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

From: Yesterday and Today ; Year: 1966; Genre: Pop/Rock Just had this one literally pop into my mind as I was making my coffee and took it as a gift from somewhere, so it is today's pick. And an excellent one from the legendary songwriting duo.   Hear We Can Work It Out on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Band - The Weight   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Four Tops - Reflections   My song pick 3 years ago today: Rare Earth - Hum Along and Dance   My song pick 4 years ago today: Rammstein - Radio   My song pick 5 years ago today: Matthews' Southern Comfort - Tell Me Why My song pick 6 years ago today: Sam & Dave - Hold On, I'm Coming My song pick 7 years ago today: Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman My song pick 8 years ago today: Meat Loaf - Life is a Lemon (and I Want My Money Back) My song pick 9 years ago today: Martin Barre - I Raise My Glass To You My song pick 10 years ago today: ABBA - Knowing Me, Knowin...

From: Revolver ; Year: 1966; Genre: Rock/Pop Just feels like a good day to choose a song from the pen of John Lennon and Paul McCartney; this one seemed to fit very well. This one is quite intricate in construction and moves along very well, I just wish it was a smidge longer that its just over 2:00 total.    Hear And Your Bird Can Sing on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: King Crimson - Industry   My song pick 2 years ago today: Parliament - (Gloryhallastoopid) Pin The Tail On The Funky My song pick 3 years ago today: Marillion - That Time of the Night (The Short Straw) My song pick 4 years ago today: The J. Geils Band - Love Stinks My song pick 5 years ago today: Savatage - Of Rage and War My song pick 6 years ago today: Frank Black - Headache My song pick 7 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Two Fingers My song pick 8 years ago today: Paul Simon - Hobo's Blues My song pick 9 years ago today: Megadeth - Sweating Bullets My...

From: The Beatles (The White Album) ; Year: 1968; Genre: Rock/Pop Just a song incessantly running through my mind today; not one of my favourites from the band, but it's got a lot of charm. Hear The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Elvis Presley - You'll Never Walk Alone My song pick 2 years ago today: Carmen - Flamenco Fever My song pick 3 years ago today: Ian Anderson - A Change of Horses My song pick 4 years ago today: Wilson Pickett - Hey Joe My song pick 5 years ago today: The Cosmic Sound Orchestra - Listen to the Beat My song pick 6 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Overhang My song pick 7 years ago today: Hawkwind - Uncle Sam's on Mars My song pick 8 years ago today: Al Di Meola - Suite – Golden Dawn My song pick 9 years ago today: Béla Fleck & the Flecktones - Sex in a Pan My song pick 10 years ago today: David Bowie - Space Oddity My song pick 11 years ago today: The Guess Who - No Sugar...

From: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ; Year: 1967; Genre: Progressive Rock/Psychedelic Rock I don't believe I've picked a Beatles song in a bit, so I believe I will since they're on my mind. Almost everybody who is or has been into rock/pop in the last 45+ years knows The Beatles' A Day in the Life . It's one of their best and interestingly arranged songs, that's for sure. Hear A Day in the Life on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Paris - Blue Robin My song pick two years ago today: Dick Dale - Third Stone From the Sun My song pick three years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - The Revenge of Vera Gemini My song pick four years ago today: Queen - Ride the Wild Wind My song pick five years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Enter Maurice My song pick six years ago today: Mastodon - Capillarian Crest My song pick seven years ago today: Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie My song pick eight years ago today: Rammstein - Frühling i...

From: Magical Mystery Tour ; Year: 1967; Genre: Pop/Rock Finally got my internet working (somewhat), so at least that's handled now, anyway, most of this morning I had this rather popular track from The Beatles earworming me, so as normal, I decided to pick it. Mostly it was their intro from the French National Anthem La Marseillaise that was stuck in my mind, but the rest of the song came along for the ride. Hear All You Need is Love on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: The Offspring - Gotta Get Away My song pick two years ago today: Band of Horses - Knock, Knock My song pick three years ago today: Three Dog Night - Heaven is in Your Mind My song pick four years ago today: Queensrÿche - One & Only My song pick five years ago today: The Spiders - Back   My song pick six years ago today: Nena - Mach Die Augen Auf   My song pick seven years ago today: The Offspring - Feelings

From: Anthology 1 ; Year: 1995; Genre: Pop/Rock For those unaware, I am in the midst of picking songs whose release date coincides with my song pick number; of course today's pick number is 1995. This was amongst and probably the most notable among two of John Lennon's unreleased recordings that were reworked by the remaining members of the band and released on their Anthology discs. Ever since their release I had mixed feelings about these songs; while they were okay tracks, to me it stunk a bit of weaseling another miserable buck out of rabid fans who would probably pay top-dollar for recordings of something like Lennon burping into a microphone. At the time this was only exacerbated in my mind by them releasing the other track separately on Anthology 2 , so, to get the other song you had to buy another complete album. However, since those effected, with the obvious exception of John Lennon, had no problem with it in the end I guess it really doesn't matter tha...

1264 Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy I must have heard this song at some point recently because it's been stuck in my mind for most the morning, but on the other hand sometimes songs just spontaneously dislodge themselves from inside as well. Anyway, I've found myself becoming more of a fan of the music from the pens of the other two Beatles: George and Ringo, especially George Harrison. Many forget that Ringo Starr has a lot of studio material from the post-Beatles era; this is one of his bigger solo hits, which was co-written with George Harrison. Hear It Don't Come Easy on YouTube. Watch a music video with the song on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Molly Hatchet - Fall of the Peacemakers My song pick two years ago today: Don Mclean - American Pie My song pick three years ago today: Jethro Tull - Later, That Same Evening +