Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Didn’t It Rain
An evening pause: Recorded in Manchester, England in 1964.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Tag: entertainment
Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over
An evening pause: The very last song during the band’s farewell tour in 1996. The band did re-form in the 2000s, but without the drummer Paul Hester, who committed suicide in 2005.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Gustav Holst – Jupiter from The Planets
An evening pause: Holst dubbed Jupiter the bringer of Jollity. To me, the central epic theme from this movement has always evoked vastness and epic planet-sized storms, even before we really knew how epic and vast the storms on Jupiter really were.
Hat tip Danae.
The Champs – Tequila
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Aaron Copland – Fanfare For The Common Man
An evening pause: Performed live by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in Terminal 2, Dublin Airport.
Hat tip Danae.
Daniel Boaventura & Carlos Rivera – Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps (Quizás, Quizás, Quizás)
An evening pause: As I head out for a week of caving in Belize, how about a little Latin American culture? (I know Belize is actually a former British colony, but it is in the middle of Central America, so that’s close enough.)
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Janet Devlin – Time After Time
An evening pause: This cover of the Cyndi Lauper is fascinating and mesmerizing, all because of the singer’s face.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Mexico’s supermarket dancing cow
An evening pause: Words fail me.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
George Jones – The Grand Tour
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who wrote, “Classic country music had loss, booze and infidelity as three main themes. This selection from 1974 is by George Jones, whose real-life often mirrored these classic country themes.”
John Paul Young – Love Is In The Air
An evening pause: This 1978 music video is just right for Valentines Day.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Olivia Millerschin – Look Both Ways
<An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Diner
An evening pause: I like the simplicity, as it forces you to listen to the words.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
The Warning – Enter Sandman
An evening pause: This Metallica cover was performed by Daniela on guitar (14 years old), Paulina on drums (12 years old), and Alejandra on bass guitar (9 yrs old).
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Educated Fish
An evening pause: I especially like the worm’s imitation of Mae West.
On a more serious note, these old animated films provide a very real window into the culture that existed in America in the 1930s. If you want to know where we are going, compare this to today’s art.
Hat tip James Mallamace.
Jean Redpath – How Can I Keep from Singing
A evening pause: Performed live June 13, 1987. I think of these words whenever I am in a truly glorious place underground:
My life goes on in endless song
Above earth’s lamentations,
I hear the real, though far-off hymn
That hails a new creation.
Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear it’s music ringing,
It sounds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing?
While though the tempest loudly roars,
I hear the truth, it liveth.
And though the darkness ’round me close,
Songs in the night it giveth.
No storm can shake my inmost calm,
While to that rock I’m clinging.
Since love is lord of heaven and earth
How can I keep from singing?
Tyrone Wells – Beautiful Girl, Beautiful World
An evening pause: Make sure you watch for at least 20 seconds. You will watch the rest. As the website notes, it’s “the only thing that works every time.”
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Dan Licht – Dexter Suite
An evening pause: This performance is especially interesting in its unusual use of instruments.
Hat tip Danae.
Tina Arena & Kane Alexander – I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You
An evening pause: For my wife, Diane.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
John Denver – I Remember You
<An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
Jay Proctor (Jay & the Techniques) – Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
An evening pause: Performed live on television, 1999.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.