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

From: Headless Cross ; Year: 1989; Genre: Metal It's once again the end of October, which also means it is Halloween. It just so happened that I was listening to some '80s Black Sabbath and thought it would make a great pick for today. What's really neat about this song is that Brian May from Queen contributes a guitar solo, which in my opinion is exceptionally cool.    Hear When Death Calls on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath   My song pick 2 years ago today: Helloween - The Time of the Oath   My song pick 3 years ago today: Concrete Blonde - Darkening of the Light My song pick 4 years ago today: Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name My song pick 5 years ago today: Misterio - Stinking Zombies My song pick 6 years ago today: Helloween - Halloween My song pick 7 years ago today: The Jimmy Castor Bunch - Dracula Parts 1 & 2 My song pick 8 years ago today: Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt Kickers - T

From: A Bigger Bang ; Year: 2005; Genre: Blues Rock I heard this song the other day on the television and thought it would make a good pick today. While being a song from the more recent part of their catalogue, it still has a lot of the feel of their classic eras throughout.    Hear Laugh, I Nearly Died on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Joe Tex - Ain't Gonna Bump No More   My song pick 2 years ago today: Ugly Kid Joe - Under the Bottom   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Moontrekkers - Return of the Vampire (The Bogey Man) My song pick 4 years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Confusion My song pick 5 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Lap of Luxury My song pick 6 years ago today: Victor Wooten - You Can't Hold No Groove If Ya Ain't Got No Pocket My song pick 7 year ago today: The Spooks - The Spook Walks My song pick 8 years ago today: Midnight Oil - Drums of Heaven My song pick 9 years ago today: Irving Berlin - Alexander's Ragtim

From: Invitation to Love ; Year: 1980; Genre: Funk/Soul It's Friday once again and you probably know wot that means: Funky Friday ! Happened to be thinking about Dazz Band again as well, so I decided they be today's pick. This is another quite fun one with a very danceable beat throughout with some hints of jazz thrown in for some spice.   Hear Magnetized on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Queensrÿche - Another Rainy Night (Without You)   My song pick 2 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Every Home is Wired   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Cranberries - Dreams My song pick 4 years ago today: Queensrÿche - Queen of the Reich My song pick 5 years ago today: The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination My song pick 6 years ago today: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Endless Enigma (Part 1)/Fugue/The Endless Enigma (Part 2) My song pick 7 years ago today: Hawkwind - Lost Chances My song pick 8 years ago today: Elton John - Rocket Man (I Think It'

From: Alien Love Secrets ; Year: 1995; Genre: Rock This is yet another popular one of Steve Vai's songs that really showcases his musicianship. It's not quite what people expect when they think of his music, being that this one is slower and played with a lot of feeling in style reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix.    Hear Tender Surrender on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Kinks - You Really Got Me My song pick 2 years ago today: Faith No More - Cone of Shame   My song pick 3 years ago today: April Wine - One More Time My song pick 4 years ago today: Riggs - Heartbeat My song pick 5 years ago today: Dazz Band - To the Roof My song pick 6 years ago today: Jan & Dean - The Little Old Lady from Pasadena My song pick 7 years ago today: Buddy Holley and the Crickets - Maybe Baby My song pick 8 years ago today: Lou Reed - Satellite of Love My song pick 9 years ago today: Alestorm - Barrett's Privateers My song pick 10 years ago today:

From: Vapor Trails ; Year: 2002; Genre: Hard Rock/Progressive Rock Revisiting Rush's album Vapor Trails once again and I was surprised I had not chosen this one yet; it's one of my favourites from the record. I absolutely love the hard-hitting and very musical nature of this song; it embodies what I like about the band.   Hear Secret Touch on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Megadeth - Never Walk Alone... A Call To Arms   My song pick 2 years ago today: Triumph - Follow Your Heart   My song pick 3 years ago today: Harlequin - Survive My song pick 4 years ago today: Mr. Bungle - My Ass Is On Fire My song pick 5 years ago today: Mike + The Mechanics - All I Need is a Miracle My song pick 6 years ago today: Led Zeppelin - Ramble On My song pick 7 years ago today: Cream - I Feel Free My song pick 8 year ago today: Eddie Lang - Pickin' My Way My song pick 9 years ago today: Sergei Rachmaninoff - Op. 27 - Symphony No. 2 My song pick 10 years ago toda

From: The Loreli ; Year: 1989; Genre: Progressive Rock Been a busy last couple of days, but at least I've been still able to enjoy some music. This is one of the two 10+ minute songs from Quasar's The Loreli album.    Hear Logic? on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Lenny Kravitz - Circus   My song pick 2 years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Starlight   My song pick 3 years ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) - Ooby Dooby My song pick 4 years ago today: Fats Domino - I'm Walkin' My song pick 5 years ago today: Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes My song pick 6 years ago today: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Against the Wind My song pick 7 years ago today: AC/DC - T.N.T. My song pick 8 years ago today: "Weird Al" Yankovic - Your Horoscope for Today My song pick 9 years ago today: Sly and the Family Stone - Stand! My song pick 10 years ago today: Sethian - Purity in Sorrow My song pick 11 yea

From: Year of the Cat ; Year: 1976; Genre: Rock Heard this one today whilst on the road; Al Stewart has always been one of my very early influences due to the fact that my mom and dad played his music quite a bit. As with most of his songs, the music and the lyrics go together to make an excellent blend of artistic creativity. I really like how his songs are more or less a little story/film told to music and is very intricately and vividly written.   Hear Flying Sorcery on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Stone Temple Pilots - Down   My song pick 2 years ago today: Steeleye Span - Fire & Ice   My song pick 3 years ago today: Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Weed Whacker My song pick 4 years ago today: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band- The Fire Down Below My song pick 5 years ago today: Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) My song pick 6 years ago today: Judas Priest - You Got Another Thing Commin' My song pick 7 years ago today: Van Halen

From: Beautiful Loser ; Year: 1975; Genre: Rock Yesterday I heard this song and I thought it would make an excellent choice for today. This is one of those blues based rock songs that just gives you a good feeling when you listen to it.    Hear Beautiful Loser on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Wishbone Ash - No Easy Road   My song pick 2 years ago today: Redbone - Wovoka   My song pick 3 years ago today: Ultravox - Frozen Ones My song pick 4 years ago today: Savatage - Stay With Me a While My song pick 5 years ago today: Japan - Quiet Life My song pick 6 years ago today: Maddy Prior - Rosettes My song pick 7 years ago today: Funkadelic - Funky Dollar Bill My song pick 8 years ago today: Sky - Westway My song pick 9 years ago today: Asia - Wildest Dreams My song pick 10 years ago today: Don Henley - Dirty Laundry My song pick 11 years ago today: The Scorpions - Big City Nights My song pick 12 years ago today: Graham Central Station - Earthquake My

From: Human :II: Nature : Year: 2020; Genre: Progressive Metal/Folk Metal Yesterday I had a slew of Nighwish's music come on whilst driving around; I really have not paid that much attention to the band for the last few years, so I decided to look in and see wot they're up to. This one comes off their most recent album and has a noted prog/folk feel to it mix in with their normal style of music, whilst not my personal favourite song from them, it's definitely worth a listen.   Hear Harvest on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Kool and the Gang - Funky Granny   My song pick 2 years ago today: Soundgarden - Blood on the Valley Floor   My song pick 3 years ago today: Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Away From Home My song pick 4 years ago today: King Crimson - The Night Watch My song pick 5 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Trains My song pick 6 years ago today: Three Dog Night - Feelin' Alright My song pick 7 years ago today: Bob Seger & the Sil

From: Soul Heart Transplant: The Lamp Sessions ; Year: 2004; Genre: Soul/Funk/Rock I was really wanting to pick another one from the Ebony Rhythm Band for today's Funky Friday . This is one of the unreleased tracks from back in the day that was finally released in '04. It is an instrumental medley of a couple popular songs from the era it was recorded.   Hear Get Yourself Together (Smiling Phases/Sunshine of Your Love Medley) on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Genesis - Harold the Barrel   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Kinks - Apeman   My song pick 3 years ago today: David Bowie - China Girl My song pick 4 years ago today: The Beatles - A Day in the Life My song pick 5 years ago today: Paris - Blue Robin My song pick 6 years ago today: Dick Dale - Third Stone From the Sun My song pick 7 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - The Revenge of Vera Gemini My song pick 8 years ago today: Queen - Ride the Wild Wind My song pick 9 years ago today: The S

From: Evil Empire ; Year: 1996; Genre: Alternative Metal This track has a very killer beat and bass line that thunders along with the great guitar and vocals. Definitely a great song to get the blood moving and to get a good cathartic feeling along with it.    Hear Tire Me on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Django Reinhardt - Echoes of Spain   My song pick 2 years ago today: Van der Graaf Generator - Chemical World   My song pick 3 years ago today: Don Henley - Heart of the Matter My song pick 4 years ago today: Bruce Hornsby and the Range - On The Western Sky My song pick 5 years ago today: Parliament - Children of Production My song pick 6 years ago today: Huey Lewis and the News - Power of Love My song pick 7 years ago today: Black Sabbath - Paranoid My song pick 8 years ago today: The Cult - Painted on My Heart My song pick 9 years ago today: Scott Joplin - The Entertainer My song pick 10 years ago today: Maktub - So Tired My song pick 11 years ag

From: Preservation Act 2 ; Year: 1974; Genre: Rock Thought long and hard for a pick today and finally settled on a song from one of my favourite bands. From wot I understand this is an album you either love or hate depending of who you are. I, personally like it; there's a lot of thought-provoking music and subject matter throughout the record; this song is no exception. It has a very heavily blues-inspired feel throughout along with a very interesting subject matter that takes a very pragmatic position concerning people and money, which is based on the point-of-view of one of the main characters in the overall concept album.   Hear Money Talks on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Ozric Tentacles - Humboldt Currant   My song pick 2 years ago today: Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower   My song pick 3 years ago today: The O'Jays - Time To Get Down My song pick 4 years ago today: Dazz Band - Let it Whip My song pick 5 years ago today: Benny Carter - Things Ain

From: The Long Run ; Year: 1979; Genre: Rock Here's another one that I had not heard in quite some time that just popped into my mind for no reason whatsoever. From what I understand it was one of those many songs at the time that was written in the backlash of the disco movement; the band apparently did not like the genre. Despite this they use a pretty good disco-inspired beat and bass as a foundation to the song.   Hear The Disco Strangler on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Ian Anderson - Meliora Sequamur   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Delgados - Strathcona Slung   My song pick 3 years ago today: Genesis - Misunderstanding My song pick 4 years ago today: Pallas - The Blinding Darkness of Science My song pick 5 years ago today: Aerosmith - Remember (Walking in the Sand) My song pick 6 years ago today: AC/DC - Money Talks My song pick 7 years ago today: The Doors - People are Strange My song pick 8 years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane

From: Alpha ; Year: 1983; Genre: Progressive Rock Felt like picking one from Asia again today; it just seemed perfect for my mood. Geoff Downes really shows off on the keyboards on this one; it really drives the song perfectly alongside the vocals in the verses especially. Hear True Colors on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Elton John - Ego My song pick 2 years ago today: George Duke - Funny Funk   My song pick 3 years ago today: Steeleye Span - We Shall Wear Midnight My song pick 4 years ago today: Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away My song pick 5 years ago today: Queen - Another One Bites the Dust My song pick 6 years ago today: U.K. - In the Dead of the Night My song pick 7 years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop My song pick 8 years ago today: Funkadelic - Cholly (Funk Getting Ready To Roll) My song pick 9 years ago today: Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag My song pick 10 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Play In Time My song pick 11 years ago t

From: Chicago II ; Year: 1970; Genre: Progressive Rock/Jazz Fusion Heard this song the other day, which I had not for a time; it was definitely ever since on my radar as a future pick. There's really nothing on this song to hate and everything to like from the vocals to the guitar to the drums and horns, it's all amazing.    Hear Make Me Smile on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: April Wine - Comin' Right Down on Top of Me   My song pick 2 years ago today: Midnight Oil - Now or Never Land   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Grass Roots - Where Were You When I Needed You My song pick 4 years ago today: The Moody Blues - Are You Sitting Comfortably? My song pick 5 years ago today: A-ha - Train of Thought My song pick 6 years ago today: Motörhead - Motorhead My song pick 7 years ago today: Leon Mitchison and the Eastex Freeway Band - Street Scene My song pick 8 years ago today: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) My so

From: Children of the World ; Year: 1976; Genre: Disco/Funk I realized today that I had yet to choose a song for my blog from the Bee Gees "disco" period. I thought I would look at some lesser-known hits by the band from this era and came up with this one; I really like the funky beat and bass line in the song.    Hear Boogie Child on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Rufus & Chaka Khan - Jive Talkin'   My song pick 2 years ago today: Iron Maiden - Run Silent Run Deep   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Rolling Stones - Citadel My song pick 4 years ago today: Dire Straits - Down to the Waterline My song pick 5 years ago today: Black Sabbath - Into the Void My song pick 6 years ago today: Stanely Clarke - Vulcan Princess My song pick 7 years ago today: Black Flag - Annihilate This Week My song pick 8 years ago today: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) My song pick 9 years ago today: Hawkwind - Hurry on Sundown

From: Sweat Band ; Year: 1980; Genre: Funk Whilst thinking about which song to pick on this Funky Friday , I suddenly remembered this band fronted by the funkmaster himself: Bootsy Collins. This awesomely funky track has all that P-Funk coolness throughout and is such a joy to listen to.   Hear Freak to Freak on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Van der Graaf Generator - Orthenthian St (Parts I & II)   My song pick 2 years ago today: Steve Vai - The Crying Machine   My song pick 3 years ago today: Rush - Territories My song pick 4 years ago today: Charley Pride - Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' My song pick 5 years ago today: Matthews' Southern Comfort - Woodstock My song pick 6 years ago today: King Crimson - Lament My song pick 7 years ago today: Steve Vai - The Boy From Seattle My song pick 8 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Bourée My song pick 9 years ago today: Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra My song pick 10 years ago today: 30 Seconds t

From: Tales from the Kingdom of Fife ; Year: 2013; Genre: Power Metal/Symphonic Metal I just love the over-the-top aspects of this band; stories of epic glory and even bigger sounding music to go along with it.    Hear Quest for the Hammer of Glory on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Nightmare Epiphany   My song pick 2 years ago today: Rod Stewart - (I Know) I'm Losing You   My song pick 3 years ago today: Lawrence Gowan - Moonlight Desires My song pick 4 years ago today: Boston - Used to be Bad News My song pick 5 years ago today: Rhythm Machine - Everybody's Chippin My song pick 6 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Fallen Angel My song pick 7 years ago today: Foo Fighters - These Days My song pick 8 years ago today: Hawkwind - The Aubergine That Ate Rangoon My song pick 9 years ago today: Oasis - All Around the World My song pick 10 years ago today: The Smashing Pumpkins - The End Is the Beginning Is the End My song pick 11

From: Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy ; Year: 1971 (1966); Genre: Rock Thought I'd revisit some more good music from The Who today. My favourite part of this song has to be Keith Moon's drumming; he does such a great job pounding away on the drums. Hear Substitute on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Guess Who - Of a Dropping Pin My song pick 2 years ago today: Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Carry Me, Carrie   My song pick 3 years ago today: Hawkwind - Mutation Zone My song pick 4 years ago today: Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke My song pick 5 years ago today: Alestorm - Walk the Plank My song pick 6 years ago today: Sky - Sahara My song pick 7 years ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - Trouble No More My song pick 8 years ago today: Simon & Garfunkle - Mrs. Robinson My song pick 9 years ago today: Rare Earth - Get Ready My song pick 10 years ago today: Trio of Doom - Continuum My song pick 11 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Aqualung My song pick 12 y

From: Johnny the Fox ; Year: 1976; Genre: Blues Rock This is a rather pretty track that has to do with lost love and is, from what I read, autobiographical to experiences to a member of the band: guitarist Brian Robertson. I especially love the bluesy verses and the nice picking within. Hear Borderline on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Yes - Mood for a Day My song pick 2 years ago today: The Beatles - Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Who - Athena My song pick 4 years ago today: Waylon Jennings - Do It Again My song pick 5 years ago today: Forest - The Midnight Hanging of a Runaway Serf My song pick 6 years ago today: Ellis Paul - 3,000 Miles My song pick 7 years ago today: Procol Harum - Homburg My song pick 8 years ago today: Faces - Stay With Me My song pick 9 years ago today: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Oh Susannah My song pick 10 years ago today: Miles Davis - Freedom Jazz Dance My song pick 11 years ago today:

From: Get a Grip ; Year: 1993; Genre: Rock I have a lot of this album's music on my mind for some reason; I perused through the songs that I had already chosen from the record, which are quite a few, and found that I had not chosen this one. It still gets me how I remember clearly when it was just released; the music from it was everywhere. To think, it's been heading on thirty years since that time... dang, I'm starting to feel old.   Hear Crazy on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Nothing Is Easy   My song pick 2 years ago today: Wilson Pickett - Danger Zone   My song pick 3 years ago today: John Denver - Heart to Heart My song pick 4 years ago today: Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole My song pick 5 years ago today: Gene Pitney - (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance My song pick 6 years ago today: Genesis - A Trick of the Tail My song pick 7 years ago today: Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water My song pick 8 years ago today: Parliament

From: Wolfmother ; Year: 2005; Genre: Hard Rock/Metal Heard Wolfmother again today whilst driving and thought they'd be an excellent choice for today. I love the raw metal sound that hearkens back to the early days of metal. Hear Apple Tree on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand My song pick 2 years ago today: Toronto - Even the Score   My song pick 3 years ago today: Kreeps - The Dead Sled My song pick 4 years ago today: Steely Dan - My Old School My song pick 5 years ago today: Savatage - Jesus Saves My song pick 6 years ago today: England Dan & John Ford Coley - The Prisoner My song pick 7 years ago today: Wilson Pickett - Funky Way My song pick 8 years ago today: Louis and Bebe Barron - Main Titles (Overture) from Forbidden Planet My song pick 9 years ago today: Rush - Anagram (for Mongo) My song pick 10 years ago today: Sky - Troika My song pick 11 years ago today: Mason Williams - Classical Gas My song pick 12

From: You Don't Mess Around With Jim ; Year: 1972; Genre: Folk Rock/Blues Rock I don't know wot it is, but there's just something amazing and comforting about Jim Croce's music; it still speaks volumes after all these years. This album in particular has been my favourite from the man; I still have my 8-Track tape I bought for 15¢ at an old record store. This was one of the songs I listened to when I let it play through; I've always loved that relatable tale told through the song and the bluesy rock music that goes along with it. Hear Box No. 10 on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now My song pick 2 years ago today: The Cult - Sweet Soul Sister   My song pick 3 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Pied Piper My song pick 4 years ago today: Queensrÿche - Screaming in Digital My song pick 5 years ago today: Canned Heat - Going Up the Country My song pick 6 years ago today: Jaco Pastorius - Soul Intro/The Chicken My song pick