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

1045 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Into The Great Wide Open I'm having another rather busy day today; I heard this one the radio whilst on the road this morning. As with many of my impromptu picks it really fits my mood quite well. Tom Petty's music is always good for these otherwise busy days to help keep the calm. Here is the studio version on YouTube. Here is the music video on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps My song pick two years ago today: Jethro Tull - Man of Principle +

1044 Queen - Play The Game Having another one of those odd days, at least musically. I started out with no song in mind to pick, then had quite a few come to mind. However, when I finally sat down to make my pick this track forced its way in. I have always loved this song quite a bit, while being a mellow ballad it still has so much musically packed in there. Here is the studio version on YouTube. Here is the music video on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Jerry Reed - Guitar Man My song pick two years ago today: Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home +

1043 Rush - Caravan Yesterday I discovered that Rush had released two new tracks as singles off of their yet-to-be-released album Clockwork Angels . Yes, I know it was almost a month ago that they were released; there was very little fanfare for them and I did not expect them to release them so early before the album's release. This song: Caravan is the A-side and BU2B is the B-side; from what I understand BU2B stands for: Brought Up To Believe . It is quite a fun song; I immediately sat down and figured out the chord structure and the bass line. To me the sound reminds me a lot of their last album: Snakes and Arrows with a lot of licks, runs and chords similar to that of the Hemispheres (late 70's) era. It seems a bit heavier than what they released in the last 15-20 years; I am hoping these two songs are representative rather than the exception to the sound of the final album. I guess I will have to wait till next Spring to find out. The critics are probably alre...

1042 John Lennon - Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) For the last few years I have gotten more and more into John Lennon's post-Beatles work; I listened to it with more of an open mind and came to like it quite a bit. I have actually come to prefer his post-Beatles work to much of his material with The Beatles. Hear Instant Karma! on YouTube. Watch a music video on YouTube. Watch a live performance on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Fuel - Million Miles My song pick two years ago today: Tom Petty - Runnin' Down A Dream +

1041 Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys It's not a bad song that has been running through my mind most of the morning, and well... early afternoon. Anyway, the light Jazz mixed with Progressive Rock sounds of this track is an excellent song to fit my mood today; a very nice piece of music indeed. Here is part on of the studio version on YouTube. Here is part two of the studio version on YouTube. Here is a live performance on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Hawkwind - Silver Machine My song pick two years ago today: Savatage - Complaint In The System +

1040 Jigsaw - Sky High I remember hearing this track a lot whilst growing up. Not only did it get a lot of play on the radio/television, but quite a few of my dad's super hit records from the '70's contained this track. This one was probably their biggest hit, although they had some others throughout the band's life, just not as big. This song is quite catchy and usually gets stuck in your mind pretty easily. It is a highly danceable tune as well with an enormous amount of hooks in it. The disco/pop/rock sound kind of dates the track, however most mainstream pop music of any era sounds dated about five to ten years after its release. Here is the studio version on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Steeleye Span - Thomas The Rhymer My song pick two years ago today: Donovan - Mellow Yellow +

1039 PAIN featuring Anette Olzon - Follow Me I felt like picking something a bit different today. I discovered this Swedish Metal act a while ago; they have an interesting sound. To describe it, it is Metal with some definite Electronic influences. On this song Anette Olzon, from Nightwish, shares lead vocals with Peter Tägtgren. Here is the music video on YouTube. Here is a version of the song sans Anette Olzon on YouTube. Here is a live performance on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Nightwish - Phantom of the Opera My song pick two years ago today: Rush - Natural Science +