7 years ago today: Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings My song pick 8 years ago today: Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms My song pick 9 years ago today: Metallica - The Day That Never Comes My song pick 10 years ago today: ...

From: Night Shift ; Year: 1976; Genre: Hard Rock Was thinking about some Foghat for my pick today; this is a good, straight-up rocker with some great guitar work throughout.   Hear Drivin' Wheel on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Rush (Neil Peart) - Der Trommler (Drum Solo)   My song pick 2 years ago today: Billy Joe Royal - Cherry Hill Park My song pick 3 years ago today: Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses My song pick 4 years ago today: Al Di Meola - Black Cat Shuffle My song pick 5 years ago today: David Bowie - Starman My song pick 6 years ago today: King Crimson - Starless My song pick 7 years ago today: Black 47 - Maria's Wedding My song pick 8 years ago today: Van Halen - 1984 My song pick 9 years ago today: Savatage - Holocaust My song pick 10 years ago today: The United States of America - The Garden of Earthly Delights My song pick 11 years ago today: Buddy Holley & the Crickets - Oh Boy! My song pick 12 years ago today...

From: Blue Haze ; Year: 1956; Genre: Hard Bop Jazz/Blues I've been in the mood for some bluesy jazz for most of the day; I figured I could not go wrong with something from the great Miles Davis. This is one you could easily get lost in just listening, so much beauty and technique.   Hear Blue Haze on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Bootsy Collins - Hyper Space   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Cure - Lovesong My song pick 3 years ago today: Steeleye Span - The Lofty Tall Ship/Shallow Brown My song pick 4 years ago today: Powerwolf - Sanctus Dominus My song pick 5 years ago today: Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking My song pick 6 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Love Story My song pick 7 years ago today: Primus - My Name is Mud My song pick 8 years ago today: Styx - Mr. Roboto My song pick 9 years ago today: Carmen - High Time My song pick 10 years ago today: Stahlhammer - Strom Der Zeit My song pick 11 years ago today: Ally K...

From: A Kind of Magic ; Year: 1986; Genre: Rock Been feeling like picking yet another one from Queen for a bit now, and so I am. This one is one of the more emotional songs that also appeared on the film Highlander , which serves as the love theme. In normal fashion, the band really makes the sound big with a lot of passion.   Hear Who Wants to Live Forever on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Mr. Big - Fragile My song pick 2 years ago today: Bob Seger - Travelin' Man My song pick 3 years ago today: Uriah Heep - That's the Way That It Is My song pick 4 years ago today: Midnight Oil - No Man's Land My song pick 5 years ago today: Soundgarden - Like Suicide My song pick 6 years ago today: D Train - You're the One for Me My song pick 7 years ago today: Deep Purple - Child in Time My song pick 8 years ago today: Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey My song pick 9 years ago today: Stormwarrior - Foreign Shores My song pick 10 years ago today: L...

From: The Wootens ; Year: 1985; Genre: Funk Another Funky Friday today; today I felt like picking another one from The Wootens for some reason. Whilst it does have the dated mid 80's synth-driven funk sound, it has a lot of charm to it and has an excellent groove.   Hear The Indigo Jam on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Stone Temple Pilots - Wicked Garden   My song pick 2 years ago today: Primus - The Trek My song pick 3 years ago today: The Moody Blues - It Ain't Necessarily So My song pick 4 years ago today: Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love My song pick 5 years ago today: Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce My song pick 6 years ago today: Ugly Kid Joe - Milkman's Son My song pick 7 years ago today: Megadeth - Bite the Hand My song pick 8 years ago today: Jefferson Starship - Find Your Way Back My song pick 9 years ago today: Band of Horses - Compliments My song pick 10 years ago today: Hawkwind - Lord of Light My song pick 11 ...

From: The Book of Souls ; Year: 2015; Genre: Metal Had this band on my mind this morning and thought I'd pick another one from them. I really like the old-school metal sounds throughout this song; it shows that they haven't lost their touch one bit.   Hear Speed of Light on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Midnight Oil - Dust   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See My song pick 3 years ago today: NOFX - Bath of Least Resistance My song pick 4 years ago today: Rush - Seven Cities of Gold My song pick 5 years ago today: Carmen - Viva mi Sevilla My song pick 6 years ago today: Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) My song pick 7 years ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - Dreams My song pick 8 years ago today: Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love My song pick 9 years ago today: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Superstition My song pick 10 years ago today: Journey - To Play Some Mu...