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

From: Bangin' ; Year: 1987; Genre: Rock/Pop Thought I would check out The Outfield's second album, since I've yet to play it. I actually recognized some of the tunes on it; mostly ones that were hit singles, with this song being the lead and biggest hit from it. Anyway, Since You've Been Gone has a lot of hooks like most of their popular material and has some great sound and musicianship throughout.   Hear Since You've Been Gone on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Freeways   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)   My song pick 3 years ago today: Yes - Lightning Strikes My song pick 4 years ago today: Queensrÿche - For What It's Worth My song pick 5 years ago today: Marillion - The New Kings My song pick 6 years ago today: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - K.619 - Die ihr des Unermeßlichen Weltalls My song pick 7 years ago today: Billy Joel - She's Got ...

From: Play Deep ; Year: 1985; Genre: Rock After a couple of their songs come on my playlist yesterday. Say It Isn't So is one of the lesser-known singles from their debut album, but has the band's brand of power-pop/rock all over it. Hear Say It Isn't So on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Quarterflash - Take Me To Heart My song pick two years ago today: Carly Simon - You’re so Vain My song pick three years ago today: Clifford Nyren - Keep Running Away My song pick four years ago today: Mastodon - Blood and Thunder My song pick five years ago today: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - K.331 - Piano Sonata No. 11 My song pick six years ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - Little Martha My song pick seven years ago today: Steve Vai - #?@! Yourself My song pick eight years ago today: The Who - I'm Free My song pick nine years ago today: The Yardbirds - Heart Full of Soul

From: Play Deep ; Year: 1985; Genre: Rock/Pop While working yesterday I happened to hear this song come on the radio; realizing that it was yet another one from a band that I hadn't picked yet I knew I had to. Now that I think about it I should really do a theme week with artists I have not picked from yet; just have to make sure and keep my streak of Funky Fridays going too. Anyway, I'm getting off track... back to the song I'm choosing today. It's one of those songs that is very much associated with the 1980s, but also has a lot of continued play and popularity since. I've always liked Your Love ; it's a nice mellow track with excellent music. Although, one thing that I can never shake when hearing it is that it's very, very similar to Rick Springfield's Jessie's Girl in the arrangement and a lot of the music, especially in the bridge section; I don't know, it may be me, but it sounds extremely similar. Hear Your Love on YouTube. My...