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

From: In The Dark ; Year: 1987; Genre: Rock Happy Memorial Day ! Today for my blog I'm doing my normal thing of picking a song from The Grateful Dead for the occasion. This is a very good song with some great vocals and guitar work throughout the piece.   Hear Throwing Stones on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Redbone - When You Got Trouble   My song pick 2 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Then Came the Last Days of May My song pick 3 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Audition My song pick 4 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Driving Song My song pick 5 years ago today: Bon Jovi - Dry County My song pick 6 years ago today: Soundgarden - Storm My song pick 7 years ago today: Megadeth - Go To Hell My song pick 8 years ago today: The Scorpions - Loving You Sunday Morning My song pick 9 years ago today: Paul Mauriat - L'amour est bleu "Love is Blue" My song pick 10 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper My song pic...

From: Robert John ; Year: 1979; Genre: Soft Rock/Pop I heard this one on the television last night for the first time in a long while and it brought back some memories. I suppose you could call this song "dad music" as Max used to say; some late 70's soft rock that's not everybody's cup 'o tea, but maybe can stir some memories up.   Hear Sad Eyes on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed - Summertime   My song pick 2 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Still Burnin' My song pick 3 years ago today: Brave Belt - Scarecrow My song pick 4 years ago today: Roman Holliday - Don't Try to Stop It My song pick 5 years ago today: Grateful Dead - Dark Star My song pick 6 years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Rock it My song pick 7 years ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - In the Stone My song pick 8 years ago today: America - You Can Do Magic My song pick 9 years ago today: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - K. 1a ...

From: Revölution By Night ; Year: 1983; Genre: Hard Rock I've had this song on my mind for a bit now and thought I'd get around to picking it. This one's got everything you'd expect from the band and their signature musical style of hard rock. The rhythm and how it changes from section to section is really nice and one of my favourite aspects of the song along with the lyrics and their delivery.   Hear Veins on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Weather Report - The Moors   My song pick 2 years ago today: Stratovarius - S.O.S. My song pick 3 years ago today: Asia - Without You My song pick 4 years ago today: Bob Weir (The Grateful Dead) - One More Saturday Night My song pick 5 years ago today: Ronnie Milsap - Daydreams About Night Things My song pick 6 years ago today: George Duke - Reach For It My song pick 7 years ago today: Rush - The Camera Eye My song pick 8 years ago today: Hawkind - Dying Seas My song pick 9 years ago today: Q...

From: Songs in the Key of Life ; Year: 1976; Genre: Funk/R&B I felt like picking something from Stevie Wonder on this Funky Friday . I love that funky bass line throughout the song; it really is the main driving force. Anyway, this is another good one to get your blood moving by dancing or just enjoying the listen.   Hear I Wish on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Steve Miller Band - The Gangster is Back   My song pick 2 years ago today: Pearl Jam - Oceans My song pick 3 years ago today: The Grateful Dead - Mountains of the Moon My song pick 4 years ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - Not My Cross to Bear My song pick 5 years ago today: Savatage - Prelude to Madness My song pick 6 years ago today: Traffic - Rock 'n' Roll Stew Parts 1&2 My song pick 7 years ago today: Chris Squire - Lucky Seven My song pick 8 years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - The Chain My song pick 9 years ago today: The Grateful Dead - Casey Jones My s...

From: Nightcap ; Year: 1993 (1974); Genre: Progressive Rock This one is a neat instrumental piece that consists of four pieces of music that borders on jazz/classical/rock in a package that is less that three minutes in length. It's one of those pieces that shows off how good the band is both in writing and arranging.   Hear Quartet on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Rainbow - Fool For The Night   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Grateful Dead - Unbroken Chain My song pick 3 years ago today: The (Dixie) Dregs - Kat Food My song pick 4 years ago today: King Crimson - Fracture My song pick 5 years ago today: Sly & The Family Stone - Luv n' Haight My song pick 6 years ago today: Outlaws - Green Grass & High Tides My song pick 7 years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Jungle Love My song pick 8 years ago today: Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower My song pick 9 years ago today: Nightwish - The Carpenter My song pick 10 ye...

From Why Can't We Be Friends? ; Year: 1975; Genre: Funk/Rock/Reggae For no reason known to me I was thinking about choosing one from War. I was shocked to see I had not chosen this song yet; it's one of my favourites and not just from the band. I absolutely love the upbeat and joyous feeling of this track, it's so positive and excellent.   Hear Why Can't We Be Friends? on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - Sail Away   My song pick 2 years ago today: Soundgarden - Ty Cobb My song pick 3 years ago today: ZZ Top - Got Me Under Pressure My song pick 4 years ago today: Audioslave - Exploder My song pick 5 years ago today: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Still the Same My song pick 6 years ago today: Alestorm - Magnetic North My song pick 7 years ago today: Grateful Dead - Hell in a Bucket My song pick 8 years ago today: The Police - Invisible Sun My song pick 9 years ago today: Screaming Trees - Shadow o...

From: Heart ; Year: 1985; Genre: Hard Rock For the last couple of weeks I've had this song from Heart's "hair band" era running through my mind off and on. Even though they got in with the zeitgeist of the mid 1980s their music really didn't suffer a lot and the band was at the top of their game like normal.   Hear Never on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: The Nice - Country Pie/Brandenburg Concerto No. 6   My song pick 2 years ago today: Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway My song pick 3 years ago today: Stanley Clarke - Opening (Statement)/He Lives On (Story About the Last Journey of a Warrior) My song pick 4 years ago today: Ozric Tentacles - Spacebase My song pick 5 years ago today: ABBA - Two for the Price of One My song pick 6 years ago today: Grateful Dead - Dire Wolf My song pick 7 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Queen and Country My song pick 8 years ago today: Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne My song pick 9 years a...

From: News of the World ; Year: 1977; Genre: Hard Rock I had this great album from Queen on my mind today; after going through the tracks I came upon this song and it was in my opinion a perfect pick for a day such as this. It starts out beautifully, but then goes harder into a riff-based hard rock sound and later into a more straight-up rock and then back again; definitely a very good track to listen to.   Hear It's Late on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: The Alan Parsons Project - Don't Let It Show   My song pick 2 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Commons Brawl My song pick 3 years ago today: Maddy Prior - Catseyes My song pick 4 years ago today: Megadeth - Conquer or Die! My song pick 5 years ago today: Steve Vai - You Didn't Break It My song pick 6 years ago today: UB40 - Kingston Town My song pick 7 years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - The Ghost My song pick 8 years ago today: Blondie - Dreaming My song pick 9 years ago today...

From: Coat of Arms ; Year: 2020; Genre: Rock Here's one off of Wishbone Ash's most recent album. Drive is a nice, smooth rocker with a great groove from the rhythm section and some excellent guitars and vocals.   Hear Drive on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Queensrÿche - The Mission   My song pick 2 years ago today: C.W. McCall - Four Wheel Drive My song pick 3 years ago today: Black Sabbath - Neon Knights My song pick 4 years ago today: Savatage - Chance My song pick 5 years ago today: Megadeth - A Secret Place My song pick 6 years ago today: Wings - Live and Let Die My song pick 7 years ago today: Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - Are You Happy? My song pick 8 years ago today: Stone Temple Pilots - Creep My song pick 9 years ago today: The Moog Cookbook - Come Out and Play My song pick 10 years ago today: Hurricane Smith - Oh Babe, What Would You Say? My song pick 11 years ago today: John Cafferty & The Beaver...

From: Going for the One ; Year: 1977; Genre: Progressive Rock I really like the slide guitar used on this one; gives it a very unique sound. It's quite a bit different than the normal Yes sound, not bad at all; I really like this track.   Hear Going for the One on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Dayton Sidewinders - Phoenix   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Police - Synchronicity I My song pick 3 years ago today: Pink Floyd - Dogs My song pick 4 years ago today: Ozzy Osbourne - See You on the Other Side My song pick 5 years ago today: Queensrÿche - If I Could Change it All My song pick 6 years ago today: Kleeer - You Got Me Rockin' My song pick 7 years ago today: Nocturnal Rites - Test of Time My song pick 8 years ago today: Deborah Harry and Robin Zander - Send Love Through My song pick 9 years ago today: Megaherz - Jagdzeit My song pick 10 years ago today: Alabama - Mountain Music My song pick 11 years ago today:...

From: Gap Band IV ; Year: 1982; Genre: Funk/Soul Doing yet another Funky Friday pick today; this one by the Gap Band, which I thought I'd already chosen a song from, but apparently I had not; better late than never I guess. This song is one of their biggest hits and great funky sound to it with some great synth along with it.   Hear You Dropped a Bomb on Me on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Barenaked Ladies - Shoe Box   My song pick 2 years ago today: Jigsaw - Mystic Harmony My song pick 3 years ago today: Chet Atkins - The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish My song pick 4 years ago today: Alice in Chains - What The Hell Have I My song pick 5 years ago today: Iain Matthews - Shake It My song pick 6 years ago today: The Kinks - Moving Pictures My song pick 7 years ago today: Stahlhammer - Fiend Hört Mit My song pick 8 years ago today: The Doors - Soul Kitchen My song pick 9 years ago today: Megaherz - Hurra – Wir Leben Noch My s...

From: America's Least Wanted ; Year: 1992; Genre: Hard Rock It's another day in which I had a band on my mind when I sat down to make today's pick; this time it's Ugly Kid Joe. I had a couple of songs in mind and eventually settled on this track off their first album.    Hear Come Tomorrow on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Blackmore's Night - Play Minstrel Play   My song pick 2 years ago today: Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me My song pick 3 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Acres Wild My song pick 4 years ago today: Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose My song pick 5 years ago today: Bootsy's Rubber Band - Vanish In Our Sleep My song pick 6 years ago today: The Who - Another Tricky Day My song pick 7 years ago today: Rush - Beneath, Between & Behind My song pick 8 years ago today: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Last of a Dyin' Breed My song pick 9 years ago today: Rush - Subdivisions My song pick 10 years ago today: Wolfgang Amadeus Moza...

From: Twenty ; Year: 1997; Genre: Southern Rock I remember hearing this one a lot on the radio back in the late '90s/early '00s. The song actually featured the vocals of the late Ronnie Van Zant in a duet with his brother Johnny Van Zant, who is the band's current lead singer. The record's title: Twenty , is also in reference to the airplane crash that took Ronnie Van Zant, Steve and Cassie Gaines, which was released 20 years after the accident.   Hear Travelin' Man on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Camel - Highways of the Sun   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Guess Who - Three More Days My song pick 3 years ago today: Heart - White Lightning & Wine My song pick 4 years ago today: Audioslave - Nothing Left to Say But Goodbye My song pick 5 years ago today: Eric Burdon & The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood My song pick 6 years ago today: The Who - 905 My song pick 7 years ago today: The Alan Parsons Project - ...

From: Letters from the Labyrinth ; Year: 2015; Genre: Symphonic Metal Needed something a different for today's pick. This one from the latest of TSO album uses a lot from Modest Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain , but in a very metal way, which is not too far off from the original I suppose. Modest Mussorgsky's works are very "metal" in the imagery, music, and subject matter.   Hear Mountain Labyrinth on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: David Bowie - Star   My song pick 2 years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Standing in the Rain My song pick 3 years ago today: David Bowie - Five Years My song pick 4 years ago today: Queen - Tenement Funster/Flick of the Wrist/Lily of the Valley My song pick 5 years ago today: Don Henley - Sunset Grill My song pick 6 years ago today: Bad Company - No Smoke Without a Fire My song pick 7 years ago today: Freddy Taylor and His Swing Men from Harlem - Viper's Dream My song pick 8 year...

From: Badmotorfinger ; Year: 1991; Genre: Alternative Metal/Grunge It's one of those days where only a band like Soundgarden would do. While this is a deeper track on the album, it has got a great sound and in my opinion really matches up with the other tracks on the record.    Hear Somewhere on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Joni Mitchell - God Must Be a Boogie Man   My song pick 2 years ago today: Funkadelic - Uncle Jam My song pick 3 years ago today: Hawkwind - Looking in the Future My song pick 4 years ago today: Stratovarius - Lifetime in a Moment My song pick 5 years ago today: Nocturnal Rites - Nightmare My song pick 6 years ago today: Steve Vai - Rescue Me or Bury Me My song pick 7 years ago today: The Police - Spirits in the Material World My song pick 8 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Silver River Turning My song pick 9 years ago today: George Frideric Handel - HWV 57 - Samson My song pick 10 years ago today...

From: Tales of Mystery and Imagination ; Year: 1997; Genre: Power Metal I love the bluesy influences throughout this track and the loping rhythm; it gives it a great sound. The guitar playing through the solos is amazing as well as in the rest of the song. It's definitely among my favourites from the band.   Hear Warrior's Return on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Dio - Hungry For Heaven   My song pick 2 years ago today: Argent - Pure Love My song pick 3 years ago today: Boz Scaggs - Breakdown Dead Ahead My song pick 4 years ago today: Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction My song pick 5 years ago today: Santo & Johnny - Love is Blue My song pick 6 years ago today: B. B. King - Someday, Somewhere My song pick 7 years ago today: Rose Royce - Funkin' Around My song pick 8 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' for You My song pick 9 years ago today: Styx - Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) My song pick 10 years ago today: A...

From: Darkness In A Different Light ; Year: 2013; Genre: Progressive Metal Before I get to talking about today's pick I have something to say: something happened to my blog yesterday and I'm not sure what, but all my photos were gone and my site was marked as unsafe for some reason. With some work I was able to fix everything, so at least things are back to normal, but I want to apologize if what happened caused any issues for anybody.   Anyway, on to my pick: this one from Fates Warning has a great heavy sound and very listenable even to those who might dislike the metal and associated genres.   Hear Firefly on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Jigsaw - Journey Into Space   My song pick 2 years ago today: Kiss - Heaven's on Fire My song pick 3 years ago today: The Supremes - Stop! In the Name of Love My song pick 4 years ago today: Gentle Giant - Words From The Wise My song pick 5 years ago today: King Crimson - I Talk to the Wind My ...

From: Positive Force ; Year: 1980; Genre: Funk/Disco This one happened to pop up in my mind when thinking about what today's Funky Friday pick should be. It has a notable disco influenced sound with the funk, which gives it an all that more danceable beat and is very fun to listen to as well.    Hear We Got The Funk on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Everclear - Santa Monica   My song pick 2 years ago today: Icehouse - Electric Blue My song pick 3 years ago today: Jackson Browne - The Load-Out/Stay My song pick 4 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Don't Turn Your Back My song pick 5 years ago today: Band of Horses - Casual Party My song pick 6 years ago today: Bachman & Turner - Neutral Zone My song pick 7 years ago today: Xerath - The Glorious Death My song pick 8 years ago today: John Fogerty - Premonition My song pick 9 years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - The Joker My song pick 10 years ago today: Elvenking - The...

From: Big Towne, 2061 ; Year: 1976; Genre: Rock This is actually a pretty cool one with a lot of neat musical ideas and instrumentation, which in my opinion borders almost toward progressive rock.     Hear Janie on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Rush - The Stars Look Down   My song pick 2 years ago today: Bob Welch - Outskirts My song pick 3 years ago today: Jerry Reed - Take It Easy (In Your Mind) My song pick 4 years ago today: Sammy Hagar - Heavy Metal My song pick 5 years ago today: Return to Forever - Flight of the Newborn My song pick 6 years ago today: Hawkwind - Choose Your Masques My song pick 7 years ago today: Rush - Force Ten My song pick 8 years ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) - Someday Never Comes My song pick 9 years ago today: Pink Floyd - Time My song pick 10 years ago today: Rammstein - Amerika My song pick 11 years ago today: Cream - White Room My song pick 12 years ago today: Ste...

From: Love ; Year: 1985; Genre: Rock Surprised I had not chosen this one yet, it's one of my favourites from the band. I really love the groove throughout the song as well as the great vocals.   Hear Rain on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Ian Hunter - All-American Alien Boy   My song pick 2 years ago today: Duran Duran - Hold Back the Rain My song pick 3 years ago today: Rush - Ghost of a Chance My song pick 4 years ago today: Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage My song pick 5 years ago today: Asia - One Step Closer My song pick 6 years ago today: Michael Martin Murphey - Secret Mountain Hideout My song pick 7 years ago today: Rhapsody of Fire - The Mighty Ride of the Firelord My song pick 8 years ago today: Argent - Liar My song pick 9 years ago today: Hawkwind - Time We Left This World Today My song pick 10 years ago today: Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) My song pick 11 years ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - M...

From: The Body, The Blood, The Machine ; Year: 2006; Genre: Indie Rock This album has been on my mind for the last few days, so I thought I'd revisit it. This song comes from towards the end of the concept album and has a post-apocalyptic feel to it.   Hear Back to the Sea on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Little Richard - Long Tall Sally   My song pick 2 years ago today: Bruce Hornsby and the Range - Across the River My song pick 3 years ago today: Autograph - Turn Up the Radio My song pick 4 years ago today: Steeleye Span - Two Magicians My song pick 5 years ago today: Genesis - Silent Sun My song pick 6 years ago today: The Winery Dogs - Elevate My song pick 7 years ago today: Molly Hatchet - Bloody Reunion My song pick 8 years ago today: Alice In Chains - Down in a Hole My song pick 9 years ago today: Tower of Power - What is Hip? My song pick 10 years ago today: Hawkwind - Sentinel My song pick 11 years ago today:...

From: Lake Shore Drive ; Year: 1971; Genre: Rock I happened to hear this song yesterday; it caught my attention with the nice piano playing and smooth sounds. Whilst it definitely has the sound of the early 1970s era in spades, the track has a little bit of a timeless feel to it.   Hear Lake Shore Drive on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Laura Branigan - Spanish Eddie   My song pick 2 years ago today: Zapp - Funky Bounce My song pick 3 years ago today: Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart My song pick 4 years ago today: The Verve - Weeping Willow My song pick 5 years ago today: Boston - The Journey/It's Easy My song pick 6 years ago today: Carmen - Shady Lady My song pick 7 years ago today: Nightwish - Nymphomaniac Fantasia My song pick 8 years ago today: The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter My song pick 9 years ago today: The Who - My Wife My song pick 10 years ago today: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge My song...

From: THRAK ; Year: 1995; Genre: Progressive Rock Here's some great instrumental King Crimson; it's got that heavy sound with all the technical complexity you'd expect from the band.    Hear THRAK on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Stone Roses - Fools Gold   My song pick 2 years ago today: Dire Straits - Setting Me Up My song pick 3 years ago today: Buddy Holly - Everyday My song pick 4 years ago today: Ian Anderson - Rupi's Dance My song pick 5 years ago today: Barenaked Ladies - It's All Been Done My song pick 6 years ago today: Woody Guthrie - Hobo's Lullaby My song pick 7 years ago today: David Bowie - Fame My song pick 8 years ago today: Van Der Graaf Generator - Aquarian My song pick 9 years ago today: Elvenking - Your Heroes are Dead My song pick 10 years ago today: Mr. Big - Still Ain't Enough for Me My song pick 11 years ago today: Steve Vai - Celluloid Heroes My song pick 12 years ago today: Toto - Afri...

From: Shore ; Year: 2020; Genre: Indie Rock Here's one from Fleet Foxes that I happened to hear whilst driving yesterday. This one's lighter and more airy that their music I'm used to, but it's still pretty good all the same.     Hear Can I Believe You on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Pearl Jam - Retrograde   My song pick 2 years ago today: King Crimson - Epitaph My song pick 3 years ago today: Heart - Bad Animals My song pick 4 years ago today: Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence My song pick 5 years ago today: Lawrence Gowan - (You're a) Strange Animal My song pick 6 years ago today: Sly and the Family Stone - Frisky My song pick 7 years ago today: Bob Seger - Main Street My song pick 8 years ago today: Nightwish - Scaretail My song pick 9 years ago today: Beat Crusaders - Japanese Girl My song pick 10 years ago today: "Weird Al" Yankovic - Amish Paradise My song pick 11 years ago today: The Pet Shop Bo...

From: Osmium ; Year: 1970; Genre: Soul/Funk It's another Funky Friday and I thought I'd go again with one from one of my favourite funk bands: Parliament.    Hear Livin' the Life on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog   My song pick 2 years ago today: Savatage - Skraggy's Tomb My song pick 3 years ago today: Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Countdown My song pick 4 years ago today: a-ha - The Blood that Moves the Body My song pick 5 years ago today: Mr. Bungle - Carousel My song pick 6 years ago today: Tears for Fears - Cold My song pick 7 years ago today: Clarence Carter - Patches My song pick 8 years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - 21st Century Man My song pick 9 years ago today: "Weird Al" Yankovic - Dare to be Stupid My song pick 10 years ago today: AC/DC - It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) My song pick 11 years ago today: Judas Priest - The Hellion/El...

From: Alpha ; Year: 1983; Genre: Progressive Rock John Wetton really belts his vocals out in this one with a lot of skill and emotion. The music is also superb as always; it's a great track all the way around.    Hear My Own Time (I'll Do What I Want) on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Uriah Heep - Lady in Black   My song pick 2 years ago today: Russkaja - Cheburaschka My song pick 3 years ago today: Ugly Kid Joe - Let the Record Play My song pick 4 years ago today: Judas Priest - Beyond the Realms of Death My song pick 5 years ago today: Parliament - Funkin' for Fun My song pick 6 years ago today: King Crimson - Fallen Angel My song pick 7 years ago today: Uriah Heep - Blind Eye My song pick 8 years ago today: Blink 182 - Don't Leave Me My song pick 9 years ago today: Johann Sebastian Bach - BWV 211 - Schweigt Stille, Plaudert Nicht My song pick 10 years ago today: Queen - Stone Cold Crazy My song pick 11 years ago today:...