One of the Greatest Songs Ever Recorded: “Once in a Very Blue Moon” by Nanci Griffith!!!

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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I decided to do a bonus song today.

I mean, a blue moon happens about every 2 and 1/2 years, so it would be a while before I would get to a blue moon song if I didn’t do it today.

In case you don’t remember, a blue moon is the second full moon of the month–like tonight.

It does NOT look blue in color. That’s a poetic description.

I’m choosing a song by Theme Attic Hall of Fame Artist Nanci Griffith!

“Once in a Very Blue Moon” is the first song I ever heard by her.

I fell asleep recording a show on PBS on a VHS tape and I didn’t have the timer on, so it kept taping.

When I watched the tape and saw what I wnated to see, I’m a curious kinda guy, so I let the tape continue. It had taped an Austin City Limits retrospective show.

At that time, I’m not sure I was even aware of that show.

One of the featured artists was a soft spoken singer who looked so cute!

However, she had an excellent use of dynamics, and could really belt out the parts she really wanted to!

I was smitten! I still am!

I watched “Blue Moon” over and over getting chills up my spine!

Such a wistful and touching look at a failed relationship.

Occasionally, the singer looks back and thinks about what might have been.

It doesn’t control her life. It’s just a nice memory.

Over the years, I was lucky enough to see Nanci several times.

She’s probably one of my Top Ten favorite artists!

One of the Greatest Songs Ever Recorded is “Once in a Very Blue Moon” by Nanci Griffith!!!

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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 brilliant musical achievement! https://philmaq.com/philbys/!

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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