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

From: Nights Are Forever ; Year: 1976; Genre: Soft Rock This is a very pretty and heavy song in many ways; the music is exquisitely done, almost classical really.    Hear The Prisoner on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Firehouse - All She Wrote   My song pick 2 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Motoreyes My song pick 3 years ago today: Ween - The Mollusk My song pick 4 years ago today: Simon & Garfunkle - At the Zoo My song pick 5 years ago today: Rush - Prime Mover My song pick 6 years ago today: Dazz Band - Swoop "I'm Yours" My song pick 7 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Hunt by Numbers My song pick 8 years ago today: Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers - Can-Can My song pick 9 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Home My song pick 10 years ago today: Steve Vai - Details at 10 My song pick 11 years ago today: England Dan & John Ford Coley - Westward Wind My song pick 12 years ago today: Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pa...

From: Innervisions ; Year: 1973; Genre: Bossa Nova Jazz/Cool Jazz I'm having Stevie Wonder's music on my brain today for some reason and this Latin/Cool Jazz was one that I decided to go with for my pick. That infectious beat combined with the great musicianship really makes this an excellent song.   Hear Don't You Worry About a Thing on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Cream - Take it Back   My song pick 2 years ago today: Sweet - Ballroom Blitz My song pick 3 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Don't Let the Blues Get You Down My song pick 4 years ago today: Commodores - Easy My song pick 5 years ago today: Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) My song pick 6 years ago today: Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - Eat That Question My song pick 7 years ago today: Nocturnal Rites - Ring of Steel My song pick 8 years ago today: The Moody Blues - The Sunset/Twilight Time My song pick 9 years ago today: Hawk...

From: Afterburner ; Year: 1985; Genre: Rock Another great musician is gone; yesterday I read that ZZ Top bassist extraordinaire "Dusty" Hill passed away. There were absolutely many songs that I could've chosen, but this one just stuck in my mind for some reason.   Hear Stages on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Jethro Tull - Strip Cartoon   My song pick 2 years ago today: Steve Vai - The Animal My song pick 3 years ago today: Savatage - Strange Wings My song pick 4 years ago today: Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night My song pick 5 years ago today: Luther - It's Good for the Soul (Parts I & II) My song pick 6 years ago today: Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child 'o Mine My song pick 7 years ago today: Charles Blackwell Orchestra - Taboo My song pick 8 years ago today: Yes - South Side of the Sky My song pick 9 years ago today: Pallas - Eastwest My song pick 10 years ago today: Finntroll - Ursvamp My song pick 11 years ago today: Er...

From: Please to see the King ; Year: 1971; Genre: Folk Rock/Folk/Progressive Rock Here's another folk rock version of a tradition song from Steeleye Span. This is just a beautiful piece all around, both the music and the vocals are excellent.   Hear The Lark in the Morning on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Black 47 - Red Hugh   My song pick 2 years ago today: Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut My song pick 3 years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Give It Up My song pick 4 years ago today: Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - It's The Engine In Me My song pick 5 years ago today: Foghat - Slow Ride My song pick 6 years ago today: Savatage - Beyond the Doors of the Dark My song pick 7 years ago today: Harlequin - Superstitious Feeling My song pick 8 years ago today: Les Paul - Hip-Billy Boogie My song pick 9 years ago today: The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season) My song pick 10 years ago today: Muse -...

From: Lizard ; Year: 1970; Genre: Progressive Rock Happened to be listening to the album Lizard in the car, which is something I have not been doing much of as of late; it's nice to get back to doing. Anyway, this is a rather pretty one with some beautiful flute playing and nice, mellow vocals along with it.   Hear Lady of the Dancing Water on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Klaatu - Dog Star   My song pick 2 years ago today: Steely Dan - Only a Fool Would Say That My song pick 3 years ago today: Primus - The Storm My song pick 4 years ago today: Return to Forever - Earth Juice My song pick 5 years ago today: Psychotic Waltz - Strange My song pick 6 years ago today: Queen - Great King Rat My song pick 7 years ago today: Karussell - Wintermärchen My song pick 8 years ago today: Ian Anderson - Old School Song My song pick 9 years ago today: Alice in Chains - Them Bones My song pick 10 years ago today: America - Lonely People My ...

From: Soap Opera ; Year: 1975; Genre: Rock Getting around to making my pick again; I had The Kinks on my mind and as usual, yep I'm picking another one from them. I believe that I had not chosen a song from this record yet, so I'm going to. This track closes out the album and does a good job of it in my opinion.    Hear You Can't Stop The Music on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Fleetwood Mac - The World Keeps On Turning   My song pick 2 years ago today: Soundgarden - Slaves & Bulldozers My song pick 3 years ago today: Pearl Jam - Daughter My song pick 4 years ago today: Alice in Chains - Don't Follow My song pick 5 years ago today: Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright My song pick 6 years ago today: Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy My song pick 7 years ago today: "Weird" Al Yankovic - Word Crimes My song pick 8 years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - Come a Little Bit Closer My song pick 9 years ago toda...

From: Get Close ; Year: 1986; Genre: Rock At a loss for today's pick The Pretenders just popped into my head again and I thought this song would be an excellent choice for this Sunday. Kind of an upbeat and poppy song with some good hooks, a good song to listen to on a lazy day as today.   Hear Don't Get Me Wrong on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Motherless Children   My song pick 2 years ago today: Howlin' Wolf - Forty-Four My song pick 3 years ago today: Arlo - Stab the Unstoppable Hero My song pick 4 years ago today: Wild Turkey - One Sole Survivor My song pick 5 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here My song pick 6 years ago today: The Who - We're Not Gonna Take It/See Me Feel Me My song pick 7 years ago today: Chet Atkins - Funky Junk My song pick 8 years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Overdrive My song pick 9 years ago today: The Doors - Light My Fire My song pick 10 y...

From: Phoenix ; Year: 2008; Genre: Progressive Rock One of the bands that have helped me through the recent blue funk I was in was Asia; their music is very therapeutic for me. This song in particular hearkens back to pretty much their early 80s sound in many ways.   Hear Never Again on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Go Robot   My song pick 2 years ago today: What Made Milwaukee Famous - Trying to Never Catch Up My song pick 3 years ago today: Van der Graaf Generator - Pilgrims My song pick 4 years ago today: Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There? My song pick 5 years ago today: .38 Special - Caught Up In You My song pick 6 years ago today: Funkadelic - I Bet You My song pick 7 years ago today: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - ...And the gods Made Love My song pick 8 years ago today: Boz Scaggs - Can I Make It Last (Or Will It Just Be Over) My song pick 9 years ago today: Supertramp - It's Raining Again M...

From: You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish ; Year: 1983; Genre: Funk It has been a busy week and Friday has done sneaked up on me again; at least this time I did not miss my Funky Friday pick. This is some great 1980s-flavoured funk, which seems perfect for today.   Hear Last Dance on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Marillion - Cover My Eyes (Pain in Heaven)   My song pick 2 years ago today: Don Henley - All She Wants to Do Is Dance My song pick 3 years ago today: Brave Belt - Can You Feel It My song pick 4 years ago today: Soundgarden - Rowing My song pick 5 years ago today: Carmen - Joy My song pick 6 years ago today: Alice Mudgarden (Alice in Chains) - Right Turn My song pick 7 years ago today: Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart My song pick 8 years ago today: Johnny Rodriguez - Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico My song pick 9 years ago today: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Op.49 - 1812 Overture My song pick 10 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive...

From: The Stranger ; Year: 1977; Genre: Rock I heard some of Billy Joel's music on the way home last night and I thought it'd be a good idea to choose another one of his songs. I really like the funkiness mixed with his rock stylings on this one; it's quite a dynamic track.    Hear The Stranger on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Ace - How Long   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Fixx - Red Skies My song pick 3 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Raising Steam My song pick 4 years ago today: Tesla - Hang Tough My song pick 5 years ago today: Quincy Jones - Summer in the City My song pick 6 years ago today: The Delfonics - Hey Love My song pick 7 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Lazarus My song pick 8 years ago today: Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) My song pick 9 years ago today: The Beatles - I've Got a Feeling My song pick 10 years ago today: Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien My song pick 11 years ago today:...

From: Blind Melon ; Year: 1992; Genre: Alternative Rock Had this album on my mind today for some reason; as per usual I'm picking a song from it. Whilst not as catchy as other songs on the record this one is just as excellent in my opinion; it's a nice song to hear on days such as this.    Hear Tones of Home on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike   My song pick 2 years ago today: David Bowie - Cygnet Committee My song pick 3 years ago today: Genesis - Dodo/Lurker My song pick 4 years ago today: War - Slippin' Into Darkness My song pick 5 years ago today: Megadeth - Trust My song pick 6 years ago today: The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl My song pick 7 years ago today: Guns N' Roses - Knockin' on Heaven's Door My song pick 8 years ago today: AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap My song pick 9 years ago today: Frédéric Chopin - Op.19 - " Bolero " My song pick 10 years ago today: Missing Link - Filled Up...

From: Masque ; Year: 1975; Genre: Progressive Rock Yesterday I found out that Kansas band member, violinist and vocalist Robby Steinhardt passed away a couple of days ago; his music and contributions to the band and wider music are huge. This rather interesting track features his violin playing quite a bit, so it seemed like a good fit since I've already chosen Dust in the Wind .   Hear All The World on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Stevie Wonder - Part Time Lover   My song pick 2 years ago today: 30 Seconds to Mars - Echelon My song pick 3 years ago today: Blind Melon - Deserted My song pick 4 years ago today: Forest - Graveyard My song pick 5 years ago today: Billy Joel - Laura My song pick 6 years ago today: The Byrds - Mr. Spaceman My song pick 7 years ago today: Toronto - Enough is Enough My song pick 8 years ago today: Little River Band - Help Is On Its Way My song pick 9 years ago today: Joseph Haydn - Symphony No.45 in F ...

From: Harmony ; Year: 1971; Genre: Soul/Rock I had some songs from this album running through my mind today and decided I would pick this cover of the Stevie Wonder original as today's song on my blog. This one has a lot of beautiful aspects to it, especially the vocals.    Hear Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Jethro Tull - Thinking Round Corners   My song pick 2 years ago today: Iron Maiden - Starblind My song pick 3 years ago today: The Grass Roots - Bella Linda My song pick 4 year ago today: Rage Against the Machine - No Shelter My song pick 5 years ago today: John Cougar Mellencamp - Rain on the Scarecrow My song pick 6 years ago today: Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight My song pick 7 years ago today: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Hollywood Nights My song pick 8 years ago today: Men at Work - Down Under My song pick 9 years ago today: Pantera - Walk My song pick 10 years...

From: ABBA: The Album ; Year: 1977; Genre: Rock Eagle is among my top favourites from ABBA and always has been; there's a lot to listen to in this one. Layers upon layers of music, vocals and other sounds, it's such an interesting track in many ways.   Hear Eagle on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: George Harrison - Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)   My song pick 2 years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - The Bouncer My song pick 3 years ago today: Dick Dale - Summer Surf My song pick 4 years ago today: Neil Young - Computer Cowboy (aka Syscrusher) My song pick 5 years ago today: Jethro Tull - The Foot of Our Stairs My song pick 6 years ago today: Peter Tosh - Rumors of War My song pick 7 years ago today: War - Low Rider My song pick 8 years ago today: Midnight Oil - Truganini My song pick 9 years ago today: The Nightwatchman - I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night My song pick 10 years ago today: Van der Graaf ...

From: Tin Tin ; Year: 1970; Genre: Pop/Psychedelic Rock Another one of those instances where I had a song I had not heard a song in a long time and then had it play in my mind incessantly. It must be well over 30 years since I heard this song last; it's always been one of those songs in which I kind of like, especially the overall upbeat and happy feel to it.   Hear Toast and Marmalade for Tea on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Funkadelic - Stink Finger   My song pick 2 years ago today: April Wine - Crash and Burn My song pick 3 years ago today: Foreigner - Cold As Ice My song pick 4 years ago today: Rush - Everyday Glory My song pick 5 years ago today: Rod Stewart - The Motown Song My song pick 6 years ago today: Zapp - I Can Make You Dance My song pick 7 years ago today: Bachman & Turner - Rock & Roll is the Only Way Out My song pick 8 years ago today: Mortification - Overseer My song pick 9 years ago today: Deep Purple ...

From: The Need of Love ; Year: 1971; Genre: Funk/R&B/Jazz Fusion Time for another Funky Friday pick! This time I thought I'd revisit Earth, Wind & Fire for today, some earlier material to be exact.    Hear I Can Feel It In My Bones on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Return to Forever - Interplay   My song pick 2 years ago today: Hawkwind - Arioch My song pick 3 years ago today: Elvis Presley - All Shook Up My song pick 4 years ago today: Deep Purple - Never Before My song pick 5 years ago today: Ex Deo - Cruor Nostri Abbas My song pick 6 years ago today: Hawkwind - Be Yourself My song pick 7 years ago today: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday Night Special My song pick 8 years ago today: Icehouse - Great Southern Land My song pick 9 years ago today: Genesis - Many Too Many My song pick 10 years ago today: Iron Maiden - Where Eagles Dare My song pick 11 years ago today: Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace My song pick 12 years a...

From: Under Wraps ; Year: 1984; Genre: Rock/Synthpop I believe that this was one of the first music videos from Jethro Tull that I ever saw back in the day; it really has a dated look and feel about it I guess. The song is part of that mid-'80s synth era experimentation that a lot of bands of the time went through as well as subject-matter of the time period, but it has aged well for me personally.   Hear Lap of Luxury on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Mr. Bungle - Egg   My song pick 2 years ago today: Klaatu - Around the Universe in Eighty Days My song pick 3 years ago today: A-ha - Cry Wolf My song pick 4 years ago today: Bruce Springsteen - Dry Lightning My song pick 5 years ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - Evolution Orange My song pick 6 years ago today: Rush - Madrigal My song pick 7 years ago today: John Fogerty - A Hundred and Ten in the Shade My song pick 8 years ago today: INXS - Devil Inside My song pick 9 years ago t...

From: Breakfast in America ; Year: 1979; Genre: Rock This has to be my favourite album from Supertramp; there's a lot of good music to be had on it. I can remember buying the record at a thrift store and immediately loving it. This is, of course, the title-track and one of the main singles from it. I mostly love the rhythm and the beat in this song; it's got a uniqueness about it.   Hear Breakfast in America on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe   My song pick 2 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Eyes On Fire My song pick 3 years ago today: The Beach Boys - All Summer Long My song pick 4 years ago today: Bernard Wright - Who Do You Love My song pick 5 years ago today: Alice in Chains - Check My Brains My song pick 6 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin My song pick 7 years ago today: Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know My song pick 8 years ago today: Cybotron - Sonic Ov...

From: Core ; Year: 1992; Genre: Alternative Metal/Grunge I had another song from another band in mind for today, but I started listening to STP and decided to pick one of their songs instead. It's nice to hear their earlier material; it was such a good time to be alive, the early 1990s.    Hear Sex Type Thing on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me   My song pick 2 years ago today: Caramba - Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot My song pick 3 years ago today: Big Star - In The Street My song pick 4 years ago today: Bowling for Soup - 1985 My song pick 5 years ago today: Neil Young - Computer Age My song pick 6 years ago today: Johnny Cash - Thirteen My song pick 7 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Valley My song pick 8 years ago today: Ian Anderson - Photo Shop My song pick 9 years ago today: Ozzy Osbourne - Over the Mountain My song pick 10 years ago today: Ome Henk - Neem Een Ander In De Maling ( Bar...

From: Romantic Warrior ; Year: 1976; Genre: Jazz Fusion Felt like hearing some of Al Di Meola's guitar playing today, so I decided to visit this song from the supergroup he was with. This one really shows off his playing ability along with all the other superstars from the Return to Forever.   Hear Majestic Dance on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Manfred Mann's Earth Band - As Above So Below   My song pick 2 years ago today: Parliament - P Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) My song pick 3 years ago today: Peter Frampton - Show Me the Way My song pick 4 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) My song pick 5 years ago today: Bachman & Turner - Moonlight Rider My song pick 6 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Cup of Wonder My song pick 7 years ago today: Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Poor Me Israelites My song pick 8 years ago today: Sky - Cannonball My song pick 9 years ago today: Muse - United Sta...

From: The Symbol Remains ; Year: 2020; Genre: Hard Rock I felt like listening to some of the newer Blue Öyster Cult material today. Still will say this has been good hearing new material from them and it still has their classic sound included.   Hear Box in my Head on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: King Harvest - A Little Bit Like Magic   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Temptations - My Girl My song pick 3 years ago today: Ozric Tentacles - Mysticum Arabicola My song pick 4 years ago today: Billy Idol - White Wedding My song pick 5 years ago today: Bruce Hornsby and the Range - The Valley Road My song pick 6 years ago today: The Rolling Stones - Get Off of My Cloud My song pick 7 years ago today: Rick James - She Blew My Mind (69 Times) My song pick 8 years ago today: Genesis - Squonk My song pick 9 years ago today: Bob Dylan - Hurricane My song pick 10 years ago today: Bad Company - Silver, Blue & Gold My song pick ...

From: New and Improved ; Year: 1974; Genre: Soul/R&B I've been starting to feel better about music after going through a bunch of upbeat music. In my opinion one of the most upbeat groups musically is The Spinners and even with the melancholy feel and subject matter of this song they still pull off the happy feelings in the music.   Hear I've Got To Make It On My Own on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Bootsy Collins - Bass-Rigged-System   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Rolling Stones - Angie My song pick 3 years ago today: Wolfmother - Victorious My song pick 4 years ago today: The Beach Boys - Sloop John B My song pick 5 years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Mercury Blues My song pick 6 years ago today: Head Hunters - Chameleon My song pick 7 years ago today: Yes - Siberian Khatru My song pick 8 years ago today: Maddy Prior - Mother and Child My song pick 9 years ago today: Ludwig Van Beethoven - Op.13 - Piano Sonata N...

From: Motor Booty Affair ; Year: 1978; Genre: Funk Nothing like some funk from Parliament-Funkadelic to get you in a good mood on this Funk Friday.    Hear Liquid Sunshine on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Steve Vai - The Moon and I   My song pick 2 years ago today: Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) My song pick 3 years ago today: The Replacements - The Ledge My song pick 4 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Hey You My song pick 5 years ago today: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Powderfinger My song pick 6 years ago today: Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now My song pick 7 years ago today: Wings - Silly Love Songs My song pick 8 years ago today: Aphrodite's Child - End of the World My song pick 9 years ago today: Triumph - I Can Survive My song pick 10 years ago today: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside My song pick 11 years ago today: Cruachan - The Gael My song pick 12 years ago today: Jim Cr...

From: The Power and the Glory ; Year: 1974; Genre: Progressive Rock Still kind of stuck listening to prog/rock lately, but it is helping me feel somewhat more like listening to music again. This one today I'm visiting is from Gentle Giant; they are definitely a band that deserves more credit and listeners than they seem to get. Whilst it would seem that this song was the title track to the record, but was actually a stand alone single and was apparently not included with album until later releases on compact disc.   Hear The Power and the Glory on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Ennio Morricone - The Ecstasy of Gold   My song pick 2 years ago today: Rush - Clockwork Angels My song pick 3 years ago today: The Kinks - Living on a Thin Line My song pick 4 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Slow Marching Band My song pick 5 years ago today: Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Flight of the Cosmic Hippo My song pick 6 years ago today: Mastodon - Cre...

From: Works, Volume 2 ; Year: 1977; Genre: Progressive Rock This is such a beautiful song in many ways; it's more or less a Greg Lake solo song with mostly just acoustic guitar and bass. He sings and plays with such great emotion and technique; definitely among my favourites from the band.   Hear Watching Over You on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia   My song pick 2 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Givin' It All Away My song pick 3 years ago today: Rush - Summertime Blues My song pick 4 years ago today: The Fatback Band - Yum Yum (Gimme Some) My song pick 5 years ago today: The Stylistics - I'm Stoned In Love With You My song pick 6 years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Heart Like a Wheel My song pick 7 years ago today: Hawkwind - Space Dust My song pick 8 years ago today: Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention - Call Any Vegetable My song pick 9 yea...

From: The Single Factor ; Year: 1982; Genre: Progressive Rock Here's some definite 80's sounding progressive rock from one of the originators of the prog/rock. As expected from a band like Camel, the music, instrumentation, and vocals are excellent.   Hear Manic on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Tom Rapp - The Swimmer (for Kurt Cobain)   My song pick 2 years ago today: Rare Earth - Born to Wander My song pick 3 years ago today: The Byrds - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better My song pick 4 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - I'm On the Lamb, But Ain't No Sheep My song pick 5 years ago today: Fates Warning - Stranger (With a Familiar Face) My song pick 6 years ago today: Herbie Hancock - Oh! Oh! Here He Comes My song pick 7 years ago today: Lobo - Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend My song pick 8 years ago today: Rush - Different Strings My song pick 9 years ago today: Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song My song pick 10 years ago today: Béla ...