Tzvi Erez – Chopin Nocturne Opus 55 #1 in F minor
An evening pause: Recorded live 2003.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Billy Preston – Nothing from Nothing
An evening pause: Performed during a Ringo Starr concert in Japan, 1995.
Hat tip Danae.
Dale Watson – Texas Armadillo
An evening pause: As we sit in the depths of the summer, this song about of all things roadkill somehow seems fitting to me.
Hat tip Robert Pratt of Pratt on Texas.
Verdi’s Il Trovatore – Anvil Chorus
An evening pause: I know very little about opera, having never been much of a fan, but I must admit that the old woman’s song here is most intriguing, and seems to lay the foundation for a good tale.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
David Gilmour & Richard Wright – Comfortably Numb
An evening pause: Performed live in Poland, 2006.
Hat tip Danae.
Tom Rush – Making the best of a bad situation
An evening pause: I think we all would benefit, especially America’s Democrats, if we took this song as some solid advice.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola & John McLaughlin – Mediterranean Sun Dance
An evening pause: Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Kimya Dawson – Tire Swing
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Tom Jones & Toni Braxton – Knock On Wood
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Johnny Rivers – Secret Agent Man
An evening pause: This song seems fitting considering the fake Russian indictments by Mueller and the kerfuffle over the Trump-Putin press conference during their summit, all of which have been as silly as this song.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
The Sweeplings – Carry Me Home
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Suncoast Worship – Holes in the Sky
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Mrs Good – La terre tremblante
An evening pause: A translation of the song, by the songwriter, can be found here.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Bush – Glycerine
An evening pause: Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
James Morrison – I won’t let you go
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Oh Sheep!
An evening pause: Sometimes you just can’t win.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Eric Whitacre – The Seal Lullaby
An evening pause: Originally written for a film that was never made, this song speaks to the emotion of every parent, watching their child asleep.
Oh, hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us
And black are the waters that sparkled so green
The moon, o’er the combers, looks downward to find us
At rest in the hollows that rustle between
Where billow meets billow, then soft be thy pillow
Oh weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease
The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark overtake thee
Asleep in the arms of the slow swinging seas
Asleep in the arms
Of the slow swinging seas
Whitacre is the conductor in this performance by Junges Vokalensemble Hannover.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Mike Oldfield – Sentinel
An evening pause: It has been awhile since I posted some Oldfield. Have at it!
Hat tip Danae.
AT&T: How to Use the Dial Phone
An evening pause: I would not be surprised if some of the younger readers of Behind the Black would need the instructions in this silent film in order to properly use a rotary phone.
Introducing any new technology requires instruction. This was strange stuff to homeowners in 1927, but a great improvement over party line phones that required an operator to do the dialing. And this was cutting edge then, and a symbol of the future.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Glen Campbell & Jimmy Webb – MacArthur Park
An evening pause: Recorded in 1988 as part of an album and DVD entitled In Session that was released in 2012, about the time that Alzheimer’s Disease was ending Campbell’s career.
Hat tip Danae.