Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Nini – OverMortal
An evening pause: The music appears to come from a video game, which this video heavily promotes. No matter. She performs it using both a classic Chinese instrument and a modern electric guitar, and the contrast is striking.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Hothouse Flowers – I Can See Clearly Now
Luca Stricagnoli – For A Few Dollars More
An evening pause: A magnificent cover of this classic Ennio Morricone film score. If you want to hear a compliation of all of Morricone’s western scores, go here.
For me however Morricone’s score for Cinema Paradiso remains my favorite.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Sylcom Light – Venetian glass artistry
Arthur Brown & Hamburg Blues Band – I Put A Spell On You
An evening pause: Performed live 2012. A most eccentric performance.
Hat tip Alec Gimarc, who notes about Brown, “Most notable for a 4-octave voice and performing with a lit device on his head at the time [1969]. … Impressed he is still alive.”
Al Stewart – Year Of The Cat
An evening pause: I posted a different performance of this song by Steward in 2015. The live version below, performed live in 2020, includes a fascinating intro that describes the roots of the song, as well as some spectacular guitar solos.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Moonlight Sonata
An evening pause: I cannot confirm who the singer is, as he posts his name only in Japanese picture words. I also am not sure where the lyrics come from. Interesting though to hear someone sing this Beethoven music.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Anastasia Tyurina – Dance of the Goblins
Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
Hugh Laurie – St. James Infirmary
Billy Joel – She’s Right On Time
An evening pause: Normally I hate official music videos. They are almost always boring and predictable adolescent stories that have little to do with the song. I always prefer the live performance, because then you see the artist at work.
This video is an exception, in that it doesn’t do what you expect, and is quite silly in the process.
Hat tip Mitch Masterfix.
Haley Reinhart – I Put a Spell on You
An evening pause: Performed live October 31, 2022.
Hat tip Judd Clark. I once again must ask for suggestions from my other readers. Judd Clark and Alton Blevins continue to send great stuff, but I really like to have as many people contributing as possible. If you have suggested before you know the rules. If not, state you have something you want to suggest in the comments below, but DON’T post a link to it.. I will email you to get it.
Jess Erskine – The Prisoner Intro, re-visited
An evening pause: Those familiar with the original series, The Prisoner, will find this quite amusing. As the filmmaker notes on the youtube webpage, “And yes, this is cheesy as crap. I made it that way on purpose. Be seeing you!”
And if you aren’t familiar with the original, which was a truly unique and very surreal spy TV show of the 1960s, watch the original opening first. It is amazing how close this new version matches, in a ridiculous way, the shot angles and action of the actual opening sequence.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Celine Dion – That’s The Way It Is
The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
Dwayne O’Brien – We Remember
An evening pause: To the men who flew the planes.
And all who’ve coursed through hostile skies,
Know that freedom requires a sacrifice,
To those who paid the highest price,
We remember.With a place of honor so deserved,
For what flesh and blood and steel have earned,
That may the glory be reserved,
For the colors they so bravely served.Keep them flying, keep them flying,
So that all who see them will know,
That our freedom was won by the blood that flowed,
And we remember.
Hat tip Chris Whiting.
Ferris Akel – Snow Geese Takeoff, March 20, 2021
An evening pause: Wait for it — a moment that tells us even on Earth there is alien things going on all around us. Makes for a good start to the weekend.
Hat tip Ferris.
Darrell Scott – You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive
Grace Bowers – Red House
Original Enigma Voices – Sadeness
David Bowie – Cat People
An Engineer’s Guide to Cats 2.0 – The Sequel
Emmy Russell & Lukas Nelson – Lay Me Down
An evening pause: Performed at an October 2022 concert celebrating the life of Loretta Lynn.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Swing Ninjas – I Wanna Be Like You
Arlo Guthrie – I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You
An evening pause: The introduction is long, but worth it because Guthrie soon transcends the shallow politics of these lefty folk singers. Performed live 1993. To hear Elvis Presley sing it, go to this 2013 evening pause.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Rush – The Camera Eye
An evening pause: The visuals, of New York and London, were created by Still Kickin, and showing us two places once grand that our modern generation of “intellectuals” seems determined to destroy.
Hat tip Ferris.
Dusty Hanes – What a Friend We Have in Jesus
An evening pause: A nice instrumental version. You might recognize the song as used in the documentarly series, The Civil War. The visuals are not that interesting, but the music is stellar.
Hat tip James Street.
Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
Violet Orlandi & Malinda Kathleen Reese – May It Be
An evening pause: A nice cover of an Enya song.
Hat tip Alton Blevins. And thank you all who submitted pause suggestions, almost all of which were really amazing. Stay tuned from some good stuff.