A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
An evening pause: Anyone who says classical musicians can’t jam has not seen this video. Man, are they enjoying themselves! And for good reason, as the music is quite beautiful, and has rhythm.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: A rare acoustical performance from 1984.
Hat tip Wayne Devette.
An evening pause: Performed live, December 15, 1995.
Hat tip Dave Williams.
An evening pause: Someone who did not live through the 1960s cannot imagine the violent reactions to this song when it came out in 1969. It was either loved or hated, expressing the polarization of the times. Sadly, not much has changed in half a century, other than the poles have grown farther apart, with the side Haggard is gently criticizing here so filled with hate that it would not surprise me if they would to try to prevent the song’s performance if someone wanted to sing it on a college campus today.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman, in honor of Merle Haggard’s passing last week.
An evening pause: I challenge anyone to tell me what the lyrics in this piece are about. In fact, don’t bother, because the meaning of the words is really irrelevant. The focus is on the sound of the words, and that sound is really really good.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: A beautiful nature video from National Geographic. Though it contains lots of cute animals, it also shows them in the wild, as they really are, hunting and being hunted. I am thus reminded of Tennyson’s description of nature, “red in tooth and claw,” from his poem In Memoriam, written at the death of a close friend.
… A monster then, a dream,
A discord. Dragons of the prime,
That tare each other in their slime,
Were mellow music match’d with him.
O life as futile, then, as frail!
O for thy voice to sooth and bless!
What hope of answer, or redress?
Behind the veil, behind the veil.
Hat tip George Petricko.
An evening pause: Early Pink Floyd, set to some evocative animation.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
An evenig pause: From Jacques Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffman. Performed live in Paris, 2001, conducted by Marc Minkowski.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: Some modern music, to remind us that there is a culture out there that is very different than the tiny geek-oriented engineering world my readers like. In watching this very nicely produced music video, I was most struck by the vision the singer has of her audience. I wonder thus what her audience thinks of her and themselves, especially when this video has been viewed almost 70 million times.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
An eveing pause: A silly song for April Fools. Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: Performed live on the television show Shindig!, August 11, 1965. Be sure to read the notes about this song and group at the youtube link.
Hat tip Rocco.
