Sade – Smooth Operator
An evening pause: Performed live in 1984.
Hat tip Cotour.
Tag: entertainment
Sara Evans – I Could Not Ask For More
An evening pause: I think for this holiday season I think we should focus on songs of thanksgiving, especially considering how hard we must now fight for our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Similar suggests will be welcome!
The United States Army Field Band – The Battle Hymn of the Republic
An evening pause: Performed live 2016.
Hat tip David McCooey, who had recommended this 1908 recording.
Martina McBride – Blessed
An evening pause: For Thanksgiving.
I have been blessed
With so much more than I deserve
To be here with the ones that love me
To love them so much it hurts
I have been blessed, oh yeah
I have been blessed, oh yeah, yeah
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Anastasia Huppmann – Piano Sonata No 23 in F minor movement 3
An evening pause: By Beethoven.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Pink – What’s Up
An evening pause: Hat tip Cotour.
Gregory Porter – Concorde
An evening pause: The music video story imposed on the song is somewhat predictable and unoriginal, but the song is top notch.
Hat tip to Robert Pratt of Pratt on Texas.
The Fixx – Saved by Zero
An evening pause: Hat tip Dan Morris.
Chris Stapleton – Cold
An evening pause: Hat tip Cotour.
Haley Reinhart & Casey Abrams – Time of the Season
An evening pause: Hat tip Dan Morris.
Readers! I am in need of evening pause suggestions! If you’ve seen something you think would work, say so in the comments, without providing a link. I will email you. For those interested in participating in making this webpage fun, here are my guidelines for suggesting evening pauses:
1. The subject line should say “evening pause.”
2. Don’t send more than three in any email. I prefer however if you send them one email at a time.
3. Variety! Don’t send me two or three or five from the same artist. I can only use one. Pick your favorite and send that.
4. Live performance preferred.
5. Quirky technology, humor, and short entertaining films also work.
6. Search BtB first to make sure your suggestion hasn’t already been posted.
7. I might not respond immediately, as I schedule these in a bunch.
4 Non Blondes – Spaceman
An evening pause: Hat tip Cotour.
Celtica – Celtic Spirits
An evening pause: The mix of cultures here is somewhat amusing. The music and performance however are grand.
Hat tip Able Windsor.
Allison Young – Where Is My Mind?
An evening pause: Another Postmodern Jukebox performance.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Imogen Heap – Blanket
An evening pause: Jeff Beck on guitar.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
At Last the 1948 Show – Policewomen Sketch
An evening pause: This aired in 1967. That’s John Cleese, Marty Feldman, and Graham Chapman, with Tim Brooke-Taylor supervising.
Hat tip Cotour.
MonaLisa Twins – Drive My Car
An evening pause: Hat tip Dan Morris.
Lisa Hannigan – Undertow
An evening pause: Hat tip Dan Morris.
Level 42 – Something About You
An evening pause: Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Harriet Krijgh – Kabalevsky’s 1st Cello Concerto
An evening pause: Hat tip Dan Morris, who provides this interesting historical tidbit. “Dmitry Kabalevsky, described as an opportunistic Soviet toady (three Stalin prizes, four Orders of Lenin), today seems widely forgotten.” I leave it to you to decide why, after listening to this selection.
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Riviera Paradise
An evening pause: Hat tip Cotour.