MozART Group – Wild, wild West
An evening pause: A gently humorous tribute to American music. Hat tip Dick Jones, courtesy of Diane Zimmerman.
Tag: entertainment
Cam – Can’t Help Falling In Love
An evening pause: I’ve posted the original version by Elvis Presley from the movie Blue Hawaii (1961) back in 2013, but this live version,live at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on January 8, 2016, is definitely worth seeing. She dedicated the song to her fiancΓ©, Adam Weaver, and during the performance it is obvious that she is singing directly to him in the audience.
I also dare you to watch it without singing along.
Hat tip Edward Thelen from reminding me that this song needs a revisit.
John Denver & Cass Elliot – Leaving on a jetplane
An evening pause: Performed live August 19, 1972 on The Midnight Special. As one commenter noted on the youtube webpage, “This really happened right?ο»Ώ” Sadly, as Danae noted to me in an email, both are now gone, far too soon.
Lou Rawls – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
The first music video in zero gravity
Update: The music video itself has been pulled from youtube for copyright reasons that I don’t quite understand. However, the making of video is still available, and that will give you a pretty good feel for some of the stuff in the original piece.
I was going to make this an evening pause, but then decided it shouldn’t wait. This music video, by OK-Go, is unique and somewhat historic, as it I think is the first to have been done in zero gravity, using an airplane to fly parabolic arcs. It demonstrates clearly the fantastic and as present almost unimaginable possibilities of dance in weightlessness, as it also might be the first time that professional dancers, the two women, are given a chance to do moves in microgravity.
Be sure to also watch the making of video below the fold. And go here for the story behind the video.
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England Dan and John Ford Coley – I’d Really Love to See You Tonight
An evening pause: Another nice song performed live on the 1970s television show The Midnight Special..
Hat tip Danae.
Brainstorm
An evening pause: In one of the most powerful death scenes ever, Louise Fletcher plays a scientist who suddenly realizes it is about to happen. From the 1983 film Brainstorm.
Hat tip to Phil Berardelli, author of Phil’s Favorite 500: Loves of a Moviegoing Lifetime.
Marlene Dietrich – Lili Marleen
An evening pause: The song, aired initially during World War II by the Nazis for their troops, became a popular hit for soldiers on both sides of the war. Marlene Dietrich then recorded it as part of her effort to win the war for the Allies, in both English and German. She noted once that the German version is “darker”. Here is the English version.
Hat tip Engine Mike.
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show – Sylvia’s Mother
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
Crystal Gayle – Cry Me A River
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
Maksim Mrvica – Bohemian Rhapsody
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly – True Love
An evening pause: From the 1956 film High Society. And for my wife Diane today.
Hat tip Edward Theen.