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

From: Hotel California ; Year: 1976; Genre: Country Rock/Soft Rock I used to listen to this band a lot back in the day, I do not really know why I haven't really felt the compulsion to put their music on, just not been in the mood for it I guess or I just got tired of it, who knows? Anyway, New Kid in Town used to be one of those "guilty pleasures" for myself that I'd enjoy kicking back and relaxing to with headphones on. I really believe that at this point The Eagles were at their peak creatively and it shows; sure, there are excellent classic track recorded prior and after, but the songs written around Hotel California in my opinion were some of the best they ever recorded.   Hear New Kid in Town on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)   My song pick 2 years ago today: Positive Force - We Got The Funk   My song pick 3 years ago today: Everclear - Santa Monica   My song pick 4 ye...

From: The Long Run ; Year: 1979; Genre: Rock Here's another one that I had not heard in quite some time that just popped into my mind for no reason whatsoever. From what I understand it was one of those many songs at the time that was written in the backlash of the disco movement; the band apparently did not like the genre. Despite this they use a pretty good disco-inspired beat and bass as a foundation to the song.   Hear The Disco Strangler on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Ian Anderson - Meliora Sequamur   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Delgados - Strathcona Slung   My song pick 3 years ago today: Genesis - Misunderstanding My song pick 4 years ago today: Pallas - The Blinding Darkness of Science My song pick 5 years ago today: Aerosmith - Remember (Walking in the Sand) My song pick 6 years ago today: AC/DC - Money Talks My song pick 7 years ago today: The Doors - People are Strange My song pick 8 years ago today: Django...

From: Desperado ; Year: 1973; Genre: Soft Rock/Country No other reason for picking this pretty song other than I like it and it's on my mind this morning. Hear Desperado on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Megadeth - Poisonous Shadows My song pick two years ago today: Miles Davis - Aïda My song pick three years ago today: James Blunt - So Long, Jimmy My song pick four years ago today: Alestorm - Death Throes of the Terrorsquid My song pick five years ago today: Of Monsters and Men - Mountain Sound My song pick six years ago today: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast My song pick seven years ago today: Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - The Jam My song pick eight years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli (Quintette du Hot Club de France) - La Mer (Beyond The Sea) My song pick nine years ago today: Harold Faltermeyer & Steve Stevens - Top Gun Anthem My song pick ten years ago today: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov...

From: Please Come Home for Christmas (single) ; Year: 1978; Genre: Rock/Funk Happy New Year!!! Here's my first pick of 2018: This is a nice little funky b-side to The Eagles' popular Christmas single Please Come Home for Christmas . It's pretty good music for a party atmosphere, which I believe was of course intentional. Hear Funky New Year on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Steely Dan - Midnight Cruiser My song pick two years ago today: James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing/Release the Pressure My song pick three years ago today: Primus with the Fungi Ensemble - Pure Imagination My song pick four years ago today: The Moody Blues - The Day Begins/Morning Glory My song pick five years ago today: Rush - Here Again My song pick six years ago today: Jethro Tull - Last Man at the Party My song pick seven years ago today: Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne My song pick eight years ago today: ABBA - Happy New Year My song pick nine years ago ...

From: On The Border ; Year: 1974; Genre: Rock Been a stressful weekend thus far and God knows I need some calming music to settle myself down. Anyway, I just happened to notice that I had not picked one from The Eagles for a while now, so I'm picking one of my favourites from the band; I've always liked this one. Hear Already Gone on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Cameo - Back and Forth My song pick two years ago today: Michael Kiwanuka - Tell Me a Tale My song pick three years ago today: The Rolling Stones - Monkey Man My song pick four years ago today: Boston - Peace of Mind My song pick five years ago today: Weezer - Buddy Holly My song pick six years ago today: Rammstein - Ich Will My song pick seven years ago today: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Mad Hatter My song pick eight years ago today: Ludwig van Beethoven - Op. 27, No.2 - Moonlight Sonata

From: The Allnighter ; Year: 1984; Genre: Rock/Blues Rock I learned yesterday of Eagles' guitarists Glenn Frey's passing ; as I've been doing too much lately I thought I should pick one of his songs. This is one of his bigger hits from his solo work away from The Eagles and was used as not only part of the Miami Vice soundtrack, but also inspired an episode based on it with the same title. Also Mr. Frey made an appearance in that episode apparently. Hear Smuggler's Blues on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Weather Report - Predator My song pick two years ago today: Joni Mitchell - Hejira My song pick three years ago today: Dream Theater - Under a Glass Moon My song pick four years ago today: Pearl Jam - Light Years My song pick five years ago today: Band of Horses - Factory My song pick six years ago today: Rush - Freewill My song pick seven years ago today: R.E.M. - Stand My song pick eight years ago today: Queen - Killer Queen

935 ( Joe Walsh (The Eagles) - In The City ) For a while now I have been meaning to add this track to my list. This one was originally released as part of " The Warriors " soundtrack; it was later recorded as an Eagles' song featured on their album " The Long Run ." Here is the studio version on YouTube. Here is a live performance from '83 on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Pearls Before Swine - (Oh Dear) Miss Morse My song pick two years ago today: Lou Reed - Walk on the Wildside +

810 ( The Eagles - Outlaw Man ) I have been intending to choose this classic Eagles song for about a month now, I'm finally getting around to it today. This is more of a rocker than much of their other material at the time and there are so many excellent hooks in this song, especially in the chorus. Quite a nice song to start off a busy Monday and week. Here is the studio version on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: #438 Def Leppard - Lets Get Rocked My song pick two years ago today: #70 Alabama - Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) +

This one is probably one of the greatest attitude songs of all time and one of my favourites from the Eagles. Here is the studio version on YouTube. +