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

From: Brave Belt ; Year: 1971; Genre: Rock I had some of the music from this band running through my head; this was one of the band's bigger hits in their native Canada. It reminds me a lot of the sound of The Guess Who, which is understandable since they were compose of two alumni from that band.   Hear Crazy Arms, Crazy Eyes on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Queen - Ming's Theme (In the Court of Ming the Merciless)   My song pick 2 years ago today: ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me   My song pick 3 years ago today: Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song My song pick 4 years ago today: Pallas - Ratracing My song pick 5 years ago today: The Miracles - Love Machine My song pick 6 years ago today: Mary Hopkin - Those Were the Days My song pick 7 years ago today: Azteca - Red Onions My song pick 8 years ago today: Dream Theater - The Looking Glass My song pick 9 years ago today: Deep Purple - Hush My song pick 10 years ago today: Paris - Big Towne, 2061 My song p

From: Dulcinea ; Year: 1994; Genre: Alternative Rock For some reason I had an incline to listen to some more earlier '90s music that I remember. This is one of the bands that got played a lot back in the day and I guess they're still making music, so that's excellent. This song in particular really takes me back; I miss this sound quite a bit, but I suppose that it's just that time in one's life when it happens.   Hear Something's Always Wrong on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Uriah Heep - Love or Nothing   My song pick 2 years ago today: Waylander - Twin Fires of Beltíne   My song pick 3 years ago today: Rush - Tai Shan My song pick 4 years ago today: Jaco Pastorius - Vampira My song pick 5 years ago today: Talking Heads - Psycho Killer My song pick 6 years ago today: Asia - Open Your Eyes My song pick 7 years ago today: Icehouse - Icehouse My song pick 8 years ago today: ABBA - Dum Dum Diddle My song pick 9 years ago today: Gilber

From: Life ; Year: 1987; Genre: Rock I have never really listed much to this album prior to recent and I especially like the overall composition of these songs; you can tell a lot of thought went into making them. This is the opening track to the record and has a very 80s feel to it in the rhythm section and the inclusion of subject matter from the time period makes it slightly dated, but a lot of it still resonates today.   Hear Mideast Vacation on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy   My song pick 2 years ago today: Dream Theater - Falls Into the Light   My song pick 3 years ago today: Quarterflash - Night Shift My song pick 4 years ago today: Mastodon - Hearts Alive My song pick 5 years ago today: The (Detroit) Spinners - It's a Shame My song pick 6 years ago today: Neil Young - This Note's For You My song pick 7 years ago today: Dire Straits - Telegraph Road My song pick 8 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Cheap Day Return M

From: Flex-able ; Year: 1984; Genre: Progressive Rock Been meaning to pick one from Steve Vai for a bit now and am finally getting around to it. This is kind of an experimental and somewhat discordant piece with some excellent guitar playing.   Hear There's Something Dead in Here on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Helloween - Future World   My song pick 2 years ago today: Billy Ocean - Nights (Feel Like Gettin' Down)   My song pick 3 years ago today: Ultravox - Lament My song pick 4 years ago today: Hawkwind - Paradox My song pick 5 years ago today: Brave Belt - Summer Soldier My song pick 6 years ago today: John Denver - Let it Be My song pick 7 years ago today: The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations My song pick 8 years ago today: Sly and the Family Stone - I Want to Take You Higher My song pick 9 years ago today: Argent - Tragedy My song pick 10 years ago today: Weather Report - Barbary Coast My song pick 11 years ago today: Molly Hatchet - Gato

From: Ship Arriving Too Late to Save the Drowning Witch ; Year: 1982; Genre: Progressive Rock Felt like hearing some Zappa today and this one off his '82 offering seemed great for the day.   Hear No Not Now on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Nocturnal Rites - Our Wasted Days   My song pick 2 years ago today: Soundgarden - Room a Thousand Years Wide   My song pick 3 years ago today: Morrissey - First of the Gang to Die My song pick 4 years ago today: Raspberries - I Wanna Be With You My song pick 5 years ago today: Bud Tutmarc - End of the Trail My song pick 6 years ago today: Jon Oliva's Pain - The Evil Beside You My song pick 7 years ago today: Luther Davis Group - To Be Free My song pick 8 years ago today: Pearls Before Swine - Another Time My song pick 9 years ago today: Sir Arthur Sullivan - The Lost Chord My song pick 10 years ago today: Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun My song pick 11 years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli

From: What's Going On ; Year: 1971; Genre: Soul/R&B/Motown Certain songs seem to not have an expiration date and continually sound fresh and remain relevant many years after release; this is one such song. With the amazing musicianship and such a forward-thinking subject matter interweve to make an immortal piece of music that is as relevant today as it will be in the future.   Hear What's Going On on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Funkadelic - Some Fresh Delic   My song pick 2 years ago today: Badfinger - Name of the Game   My song pick 3 years ago today: Fleet Foxes - Mykonos My song pick 4 years ago today: Wild Turkey - Butterfly My song pick 5 years ago today: Waylander - Lámh Dearg My song pick 6 years ago today: Bob James - Main Theme From Star Trek: The Motion Picture My song pick 7 years ago today: Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song My song pick 8 years ago today: Buddy Holly & The Crickets- It's So Easy My song pick 9 years ago toda

From: Rhythm Machine ; Year: 1976; Genre: Funk/Soul/Jazz Another Funky Friday today and I'm revisiting this excellent and only offering from this amazing band, Rhythm Machine. This is a nine-minute extravaganza of excellent fusion of funk, soul, and some jazz.   Hear Thought My Love Was Fine on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Devo - Uncontrollable Urge   My song pick 2 years ago today: Pallas - Nightmare My song pick 3 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Just Trying to Be My song pick 4 years ago today: Pitchshifter - Genius My song pick 5 years ago today: Styx - Born For Adventure My song pick 6 years ago today: Ian Anderson - Heavy Metals My song pick 7 years ago today: Yes - The Ancient (Giants Under the Sun) My song pick 8 years ago today: Yes - Perpetual Change My song pick 9 years ago today: Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Mephistopheles My song pick 10 years ago today: The Gentrys - Keep On Dancing My song pick 11 years ago today: Azteca - A Night in

From: Youthquake ; Year: 1984; Genre: New Wave/Synthpop This one takes me back somewhat; it's another one I remember hearing a lot, and still do to be honest. From wot I understand, this is one of those songs where the record company and the artists were locking horns. The company thought the song wasn't good but the band went ahead and recorded it anyway and it became a bit international hit.    Hear You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Raspberries - Tonight   My song pick 2 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Quick Change Artist   My song pick 3 years ago today: Spock's Beard - All on a Sunday My song pick 4 years ago today: Van Der Graaf Generator - White Hammer My song pick 5 years ago today: Bernard Wright - Master Rocker My song pick 6 years ago today: Max Roach - Mr. X My song pick 7 years ago today: Styx - Queen of Spades My song pick 8 years ago today: Rush - Nobody's Hero My song pick

From: Homo Erraticus ; Year: 2014; Genre: Progressive Rock Revisited this album again yesterday and was one of those moments you start hearing things in it you had not heard before. The overlapping melodies and interesting licks on the keyboard really make this song what it is.    Hear The Browning of the Green on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Steeleye Span - Roadways   My song pick 2 years ago today: Helloween - Pumpkins United     My song pick 3 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Hatesong My song pick 4 years ago today: Funkadelic - Phunklords My song pick 5 years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - When Time Stood Still My song pick 6 years ago today: Soundgarden - Loud Love My song pick 7 years ago today: Joachim Witt - Das Jüngste Gericht My song pick 8 years ago today: Carmen - The Gypsies My song pick 9 years ago today: Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache My song pick 10 years ago today: R.E.M. - The One I Love My song pick 11 years ago toda

From: Goofus/Sugar Sweet (single); Year: 1950; Genre: Pop This is Les Paul's rendition of the 1930s popular song played complete with many overdubs and sped-up guitar tracks that he's well-known for. It still amazes me just how much of a great musical inventor he was pioneering the recording techniques and such that have been basically used for over half a century; not to mention his legendary guitar playing mastery.   Hear Goofus on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Midnight Oil - Back on the Borderline   My song pick 2 years ago today: Quasar - Fire in the Sky   My song pick 3 years ago today: Curved Air - Elfin Boy My song pick 4 years ago today: Gloryhammer - Goblin King of the Darkstorm Galaxy My song pick 5 years ago today: Russkaja - Energia! My song pick 6 years ago today: Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come My song pick 7 years ago today: Pearl Jam - Sirens My song pick 8 years ago today: Carmen - Daybreak My song pick 9 years ago to

From: Million Mile Reflections ; Year: 1979; Genre: Country/Rock As I've said before, I was born and grew up in the era where some of the country acts were incorporating elements of rock into their music; one of the biggest examples was Charlie Daniels. Whilst this song is more of a slow ballad it still shows off those rock elements. Interestingly enough, this song was written about a few musicians that passed away that were apparently a big influence on him: Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, and Ronnie Van Zant; actually the entire album from what I understand was dedicated to Ronnie Van Zant.   Hear Reflections on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot   My song pick 2 years ago today: Victor Wooten - Keep it Low   My song pick 3 years ago today: Klaatu - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft My song pick 4 years ago today: Big Country - Fields of Fire (400 Miles) My song pick 5 years ago today: Icehouse - Walls My s

From: Seasons End ; Year: 1989; Genre: Progressive Rock Had a couple songs in mind today, but in the end this grand piece from Marillion won out. I love the dynamics and the huge sound throughout.    Hear The Space... on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Hawkwind - Last Man on Earth   My song pick 2 years ago today: Janis Joplin - Kosmic Blues My song pick 3 years ago today: Van Morrison - Wild Nights My song pick 4 years ago today: Van Halen - Best of Both Worlds My song pick 5 years ago today: Santo & Johnny - Deep Purple My song pick 6 years ago today: Dire Straits - Expresso Love My song pick 7 years ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - Power My song pick 8 years ago today: Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine My song pick 9 years ago today: Richard Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries My song pick 10 years ago today: Joachim Witt - Du Teufel My song pick 11 years ago today: Karussell - Nämlich Bin Ich Glücklich My song pick 12 years ago today: Green Day

From: Sweeney Todd ; Year: 1975; Genre: Glam Rock Was listening to this band again today; had their music stuck in my mind and thought I'd pick another one. This track is definitely mid '70s sounding in spades, and whilst glam is not a cup-of-tea for most it's still a nice song.   Hear Short Distance, Long Journey on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Funkadelic - Foot Soldiers (Star Spangled Funky) My song pick 2 years ago today: Asia - Lying to Yourself     My song pick 3 years ago today: Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer My song pick 4 years ago today: Rush - Kid Gloves My song pick 5 years ago today: Blood, Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel My song pick 6 years ago today: Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots - Disco Duck My song pick 7 years ago today: Ian Anderson - New Blood, Old Veins My song pick 8 years ago today: Lenny Kravitz - I Love the Rain My song pick 9 years ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - September My song pick 1

From: The Electric Spanking of War Babies ; Year: 1981; Genre: Reggae/Funk Another Funky Friday has come about and so here we go. This is some very funky reggae to hear; I absolutely love this track a lot.   Hear Shockwaves on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Average Man My song pick 2 years ago today: Reverend Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freakout My song pick 3 years ago today: Fates Warning - Anarchy Divine My song pick 4 years ago today: Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal My song pick 5 years ago today: Triumph - A Minor Prelude/All The Way My song pick 6 years ago today: Collective Soul - December My song pick 7 years ago today: Steeleye Span - Hard Times of Old England My song pick 8 years ago today: The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow My song pick 9 years ago today: Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge My song pick 10 years ago today: Heart - How Deep It Goes My song pick 11 years ago today: Ozzy Osbourne - Fl

From: Speak & Spell ; Year: 1981; Genre: New Wave/Synthpop Some more '80's synthpop for today on my blog; this time it's one from early Depeche Mode. This one too has a great melody done on synthesizers and moves along quite well.   Hear New Life on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Time and a Word My song pick 2 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Commercial Traveler My song pick 3 years ago today: Jefferson Starship - No Way Out My song pick 4 years ago today: Cybotron - Parameters of Consciousness My song pick 5 years ago today: The Jimmy Castor Bunch - You Better Be Good (Or the Devil Gon' Getcha) My song pick 6 years ago today: Yes - No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed My song pick 7 years ago today: Weather Report - Havona My song pick 8 years ago today: Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention - Who Are the Brain Police? My song pick 9 years ago today: Johann Strauss II - Op. 314 - An Der Schönen Blauen Donau , or ( The

From: Happy Families ; Year: 1982; Genre: Synthpop/New Wave Heard a song from this album in a store yesterday and I thought I'd choose one from it. This song is such a great nostalgia trip with that synth and vocal delivery; I especially love the lyrics.   Hear Waves on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: "Weird Al" Yankovic - Bedrock Anthem My song pick 2 years ago today: Jerry Reed - Miller's Cave My song pick 3 years ago today: Ozric Tentacles - Yum Yum Tree My song pick 4 years ago today: Sly and the Family Stone - You Can Make it if You Try My song pick 5 years ago today: Deep Purple - Stormbringer My song pick 6 years ago today: Egg - Fugue in D-Minor My song pick 7 years ago today: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Last DJ My song pick 8 years ago today: Van Der Graaf Generator - Lemmings (Including Cog) My song pick 9 years ago today: Nightwish - Feel for You My song pick 10 years ago today: Genesis - Keep It Dark

From: Presto ; Year: 1989; Genre: Progressive Rock Had this album on my mind today and I thought I would choose another song off of it. There's a lot of great music to be had on this record; I don't really know why it gets so much static from people. While not their best album by any measure it's better than a lot of other artists' best in my opinion. This is one of the tracks I've always liked off of it; I really love that bass line.   Hear Hand Over Fist on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Wild Turkey - Gentle Rain My song pick 2 years ago today: Eddie Money - Walk on Water My song pick 3 years ago today: Dayton Sidewinders - Go Ahead On My song pick 4 years ago today: Victor Wooten - I Saw God My song pick 5 years ago today: Melvins - A History of Bad Men My song pick 6 years ago today: Wild Turkey - Ballad of Chuck Stallion and the Mustangs My song pick 7 years ago today: Nick Gilder - Here Comes the Night My song pick 8 year

From: Wild Mood Swings ; Year: 1996; Genre: Alternative Rock I happened to notice that it's Monday the 13th again, which I have an ongoing, (but heavily neglected), theme about. I thought It'd be fun to do another with this one from The Cure. Whilst it by no means my favourite from the band, it's still a fun one to listen to.   Hear The 13th on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Rush - Carnies My song pick 2 years ago today: Bootsy's Rubber Band - Another Point of View My song pick 3 years ago today: America - Watership Down My song pick 4 years ago today: Hawkwind - Angels of Death My song pick 5 year ago today: Yes - America My song pick 6 years ago today: Styx - Miss America My song pick 7 years ago today: Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - The House is a Rockin' My song pick 8 years ago today: Melvins - Honey Bucket My song pick 9 years ago today: Bing Crosby - Beautiful Dreamer My song pick 10 years ago today: Bl

From: Iron Maiden ; Year: 1980; Genre: Heavy Metal I felt like picking some early Iron Maiden for a change,  it's interesting to hear the band without Bruce Dickinson's vocals, but you can still hear the sound of the band coming through.   Hear Running Free on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Jon Oliva's Pain - Festival My song pick 2 years ago today: Eddie Money - Baby Hold On My song pick 3 years ago today: Mr. Big - 1992 My song pick 4 years ago today: Fairport Convention - Dirty Linen My song pick 5 years ago today: Rush - Middletown Dreams My song pick 6 years ago today: Guns N' Roses - Get in the Ring My song pick 7 years ago today: War - Galaxy My song pick 8 years ago today: Savatage - Man in the Mirror My song pick 9 years ago today: Styx - Snowblind My song pick 10 years ago today: Edvard Grieg - Op. 46 - In the Hall of the Mountain King My song pick 11 years ago today: Ben E. King - Don't Play That Song (You Lie

From: Hello, I Must Be Going ; Year: 1982; Genre: Rock/Soul/R&B I remember back in the early '80s, when I was young, that this cover by Phil Collins of The Supremes' classic was all over the place; it was always fun to hear it too, he did a great job on it.   Hear You Can't Hurry Love on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Funkadelic - Connections & Disconnections My song pick 2 years ago today: Rage Against the Machine - Ashes in the Fall My song pick 3 years ago today: The Thermals - Power Doesn't Run on Nothing My song pick 4 years ago today: Sandy Denny - Solo My song pick 5 years ago today: Blondie - Call Me My song pick 6 years ago today: Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting My song pick 7 years ago today: Alice in Chains - No Excuses My song pick 8 years ago today: Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World My song pick 9 years ago today: Chet Atkins - Battle Hymn of the Republic My song pick 10 years ago today: Bob Dylan

From: Up For The Down Stroke ; Year: 1974; Genre: Funk/Soul Here's some soulful funk for this Funky Friday ; this one's really driven by a Latin-influenced bass line and percussion. The vocals are something to behold, so rich and full with that soul.   Hear Presence of a Brain on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Jethro Tull - The Clasp My song pick 2 years ago today: Stuart Hamm - Quahogs Anyone? (119, 120 Whatever It Takes) My song pick 3 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Tattoo Vampire My song pick 4 years ago today: Automat - The Rise My song pick 5 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery My song pick 6 years ago today: Pink Floyd - High Hopes My song pick 7 years ago today: Megadeth - 99 Ways to Die My song pick 8 years ago today: Bachman & Turner - That's What It Is My song pick 9 years ago today: Santo & Johnny - Harbour Lights My song pick 10 years ago today: Stone Temple Pilots - Plush My song pick

From: Quadrophenia ; Year: 1973; Genre: Hard Rock I thought for sure I had chosen this track already, but I guess I was wrong, so I'm picking it now. This is one of my favourites off the rock opera album Quadrophenia; it was really well written and produced and the musicianship is a marvel.   Hear 5.15 on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Delfonics - Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love) My song pick 2 years ago today: Foghat - Fool for the City My song pick 3 years ago today: Asia - Daylight My song pick 4 years ago today: Steeleye Span - Lowlands of Holland My song pick 5 years ago today: Mr. Bungle - Squeeze Me Macaroni My song pick 6 years ago today: The Delfonics - Funny Feeling My song pick 7 years ago today: Alice in Chains - Heaven Beside You My song pick 8 years ago today: Paris - Red Rain My song pick 9 years ago today: Nocturnal Rites - Destiny Calls My song pick 10 years ago today: The Who - Going Mobile My son