Ringo Starr, Robbie Robertson, & many others – The Weight
An evening pause: It remains amazing how pervasive the music of the 1960s remains, worldwide.
Hat tip Mike Nelson for providing this nice way to go into the weekend.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Greg Lake – From The Beginning
The Hollies – Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress
Tina Charles – I Love To Love
Jeff Kashiwa – The Night Is Young
Laufey & Iceland Symphony Orchestra – I Wish You Love
Night Ranger – Goodbye
An evening pause: Performed live in 2022 with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra. Make sure you stay till the end.
Hat tip Terry.
Dorothy Dandridge – Cow Cow Boogie
5th Dimension – Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In
An evening pause: Performed live on television in 1969 by the group’s original members, Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, and Ronald Townson. This music, from the Broadway musical Hair, reflects the naive and somewhat arrogant attitude of that baby boom generation. It is also a very beautiful song, sung beautiful.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Georg Friedrich Händel – The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Johnny Cash – Hurt
An evening pause: A truly moving music video by Cash, reflecting on his life in music and pictures.
Make your own memories this weekend.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Climax – Precious And Few
Arvo Pärt – Summa
An evening pause: Performed by the Morphing Chamber Orchestra. The haunting music is a rearrangement by Pärt of a piece of sacred music from 1300s called Stabat Mater.
Hat tip Ferris Akel.
Otta Orchestra – Gretela
Toploader – Dancing in the moon light
Ferris Akel – Great Blue Heron
An evening pause: The music is called “Surprise Attack” by James Horner, and was written for the 1982 film, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. The action is produced by a Great Blue Heron at Sapsucker Woods, Ithaca, New York on July 20, 2024.
May your weekend activities be as successful.
Hat tip Ferris Akel.
J.S. Bach – Concerto No. 1 in D minor BWV 1052
An evening pause: Like the past two evening pauses this week, this also centers on a piano solo, and also takes us to an entire different musical genre. It is a bit long for a pause, but I can’t resist continuing the piano theme. You might recognize the third movement.
The soloist is 18-year-old Ignas Maknickas (who is clearly having fun), playing with Lithuania’s Ciurlionis School of Arts Symphony Orchestra.
Hat tip Todd Jones.
John Anderson – Seminole Wind
An evening pause: Starts with a piano solo, like yesterday’s pause, but takes us to an entirely different kind of music.
Hat tip Sayomara.
Emerson Lake & Palmer – Show Me the Way To Go Home
Avery “Drummer” Molek – Wipe Out
An evening pause: Something to start the weekend, brought to you by a six-year-old. Performed live 2013.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Tim Simek & Marl Edelman – Whiskey Before Breakfast
Merle Haggard – If I Could Only Fly
Ann Miller – I’ve Gotta Hear That Beat
An evening pause: From the 1953 film Small Town Girl. Proves once again that America was not hostile to highlighting women in all things in the past. They simply had to have the talent, skill, and determination to earn that spotlight.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
They Might Be Giants – Instanbul (Not Constantinople)
Leonid & Friends – Superstar
Ron Kenoly- Ancient of Days
An evening pause: Great gospel song, performed magnificently by Kenoly, his orchestra, and the audience.
Hat tip James Street.
Valentina Lisitsa – Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
An evening pause: Performed live 2010. This is a person who is in contact with her inner piano.Her fingerwork is astonishingly natural and at ease.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Don Ellis – Concerto For Trumpet
An evening pause: Performed live on the Ed Sullivan Show, 1969.
Hat tip to Alec Gimarc, who notes the Ellis sadly died shortly thereafter from a heart attac at the age of 44.
Yellow Dandies & Miss Moonshine – Buckdancing to Fastest Bluegrass Fiddle Tune Ever
An evening pause: A nice energetic way to head into the weekend. Performed live 2022.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Night Ranger – (You can still) Rock In America
An evening pause: Performed live 1983.
Hat tip Terry, who notes, “From a long ago age when the US flag was not considered a “hate” symbol.”
Sorry about the lack of an evening pause last night. I forgot to post.