Aurora – Animal
An evening pause: Beautiful and haunting, but listen closely to these lyrics and you will hear our dark future singing.
Hat tip Lee Stevenson.
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Korman & Conway – Undercover cops
Paul Revere and the Raiders – Kicks
When Michael Caine met John Wayne
An evening pause: People tend to forget that great actors really are ordinary people.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
The Mamas & The Papas – Monday Monday
An evening pause: Performed live 1967. Ignore the one or two rough spots, as this performance is an outtake from the documentary film Monterey Pop. It is also the only live version available that appears to exist on line. and well worth watching.
Hat tip Roland.
Laura Ruhí Vidal – Theme from Star Trek
An evening pause: I am willing to bet that practically no one among my readers has actually ever seen this sung.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Dale Watson – I Lie When I Drink
Spitfire – ‘The Michael Jordan of Dogs’
An evening pause: I wonder how many people even know this sport exists. And yet, it does, and involves people (and dogs) doing what they love, grandly.
Hat tip Phill Oltmann.
Three Dog Night – Mama told me not to come
An evening pause: Performed live in 1970. Nice piece of music and performance, but it epitomizes well the sixties generation and its carefree decadence. Freedom is a wonderful thing, but it also requires responsibility or everything will fall apart. In the end, unfortunately, the sixties generation did not put much stock in responsibility. We are now reaping the harvest they sowed. (And I speak as a member of that generation.)
Hat tip Roland.
An evening pause: Performed live in 1970. Nice piece of music and performance, but it epitomizes well the sixties generation and its carefree decadence. Freedom is a wonderful thing, but it also requires responsibility or everything will fall apart. In the end, unfortunately, the sixties generation did not put much stock in responsibility. We are now reaping the harvest they sowed. (And I speak as a member of that generation.)
Hat tip Roland.
Etta James – At Last
An evening pause: Performed live in 1993, when she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Tedeschi Trucks Band – Any Day
JJ Cale & Leon Russell – Roll On/No Sweat
Marble race
An evening pause: I actually would do this with my marbles as a child. All you needed was a gentle slope and a way to keep the marbles confined within the track. For me, it was a gap between the carpet and one wall in the living room of our rented apartment. The floor just happened to slope just enough.
What is amazing is how you can’t help but pick a marble and cheer for it.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure of Ecliptic Enterprises.
Kodo – O-Daiko
An evening pause: Japanese drummers playing the Ōdaiko drum
Ōdaiko : One of the most memorable drums of many taiko ensembles is the ōdaiko (大太鼓). For many, the ōdaiko solo is the embodiment of power due to the size of the drum, the volume, and the endurance it takes to perform. The ōdaiko is the largest drum of all taiko, if not the entire world. The largest ōdaiko are too big to move and permanently reside inside a temple or shrine. Ōdaiko means “big taiko”, but within any group, it describes the largest drum in an ensemble, which could mean 12 inches (300 mm) in diameter or 12 feet (3.7 m) in diameter. Made from a single piece of wood, some ōdaiko come from trees that are hundreds of years old.
Hat tip Roland.
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition – Something’s Burning
An evening pause: Performed live on the Johnny Cash show, February 25, 1970.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure of Ecliptic Enterprises, who notes that this song and band were a “turning point early in Kenny Rogers’ career.” R.I.P. 1938-2020.
Vera Lynn – The White Cliffs Of Dover & We’ll Meet Again
An evening pause: Performed live in 1984 to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of D-Day. Both songs were British hits during World War II, illustrating that generation’s cheerful determination to keep calm and carry on. It seems fitting to show them again today, the day before the D-Day anniversary.
Hat tip Tom Biggar, who notes that Vera Lynn is still alive, 103 years young.
Billy Gibbons – La Grange
An evening pause: The ZZ top song, performed live from Daryl’s House. Has a really interesting short interview with Gibbons near the end talking about guitar strings..
Hat tip Cotour.
The Ides Of March – Vehicle
Forty Fingers – Bohemian Rhapsody
An evening pause: This is really badly filmed, with the camera constantly moving in a very distracting way, never stopping to actually let you watch them play. Very annoying.
However, the music is still magnificent, and the guitar arrangement is brilliant. Turn it on and listen as you do something else. You’ll enjoy it more.
Hat tip John Jossy.
Roy Orbison – Only the Lonely
An evening pause: How many other well-known singers can you identify backing him up?
Hat tip Cotour.
Melanie – Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma
An evening pause: Performed live, 1971. Nice song and performance, but I often wonder why the 60s generation so often seems so unhappy. We were the most blessed generation ever born on Earth, with more wealth and prosperity ever seen by anyone ever.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Peter Bence – Africa Piano Symphony
West Point Band and Glee Club – Mansions of the Lord
A evening pause: For Memorial Day. The words:
To fallen soldiers let us sing
Where no rockets fly nor bullets wing
Our broken brothers let us bring
To the Mansions of the Lord
No more bleeding, no more fight
No prayers pleading through the night
Just divine embrace, eternal light
To the Mansions of the Lord.
Where no mothers cry and no children weep
We will stand and guard though the angels sleep
Through the ages safely keep
The Mansions of the Lord.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Patrick Acton – Matchstick artist
Dani Wilde – Deeper than Black
Michael Moschen – The Triangle
An evening pause: Hat tip Rex Ridenoure of Ecliptic Enterprises, who adds, “Since most of us have been bouncing off walls…”