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

From: Love Is All Around ; Year: 1976; Genre: Soul/Funk/Psychedelic Rock Kind of funny how this album has been released as War Featuring Eric Burdon and Eric Burdon & War . No matter whom got top billing, the music is top-notch positivity incarnate; it is hard to not be in a great mood when these songs are played within earshot.   Hear Magic Mountain on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Rare Earth - I Couldn't Believe What Happened Last Night     My song pick 2 years ago today: Diana Ross - Touch Me in the Morning   My song pick 3 years ago today: Nazareth - Love Hurts   My song pick 4 years ago today: The Nice - Hang on to a Dream   My song pick 5 years ago today: The Grass Roots - The River Is Wide   My song pick 6 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Perfect Water My song pick 7 years ago today: Cinderella - Gypsy Road My song pick 8 years ago today: April Wine - Just Between You and Me My song pick 9 ye...

From: Deliver the Word ; Year: 1973; Genre: Jazz Fusion/classical This bemusingly titled first track on this album is pure joy to the ears. Every aspect of it is truly gorgeous; the only criticism I can think of is that I wish it was twice as long. I guess that's wot the "repeat" function is for, but it takes a lot of times for me to go to the next song.   Hear  H 2 Overture on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Def Leppard - Rocket     My song pick 2 years ago today: Jigsaw - Just Another Clown   My song pick 3 years ago today: Living Colour - Sunshine Of Your Love   My song pick 4 years ago today: Kansas - All The World   My song pick 5 years ago today: Stevie Wonder - Part Time Lover   My song pick 6 years ago today: 30 Seconds to Mars - Echelon My song pick 7 years ago today: Blind Melon - Deserted My song pick 8 years ago today: Forest - Graveyard My song pick 9 years ago today: Billy Joel - Laura My...

From: Platinum Jazz ; Year: 1977; Genre: Jazz Fusion/Soul Whilst doing some outdoors work over the weekend I had a lot of War's songs playing in my mind. This was one of the singles off of their one-off Blue Note release that had a much Jazzier sound, but definitely not outside their wheelhouse so to speak. This is an excellent slow/mid-tempo, very danceable Latin/tango beat that is not only a treat to the ears, but a treat for the body to move along with.   Hear Slowly We Walk Together on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Normaal - Val Kapot     My song pick 2 years ago today: Brass Construction - Screwed (Conditions)   My song pick 3 years ago today: Procol Harum - Song for a Dreamer   My song pick 4 years ago today: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Watching Over You   My song pick 5 years ago today: The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia   My song pick 6 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (B...

From: War ; Year: 1971; Genre: Soul/Blues Rock/Jazz Fusion When one of their songs came on while driving this morning it just put me in a better mood, which was without a doubt needed. They are one of those bands that seems to almost always have something positive and uplifting about their material; this beautiful bluesy soul instrumental included.   Hear Vibeka on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Spacehog - Only a Few   My song pick 2 years ago today: Duran Duran - New Religion   My song pick 3 years ago today: T. Rex - Dandy in the Underworld   My song pick 4 years ago today: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough   My song pick 5 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Phase I   My song pick 6 years ago today: Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell My song pick 7 years ago today: Dire Straits - Heavy Fuel My song pick 8 years ago today: The Doobie Brothers - Black Water My song pick 9 years ago today: The...

From: Galaxy ; Year: 1977; Genre: Jazz Fusion/Funk Some jazz fusion and funk on the lighter side to finish out this Friday; 14+ minutes of it!   Hear Seven Tin Soldiers on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Nightwatchman - Which Side Are You On?   My song pick 3 years ago today: Manfred Mann - Fox on the Run   My song pick 4 years ago today: Foreigner - Inside Information   My song pick 5 years ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - Tee Nine Chee Bit   My song pick 6 years ago today: Dire Straits - So Far Away My song pick 7 years ago today: Steve Miller Band - Winter Time My song pick 8 years ago today: Gloryhammer - Apocalypse 1992 My song pick 9 years ago today: Dream Theater - A Rite of Passage My song pick 10 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Mountain Men My song pick 11 years ago today: Marcus Miller - Come Together My song pick 12 years ago toda...

From: Why Can't We Be Friends? ; Year: 1975; Genre: Funk/Jazz Fusion/Latin Rock Closing out a very, very busy week with this four piece medley: Leroy's Latin Lament , which consists of the sub-songs: 1. Lonnie Dreams , 2. The Way We Feel , 3. La Fiesta , and 4. Lament . Interesting though, with it being a multi sectioned track, it is only just over six minutes in length and the third longest on the record, but make no mistake, there is a lot of music going on in this one in a few varying styles that fuse together to make a stunning piece.   Hear Leroy's Latin Lament on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Porcupine Tree - Strip the Soul   My song pick 2 years ago today: Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road   My song pick 3 years ago today: Return to Forever - Majestic Dance   My song pick 4 years ago today: Manfred Mann's Earth Band - As Above So Below   My song pick 5 years ago today: Parliament - P Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) My song...

From: Youngblood (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ; Year: 1978; Genre: Funk/Soul Here is another song from a motion picture's soundtrack; this time it is the legendary upbeat, feel-good band that is War. I don't care who you are, the groove is gonna make you move in some way!   Hear This Funky Music Makes You Feel Good on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Blancmange - Blind Vision   My song pick 2 years ago today: Brenton Wood - Gimme Little Sign   My song pick 3 years ago today: Duran Duran - Too Much Information   My song pick 4 years ago today: Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire   My song pick 5 years ago today: Sly and the Family Stone - Sex Machine My song pick 6 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Crossword My song pick 7 years ago today: Blood, Sweat & Tears - You've Made Me So Very Happy My song pick 8 years ago today: Mike + The Mechanics - Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) My song pick 9 years ago today: S...

From: Black-Man's Burdon ; Year: 1970; Genre: Funk Rock/Soul/Psychedelic Rock There's something very uplifting and joyful about the music of War, even their tracks with serious and heavy subjects are more positive and inclusive. Once again, I always have a smile of some sort after hearing one of their songs.   Hear Spirit on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Jigsaw - Life Insurance   My song pick 2 years ago today: Tesla - Edison's Medicine   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Grateful Dead - Throwing Stones   My song pick 4 years ago today: Redbone - When You Got Trouble   My song pick 5 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Then Came the Last Days of May My song pick 6 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Audition My song pick 7 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Driving Song My song pick 8 years ago today: Bon Jovi - Dry County My song pick 9 years ago today: Soundgarden - Storm My song pick 10 years ago today: Megadeth - Go To Hel...

From: Why Can't We Be Friends? ; Year: 1975; Genre: Latin Rock/Rock/R&B No other reason to choose this track; without a doubt I adore the band, this record and all the songs contained within. This, the opening song, has that great mellow sound with that beautiful Latin rhythm, which, along with the encouraging subject matter, makes it a nice one to have on in almost any situation.   Hear Don't Let No One Get You Down on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues   My song pick 2 years ago today: Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)   My song pick 3 years ago today: Pallas - The Alien Messiah   My song pick 4 years ago today: The Beach Boys - Your Summer Dream My song pick 5 years ago today: Blue Cheer - Rock Me Baby My song pick 6 years ago today: The Byrds - So You Want to be a Rock 'n' Roll Star My song pick 7 years ago today: The Chi-Lites - Stoned Out of My Mind My song pick 8 years ago today: ...

From: War ; Year: 1971; Genre: Funk/Soul/Jazz/R&B Hurrying about today and have to exercise a little brevity with my choice on this Funky Friday. Normally I make an effort not to pick two songs by the same band back-to-back, but it's always a great time to go with something from such a great band I really love such as War.    Hear War Drums on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Sam & Dave - You Don't Know Like I Know   My song pick 2 years ago today: Black 47 - Livin' in America   My song pick 3 years ago today: Lenny LeBlanc - Dance Around the Campfire   My song pick 4 years ago today: Georges Bizet - Carmen Overture My song pick 5 years ago today: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Helpless My song pick 6 years ago today: Rose Royce - Car Wash My song pick 7 years ago today: Camel - Never Let Go My song pick 8 years ago today: Jerry Reed - The Legend My song pick 9 years ago today: Curved Air - Heaven (Never See...

From: Greatest Hits ; Year: 1977; Genre: Jazz/Soul Finally getting warm out there after a very cold winter and a damp and dreary early spring and I happened to have the track that is the A-side of this single, Summer , playing in my mind today, so I decided that picking the B-side, which is a very complimentary song in the same vein, would be apropos. Just a mellow bossa nova style jazz based track with the exquisite, enjoyable music that War is known for.   Hear All Day Music on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - Side By Side   My song pick 2 years ago today: Sly & The Family Stone - Shine It On   My song pick 3 years ago today: Rush - We Hold On   My song pick 4 years ago today: Tee Set - Ma Belle Amie My song pick 5 years ago today: Curved Air - Phantasmagoria My song pick 6 years ago today: Roxy Music - Out of the Blue My song pick 7 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Heavy Metal: The Black and Silve...

From: Eric Burdon Declares "War" ; Year: 1970; Genre: Funk/Blues/Psychedelic Rock Seemed like a good day to pick one from War, especially from the early album when Eric Burdon was bandleader. The Vision of Rassan has two parts: 1. Dedication , and 2. Roll on Kirk , which is an obvious reference to jazz legend Rahssan Roland Kirk . It has a nice blend of different styles that makes for a good listen.   Hear The Vision of Rassan on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Brave Belt - Long Way 'Round   My song pick 2 years ago today: Meat Loaf - Paradise By the Dashboard Light   My song pick 3 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Light Years of Love   My song pick 4 years ago today: Tool - Vicarious My song pick 5 years ago today: Nena - Ich häng' an dir My song pick 6 years ago today: Bootsy's Rubber Band - Under the Influence of a Groove My song pick 7 years ago today: Redbone - Come and Get Your Love My song pick 8 years ago today: Petu...

From: Outlaw ; Year: 1982; Genre: Funk As luck would have it I was thinking about the band War today whilst thinking about what to pick for this week's Funky Friday . This is one of the lead singles off of their '82 release Outlaw , which is oozing with that 80s style of funk.   Hear You Got the Power on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Nocturnal Rites - New World Messiah   My song pick 2 years ago today: Duran Duran - The Universe Alone   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Human League - Don't You Want Me Baby My song pick 4 years ago today: Marillion - Incommunicado My song pick 5 years ago today: Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah My song pick 6 years ago today: Missing Link - Time Will Change My song pick 7 years ago today: Ian Anderson - The Engineer My song pick 8 years ago today: The Royal Philharmonic - Limelight My song pick 9 years ago today: George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue My song pick 10 years ago today: Rammstein - Mein...

From Why Can't We Be Friends? ; Year: 1975; Genre: Funk/Rock/Reggae For no reason known to me I was thinking about choosing one from War. I was shocked to see I had not chosen this song yet; it's one of my favourites and not just from the band. I absolutely love the upbeat and joyous feeling of this track, it's so positive and excellent.   Hear Why Can't We Be Friends? on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - Sail Away   My song pick 2 years ago today: Soundgarden - Ty Cobb My song pick 3 years ago today: ZZ Top - Got Me Under Pressure My song pick 4 years ago today: Audioslave - Exploder My song pick 5 years ago today: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Still the Same My song pick 6 years ago today: Alestorm - Magnetic North My song pick 7 years ago today: Grateful Dead - Hell in a Bucket My song pick 8 years ago today: The Police - Invisible Sun My song pick 9 years ago today: Screaming Trees - Shadow o...

From: Where There's Smoke ; Year: 1985; Genre: Rock/Soul A fun, laid-back version of the classic song with a great danceable beat; perfect for days such as this.   Hear Groovin' on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Cab Calloway - The Ghost of Smokey Joe   My song pick 2 years ago today: Spiral Starecase - More Today Than Yesterday My song pick 3 years ago today: Big Brother & the Holding Company - Oh, Sweet Mary My song pick 4 years ago today: Ebony Rhythm Band - Soul Heart Transplant My song pick 5 years ago today: Pallas - Cut and Run My song pick 6 years ago today: Sky - Dies Irae My song pick 7 years ago today: Buddy Holly - Crying, Waiting, Hoping My song pick 8 years ago today: Waylander - Erdath My song pick 9 years ago today: Jim Croce - Workin' at the Car Wash Blues My song pick 10 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Flaming Telepaths My song pick 11 years ago today: AC/DC - Carry Me Home My song pick 12 years ago...

From: All Day Music ; Year: 1971; Genre: Funk/Soul Another bright and beautiful Funky Friday ; thought I'd go with another one from War for this one. Slippin' Into Darkness is one that is all over the place from funk to soul, r&b, and even some gospel flavour in there to boot. Hear Slippin' Into Darkness on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Megadeth - Trust My song pick two years ago today: The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl My song pick three years ago today: Guns N' Roses - Knockin' on Heaven's Door My song pick four years ago today: AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap My song pick five years ago today: Frédéric Chopin - Op.19 - " Bolero " My song pick six years ago today: Missing Link - Filled Up My song pick seven years ago today: Hawkwind - The Church My song pick eight years ago today: Quincy Jones - Walking in Space My song pick nine years ago today: Ozzy Osbourne - Dreamer

From: The World is a Ghetto ; Year: 1972; Genre: Funk/Soul Another Funky Friday today; my 196th one consecutive actually. 10 minutes of funk and soul; just put those headphones on and enjoy yourself in musical bliss. Hear The World is a Ghetto on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Megadeth - The Scorpion My song pick two years ago today: Midnight Oil - Power and the Passion My song pick three years ago today: David Bowie - Magic Dance My song pick four years ago today: ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag My song pick five years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotized My song pick six years ago today: Les Paul and Mary Ford - Whispering My song pick seven years ago today: Rush - The Pass My song pick eight years ago today: Days of the New - The Down Town My song pick nine years ago today: Billy Joel - Tell Her About It

From: Greatest Hits ; Year: 1976; Genre: R&B/Soul Summer is kind of winding now and kids are going back to school and all; it felt kind of good hearing this rather sentimental song about the season. Plus the band War always brings a smile to my face; just fun music. Hear Summer on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: The Mamas & the Papas - Go Where You Wanna Go My song pick two years ago today: Journey - Wheel in the Sky My song pick three years ago today: Santana - La Fuente del Ritmo My song pick four years ago today: King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King My song pick five years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Yours Truly, 2095 My song pick six years ago today: Stahlhammer - Herz Aus Stahl My song pick seven years ago today: America - Sister Golden Hair My song pick eight years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies

From: Galaxy ; Year: 1977; Genre: Funk It is my 52nd straight Funky Friday in a row, so I guess that means that now I have posted a full year of Funky Fridays in a row. Kind of interesting that I hit my seven year anniversary of doing this blog, my 2600th song picked, and now a year of Funky Fridays to boot all within a two week period; I'll take it as a great sign. Since I started this Friday funk thing about a year ago with the pick of War's Cisco Kid , I thought it would be appropriate to pick another one of their tracks for the occasion. And what a nice track too; eight minutes of soul inspired funk with the bass and drum right upfront in the mix where it belongs. :P Hear Galaxy on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Savatage - Man in the Mirror My song pick two years ago today: Styx - Snowblind My song pick three years ago today: Edvard Grieg - Op. 46 - In the Hall of the Mountain King My song pick four years ago today: Ben E. King - Don't Play ...

From: Why Can't We Be Friends? ; Year: 1974; Genre: Funk/Latin Rock Today is my 44th consecutive Funky Friday in a row; it's kind of strange, but I'm now edging up on 2600 songs picked and I haven't chosen War's seminal hit Low Rider yet; I must remedy that immediately. Everyone knows this one; so sit back and enjoy the grooves. Hear Low Rider in a video clip on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Midnight Oil - Truganini My song pick two years ago today: The Nightwatchman - I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night My song pick three years ago today: Van der Graaf Generator - Childlike Faith In Childhood's End My song pick four years ago today: Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday My song pick five years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra - Ticket To The Moon My song pick six years ago today: ABBA - So Long