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

From: Vixen ; Year: 1988; Genre: Glam Metal Happened to hear some from the band yesterday and thought I would revisit their first album once again. This is one of the main singles off of the record, which has a sound more or less indicative of the time it was released.   Hear Cryin' on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Weather Report - Surucucú   My song pick 2 years ago today: Steeleye Span - Summer Lady   My song pick 3 years ago today: Bobby Freeman - Do You Want To Dance? My song pick 4 years ago today: Sly and the Family Stone - If This Room Could Talk My song pick 5 years ago today: Rush - Grand Designs My song pick 6 years ago today: The Trammps - Rubber Band My song pick 7 years ago today: Johannes Tapissler - Credo My song pick 8 years ago today: The Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing My song pick 9 years ago today: Bass Extremes - Portrait of Tracy My song pick 10 years ago today: ZZ Top - La Grange My song pick 11 yea...

From: Rev It Up ; Year: 1990; Genre: Metal/Hard Rock Been revisiting Vixen a bit recently and thought I'd pick another one from them. This one has very much an '80s glam metal edge to it but with a heavier sound to it.   Hear Rev It Up on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Jigsaw - Come With Me   My song pick 2 years ago today: Three Dog Night - Nobody My song pick 3 years ago today: Bootsy Collins - Sound Crack My song pick 4 years ago today: Soundgarden - Limo Wreck My song pick 5 years ago today: Jane's Addiction - Jane Says My song pick 6 years ago today: Marillion - Bitter Suite My song pick 7 years ago today: Dream Theater - These Walls My song pick 8 years ago today: Rush - Stick it Out My song pick 9 years ago today: Nirvana - About a Girl My song pick 10 years ago today: Forest - Gypsy Girl & Rambleaway My song pick 11 years ago today: Steely Dan - Caves of Altamira My song pick 12 years ago today: Free - All Right ...

From: Tangerine ; Year: 1998; Genre: Hard Rock Started listening to this album recently and really liked wot I heard; quite a different and great sound for the band. Hear Tangerine on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: 3 Inches of Blood - 4000 Torches My song pick 2 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Rover My song pick 3 years ago today: UB40 - Impossible Love My song pick 4 years ago today: Funkadelic - Funk Gets Stronger, Part 1 My song pick 5 years ago today: Lenny Kravitz - Fields of Joy My song pick 6 years ago today: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Here Comes My Girl My song pick 7 years ago today: Jaco Pastorius - Amerika My song pick 8 years ago today: Waylander - Born to the Fight My song pick 9 years ago today: Dizzy Gillespie - Night In Tunisia My song pick 10 years ago today: Tommy James - Draggin' The Line My song pick 11 years ago today: Ozzy Osbourne - The Road To Nowhere

From: Vixen ; Year: 1988; Genre: Hard Rock/Glam Metal I heard this song on the television last night; I thought that I had already picked it, but I hadn't apparently. Anyway, this is always one that I have a special place for in my mind; it was played a lot on the radio back when I was a starting to get heavy into music and it's still one I like. Hear Edge of a Broken Heart on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Rush - Mystic Rhythms My song pick two years ago today: The Moody Blues - Dr. Livingstone, I Presume My song pick three years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli (Quintette du Hot Club de France) - Chasing Shadows My song pick four years ago today: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five My song pick five years ago today: Rammstein - Ich Tu Dir Weh My song pick six years ago today: Damn Yankees - Coming of Age My song pick seven years ago today: Bread - Mother Freedom