Heart – Silver Wheels/Crazy On You
An evening pause: Performed live either 1978 or 1979. For Valentine’s Day tomorrow.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Hal Holbrook – Lincoln’s second inaugural address, in honor of his birthday
An evening pause: I last posted a recreation in April 2017. Today, on Lincoln’s birthday, I present a recreation by Hal Holbrook, performed live on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 13, 1966.
As I wrote in 2017, “Listen to the words, however. This is no pandering speech, as we routinely see today. It is hard, muscled, and honest, bluntly recognizing that all, from both sides of the Civil War, must pay for the scourge of slavery.”
Judy Garland – Old Man River
An evening pause: From the first episode of The Judy Garland Show, taped in June 1964 and aired December 1964.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Cliff Richard – We Don’t Talk Anymore
An evening pause: Performed live 1979.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Arthur Clarke in 1964 predicts the future in 2000
An evening pause: Something to ponder over the weekend. The video only includes two short clips from this 1964 BBC show, and thus picks two that have ended up to be largely right. And though Clarke’s predictions were not all right, he hit the mark an incredibly high number of times.
Hat tip John Jossy.
"The only thing we can be sure of about the future, is that it will be absolutely fantastic."#OnThisDay 1917: Writer, futurist and inventor Arthur C Clarke was born.
In 1964, he appeared on Horizon and gave some astonishing predictions about the future. pic.twitter.com/ID0X7idWyy
— BBC Archive (@BBCArchive) December 16, 2023
Michael Nesmith – Joanne
An evening pause: Performed live 1992.
Hat tip Icepilot.
Life in a nutshell
An evening pause: This is actually a very old fable, but the visuals here underline its meaning. And I think it is perfect for my birthday.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
This video explains "LIFE" in a nutshell..‼️ pic.twitter.com/nxY1ZNK4I3
— Manly Mentor (@manly_mentor) December 22, 2024
Curt & Diva Smith – Mad World
An evening pause: Diva is Curt’s daughter.
Hat tip Lee Stevenson.
Barcelona Guitar Trio – Billie Jean
An evening pause: Four guys playing a single guitar.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Fabio Pacucci – Newton’s three-body problem explained
An evening pause: How about some math problems to fill your weekend?
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Morgan James – Human
An evening pause: With Doug Wamble (guitar), Ron Mcbee (percussion), and Sam Reider (accordion). The song is by Rag’n’Bone Man.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Andrea Bocelli & Céline Dion – The Prayer
An evening pause: Performed live 2011.
Hat tip Alton Blevins, who needs to clean out his inbox, which is now so full all of my emails to him bounce.
Air Supply – Making Love Out of Nothing At All
An evening pause: Performed live 2013 in Hong Kong when it was still free. I wonder if the Chinese would allow an American band there now.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Barcelona Gipsy Klezmer Orchestra – Lulle Lulle
An evening pause: Hat tip Judd Clark, who provides this translation:
O flower flower
O flower flower bouquet bouquet
I’m for you
I’m for you
I’m crazy for you
I’m crazy, I’m crazy
I’m crazy, this is trueWhere did you go that I was always on your mind
I’m dying from missing you because I cannot see you
Where did you go that I was always on your mind
I’m dying from missing you because I cannot see you
Anna Lapwood – How does a pipe organ actually work?
An evening pause: My readers recommend so many organ performances I decided to start the weekend with short but entertaining primer on how pipe organs work. As always, there are surprises. Our narrator was the organist on Monday’s evening pause.
Thomas Gabriel – Folsom Prison Blues
An evening pause: Hat tip Gary, who correctly notes that “Johnny Cash’s grandson sounds very much like him.”
MonaLisa Twins – Edelweiss
An evening pause: A nice cover of the Rogers & Hammerstein song from The Sound of Music (1965).
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Moniuszko School of Music Symphony Orchestra – Barber’s Adagio
An evening pause: Performed live 2015.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Anna Lapwood – Hans Zimmer’s Cornfield Chase & Saint-Saëns’ Sinfonie #3 Organ finale
An evening pause: Performed live 2024. Seem celebratory enough for Inauguration Day.
Hat tip Alton Blevins, who also needs to clean out his full inbox so that he can receive emails. It has been full now for several weeks, and all emails to him thus bounce.
Veritasium – The SAT Question Everyone Got Wrong
An evening pause: Hat tip Chris McLaughlin.