Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Taylor Swift – Love Story
An evening pause: Performed live 1989.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman, who felt it was time Behind the Black had a pause by Swift, a performer whose work I have been completely unfamiliar with.
Silvana Mangano – Mambo
Greg Howard – Tomorrow Never Knows/Norwegian Wood
An evening pause: Another unusual instrument producing great music, this time on a “bamboo Chapman Stick“. Performed live 2009.
Enjoy your weekend!
Hat tip Cotour.
Gentle Giant – The Advent Of Panurge
An evening pause: From the peak of “art rock” in the 1970s. Performed live 1975.
Hat tip Diane Wilson.
Keith Emerson & Oscar Peterson – Honky Tonk Train Blues
Camille Saint-Saëns – The Swan
An evening pause: Mischa Maisky on the cello, backed by the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Performed live 2015.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Volonaut – Test flight of Airbike prototype
An evening pause: Someday relatively soon, this prototype will be available for purchase, though at present it does not appear to me to be ready for prime time.. Where would you go this weekend if you had one?
Hat tip Cotour, who adds, “I bet you did not know that there is now a flying barbeque. I like mine medium rare.”
Bulgaria & Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra – Cosmic Voices
An evening pause: Performed live 2015. Stay with it. Though the opening is less appealing, it gets far better.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
The Addams Family – The Wednesday Dance
An evening pause: From the original 1960s television show, which was actually quite funny and original (unlike the turgid 1991 movie).
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Hoobastank – The Reason
An evening pause: This “music” video intentionally illustrates why I prefer live performances over most “official” music videos that show a fake visual story under the music, as if that story and the music have something to do with each other, when they never really do. This video instead shows us what the music video would sound like if you focused instead on this fake story. Quick funny at times.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette, who writes, “Great concept! What happens when you take a Music Video and de-emphasize the music & band performance, and concentrate on the story being told in the background?”
Al Green – Tired Of Being Alone
Idealized Science Institute – Which ramp reaches highest final speed?
An evening pause: A science quiz I suspect most of my readers will get right. Regardless, this experiment illustrates some basic fundamentals of the scientific method: Don’t guess, make no assumptions, test by experimentation, and repeat those tests multiple times to confirm your results.
The Institute that made this video appears to be a great resource for homeschoolers.
Hat tip Cotour, who tells me he “got it correct!”
To everyone: Enjoy the Labor Day weekend!
Alan Jackson – Summertime Blues
Jools Holland & Doctor John – Boogie Woogie Twins
Kiss – Black Diamond
An evening pause: Performed live on television 1975. Above these guys are musical showmen.
Hat tip Wamphyr.
Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra -Peter Gunn TV show theme
An evening pause: Performed live c2016. The Peter Gunn showed aired in the late 1950s.
Hat tip Don Carrera.
Saturday Night Live – Washington’s Dream
The Platters – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Kalandra – Borders
The Yardbirds – Shapes of Things
An evening pause: Performed on French television in 1966. I suspect they are lip-synching to the record album, but the editing makes this hard to confirm.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Primal Space – The water system of the ancient city of Granada
Candy Dulfer & Jan Van Duikeren – Jazz improvisation
Edvard Grieg – In the Hall of the Mountain King
An evening pause: From Peer Gynt, and performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in 2019.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose – Treat Her Like A Lady
Munich Bach Orchestra – Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major,3rd movement
An evening pause: For those old enough, you will recognize this music, as it was the theme music for the William Buckley’s show, Firing Line, from the 60s and 70s.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Jay Leno’s Garage – 1965 Shelby 427 Cobra Competition
An evening pause: For car buffs, and anyone else who wants to take a drive this weekend.
Hat tip Cotour.
Jason Colacino and Katie Boyle – Honky Tonk
An evening pause: How about some hot dancing today? Some truly original moves that I think Fred Astaire would applaud.
Hat tip Mike Nelson. Note too that he found this on X. It is nice to give youtube some competition.
❤️🔥 Jason Colacino and Katie Boyle – Honky Tonk
Now THAT'S what I call pure elegance, charm, and undeniable heat!! 🫶🔥 pic.twitter.com/P1NHHG3rtW— Love Music (@khnh80044) April 1, 2025