Puccini – Madam Butterfly
An evening pause: Performed by Ying Huang, from the 1995 French film, Madam Butterfly, of Puccini’s opera.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
André Rieu – Zorba’s Dance (Sirtaki)
An evening pause: From the Mikis Theodorakis score for the 1964 film, Zorba the Greek.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Davey Graham – She Moves Through The Fair
John Williams – Theme from Jaws
An evening pause: Performed by the Boston Pops orchestra.
Hat tip to Phil Berardelli, author of Phil’s Favorite 500: Loves of a Moviegoing Lifetime. As Phil noted to me, “The audience seems to love it.” I think many of them had seen the film, and when they heard that first note couldn’t help feeling a deep down bit of squeamish nervousness about what it signified.
Louie Schwartzberg – Gratitude
An evening pause: Gratitude requires humbleness. We need more of both in today’s world.
Hat tip Insominous.
Ozric Tentacles – Aura Borealis
A evening pause: Nice relaxing music to end the week, set to some hypnotic images of the Earth taken from ISS.
Hat tip Insominious.
Tina S – Moonlight Sonata, 3rd Movement
An evening pause: This will make an interesting contrast with the previous two evening pauses.
Hat tip t-dub.
The Peasall Sisters – Farther Along
An evening pause: This is a lovely performance, but I’m not sure which is cuter, the kids singing or the adults in the audience urging them on.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
The Webb Sisters – If It Be Your Will
An evening pause: Cover of a Leonard Cohen song, performed live January 2012.
Hat tip Lee Stevenson.
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Richard Thompson – Wall of Death
Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite
The Cleverlys – Single Ladies
Richard Feynman explains the Scientific Method
An evening pause: During last week’s failed attempts to explain the concept of doubt and skepticism in science to a global warming adherent (which begins here and also in the comments of this post), Edward Thelen provided a link to the video below of one of Richard Feynman’s lectures. I thought it entertaining enough to be an evening pause, and educational enough that more people should see it. Listen especially near the middle when he begins to talk about the uselessness of theories that are vague and poorly defined. It will strike a nerve if you have been paying attention to the climate debates during the past two decades.
ThatCelloGuy – River Flows in You
Justin Hayward – Forever Autumn
An evening pause: This song, sung mostly by Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues, was written by Jeff Wayne and is performed here as part of his musical concert of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds. And yes, that is Richard Burton’s voice for the narrator.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
As always, I am looking for more suggestions for future evening pauses from my readers. If there’s something entertaining that you think will fit, comment here (without giving the link to the piece), and I will email you!
Paul Winter Consort – Icarus
How to Kiss
An evening pause: Heh. After watching this animated short, one might never want to kiss again.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Dooley Wilson – Knock on Wood
An evening pause: Just one of the continuous string of great scenes from the 1942 film, Casablanca, much of which is a silent interplay between the characters that only will make sense if you’ve seen the movie.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Pink Floyd – If
An evening pause: Animated in a very strange manner, with an unusual mix of artistic styles.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
By the way, I am as always looking for more evening pause suggestions. If you’ve suggested before, you know the routine. If not, place a comment here saying you’ve got something (but don’t include the link), and I’ll email you for it.
Küzdők
An evening pause: A short, simple and thoughtful 1977 Czechoslovakian animated film by Jankovics Marcell.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Dave Brubeck – Unsquare Dance
An evening pause: From a television performance sometime probably in the early 1960s. Unfortunately, the show and the dancers are unknown.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Zager And Evans – In The Year 2525
An evening pause: How about a pop classic from 1969? This song epitomizes the passionate, sometimes over-wrought cultural atmosphere of the 1960s quite nicely.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Gloria Gaynor – I will Survive
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen, who noted, “Some days just go better than others. For some of the other days, this song may be appropriate.”
The Backwards Brain Bicycle
An evening pause: This is show 133 of a series called Smarter Every Day which has some really entertaining and very educational videos. I especially like his video showing how the drill on Curiosity works. The video below however shows some actual experimentation done by the videographer himself, and is almost profound in it what reveals about the human learning process.
Hat tip Chris McLaughlin.
Stevie Wonder – My Cherie Amour
An evening pause: This performance, by Stevie Wonder as well as the audience, brought a smile to my face. When you watch I think you’ll see why, especially when Wonder asks the audience, “Can I sing with ya?”
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Jimi Hendrix – Red House
An evening pause: Some more nice guitar playing. Performed live in Stockholm, Sweden, 1969.
Hat tip Tom Wilson.
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Sondre Lerche – My Hands Are Shaking
An evening pause: I especially like the sound clarity and sharpness of the electric guitar playing.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
One Year on Earth – Seen From 1 Million Miles
An evening pause: This video release from NASA made the rounds a few weeks ago. It isn’t news, but it is cool. One important fact noted during this video is that the Earth’s cloud cover both warms and cools the planet. What wasn’t noted was that there is gigantic uncertainty about how much the clouds warm and cool, which is one of the main reasons no climate models have been even close to successfully predicting the climate.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.