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

From: So Happy ; Year: 1989; Genre: Funk/New Jack Swing Thankfully I am not picking a song from someone who passed away today. Although yesterday Peter Cullin, who voiced many characters like Transformers ' Optimus Prime and Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh amongst many other credits, did sadly pass away. Back in the 1980s it seemed though that many famous movie and television stars recorded some music on the side; of course Eddie Murphy is one of them. Whilst this record didn't fare so well, it is one that I like the most; just the super deep list of huge talent he worked along side alone makes it very good.   Hear Let's Get With It on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Stan Bush - The Touch     My song pick 2 years ago today: Kansas - Icarus - Born On Wings of Steel     My song pick 3 years ago today: Pendragon - The Last Man on Earth   My song pick 4 years ago today: Eddie Hazel - Until It Rains   My song pick 5 years ...

From: The Lover in Me ; Year: 1988; Genre: Pop Thinking about this track today and seemed like a great time to choose it; no other reason.     Hear Days Like This on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Ray Stevens - Everything is Beautiful   My song pick 2 years ago today: Lou Rawls - I'm Satisfied     My song pick 3 years ago today: Blondie - Maria   My song pick 4 years ago today: Crash Test Dummies (feat. Ellen Reid) - The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead   My song pick 5 years ago today: Heart - Lost Angel   My song pick 6 years ago today: Steeleye Span - Harvest   My song pick 7 years ago today: Fat Larry's Band - Act Like You Know My song pick 8 years ago today: Laura Branigan - Deep in the Dark My song pick 9 years ago today: Bay City Rollers - I Only Want to Be With You My song pick 10 years ago today: Jethro Tull - One Brown Mouse My song pick 11 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO...

From: In the Face of Funk ; Year: 1994; Genre: Funk/Hip-Hop Dang, I ain't kiddin', this Friday really did some sneaking up on me this week. Instantly when I saw it was time to make my song pick for today there was no other band on my mind but Cameo; like I need a reason to go with one of their tracks.   Hear In the Face of Funk on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Tag Team - Whoomp! (There It Is)     My song pick 2 years ago today: The Nightwatchman - A Wall Against the Wind     My song pick 3 years ago today: The Grateful Dead - When Push Comes to Shove   My song pick 4 years ago today: Depeche Mode - A Question of Time   My song pick 5 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Veins   My song pick 6 years ago today: Weather Report - The Moors   My song pick 7 years ago today: Stratovarius - S.O.S. My song pick 8 years ago today: Asia - Without You My song pick 9 years ago today: Bob Weir (The Grateful Dead) ...

From: Cold Kickin' It ; Year: 1990; Genre: Funk/New Jack Swing/Hip-Hop A lot of good memories linked to this music for me; E.U. was definitely one of the main purveyors of this branch of funk in the late '80s/early '90s.    Hear a remixed version on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Toronto - Get It on Credit     My song pick 2 years ago today: Metallica - Tuesday's Gone   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody   My song pick 4 years ago today: Pallas - Midas Touch   My song pick 5 years ago today: Queen - Who Wants to Live Forever   My song pick 6 years ago today: Mr. Big - Fragile My song pick 7 years ago today: Bob Seger - Travelin' Man My song pick 8 years ago today: Uriah Heep - That's the Way That It Is My song pick 9 years ago today: Midnight Oil - No Man's Land My song pick 10 years ago today: Soundgarden - Like Suicide My song pick 11 years ago today: D Train - ...

From: Poison ; Year: 1990; Genre: New Jack Swing/Hip-Hop/Rap Been meaning to pick this one for a bit now and have finally gotten to doing so. This is another one of those songs from my early teens that brings back so many memories; among the best sounds of that early decade.    Hear Ain't Nut'in' Changed on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Ray Charles - What'd I Say     My song pick 2 years ago today: The Romantics - Rock You Up   My song pick 3 years ago today: Yes - Believe Again   My song pick 4 years ago today: Stanley Clarke - If This Bass Could Only Talk   My song pick 5 years ago today: Winery Dogs - Solid Ground   My song pick 6 years ago today: Alestorm - Alestorm   My song pick 7 years ago today: Osiris - War On The Bullshit My song pick 8 years ago today: Triumph - Hard Road My song pick 9 years ago today: AC/DC - Big Guns My song pick 10 years ago today: The Yardbirds - For Your Love My...

From: Fresh Hymns ; Year: 1990; Genre: New Jack Swing/Funk/Soul/Gospel I always love how artists, like the late-great Bernard Wright, do traditional hymns in a powerful, upbeat and energizing manner; too many make them seem dull and dirge-like. It's still been difficult to wrap my mind around the fact that he died a few years ago; his music is so full of life.   Hear What a Friend on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Chet Atkins - Cast Your Fate to the Wind     My song pick 2 years ago today: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Roll Me Away   My song pick 3 years ago today: Little Richard - I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me (Parts 1+2)   My song pick 4 years ago today: The Stranglers - Peaches   My song pick 5 years ago today: Marillion - Power   My song pick 6 years ago today: John Oliva's Pain - Looking for Nothing   My song pick 7 years ago today: Pallas - Arrive Alive My song pick 8 years a...

From: Emotional Violence ; Year: 1992; Genre: Funk/New Jack Swing/Hip-Hop Felt again like some early 1990s funky music; kind of "homered out" once again by choosing one from a favourite band. There is just something comforting about the familiar sounds of that time that draw me back every now and then. I just cannot hear that New Jack Swing rhythm and not immediately start to move along to it; which makes listening to it in a car very interesting. At least you can enter your own fun bouncy world whilst stuck in traffic.   Hear Raw but Tasty on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Dave Edmunds and the Stray Cats - The Race Is On     My song pick 2 years ago today: The Alan Parsons Project - Don't Answer Me   My song pick 3 years ago today: John Denver - Four Strong Winds   My song pick 4 years ago today: Rush - BU2B2   My song pick 5 years ago today: Jigsaw - Keeping My Head Above Water   My song pick 6 years ago today: A...

From: Real Men... Wear Black ; Year: 1990; Genre: Funk/New Jack Swing I don't know exactly wot it is, but if I start playing something from Cameo it puts me in a much better mood.   Hear Am I Bad Enough on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: John Denver - Mother Nature's Son   My song pick 2 years ago today: Rossington Collins Band - Don't Misunderstand Me   My song pick 3 years ago today: ABBA - Just a Notion   My song pick 4 years ago today: Jigsaw - Freud Fish   My song pick 5 years ago today: Rush - Faithless   My song pick 6 years ago today: Our Lady Peace - Starseed My song pick 7 years ago today: David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) My song pick 8 years ago today: The Midnight - Gloria My song pick 9 years ago today: Rammstein - Stein um Stein My song pick 10 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Start of Something Beautiful My song pick 11 years ago today: Parliament - Funkentelechy My song pick 12 ye...

From: GCS 2000 ; Year: 1998; Genre: Funk/Soul/New Jack Swing It doesn't get much better than the smooth baritone voice of Larry Graham for this funky Valentines Day.   Hear Love 4 1Another on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Paul McCartney - Valentine Day   My song pick 2 years ago today: The "5" Royales - Dedicated to the One I Love   My song pick 3 years ago today: Tesla - Love Song   My song pick 4 years ago today: Foreigner - I'll Get Even With You   My song pick 5 years ago today: The Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet - Delilah   My song pick 6 years ago today: Queen - My Fairy King My song pick 7 years ago today: Foo Fighters - Baker Street My song pick 8 years ago today: The Supremes (Diana Ross & the Supremes) - Back in My Arms Again My song pick 9 years ago today: Toto - Hydra My song pick 10 years ago today: Soundgarden - Hunted Down My song pick 11 years ago today: The (Detroit) Spinners - Workin...

From: Real Men Wear Black ; Year: 1990; Genre: Funk/Rock/New Jack Swing Anytime is a great time to have some Cameo playing in the background, especially on a Funky Friday ! This album and song in particular just puts a smile on my face and fills me up with positive energy; pure fun for the ears, nothing else needed to say.   Hear Attitude on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - The Lights Go Down   My song pick 2 years ago today: Lawrence Gowan - The Dragon   My song pick 3 years ago today: Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen   My song pick 4 years ago today: U.K. - Rendezvous 6:02   My song pick 5 years ago today: Parliament - Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop) My song pick 6 years ago today: The Enid - And Then There Were None My song pick 7 years ago today: Ted Nugent - Stranglehold My song pick 8 years ago today: Muse - Revolt My song pick 9 years ago today: Vixen - Edge of a Broken He...

From: Party Patrol ; Year: 1990; Genre: Funk/Soul/Electronica/New Jack Swing Had this very fun album come on while I was out and about the other day and knew I needed to revisit it on my blog. Almost every aspect of Lakeside's Party Patrol stirs memories; not really of the album per se, but of the sound that it represents so well. That blend of the band's brand of electronic funk with the new jack swing beats that were so prevalent back in the '80s and '90s is absolutely perfect if you are in the mood for nostalgia from that time.   Hear U Got It Goin' On on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Genesis - Counting Out Time   My song pick 2 years ago today: Asia - Never Again   My song pick 3 years ago today: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Go Robot   My song pick 4 years ago today: What Made Milwaukee Famous - Trying to Never Catch Up My song pick 5 years ago today: Van der Graaf Generator - Pilgrims My song pick 6 years ago today: Pink Floyd - ...

From: Party Patrol ; Year: 1990; Genre: Funk/Electronica/New Jack Swing I don't know why, but I've had this album in particular on my mind for most of the week, so a few days ago I decided that I'd make the title-track the week's Funky Friday pick.  Anyway, ever since I first listened to this record it had such a good and familiar feel and sound to it I just fell in love with it. Most anybody who listened to music from the mid/late 1980s to, I guess, about the mid/late 1990s should instantly recognize a lot of the elements in this electro-funk track with a good helping of that new jack swing rhythm/beat that was very popular at the time. Yes, the track may have a sound dated to that point in time, but in my opinion it was a great time to consume music, especially funk/soul/R&B amongst others.   Hear Party Patrol on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Nocturnal Rites - Never Trust   My song pick 2 years ago today: Quiet Riot - Metal Health (...

From: Cooleyhighharmony ; Year: 1991; Genre: Soul/Funk/New Jack Swing Dang, this is definitely a blast from the past for me in particular; it has a distinct connection to the time it was released, but has aged quite well nevertheless. That was one thing I remember about Boyz II Men is how in their music you could hear so many different influences and musical schools of thought throughout all of their music. Motownphilly is another one of those tracks to utilize that new jack swing style that was everywhere back then, but this one is definitely an iconic song amongst the many of the genre; heck, even to this day this song will pop into my head from out of nowhere.   Hear Motownphilly on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Yes - Then   My song pick 2 years ago today: Brave Belt - Goodbye, Soul Shy   My song pick 3 years ago today: Klaatu - Little Neutrino My song pick 4 years ago today: Pallas - Win or Lose My song pick 5 years ago today: AC/D...

From: Party Patrol ; Year: 1990; Genre: Funk/Electronica/R&B Celebrating another Funky Friday with this early '90s offering from the band Lakeside. I remember hearing a lot of music in this style back then, thus this track has some nostalgia factor for me. From what I understand, one of the genres that this song in particular fits into is " New Jack Swing ," which, if you were around during the mid '80s to mid '90s, will be instantly recognizable.   Hear Money on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Devo - Working in a Coal Mine   My song pick 2 years ago today: Mastodon - Steambreather   My song pick 3 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Sweet Dream My song pick 4 years ago today: AC/DC - R.I.P. (Rock in Peace) My song pick 5 years ago today: Hawkwind - Web Weaver My song pick 6 years ago today: The Chamber Brothers - I Can't Turn You Loose My song pick 7 years ago today: Iron Maiden - Aces High My song pick 8 years ago today: Fairpo...