Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young – Our House
An evening pause: A hit in 1970, this song to me was one of the nicest songs from that time, and in many ways signaled the end of the 1960s.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Tag: entertainment
Hans Davis – Shadow Act
Looking Glass – Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl)
Bucky Covington – Different World
A evening pause: Performed live in 2014.
Hat tip Mike Nelson, who notes that the song probably “resonates far more to you and me than the performer. The lyrics trigger vibrant memories of my life as a kid in the 1960s going to Redeemer Lutheran grade school.” I agree, as someone who also grew up in the 1960s going to public school in Brooklyn, New York. Yet, I also suspect that Covington’s childhood, born in 1977 in North Carolina and growing up in the 1980s, was not that much different. No computers, and as a kid you played outside.
And most important of all, you grew up with a mother and a father, who were committed to staying together to raise their kids. That time is sadly long gone, and the children since have suffered terribly because of it.
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Three Dog Night – Easy To Be Hard
Spy Hippo discovers a Fish Spa!
An evening pause: You need to watch to understand the title. And though the “spy hippo” is a bit of a gimmick and I suspect did not take all the underwater footage, the show does appear have gotten some fascinating film of the hidden life of hippopotamuses.
Hat tip Cotour.
Spandau Ballet – True
Teddy Swims – I can’t make you love me
a-ha – Take On Me
Beethoven – Moonlight Sonata
An evening pause: Here what counts is the audience. From the youtube webpage:
Mongkol is a 61-year-old former logging elephant. His captive-held life was spent hauling trees in the Thai forest. His body shape is deformed through hard labor, he lost his right eye and tusk in this brutal logging practice. Mongkol was rescued and brought to Elephants World to spend the rest of his days relaxing peacefully in freedom by the River Kwai. I discovered Mongkol is an extremely gentle, sensitive elephant who enjoys music, especially this slow movement by Beethoven which I play to him occasionally in the day and night.
I think he listens with as much rapt pleasure as anyone who loves Beethoven.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
The B52’s – Love Shack
Yes, Prime Minister – The need to know
An evening pause: Stay with it. It will soon remind you of modern DC politics.
Hat tip Phill Oltmann.
Talking Heads – Burning Down the House
An evening pause: Performed live in Los Angeles in 1983. Somehow, everything about this song symbolizes to me the entire sixties generation.
Hat tip Cotour.
Brazilian Orchestra medley
An evening pause: This appears to be a youth orchestra, but unfortunately everything on the webpage is in Portuguese, so I’m not sure.
Hat tip David Nudelman.
Yuval Salomon – Sweet Child O’ Mine
Carol Burnett Show – Singles Bar
Whitney Houston – Didn’t We Almost Have It All
The Temptations – Just My Imagination
An evening pause: I should have scheduled this for January 27. Diane will understand why.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
John Cougar – Ain’t Even Done With The Night
An evening pause: Performed live 1981, with what I think is one of the strangest background dance line-up ever.
Hat tip Cotour.
Brendan Kavanagh – Mums, Kids, & Boogie Woogie
Rhiannon Giddens – Wayfaring Stranger
An evening pause: My brother Jon sent this to me today as a birthday present. I like it so much that I decided to reschedule my pauses to air it tonight.
Grace Thomas – Electro Swing Dance Freestyle
Hillary Klug – Cotton Eyed Joe
An evening pause: Stay with it, it gets better and better, as she triples herself in the second half.
Hat tip Sherman LaViolette.
Gary Numan – Cars
Sade – Your Love Is King
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring
An evening pause: Performed by Perspectives Ensemble using the original 1944 orchestration.
Hat tip Diane Wilson, who admits that “it’s long-ish, but this is a superb performance of purely American experience set to music.” I agree. You will be refreshed and enlightened by it.
Bayin Wu – Das Boot
The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman
Mel Blanc & Jack Benny – Si
An evening pause: Good comedy never depends on crudeness. Sometimes good timing and a willingness to be silly is all you need.
Has tip Edward Thelen.