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

From: Phantasmagoria ; Year: 1972; Genre: Progressive Rock This is a rather odd one, but in a great way. I love the different, syncopated lyrics along with the somewhat disjointed music with the Latin/Jazz flavour.   Hear Once a Ghost, Always a Ghost on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Cybotron - Ride To Infinity   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Edgar Winter Group - Animal   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Eagles - The Disco Strangler   My song pick 4 years ago today: Ian Anderson - Meliora Sequamur   My song pick 5 years ago today: The Delgados - Strathcona Slung   My song pick 6 years ago today: Genesis - Misunderstanding My song pick 7 years ago today: Pallas - The Blinding Darkness of Science My song pick 8 years ago today: Aerosmith - Remember (Walking in the Sand) My song pick 9 years ago today: AC/DC - Money Talks My song pick 10 years ago today: The Doors - People are Strange My song pick 11 years ...

From: Second Album ; Year: 1971; Genre: Symphonic Rock/Progressive Rock This epic track written by the late-great Francis Monkman has a lot, I mean A LOT going on throughout the piece. Kind of hard to precisely choose a solid genre for Piece of Mind ; there are elements of rock, jazz, different types of classical music, electronica, and even some folk elements amongst others. Whilst I like to just put it on for background music, but it's one of those pieces that will not stay there, it will demand your attention throughout most of the song.   Hear Piece of Mind on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Dire Straits - Hand in Hand   My song pick 2 years ago today: Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing   My song pick 3 years ago today: Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me   My song pick 4 years ago today: Caramba - Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot My song pick 5 years ago today: Big Star - In The Street My song pick 6 years ago today: Bowling ...

From: Air Cut ; Year: 1973; Genre: Progressive Rock/Hard Rock I am really getting to like this album; I love the mix of different musical ideas and schools on this track, which is all over the place at times.     Hear Easy on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Temptations - (I Know) I'm Losing You   My song pick 2 years ago today: Neil Young - Heart of Gold My song pick 3 years ago today: April Wine - 21st Century Schizoid Man My song pick 4 years ago today: Mr. Big - The Monster in Me My song pick 5 years ago today: Jaco Pastorius - Liberty City My song pick 6 years ago today: Primus - The Air is Getting Slippery My song pick 7 years ago today: Soundgarden - Halfway There My song pick 8 years ago today: Jim Croce - Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) My song pick 9 years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Last Train to London My song pick 10 years ago today: Jaco Pastorius - Kuru/Speak Like a Child My song p...

From: Air Cut ; Year: 1973; Genre: Folk Rock/Progressive Rock This is a rather pretty track that features Sonja Kristina's beautiful vocals and Eddie Jobson's work on synth, harpsichord, organ, and anything else with a keyboard or so it would seem. Hear Elfin Boy on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Gloryhammer - Goblin King of the Darkstorm Galaxy My song pick 2 years ago today: Russkaja - Energia! My song pick 3 years ago today: Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come My song pick 4 years ago today: Pearl Jam - Sirens My song pick 5 years ago today: Carmen - Daybreak My song pick 6 years ago today: Rush - Fountain of Lamenth My song pick 7 years ago today: Megadeth - Bad Omen My song pick 8 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Beggar's Farm My song pick 9 years ago today: The Beatles - Something My song pick 10 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Singing All Day My song pick 11 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Heavy Water

From: Phantasmagoria ; Year: 1972; Genre: Progressive Rock When sitting down to make my pick I couldn't help but think of Curved Air for some weird reason. To my knowledge I have yet to pick one off of their splendid third album: Phantasmagoria , so, that seems like a good place to pick from. This is a very interesting track both musically and lyrically and lives up to its title. Hear Phantasmagoria on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Roxy Music - Out of the Blue My song pick two years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver My song pick three years ago today: Primus - Shake Hands With Beef My song pick four years ago today: Cher - Dark Lady My song pick five years ago today: Curved Air - U.H.F. My song pick six years ago today: Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons My song pick seven years ago today: The Four Tops - Reach Out (I'll Be There) My song pick eight years ago today: The Hep Stars - Cadillac My song pick nine...

From: Second Album ; Year: 1971; Genre: Progressive Rock Heard a song from Curved Air the other day and made a mental note to pick one of their songs. This is the main single off of their aptly titled second album: Second Album . I love the riff played on that keyboard, which pulls the song along in the verses. Hear Back Street Luv on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Fairport Convention - Fotheringay My song pick two years ago today: Steeleye Span - Van Diemen's Land My song pick three years ago today: Jethro Tull - Kelpie My song pick four years ago today: Wild Turkey - Battle Hymn My song pick five years ago today: Johann Strauss I - Op. 154 - Lorelei Rhein Klänge My song pick six years ago today: Puhdys - Hier Oben My song pick seven years ago today: Rush - Circumstances My song pick eight years ago today: Rammstein - Du Hast My song pick nine years ago today: Jethro Tull - Sunshine Day

From: Air Cut ; Year: 1973; Genre: Progressive Rock I felt like picking some prog/rock this morning; it just fit my mood. I immediately went for one of my favourites from Curved Air. This is the longest track on the album and really showcases Eddie Jobson's piano/keyboard playing skills, but the entire band shines as well in this rather intricate song. Hear Metamorphosis on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Spencer Davis Group - I'm a Man My song pick two years ago today: Savatage - Streets My song pick three years ago today: Rammstein - Feuer und Wasser My song pick four years ago today: David Bowie - Let's Dance My song pick five years ago today: Rush - Distant Early Warning My song pick six years ago today: David Bowie - Oh! You Pretty Things My song pick seven years ago today: Santana - Every Step of the Way My song pick eight years ago today: Megadeth - Washington is Next! My song pick nine years ago today: Rammstein - Stripped

From: Airborne ; Year: 1975; Genre: Progressive Rock I'm having an extremely busy day and am making a quick pick. This track comes off of the Curved Air's last studio album prior to them disbanding, however, they did eventually get back together in '08 and made another one, which was released this year oddly enough. Hear Heaven (Never Seemed So Far Away) on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Alestorm - Rum My song pick two years ago today: Bachman & Turner - Slave to the Rhythm My song pick three years ago today: Pink Floyd - San Tropez My song pick four years ago today: Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz My song pick five years ago today: Pink Floyd - Pigs On The Wing Parts 1 and 2 My song pick six years ago today: Charlie Parker - Blues For Alice

From: Air Cut ; Year: 1973; Genre: Progressive Rock I had this one come on my iPod the other day and I thought it would make an excellent pick for my blog. Air Cut marks the appearance of violinist and keyboardist extraordinaire Eddie Jobson with Curved Air; whoever said hard rock and violin didn't go together. Hear U.H.F. on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons My song pick two years ago today: The Four Tops - Reach Out (I'll Be There) My song pick three years ago today: The Hep Stars - Cadillac My song pick four years ago today: Hallo Venray - Orange My song pick five years ago today: Flatt & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown

From: It Happened Today (single); Year: 1970; Genre: Progressive Rock Yesterday I was listening to some of Curved Air's songs; ever since I had this one on my mind, so, like I always do, I made it my pick. Sadly, this rather interesting song can only be found as the b-side to their It Happened Today Single , and of course now YouTube. Hear What Happens When You Blow Yourself Up? on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Megadeth - We The People My song pick two years ago today: Rush - Red Barchetta My song pick three years ago today: Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue My song pick four years ago today: Supertramp - Take the Long Way Home My song pick five years ago today: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones - Vix 9

From: Airconditioning ; Year: 1970; Genre: Progressive Rock A few months ago I began listening to this classic progressive rock band and this morning I happened to be thinking about some of their music, so I figured what the heck, I'll go ahead and pick one of their songs. This track is almost entirely driven by Darryl Way's amazing violin playing; in fact the majority of this 7+ minute piece all but features him playing violin alone, which almost at times makes it an outright classical piece. However, at those times when the entire band kicks in it makes for a rather interesting sound. Hear the studio version on YouTube. Watch a live performance on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Megadeth - Endgame My song pick two years ago today: Sirenia - The Other Side My song pick three years ago today: Jethro Tull - Spiral My song pick four years ago today: Outerstar - You Love It When It Rains +