Mr. Mister – Kyrie
An evening pause: Performed live 1985.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Tag: entertainment
Taylor Swift – Love Story
An evening pause: Performed live 1989.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman, who felt it was time Behind the Black had a pause by Swift, a performer whose work I have been completely unfamiliar with.
Silvana Mangano – Mambo
An evening pause: From the 1954 Italian film, Mambo.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Greg Howard – Tomorrow Never Knows/Norwegian Wood
An evening pause: Another unusual instrument producing great music, this time on a “bamboo Chapman Stick“. Performed live 2009.
Enjoy your weekend!
Hat tip Cotour.
Dennis James – Mozart’s Adagio for Glass Harmonica
An evening pause: Performed live 2017. And yes, that is a real instrument, using “a series of glass bowls or goblets graduated in size to produce musical tones by means of friction.” What is even more interesting is that it was invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Gentle Giant – The Advent Of Panurge
An evening pause: From the peak of “art rock” in the 1970s. Performed live 1975.
Hat tip Diane Wilson.
Keith Emerson & Oscar Peterson – Honky Tonk Train Blues
An evening pause: Performed live 2007.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Camille Saint-Saëns – The Swan
An evening pause: Mischa Maisky on the cello, backed by the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Performed live 2015.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Bulgaria & Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra – Cosmic Voices
An evening pause: Performed live 2015. Stay with it. Though the opening is less appealing, it gets far better.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
The Addams Family – The Wednesday Dance
An evening pause: From the original 1960s television show, which was actually quite funny and original (unlike the turgid 1991 movie).
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Hoobastank – The Reason
An evening pause: This “music” video intentionally illustrates why I prefer live performances over most “official” music videos that show a fake visual story under the music, as if that story and the music have something to do with each other, when they never really do. This video instead shows us what the music video would sound like if you focused instead on this fake story. Quick funny at times.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette, who writes, “Great concept! What happens when you take a Music Video and de-emphasize the music & band performance, and concentrate on the story being told in the background?”
Al Green – Tired Of Being Alone
An evening pause: Performed live 1972.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Idealized Science Institute – Which ramp reaches highest final speed?
An evening pause: A science quiz I suspect most of my readers will get right. Regardless, this experiment illustrates some basic fundamentals of the scientific method: Don’t guess, make no assumptions, test by experimentation, and repeat those tests multiple times to confirm your results.
The Institute that made this video appears to be a great resource for homeschoolers.
Hat tip Cotour, who tells me he “got it correct!”
To everyone: Enjoy the Labor Day weekend!
Alan Jackson – Summertime Blues
An evening pause: Performed live, but I have no idea when.
Hat tip Sayomara.
Jools Holland & Doctor John – Boogie Woogie Twins
An evening pause: Performed live c2012.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Kiss – Black Diamond
An evening pause: Performed live on television 1975. Above these guys are musical showmen.
Hat tip Wamphyr.
Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra -Peter Gunn TV show theme
An evening pause: Performed live c2016. The Peter Gunn showed aired in the late 1950s.
Hat tip Don Carrera.
Saturday Night Live – Washington’s Dream
An evening pause: When SNL understood the importance of being utterly silly.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
The Platters – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
An evening pause: Performed live on television in 1958.
Hat tip Cotour.
Kalandra – Borders
An evening pause: Performed live 2024.
Hat tip Judd Clark.