2018 Song Of The Day - Day 195 - Soundtracks - Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone

Sometimes, a supergroup sounds like something completely different from the members' other groups. Other times, it's exactly what you hope it would sound like, and this group made exactly one album and nailed it.

Band
: Them Crooked Vultures
Song: No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
Year: 2009
Genre: Hard Rock
Members from which bands: Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, and a little known band called Led Zeppelin

 
Band: Cream
Song: White Room
Year: 1968
Genre: Psychedelic/Blues Rock
Who: Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker

 
Band: Asia
Song: Only Time Will Tell
Year: 1982
Genre: Progressive/Art/Pop Rock
Members from which bands: Yes, King Crimson, and Emerson Lake, & Palmer

 
Band: NKOTBSB
Song: Don't Turn Out the Lights
Year: 2011
Genre: Pop
Members from which bands: You can figure it out from their name.

 
You can't talk about supergroups without bringing these guys up.

Band
: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Song: Almost Cut My Hair
Year: 1970
Genre: Folk Rock
Who: David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young

 
Bonus day of Supergroups! In honor of the recently deflated Yoel Romero, who needs to be handled with care.

Band: The Traveling Wilburys
Song: Handle With Care
Year: 1988
Genre: Americana Rock
Who: George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan

 
Band: Outlaws
Song: Green Grass and High Tides
Year: 1975
Why: In the mood for some good guitar work today, and this song has not one, but two extended guitar breaks. Strap in, you're in for the long haul with this one.

 
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Band: Living Colour
Song: Cult of Personality
Year: 1988
Why: May we never hear this song played over the speakers at a UFC event ever again.

 
Artist: Serj Tankian
Song: Blue (Live with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra)
Year: 2010
Why: I will always have a soft spot for artists that make an album using an orchestra, and Serj Tankian decided perform his first album, Elect the Dead, in its entirety with this orchestra.

 
Band: Gorillaz
Song: 19-2000
Year: 2001
Why: About as much fun as you can have with a virtual band.

 
Band: The Who
Song: Behind Blue Eyes
Year: 1971
Why: I don't like to repeat artists in this series, the only other time I've done that so far has been with Queen. We welcome back The Who to the "Song of the Day" thanks to the television show Legion, which is one of the best shows on TV to date, in one of the best song placements in a show in recent memory.

 
Band: Pain of Salvation
Song: Ending Theme
Year: 2002
Why: It's just such a cool song.

 
Band: Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Song: Blinded by the Light
Year: 1976
Why: Did you know version is a cover? Bruce Springsteen originally did this song. This song is in honor of the new theme changes today.

 
Band: King Crimson
Song: I Talk to the Wind
Year: 1969
Why: A good, solid start to the weekend.

 
Band: The Temptations
Song: Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
Year: 1972
Why: Happy Father's Day to all the dads rollin' out there.

 
This is the first of my own personal top three (in no order) that I wanted to share with you. It's important to me.

Band: Pink Floyd
Song: Time
Year: 1973
Why: My own top three. Deal with it.

 
This is the second of my own person top three (in no order) that I wanted to share with you. It's important to me.

Band
: Dream Theater
Song: Learning to Live
Year: 1992
Why: My own top three. Deal with it.

 
This is the third of my own person top three (in no order) that I wanted to share with you. It's important to me.

Band
: Genesis
Song: Domino
Year: 1986
Why: My own top three. Deal with it.

 
Band: Finger Eleven
Song: Five Crooked Lines
Year: 2015
Why: A perfect example of a band that had it made in the shade in the late-90s, and then tried to capitalize on that sound for another fifteen years without really growing.

 
Band: The Cardigans
Song: Higher
Year: 1998
Why: Not everything they ever did was radio pop.

 
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