Ririko Takagi & Kaoruko Igarashi – Akatonbo [Red dragonfly]
An evening pause: Performed live 2022. This is a children’s song written in 1927 by Kōsaku Yamada with lyrics from a 1921 Japanese poem by Rofū Miki.
Tag: entertainment
Eagles – Lyin’ Eyes
An evening pause: Performed live 1977.
Hat tip Cotour.
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra – O Magnum Mysterium
An evening pause: Peformed live July 2020. They minimize the appearance of the stupid social distancing by good camerawork.
Diana Damrau – Queen of the Night
An evening pause: From Mozart’s The Magic Flute, performed by the Royal Opera. If the closed captions are off, turn them on, as they provide a translation.
As “the fat lady” has now sung, we can go off and enjoy the weekend.
Hat tip Blair Ivey.
Chai Kichi & Spaul – Aheng Haheng
An evening pause: How about some silliness, dressed up in some very nice music.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Jewel – Standing Still
An evening pause: Performed live 2001.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
Alex Guerrero – New York New York
An evening pause: The guitarist, who goes by the handle of guitaro5000, goes around and asks strangers if they want to sing something. This example epitomizes in a nutshell America.
Hat tip Cotour.
The Ross Sisters – Solid Potato Salad
An evening pause: From the 1944 movie Broadway Rhythm. Makes me want to go to a potluck picnic this weekend.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Carl Perkins & Ringo Starr – Honey Don’t
An evening pause: Performed live 1985.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
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Michael Kiwanuka – Cold Little Heart
An evening pause: Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
Elina Garanca – When I hear the sound of the cymbal
An evening pause: From the operetta Gypsy Love.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Fair Play Crew – Video Game
An evening pause: To really appreciate this skit, you really would have had to have spent hours playing early coin-operated video games in the 1980s and 1990s.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Gregory Peck – Harper Lee while filming To Kill a Mockingbird
An evening pause: A touch of gentle reality for the weekend.
Hat tip Cotour.
Barcelona Flamenco – Dance and Flute
An evening pause: This is most definitely Spanish in tone.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Gilbert O’Sullivan – Alone Again (Naturally)
An evening pause: Performed live 1972.
Hat tip Cotour.
The dancers of the Fandango Ballroom – Hey Big Spender
A evening pause: From the 1969 film Sweet Charity.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Lord Vinheteiro – Take on Me
An evening pause: Some silliness to start the week.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Max Steiner – Casablanca suite
An evening pause: From the 1942 film Casablanca, still one of the greatest movies ever made.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Helen Mirren – On The Good Ship Lollipop
An evening pause: From the 1980 film, The Fiendish Plot of Dr Fu Manchu.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Jefferson Starship – Jane
An evening pause: Performed live 1981.
Hat tip Gene Shipp.