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

From: Scenes from the Southside ; Year: 1988; Genre: Rock I do not believe that I've chosen one from Bruce Hornsby in a bit, and today feels like an excellent time for some of his music. I have always liked the clear and clean sound from his records of this period and that piano's tone is unmistakable the instant you hear it.   Hear Look Out Any Window on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Marillion - This Strange Engine   My song pick 2 years ago today: 10cc - Good Morning Judge My song pick 3 years ago today: The Moody Blues - I Know You're Out There Somewhere My song pick 4 years ago today: Fletcher Henderson and Louis Armstrong - Money Blues My song pick 5 years ago today: Weather Report - Palladíum My song pick 6 years ago today: Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman My song pick 7 years ago today: Peter Gabriel - Steam My song pick 8 years ago today: Phil Collins - Something Happened on the Way to Heaven My song pick 9 ...

From: A Night On The Town ; Year: 1990; Genre: Rock A lot of music bouncing around in my head today, so picking a song was not as easy. I don't really have a reason for picking this song other than Bruce Hornsby's music was among those crowding my mind today. Plus, this one fits my mood well and today in my opinion. Hear Across the River on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Autograph - Turn Up the Radio My song pick 2 years ago today: Steeleye Span - Two Magicians My song pick 3 years ago today: Genesis - Silent Sun My song pick 4 years ago today: The Winery Dogs - Elevate My song pick 5 years ago today: Molly Hatchet - Bloody Reunion My song pick 6 years ago today: Alice In Chains - Down in a Hole My song pick 7 years ago today: Tower of Power - What is Hip? My song pick 8 years ago today: Hawkwind - Sentinel My song pick 9 years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli (Quintette du Hot Club de France) feat. Freddy Taylor - Shin...

From: Halcyon Days ; Year: 2004; Genre: Rock Well, it's Thanksgiving here again; couldn't think of a good song to fit the occasion, but I had the music of Bruce Hornsby on my mind. This song, whilst not fitting the holiday is a dang good piece and has a nice, warm feeling to it. Hear Halcyon Days on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Coasters - Smoky Joe's Cafe My song pick 2 years ago today: Quincy Jones - Killer Joe My song pick 3 years ago today: Blues Image - Lazy Day Blues My song pick 4 years ago today: Pendragon - The Pleasure of Hope My song pick 5 years ago today: Larry Graham and Graham Central Station - Scream My song pick 6 years ago today: Béla Fleck & the Flecktones - Stomping Grounds My song pick 7 years ago today: Mahavishnu Orchestra - You Know You Know My song pick 8 years ago today: The Kinks - Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues My song pick 9 years ago today: Rush - Manhattan Project My song pick 10 years ago ...

From: The Way It Is ; Year: 1986; Genre: Rock Was having fun playing along with some of their music; it's still on my brain, so I'm picking another one of them. I absolutely love the bass throughout this song; it's one of their best. Hear On The Western Sky on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Parliament - Children of Production My song pick two years ago today: Huey Lewis and the News - Power of Love My song pick three years ago today: Black Sabbath - Paranoid My song pick four years ago today: The Cult - Painted on My Heart My song pick five years ago today: Scott Joplin - The Entertainer My song pick six years ago today: Maktub - So Tired My song pick seven years ago today: Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca My song pick eight years ago today: Iron Maiden - Sun and Steel My song pick nine years ago today: Deep Purple - Knocking At Your Back Door My song pick ten years ago today: Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize

From: The Way It Is ; Year: 1986; Genre: Rock Was revisiting two first albums from Bruce Hornsby and the Range; it got me in the mood to pick another one. The Red Plains , which closes out the record, has some beautiful piano playing throughout; I love the feelings they put into it. Hear The Red Plains on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Manfred Mann's Earth Band - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue My song pick two years ago today: Brave Belt - Too Far Away My song pick three years ago today: Jethro Tull - Protect and Survive My song pick four years ago today: The Flying Burrito Brothers - Wild Horses My song pick five years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - My Dark Hour My song pick six years ago today: Fear Factory - Fear Campaign My song pick seven years ago today: Gunnar Madsen - Surprise! My song pick eight years ago today: Charles Mingus - Tonight At Noon My song pick nine years ago today: Megadeth - Architecture of Aggression

From: Scenes from the Southside ; Year: 1988; Genre: Rock Was wanting to pick another from Bruce Hornsby today for some reason, so I am. This is an easily digestible song for most casual listeners, but there's also a lot of great and complex music to hear as well, which is nice. My main criticism of this song, which would have, in my opinion, made it much better is that it was mixed thin and flat; especially in the rhythm section. Despite that though it still makes pretty decent track. Hear The Valley Road on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: The Rolling Stones - Get Off of My Cloud My song pick two years ago today: Rick James - She Blew My Mind (69 Times) My song pick three years ago today: Genesis - Squonk My song pick four years ago today: Bob Dylan - Hurricane My song pick five years ago today: Bad Company - Silver, Blue & Gold My song pick six years ago today: Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The World My song pick seven years ago...

From: The Way It Is ; Year: 1986; Genre: Soft Rock I was thinking about some of the music from Bruce Hornsby the other day and I decided to listen to some more this morning; this is one that I thought would make a great pick. Hear Mandolin Rain on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: George Strait - Ocean Front Property My song pick two years ago today: April Wine - Future Tense My song pick three years ago today: The Darkness - Hazel Eyes My song pick four years ago today: The O'Jays - Back Stabbers My song pick five years ago today: Tarja Turunen - Enough My song pick six years ago today: Modest Petrovitch Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain

I had another song ready to pick, however with some disturbing news this morning the other song just did not fit my current mood; it seemed more fitting to the way I feel at the moment. I have always loved this song, especially the work on the piano; he really does show off a lot of virtuosity in this one. Another aspect that I like about this one is that for the most part the song uses traditional sounds, however they blend the synthesizer and other newer sounds quite well. Here is the music video on YouTube. Here is a live performance on YouTube. +