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

From: Will of the People ; Year: 2022; Genre: Glam Rock/Hard Rock Here is another rousing song from Muse, which is a band that I have had on my mind for the last handful of days. Gotta love that rock 'n roll/rockabilly vibe in the main riff; it sets off an interesting mix.   Hear Will of the People on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Kenny Loggins - Whenever I Call You "Friend"   My song pick 2 years ago today: R.E.O. Speedwagon - Don't Let Him Go   My song pick 3 years ago today: Rush - Hand Over Fist   My song pick 4 years ago today: Wild Turkey - Gentle Rain My song pick 5 years ago today: Eddie Money - Walk on Water My song pick 6 years ago today: Dayton Sidewinders - Go Ahead On My song pick 7 years ago today: Victor Wooten - I Saw God My song pick 8 years ago today: Melvins - A History of Bad Men My song pick 9 years ago today: Wild Turkey - Ballad of Chuck Stallion and the Mustangs My song pick 10 years ago to...

From: Will of the People ; Year: 2022; Genre: Symphonic Rock/Alternative Rock Happy Halloween to those few who visit my Song-a-Day blog! I discovered this new album from the band Muse the other day, which has at this time been out for about a couple of months, with this apropos song for today's pick. I really like the two keyboard parts that are both doing their own separate lines, but working together quite well. The "organ" piece on one plays around with some of the lines and themes from Toccata and Fugue in D-Minor (BWV 565), which is attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, whilst the other keyboard lays down some funky riffs, especially in the choruses, that are reminiscent of some of the classic tracks of the type heard back in the 1980s. Add to that the awesome groove from the rhythm section and excellent vocal delivery of some great lyrics, and you get one of the best songs I've heard from the band in a while.   Hear You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween on Y...

From: Black Holes and Revelations ; Year: 2006; Genre: Progressive Rock/Alternative Rock Had some songs from this album, which is one of my favourites from Muse, on my mind; as normal, I'm picking another one from the album. Hear City of Delusion on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away My song pick two years ago today: Barenaked Ladies - If I Had $1000000 My song pick three years ago today: Rush - The Anarchist My song pick four years ago today: Audioslave - Cochise My song pick five years ago today: Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos - Media Vita in Morte Sumus My song pick six years ago today: Stahlhammer - Der Zerbrochene Traum My song pick seven years ago today: Charles Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette My song pick eight years ago today: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird My song pick nine years ago today: Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind

From: Drones ; Year: 2015; Genre: Alternative Rock/Progressive Rock I was thinking about this band today; I realized that I had not chosen something from their newest record, Drones , which is another concept album. I like how this one is done and really picks up the pace and makes it much more upbeat musically. Hear Revolt on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Vixen - Edge of a Broken Heart My song pick two years ago today: Rush - Mystic Rhythms My song pick three years ago today: The Moody Blues - Dr. Livingstone, I Presume My song pick four years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli (Quintette du Hot Club de France) - Chasing Shadows My song pick five years ago today: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five My song pick six years ago today: Rammstein - Ich Tu Dir Weh My song pick seven years ago today: Damn Yankees - Coming of Age My song pick eight years ago today: Bread - Mother Freedom

From: Black Holes and Revelations ; Year: 2006; Genre: Progressive Rock/Alternative Rock I was in the mood for something from Muse today; something from their Black Holes and Revelations in particular. This is one of the later singles off the album and a pretty nice one to boot. Hear Invincible on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: America - Ventura Highway My song pick two years ago today: Nick Gilder - Hot Child in the City My song pick three years ago today: Boston - Foreplay/Long Time My song pick four years ago today: Gerry Rafferty - Home and Dry My song pick five years ago today: Johnny Cash - One Piece at a Time My song pick six years ago today: Traffic - John Barleycorn My song pick seven years ago today: The Moody Blues - Forever Afternoon ( Tuesday? ), Time to Get Away.

From: Black Holes and Revelations ; Year: 2006; Genre: Progressive Rock/Space Rock For the last couple of days I've had Muse on my mind, mostly stuff from my favourite of their albums: Black Holes and Revelations . This is among the ones I really like off the record; full of all that science fiction goodness. Hear Map of the Problematique on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Stahlhammer - Nur Ein Tier My song pick two years ago today: Mr. Big - Fool Us Today My song pick three years ago today: The Jimmy Castor Bunch - E-Man Groovin' My song pick four years ago today: Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er My song pick five years ago today: Arthur Smith - Guitar Boogie My song pick six years ago today: Band of Horses - Ode To LRC

From: The 2nd Law ; Year: 2012; Genre: Progressive Rock I felt like some Muse this morning and I thought I would take this opportunity to sample something off of their newest album. This is another one of their tracks that has a noted Queen influence to it, although the overall melancholy feel of the song shows off more of their own style. Hear Explorers on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: The Pretenders - Middle of the Road My song pick two years ago today: U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name My song pick three years ago today: Uriah Heep - Wizard My song pick four years ago today: Queen - Bicycle Race My song pick five years ago today: The Doors - Love Me Two Times

From: The Resistance ; Year: 2009; Genre: Progressive Rock For those unaware, I since my song pick numbers have coincided with years I have been picking song from the year that is the same as my song pick number. Anyway, here's one from my favourite Muse album, which was released in 2009. I have, of course, already picked many songs off of this album and am choosing some deeper cuts now. Not to say that this is a "lesser song" by any means; far from that, it is an excellent track. Hear Unnatural Selection on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk My song pick two years ago today: Yoko Takahashi - Zankoku na Tenshi no These ( A Cruel Angel's Thesis ) My song pick three years ago today: Aphrodite's Child - Hic et Nunc My song pick four years ago today: Elton John - All The Girls Love Alice My song pick five years ago today: Rush - The Body Electric

From: The Resistance ; Year: 2009; Genre: Progressive Rock I had a few bugaboos in my schedule this morning, but am finally able to get my pick in, and guess what? I have also been meaning to pick this song for over a week now and am finally able to get to picking it as well! Anyway, this is one of the centrepiece songs off of their '09 The Resistance album and is also one of my favourites as well. This is a very dynamic track that reminds me a lot of Queen's music; some critics have actually compared it to " Bohemian Rhapsody " in particular. At the end of the song there is a nice light instrumental piece " Collat eral Damage," which is based on Frédéric Chopin's " Nocturne in Eb Major , Op.9 No.2" As with most of the rest of the material on this album, lyrically and thematically it has to do with tyranny and a call to rise up against it. From what I understand this track in particular was inspired by Zbigniew Brzezinski's book Th...

1684 Muse - Citizen Erased From: Origin of Symmetry , Year: 2001 Genre: Progressive Rock I've had Muse running through my mind most of the morning and again took it as a sign to pick one of their songs. This track is amazingly constructed and arranged both musically and lyrically; one of my favourites from the band. Here is the studio version on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: The Darkness - Is It Just Me My song pick two years ago today: Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground My song pick three years ago today: Devo - Come Back Jonee My song pick four years ago today: Weather Report - A Remark You Made +

1573-5 Muse - Exogenesis: Symphony Parts 1,2, and 3 From: The Resistance , Year 2009 Genre: Progressive Rock/Symphonic Rock For most of yesterday Muse kept popping up all over the place from my iPod, the radio, to the television. Since I actually like the band quite a lot anyway I figured that I would pick one of their songs today. Anyway, this is a three-part mini concept piece and is about 13 minutes in length; I hear a lot of classical composers' influence in this piece, Beethoven in particular. Long, multifaceted pieces like these used to permeate many of the Progressive Rock albums, but not as much in more recent years. When I first ran into this song it was a joy hearing a newer band taking the time and effort to write, arrange, and record one; not only that, but they did an amazing job as well. Here is Part 1 ( Overture ) on YouTube. Here is Part 2 ( Cross-Pollination ) on YouTube. Here is Part 3 ( Redemption ) on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Hawkwind - Spirit...

1460 Muse - Supermassive Black Hole From: Black Holes and Revelations , Year: 2006 Genre: Space/Alternative Rock I've had Muse running through my mind most of the morning, so I'm picking one of their songs. I've come to like most of the songs off of their Black Holes and Revelations album, and this one happens to fit my mood. Here is the studio version on YouTube. Here is a live performance on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Eddie Lang - Eddie's Twister My song pick two years ago today: The Goo Goo Dolls - Black Balloon My song pick three years ago today: Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon +

1441 Muse - Uprising From: The Resistance , Year: 2009 Genre: Progressive Rock/Alternative I've had Muse on der gehirn over the last couple of days and I'm finally getting around to picking another one of their songs. I love the way this song moves along with its grooving strut. Watch the music video on YouTube. Watch a live performance from Later... with Jools Holland on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry My song pick two years ago today: Puhdys, featuring Till Lindemann and Richard Krupse - Wut Will Nicht Sterben My song pick three years ago today: Nightwish - The Pharaoh Sails To Orion +

1341 Muse - Starlight From: Black Holes and Revelations , Year: 2006 Felt like listening to a lot of Muse today; this track off of their Black Holes and Revelations album felt like an excellent pick. It's been so nice to see a newer Prog/Space Rock band getting the attention they deserve lately. Here is the studio version on YouTube. Watch the music video on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Styx - Lorelei My song pick two years ago today: Three Dog Night - Never Been To Spain My song pick three years ago today: Concrete Blonde - Joey +

1290 Muse - Resistance Over the last few years I've been getting more and more into Muse. I find their music very intriguing; it's nice to hear new music that is outside the mainstream. This is one of my favourites off of their newest album. Watch the music video on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Jethro Tull - From A Deadbeat To An Old Greaser + My song pick two years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well + My song pick three years ago today: Aerosmith - Janie's Got A Gun +

884 ( Muse - Knights of Cydonia ) A few months ago we started receiving a new HD channel on our television called Palladia , which features mostly live musical performances and also music videos from time to time. Anyway, last night before heading to bed they started playing some music videos and this was the first one featured. Now, I have heard this band before, but this song and the album it is from in particular have really caught my attention with its "Space Rock" feel. Whilst watching the video they kept reminding me of the band Hawkwind; I was actually surprised that they do not reference Hawkwind, Dave Brock, or even Lemmy as influences. An excellent song all the same and filled my craving for things progressive; it is nice to see that Space Rock is still alive and well. Here is the music video on YouTube. Here is a live performance on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Nightwish - 10th Man Down My song pick two years ago today: Jaco Pastorius...