Mrs. Hughes – Till Death
An evening pause: Good comedy should leave you begging for more. This does that.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Dale Watson – South Of Round Rock Texas
An evening pause: Hat tip Robert Pratt, of the radio show Pratt on Texas, who offers it “to balance the ‘jazzy.'”
Anneke van Giersbergen & Danny Cavanagh – The Blower’s Daughter
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Michael Dudok de Wit – Father and Daughter
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who was quite right when he said this nine minute animated film flies by in an instant.
Sam Smith – Burning
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
How they drive through waterfalls in Nepal
An evening pause: In Tucson the signs always say, “Do not enter when flooded.” Obviously, they have a different approach in Nepal.
Above & Beyond Acoustic – On A Good Day
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Aimee Echo & Teddybears – Punk Rocker
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Willie Nelson & Kenny Rogers – Blue Skies
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Andrea Motis & l’Orquestra Simfònica – Solitude
A evening pause: Hat tip Robert Pratt.
Numberphile – The Most Powerful Dice
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen, who adds, “Probability can be counterintuitive.”
Katie Mullins – A Disney Love Song Medley (on the ukulele)
An evening pause: In order, “Kiss the Girl” (The Little Mermaid), “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” (The Lion King), “A Whole New World” (Aladdin), “I See the Light” (Tangled), and “You’ll Be in My Heart” (Tarzan), and then finishing with a reprise of “A Whole New World.” All good songs, but to my ear, it is very clear that “A Whole New World” stands out.
And the singer is really joyous.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Greys – Needle in the Camel’s Eye
An evening pause: Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Etta James – Something’s Got A Hold On Me
An evening pause: Performed live on television sometime in the mid-1960s.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who notes, “Etta James was an inspiration to a generation of popular female singers, from Janice Joplin to Christina Aguilera.”
The Wilson Sisters – The Battle of Evermore
An evening pause: Performed live 1993.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
The Amazing Paul Frees
An evening pause: You have heard his voice, many times. This highlight reel, suggested by Jim Mallamace, includes just a few, all amazingly different:
Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion
Boris Badenov
Pillsbury Doughboy
Lion and Mouse
Voyages Through Inner Space
Burgermeister Meisterburger
The Beatles Cartoon
Morocco Mole
Ludwig von Drake
He was a contemporary of Mel Blanc (most famous for providing the voices for Warner Brothers’ cartoons), was as good, but is far less well known.
Pearl Jam – Nothingman
An evening pause: The visuals come from the 2009 movie Up, and for me tell a much better story here.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Elvis Presley – C.C Rider
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
10 Songs You’ve Heard and Don’t Know the Name
An evening pause: Hat tip Jeff Poplin, who asks, “How many do you know?”
Frederica von Stade – Song to the Moon
An evening pause: From the Dvorak opera Rusalka.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.