Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five – Aint Nobody Here But Us Chickens
An evening pause: Why do I think this song is describing the culture of the United States these days?
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
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Patricia Janečková: Johann Strauss’ Frühlingsstimmen
2 Cellos – Mombasa
Pachelbel’s Canon in D
An evening pause: I’ve posted numerous evening pauses of many performances of this wonderful piece of music, here, here, here, and here.
This version is very cool because it shows that even this staid and beautiful piece of baroque music can become a heavy metal piece.
Star Swain – The National Anthem
An evening pause: Sung live at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. June 16, 2016.
For Memorial Day. And I think the big guy in the chair behind her would approve, whole-heartedly.
Craig McPherson – The Entire Appalachian Trail in 5 Minutes
An evening pause: Music by Kevin McLeod. When I lived in New York and began back-packing in the 1980s I would always spend Memorial Day weekend somewhere on this trail, generally in the Catskills. I understand well what this man felt at the end of the trail.
Hat tip Jeff Poplin.
Crazy Drummers vs Europen X Holland
An evening pause: This appears to a Russian show where drum groups compete, kind of like the cooking competition shows that took over the Food Channel. They don’t tell us who won, but who cares.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Tony Bennett – It Had to Be You
Julie Andrews & Christopher Plummer – Something Good
An evening pause: O that face. Even with this poor recording, you can see why I said, in my very first evening pause, Julie Andrews had “one of the most incredible screen presences of any actor in the history of film.” And the lighting here, reflecting off her features and eyes with a glint, accentuates that presence.
From The Sound of Music (1965).
Kukla, Fran and Ollie – Here We Are Again
A evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who writes, “Before there was Shari Lewis; before there were the Muppets, there was Kukla, Fran, and Ollie. An American television staple from 1947 – 1957, Kukla, Fran, and Ollie demonstrated there would be as large an adult audience for puppetry as there was a child audience. Burr Tillstrom voiced all the puppets. Fran Allison was the host. In this video, they sing their theme song ‘Here We Are Again.'”
Do a quick search on youtube and you can find clips of them singing songs from things like The Mikado and doing satire on television advertising. As primitive as it might seem when compared to modern television, this was a children’s show with a whiff of sophistication.
Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens & Flaco Jimenez
An evening pause: Performed live, 1988. The magnificent set starts wth “Guitars Cadillacs,” then goes on to “Streets of Bakersfields,” “Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room,” and finishes with a song I simply can’t identify. It’s a bit long for an evening pause, but worth every second. And a great way to end the week.
Hat tip Robert Pratt of Pratt on Texas.
How To Use A Semicolon Correctly
An evening pause: Time for some lessons in sentence structure and the history of an obscure bit of punctuation.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Diane Keaton – It Seems Like Old Times
Radiohead – Creep
An evening pause: Seems to me that these guys could be Mrs. Hughes’ son from the comedy routine posted in yesterday’s evening pause.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Dale Watson – South Of Round Rock Texas
An evening pause: Hat tip Robert Pratt, of the radio show Pratt on Texas, who offers it “to balance the ‘jazzy.'”
Anneke van Giersbergen & Danny Cavanagh – The Blower’s Daughter
Michael Dudok de Wit – Father and Daughter
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who was quite right when he said this nine minute animated film flies by in an instant.
Sam Smith – Burning
Above & Beyond Acoustic – On A Good Day
Aimee Echo & Teddybears – Punk Rocker
Willie Nelson & Kenny Rogers – Blue Skies
Andrea Motis & l’Orquestra Simfònica – Solitude
Numberphile – The Most Powerful Dice
Katie Mullins – A Disney Love Song Medley (on the ukulele)
An evening pause: In order, “Kiss the Girl” (The Little Mermaid), “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” (The Lion King), “A Whole New World” (Aladdin), “I See the Light” (Tangled), and “You’ll Be in My Heart” (Tarzan), and then finishing with a reprise of “A Whole New World.” All good songs, but to my ear, it is very clear that “A Whole New World” stands out.
And the singer is really joyous.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Greys – Needle in the Camel’s Eye
Etta James – Something’s Got A Hold On Me
An evening pause: Performed live on television sometime in the mid-1960s.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who notes, “Etta James was an inspiration to a generation of popular female singers, from Janice Joplin to Christina Aguilera.”
The Wilson Sisters – The Battle of Evermore
The Amazing Paul Frees
An evening pause: You have heard his voice, many times. This highlight reel, suggested by Jim Mallamace, includes just a few, all amazingly different:
Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion
Boris Badenov
Pillsbury Doughboy
Lion and Mouse
Voyages Through Inner Space
Burgermeister Meisterburger
The Beatles Cartoon
Morocco Mole
Ludwig von Drake
He was a contemporary of Mel Blanc (most famous for providing the voices for Warner Brothers’ cartoons), was as good, but is far less well known.