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Song of the Day for 2011

25 AprilAdele - Rolling in the DeepGreat song that's stuck in my head right now. As of 8 Oct, my prediction for Grammy Song of the Year
26 AprilLynyrd Skynyrd - That SmellConfederate Memorial Day today so here's some Skynyrd
27 AprilThe Pierces - You'll Be MinePrick your finger on a spinning wheel...
28 AprilDuffy - MercyEnglish is actually her second language
29 AprilKate Rusby - The Village Green Preservation SocietyMy cousin is getting married today. In honor of this event what could be more english than THIS Kinks cover? Congrats William!
2 MayThe Kinks - Waterloo SunsetAnother well-covered Kinks song. Here's the original.
3 MayEcho and the Bunnymen - The Killing MoonClassic College rock
4 MayJoy Division - Love Will Tear Us ApartSomething from the start of the Manchester music scene
5 MayJune Tabor - MississippiThe song that introduced me to June Tabor (and the Oyster Band)
6 MayEva Cassidy - Fields of GoldIt is widely regarded that she made this song her own
9 MayThe Jam - Down in the Tube Station at MidnightThey smelt of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings...
10 MayThe Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace With GodCouldn't believe my ears when I heard this on a TV commercial last week
11 MayMetallica - Whiskey in the Jar From a traditional Irish band to a traditional Irish song - no one has done it better
12 MayThe Stranglers - Golden BrownI can't believe it took 30 years for me to hear this song
13 MayEverything But the Girl - Missing (Todd Terry remix)The remix that turned their career around
16 MayRush - SubdivisionsA week of favorites kicks off with my favorite band
17 MayAl Stewart - Year of the CatShe comes out of the sun in a silk dress running like a watercolor in the rain...
18 MayJimi Hendrix - All Along the WatchtowerBest Cover Ever
19 MayDire Straits - Sultans of Swing
20 MayStyx - Rockin' the ParadiseOne of my all time favorites to start the weekend
23 MayLove - Alone Again Or
24 MayJoni Mitchell - Raised on Robbery
25 MayMidnight Oil - Forgotten Years
26 MayOrbital - The Box (part 2)
27 MayNeko Case - Hold On, Hold On
30 MayThe Beach Boys - Good VibrationsMemorial Day means summer and nothing says "summer" like The Beach Boys
31 MayAlice Cooper - School's OutYeah it's obvious but I decided to throw it in anyway
1 JuneKatrina and the Waves - Walking on SunshineMore bouncy summer fun
2 JuneIsrael Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over the RainbowHawaiian summer fun
3 JuneNatasha Bedingfield - Pocketful of SunshineWatched "Easy A" the other day and got this one stuck in my mind so let's end the week with it
6 JuneAndrews Sisters - Boogie Woogie Bugle BoyD-Day anniversary today
7 JuneX - Los AngelesPunk 1.0
8 JuneDon Felder - Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)The soundtrack was much better than the movie
9 JuneSmashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
10 JunePhoenix - 1901Best French band since Air
13 JuneFairport Convention - Who Knows Where the Time GoesThe best of the English folk rockers
14 JuneEagles - Journey of the SorcererYes, THOSE Eagles did the theme to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
15 JuneIron Maiden - Run to the HillsNow for something different
16 JuneMassive Attack - TeardropEven if you've never heard of Massive Attack, you've heard this
17 JuneIvy - Edge of the Ocean
20 JuneGlenn Miller - St. Louis Blues (live)This incredibly hard-to-find track is better than any of the blues or march versions
21 JuneDave Brubeck Quartet - Take FiveJazz week continues with some classic cool jazz
22 JuneDuke Ellington - Take the 'A' Train
23 JuneMiles Davis - So What
24 JuneBenny Goodman - Sing Sing SingBefore Bonham and Moon there was Krupa
27 JuneThe Ventures - Walk Don't RunSurf week!
28 JuneThe Chantays - Pipeline
29 JuneThe Shadows - Apache
30 JuneThe Tornados - Telstar
1 JulyDick Dale & His Del-Tones - Misirlou
4 JulyTchaikovsky - 1812 OvertureBecause it's July 4th and it's got cannons
5 JulyJohnny Cash - One Piece at a Time'bout the only country you're gonna get from me
6 JulyDixie Chicks - White Trash WeddingMore bluegrass than country. And it's funny
7 JulyDynomite Hack - Boys in the HoodGangsta meets unplugged. Listening to this will make you understand what utter shite gangsta rap is
8 JulyBig Daddy - Eye of the Tiger50s Doo Wop band captured by Laotian guerillas and held for 20 years (or so they claim)
11 JulyThe Byrds - Eight Miles High
12 JulyThe Who - Love Reign O'er Me
13 JulyKate Bush - Hounds of Love
14 JulyAir - RunIt's Bastille Day so here's something French
15 JulyLily Allen - Not FairNSFW
18 JulyRoxy Music - Like a HurricaneThis week: cover songs as good or better than the original
19 JulyThe Outlaws - Ghost Riders in the Sky
20 JulySundays - Wild Horses
21 JulySantana - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen
22 JulyMolly Hatchet - Dreams I'll Never See
*******Hiatus Week - off to Baltimore for OtakonTV theme week next
1 AugThe Dandy Warhols - We Used to Be FriendsVeronica Mars. I still miss this show
2 AugRJD2 - A Beautiful MineMad Men
3 AugBonobo - FlutterJPod was a great show that NEVER would have aired on US tv. HBO maybe.
4 AugDavid Bowie - Life on Mars
5 AugExplosions in the Sky - Your Hand in MineFriday Night Lights
*******Hiatus Week - off to Chicago for Chicago ComicCon
15 Aug13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me
16 AugMoody Blues - The Story in Your Eyes
17 AugThe Smiths - How Soon Is NowMorrisey is a whiny bastard but this is a cool song
18 AugMichelle Shocked - Anchorage
19 AugWithin Temptation - FasterDutch band released this back in February
22 AugSimon and Garfunkel - America
23 AugBlondie - Heart of Glass
24 AugBangles - Hazy Shade of WinterAnother cover as-good-or-better
25 Aug10,000 Maniacs - These Are Days
26 AugColdplay - Clocks
29 AugThe Amboy Dukes - Journey to the Center of the Mind
30 AugMolly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster
31 AugThe Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love '92
1 SepHole - Celebrity Skin
2 SepMuse - Resistance
5 SepAtlanta Rythym Section - HomesickHappy Labor Day
6 SepMother's Finest - Baby LoveThis is how Atlanta rocked in the 70s
7 SepThe Push - You Know It's True (1983)[Home Cookin' 3]    Back when 96 Rock didn't suck, they had local music contests
8 SepThe Swinging Richards - Look at You Now (1984)[Home Cookin' 4]    and relesed albums of the winners. Which ended with
9 SepBorneo - All I Want (1990)                             Peach Jam in 1990
12 SepGerry and the Pacemakers - Ferry 'Cross the Mersey
13 SepChicago - 25 or 6 to 4
14 SepThe Cult - Fire Woman
15 SepIron Maiden - Aces HighIt's Battle of Britain Day today
16 SepThe Primitives - Crash '95
19 SepBill Haley and the Comets - Rock Around the ClockBack to the start of it all
20 SepIdes of March - Vehicle
21 SepWhen in Rome - The Promise
22 SepSugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind
23 SepGnarls Barkley - Crazy
26 SepSpirit - I Got a Line on You
27 SepThe Runaways - Cherry Bomb
28 SepYes - Leave It (A Capella Version)
29 SepSidewinders - We Don't Do That Anymore
30 Sepk.d. Lang - Constant Craving
3 OctDusty Springfield - I Only Want to Be With You
4 OctShooting Star - Last Chance
5 OctPsychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink
6 OctMazzy Star - Fade Into You
7 OctDeath Cab For Cutie - Soul Meets Body
10 OctThe Allman Brothers Band - Hot 'LantaGuitar Instrumental Tour week starts in Atlanta
11 OctThe Ventures - Hawaii 50
12 OctGlenn Phillips - Scotland
13 OctEric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover
14 OctSantana - Europa
17 OctRoy Orbison - Crying
18 OctThe Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
19 OctKirsty MacColl - A New England
20 OctThe Divine Comedy - Something For the Weekend
21 OctPink - So What
24 OctSam Cooke - You Send Me
25 OctClassics IV - Traces (Of Love)
26 OctBadfinger - Day After Day
27 OctBruce Hornsby - Mandolin Rain
28 OctU2 - All I Want Is You
31 OctEdgar Winter Group - FrankensteinHappy Halloween
1 NovCream - White Room
2 NovJourney - Any Way You Want It
3 NovQueensr˙che - Jet City Woman
4 Nov311 - Do You Right
7 NovCrosby, Stills, Nash, & Young - Find the Cost of FreedomRemembering our Veterans this week
8 NovCrosby, Stills, & Nash - Wooden Ships
9 NovJune Tabor - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
10 NovJune Tabor - The Writing of Tipperary &
It's a Long Way to Tipperary
11 NovJune Tabor - No Man's Land (Flowers of the Forest)Something appropriate for Veterans/Armistice/Remembrance Day   
14 NovAmerica - Ventura Highway
15 NovThe Grateful Dead - Ripple
16 NovArlo Guthrie - City of New Orleans
17 NovSky Cries Mary - Back to the Sea
18 NovAnnie Lennox - Why
21 NovYardbirds - Heart Full of Soul
22 NovDeep Purple - Lazy
23 NovRainbow - Jealous Lover
24 NovArlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant MassacreeHappy Thanksgiving
25 NovPaula Cole - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone
28 NovCount Five - Psychotic Reaction
29 NovZZ Top - Heard It on the X
30 NovTalking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
1 DecPaul Westerberg - Dyslexic Heart
2 DecLush - Ladykillers
5 DecDelfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
6 DecJefferson Starship - Caroline
7 DecJoe Jackson - Steppin' Out
8 DecWorld Party - Is It Like Today
9 DecThe Cranberries - Linger
12 DecThe Ronettes - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa ClausA week of Phil Spector Christmas songs
13 DecDarlene Love - Winter Wonderland
14 DecThe Crystals - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
15 DecThe Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
16 DecDarlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
19 DecThe Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)Because nothing says "Christmas" like the Ramones
20 DecThe Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
21 DecTchaikovsky - The Nutcracker SuiteDance of the Sugar Plum Fairy/Chinese Dance/Dance of the Reed Flutes/Arabian Dance/Russian Dance/Waltz of the Flowers
22 DecThe Kinks - Father Christmas
23 DecThe Pogues - Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)
26 DecThe Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin'Happy Boxing Day everyone
27 DecFleetwood Mac - Bare Trees
29 DecStyx - Snowblind
30 DecRebnaissance - Northern Lights