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

From: The Body, The Blood, The Machine ; Year: 2006; Genre: Indie Rock Not too difficult to believe that this is the last song from this rather prophetic concept album I had left to choose from. In my opinion it is one of their best by far and my personal favourite from the band.     Hear Returning to the Fold on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: The Doors - Twentieth Century Fox     My song pick 2 years ago today: 1984 - There's a Wrinkle In Our Time   My song pick 3 years ago today: Bay City Rollers - Yesterday's Hero   My song pick 4 years ago today: Supertramp - Breakfast in America   My song pick 5 years ago today: Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe   My song pick 6 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Eyes On Fire My song pick 7 years ago today: The Beach Boys - All Summer Long My song pick 8 years ago today: Bernard Wright - Who Do You Love My song pick 9 years ago today: Alice in Chains - Check ...

From: The Body, The Blood, The Machine ; Year: 2006; Genre: Indie Rock Lately I have been listening to this album a lot. Noticing just how great the entire record actually is; I mean, I really have always liked it since hearing I Hold the Sound as part of the soundtrack to an NHL video game about 18 some years ago. I like their other albums as well, but this one was the best, to me at least.   Hear A Pillar of Salt on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Bachman & Turner - Rollin' Along   My song pick 2 years ago today: Yes - And You and I   My song pick 3 years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli (Quintette du Hot Club de France) - Blue Drag   My song pick 4 years ago today: Warren Zevon - Nighttime in the Switching Yard   My song pick 5 years ago today: April Wine - Silver Dollar   My song pick 6 years ago today: Smokehouse - Polar Funk My song pick 7 years ago today: Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fal...

From: The Body, the Blood, the Machine ; Year: 2006; Genre: Indie Rock For an indie band with punk sensibilities it's kind of interesting that they'd make a full-on concept album, but they did an amazing job painting and perhaps pre-shadowing happenings years after the record's release. It is still my personal favourite from the band, which contained the song that introduced me to their music: I Hold The Sound . I have to say though, the high emotion and the frantic quality of the punk-inspired delivery vocally really help sell the urgency of the tale.   Hear St. Rosa and the Swallows on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Hollies - Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress   My song pick 2 years ago today: Dio - Rainbow in the Dark   My song pick 3 years ago today: War - You Got the Power   My song pick 4 years ago today: Nocturnal Rites - New World Messiah   My song pick 5 years ago today: Duran Duran - The Universe Alone   My song...

From: The Body, The Blood, The Machine ; Year: 2006; Genre: Indie Rock I've kept coming back to the somewhat prophetic concept album as of late; this is one of the darker tracks amongst a lot of darkness on it. However, I've always found The Thermals' music quite odd in that if you don't really focus too much on the lyrics they come off as just some really good upbeat songs. Very interesting is that I was first introduced to them and this album through the soundtrack of an NHL 2K video game over 15 years ago and have liked the band since having it play whilst engaged in a hockey fight.   Hear An Ear For Baby on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Hawkwind - Jack of Shadows   My song pick 2 years ago today: George Clinton - Maximumisness   My song pick 3 years ago today: Bruce Hornsby & The Range - Look Out Any Window   My song pick 4 years ago today: Marillion - This Strange Engine   My song pick 5 years ago today: 10cc - Good Mor...

From: The Body, The Blood, The Machine ; Year: 2006; Genre: Indie Rock This was the album that originally got me into the band, which is kind of odd being that it's a concept album from an indie rock act with some punk sensibilities, but it absolutely works. I Might Need You To Kill is the second song in the story and starts to build the narrative pretty well. Even listening to the songs by themselves they more or less stand on their own, especially with the raw, lo-fi sound of the music.   Hear I Might Need You To Kill on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: IQ - Passing Strangers   My song pick 2 years ago today: Melissa Manchester - Don't Cry Out Loud   My song pick 3 years ago today: Lighthouse - Magic's in the Dancing My song pick 4 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Down to the Line My song pick 5 years ago today: The Guess Who - Bus Rider My song pick 6 years ago today: Of Monsters and Men - Crystals My song pick 7 ...

From: The Body, The Blood, The Machine ; Year: 2006; Genre: Indie Rock This album has been on my mind for the last few days, so I thought I'd revisit it. This song comes from towards the end of the concept album and has a post-apocalyptic feel to it.   Hear Back to the Sea on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Little Richard - Long Tall Sally   My song pick 2 years ago today: Bruce Hornsby and the Range - Across the River My song pick 3 years ago today: Autograph - Turn Up the Radio My song pick 4 years ago today: Steeleye Span - Two Magicians My song pick 5 years ago today: Genesis - Silent Sun My song pick 6 years ago today: The Winery Dogs - Elevate My song pick 7 years ago today: Molly Hatchet - Bloody Reunion My song pick 8 years ago today: Alice In Chains - Down in a Hole My song pick 9 years ago today: Tower of Power - What is Hip? My song pick 10 years ago today: Hawkwind - Sentinel My song pick 11 years ago today:...

From: The Body The Blood The Machine ; Year: 2006; Genre: Indie Rock Here's Your Future is the opening track on this record, which is my favourite from the band. Hear Here's Your Future on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Soul Asylum - Black Gold My song pick 2 years ago today: .38 Special - Long Time Gone My song pick 3 years ago today: Woody Guthrie - Tom Joad (Parts 1+2) My song pick 4 years ago today: Stone Temple Pilots - Big Bang Baby My song pick 5 years ago today: Maktub - Motherfucker My song pick 6 years ago today: Saga - It's Time (Chapter Three) My song pick 7 years ago today: Rush - Red Sector A My song pick 8 years ago today: Muse - Exogenesis: Symphony Parts 1,2, and 3 My song pick 9 years ago today: Hawkwind - Spirit of the Age My song pick 10 years ago today: Stuart Hamm - Flow My Tears My song pick 11 years ago today: Nightwish - I Wish I Had An Angel My song pick 12 years ago today: Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and ...

From: The Body, The Blood, The Machine ; Year: 2006; Genre: Indie Rock I had an incline to listen to The Thermals again; specifically this album, which is my favourite of their catalogue. Hear Power Doesn't Run on Nothing on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Sandy Denny - Solo My song pick 2 years ago today: Blondie - Call Me My song pick 3 years ago today: Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting My song pick 4 years ago today: Alice in Chains - No Excuses My song pick 5 years ago today: Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World My song pick 6 years ago today: Chet Atkins - Battle Hymn of the Republic My song pick 7 years ago today: Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm My song pick 8 years ago today: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Life by the Drop My song pick 9 years ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) - Down on the Corner My song pick 10 years ago today: Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes To Midnight My song pick 11 years ago today: Savatage - Belie...

From: The Body, the Blood, the Machine ; Year: 2006; Genre: Indie Rock Heard this song come on my phone in the car yesterday while waiting. I've only picked three of their songs thus far, so I'm picking the track that played. They've always been a group I liked and still do, but sadly, I discovered that the band has officially broke up just a few days ago. At least I have a lot of their music to listen to still. Hear Test Pattern on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie My song pick two years ago today: The Beatles - For You Blue My song pick three years ago today: Boston - I Had a Good Time My song pick four years ago today: Sky - FIFO (suite) My song pick five years ago today: Faith No More - Easy My song pick six years ago today: Pallas - Rise and Fall, Part 1 My song pick seven years ago today: Counting Crows - Mr. Jones My song pick eight years ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin Out My Back ...

From: More Parts Per Million ; Year: 2003; Genre: Indie Rock Wasn't much in the mood for music at the moment, but went ahead anyway and delved deep into my collection for something I might want to listen to. I hadn't listened to The Thermals for a while now, don't know why, but it was time to dust down the More Parts Per Million album I thought, which is one of my favourites from the band. There's a lot of interesting angsty energy throughout this straight-up and raw sounding track. Hear I Know the Pattern on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Grace Slick - El Diablo My song pick two years ago today: Marcus Miller - Juice My song pick three years ago today: Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning My song pick four years ago today: Ludwig van Beethoven - Op. 67 - Symphony No.5 in C My song pick five years ago today: Al Di Meola - Bianca's Midnight Lullaby My song pick six years ago today: Ray Stevens - Mr. Businessman My song pick seven years...

After first being introduced to their music via their song: I Hold The Sound , which can be found here on YouTube ; I later came across this song while looking up some of their other material. The only description that I can think really fits of would possibly be "Indie-Punk," if that make any sense. What got my attention the most is how well Hutch Harris' vocals contrast with the music. One of the more endearing aspects of this whole album that make it stand out is the low fidelity, which gives it a great deal of character. Here is a music video on YouTube. Here is a live performance on YouTube. +

For day 10, I am choosing I Hold the Sound by The Thermals. I came to find out about this band from playing the video game NHL2K7 , which is about the only sports game that I do not mute the music; this is one of the songs on the soundtrack. I noticed it playing in the background, mostly during the hockey fights and I immediately liked the song. If you haven't heard the song before, imagine vocals somewhat similar to Buddy Holly with and Indie/Punk Rock feel. They are definitely not for everyone, but worth a listen. Here is a video with the studio version on YouTube. Here is a live performance on YouTube. +