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

From: Mountain Music , Year: 1982 I'm procrastinating tonight and really need to get my pick in and to finish my theme week as well. Anyway, this is the last pick in my "...And about 1300 days later" theme week of picking songs from bands that I haven't picked another song from since my first 100 song picks. I took a look at my first 100 picks and noticed that I had only chosen a song from Alabama once before. I chose their song Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) back on the 9th of November, 2007 as my 70th pick ; oddly enough it was the 6th song in my Truck Driving Song theme week as well. While I'm not a huge fan of modern country/western music in general there are quite a few bands in the genre that I do like; Alabama is one of them. This is one of their first songs that came to mind when making my pick; I believe it is one of their more popular songs as well. As with most of their material, the vocal harmonies and musicianship are top-notch. Here is the studio v...

1371 Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild From: Skid Row , Year 1989 It's day #6 of my "...And about 1300 days later" theme week of picking songs from artists that I have not chosen a song from since my first 100 song picks. I totally thought that I had picked this song about a year ago; it was probably one of those times where I meant to pick it, but for some reason another track got picked instead. Anyway, the last track from Skid Row I added to my list was 18 and Life , I picked it on the 18th of September, 2007; it was my 18th overall pick . Watch the music video on YouTube. Here is a live performance circa '91 on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: The Jimmy Castor Bunch - The Bertha Butt Boogie My song pick two years ago today: Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen My song pick three years ago today: Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Serenade To A Cuckoo +

1370 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - K. 525, Serenade No. 13 for Strings in G major " Eine Kleine Nachtmusik " K.525, Year: 1787 'Tis the fifth day of my "...And about 1300 days later" theme week of picking songs from artists that I have not picked since my first 100 song picks. I really didn't expect any classical composers, especially Mozart to be part of this list. I know I keep saying it this week, but I though for sure that I had picked more than a couple of his compositions, but alas, the last song I chose from Mozart's Köchel Catalogue was the Queen of the Night Aria from The Magic Flute , K.620 on the 20th of September, 2007 ; my 20th pick overall. This is one of my favourite of Mozart's compositions and is one of his more famous ones; almost anyone should recognize this piece after the first two or three notes of the first movement. Here is the Allegro movement on YouTube. Here is the Romanze: Andante movement on YouTube. Here is the Menuetto:...

1369 Tesla - I Wanna Live From: Forever More , Year: 2008 I'm on day four of my "...And about 1300 days later" theme week, i.e. picking songs from bands that have not graced my list since my first 100 picks. Since starting this theme week I still cannot believe how many great bands I've neglected to pick a song from; I thought for sure that I had chosen another one of their songs in the past 1300 days since I last chose the last one. Anyway, the last time I chose a song from Tesla was way back on the 19th of September of '07, it was my 19th overall pick ; the song I chose was their cover of the Five-Man Electrical Band's song " Signs ." This track was their biggest hit off of their most recent release: Forever More . I have to say that I actually like this album quite a bit and definitely will have to get it in the near future. Hear I Wanna Live on YouTube. Watch the music video on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Rammstein -...

1368 Billy Thorpe - East of Eden's Gate From: East of Eden's Gate , Year: 1982 First off, before I make my pick I would like to thank the Blogger team for restoring my post from a few of days ago that was lost during site maintenance. Also, Max has joined my current theme and is picking some songs from bands that haven't made his list since early days of his song-a-day blog. Anyway, on to today's pick! This is day three of my "...And about 1300 day later." theme week, i.e. picking songs from bands that haven't graced my blog since the first 100 song picks. The last song I picked from Billy Thorpe was his epic Space Rock track " Children of the Sun " as my 58th overall pick back on the 28th of October, 2007 . While many can only name that track when asked to name one of his songs, he actually had quite a few singles over the years, mostly with his band: Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs. This is another one of my favourite songs from his dis...

1367 Argent - God Gave Rock and Roll to You From: In Deep , Year: 1973 Here's my second pick in my "...And about 1300 days later" theme week, i.e. picking songs from bands that have not graced my blog since the first 100 picks. This is probably one of the most shocking ones that I found that fit into this category because I am a huge fan of Argent. Well, crap! I thought for sure that I had chosen more songs from this Prog/Rock pioneer over the last 1300 days, but I guess I was in error. I picked their iconic song: " Hold Your Head Up " on the 20th of November, in '07; it was my 81st overall pick . Anyway, I figured I should pick a song that most have been acquainted with in one way or another over the years and this track from the pen of the band's guitarist/vocalist Russ Ballard seemed appropriate. I believe, however, that most today probably remember one of the many cover versions of this song more, most notably the one performed by Kiss, which can b...

1366 April Wine - Sign of the Gypsy Queen From: The Nature of the Beast , Year: 1981 I'm embarking on another theme of sorts this week: I'm picking songs from bands that I have not chosen another song from since my first 100 picks. I guess that I will call this theme week: "...and about 1300 days later." Anyway, what has truly amazed me is not just the number of bands, but which bands I have neglected since the first 100; there are some that I really like that I've only picked one song from over 1300 days ago. I figured I would start this week off with another song from the Canadian Hard Rock band April Wine; the last song I picked from this great band was " Roller " on October 1st of '07; it was my 31st overall pick . There are quite a few songs from April Wine that like, so I had some trouble narrowing down my pick, but I finally settled on this cover of Lorence Hud's "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" off of their The Nature of the ...