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

From: Neruda ; Year: 1983; Genre: Rock Had Red Rider's music on the brain today, thought I would pick one of their songs today. I really like that early 1980s heavy rock sound on this track.   Hear Power (Strength in Numbers) on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Billy Squier - The Stroke     My song pick 2 years ago today: Marcus Miller - Be My Love   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)   My song pick 4 years ago today: Toad The Wet Sprocket - Something's Always Wrong   My song pick 5 years ago today: Uriah Heep - Love or Nothing   My song pick 6 years ago today: Waylander - Twin Fires of Beltíne   My song pick 7 years ago today: Rush - Tai Shan My song pick 8 years ago today: Jaco Pastorius - Vampira My song pick 9 years ago today: Talking Heads - Psycho Killer My song pick 10 years ago today: Asia - Open Your Eyes My song pick 11 years a...

From: As Far as Siam ; Year: 1981; Genre: Hard Rock Had Red Rider on my mind today and thought I would add another one of their songs to my blog. Their brand of harder rock just feels rather good to me most of the time, especially the use of instruments you don't normally hear in the genre.   Hear Cowboys in Hong Kong (As Far as Siam) on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Lawrence Gowan - One Brief Shining Moment   My song pick 2 years ago today: Foreigner - Tramontane   My song pick 3 years ago today: Rush - Neurotica   My song pick 4 years ago today: Harlequin - Thinking of You   My song pick 5 years ago today: Band of Horses - Part One My song pick 6 years ago today: Maddy Prior - Deep in the Darkest Night My song pick 7 years ago today: April Wine - I Like to Rock My song pick 8 years ago today: The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown My song pick 9 years ago today: Luther - Funky Music (Is a Part of Me) My song pic...

From: Victory Day ; Year: 1988; Genre: Rock This is a track that I've been meaning to pick for quite a long while now and am finally getting around to it. Big League is a song that is anthemic, but is also quite heartbreaking with the subject matter and semi-biographical nature of the piece, which has also been used to mark tragedies since it's release.   Hear Big League on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: XTC - King For A Day   My song pick 2 years ago today: Wolfmother - White Unicorn   My song pick 3 years ago today: Billy Joel - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) My song pick 4 years ago today: Wild Turkey - A Universal Man My song pick 5 years ago today: War - The World is a Ghetto My song pick 6 years ago today: Megadeth - The Scorpion My song pick 7 years ago today: Midnight Oil - Power and the Passion My song pick 8 years ago today: David Bowie - Magic Dance My song pick 9 years ago today: ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag My song pick 10...

From: As Far As Siam ; Year: 1981; Genre: Rock Started listening to this record from the Canadian band Red Rider again yesterday and thought I would choose another song from it. This track, which closes out the album, has a lot of the hallmarks of the early '80s sound heard in rock music and is a good one to sit back and listen to.   Hear Laughing Man on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Heart - Straight On   My song pick 2 years ago today: Zones - Mourning Star   My song pick 3 years ago today: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Lenny My song pick 4 years ago today: The Alan Parsons Project - (The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether My song pick 5 years ago today: Golden Earring - Twilight Zone My song pick 6 years ago today: Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie - Broadway My song pick 7 years ago today: Muse - Invincible My song pick 8 years ago today: America - Ventura Highway My song pick 9 years ago today: Nick Gilder ...

From: Neruda ; Year: 1983; Genre: Rock Listening to Red Rider last night and I thought I'd pick one of their songs. This was one of the singles off of their third album: Neruda ; it very much has that early '80s rock feel to it. Hear Human Race on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Lighthouse - One Fine Morning My song pick two years ago today: Gerry Rafferty - The Ark My song pick three years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - After Dark My song pick four years ago today: Triumph - Allied Forces My song pick five years ago today: Asia - The Heat Goes On My song pick six years ago today: Dream Theater - In the Presence of Enemies Parts I and II My song pick seven years ago today: Hiroko Moriguchi - Samurai Heart My song pick eight years ago today: England Dan & John Ford Coley - Simone My song pick nine years ago today: Rush - The Way the Wind Blows

I could not believe that I had not chosen this song yet; I have considered it often, but for various reasons it never was. Most people have probably heard this song, but do know who actually performed it. It, of course, is the Canadian rock group Red Rider, which is fronted by Tom Cochrane who is probably most famous for the song Life is a Highway . This band really did not see much fame in the U.S. except for this song, which has been used in various movies and television shows among other media forms. I believe that "Canadian Rock" is the best description of this song; heavy guitar with a driving rhythm section. Here is the music video on YouTube. +