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!
It 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.
My radio show, “Prime Time Theme Attic,” is on Monday nights 8PM-10PM ET but is on hiatus because of the pandemic.
Here’s the link for when the show returns: http://rdo.fm/r/4qntu )
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.
On days that I spotlight a greatest song, it will take the place of The Most Awesomest Song of the Day.
This will be fun, and hopefully you will join me on my journey…at least sometimes!
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Even though I didn’t care for this summer (Way too hot! Pandemic! Fires! Floods! Hurricanes!), I still hate to see it go. I’m not a fan of cold, snowy weather either!
I like it the way I like it, and that’s it!
Every year, when I wrapped up the last segment of my show, I always played, “Summer’s Almost Gone” by The Doors, from their “Waiting For the Sun” album–probably the sixth album I owned.
The song sounds like a lot of other Doors‘ songs. Like it was recorded after a hot night of partying and they decided to roll tape at four in the morning.
It’s very moody and atmospheric. Ray Manzarek’s piano sounds very sad as does Robbie Krieger’s slide guitar.
Even though the calendar and seasons are changing, I say it’s still summer until nature says it isn’t!
There’s still plenty of warm days before the weather really starts getting cold, but you don’t want to waste them.
Jim Morrison’s sorrowful vocal says it all–especially the last line!
One of the Greatest Songs Ever Recorded is “Summer’s Almost Gone” by The Doors!!!
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