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, “Theme Attic,” is on Wednesdays 2PM-4PM ET.
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!
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Sarah Brightman [Hall of Fame] has one of my favorite voices!
I don’t know how many times I’ve heard Simon and Garfunkel’s version of “Scarborough Fair” in my lifetime (It’s difficult for me to think of the duo’s recording of a 350 year old song as having the “original version,” however theirs was certainly the most popular!) but it has become part of my musical DNA!
Sometimes when hearing such a song, it can be difficult to accept a different version of it.
But when it is placed in such legendary hands as Sarah Brightman, from her “La Luna” album, the differences highlight subtleties within the melody!
Sarah’s beautiful vocal, along with the arrangement, provides the right amount of Renaissance mystery to a magical canticle!
One of the Greatest Songs Ever Recorded is “Scarborough Fair” by Sarah Brightman!!!
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