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.
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…at least sometimes!
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On a day when we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life, I decided to pick a song by another visionary.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (a Rock and Roll and Theme Attic Hall of Fame member), served as a role model for everyone, but especially women!
One of the first females to play electric guitar, I love to watch videos of her performing live!
The way she bounced when she played, and then turning her strong voice loose in her joyous delivery always puts a smile on my heart!
“Strange Things Happen Every Day” was the first gospel song to cross over and become a hit on what would eventually be called the R&B chart.
Although the song title refers to wondrous things that God does in our daily lives that can’t be explained, I can’t help but feel how the lyrics relate to these tumultuous times, a time when many have lost their common sense and choose to believe lies.
“There are strange things happening everyday.
If you want to view the climb/
You must learn to quit your lyin’/
There are strange things happening everyday.
If you heal right through the lies…”
I think Dr, Martin Luther King, Jr. would agree and value truth over lies, since he lived his life dedicated to do just that.
One of the Greatest Songs Ever Recorded is “Strange Things Happening Every Day” by Sister Rosetta Tharpe!!!
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