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

From: Another Side of Bob Dylan ; Year: 1964; Genre: Folk I recollect the cover of this song by The Turtles, others might remember another cover by someone else, or even perhaps the original; as with a many song from that era it came from the pen of Bob Dylan. This one has a very pronounced folk sound to it, bare bones, but quite heavy at the same time.   Hear It Ain't Me Babe on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Of Monsters and Men - Alligator   My song pick 2 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Beat 'Em Up My song pick 3 years ago today: ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses My song pick 4 years ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - Time Is On Your Side My song pick 5 years ago today: Exile - Please Be There My song pick 6 years ago today: Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin' My song pick 7 years ago today: Queensrÿche - Speak My song pick 8 years ago today: The Beach Boys - God Only Knows My song pick 9 years ago today: Hawkwind - Living on a Knife Edge My

From: Yin-Yang ; Year: 1999; Genre: Jazz/Jazz Fusion This is a very pretty instrumental song from Mr. Wooten and company; exactly what you would expect from him and the other musicians he plays with.   Hear Joe's Journey on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Steeleye Span - Fighting for Strangers   My song pick 2 years ago today: Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet My song pick 3 years ago today: James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) My song pick 4 years ago today: King Crimson - Dinosaur My song pick 5 years ago today: Molly Hatchet - Both Sides My song pick 6 years ago today: Egg - I Will Be Absorbed My song pick 7 years ago today: Megadeth - Into the Lungs of Hell My song pick 8 years ago today: Soundgarden - Bones of Birds My song pick 9 years ago today: Nightwish - Know Why the Nightingale Sings My song pick 10 years ago today: Stuart Hamm - Black Ice My song pick 11 years ago today: Waylander - Brú Na Bóinne My song pick 12 years ago today:

From: Styx II ; Year: 1973: Genre: Hard Rock From what I understand, this song is autobiographical of JY Young's early years of growing up in the Roseland neighbourhood and playing music in a band with the Panozzo Brothers, who would of course later become Styx. This is a really good song that is atypical of the early Styx sound.   Hear Earl of Roseland on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Klaatu - A Routine Day   My song pick 2 years ago today: Motörhead - Iron Fist My song pick 3 years ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - Stand Back My song pick 4 years ago today: Mastodon - High Road My song pick 5 years ago today: A-Ha - Love is Reason My song pick 6 years ago today: Bob Seger - Turn the Page My song pick 7 years ago today: Rage Against the Machine - The Ghost of Tom Joad My song pick 8 years ago today: Dire Straits - Walk of Life My song pick 9 years ago today: The Foggy Mountain Boys (Flatt & Scruggs) - Cripple Creek My song pick 10 years

From: Voices ; Year: 1980; Genre: Rock/Pop/Soul This is another ones from Hall & Oates that I can recall hearing a lot growing up and it has stuck with me ever since. I really have always loved the rhythm section and the vocals, they are very top notch.    Hear You Make My Dreams (Come True) on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Jethro Tull - Something's on the Move   My song pick 2 years ago today: Queen - Don't Try So Hard My song pick 3 years ago today: Sky - Hotta My song pick 4 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Farm on the Freeway My song pick 5 years ago today: Quasar - The Loreli My song pick 6 years ago today: Def Leppard - Rock On My song pick 7 years ago today: The Cosmic Sound Orchestra - Fly Some Funk Up to the Moon My song pick 8 years ago today: Laura Branigan - Self Control My song pick 9 years ago today: Yes - Starship Trooper My song pick 10 years ago today: Buffalo Springfield - Mr. Soul My song pick 11 years ago today: Chuck

From: Traffic ; Year: 1968; Genre: Rock I'm kind of surprised that I had not chosen this original version of Feelin' Alright? as of yet, but better late than never I guess. This version is a bit less heavy than the most popular cover by Joe Cocker, but has incredible musicianship throughout.   Hear Feelin' Alright? on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Bad Company - Ready for Love   My song pick 2 years ago today: Tesla - Not Fragile My song pick 3 years ago today: Jigsaw - Ready to Ride My song pick 4 years ago today: Billy Joel - Big Man on Mulberry Street My song pick 5 years ago today: INXS - Suicide Blonde My song pick 6 years ago today: Pleasure - Bouncy Lady My song pick 7 years ago today: Pearl Jam - Once My song pick 8 years ago today: Rush - Lock and Key My song pick 9 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Time Flies My song pick 10 years ago today: David Bowie - Life on Mars? My song pick 11 years ago today: Lorenzo Barcelata - El Ca

From: Computer Games : Year: 1982; Genre: Funk My main computer is in the shop again... so having some fun getting things like blog posts done, but I'm getting it done nonetheless. Anyway, this album from the funkmaster great George Clinton immediately came to mind and this song did as well.    Hear One Fun At a Time on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Band of Horses - Window Blues   My song pick 2 years ago today: Dan Fogelberg - Longer My song pick 3 years ago today: Bee Gees - Run to Me My song pick 4 years ago today: Pallas - Dance Through the Fire My song pick 5 years ago today: King Crimson - Matte Kudasai My song pick 6 years ago today: Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away My song pick 7 years ago today: Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years My song pick 8 years ago today: Led Zeppelin - All of My Love My song pick 9 years ago today: Shocking Blue - Never Marry a Railroad Man My song pick 10 years ago today: Hawkwind - Mirror of Illusion My song pick

From: Back Home Again ; Year: 1974; Genre: Folk/Country This is one of many John Denver albums that are permanently burnt into my mind from being played a lot when I was young; my mom especially loves them a lot. I believe that Sweet Surrender was one of the singles off the record and is a nice, mellow track to just sit back and listen to.   Hear Sweet Surrender on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Blind Faith - Sea of Joy   My song pick 2 years ago today: Ultravox - Reap the Wild Wind My song pick 3 years ago today: The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another My song pick 4 years ago today: Kansas - Miracles Out Of Nowhere My song pick 5 years ago today: Wilson Pickett - I'm a Midnight Mover My song pick 6 years ago today: Beat Crusaders - Slip Out My song pick 7 years ago today: Boston - The Launch/Cool the Engines My song pick 8 years ago today: Stratovarius - Dreamspace My song pick 9 years ago today: Queensrÿche - Promised Land My song pick 10 years a

From: Lookin' for Trouble ; Year: 1980; Genre: Hard Rock Was thinking about this band, Toronto, when I was sitting down to make today's pick, so, as usual, I'm picking one from them. This one has that kick-butt hard rock sound that you'd expect from the era it was recorded and is one that is a treat to listen to.   Hear Lookin' for Trouble on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Judas Priest - Evening Star   My song pick 2 years ago today: John Denver - Sunshine On My Shoulders My song pick 3 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Madness to the Method My song pick 4 years ago today: Jerry Reed - Rooster Jones My song pick 5 years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Journey From Eden My song pick 6 years ago today: Kansas - Dust in the Wind My song pick 7 years ago today: King Crimson - Red My song pick 8 years ago today: Sky - March to the Scaffold My song pick 9 years ago today: Rhapsody of Fire - Holy Thunderforce My song pick 10 years a

From: Agents of Fortune ; Year: 1976: Genre: Hard Rock Was bingeing on some BÖC last night and they've since remained on my mind; Agents of Fortune in particular was one of the records I played a lot from. There's a lot of great songs on this album, this being one of them. It has that unmistakable sound that comes from the band which gives you that feeling of "album oriented rock" as they label it.   Hear Sinful Love on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - Spirit of a New World   My song pick 2 years ago today: Primus - Space Farm My song pick 3 years ago today: Geraldine Hunt - Can't Fake the Feeling My song pick 4 years ago today: .38 Special - Rockin' Into the Night My song pick 5 years ago today: The Miracles - You Really Got a Hold on Me My song pick 6 years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - Think About Me My song pick 7 years ago today: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Jerusalem My song pick 8 years ago today: Marill

From: Caravanserai ; Year: 1972; Genre: Jazz Fusion/Latin Rock Caravanserai is still one of my favourites from Santana. This song is a little bit more in the wheelhouse of the regular Santana sound compared to the other tracks on the album. I really like the use of the Hammond Organ as the second lead instrument; it makes the song sound quite excellent.   Hear Song of the Wind on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Elton John - Jamaica Jerk-Off   My song pick 2 years ago today: Jimmy Castor - Amazon My song pick 3 years ago today: April Wine - Enough is Enough My song pick 4 years ago today: Faith No More - Falling to Pieces My song pick 5 years ago today: The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches My song pick 6 years ago today: The Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler My song pick 7 years ago today: The Five Stairsteps - O-o-o Child My song pick 8 years ago today: The Delgados - Mr. Blue Sky My song pick 9 years ago today: Muse - Citizen Erase

From: Victim of a Song ; Year: 1979; Genre: Rock This song is more of a straight-up rocker and very listenable across the board. I really like the hooks they throw in, mostly in the choruses.     Hear You Are The Light on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Ozric Tentacles - Magick Valley   My song pick 2 years ago today: Elton John - Crocodile Rock My song pick 3 years ago today: Mr. Bungle - Quote Unquote (Travolta) My song pick 4 years ago today: Jane's Addiction - Stop! My song pick 5 years ago today: Soundgarden - The Telephantasm My song pick 6 years ago today: Mr. Big - Mr. Never in a Million Years My song pick 7 years ago today: Dayton Sidewinders - Funky in Here My song pick 8 years ago today: Heart - Fanatic My song pick 9 years ago today: Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love My song pick 10 years ago today: Queensrÿche - Roads to Madness My song pick 11 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Roll Yer Own My song pick 12 years ago today: Naturally 7 -

From: Into the Woods ; Year: 2017; Genre: Psychedelic Rock/Space Rock/Progressive Rock Ever since hearing them earlier today I've had Hawkwind on my mind. I thought I would visit their released a few years ago Into the Woods, which I have not heard anything from yet. This one is heavy semi-acoustic track with all the hallmarks of the band found within.   Hear Ascent on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - (You're A) Foxy Lady   My song pick 2 years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - Heroes Are Hard To Find My song pick 3 years ago today: Peter Gabriel - Come Talk to Me My song pick 4 years ago today: Chuck Berry - Maybellene My song pick 5 years ago today: Maddy Prior - Rollercoaster My song pick 6 years ago today: Bootsy's Rubber Band - Stretchin' Out (In a Rubber Band) My song pick 7 years ago today: Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks My song pick 8 years ago today: Hawkwind - Wind of Change My song pick

From: Luther ; Year: 1976; Genre: Soul/R&B/Funk I had Luther's music on my mind today and thought I'd pick one from the band. This is a very uplifting song with Luther Vandross and company laying down a great performance across the board.   Hear Everybody Rejoice on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Wishbone Ash - Vas Dis   My song pick 2 years ago today: Journey - Spaceman My song pick 3 years ago today: Van Halen - And the Cradle Will Rock... My song pick 4 years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli (Quintette du Hot Club de France) - Tears My song pick 5 years ago today: Dave Edmunds - Slipping Away My song pick 6 years ago today: Mountain - Mississippi Queen My song pick 7 years ago today: Rod Stewart - You Wear it Well My song pick 8 years ago today: Steeleye Span - The Twelve Witches My song pick 9 years ago today: Georg Philipp Telemann - TWV 55:C3 - Wassermusik - Hamburger Ebbe und Flut My song pick 10 years ago today:

From: Curse of the Crystal Coconut ; Year: 2020; Genre: Power Metal/Pirate Metal I felt like picking another track from Alestorm today, this is one of the singles from latest record; as always the song is epic with very witty lyrics.   Hear Fannybaws on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Marillion - Seasons End   My song pick 2 years ago today: Dick Dale - Esperanza My song pick 3 years ago today: Kansas - Questions of my Childhood My song pick 4 years ago today: Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Quartet My song pick 5 years ago today: Mahavishnu Orchestra - Radio-Activity My song pick 6 years ago today: Toto - Stranger in Town My song pick 7 years ago today: Dream Theater - Hell's Kitchen My song pick 8 years ago today: Styx - Come Sail Away My song pick 9 years ago today: Alestorm - You Are a Pirate My song pick 10 years ago today: Bill Evans Trio - Waltz for Debbie My song pick 11 years ago today: The Box Tops - The Letter My song pick 12 years

From: Trouble in the Land ; Year: 2000; Genre: Celtic Rock Wow, St. Patrick's Day really snuck up on me again this year; I did not have a song in mind, so I revisited one of my absolute favourite Celtic Rock bands. Anyway, this is a rather cute song with some great music throughout.   Hear Bodhráns On The Brain on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Waylander - The Vernal Dance   My song pick 2 years ago today: Thin Lizzy - Dublin My song pick 3 years ago today: Black 47 - Paddy's Got a Brand New Reel My song pick 4 years ago today: Croft No Five - The Man of Arran My song pick 5 years ago today: Cruachan - The Morrigan's Call My song pick 6 years ago today: Flogging Molly - (No More) Paddy's Lament My song pick 7 years ago today: Black 47 - The Big Fella My song pick 8 years ago today: Frank Mackey & the Keltic Cowboys - Kiss My Irish Ass My song pick 9 years ago today: Dropkick Murphys - Black Velvet Band My song pick 10 years ago toda

From: Adventures in Utopia ; Year: 1979; Genre: Progressive Rock Utopia is another band that's considered a "One Hit Wonder" with this song being it, however I find that the label of "One Hit Wonder" is a bit off normally. This is true of this band as well, they had many other great songs, just no others in the top 50 here in the U.S..   Hear Set Me Free on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Nick Gilder - Rated X   My song pick 2 years ago today: Rush - Second Nature My song pick 3 years ago today: Diana Ross & The Supremes - Someday We'll be Together My song pick 4 years ago today: Megadeth - Dread and the Fugitive Mind My song pick 5 years ago today: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets My song pick 6 years ago today: The Castaways - Liar, Liar My song pick 7 years ago today: AC/DC - Back in Black My song pick 8 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Mother & Child Divided My song pick 9 years ago today: The Jimmy Castor B

From: Love it to Death ; Year: 1971; Genre: Hard Rock I'm surprised sometimes how long it took me to pick certain songs, this being one of those. The music is as amazing in this track as Alice's stage presence/vocals, especially that rhythm section.   Hear I'm Eighteen on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: U.K. - Rendezvous 6:02   My song pick 2 years ago today: Parliament - Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop) My song pick 3 years ago today: The Enid - And Then There Were None My song pick 4 years ago today: Ted Nugent - Stranglehold My song pick 5 years ago today: Muse - Revolt My song pick 6 years ago today: Vixen - Edge of a Broken Heart My song pick 7 years ago today: Rush - Mystic Rhythms My song pick 8 years ago today: The Moody Blues - Dr. Livingstone, I Presume My song pick 9 years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli (Quintette du Hot Club de France) - Chasing Shadows My song pick 10 years ago today: The D

From: The Symbol Remains ; Year: 2020; Genre: Hard Rock Blue Öyster Cult on my brain again; I'm really beginning to dig this new album a lot. This song in particular has all their classic sound in it; it would not be out of place in their late '70s catalogue.   Hear Secret Road on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Genesis - The Serpent   My song pick 2 years ago today: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Knife-Edge My song pick 3 years ago today: UB40 - Rat in mi Kitchen My song pick 4 years ago today: Dust - Learning to Die My song pick 5 years ago today: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind, I'll Be Your Valentine My song pick 6 years ago today: Yello - Oh Yeah My song pick 7 years ago today: Wilson Pickett - Take That Pollution Out Your Throat My song pick 8 years ago today: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody My song pick 9 years ago today: The Doobie Brothers - Listen to the Music My song pick 10 years

From: Deurdonderen ; Year: 1982; Genre: Rockabilly Whilst being in another language that I do not speak, it's one that really speaks across the language barrier. You could probably play this song almost anywhere and no matter who was the audience people would be dancing to it.   Hear Deurdonderen on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Bootsy Collins - World Wide Funk   My song pick 2 years ago today: Sam Cooke - Chain Gang My song pick 3 years ago today: King Crimson - Lizard My song pick 4 years ago today: Band of Horses - Lying Under Oak My song pick 5 years ago today: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Three Fates My song pick 6 years ago today: Dayton Sidewinders - Slippin' Into Darkness My song pick 7 years ago today: Pink Floyd - Keep Talking My song pick 8 years ago today: Bud Tutmarc - Hilo March My song pick 9 years ago today: Soundgarden - No Wrong No Right My song pick 10 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Wond'ring Aloud My song pick

From: Jukebox ; Year: 1984; Genre: Funk Here's one for my Funky Friday that'll surely get your feet moving; a very fun song to listen and dance to. You gotta love that retro '80s sound on this one.   Hear Let It All Blow on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Faith No More - Epic   My song pick 2 years ago today: Stevie Wonder - Too Shy To Say My song pick 3 years ago today: The Postal Service - Brand New Colony My song pick 4 years ago today: Wolfmother - Joker & the Thief My song pick 5 years ago today: Peter Gabriel - Digging in the Dirt My song pick 6 years ago today: Slaughter - Up All Night My song pick 7 years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Wide River My song pick 8 years ago today: Stratovarius - Fire Dance My song pick 9 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Aeroplane My song pick 10 years ago today: Styx - Renegade My song pick 11 years ago today: The Jaggerz - The Rapper My song pick 12 years ago today: Sha Na Na - Blue Moon

From: PEnnsylvania 6 - 5000 ; Year: 1940; Genre: Big Band Jazz/Swing It's taken me 13+ years to get here, but I finally made it to the big 5000, which would be halfway to the original goal that I had set (10,000). However, I have since changed my mind and decided to go as long as I can, if that takes me beyond 10,000 songs picked then that'll be cool. Anyway, this song just seemed to be the perfect one for today's monumental pick. For those who do not know the song title was the old way that telephone numbers were done from the 30s to the 60s, which was two letters and five numbers: PE-65000. This number was for the Hotel Pennsylvania's Cafe Rouge where many big bands played.   Hear PEnnsylvania 6 - 5000 on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Nirvana - Negative Creep   My song pick 2 years ago today: Gravity Kills - Falling My song pick 3 years ago today: The Network - Roshambo My song pick 4 years ago today: Glass Tiger - Animal Heart My song pick 5 ye

From: The Winery Dogs ; Year: 2013; Genre: Hard Rock Have been meaning to pick one from The Winery Dogs for the last few days, but other songs got in the way. As with most of the music with the band this is quite technical musically, but still is quite listenable to an average listener.   Hear Time Machine on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Alan Parsons Project - Time   My song pick 2 years ago today: Roxette - Joyride My song pick 3 years ago today: Jerry Reed - The Devil Went Down to Georgia My song pick 4 years ago today: Johnny Winter - Funky Music My song pick 5 years ago today: Marillion - Sugar Mice My song pick 6 years ago today: Pink Floyd - Money My song pick 7 years ago today: American Breed - Bend Me, Shape Me My song pick 8 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Cat's Squirrel My song pick 9 years ago today: Amon Amarth - A Beast Am I My song pick 10 years ago today: Steve Vai - Little Green Men My song pick 11 years ago today: Fairport Co

From: Information Society ; Year: 1988; Genre: Synthpop/New Wave Kind of a fun foray into late '80s New Wave today with this interesting one from Information Society. It's interesting to note the samples from the Original Series of Star Trek used throughout the song.   Hear What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Stone Temple Pilots - Fare Thee Well   My song pick 2 years ago today: Yes - Changes My song pick 3 years ago today: Santana - Evil Ways My song pick 4 years ago today: Gerry Rafferty - The Tourist My song pick 5 years ago today: Loudness - Let It Go My song pick 6 years ago today: Carmen - She Flew Across the Room My song pick 7 years ago today: California Guitar Trio - Ghost Riders on the Storm My song pick 8 years ago today: Al Di Meola and Steve Vai - Race with the Devil on Turkish Highway My song pick 9 years ago today: Nightwish - Beauty of the Beast My song pick 10 years ago today: L'Arc~en~C

From: Test for Echo ; Year: 1996; Genre: Hard Rock/Progressive Rock Whilst Test for Echo is one of my least favourite of Rush's albums, it has some pretty good gems on it; this being one of them. It has their later heavy sound that those who have heard their more recent work would recognize.   Hear Time and Motion on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Alestorm - No Quarter   My song pick 2 years ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - The Changing Times My song pick 3 years ago today: Ozric Tentacles - Train Oasis My song pick 4 years ago today: Johnny Winter - Blinded by Love My song pick 5 years ago today: The Moody Blues - In the Beginning/Lovely to See You Again My song pick 6 years ago today: Ian Anderson - Tripudium Ad Bellum My song pick 7 years ago today: Alice in Chains - Rooster My song pick 8 years ago today: Steve Vai - For the Love of God My song pick 9 years ago today: Mastodon - Seabeast My song pick 10 years ago today: Vangelis - Blade Ru

From: Aurora Borealis ; Year: 1972; Genre: Progressive Rock Had some Jigsaw come on earlier and I thought it would be a great idea to pick another one from them. This is a bit of an odd one in a few ways, but a fun one to listen to nevertheless.   Hear Freud Fish on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Rush - Faithless   My song pick 2 years ago today: Our Lady Peace - Starseed My song pick 3 years ago today: David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) My song pick 4 years ago today: The Midnight - Gloria My song pick 5 years ago today: Rammstein - Stein um Stein My song pick 6 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Start of Something Beautiful My song pick 7 years ago today: Parliament - Funkentelechy My song pick 8 years ago today: Aerosmith - Make It My song pick 9 years ago today: The Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden My song pick 10 years ago today: Modest Mouse - Float On My song pick 11 years ago today: Eric Burdon & The Animals - When I Was Youn