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

From: Damn Yankees ; Year: 1990; Genre: Hard Rock This is yet another among many songs that just happened to pop into my mind that I decided to choose for today's pick. Runaway is one of the songs from this "supergroup" that has that, I suppose you could call it, "arena rock" feel with its big sound and guitar solos throughout.   Hear Runaway on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Camel - Lies   My song pick 2 years ago today: Hawkwind - 65 Million Years Ago   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Police - Don't Stand Too Close To Me My song pick 4 years ago today: Mastodon - The Wolf is Loose My song pick 5 years ago today: Steely Dan - Don't Take Me Alive My song pick 6 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Black Mamba My song pick 7 years ago today: Michael Martin Murphey - Medicine Man My song pick 8 years ago today: The Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun My song pick 9 years ago today: Marillion - Script for a Jester's Te...

From: Ted Nugent ; Year: 1975; Genre: Hard Rock Off and on over the last couple of days I've had this one running through my mind; as always I figured I'd pick it. Like him or not you cannot deny that Ted Nugent is one heck of a musician and he definitely put his mark on popular music with that great guitar playing. I love that hard, grinding groove that lays down the foundation for the rest; a classic for sure. Hear Stranglehold on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Muse - Revolt My song pick two years ago today: Vixen - Edge of a Broken Heart My song pick three years ago today: Rush - Mystic Rhythms My song pick four years ago today: The Moody Blues - Dr. Livingstone, I Presume My song pick five years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli (Quintette du Hot Club de France) - Chasing Shadows My song pick six years ago today: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five My song pick seven years ago today: Rammstein - Ich Tu Dir Weh My so...

This was another song that was playing on my iPod while on the road recently that I was considering for a pick. A really good straight-ahead rocker for my Sunday. Here is the music video on YouTube. +

I was thinking about this song yesterday and figured that I should add it to the list. When I first heard this song a long time ago I thought that it was The Moody Blues that did it; it sounded a lot like their earlier material. However, I discovered that it was Ted Nugent's band The Amboy Dukes that did this mind-expanding-drug-innuendo-laced song. The bass line is excellent in this one as well as Ted's guitar work. Hear Journey to the Center of the Mind on YouTube. Here is a television performance on YouTube. +