I have a feature to recognize a slice of good music: The Most Awesomest Song of the Day!
Here’s a link to the complete list: https://philmaq.com/most-awesomest-songs/
I want to emphasize mostly, relatively newer music, just like on my weekly “Theme Attic” show, Wednesdays, from 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/!
If you’d like to know what I think are even better than the awesome songs, 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!”
But I can promise this: I will not force my selections. If something doesn’t hit me, I won’t post one.
Everything I do has always been about shining a spotlight on the artist and their music.
Now I will have the potential to shine 365 more spotlights if I want to!
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This year ends on a promising little tune–the title track from Marty Kohn’s New Year’s Eve Waltz album released a few months ago.
I’m not sure where the inspiration came from, but it is an ingenious song that takes the numerical calendar figures, 12-31-23, which, when the dashes are removed, turns out to be a waltz tempo: one two three, one two three!
It’s a once in a century occurrence!
And the narrator takes stock of his own faults in a resolutiony (I’m not sure if Marty, a former journalist, will appreciate this word!) kind of way!
He’s looking for forgiveness–not only for himself, but everybody, so that we can leave behind the mental weight of our past failures.
That way everyone starts out with a blank slate for the New Year!
The final verse contains the most important lines, as they are his wishes for the year that are both humble and equitable:
“May there be health and money/
Enough to get by/
Of love and affection/
On endless supply/
Then he moves on to large, altruistic wishes:
May there be no more hunger/
And be no more war/
And finally, a little honest hope for the future:
May we be here to see/
One two three, one two four!
Just beautiful!
The Most Awesomest Song of the Day is “New Year’s Eve Waltz” by Marty Kohn!!!
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I have other musical areas to explore:
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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