Sarah McLachlan – Blackbird
An evening pause: Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Tag: entertainment
Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi
An evening pause: This was I think the song that made her career. Its shallow environmentalism, from the still naive 1960s, seems appropriate today on Labor Day.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
An evening pause: Cohen’s very personal prayer to life and existence.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
The Rat pack – Birth of the Blues
An evening pause: Performed live 1965. That’s Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Dean Martin, and Johnny Carson.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Minh Ngα»c Ng – Handel’s Passacaglia
An evening pause: Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Van Morrison – Moondance
An evening pause: Performed live on television, and includes Etta James, George Benson, Carlos Santana, Dr. John, and Tom Scott.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Gerry & The Pacemakers – You’ll Never Walk Alone
An evening pause: The Rogers & Hammerstein classic from the 1945 musical Carousel. Pop groups in the 1960s routinely covered classics like this, because they knew their music history, used it to influence their own work, and also wished to celebrate it.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Jim Morrison of The Doors, as described by his father and sister
An evening pause: The interviews give a perspective that might surprise you.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
The Alan Parsons Project – Eye In The Sky
An evening pause: Performed live, with a full orchestra, 2013.
Hat tip John Jossy.
Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
An evening pause: I admit that I was never a fan of Winehouse, but quality is still quality, even if one has different tastes.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Sophie B. Hawkins – Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
An evening pause: Performed live 1994.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Swingrowers – That’s Right!
An evening pause: Shot on location at London’s Rivoli Ballroom.
Hat tip Judd Clark.