Carlos Santana & Rob Thomas – Smooth
An evening pause: Performed live 1999. Some energy for the weekend.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Tag: entertainment
Marilyn Monroe – Happy Birthday/Thanks For The Memories
An evening pause: Another bit of cultural history from the 1960s. From the Youtube webpage:
Marilyn footage singing to JFK on his gala birthday bash on May 19th 1962. The running joke for the evening, as planned, was that Marilyn was late! it was planned that way for the event. Everything we see Marilyn do on stage was rehearsed right down to her arm movements and jumping up and down at the end of the song as we can see in the rehearsal photos before the event. so Marilyn did this spot on as planned.
Sadly, she would be dead by August, and Kennedy by November of the next year.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
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.
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.