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

From: The Loreli ; Year: 1989; Genre: Progressive Rock Been a busy last couple of days, but at least I've been still able to enjoy some music. This is one of the two 10+ minute songs from Quasar's The Loreli album.    Hear Logic? on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Lenny Kravitz - Circus   My song pick 2 years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Starlight   My song pick 3 years ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) - Ooby Dooby My song pick 4 years ago today: Fats Domino - I'm Walkin' My song pick 5 years ago today: Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes My song pick 6 years ago today: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Against the Wind My song pick 7 years ago today: AC/DC - T.N.T. My song pick 8 years ago today: "Weird Al" Yankovic - Your Horoscope for Today My song pick 9 years ago today: Sly and the Family Stone - Stand! My song pick 10 years ago today: Sethian - Purity in Sorrow My song pic...

From: Fire in the Sky ; Year: 1982; Genre: Progressive Rock Thought I'd revisit Quasar again, their first album in particular; albeit what I could find of their music online with how obscure the band is I guess. Anyway, this is the title track to their debut album, which is a nice piece to listen to. Hear a version of Fire in the Sky on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Curved Air - Elfin Boy My song pick 2 years ago today: Gloryhammer - Goblin King of the Darkstorm Galaxy My song pick 3 years ago today: Russkaja - Energia! My song pick 4 years ago today: Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come My song pick 5 years ago today: Pearl Jam - Sirens My song pick 6 years ago today: Carmen - Daybreak My song pick 7 years ago today: Rush - Fountain of Lamenth My song pick 8 years ago today: Megadeth - Bad Omen My song pick 9 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Beggar's Farm My song pick 10 years ago today: The Beatles - Something My song pick 11 ye...

From: The Loreli ; Year: 1989; Genre: Progressive Rock Back home and resting up; needing to choose one in my tired state, I'm picking one from my old queue today. This is one that I've been meaning to pick for some time now, the title track to 1980s progressive rock band Quasar's 1989 studio album; a pretty track. Watch a live performance of The Loreli on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Def Leppard - Rock On My song pick two years ago today: The Cosmic Sound Orchestra - Fly Some Funk Up to the Moon My song pick three years ago today: Laura Branigan - Self Control My song pick four years ago today: Yes - Starship Trooper My song pick five years ago today: Buffalo Springfield - Mr. Soul My song pick six years ago today: Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode My song pick seven years ago today: J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers - Last Kiss My song pick eight years ago today: Queensrÿche - Anybody Listening?

From: The Loreli ; Year: 1989; Genre: Progressive Rock I set out to post another song today, but it just didn't fit my mood.... I've been actually in the mood for some '80's electronic progressive rock for most of the day, which left me with actually quite a few bands to choose from. While I like Quasar, their album The Loreli just has never really "clicked" with me, not that it's a bad album or anything like that. Truthfully, I believe it has to do with Tracy Hitchings' vocals, again nothing really bad about them, it's just not my cup of tea so to speak. That being said, I have been taking advantage of this mood that I'm in to give it a good listen and thought I would pick one from the disc as well. Hear As You Fall Asleep on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: The Jimmy Castor Bunch - Troglodyte (Cave Man) My song pick two years ago today: Stahlhammer - Eisbär My song pick three years ago today: The Lovin' Spoonf...

From: Fire in the Sky ; Year: 1981; Genre: Progressive Rock After the extended weekend and all, getting another workweek started is proving itself to be more than a bit of a chore. I really didn't have a song in mind for today, however for some reason I felt like listening to something from the second wave of prog bands, (or what is referred to by some as " neo-progressive rock "); of course Quasar in one of my favourites of that ilk. While I love most of the music on this album, this epic 13 minute track is one that I particularly like. When I listen to this track I always get a feel of nostalgia; this is really the sound I grew up hearing a lot over the years. I suppose you could say the sound is a bit dated, but it's still quite excellent nevertheless. Hear Mission 14 on YouTube. Here is a live performance from last year on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Derek and the Dominoes - Key to the Highway My song pick two years ago today: David ...

1641-2 Quasar - Fanfare/Seeing Stars From: Fire in the Sky , Year: 1981 Genre: Progressive Rock It still amazes me how every now and then I remember bands that I like and should've picked a song from at some time in the last four years of doing this blog. Maybe I should try to do a theme week covering bands that I like and haven't picked yet. Anyway, for those who haven't heard of the band, they are what some refer to as part of 'the second wave' of Progressive Rock bands, or 'Neo-Progressive Rock,' which are essentially Progressive Rock bands that got their start right around 1980. One of the main aspects that bands of this ilk, including Quasar, incorporated were the new ideas and sounds that were coming out of genres such as New Wave. To me, on this song in particular they sound a lot like a mix between the sounds of Styx and Electric Light Orchestra with maybe some 'Bowie thrown in for good measure. Fanfare , which is the intro/overture of the albu...