Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Things in slow motion: a compilation
Laurie Anderson – O Superman
An evening pause: Good avant-garde music that was actually a hit song in 1981. Listen and watch close and you will catch hints of the naive and anti-American anti-nuke movement of the early 1980s.
The music is still haunting, has a touch of humor, and is definitely worth hearing.
Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry – “Your name, sir?”
Lulu – To Sir With Love
Suzi Quatro – Can The Can
I’m farming and I grow it
Daffy Duck – What makes Daffy Duck?
Tomoyasu Hotei – Battle without Honor or Humanity
AARON LEWIS – Country Boy
An evening pause: Clearly a terrorist by the modern standards of Homeland Security.
Just for Laughs Jesus pranks
Whitney Houston – National Anthem – Super Bowl XXV
An evening pause: A performer giving her all. What a tragedy that she destroyed herself at such a young age.
A brief history of rock n’ roll in 100 riffs
Rufus Wainwright – Albatross
An evening pause: I once awoke from a powerful and indescribable dream, its searing images (soon lost) invoked by this haunting song as performed by Judy Collins from her 1967 recording. Here it is performed beautifully here by Rufus Wainwright and set to some very appropriate visuals from the various Pirates of the Caribbean films.
And in the night the iron wheels rolling through the rain
Down the hills through the long grass to the sea.
And in the dark the hard bells ringing with pain,
“Come away, alone.
Come away, alone.
With me.”
Feist – 1234 & Mushaboom
Kate Wolf – Looking Back At You
Henri part 3 – The Vet
Extreme Sports Doggy
Marilyn Monroe – Heat Wave
Enya – Only Time
Drive recklessly.
What the hell is Matt 2012?
An evening pause: More information about this video here. They note that “The dancers in Syria are blurred for their safety.”
THE BANGLES- MANIC MONDAY
Passacaglia – Chedeville
An evening pause: The group is called Passacaglia. The music is by Nicolas Chedeville (previously attributed to Vivaldi). The players are Annabel Knight (recorder), Reiko Ichise (viola da gamba), Robin Bigwood (harpsichord).
A walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
An evening pause: This is something every visitor to New York should try to do. The first time I did it was back in the mid-1970s during my college days. It was around 2 am in the morning when we started from Brooklyn. We crossed to Manhattan, had a meal at a 24 hour Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, then walked back, watching the sunrise over Brooklyn.
Joe Hisaishi – The Path of the Wind from My Neighbor Totoro
An evening pause: One of Joe Hisaishi’s most beautiful film melodies, “The Path of the Wind,” from Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece, My Neighbor Totoro.
The Beatles – All You Need Is Love
An evening pause: From a 1967 live television performance, one of the first ever broadcast by satellite around the world. Though this version has been colorized, the synch is off in the original. Also, in doing the colorization they cleaned up the recording, making it much clearer.
It is especially fascinating to watch Lennon and McCartney work together, chewing gum as they sing. And keep your eye out for Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and other rock performers in the audience.