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

From: In and Out of Focus ; Year: 1970; Genre: Progressive Rock Thought that I would check out Focus' debut album, which was titled Focus Plays Focus in their native country. I really like their other material, so reckoned I'd like this as well. It is so neat hearing already well accomplished musicians at such a young age.    Hear Why Dream? on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Beatles - We Can Work It Out   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Band - The Weight   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Four Tops - Reflections   My song pick 4 years ago today: Rare Earth - Hum Along and Dance   My song pick 5 years ago today: Rammstein - Radio   My song pick 6 years ago today: Matthews' Southern Comfort - Tell Me Why My song pick 7 years ago today: Sam & Dave - Hold On, I'm Coming My song pick 8 years ago today: Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman My song pick 9 years ago today: Meat Loaf - Life is a Lemon (and I Want My Money Back) My ...

From: Focus 11 ; Year: 2018; Genre: Progressive Rock/Jazz Fusion Earlier today whilst playing a racing video game I had my music on shuffle and had Focus' seminal hit Hocus Pocus , which is the song they are most known for here in The 'States, come on and was perfect for the occasion of speeding around a race track. Anyway, it got me in the mood to hear some more from the classic rock band out of The Netherlands, so I decided to check out their most recent offerings and, of course, I immediately went to the longest track on the album, which happened to also be the record's title-track. I really like this instrumental, which oozes an excellent type of jazz fusion mixed with rock.   Hear Focus 11 on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Fleet Foxes - Can I Believe You   My song pick 2 years ago today: Pearl Jam - Retrograde   My song pick 3 years ago today: King Crimson - Epitaph My song pick 4 years ago today: Heart - Bad Animals My song pick 5...

From: Hamburger Concerto ; Year: 1974; Genre: Rock It hit me today that I had not chosen a song from Focus in ages, so I'm remedying that. This song is a pretty rock instrumental with a great melody to it. Hear Sylvia on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Funkadelic - (Not Just) Knee Deep My song pick 2 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Morning Final My song pick 3 years ago today: Jethro Tull - The Third Hoorah My song pick 4 years ago today: Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad My song pick 5 years ago today: Yes - I Would Have Waited Forever My song pick 6 years ago today: Normaal - Vulgaris Magistralis My song pick 7 years ago today: Audioslave - Jewel of the Summertime My song pick 8 years ago today: Megaherz - Himmelfahrt My song pick 9 years ago today: Coleman Hawkins - Stardust My song pick 10 years ago today: Bon Jovi - Someday I'll Be Saturday Night My song pick 11 years ago today: Styx - The Grand Illusion My song pic...

I have noted as of late that I have been picking songs that I have not heard in a while and all of a sudden it either pops into my head or I hear it on the radio; this pick is no different. Recently, I heard this song on the radio and I knew that it needed to be added to my list. It is very much a '70s Progressive Rock song that is mostly known for showcasing the vocal talent and the yodeling by the lead singer Thijs Van Leer. Here is the studio version on YouTube. Here is a live performance of the song on YouTube. +