Carlos Santana – Europa (Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile)
An evening pause: Performed live 2011.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
Tag: music
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
An evening pause: Performed live 2007.
Hat tip Clark Jerrell.
Def Leppard – Rocket
An evening pause: Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
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
An evening pause: Performed live 2007.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
Erhan Shukri – Rasputin
An evening pause: Performed live 2016.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Dan Hartman – I Can Dream About You
An evening pause: Performed live prior to Hartman’s passing in 1994.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Candy Dulfer – Lily Was Here
An evening pause: Performed live 2010.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
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.
Edgar Winter & Billy Strings – Fly Away
An evening pause: Performed live February 20, 2026.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Ririko Takagi & Kaoruko Igarashi – Akatonbo [Red dragonfly]
An evening pause: Performed live 2022. This is a children’s song written in 1927 by Kōsaku Yamada with lyrics from a 1921 Japanese poem by Rofū Miki.
Eagles – Lyin’ Eyes
An evening pause: Performed live 1977.
Hat tip Cotour.
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra – O Magnum Mysterium
An evening pause: Peformed live July 2020. They minimize the appearance of the stupid social distancing by good camerawork.
Diana Damrau – Queen of the Night
An evening pause: From Mozart’s The Magic Flute, performed by the Royal Opera. If the closed captions are off, turn them on, as they provide a translation.
As “the fat lady” has now sung, we can go off and enjoy the weekend.
Hat tip Blair Ivey.
Chai Kichi & Spaul – Aheng Haheng
An evening pause: How about some silliness, dressed up in some very nice music.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Jewel – Standing Still
An evening pause: Performed live 2001.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
Alex Guerrero – New York New York
An evening pause: The guitarist, who goes by the handle of guitaro5000, goes around and asks strangers if they want to sing something. This example epitomizes in a nutshell America.
Hat tip Cotour.
The Ross Sisters – Solid Potato Salad
An evening pause: From the 1944 movie Broadway Rhythm. Makes me want to go to a potluck picnic this weekend.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.