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

From: Conquest ; Year: 1985; Genre: Electronic Funk Just enjoying some music from the last studio album from Brass Construction on this Friday.    Hear Goodnews on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Beck, Bogert & Appice - Sweet Sweet Surrender   My song pick 2 years ago today: Alice Cooper - Wish You Were Here   My song pick 3 years ago today: Return to Forever - The Musician   My song pick 4 years ago today: Rush - Superconductor   My song pick 5 years ago today: Eddie Money - Two Tickets to Paradise My song pick 6 years ago today: Wilson Pickett - Soul Dance Number Three My song pick 7 years ago today: Weather Report - Blackthorn Rose My song pick 8 years ago today: Tears for Fears - Shout My song pick 9 years ago today: Badfinger - Baby Blue My song pick 10 years ago today: Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings My song pick 11 years ago today: Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms My song pick 12 ...

From: Modern Man ; Year: 1979; Genre: Hard Rock It is bewildering at how this record from legendary musician/composer extraordinaire Stanley Clark hardly gets any recognition for its greatness. In this one, which features the talents of Jeff Beck and Carmine Appice on guitar and drums respectively, he hits this one a bit different with it being based as a straight-up hard rocker. However, as always with these three virtuosos it ends up anything but with their specific artistic specialties; even when one solos it is in a very complimentary way that does not necessarily take attention away too much.   Hear Rock 'n Roll Jelly on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Santo & Johnny - Sea Shells   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Nightwatchman - It Begins Tonight   My song pick 3 years ago today: Foghat - Drivin' Wheel   My song pick 4 years ago today: Rush (Neil Peart) - Der Trommler (Drum Solo)   My song pick 5 years ago today...

From: Songs From the Big Chair ; Year: 1985; Genre: New Wave Among the quintessential 1980s soundtrack, when Head Over Heels is played it seems like a hole in time opens, metaphorically, and you are taken back to that time. Heck, Tears for Fears is not only a band that exemplifies that decade, but have been big for decades since; they have never really faded, at least as far as I am concerned.   Hear Head Over Heels on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Wilson Pickett - Stagger Lee   My song pick 2 years ago today: Elton John - The Fox   My song pick 3 years ago today: Miles Davis - Blue Haze   My song pick 4 years ago today: Bootsy Collins - Hyper Space   My song pick 5 years ago today: The Cure - Lovesong My song pick 6 years ago today: Steeleye Span - The Lofty Tall Ship/Shallow Brown My song pick 7 years ago today: Powerwolf - Sanctus Dominus My song pick 8 years ago today: Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking My song...

From: Garage Inc. ; Year: 1998; Genre: Southern Rock I can remember when this album full of covers was released; it seemed as if a lot of bands and solo artists were making these all around that time. Anyway, this is a cover of the popular mainstay southern rock track from Lynyrd Skynyrd that not only features Metallica, but Skynyrd band member Gary Rossington, as well as Jerry Cantrell, Pepper Keenan, Sean Kinney, John Popper, Les Claypool, and Jim Martin.   Hear Tuesday's Gone on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody   My song pick 2 years ago today: Pallas - Midas Touch   My song pick 3 years ago today: Queen - Who Wants to Live Forever   My song pick 4 years ago today: Mr. Big - Fragile My song pick 5 years ago today: Bob Seger - Travelin' Man My song pick 6 years ago today: Uriah Heep - That's the Way That It Is My song pick 7 years ago today: Midnight Oil - No Man's Land My song pic...

From: Just for You ; Year: 1967; Genre: Pop/Rock I had this one just pop into my mind today and decided it would make a good pick as well. For being a mainstream pop track it has a lot of great musicianship and musical ideas that makes you want to start it over and listen again.    Hear Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Elf - I'm Coming Back For You   My song pick 2 years ago today: Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Wootens - The Indigo Jam   My song pick 4 years ago today: Stone Temple Pilots - Wicked Garden   My song pick 5 years ago today: Primus - The Trek My song pick 6 years ago today: The Moody Blues - It Ain't Necessarily So My song pick 7 years ago today: Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love My song pick 8 years ago today: Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce My song pick 9 years ago today: Ugly Kid Joe - Milkman's Son My song pick 10 years ...

From: Age of Impact ; Year: 1998; Genre: Progressive Rock Been more than a year ago that I chose the first track from this prog/rock/metal project/supergroup featuring many of the big names of all music progressive and technical in the extreme. As you probably surmised, this is the second of five parts of this concept album and is actually the second-shortest song on it, clocking in at a meager 8:44.   Hear Impact 2 - Fading Fast on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Jim Reeves - Distant Drums My song pick 2 years ago today: Brass Construction - Do Ya   My song pick 3 years ago today: Iron Maiden - Speed of Light   My song pick 4 years ago today: Midnight Oil - Dust   My song pick 5 years ago today: The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See My song pick 6 years ago today: NOFX - Bath of Least Resistance My song pick 7 years ago today: Rush - Seven Cities of Gold My song pick 8 years ago today: Carmen - Viva mi Sevil...

From: Everybody's Rockin' ; Year: 1983; Genre: Rockabilly/Rock 'n Roll Here's one from Neil Young's rockabilly album that got lambasted by most critics and such, however it is still a fun one to listen to from time to time. I'm not sure why, but I have yet to choose something off of it; '50s/60s sound with some '80s sensibilities   Hear Wonderin' on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio - For Those Who Like To Groove   My song pick 2 years ago today: Dio - Sacred Heart   My song pick 3 years ago today: Brave Belt - Dunrobin's Gone   My song pick 4 years ago today: Hawkwind - The Watcher   My song pick 5 years ago today: Styx - Can't Find My Way Home My song pick 6 years ago today: Return to Forever - Theme to the Mothership My song pick 7 years ago today: Amnesty - Free Your Mind My song pick 8 years ago today: Ennio Morricone & Joan Baez - The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti (Here's To You) M...