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

From: Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds ; Year: 1978; Genre: Progressive Rock/Space Rock Had this album on my mind last night once again; thought I'd go with another one, or in this case two from this epic retelling of the H.G. Wells classic set to music. The Red Weed  is split into two parts and actually "sandwiches" another track: The Spirit of Man . The second part is especially cool in that you get to hear the late-great Phil Lynott as the character Parsons Nathaniel, which is pure awesomeness! The music and the dialogue work absolutely perfect together to keep the listener engaged.   Hear The Red Weed (Part 1)  on YouTube.   Hear The Red Weed (Part 2) on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Explorers Club - Impact 4 – Time Enough     My song pick 2 years ago today: Marcus Miller - Keep 'Em Running   My song pick 3 years ago today: Iain Matthews - Darkness, Darkness   My song pick 4 years ago tod...

From: Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds ; Year: 1978; Genre: Progressive Rock/Hard Rock/Space Rock Discovered this rock opera double album the other day; it piqued my interest would be an understatement. Hard progressive rock AND H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds ? Heck yeah! I remember reading this one back in grade school, I was fascinated by H.G. Wells' vision of both the Martians and their Tripods. The ship in the novel and this song's namesake, Thunder Child I have come to like even more after Star Trek bestowed that name on one of the Akira class ships that you saw fighting The Dominion and The Borg, so yeah, it is awesome. Anyway, this track comes at the end of side 2 and is a mix of narration and vocals by Chris Thompson of Manfred Mann fame with some great, fast-paced music.   Hear Thunder Child on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Cameo - Funk Funk   My song pick 2 years ago today: Genesis - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight...