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

From: Full Circle ; Year: 1970; Genre: Folk Rock I had the band Forest on my mind last night into this morning as one I should pick today's song from. Graveyard is rather beautiful piece, especially if you like hearing acoustic guitars and flute/recorder. Hear Graveyard on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Billy Joel - Laura My song pick two years ago today: The Byrds - Mr. Spaceman My song pick three years ago today: Toronto - Enough is Enough My song pick four years ago today: Little River Band - Help Is On Its Way My song pick five years ago today: Joseph Haydn - Symphony No.45 in F Sharp Minor - " Farewell Symphony " My song pick six years ago today: "Weird Al" Yankovic - I Think I'm a Clone Now My song pick seven years ago today: Primus - Pork Chop's Little Ditty My song pick eight years ago today: Jethro Tull - For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me My song pick nine years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Shooting ...

From: Full Circle ; Year: 1970; Genre: Folk Rock I heard one of their songs this morning from Full Circle , which is probably my favourite of their albums, so I thought I'd go ahead and pick another one from it. This is a very dark and brooding track with great music throughout; especially on the piano. It's definitely a song to behold. Hear The Midnight Hanging of a Runaway Serf on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Ellis Paul - 3,000 Miles My song pick two years ago today: Procol Harum - Homburg My song pick three years ago today: Faces - Stay With Me My song pick four years ago today: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Oh Susannah My song pick five years ago today: Miles Davis - Freedom Jazz Dance My song pick six years ago today: Boston - More Than a Feeling My song pick seven years ago today: David Bowie - Suffragette City My song pick eight years ago today: Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now My song pick nine years ago today: Electric Light O...

From: The Full Circle ; Year: 1970; Genre: Progressive Rock/Psychedelic Folk Whilst looking over what songs I've previously chosen I happened to notice that I haven't picked one from the psychedelic folk band Forest in quite a few years so it seems; I must rectify that. They are a band that I discovered and immediately started liking what I heard; it's a shame that they only lasted a few years and only a couple of albums. Great, beautiful song with haunting lyrics that definitely fits this time of year. Hear Autumn Childhood on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Alestorm - 1741 (The Battle of Cartagena) My song pick two years ago today: Genesis - Ripple My song pick three years ago today: Joachim Witt - Goldener Reiter My song pick four years ago today: Savatage - Memory My song pick five years ago today: Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon My song pick six years ago today: S Sgt Barry Sadler - Ballad of the Green Berets My song pick seven years a...

1186 Forest - Gypsy Girl & Rambleaway In a different mood musically this morning. I had some other songs in mind, but I changed my mind whilst getting ready to post. I decided on adding something Folk/Rock for my pick today. Forest is a rather mellow sounding band; this track in particular is mostly acoustic and in more of the traditional Folk sound/feel. Hear Gypsy Girl & Rambleaway on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Steely Dan - Caves of Altamira My song pick two years ago today: Free - All Right Now My song pick three years ago today: The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind +

880 ( Forest - A Glade Somewhere ) For a nice late pick on Sunday I could not go wrong with some Psychedelia/Folk music. This is one of the awesome bands that I discovered a while ago when looking through some Psychedelic music from bands that I had not heard of before. This was one out of many of their songs that I came to like. Such a beautifully constructed song that is basically acoustic Folk with some electric instruments added into the mix; most notably a Hammond Organ performing a counter line. This is one of those songs that you could easily get lost in. Here is the studio version on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Weather Report - Teen Town My song pick two years ago today: Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestral Suite No.3 in D-Major, "Air" BWV 1068 +