Tag: entertainment
Marilyn Maye – You’re Gonna Hear From Me/Cabaret
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.
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.
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
Lorin Hollander – 1st movement Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1
The Wallflowers & Bruce Springsteen – One Headlight
The Carpenters – Rainy days and Mondays
David Allan Coe – Tennessee Whiskey
Ilia Laporev & Estevao Gomes – Bach’s Air on a G String
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
Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
Ed Kowalczyk – Heaven
An evening pause: Chorus:
Take back your evidence
It has no power to deceive
I`ll believe it when I see it for myself
I don`t need no one to tell me about heaven
I look at my daughters, and I believe.
I don`t need no proof when it comes to God and truth
Hat tip Clark Jerrell.
Low Darts – My Old School
An evening pause: Great cover by a group of high school students of this Steely Dan song.
Hat tip Cotour.
Gilligan’s Island, if done today
An evening pause: As expected, this silly 1960s comedy has to become a predictable formula horror vehicle, filled with lots of AI and CGI slop. Quite funny, until you think about it for awhile.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Carlos Santana – Europa (Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile)
Roglit Ishay: Vidui (Confession)
An evening pause: Vidui is a central prayer on Yom Kippur, the day of atonement in Judaism, a day of fasting when each person asks forgiveness for the sins of the past year. Performed live 2026.
Hat tip Cotour.
Dave Matthews Band – Corn Bread
Def Leppard – Rocket
Lorne Greene – Describes working on Bonanza
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.