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

From: Ten ; Year: 1991; Genre: Alternative Rock/Grunge It is kinda odd if you think about it, but albums such as Ten are much harder to find a deep cut than normal records. Looking again at the track listing most of the songs were hits and even more of them got some radio play. I suppose Why Go is about as close as you can get as far as a deep cut on this one....   Hear Why Go on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: James Brown - Brother Rapp (Part I & Part II)     My song pick 2 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Deadline   My song pick 3 years ago today: Rufus and Chaka Khan - Fool's Paradise   My song pick 4 years ago today: Coleman Hawkins - Night Hawk   My song pick 5 years ago today: Jigsaw - My Summer Song   My song pick 6 years ago today: Bootsy's Rubber Band - Rubber Duckie My song pick 7 years ago today: Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya My song pick 8 years ago today: Curved Air - Back Street Luv My song pick 9...

From: Vs .; Year: 1993; Genre: Alternative Rock/Grunge Just had some earlier Pearl Jam on my mind for this very busy Saturday; this short and sweet rocker seemed like a perfect choice.   Hear Animal on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Parliament - [You're a Fish & I'm a] Water Sign   My song pick 2 years ago today: Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)   My song pick 3 years ago today: Raspberries - Tonight   My song pick 4 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Quick Change Artist   My song pick 5 years ago today: Spock's Beard - All on a Sunday My song pick 6 years ago today: Van Der Graaf Generator - White Hammer My song pick 7 years ago today: Bernard Wright - Master Rocker My song pick 8 years ago today: Max Roach - Mr. X My song pick 9 years ago today: Styx - Queen of Spades My song pick 10 years ago today: Rush - Nobody's Hero My song pick 11 years ago today: Waylander - Echoes of the...

From: Gigaton ; Year: 2020; Genre: Alternative Rock Checking out Pearl Jam's newest album again today and decided to pick another one off of it. Dance of the Clairvoyants is one of the main singles from it and has a bit more of a modern pop sound to it than I'm used to from the band, but it still has a lot of their established style to be had as well.   Hear Dance of the Clairvoyants on YouTube.        My song pick 1 year ago today: Twelfth Night - East of Eden   My song pick 2 years ago today: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Jungle Man   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Rolling Stones - Lady Jane My song pick 4 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Tenderloin My song pick 5 years ago today: The Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music My song pick 6 years ago today: Earthless - Equus October My song pick 7 years ago today: Rammstein - Weiner Blut My song pick 8 years ago today: Miles Davis - Funky Tonk My song pick 9 years ago today: Pallas - The Last A...

From: Gigaton ; Year: 2020; Genre: Alternative Rock Had music from Pearl Jam incessantly running through my mind today; it was enough for me to check out their newest album and give it a listen. This is one of the songs that immediately caught my attention and I thought it would make an excellent pick. Hear Retrograde on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: King Crimson - Epitaph My song pick 2 years ago today: Heart - Bad Animals My song pick 3 years ago today: Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence My song pick 4 years ago today: Lawrence Gowan - (You're a) Strange Animal My song pick 5 years ago today: Sly and the Family Stone - Frisky My song pick 6 years ago today: Bob Seger - Main Street My song pick 7 years ago today: Nightwish - Scaretail My song pick 8 years ago today: Beat Crusaders - Japanese Girl My song pick 9 years ago today: "Weird Al" Yankovic - Amish Paradise My song pick 10 years ago today: The Pet Shop Boys -...

From: Ten ; Year: 1991; Genre: Alternative Rock/Grunge While driving home yesterday I had some of their music from this album come on, and it got me bingeing on Pearl Jam yet again. This is a nice, mellow and soulful track; I only wish it was longer. Hear Oceans on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Grateful Dead - Mountains of the Moon My song pick 2 years ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - Not My Cross to Bear My song pick 3 years ago today: Savatage - Prelude to Madness My song pick 4 years ago today: Traffic - Rock 'n' Roll Stew Parts 1&2 My song pick 5 years ago today: Chris Squire - Lucky Seven My song pick 6 years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - The Chain My song pick 7 years ago today: The Grateful Dead - Casey Jones My song pick 8 years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon My song pick 9 years ago today: Return To Forever - The Magician My song pick 10 years ago today: The Gipsy Kings - Hotel California My song pick 11 years a...

From: Merkin Ball (single); Year: 1995; Genre: Alternative Rock/Grunge Hadn't heard this one in quite a while; thought'd go ahead and pick it. It features Neil Young playing organ and guitar as well as some vocals; very much mid-1990s alternative rock. Hear I've Got Id on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Crash Test Dummies - In the Days of the Cavemen My song pick 2 years ago today: Muse - City of Delusion My song pick 3 years ago today: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away My song pick 4 years ago today: Barenaked Ladies - If I Had $1000000 My song pick 5 years ago today: Rush - The Anarchist My song pick 6 years ago today: Audioslave - Cochise My song pick 7 years ago today: Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos - Media Vita in Morte Sumus My song pick 8 years ago today: Stahlhammer - Der Zerbrochene Traum My song pick 9 years ago today: Charles Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette My song pick 10 years ago today: Lynyrd Skyny...

From: Can't Deny Me (Single) ; Year: 2018; Genre: Alternative Rock Found out about this new single from Pearl Jam yesterday and thought I'd go ahead and give it a listen. By no means is it my favourite from the band or one that I say "I really like," but it is one that does get better the more you're listening to it and I always love it when new material is released from bands I like. Hear Can't Deny Me on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Helloween - Hocus Pocus My song pick two years ago today: Foreigner - Juke Box Hero My song pick three years ago today: AC/DC - Touch Too Much My song pick four years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Find Out About Love My song pick five years ago today: Hawkwind - Orgone Accumulator My song pick six years ago today: Robert Schumann - Op. 17 - Fantasie in C My song pick seven years ago today: Muse - Supermassive Black Hole My song pick eight years ago today: Eddie Lang - Eddie...

From: Vs. ; Year: 1993; Genre: Alternative Rock/Grunge I felt like some early '90s music today and finally decided on this one. Hear Daughter on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Alice in Chains - Don't Follow My song pick two years ago today: Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright My song pick three years ago today: Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy My song pick four years ago today: "Weird" Al Yankovic - Word Crimes My song pick five years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - Come a Little Bit Closer My song pick six years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli (Quintette du Hot Club de France) featuring Freddy Taylor - I Can't Give You Anything But Love My song pick seven years ago today: Rin' - Fuhen My song pick eight years ago today: Cream - Badge My song pick nine years ago today: Steeleye Span - Seven Hundred Elves My song pick ten years ago today: Billy Joel - Prelude/Angry Young M...

From: Vs. ; Year: 1993; Genre: Alternative Rock/Hard Rock Was in the mood for something from Pearl Jam this morning, no other reason. This is one of their secondary hits from the album, and one I really like; the deep lyrics/subject matter work really well with the music. Hear Dissident on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Steeleye Span - Drink Down the Moon My song pick two years ago today: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Still... You Turn Me On My song pick three years ago today: Melvins - Nude with Boots My song pick four years ago today: The Animals - House of the Rising Sun My song pick five years ago today: Wild Turkey - Sentinel My song pick six years ago today: KISS - She My song pick seven years ago today: Hawkwind - Assault and Battery/The Golden Void My song pick eight years ago today: Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart

From: Lightning Bolt ; Year: 2013; Genre: Alternative Rock I was in the mood for some Pearl Jam this morning; I felt motivated to pick something from their newer material instead of falling back on standards. Anyway, this one's an okay song, but not really among their best in my opinion, but still a good track. Hear Sirens on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Carmen - Daybreak My song pick two years ago today: Rush - Fountain of Lamenth My song pick three years ago today: Megadeth - Bad Omen My song pick four years ago today: Jethro Tull - Beggar's Farm My song pick five years ago today: The Beatles - Something My song pick six years ago today: Jethro Tull - Singing All Day My song pick seven years ago today: Jethro Tull - Heavy Water

From: Ten ; Year: 1991; Genre: Alternative Rock I had some Pearl Jam come on the radio whilst out and about the other day, and they've been on my mind off and on, so I thought I would pick one of their songs. Definitely this is one I remember hearing back in my early teens, but to me it's not that dated and still sounds pretty fresh even though it's 20 years on since Ten was released. Hear Once on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Rush - Lock and Key My song pick two years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Time Flies My song pick three years ago today: David Bowie - Life on Mars? My song pick four years ago today: Lorenzo Barcelata - El Cascabel My song pick five years ago today: Jethro Tull - Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die My song pick six years ago today: The Platters - Twilight Time

From: Vs. ; Year: 1993; Genre: Grunge I'm having somewhat of a busy day today, so I am making another abbreviated song pick. This one hails from Pearl Jam's second album, which was released in 1993, (also today's song pick number). Hear Go on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: The Ventures - Beethoven's Sonata in C#-Minor My song pick two years ago today: Stuart Hamm - Count Zero My song pick three years ago today: Louis Armstrong - La Vie en Rose My song pick four years ago today: The Thermals - No Culture Icons My song pick five years ago today: Jethro Tull - Crossfire

From: Ten ; Year: 1991; Genre: Alternative Rock/Grunge It seems as if I've been listening to a lot of '90s alternative rock lately. The other day I heard this song come on the radio and I was actually thinking about picking it anyway. When this song came out I remember hearing it a lot, and obviously it still gets a lot of radio play. While many of their songs are, I guess, what you could call "downers," Jeremy in my opinion is one of their saddest songs they ever recorded. Since the mid '90s it became and remained somewhat of a controversial track due to the extreme subject matter and it being loosely tied to the school shootings that occurred since. From what I understand, Eddie Vedder penned the lyrics based on two instances; one of which he apparently was fairly close to. The main source for the subject matter of the song was a news story he read about a kid committing suicide in front of his class and the second instance was another kid that he was s...

From: Ten ; Year: 1991; Genre: Alternative Rock/Grunge Yesterday this song happened to come on the radio and it got me into the mood to listen to some more of their music; I figured that I'd go ahead and pick it as well. This has to be one of, if not their most recognizable song(s). At least for me it is; I remember hearing it a lot back when they first hit it big. Pearl Jam is another one of those bands that hit it big right off the bat with their first album, Ten , but they also continued to make hit albums long afterwards as well. Their music seemed to transcend the whole "grunge" movement, and now that I think about it, I have never really categorized them with the whole "grunge" thing. In fact, back then I looked at them more as a good alternative rock band; even today I have trouble thinking about them as a "grunge" band. It doesn't really matter whatever "shelf" you want to put them on, their music is all that matters and it...

1620 Pearl Jam - Light Years From: Binaural , Year: 2000 Genre: Rock/Alternative Rock For a while now I've been going back over the bands that I heard a lot during the late '80's into the '90's. Back then I really liked all of the new styles of music coming out and personally I viewed it as music evolving, which is always a wonderful thing. However, the one problem I had wasn't really with the music or the musicians at all, but rather the 'you're with us or against us' culture that permeated that musical scene. I remember that it seemed like one of the central ideas of the Alternative/Grunge scene was to destroy and sew salt on the ground so to speak of the previous types of music they replaced in the mainstream; I had a real difficult time fitting into that mindset. By no means am I defending the corporate Glam thing that it replaced; I totally agree that it was played out and the time to move on was long overdue. However, for me, whenever I feel li...

I have been wanting to add this song to my list for a while now and today I will. I love how they use a build up in this song to add so much power to it along with the awesome lyrics. Here is the studio version on YouTube. Here is a live performance of the song on YouTube. +

I have had this song running through my mind for the last little bit, I guess that I will make it my choice for the day. This is one of those tracks where everything just comes together in the right proportions to make a killer song. Here is the studio version on YouTube. Here is a live performance on YouTube. +