Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Ted Nugent – Cat Scratch Fever
An evening pause: Performed live 1979. I had never heard of this real disease caused from an infected cat scratch, until my knee surgeon warned me about it prior to surgery. As our two cats are gentle and have never scratched me, and are also indoor cats, I wasn’t concerned.
Then Diane sent me this song. Heh. You learn something new every day.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Note: At present I have almost no suggestions for evening pauses, not even from my regular contributors. If you’ve suggested pauses in the past you know the drill and have the guidelines. If you haven’t done so before but want to, just mention this fact in the comments below. I will contact you with the guidelines. Don’t include your suggestion in your comment or then I can’t really use it.
Jeff Beck – A Day in the Life
Erhan Shukri – Rasputin
Dan Hartman – I Can Dream About You
Juan Luis Rubiales – Three knives
An evening pause: Some magic to herald the weekend. Note that near the beginning of his actual performance the sound drops out for 40 seconds. Stick with it, the loss is irrelevant.
Hat tip Cotour.
Candy Dulfer – Lily Was Here
Emma Kok & Matheu Hinzen – You’re The One that I Want
An evening pause: Performed live c2025. From the musical Grease.
Hat tip Judd Clark, who notes that this performance is “Quite different than from the last time you showed Emma Kok,” when she was only fifteen.
Maria Callas – Bizet’s Carmen Habanera
An evening pause: Performed live 1962. Make sure you have closed captions activated as it provides a translation.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Andy Kaufman as Elvis Presley
An evening pause: A very talented comic actor once told me something very profound about comedy: “Play opposites, it works every time.” Performed live on the Tonight Show 1977.
Hat tip Cotour.
A military pilot’s perspective on downed pilot rescue in Iran Easter weekend
An evening pause: The details of the amazing search & rescue effort to recover a downed American pilot in Iran last weekend has been covered quite thoroughly in the media, especially the alternative press. This video gives us the compelling perspective of the men and women who made that rescue happen. Even if you oppose Trump’s present actions against Iran, Steeve’s reveals a fundamental aspect of the American way of war that illustrates again the best part of America. The key quote, “Will you be worth the trip?”
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Edgar Winter & Billy Strings – Fly Away
Ririko Takagi & Kaoruko Igarashi – Akatonbo [Red dragonfly]
An evening pause: Performed live 2022. This is a children’s song written in 1927 by Kōsaku Yamada with lyrics from a 1921 Japanese poem by Rofū Miki.
Eagles – Lyin’ Eyes
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra – O Magnum Mysterium
An evening pause: Peformed live July 2020. They minimize the appearance of the stupid social distancing by good camerawork.
Diana Damrau – Queen of the Night
An evening pause: From Mozart’s The Magic Flute, performed by the Royal Opera. If the closed captions are off, turn them on, as they provide a translation.
As “the fat lady” has now sung, we can go off and enjoy the weekend.
Hat tip Blair Ivey.
Chai Kichi & Spaul – Aheng Haheng
An evening pause: How about some silliness, dressed up in some very nice music.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Steve Lehto – The crazy legal problems w/the Turbo Encabulator
An evening pause: For a background review, essential for understanding the legal tangles, see these earlier evening pauses from 2012, 2014, and 2023.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Jewel – Standing Still
Alex Guerrero – New York New York
An evening pause: The guitarist, who goes by the handle of guitaro5000, goes around and asks strangers if they want to sing something. This example epitomizes in a nutshell America.
Hat tip Cotour.
The Ross Sisters – Solid Potato Salad
An evening pause: From the 1944 movie Broadway Rhythm. Makes me want to go to a potluck picnic this weekend.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Carl Perkins & Ringo Starr – Honey Don’t
An evening pause: Performed live 1985.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Readers: I am in need of evening pause suggestions. If you’ve sent me suggestions in the past you know the drill. More suggestions are welcome! If you haven’t and want to suggest something, say so in the comments below, but DON’T provide the link to your suggestion or mention it. I will contact you to send you the guidelines so you can send it to me to schedule.
Michael Kiwanuka – Cold Little Heart
Elina Garanca – When I hear the sound of the cymbal
Fair Play Crew – Video Game
An evening pause: To really appreciate this skit, you really would have had to have spent hours playing early coin-operated video games in the 1980s and 1990s.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.