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

From: Black is Black ; Year: 1966; Genre: Rock For about a week or so I have had Los Bravos' music playing in my head a lot, so I'm, of course, picking a song of theirs. This is one of their singles that apparently hit pretty big in Europe, The U.K. and Australia, but not as much in the U.S. or Canada. It is kind of odd because this one is more pop sounding than their other hits, but still has the raw emotion brought out with the vocals and music in a very Spanish fashion.   Hear I Don't Care on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Talking Heads - Burning Down the House   My song pick 2 years ago today: Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Guess Who? - Believe Me   My song pick 4 years ago today: Journey - Open Arms   My song pick 5 years ago today: Peter Frampton - Nassau/Baby, I Love Your Way My song pick 6 years ago today: Hawkwind - Nuclear Drive My song pick 7 years ago today: Alice in Chains...

From: Going Nowhere/Brand New Baby (single) ; Year: 1966; Genre: Rock/Pop Los Bravos have been on my mind a lot lately; good time as any to choose one of their songs. Whilst the band is mostly known for their smash hit Black is Black here in the United States, they had a few other more minor hits with this being one of them. Although not having as many hooks and not as catchy as their fore-mentioned mega hit song, this one is pretty good in its own right.   Hear Going Nowhere on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Kinks - You Can't Stop The Music   My song pick 2 years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - The World Keeps On Turning   My song pick 3 years ago today: Soundgarden - Slaves & Bulldozers My song pick 4 years ago today: Pearl Jam - Daughter My song pick 5 years ago today: Alice in Chains - Don't Follow My song pick 6 years ago today: Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright My song pick 7 years ago today: Fine Young Canniba...

From: Black is Black ; Year: 1966; Genre: Psychedelic Rock/Pop Since it's Black Friday , I needed a song with "black" in the title I thought. This one from the Spanish group Los Bravos seemed like a good choice. For a a song that's classified as "pop" it's got a lot of technicality in the music to be heard, especially that driving bass and keyboards. Hear Black is Black on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Led Zeppelin - Thank You My song pick two years ago today: Helmet - Unsung My song pick three years ago today: The Who - Doctor Jekyll & Mr. Hyde My song pick four years ago today: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower My song pick five years ago today: Billie Holiday - Summertime My song pick six years ago today: David Bowie - Young Americans My song pick seven years ago today: Eric Robertson - "Spooked" on Classics My song pick eight years ago today: Antonio Salieri - Requiem in C-Mino...