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

1311 The Darkness - Is It Just Me From: One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back, Year: 2005 I picked a song from The Darkness a bit ago in which I wrote about how nice it would be if the band reunited. Well, about ten days later it actually happened. After finding out about it and their subsequent new album in the works I thought I should pick another one of their songs. Hear Is It Just Me on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground My song pick two years ago today: Devo - Come Back Jonee My song pick three years ago today: Weather Report - A Remark You Made +

1294 The Darkness - Hazel Eyes I noticed that I haven't chosen any songs from The Darkness yet. This song is one of my favourites from the band; it hails from what would become the band's "swan song" album: One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back . I'm hoping eventually that there will be a reunion. Hear Hazel Eyes on YouTube. Watch a live performance on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: The O'Jays - Back Stabbers My song pick two years ago today: Tarja Turunen - Enough My song pick three years ago today: Modest Petrovitch Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain +

1156 British Whale (Justin Hawkins) - This Town Ain't Big Enough For the Both of Us I've heard this song being played quite a bit on The BBC and other British television/media available here in America. It is a cover originally recorded by the Sparks, which can be found here on YouTube . British Whale is a solo project by Justin Hawkins: singer for the band The Darkness. Watch the music video on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Donald MacLeod - Field of Gold My song pick two years ago today: John Lennon (The Plastic Ono Band) - Hold On My song pick three years ago today: John Denver - Looking for Space +