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

From: Black Clouds & Silver Linings ; Year: 2009; Genre: Progressive Rock Had one of their songs from this album come on whilst driving yesterday; I have not picked one from the band in a while, if memory serves me correctly, so I decided I should choose one today. I really like the places where this song goes, shifting from light to hard fast to slow and such; a very beautiful song in many ways.   Hear The Best of Times on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Seals & Crofts - We May Never Pass This Way (Again)   My song pick 2 years ago today: Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne My song pick 3 years ago today: Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - Don't Pull Your Love My song pick 4 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Sleep Of No Dreaming My song pick 5 years ago today: Jim & Ingrid Croce - What Do People Do My song pick 6 years ago today: Rage Against the Machine - Take the Power Back My song pick 7 years ago today: Dick Dale - Terra Dick...

From: Distance Over Time ; Year: 2019; Genre: Progressive Metal Viper King is one of my favourites from this album, which is actually a bonus track. There's a certain "old school" feel to this song mixed with the modern that really makes it sound amazing.   Hear Viper King on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: U2 - Seconds   My song pick 2 years ago today: Rammstein, featuring Viktoria Fersh - Moskau My song pick 3 years ago today: Led Zeppelin - Black Dog My song pick 4 years ago today: Guns N' Roses - Patience My song pick 5 years ago today: Yes - It Was All We Knew My song pick 6 years ago today: Billy Joel - Worse Comes to Worse My song pick 7 years ago today: Marillion - Assassing My song pick 8 years ago today: Ian Anderson - Kismet in Suburbia My song pick 9 years ago today: Hawkwind - Fable of a Failed Race My song pick 10 years ago today: Billy Joel - It's Still Rock and Roll to Me My song pick 11 years ago today: Daft P...

From: Distance Over Time ; Year: 2019; Genre: Progressive Metal I feel that it's time for another Dream Theater pick; it's been a while since I chose one of their songs. This is one of the tracks that I really like off of their newest album, it's got everything you'd expect from the band. Hear Falls Into the Light on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Quarterflash - Night Shift My song pick 2 years ago today: Mastodon - Hearts Alive My song pick 3 years ago today: The (Detroit) Spinners - It's a Shame My song pick 4 years ago today: Neil Young - This Note's For You My song pick 5 years ago today: Dire Straits - Telegraph Road My song pick 6 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Cheap Day Return My song pick 7 years ago today: Soundgarden - Black Rain My song pick 8 years ago today: Chickenfoot - Lighten Up My song pick 9 years ago today: Aerosmith - Dream On My song pick 10 years ago today: Rush - One Little Victory My song pick 11...

From: Distance Over Time ; Year: 2019; Genre: Progressive Metal Was checking out wot Dream Theater was up to and ended up with my first pick from 2019. This is the lead single from their upcoming new album: Distance Over Time . It's really nice to have some new progressive music to listen to; if this song is any indication as to wot the record will be like then it should be a pretty good one. Watch the music video on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Oasis - Supersonic My song pick 2 years ago today: U2 - A Sort of Homecoming My song pick 3 years ago today: A-ha - The Sun Always Shines on T.V. My song pick 4 years ago today: Cream - Crossroads My song pick 5 years ago today: Luther Davis Group - You Can Be a Star My song pick 6 years ago today: Megadeth - Hangar 18 My song pick 7 years ago today: Black 47 - Different Drummer My song pick 8 years ago today: Band of Horses - The First Song My song pick 9 years ago today: Forest - A Glade Somewhere ...

From: The Astonishing ; Year: 2016; Genre: Progressive Metal Revisiting this concept album once again; here's another one of my favourites from the record. Love the music and the composition in particular on this one; It's technical, but not too technical; just about right in my opinion. Hear A New Beginning on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Queensrÿche - Empire My song pick two years ago today: Pendragon - Fly High, Fall Far My song pick three years ago today: Luther Davis Group - Keep On Dancing My song pick four years ago today: Tarot - Wings of Darkness My song pick five years ago today: John Denver - Shanghai Breezes My song pick six years ago today: Aphrodite's Child - The Beast My song pick seven years ago today: Duran Duran - Lonely In Your Nightmare My song pick eight years ago today: Jethro Tull - Dogs in the Midwinter My song pick nine years ago today: John Denver - Season Suite: Late Winter, Early Spring (When Everybody Goes...

From: A Dramatic Turn of Events ; Year: 2011; Genre: Progressive Metal I've been meaning to pick one from Dream Theater for a while now, and am finally getting around to it. For some reason I thought I'd revisit their A Dramatic Turn of Events album once again; this is one of the longer compositions on the disc and I love the opening section with the of world music and other sounds, which only adds to the exotic nature of the song. Hear Bridges in the Sky on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Wolfmother - The Eye of the Beholder My song pick two years ago today: Huey Lewis & the News - Jacob's Ladder My song pick three years ago today: Sho Nuff - Funkasize You My song pick four years ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - Mountain Jam My song pick five years ago today: Steve Vai - I Know You're Here My song pick six years ago today: Earthless - Godspeed My song pick seven years ago today: Big Star - Thirteen My song pick eight years ...

From: The Astonishing ; Year: 2016; Genre: Progressive Rock This is one of the prettier songs and one of my favourites off their The Astonishing album. When Your Time Has Come is a very accessible song similar to what you'd hear from late 1970s Styx to my ears; I especially love the synth in the intro. Hear When Your Time Has Come on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Zapp - A Touch of Jazz (Playing Kind of Ruff, Part 2) My song pick two years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Livin' Thing My song pick three years ago today: Pink Floyd - When the Tigers Broke Free My song pick four years ago today: The Black Crowes - She Talks to Angels My song pick five years ago today: Rush - Headlong Flight My song pick six years ago today: Frank Zappa - I'm the Slime My song pick seven years ago today: Joachim Witt - Und... Ich Lauf My song pick eight years ago today: Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al My song pick nine years ago today: Eve...

From: Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence ; Year: 2002; Genre: Progressive Metal/Progressive Rock Nothing better for a Monday than 42+ minutes of epic, mindblowing music to get you through the day. Hear the full piece on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Lawrence Gowan - (You're a) Strange Animal My song pick two years ago today: Sly and the Family Stone - Frisky My song pick three years ago today: Bob Seger - Main Street My song pick four years ago today: Nightwish - Scaretail My song pick five years ago today: Beat Crusaders - Japanese Girl My song pick six years ago today: "Weird Al" Yankovic - Amish Paradise My song pick seven years ago today: The Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls My song pick eight years ago today: Band of Horses - Our Swords My song pick nine years ago today: Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok

From: The Astonishing ; Year: 2016; Genre: Progressive Metal I know it's nine months late since it was released, but I've finally got around to listening to Dream Theater's new album; I have to say, I like wot I hear. The album is 2 CDs and 24 songs in length, but The Astonishing part, (pun intended), is that the majority of the songs are under 5 minutes in length and only a single on is over 7 minutes. As you probably could guess, The Astonishing is a rock opera set in a future bereft of music in a totalitarian state and the struggle to bring freedom and music back, of course. In that way thematically it's of course very similar to concept albums like Styx's Kilroy Was Here , the unreleased The Who concept Lifehouse , and Rush's 2112 , which is of course one of Dream Theater's main influences. Whilst having a similar theme that's been used a lot, they keep it very original both in the narrative of the general epic and of course there's no othe...

From: Black Clouds & Silver Linings ; Year: 2009; Genre: Progressive Metal I just felt like picking something from Dream Theater after this busy weekend. This one from their 09 release seemed like an excellent pick. Hear A Rite of Passage on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Jethro Tull - Mountain Men My song pick two years ago today: Marcus Miller - Come Together My song pick three years ago today: Journey - Don't Stop Believing My song pick four years ago today: Black Sabbath - The Mob Rules My song pick five years ago today: Roger Waters - It's a Miracle My song pick six years ago today: Eric Idle - F--- Christmas My song pick seven years ago today: Otis Redding - ( Sittin' On ) The Dock of the Bay My song pick eight years ago today: The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes

From: Systematic Chaos ; Year: 2007; Genre: Progressive Metal I had Dream Theater on my mind for the last week or so and it felt like a good day to pick one of their songs. This is one of favourites off of their Systematic Chaos album; there's a lot of great sounds to be heard throughout and of course the deep lyrics are the cherry on top. Hear The Ministry of Lost Souls on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Give it Time My song pick two years ago today: Jethro Tull - The Waking Edge My song pick three years ago today: The Scorpions - The Good Die Young My song pick four years ago today: Megadeth - Elysian Fields My song pick five years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli (Quintette du Hot Club de France) feat. Freddy Taylor - Nagasaki My song pick six years ago today: Miles Davis - Flamenco Sketches My song pick seven years ago today: The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

From: A Dramatic Turn of Events ; Year: 2011; Genre: Progressive Metal I felt like picking a song from Dream Theater this morning, no other real reason; not like I need one after all. One of their epic tracks from one of their more recent albums. Hear Breaking All Illusions on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Tom Petty - You Don't Know It Feels My song pick two years ago today: Booker T. & the MGs - Melting Pot My song pick three years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Don't Get Yourself In Trouble My song pick four years ago today: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue My song pick five years ago today: White Zombie - More Human Than Human My song pick six years ago today: Marc Cohen - Walking In Memphis

From: Dream Theater ; Year: 2013; Genre: Progressive Metal I've been meaning to pick one from Dream Theater for over a week now and something from their most recent album seemed like a good idea; anyway, this is the lead single off the album and a pretty good track. Hear The Enemy Inside on YouTube. Watch the music video on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: The Ventures - Joy My song pick two years ago today: Gackt - Cube My song pick three years ago today: Fairport Convention - Meet on the Ledge My song pick four years ago today: Rush - Losing It My song pick five years ago today: The Beatles - Yesterday My song pick six years ago today: Def Leppard - Animal

From: Falling into Infinity ; Year: 1997; Genre: Progressive Metal I felt like picking a Dream Theater track this morning; this is an awesome instrumental off of their '97 release. Hear Hell's Kitchen on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Styx - Come Sail Away My song pick two years ago today: Alestorm - You Are a Pirate My song pick three years ago today: Bill Evans Trio - Waltz for Debbie My song pick four years ago today: The Box Tops - The Letter My song pick five years ago today: Azteca - Mazatlan My song pick six years ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) - Have You Ever Seen the Rain?

From: Images and Words ; Year: 1992; Genre: Progressive Metal I had a song from Dream Theater earworming me today, (yeah, that's quite a feat for a progressive metal song to earworm you), but unfortunately I had already chosen it . So... wot's keeping me from picking another one of the songs from their early period? It's a pretty cool song in many ways, but I really like Queesrÿcheish quality and/or time period of sound that permeates this piece. Hear the full album version of Pull Me Under on YouTube. Watch the music video clip to Pull Me Under on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: "Weird Al" Yankovic - Another One Rides the Bus My song pick two years ago today: Genesis - The Knife My song pick three years ago today: Spaghetti Western Orchestra - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly My song pick four years ago today: Jerry Reed - Wabash Cannonball My song pick five years ago today: Ray Stevens - Gitarzan My song pick six years ago today: RE...

From: Octavarium ; Year: 2006; Genre: Progressive Metal As you can see above I'm trying out using larger images of the album art; thus far I like it and I'll probably keep it up. Anyway, after my pick yesterday I thought I should pick a song from the actual band. This is one that a friend of mine thought I should listen to; while I don't have the album Octavarium , I have heard some of the songs on it. I don't know if I heard this one in the past, but it was a good time to hear it again if I had. As part of this concept album's song cycle based on an octave, since this is the third song, it is written in the key of A after the previous song on the album, which was written in the key of G and so on. Like my friend told me this one has a very good message and has a lot of meaning to those who have a barrier they must overcome to fit into society. Hear These Walls on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Rush - Stick it Out My song pick two years...

From: Dream Theater ; Year: 2013; Genre: Progressive Metal I guess we're closing out another month; to me it seems like it just began, it went by quick. Anyway, after Max informed me the other day about this new album from Dream Theater I thought I would check it out. I find it interesting that it took almost 30 years (or about 25 if you only count their albums) to have a self-titled album. This is one of the first tracks I heard off of Dream Theater's self-titled album, it's a pretty good song, and very much of what you'd expect from the band. Hear The Looking Glass on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Deep Purple - Hush My song pick two years ago today: Paris - Big Towne, 2061 My song pick three years ago today: Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You My song pick four years ago today: Alan Menken and Howard Ashman - Feed Me (Git It) (From: Little Shop of Horrors ) My song pick five years ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR...

From: Images and Words ; Year: 1994; Genre: Progressive Metal Images and Words is one of, if not my favourite, Dream Theater album; there is just so much great music to be had throughout the disc. This, the closing track, which comes from the pen of bassist John Myung, is one of many excellent songs to be heard; an incredible 11+ minutes of great music that is. Hear Learning to Live on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Franz Schubert - D 911, Op. 89 - Die Winterreise My song pick two years ago today: Bon Jovi - Runaway My song pick three years ago today: Missing Link - Spoiled Love My song pick four years ago today: Grace Slick - Angel of the Night My song pick five years ago today: Don Williams - Yellow Moon

From: Images and Words ; Year: 1992; Genre: Progressive Metal I can remember music from the year 1992, (which is also today's song pick number), quite well. But one aspect that I remember the most was the minimalism that permeated most forms of mainstream music, mostly in the alternative rock/metal subgenres. Those bands and the emerging sounds were definitely a breath of fresh air from the stagnating music scene at the time; even to this day I listen to most of those bands from that time. However, as with all musical trends they became a bit too hard-line; I got the feeling at times that the "minimalist" point of view was overused, sometimes to the point that a band or a musician would be shunned and ridiculed if they got too technical with their music. Dream Theater was one of the bands to go against that grain of popular music and still prosper. Anyway, here's a song off of one of my favourite Dream Theater albums: Images and Words . However, it's facil...

From: Awake ; Year: 1994; Genre: Progressive Metal I'm having one of my off days, but I'm pushing through despite it. Anyway, here's one that fits my mood; its of what I refer to as my "attitude songs." The heavy sound and the technical musical velocity combine together to make for one kick ass song in many ways. Hear Lie on YouTube. Watch the music video on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Aerosmith - Home Tonight My song pick two years ago today: Jethro Tull - Overseer Overture / Flight from Lucifer My song pick three years ago today: The Beatles - Think for Yourself My song pick four years ago today: Queen feat. David Bowie - Under Pressure My song pick five years ago today: The Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey