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

From: Minute by Minute ; Year: 1978; Genre: Soft Rock Had one of those "of course" moments when thinking about an appropriate song to choose today, since I normally pick an apt song for April 1st (April Fools' Day). Although not really one of my favourites from the band, it's an okay one to hear when it comes on the radio. Hear What a Fool Believes on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Roxy Music - Sentimental Fool My song pick two years ago today: Azteca - A New Day on the Rise My song pick three years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Evil Woman My song pick four years ago today: The Main Ingredient - Everybody Plays the Fool My song pick five years ago today: Bee Gees - I Started a Joke My song pick six years ago today: Nocturnal Rites - Fools Never Die My song pick seven years ago today: Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - Can You Handle It? My song pick eight years ago today: Led Zeppelin - Fool in the Rain ...

From: What Were Once Vices are Now Habits ; Year: 1974; Genre: Rock/Country For some unknown reason I have had The Doobie Brothers' Black Water running through my mind; and since I have not picked one from them in a while I thought I'd go ahead and picking. The overall slow, lazy, laid back feeling of this track and all of the influences make for a song that has a certain wide appeal. Hear Black Water on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: The Moontrekkers - Dance Legless, Russian My song pick two years ago today: Larry Graham and Graham Central Station - Groove On My song pick three years ago today: Primus - Tommy the Cat My song pick four years ago today: Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer My song pick five years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - Dragonfly My song pick six years ago today: Queen - Good Company My song pick seven years ago today: Wolfsheim - Über's Jahr My song pick eight years ago today: Alice in Chains - Man In The Box My son...

1676 The Doobie Brothers - Listen to the Music From: Toulouse Street , Year: 1972 Genre: Rock Yesterday I learned that Doobie Brothers drummer Michael Hossack passed away; apparently he'd been battling cancer for a couple of years now. I thought I would go ahead and pick one of the band's more popular songs to feature him. I used to like this song quite a bit, but a few years ago after hearing what seemed like almost every band playing in area venues covering it I kind of lost interest in the song. It was odd; they would play all original material and then somewhere in the middle of their set would play their cover version of this song. Anyway, long story short, it is an excellent song and I have now finally gotten to where I like it again. Hear the studio version on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Queen - Bijou My song pick two years ago today: Asia - Heat of the Moment My song pick three years ago today: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Aeroplane My song pick four years ago ...

1659 The Doobie Brothers - It Keeps You Runnin' From: Takin' it to the Streets , Year: 1976 Genre: Rock I've been wanting to pick this song for a long time now, but every time I was intending on picking it there wasn't a YouTube video available. The other day I happened to check once again and low and behold someone had put it up on YouTube. Takin' it to the Streets was a .5¢ 8-Track cassette that I bought in a box full of tapes. This song in particular was a surprise for me when it came on the first time. The synth opening immediately will give you the feeling that you're playing an old school 8-bit video game; it sounds very similar to the music one would hear playing in the background. It doesn't take long for the rest of the band to kick in, however, the funky groove of the electronic music remains as the song's backbone all of the way through. Hear It Keeps You Runnin' on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Steeleye Span - The Mooncoin Jig ...

I caught this song on the radio this morning while on the road and decided that I should add it to the list. I cannot believe that I am over 600 songs chosen and have not chosen a Doobies' song yet. Here is a studio recording on YouTube. Here is a live performance on YouTube. +