Spanky & Our Gang – Sunday Will Never Be The Same
An evening pause: Performed live on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1967. The costumes scream the late sixties.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Tag: entertainment
Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Walk On
An evening pause: Makes a nice contrast with yesterday’s evening pause.
Hat tip Robert Pratt of Pratt on Texas.
Carmesí Guitar Duo – Danza from La Vida Breve
An evening pause: Music by Manuel De Falla.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Golden Earring – Twilight Zone
An evening pause: Performed live 1984.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Dire Straits – Sultans Of Swing
An evening pause: It has been six years since I posted Dire Straits performing this song, and that version is now gone on Youtube. Time to post it again, especially because this official music video focuses so nicely on the performance itself.
Hat tip Cotour.
Paul Davis – I go Crazy
An evening pause: Performed live on television, probably sometime in the 1970s.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
The Doobie Brothers – Jesus Is Just Alright with Me
An evening pause: Performed live on television in 1973. Back then, a song like this was entirely okay for a mainstream band to perform and mainstream TV show to air. Today, such songs are put into a “Christian music” ghetto, regardless of their quality.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Dave Mason – We just disagree
An evening pause: Hat tip Cotour.
Maurice Jarre – Lawrence of Arabia
An evening pause: Performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra. I think this makes for a good way to start the weekend. If you have time, get the movie and watch it. One of the greatest ever made.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Gene Pitney – 24 Hours From Tulsa
An evening pause: Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Gordon Lightfoot – Beautiful
An evening pause: A nice song for Valentine’s Day.
Hat tip Cotour.
Abbott and Costello – Who’s on First?
An evening pause: One of the most famous comedy routines ever written. From the 1945 film, The Naughty Nineties.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Astoria String Quartet Cover – Blank Space
An evening pause: A very nice instrumental cover of a Taylor Swift song.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Herman’s Hermits – Henry the VIII/Mrs. Brown
An evening pause: Performed live 1973 on the Midnight Special. A very fun group from the 1960s that also produced some beautiful songs (such as the second in this set).
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Michael McDonald & Phobe Snow – Knock On Wood
An evening pause: Performed live 1991.
Hat tip Icepilot.
The Village Stompers – Washington Square
An evening pause: Performed live 1967.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Ed Wynn, Julie Andres, Dick Van Dyke – I Love to Laugh
An evening pause: From the 1964 film, Mary Poppins. I post it to celebrate my birthday. I saw this movie in the theater that year, as an eleven-year-old, and its optimistic and hopeful look at existence has never left me, even now in these dark times. If only today’s adults would focus on teaching these same positive and hopeful lessons to their own children.
Daniel Madnick – The Biggest Man In Baseball
An evening pause: Some American history, when America considered fun important.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Billy Joe Royal – Down In The Boondocks
An evening pause: This television performance from 1965 is lip-synched, but it appears the only live one available anywhere.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
An evening pause: Performed live 1988.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.