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

From: Information Society ; Year: 1988; Genre: New Wave For some reason was drawing an absolute blank today for this song pick, not sure why though. Anyway, I happened to scroll through bands that I have chosen songs from and noticed that I had only picked one from Information Society, so thought it would be a great time to fix that. This is one of their secondary hits from their first proper studio album, which feature a great thumping dance beat and, or course more Star Trek voice samples from William Shatner (Kirk) and James Doohan (Scotty).    Hear Walking Away on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Jerry Reed - Wayfaring Stranger     My song pick 2 years ago today: Marillion - Torch Song   My song pick 3 years ago today: Rick James - Mr. Policeman   My song pick 4 years ago today: Pendragon - Ghosts   My song pick 5 years ago today: Buffalo Springfield - Rock and Roll Woman   My song pick 6 years ago today: H...

From: Information Society ; Year: 1988; Genre: Synthpop/New Wave Kind of a fun foray into late '80s New Wave today with this interesting one from Information Society. It's interesting to note the samples from the Original Series of Star Trek used throughout the song.   Hear What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Stone Temple Pilots - Fare Thee Well   My song pick 2 years ago today: Yes - Changes My song pick 3 years ago today: Santana - Evil Ways My song pick 4 years ago today: Gerry Rafferty - The Tourist My song pick 5 years ago today: Loudness - Let It Go My song pick 6 years ago today: Carmen - She Flew Across the Room My song pick 7 years ago today: California Guitar Trio - Ghost Riders on the Storm My song pick 8 years ago today: Al Di Meola and Steve Vai - Race with the Devil on Turkish Highway My song pick 9 years ago today: Nightwish - Beauty of the Beast My song pick 10 years ago today: L'...