Phil Collins – Inside Out
An evening pause: Performed live 1990.
Hat tip Ferris Akel.
Tag: entertainment
Charles Laughton – The Gettysburg Address
An evening pause: A scene from the 1935 film, Ruggles of Red Gap. In the film he plays a British butler who has been won by a rich western family in a poker game. He comes to America, and is infected by its freedom.
I posted this back in 2011, on the anniversary of Lincoln’s first presentation. Time to play it again, since so many Americans today — like the cowboys in the movie — don’t have a clue what Lincoln said.
Enjoy your weekends!
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Sade – Is It A Crime
An evening pause: Performed live 1985.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
SRT (Synowiec, Robinson, Towne) – Stayin’ Alive
An evening pause: Hat tip Cotour.
Willie Nelson – Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground
<An evening pause: Performed live 1984.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
Howard Jones – Things Can Only Get Better
An evening pause: Performed live 1985.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Tuba Skinny – Jubilee Stomp
An evening pause: Performed with real joy, on the streets of New Orleans.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Marilyn Maye – You’re Gonna Hear From Me/Cabaret
An evening pause: Performed live 1967.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Kansas – Dust in the Wind
An evening pause: Performed live c2011. While I consider the music of this song truly beautiful, I personally despise the nihilist sentiments of the lyrics. There is more to life and existence than dust and nothingness, even if we as humans can’t quite figure it out. For this reason I have for years refused to post this song as an evening pause when others have suggested it.
I decided this time to finally let it play, mostly because the violin solo here is so well done.
Hat tip Chris Petty.
West Point Band and Glee Club – Mansions of the Lord
An evening pause: For Memorial Day, a repost from 2020. The words:
To fallen soldiers let us sing
Where no rockets fly nor bullets wing
Our broken brothers let us bring
To the Mansions of the Lord
No more bleeding, no more fight
No prayers pleading through the night
Just divine embrace, eternal light
To the Mansions of the Lord.
Where no mothers cry and no children weep
We will stand and guard though the angels sleep
Through the ages safely keep
The Mansions of the Lord.
Muse – Starlight
An evening pause: Performed live c2013.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
Lorin Hollander – 1st movement Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1
An evening pause: Performed live on television, 1963.
Hat tip Cotour.
The Wallflowers & Bruce Springsteen – One Headlight
An evening pause: Performed live 1997.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
The Carpenters – Rainy days and Mondays
An evening pause: I hope your Monday doesn’t get you down.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
David Allan Coe – Tennessee Whiskey
An evening pause: How one man found a better way to spend his weekend.
Hat tip Cotour.
Ilia Laporev & Estevao Gomes – Bach’s Air on a G String
An evening pause: Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
The Warning – Enter Sandman
In 2017 I posted an evening pause of this band playing this same song, when Daniela (on guitar) was 14 years old, Paulina (on drums) was 12 years old, and Alejandra (on bass guitar) was 9 yrs old. This version is from their 2025 tour in Mexico (where they are from). To put it mildly, they are a bit older.
Hat tip Richard Reese.
Canadian Brass – Bach’s Toccata & Fugue in D minor
An evening pause: Written for the organ, but it works I think even better in brass.
Hat tip Willi Kusche.
Metallica – Halo On Fire
An evening pause: Performed live 2019.
Hat tip Chris Petty.
Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
An evening pause: Performed live 2012.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.