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

From: Joystick ; Year: 1983; Genre: Funk/R&B/Electronica Another day of picking a band whose music was playing in my mind a lot. I really like this piece of funky electronica; such great music and a groove to die for.   Hear Straight Out Of School on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Jethro Tull - The Chequered Flag (Dead or Alive)     My song pick 2 years ago today: The Motels - Only the Lonely     My song pick 3 years ago today: Brick - Dusic   My song pick 4 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Just For You   My song pick 5 years ago today: The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue   My song pick 6 years ago today: Rage Against the Machine - Beautiful World   My song pick 7 years ago today: ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man My song pick 8 years ago today: Midnight Oil - Put Down That Weapon My song pick 9 years ago today: Dayton Sidewinders - Funky Chicken Stew My song pick 10 years ago today...

From: Keep it Live ; Year: 1982; Genre: Funk/Electronica A very busy Friday thus far, but still need something funky to pick. Here's a nice piece of synth-heavy funk from the early 1980s, which is a perfect fit.   Hear Keep it Live (On the K.I.L.) on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters - Such a Night     My song pick 2 years ago today: Tesla - I Want To Take You Higher   My song pick 3 years ago today: Pantera - 13 Steps To Nowhere   My song pick 4 years ago today: Till Lindemann - Ich Hasse Kinder   My song pick 5 years ago today: Normaal - Deurdonderen   My song pick 6 years ago today: Bootsy Collins - World Wide Funk   My song pick 7 years ago today: Sam Cooke - Chain Gang My song pick 8 years ago today: King Crimson - Lizard My song pick 9 years ago today: Band of Horses - Lying Under Oak My song pick 10 years ago today: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Three Fates ...

From: Joystick ; Year: 1983; Genre: Funk/Electronica Here's some bouncy early 1980s funk from a truly underrated band and album.    Hear Rock With Me on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Megadeth - I Thought I Knew It All   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Music Explosion - Little Bit O' Soul   My song pick 3 years ago today: Alice Cooper - Hello Hooray   My song pick 4 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Road   My song pick 5 years ago today: Genesis - The Serpent   My song pick 6 years ago today: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Knife-Edge My song pick 7 years ago today: UB40 - Rat in mi Kitchen My song pick 8 years ago today: Dust - Learning to Die My song pick 9 years ago today: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind, I'll Be Your Valentine My song pick 10 years ago today: Yello - Oh Yeah My song pick 11 years ago today: Wilson Pickett - Take That Pol...

From: Invitation to Love ; Year: 1980; Genre: Funk/Soul It's Friday once again and you probably know wot that means: Funky Friday ! Happened to be thinking about Dazz Band again as well, so I decided they be today's pick. This is another quite fun one with a very danceable beat throughout with some hints of jazz thrown in for some spice.   Hear Magnetized on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Queensrÿche - Another Rainy Night (Without You)   My song pick 2 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Every Home is Wired   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Cranberries - Dreams My song pick 4 years ago today: Queensrÿche - Queen of the Reich My song pick 5 years ago today: The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination My song pick 6 years ago today: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Endless Enigma (Part 1)/Fugue/The Endless Enigma (Part 2) My song pick 7 years ago today: Hawkwind - Lost Chances My song pick 8 years ago today: Elton John - Rocket...

From: Jukebox ; Year: 1984; Genre: Funk Here's one for my Funky Friday that'll surely get your feet moving; a very fun song to listen and dance to. You gotta love that retro '80s sound on this one.   Hear Let It All Blow on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Faith No More - Epic   My song pick 2 years ago today: Stevie Wonder - Too Shy To Say My song pick 3 years ago today: The Postal Service - Brand New Colony My song pick 4 years ago today: Wolfmother - Joker & the Thief My song pick 5 years ago today: Peter Gabriel - Digging in the Dirt My song pick 6 years ago today: Slaughter - Up All Night My song pick 7 years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Wide River My song pick 8 years ago today: Stratovarius - Fire Dance My song pick 9 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Aeroplane My song pick 10 years ago today: Styx - Renegade My song pick 11 years ago today: The Jaggerz - The Rapper My song pick 12 years ago today: Sha Na Na - ...

From: Keep it Live ; Year: 1982; Genre: Funk/Electronica Today mark my 215th consecutive Funky Friday pick; I felt like some early '80s electro-funk, so I figured I couldn't go wrong with a Dazz Band pick. Hear Let it Whip on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Benny Carter - Things Ain't What They Used To Be My song pick two years ago today: The Kinks - Destroyer My song pick three years ago today: Band of Horses - The General Specific My song pick four years ago today: Nightwish - Song of Myself My song pick five years ago today: Gustav Mahler - Symphony No.4 My song pick six years ago today: Saigon Kick - Chanel My song pick seven years ago today: Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out My song pick eight years ago today: Return to Forever - Vulcan Worlds My song pick nine years ago today: Victor Wooten - Me and My Bass Guitar My song pick ten years ago today: Pink Floyd - Welcome to the Machine

From: Joystick ; Year: 1983; Genre: Funk/Electronic Since I've been picking so much early 80s music I thought I would not only continue doing so with this piece of very '80s sounding "electrofunk" and being able to keep my streak of Funky Fridays going too. So, even though I started back on Monday instead of Sunday, why not make it official and call it an "Early '80s Theme Week;" (even though the Japan's Quiet Life was released in December of '79). Hear To the Roof on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Jan & Dean - The Little Old Lady from Pasadena My song pick two years ago today: Buddy Holley and the Crickets - Maybe Baby My song pick three years ago today: Lou Reed - Satellite of Love My song pick four years ago today: Alestorm - Barrett's Privateers My song pick five years ago today: Sly and the Family Stone - Sing a Simple Song My song pick six years ago today: Miles Davis - So What My song pick sev...

From: Joystick ; Year: 1983; Genre: Funk/Electronic Another Funky Friday is upon me and since I've only picked one song from them before and I really like The Dazz Band I thought I would go for another. This song is quite dated with the sound of the era it was recorded in, but for some reason it doesn't detract from it all in my opinion. I love the beat and feel of this one; it's one that makes you wanna get up and move. Hear Swoop "I'm Yours" on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Jethro Tull - Hunt by Numbers My song pick two years ago today: Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers - Can-Can My song pick three years ago today: Jethro Tull - Home My song pick four years ago today: Steve Vai - Details at 10 My song pick five years ago today: England Dan & John Ford Coley - Westward Wind My song pick six years ago today: Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale My song pick seven years ago today: Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly

From: Joystick ; Year: 1983; Genre: Funk/Electronic It's another Friday pick, thus another Funky Friday is in order. This upbeat and ever-so-awesome double entendré laced piece of funk is a delight to the ears for sure. A great song, definitely worth a listen or two. Hear Joystick on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Black Sabbath - Iron Man My song pick two years ago today: Ella Fitzgerald - Stormy Weather My song pick three years ago today: Dead Meadow - Greensky Greenlake My song pick four years ago today: Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart My song pick five years ago today: Duran Duran - Serious My song pick six years ago today: Styx - Crystal Ball My song pick seven years ago today: Rush - Tom Sawyer