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

From: XXX ; Year: 2012; Genre: Progressive Rock Kind of immersing myself audibly in this record as of late; kind of a melancholy flavour with it being the final album with the classic lineup after Steve Howe left the band. Although, the magic of those early days are still present especially in the overall feel and sound, but with the almost thirty years after their last with this lineup the musicianship had evolved and thus gotten a great deal better.   Hear Bury Me In Willow on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Cher - Half-Breed   My song pick 2 years ago today: Robert Knight - Everlasting Love   My song pick 3 years ago today: Parliament - What Comes Funky   My song pick 4 years ago today: Alice in Chains - Grind   My song pick 5 years ago today: Gloryhammer - The Fires of Ancient Cosmic Destiny My song pick 6 years ago today: Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk My song pick 7 years ago today: Sky - Where Opposites Meet My song pick 8 ...

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: 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: 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:...

From: Aria ; Year: 1994; Genre: Progressive Rock Picking one today from what is, I suppose, the second incarnation of the band Asia. In my opinion on this song in particular they sound a bit like Asia meets Queensrÿche to some degree.   Hear Anytime on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Joe Cocker - Woman to Woman   My song pick 2 years ago today: Jimmy Jules & The Nuclear Soul System - Xmas Done Got Funky My song pick 3 years ago today: Queen - A Winter's Tale My song pick 4 years ago today: Gloryhammer - Rise of the Chaos Wizards My song pick 5 years ago today: Foghat - Third Time Lucky (First Time I Was a Fool) My song pick 6 years ago today: Béla Fleck & the Flecktones - Scratch & Sniff My song pick 7 years ago today: Triumph - A World of Fantasy My song pick 8 years ago today: Fats Waller - Jitterbug Waltz My song pick 9 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Pibroch (Cap in Hand) My song pick 10 years ago today: Ozzy Osbo...

From: Aurora ; Year: 1986; Genre: Progressive Rock I recently found out about this EP from Asia and got to hear this song for the first time; I immediately liked it. Ride Easy was apparently a rarer "B-side" that only got another release on the Aurora EP. It's a really good song and should've gotten a proper album release in my opinion. I mostly love the mood and feeling throughout; it stirs very complex emotions in the listener. Hear Ride Easy on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Three Dog Night - It's a Jungle Out There My song pick 2 years ago today: Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - Last Train My song pick 3 years ago today: Boston - Don't Be Afraid My song pick 4 years ago today: The Moody Blues - Blue World My song pick 5 years ago today: Queen - Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme) My song pick 6 years ago today: Pink Floyd - Empty Spaces/Young Lust My song pick 7 years ago today: Quasar - As You Fall Asleep My...

From: Alpha ; Year: 1983; Genre: Progressive Rock Off and on today I've had Asia's music on my mind. I really like this one, it has that great sound you'd expect from the band. Hear Eye to Eye on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band My song pick 2 years ago today: Argent - It's Only Money (Parts 1 + 2) My song pick 3 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Woncha Take Me for a While My song pick 4 years ago today: Bass Extremes - Bassically Yours My song pick 5 years ago today: Bonnie Tyler - It's a Jungle Out There My song pick 6 years ago today: The Cult - Fire Woman My song pick 7 years ago today: The Beatles - Free as a Bird My song pick 8 years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Julie Don't Live Here My song pick 9 years ago today: Fire Bomber (Humming Bird) - My Soul For You My song pick 10 years ago today: Hawkwind - D-Rider My song pick 11 years ago toda...

From: Alpha ; Year: 1983; Genre: Progressive Rock I'm running out of songs to pick from this album so it seems, so I'm having to choose a bonus track off a later release. Whilst being an add-on it still seems like they put their full effort into it and made a pretty good song. Hear Lying to Yourself on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer My song pick 2 years ago today: Rush - Kid Gloves My song pick 3 years ago today: Blood, Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel My song pick 4 years ago today: Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots - Disco Duck My song pick 5 years ago today: Ian Anderson - New Blood, Old Veins My song pick 6 years ago today: Lenny Kravitz - I Love the Rain My song pick 7 years ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - September My song pick 8 years ago today: Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic My song pick 9 years ago today: The Kinks - Where Have All the Good Times Gone My song pick 10 years ago today: Wilson ...

From: Alpha ; Year: 1983; Genre: Progressive Rock Asia is one of those bands that energizes me when I'm a bit down. The band does a great job in making a huge and intricate wall of sound throughout this one. Hear Midnight Sun on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Murray Head - Say It Ain't So, Joe My song pick 2 years ago today: Pallas - Winter is Coming My song pick 3 years ago today: Watchtower - Tyrants in Distress My song pick 4 years ago today: Exist†Trace - Vanguard My song pick 5 years ago today: The Scorpions - Wind of Change My song pick 6 years ago today: Megadeth - The Right to Go Insane My song pick 7 years ago today: Earthless - Lost in the Cold Sun My song pick 8 years ago today: Hawkwind - Star Cannibal My song pick 9 years ago today: Jigsaw - Sky High My song pick 10 years ago today: Steeleye Span - Thomas The Rhymer My song pick 11 years ago today: Donovan - Mellow Yellow

From: Alpha ; Year: 1983; Genre: Progressive Rock Had Asia's Alpha album on my mind today; thought I'd pick one of my favourites off of it. I love how they toy with the listener into thinking it's going to launch into hard and fast music, but never does. Hear The Last to Know on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Pink Floyd - Childhood's End My song pick 2 years ago today: Queensrÿche - Take Hold of the Flame My song pick 3 years ago today: Glenn Frey - Smuggler's Blues My song pick 4 years ago today: Weather Report - Predator My song pick 5 years ago today: Joni Mitchell - Hejira My song pick 6 years ago today: Dream Theater - Under a Glass Moon My song pick 7 years ago today: Pearl Jam - Light Years My song pick 8 years ago today: Band of Horses - Factory My song pick 9 years ago today: Rush - Freewill My song pick 10 years ago today: R.E.M. - Stand My song pick 11 years ago today: Queen - Killer Queen

From: Alpha ; Year: 1983; Genre: Progressive Rock Been a busy day thus far and music from the band Asia has been on my mind for some of the time today. Daylight was originally a bonus track on certain varieties of the album, but can be found most of the time on newer releases. Even though the song was more or less treated as an afterthought it's still one of my favourites from the record. Hear Daylight on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Steeleye Span - Lowlands of Holland My song pick 2 years ago today: Mr. Bungle - Squeeze Me Macaroni My song pick 3 years ago today: The Delfonics - Funny Feeling My song pick 4 years ago today: Alice in Chains - Heaven Beside You My song pick 5 years ago today: Paris - Red Rain My song pick 6 years ago today: Nocturnal Rites - Destiny Calls My song pick 7 years ago today: The Who - Going Mobile My song pick 8 years ago today: Louis Armstrong - The Blues are Brewin' My song pick 9 years ago today: The Beatle...

From: Asia ; Year: 1982; Genre: Progressive Rock Asia's debut album is another one of those that I like every song on it; I can play it from start to finish without skipping a track. Whilst this one might be considered a "lesser song" amongst its brethren it has a lot of their same aspects and more. Hear Cutting it Fine on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Steve Vai - An Earth Dweller's Return/Here & Now My song pick two years ago today: KC and the Sunshine Band - (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty My song pick three years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Tramp My song pick four years ago today: Van der Graaf Generator - Darkness 11/11 My song pick five years ago today: The Police - Walking on the Moon My song pick six years ago today: Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop My song pick seven years ago today: Émile Waldteufel - Op. 232 - Rococo-Polka My song pick eight years ago today: Sky - Sarabande My song pick n...

From: Asia ; Year: 1982; Genre: Progressive Rock Getting back to normalcy after the long weekend; bands such as Asia are perfect to get the mind focused. I love the emotion and the sweeping music throughout the piece; very uplifting in my opinion. Hear Without You on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Bob Weir (The Grateful Dead) - One More Saturday Night My song pick two years ago today: Ronnie Milsap - Daydreams About Night Things My song pick three years ago today: George Duke - Reach For It My song pick four years ago today: Rush - The Camera Eye My song pick five years ago today: Hawkind - Dying Seas My song pick six years ago today: Quasar - Mission 14 My song pick seven years ago today: Derek and the Dominoes - Key to the Highway My song pick eight years ago today: David Bowie - All The Madmen My song pick nine years ago today: Rush - Finding My Way My song pick ten years ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The L...

From: Alpha ; Year: 1983; Genre: Rock/Progressive Rock Whilst thinking about which song I should pick today I decided on choosing another one off of Asia's second album: Alpha . This is probably my favourite track off of it, it has their sound of theirs that I like that permeated their debut album; good music. Hear Never in a Million Years on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Duran Duran - My Own Way My song pick two years ago today: The Doors - Break on Through (To the Other Side) My song pick three years ago today: Megadeth - Seven My song pick four years ago today: Stratovarius - Under Flaming Skies My song pick five years ago today: Genesis - A Winter's Tale My song pick six years ago today: Chet Atkins - Drive In My song pick seven years ago today: Letzte Instanz - Für Immer Und Ewig My song pick eight years ago today: Ian Anderson - A Raft of Penguins My song pick nine years ago today: John Denver - Jimmy Newman

From: Asia ; Year: 1982; Genre: Progressive Rock It has been a fun and busy week, for some reason music from the fantastic supergroup Asia fit very well. While not the best or even close to the best song on the album, this is still a good one, especially when listening to the entire record in one go. Hear One Step Closer on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Michael Martin Murphey - Secret Mountain Hideout My song pick two years ago today: Rhapsody of Fire - The Mighty Ride of the Firelord My song pick three years ago today: Argent - Liar My song pick four years ago today: Hawkwind - Time We Left This World Today My song pick five years ago today: Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) My song pick six years ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider My song pick seven years ago today: Ian Anderson - Made In England My song pick eight years ago today: Mel McDaniel - Louisiana Saturday Night

From: Alpha ; Year: 1983; Genre: Rock/Progressive Rock While not quite as good as their debut album, their second offering, Alpha , has a few gems; this being one of them. The more and more I listen to it the more Alpha is growing on me. Hear Open Your Eyes on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Icehouse - Icehouse My song pick two years ago today: ABBA - Dum Dum Diddle My song pick three years ago today: Gilbert and Sullivan - Major-General's Song My song pick four years ago today: Rush - Presto My song pick five years ago today: Nirvana - Drain You My song pick six years ago today: Amon Amarth - The Pursuit of Vikings My song pick seven years ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) - Effigy My song pick eight years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Threshold/Jet Airliner

From: Astra ; Year: 1985; Genre: Progressive Rock I was in the mood for something from Asia today; this one of the main singles off of their third album and among my favourites from the band. It definitely has the sound that those who are fans of the band are used to. Hear Go on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Pallas - March on Atlantis My song pick two years ago today: Mastodon - Oblivion My song pick three years ago today: Van Morrison - Wavelength My song pick four years ago today: Lee Michaels - Do You Know What I Mean? My song pick five years ago today: The Who - The Ox My song pick six years ago today: Rush - Cygnus X-1 My song pick seven years ago today: Joni Mitchell - Amelia

From: Asia ; Year: 1982; Genre: Progressive Rock Another track from this great prog rock supergroup, which is the last track off of their first and probably best album. Hear Here Comes the Feeling on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Sol Ho'opi'i - St. Louis Blues My song pick two years ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - Les Brers in A Minor My song pick three years ago today: Puhdys - He John My song pick four years ago today: Styx - Too Much Time On My Hands My song pick five years ago today: The Amboy Dukes - Journey to the Center of the Mind My song pick six years ago today: The Who - Pinball Wizard

From: Alpha ; Year: 1983; Genre: Progressive Rock I have been tinkering with my car yesterday and since have had mechanic work on my mind rather than a lot of music. However, for no reason whatsoever I started to think about the band Asia and some of their music. Anyway, this one is the main single off of their somewhat maligned Alpha album; it's not a bad song per se, but certainly not their best. Hear Don't Cry on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Queen - Somebody to Love My song pick two years ago today: Rush (Neil Peart) - O Baterista (Drum Solo) My song pick three years ago today: Hawkwind - Zarozinia My song pick four years ago today: Ghostland Observatory - Sad Sad City My song pick five years ago today: The Wallflowers - One Headlight

From: Asia ; Year: 1982; Genre: Progressive Rock I was drawing a total blank for a song to pick today. I was listening Asia's debut album recently, so a lot of the music therein was still in my mind; I figured that I would go ahead and choose another song from it. Wildest Dreams is one of the lesser singles off this hit laden record that caught my attention the first time. I like the way they disguised a technical song musically in almost mainstream rock trappings, but then that's the way a lot of 80's prog/rock ended up sounding. Here is an animé music video with the studio version on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Don Henley - Dirty Laundry My song pick two years ago today: The Scorpions - Big City Nights My song pick three years ago today: Graham Central Station - Earthquake My song pick four years ago today: John Denver - Season Suite - Fall My song pick five years ago today: Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki ( Ue o Muite Aruko )