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

From: Märchenblau ; Year: 1983; Genre: Neue Deutsche Welle Had a hankering to hear something from Joachim Witt this morning. It has been quite some time since I picked one of his songs, so here's another one. Love the mix of the funky rhythm with the German new wave sound; extremely interesting in its own right, but kind of unique from something more mainstream.   Hear Rhythmus im Blut on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Hawkwind - Blue Shift     My song pick 2 years ago today: Sho Nuff - Monster Monster   My song pick 3 years ago today: Wishbone Ash - Anger in Harmony   My song pick 4 years ago today: Eurythmics - Missionary Man   My song pick 5 years ago today: Green River - Together We'll Never   My song pick 6 years ago today: Chris Squire - Safe (Canon Song)   My song pick 7 years ago today: The Chi-lites - Have You Seen Her? My song pick 8 years ago today: Roy Ayers - Funk in the Hole My song pick 9 y...

From: Bayreuth 1 ; Year: 1998; Genre: Neue Deutsche Härte I've been feeling sick over the last couple of days, so I didn't really feel like picking a song to-day, but I'm doing it anyway. This is the lead track off of Joachim Witt's first forée into German industrial metal; a great album and a great track. Hear Das Jüngste Gericht on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Carmen - The Gypsies My song pick two years ago today: Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache My song pick three years ago today: R.E.M. - The One I Love My song pick four years ago today: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone My song pick five years ago today: The Beatles - Help! My song pick six years ago today: Santana - Black Magic Woman My song pick seven years ago today: Bon Jovi - Tokyo Road

From: Pop ; Year: 2004; Genre: Neue Deutsche Härte I had another song in mind for my pick today, but couldn't find it on YouTube or other sites, so I delved deep into my queue and pulled this one up; I've actually had it in my queue for quite a few years now. It's not that I didn't like it or didn't ever want to pick it earlier; it just got lost in the shuffle. Anyway, this is quite a beautiful song, and I definitely love how he contrasts the vocals between the verses and the chorus. Hear Immer Noch on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: "Weird Al' Yankovic - Grapefruit Diet My song pick two years ago today: Soundgarden - I Awake My song pick three years ago today: Dream Theater - The Big Medley My song pick four years ago today: Wilson Pickett - Hey Jude My song pick five years ago today: Johnny Mandel - Suicide is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H) My song pick six years ago today: Rush - Vital Signs

From: Silberblick ; Year: 1980; Genre: Neue Deutsche Welle/New Wave I felt like listening to some of Joachim Witt's music today to pass the time. This is one of his earlier hits from his German New Wave period of his career and another one I've been meaning to pick for a while now. Watch a video clip for Goldener Reiter on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Savatage - Memory My song pick two years ago today: Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon My song pick three years ago today: S Sgt Barry Sadler - Ballad of the Green Berets My song pick four years ago today: Pink Floyd - On the Turning Away My song pick five years ago today: ABBA - Soldiers

1494 Joachim Witt - Du Teufel From: Eisenherz , Year: 2002 Genre: Neue Deutsche Härte I had this track running through my mind this morning and it felt like a rather nice song for a Monday pick. This one has a faster technoesque feel to it and reminds me a lot of his earlier work in German New Wave. I absolutely love his vocals throughout this song, especially in the almost operatic chorus sections. Watch an Animé music video with the studio version on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Karussell - Nämlich Bin Ich Glücklich My song pick two years ago today: Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams My song pick three years ago today: The Delgados - All You Need Is Hate My song pick four years ago today: Tesla - Signs +

1246 Joachim Witt - Wem Gehört Das Sternenlicht I'm having another one of those days where I'm not wanting to think about music that much, however that won't stop me from making today's pick. I've actually been meaning to add this rather beautiful and melodic track from Joachim Witt's newest album: Bayreuth 3 to my list for well over 6 months now; I guess that I'll be using this musical lull to finally get around to it. Watch the music video on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Cab Calloway & The Harlemaniacs - The Reefer Man My song pick two years ago today: Diana Ross and the Supremes - Reflections My song pick three years ago today: Quarterflash - Harden my Heart +

1101 Joachim Witt - Krieger Des Licht I have decided on doing an "Also Known as Rammstein" theme week; I will be choosing songs from seven different bands that have been mislabeled as Rammstein on the interwebz. It seems that some individuals will label any musical artist with male vocals singing in German "Rammstein" even if they sing in a higher vocal register, however, most of the time the vocalist will have to at least sing in a baritone or lower to be mistaken. Another factor seems to be the genre of the mislabeled bands; most of them are associated with Neue Deutsche Härte , Industrial Metal, and/or similar genres. This phenomenon has gotten to the point that when I am searching for a song by another German band sometimes I have to use "Rammstein" in my search parameters to get a relevant result. The cause of this is probably due to the fact that Rammstein is one of the few German Metal bands to break into America's mainstream pop cultur...

1018 Joachim Witt - Und... Ich Lauf I'm having a bit of an off day. Been listening to Joachim Witt's '98 album Bayreuth 1 most of the morning; it is helping me get motivated. The song Und... Ich Lauf among a few others has been getting a lot of play. Here is the studio version on YouTube. Here is a music video on YouTube. Here is a Top of the Pops performance on YouTube. Here is a live performance on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al My song pick two years ago today: Every Mother's Son - Come On Down To My Boat +

839 ( Joachim Witt - Bataillon 'd Amour ) For some reason I felt like picking a song from Joachim Witt and I thought that this cover originally from the band Silly, which can be found here on YouTube , seemed like an excellent pick for today. One thing that is beginning to annoy me is the fact that most denizens of the internet seem to believe that any Rock/Metal song is sung in the German language with low register vocals is the band Rammstein. While Rammstein is an awesome band that I personally like a lot, they are not the only band from Deutschland . The German music scene is quite large and diverse and contains many bands over a multitude of genres. Off of my soapbox now.... Watch the music video on YouTube. Here is a live performance YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio My song pick two years ago today: Donovan - Sunshine Superman +

753 ( Joachim Witt and Peter Heppner - Die Flut ) This one was quite overdue as an addition to my list; I cannot believe that I haven't added this song yet. Anyway, this is a duet featuring German New Wave pioneer Joachim Witt and the vocalist from the Synthpop band Wolfsheim: Peter Heppner. I really like the introspective lyrics and vocals, they are quite beautiful. It is a rather nice song to get lost in thought to. Here is the music video on YouTube. Here is a live performance on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim My song pick two years ago today: Canned Heat - On The Road Again +