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

From: She's So Unusual ; Year: 1983; Genre: Pop/Rock/New Wave When I say I was exposed to this album a lot earlier in my life, I'm not kidding; every track is burnt indelibly in my mind. I think my sisters wore out multiple copies of it, and my parents liked it too, as did I. Anyway, this is the lead song on the album and is a cover originally written and recorded by The Brains from 1978 and later released on their eponymous debut record.   Hear Money Changes Everything on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Jimmy Buffett - Come Monday   My song pick 2 years ago today: Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - Minnie the Moocher   My song pick 3 years ago today: G.C. Cameron - It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday   My song pick 4 years ago today: Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop My song pick 5 years ago today: The Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost in You My song pick 6 years ago today: Bon Jovi - If I Was Your Mother My song pick 7 years ago to...

From: She's So Unusual ; Year: 1983; Genre: New Wave/Pop/Rock Back in the day Cyndi Lauper's debut record, She's So Unusual was everywhere; the majority of the material was hit or lesser hit singles. The entire album was played a lot around the house; this seemed to be one of them that most seemed to like. She really pulled off the whole wistful ballad about longing for a lost love that can no longer be hers, but loves that person all the more when outside of her grasp.   Hear When You Were Mine on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Welcome Back   My song pick 2 years ago today: Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - Water   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxy Lady   My song pick 4 years ago today: Rammstein - Ausländer My song pick 5 years ago today: Cat Stevens - Wild World My song pick 6 years ago today: Steely Dan - The Fez My song pick 7 years ago today: The Nic...

From: She's So Unusual ; Year: 1983; Genre: Synthpop/New Wave Hadn't heard this one in ages and it popped into my mind; I guess it's a sign to pick it. This whole album if embedded in my mind since my sisters played it endlessly when I was younger. An excellent album and song; it certainly has stood the test of time and good to have it on my mind. Hear All Through the Night on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - 'Tis Your Kind of Music My song pick two years ago today: Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds My song pick three years ago today: Hammerfall - Ex Inferis My song pick four years ago today: Berlin - Like Flames My song pick five years ago today: Ozzy Osbourne - I Don't Wanna Stop My song pick six years ago today: Primus - Here Come the Bastards My song pick seven years ago today: Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy My song pick eight years ago today: Molly Hatchet - Fall of the Peacemaker...

From: The Goonies 'R' Good Enough (Single), Year: 1985 Genre: Pop/Rock For some reason most of last night this classic theme song from the '80s cult classic film The Goonies kept running through my mind. I can't begin to count the times I've watched the movie and heard this track as well. She also made a music video to this song that featured a bunch of the notable Pro Wrestlers at the time, you know the ones that were actual characters, not cookie-cutter ones of today. She was one of the first notable female Pop stars I can remember that did the whole extreme persona and weird hair colour bit. Both of my sister were, and probably still are, huge fans of Cyndi Lauper; to this day a lot of her music still gets stuck in my mind. Not that it's a bad thing, I actually like a lot of her songs. Hear The Goonies 'R' Good Enough on YouTube. Watch the music video on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - In...