One of the Greatest Songs Ever Recorded: “Livin’ the Good Life” by Jo Serrapere and The LaFawndas!!!

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’ve done a post about Jo Serrapere and The LaFawndas‘ brilliant “Livin’ the Good Life” before, but it also included two other songs.

As a matter of fact, I honestly thought I had already done another separate post.

However, I couldn’t locate one, so I figure this is as good a time as any to do a new one… since I’ve been hearing it a lot lately!

Jo Serrapere and The LaFawndas are performing a concert April 7, 2022 at Trinity House Theatre in Livonia, Michigan, to benefit Dearborn’s non commercial radio station WHFR.

One of the spots features “Livin’ the Good Life,” from their album, “Dollar Store Nation!”

Being played in constant rotation, the promotional message has rekindled my affection for the song and its accompanying video!

It’s an animated version of the song, “Livin’ the Good Life,” in which the ghost (who looks a lot like Jo Serrapere!) singing the subdued little ditty, is trying to figure out all of her haunting options.

Sounding like the song came out of the 1920s or 30s, the arrangement delivers the authentic jazzy medium for Jo’s vocals–especially the sotto voce line, “Well, you know what I mean!”

The conclusion she comes to is: why haunt some low life place when you can do the same thing at a rich location and rub ectoplasmic elbows with the upper crust?

There are plenty of animated cameos including Clark Gable and a priceless prize fight between Edison and Tesla!

The video is both directed and animated by Matt Rasch, and perfectly captures the feeling of the song!

One of the Greatest Songs Ever Recorded is “Livin’ the Good Life” by Jo Serrapere and The LaFawndas!!!

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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/!