Judith Durham – Danny Boy
An evening pause: Performed live 1968. One of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Riccardo Cocchi &Yulia Zagoruychenko
House on Haunted Hill
An evening pause: For Halloween, I have decided to bring back this wonderfully staged classic from 1958, starring Vincent Price and directed by William Castle. No blood, no gore, but the worth every minute.
Swingrowers – Midnight
An evening pause: A prelude to Halloween. The visuals come from vintage 1920s and 1930s early cartoons, though the bulk comes from Walt Disney’s 1929 cartoon, Skeleton Dance.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Richard Marx – Hazard
Hohnerklang – Silence and I
An evening pause: Hat tip Tom Biggar, who notes this is quite “an interesting blend of instruments. The orchestra prides itself on giving you the “harmonica at its best!”
Eric Clapton – Cocaine
An evening pause: Performed live 2015. The directing however is very mediocre. During the very spectacular piano solo he or she seemed more interested cutting in a lot of random shots rather than showing what was really amazing, the piano player’s performance.
Still, a great performance. Hat tip Cotour.
Player – Baby Come Back
Minh Ngọc Ng – La Valse d’Amélie
Train – Drops Of Jupiter
The Rolling Stones – Midnight Rambler
OrtoPilot – Bittersweet Symphony
An evening pause: I wish he had used two cameras, just to give the visuals some variety, but the music overcomes the weak camerawork.
Hat tip Sayomara.
Lucille Ball – Jitterbug Bite
Eric Burdon & War – Spill The Wine
Danny B. Harvey & Annie Marie Lewis – You Win Again
MonaLisa Twins – Dream A Little Dream Of Me
An evening pause: Recorded live one month ago, of a song that was written in 1931 and is still a classic.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Evan Nicole Bell – Catfish Blues
Evie Sands – Take me for a little while
An evening pause: More old television, but the music this time is quite different. Performed live 1965 on the television show “Shindig.”
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Jayne Mansfield – Concerto No. 6 in A Minor
Van Halen – Jump
An evening pause: Its an “official video,” so much of this is lip synched footage cobbled together to make what looks like a single performance. Much of it however is the actual performance, and the song is good.
Hat tip James Street.
Santana – Flor de Luna
An evening pause: Performed live 1977. The filmwork leaves a lot to be desired, and the sound might not come from this particular performance. No matter. Just listen to the music.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Heart – Mistral Wind
Canned Heat – Let’s Work Together
Crosby Stills Nash – Judy Blue Eyes
An evening pause: Performed live 1969 at Woodstock.
Hat tip both Mike Nelson and Wayne DeVette, who separately suggested this one day apart.
Skid Row – I Remember You
Kenny Rankin – Blackbird
Eric Sahlström Institute – Nyckelharpan
An evening pause: The instrument, the nyckelharpan or key harp, is played by Olov Johansson, and four of his students at Institute, Jonathan Wanneby, Elisabet Ryd and Lydia Ievins.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Nina Simone – My Way
An evening pause: Recorded live 1971. We should all live our lives in this manner.
Hat tip James Street.
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 23: II Adagio
An evening pause: Performed in 2020 by the National Orchestra of France with a piano solo by Khatia Buniatishvili and a ballet duet by Jordan Kindell and Verity Jacobson.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Mireille Mathieu – La Marseillaise
An evening pause: Performed live in 1989, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Eiffel Tower. What I especially like are the English subtitles, because for some reason this song is rarely translated. Knowing the meaning of what they are singing in the scene in the movie Casablanca makes that scene even more moving.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.