One of the Greatest Songs Ever Recorded: “San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)” by Fever Tree!!!

For as long as I’ve been on the radio, and definitely for as long as I’ve been writing a blog, I will occasionally make a reference to a song being “One of the Greatest Songs Ever Recorded!” (GSER)

I would usually follow that by saying that I would eventually start a category for it, but then never get around to it.

Well, now I’m getting around to it!

My radio show, “Theme Attic,”  is on Wednesdays 12PM-4PM ET.

The show can be heard on WHFR 89.3 FM in the Dearborn-Detroit area of Michigan, or it can be streamed with this link: https://www.whfr.fm/streamer/!

The Greatest Songs will pretty much follow the pattern of The Most Awesomest Song of the Day.

I’ll select a song to celebrate and then give my thoughts about it. Nothing really brand new here that hasn’t been done before. But since I have a website, I can collect them and lay out what my own greatest songs are.

Here’s a link to have a look at “The Greatest Songs Ever Recorded”: https://philmaq.com/the-greatest-songs-ever-recorded/! Occasionally, an “awesome song” crosses over to become a “Greatest Song!”

Even though I always emphasize new music and artists, it’s always fun to take a short drive through the legendary artists, since they influenced those other artists!

But a song doesn’t have to be old or done by a legendary Theme Attic Hall of Fame member to be thus honored.

I can think of several songs that are only a few years old or less that I could identify as One of the Greatest Songs Ever Recorded.

This will be fun, and hopefully you will join me on my journey!

If you like what you see, don’t forget to spread the word by hitting the “like” button on my Facebook page, Phil Maq!

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Let’s take another trip down my memory lane.

I come from a rather large family with three brothers and two sisters.

Our house was an average two bedroom bungalow with a somewhat finished non insulated attic.

My parents had one of the bedrooms, which meant we all had to fend for ourselves with the other rooms.

My sisters teamed up in the other bedroom, while my brothers and I got the upstairs space consisting of one double bed.

It wasn’t good, but it wasn’t as bad as it seemed, because there was only a tiny time span when all of us were actually living in the house together.

My oldest brother was out of the house probably by the time I was out of my crib.

Another brother left after a couple more years, so it was down to my second oldest brother and myself in the attic.

When he left, the upstairs became my territory.

Without insulation, my bedroom was really hot when the temperature outside was hot.

Summers were brutal!

Now, it’s possible that my last remaining stay at home brother may have had a different work schedule. But I always felt that by the time “San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)” by Fever Tree was on the radio, I was by myself in the attic.

There was always a clock radio in the room. At the least, it was what I used to listen to as I fell asleep.

I swear I only heard “San Francisco Girls” in the middle of the night.

And the psychedelic jam sounded like it came from another planet!

It still does!

It was kinda scary to a young kid lying in bed at 2:30 in the morning without a night light, trying to fall asleep in the summer heat.

It alternated between those crazy fuzzed out guitars, and that exotic other half of the song with the accordion, flutes, and chimes!

Today is the Summer Solstice! So…

“Out there it’s Summertime/

Milk and honey days!”

One of the Greatest Songs Ever Recorded is “San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)” by Fever Tree!!!

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I have plenty of other musical areas to explore:

Here’s a link for my weekly list of Fave Songs:

https://philmaq.com/phils-lists/phils-faves-songs!

Here’s a link for my weekly Fave Album lists:
philmaq.com/phils-lists/phils-faves-albums

My somewhat unusual Hall of Fame can be explored here: https://philmaq.com/hall-of-fame/!

Lastly, but most importantly, is my Philby Awards link! A Philby is my annual award for outstanding musical achievement! https://philmaq.com/philbys/!