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

1475 Chet Atkins - Drive In From: Solo Flights , Year: 1968 Genre: Instrumental, Jazz, Blues For a variety of reasons today I have this song running through my mind and really needed to make it my pick. This is an amazing piece of guitar work from one of the greatest modern guitarists. Here is the studio version on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Letzte Instanz - Für Immer Und Ewig My song pick two years ago today: Ian Anderson - A Raft of Penguins My song pick three years ago today: John Denver - Jimmy Newman +

1474 Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Yours Truly, 2095 From: Time , Year: 1981 Genre: Progressive Rock/Electronic I was thinking about this album, which is my favourite from ELO, again this morning. The first time I played the first three tracks on this rock opera I was hooked on every aspect of it. I absolutely love the awesome music and its arrangements throughout the album; I especially love the time travel subject matter. Even though the entire album tells a story, each track holds its own by itself and the listener does not get lost. Anyway, this is song is about the man who was abducted from the year 1981 and taken to the year 2095 sending a message to his girlfriend in the past. He mostly tells her about life in the future and his robot companion who look a lot like her. May be a bit too nerdy for most, but I love it! Here is the studio version on YouTube. Here is an awesome anime music video with Prologue , Twilight , and Yours Truly, 2095 set to the anime Metr...

1473 Buckethead - Final Wars From: The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock , Year 2006 Genre: Instrumental/Rock/Metal I've been listening to a lot of Buckethead's music recently and I thought I should pick one of his songs. This is one of my favourites off of his '06 The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock . Hear Final Wars on YouTube. Watch a live performance on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Megaherz - Heuchler My song pick two years ago today: Wilson Pickett - Funky Broadway My song pick three years ago today: Oasis - Wonderwall +

1472 Hawkwind - We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago From: X In Search of Space , Year: 1971 Genre: Space Rock, Psychedelic Rock Been having troubles with my internet today, in fact this is the first time I've really been able to be online all day; I've been at this for almost four years and came somewhat close to missing a pick today. Anyway, here is an awesome track from early in the band's catalogue; I absolutely love the ominous lyrics in this song. This is mostly an acoustic track with odd sound effects and builds as it goes along; it reminds me a lot of The Moody Blues. Hear We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Oomph! - Das Weiße Licht My song pick two years ago today: Trio of Doom - Dark Prince My song pick three years ago today: Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun +

1471 Modest Petrovitch Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition Years: 1874, 1886 Genre: Romantic Period, classical I've been meaning to pick this suite from Modest Mussorgsky for a bit now. Mussorgsky was supposedly inspired to write this 10 part suite of music after attending an exhibition of artwork from by his recently deceased close friend Viktor Hartmann in 1874; from what I've read about it, he wrote the entire piece in less than two months. However, it was apparently published posthumously in 1886 by his friend and fellow composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, who was also a member of The Mighty Handful . Here are the first two movements of the piece performed by Johnathan Plowright on YouTube. Here are movements 3 and 4 of the piece performed by Johnathan Plowright on YouTube. Here are movements 5 and 6 of the piece performed by Johnathan Plowright on YouTube. Here are movements 7 and 8 of the piece performed by Johnathan Plowright on YouTube. Here are ...

1470 The Rolling Stones - 100 Years Ago From: Goats Head Soup , Year: 1973 Genre: Rock For some reason I just felt like listening to some 'Stones this morning; this is one of my favourite tracks off of their '73 Goats Head Soup album. This song is one of those where in my opinion everything came together quite well; I especially love the musicianship and the arrangements throughout the song. Here is the studio version on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Eisbrecher - Mein Blut My song pick two years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Lookin' Out For #1 My song pick three years ago today: Rammstein - Sonne +

1469 3 Doors Down - Kryptonite From: The Better Life , Year: 2000 Genre: Alternative Rock/Hard Rock For some reason I was thinking about this song today and I also realized that I have not picked a 3 Doors Down song yet. When people think of the band this is probably one of the main songs that comes to mind. I've always liked this track ever since it first came out, but I'd have to say that the music video featuring the geriatric super hero made it especially memorable. Here is the studio version on YouTube. Here is the music video on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Joachim Witt - Krieger Des Licht My song pick two years ago today: Jimi Hendrix - Angel My song pick three years ago today: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones - Sunset Road +