Tag: entertainment
Crystal Gayle & Muppets – River Road
An evening pause: As I have said before, it is very important to be silly once in awhile.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
The Maine – If I Only Had The Heart
Peter Pringle – The Epic Of Gilgamesh In Sumerian
An evening pause: As I return from Israel and the Middle East, this piece somehow seems appropriate, played on the Sumerian long-neck “gishgudi.”
Hat tip Sayomara.
Bobby Vee – Take Good Care of My Baby
Jean Mitry – Pacific 231
An evening pause: I would never sit through a performance of the music played during this 1949 short film showing the power of the steam locomotive. Juxtapositioned with the powerful images of the train in motion, however, this music works splendidly. The film itself is an example of the kind of short avant garde films produced during the 1950s and 1950s, and well worth watching.
Hat tip Blair Ivey.
Anna Martin – Dead and Lovely
An evening pause: The song is Tom Waits, and is performed as part of a show put on by the group, Lady Sings it Better.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Jennifer Connelly – The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
An evening pause: From the really evocative science fiction film Dark City (1998). The film ain’t perfect, but it sticks with you long after you see it.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Eric Church – Kill A Word
An evening pause: The song’s sentiment, that one should speak with care, I endorse heartily. One should always have the right, however, to say harsh things, if only because sometimes harsh things must be said. It is a shame that too many people in today’s culture think instead that they have the right to preemptively silence such speech, because it might offend someone.
Hat tip Joe Griffin.
Cement Mixer Slim Gaillard
An evening pause: My, does he enjoy what he is doing. From a 1960s television appearance.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Elvis Presley – Love Me Tender
An evening pause: Performed on televsion, 1956.
Hat tip Edward Thelen, who added, “per LocalFluff’s request.”
Yes – I’ve Seen All Good People
An evening pause: The song has two parts, Your move, followed by All Good People. This performance was performed live in 2004, was entirely acoustic, and was filmed live before a studio audience and transmitted live to 25 theaters throughout the United States.
Hat tip Frank Kelly.
Sha Na Na with Johnny Contardo – Those Magic Changes
<An evening pause: Performed on Sha Na Na’s television show, that aired from 1977 to 1981.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Rush – Countdown
An evening pause: The video focuses on a shuttle launch, but I think the words apply to all launches, and especially to those that break new ground.
Excitement so thick you could cut it with a knife
Technology…high, on the leading edge of life
Hat tip Commodude.
Gene Watson – Farewell Party
David Gilmour – The Blue
Strawhatz – A China Concept
An evening pause: That this even hints at political incorrectness requires that we watch it. And besides, the dancing is most intriguing.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Deborah Kerr – I whistle a happy tune
<An evening pause: From the 1956 Rodgers & Hammerstein Hollywood musical, The King and I. The song, actually sung by Marni Nixon, invokes a lesson I have learned works in almost every situation. Act like you belong and have the right to do what you are doing and people will accept this without question. This worked especially well when I was in the movie business.
The song’s lesson is also a good portrayal of the optimism and courage of the American culture in the mid-twentieth century. All good things were possible, if we showed courage and determination.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Postmodern Jukebox – All About That Bass
Tom Jobim – Waters of March/Águas de Março
<An evening pause: A stream of consciousness song in tribute to March and spring.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Faron Young – Sweet Dreams
An evening pause: From a 1956 television show, with all the cheesiness that goes with it.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
An evening pause: From a 1956 television show, with all the cheesiness that goes with it.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Jack Bruce – I Feel Free
An evening pause: Bruce had co-wrote this song for the band Cream. And yes, that’s Ringo Starr on the drums.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Marrakesh Express
The Key of Awesome – Somebody that I use to know parody
An evening pause: It appears that there are others who can do this also.
Hat tip Peter Fenstemacher.
Walk off the Earth – Somebody that I used to know
An evening pause: Nicely performed, especially as the performers were all playing the same guitar.
Hat tip James Mallamace.
Noble Sissle and his Ciro’s club dance orchestra – Little White Lies/Happy Feet
Scandal – Goodbye To You
An evening pause: I will think of this song whenever we see huge cuts in the federal bureaucracy.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Didn’t It Rain
Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over
An evening pause: The very last song during the band’s farewell tour in 1996. The band did re-form in the 2000s, but without the drummer Paul Hester, who committed suicide in 2005.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Gustav Holst – Jupiter from The Planets
An evening pause: Holst dubbed Jupiter the bringer of Jollity. To me, the central epic theme from this movement has always evoked vastness and epic planet-sized storms, even before we really knew how epic and vast the storms on Jupiter really were.
Hat tip Danae.