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

From: Their 16 Greatest Hits ; Year: 1971; Genre: Rock/Pop I had a bunch of The Grass Roots' music running through my mind yesterday and I thought I'd pick another one of their songs. This is one I've always liked a bit, so I decided I'd make it today's song choice. Hear The River Is Wide on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Perfect Water My song pick 2 years ago today: Cinderella - Gypsy Road My song pick 3 years ago today: April Wine - Just Between You and Me My song pick 4 years ago today: Sky - Chiropodie No.1 My song pick 5 years ago today: Queen - Headlong My song pick 6 years ago today: The Chakachas - Jungle Fever My song pick 7 years ago today: The Outlaws - The Valley of the Sioux My song pick 8 years ago today: Candlebox - Far Behind My song pick 9 years ago today: Buckethead - Final Wars My song pick 10 years ago today: Megaherz - Heuchler My song pick 11 years ago today: Wilson Pickett - Funky Bro...

From: Where Were You When I Needed You ; Year: 1966; Genre: Rock I've noted hearing The Grass Roots' music being played around me a lot in the past few weeks; thought it might be a sign to pick another one from the band. Hear Where Were You When I Needed You on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Moody Blues - Are You Sitting Comfortably? My song pick 2 years ago today: A-ha - Train of Thought My song pick 3 years ago today: Motörhead - Motorhead My song pick 4 years ago today: Leon Mitchison and the Eastex Freeway Band - Street Scene My song pick 5 years ago today: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) My song pick 6 years ago today: Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing My song pick 7 years ago today: Rush - Leave That Thing Alone My song pick 8 years ago today: Jim Croce - Photographs and Memories My song pick 9 years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Turn To Stone My song pick 10 years ago tod...

From: Golden Grass ; Year: 1968; Genre: Pop/Psychedelic Rock Ever since hearing in a few days ago I've had this song in my mind off and on. I really like the contrasting light, orchestral sounds in the verses and the straight-up rock choruses; very well blended. Hear Bella Linda on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Rage Against the Machine - No Shelter My song pick two years ago today: John Cougar Mellencamp - Rain on the Scarecrow My song pick three years ago today: Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight My song pick four years ago today: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Hollywood Nights My song pick five years ago today: Men at Work - Down Under My song pick six years ago today: Pantera - Walk My song pick seven years ago today: Hawkwind - Chronoglide Skyway My song pick eight years ago today: Yes - Five Per Cent for Nothing My song pick nine years ago today: Megumi Hayashibara - Fly Me to the Moon My song pick ten years ago today: Rah...

From: Golden Grass ; Year: 1968; Genre: Rock Yesterday while I was out and about I had this song come on. I checked to see if I'd already picked it, and surprisingly I hadn't. I've always loved this one; it's among my favourites from the band. The time-tested use of minors in the verses and then shifting into majors in the chorus is one of the main hooks to this track. Hear Lady Pleasure on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Ohio Players - Jive Turkey My song pick two years ago today: "Weird Al" Yankovic - Weasel Stomping Day My song pick three years ago today: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Take a Pebble My song pick four years ago today: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus My song pick five years ago today: Supertramp - Just a Normal Day My song pick six years ago today: Northern Kings - Hello My song pick seven years ago today: Jethro Tull - Fallen On Hard Times My song pick eight years ago today: Mr. Big - Wild World

From: Their 16 Greatest Hits ; Year: 1971; Genre: Pop/Rock For no apparent reason I had a bunch of The Grass Roots' music running through my mind. Of course, as I normally do, I took it as a sign I should pick one of their songs. This is one of their hits that for the longest time I did not realize that it was from the band; it's a more pop oriented and catchy tune. Hear Sooner or Later on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Felix Mendelssohn - Op. 56 - Symphony No. 3 (Scottish) My song pick two years ago today: Deep Purple - Pictures of Home My song pick three years ago today: Heart - If Looks Could Kill My song pick four years ago today: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man My song pick five years ago today: The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun

1032 The Grass Roots - Let's Live For Today Been meaning to pick this one for some time now; I feel as if lately I am getting caught up on picking songs in the queue. Anyway, this is one of The Grass Roots' bigger and earlier hits, although it was actually a cover. The band that originally recorded the song was a British beat group called The Rokes; their version can be found here on YouTube . Oddly enough, the band was living in Italy and the song began its life written in Italian with the title Piangi Con Me , (Cry With Me), (which is here on YouTube) . After the song became a hit in Italy, they translated it to English and adjusted some lyrics. However, the version in English that actually made it big was The Grass Roots'. One of my favourite aspects of this track is how it was mixed and mastered. I often referred to this track as "headphone music," i.e. it sounds the best through a set of headphones. In this one half way through the verse the vocals a...

I heard this band playing this morning on the radio and it just seemed perfect to choose one of their songs. This is one of my favorites that they recorded, I have always loved the bass and keyboards in this song. Here the studio version on YouTube. +

Ever since I bought my first iPod all of the different medium of music that I own have been woefully neglected; they are just not as convenient. Anyway, last night I was looking through my old vinyl records that I have collected over the years and I came across the Grass Roots' Golden Grass album; this radio-friendly track was the main hit on the album. The sound of this song reminds me of the band Chicago to a point, this is mostly due to the horns and the use of certain chords and chord progressions in the song. Oddly enough, the bass guitar is the most prominent instrument in the song even against the horns and the signature guitar. Here is the studio version on YouTube. Here is a live performance on YouTube. +