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

From: First Under the Wire ; Year: 1979; Genre: Pop/Rock Lonesome Loser is one of those songs that you might not recognize it by title, but, if you were around during the '80s you will most likely know it when you hear it.    Hear Lonesome Loser on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Smashing Pumpkins - Luna   My song pick 2 years ago today: Banchee - Searcher's Life   My song pick 3 years ago today: David Bowie - Real Cool World   My song pick 4 years ago today: Spacehog - In The Meantime   My song pick 5 years ago today: Rare Earth - Ma   My song pick 6 years ago today: Crash Test Dummies - Swimming in Your Ocean My song pick 7 years ago today: Jethro Tull - A New Day Yesterday My song pick 8 years ago today: Vital Tech Tones - Crash Course My song pick 9 years ago today: Primus - Poetry and Prose My song pick 10 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Budapest My song pick 11 years ago today: Ozark Mountain Daredevi...

From: Time Exposure ; Year: 1981; Genre: Rock It's weird how sometimes music from certain bands start just playing in your mind from out of nowhere. This is wot happened today with the Little River Band and I finally decided on this song for today's pick. I love the bass and drums and how they just drive the song; the vocals and the keyboards really carry the rest.   Hear The Night Owls on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Three Dog Night - Night in the City   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Guess Who - Key My song pick 3 years ago today: Tears for Fears - Broken My song pick 4 years ago today: The Hollywood Argyles - Alley Oop My song pick 5 years ago today: Sweeney Todd - Roxy Roller My song pick 6 years ago today: Kool & the Gang - Spirit of the Boogie My song pick 7 years ago today: Jethro Tull - A Song for Jeffrey My song pick 8 years ago today: Foreigner - Head Games My song pick 9 years ago today: Pearl Jam - Alive My...

From: Diamantina Cocktail ; Year: 197 6 ; Genre: Rock Today day seven of my Australian music theme week . I grew up hearing a lot of the Little River Band and they've always been a band I've liked. This is one of their earlier hits, which many would probably recognize. Hear Help Is On Its Way on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Joseph Haydn - Symphony No.45 in F Sharp Minor - " Farewell Symphony " My song pick two years ago today: "Weird Al" Yankovic - I Think I'm a Clone Now My song pick three years ago today: Primus - Pork Chop's Little Ditty My song pick four years ago today: Jethro Tull - For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me My song pick five years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Shooting Shark

I caught this song the other day on the radio and had not heard it in some time; I've always had a fondness for it, so I decided to pick it today. It is like a lot of the light rock from the late '70s, it has a bit of a disco touch to it in the beat with the light airy feel as well. I usually don't like a lot of music from this genre, however I do like this one in particular. Probably the best part for me is way the chorus is constructed and feels. I find it very funny at how the band got their name; I heard it story in an interview on a radio show quite a while ago. Apparently they were picking the name of the band and for some reason they decided to go with what was written on the next road sign. They happened by the town of "Little River" and that became their name. One of the members of the band in the interview is thankful that there was no landfill or something similar on the road at that point. Here is a video with the studio version on Y...