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

From A Lump of Coal ; Year: 1991; Genre: Traditional/Christmas Music We're well into December now and with all of The Holidays approaching I thought I should make it a little more "Christmassy." At the same time I have had the music of the Crash Test Dummies on my mind, so why not combine the two? Anyway, this one hails originally from the 1991 Christmas compilation A Lump of Coal , and later featured on the full CTD's Christmas album Jingle All the Way . I have to say, Brad Roberts' deep, bass vocals are perfect for this song with those resonating pedal notes; Ellen Reed balances perfect with him in the co-lead and harmony.   Hear The First Noel on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: The Gods - He's Growing   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Rhythm Machine - Brenda and Me   My song pick 3 years ago today: Band of Horses - Throw My Mess   My song pick 4 years ago today: Miles Davis - Miles Ahead   My song pick 5 years ago tod...

From: The Best of Crash Test Dummies ; Year: 2007 (1994); Genre: Alternative Rock For the first time in many years I saw the film for which this song was part of its soundtrack: Dumb and Dumber . This one is, of course, also a cover originally written and recorded by XTC a couple years prior, which was also a hit, which shows that it was evidently a masterfully written and conceptualized song.   Watch the music video on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Heart - Lost Angel   My song pick 2 years ago today: Steeleye Span - Harvest   My song pick 3 years ago today: Fat Larry's Band - Act Like You Know My song pick 4 years ago today: Laura Branigan - Deep in the Dark My song pick 5 years ago today: Bay City Rollers - I Only Want to Be With You My song pick 6 years ago today: Jethro Tull - One Brown Mouse My song pick 7 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - It's Over My song pick 8 years ago today: Petula Clark - Kiss Me Goodb...

From: God Shuffled His Feet ; Year: 1993; Genre: Alternative Rock Hard to believe that it's been about 25 years since the release of their breakthrough album God Shuffled His Feet ; I can remember clearly that time, only seems like a few years ago.... Anywho, this is one of the singles from the album that seemingly fit my mood today. Hear Swimming in Your Ocean on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Jethro Tull - A New Day Yesterday My song pick 2 years ago today: Vital Tech Tones - Crash Course My song pick 3 years ago today: Primus - Poetry and Prose My song pick 4 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Budapest My song pick 5 years ago today: Ozark Mountain Daredevils - If You Wanna Get to Heaven My song pick 6 years ago today: Dream Theater - Lie My song pick 7 years ago today: Aerosmith - Home Tonight My song pick 8 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Overseer Overture / Flight from Lucifer My song pick 9 years ago today: The Beatles - Think for Yourself ...

From: God Shuffled His Feet ; Year: 1993; Genre: Alternative Rock Heard this song yesterday and I hadn't heard it in a long time; absolutely love the music on this one. Hear In the Days of the Cavemen on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Muse - City of Delusion My song pick two years ago today: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away My song pick three years ago today: Barenaked Ladies - If I Had $1000000 My song pick four years ago today: Rush - The Anarchist My song pick five years ago today: Audioslave - Cochise My song pick six years ago today: Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos - Media Vita in Morte Sumus My song pick seven years ago today: Stahlhammer - Der Zerbrochene Traum My song pick eight years ago today: Charles Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette My song pick nine years ago today: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird My song pick ten years ago today: Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind