Katie Melua – If you were a sailboat
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Diana Krall – I Get Along
An evening pause: Hat tip to Danae.
????? – John Wilson Orchestra
An evening pause: This pause is going to be a challenge. I am curious who can most quickly identify the film that this suite comes from, performed here live in 2013. I am sure that anyone that knows anything about movies will figure it out by around 2:30, but can you do it sooner? One hint: this is one of the greatest and most popular films ever made.
Hat tip to Phil Berardelli, author of Phil’s Favorite 500: Loves of a Moviegoing Lifetime.
Blackmore’s Night – Minstrel Hall
An evening pause: Performed live by Ritchie Blackmore in Paris, 2006.
Hat tip to Danae.
Cass Elliot, Mary Travers, & Joni Mitchell – I shall be released
An evening pause: Performed live on the Cass Elliot Show, 1969.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Fred Astaire & Leslie Caron – Something’s Gotta Give
An evening pause: From the 1955 film Daddy Long Legs.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Roy Clark & Buck Trent – Dueling Banjos
An evening pause: While the version of this song for the movie Deliverance (1972) was quite good, I really dislike how that film made all country folk look like they were mentally and physically crippled. The portrayal seemed quite bigoted.
This performance, however, just shows us some great banjo playing, the way it should be done.
Star Trek – Amok Time
A Saturday pause: In memory of Leonard Nimoy.
T’pau: “Live long and prosper, Spock.”
Spock: “I shall do neither. I have killed my captain — and my friend.”
The Honey Trees – Moon River
An evening pause:
Moon river, wider than a mile
I’m crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re going, I’m going your way
Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after the same rainbow’s end, waiting, round the bend
My Huckleberry Friend, Moon River, and me
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An even bigger tiny engine
An evening pause: In 2012 I posted a video of this company’s V12 miniature engine. They’ve now built something even more impressive.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
World Order – Mind Shift
An evening pause: I posted this group previously as an evening pause, but the hypnotic and original nature of their dance choreography calls for a revist.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Louisville Leopard Percussionists – Zeppellin
An evening pause: To quote the youtube webpage, “The Louisville Leopard Percussionists began in 1993. They are a performing ensemble of approximately 55 student musicians, ages 7-12, living in and around Louisville, Kentucky. Each student learns and acquires proficiency on several instruments, such as marimbas, xylophone, vibraphone, drum set, timbales, congas, bongos and piano.”
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman