Raquel Welch – Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In
An evening pause: From the 1970 television special, Raquel!, with this song a perfect illustration of the naive silliness of that time. The costumes however are truly magnificent.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
The Hoof GP – Instant relief
An evening pause: We return to another surgical repair of a hoof, this time of a cow.
Hat tip Tom Biggar, who adds “As a city boy, I found this fascinating.” To this I say ditto.
Procol Harum – Something Magic
Joan Blondell & Etta Moten – Remember My Forgotten Man
An evening pause: From the movie Gold Diggers of 1933. At least then there was an effort to remember the forgotten man. Today, it is considered racist to mention it.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Zladko “Zlad” Vladcik – Elektronik Supersonik
An evening pause: Actually, this was created by filmmaker Santo Cilauro, who plays Vladcik in the video. I think it showed up on Youtube in the 2000s, but this isn’t confirmed. It is meant to be as silly as Spike Jones.
Hat tip sippin_bourbon.
Rick Wakeman – Summertime
Spike Jones – Tchaikovsky Medley
An evening pause: A bit of classic American silliness to herald in the weekend. Aired live June 7, 1952.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Rush – The Trees
Nena – 99 Luftballons
An evening pause: This pretty 1983 German pop song so perfectly predicts the Biden administration’s silly overreaction to the Chinese spy balloons last month, and the really dangerous consequences that could have resulted.
The lyrics of the original German version tell a story: 99 balloons are mistaken for UFOs, causing a military General Officer to send pilots to investigate. Finding nothing but balloons, the pilots put on a large show of fire power. The display of force worries the nations along the borders and the war ministers on each side encourage conflict to grab power for themselves. In the end, a cataclysmic war results from the otherwise harmless flight of balloons and causes devastation on all sides without a victor.
Hat tip Jay, who is still off in the tropics doing ham radio stuff.
Betsy Palmer, Robert Goulet, & Bess Myerson – “I’ve got a secret”
An evening pause: A slightly different pause tonight from a 1964 episode of the quiz show “I’ve got a secret.” Can you guess where the dialogue comes from that they perform at the opening of this segment, before they tell you? Also keep watching for a more accurate rendition, all done in a bit of silly good-natured fun.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman, who recognized it instantly.
Weaponizer – Kunai knife out of old leaf spring steel
An evening pause: If you have the skills, imagination, and proper tools, you can make anything. I run this at 2x normal speed, and miss nothing.
Hat tip Gene Shipp.
Phil Cunningham – Overture/The Farther Shore
Ashley McBryde – Four songs
An evening pause: Performed live March 2023. The songs: Light on in the kitchen, and small selections from Strawberry wine, Neon Moon, and Wide Open Spaces.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Mary Travers & The Kingston Trio – Where Have All The Flowers Gone
An evening pause: Performed live 1982, when lefties still believed in freedom and peace and the immutable importance of each individual soul. Somehow seems appropriate on the ides of March.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Sade – No Ordinary Love
Antonio Breschi & Ronnie Drew – Irlanda
An evening pause: Keith Donald is on the sax. Breschi, on the piano, has written other magnificent music. If you can find a copy of his “Language of the Land,” get it. I had posted it as an evening pause, but that video is no longer available on youtube.
The Doors – Love Me Two Times
An evening pause: Performed live 1968.
Hat tip Judd Clark, who notes, “Nice piece of poetry at the beginning.”
Weird Al Yankovic – Smells Like Nirvana
An evening pause: Seems to me, this expresses perfectly the level of thoughtfulness seen in many hard rock music videos, only it does it more honestly.
Hat tip Gene Shipp.
Donna Summer – I feel love
Forgotten Weapons – Winchester Thumb Trigger Rifle
Roy Orbison – Blue Bayou
Eartha Kitt – Think I’m Being Had
An evening pause: Performed live on the Dick Cavett Show, 1969. The second half of the clip is Cavett interviewing her about her autobiography Thursday’s Child.
Hat tip Gene Shipp.
Srna Kocevska & Alexandra Gjoreska – the Charleston
An evening pause: The dance says the 1920s. It is also amazing how many different moves they do, yet every move belongs to this same dance.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Stevie Nicks – Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
AJR – Making of Bang!/Bang!
Ten Years After – I`m going home
Jonathan Winters Tells Drinking Stories
An evening pause: Seems appropriate to usher in the weekend. From the Johnny Carson Show, 1976.
Hat tip Gene Shipp.
Eva Cassidy – Autumn Leaves
Kathleen Battle – Voices of Spring
An evening pause: By Strauss, conducted by Herbert von Karajan, performed live 1987.
Hat tip Judd Clark.