Gordon Lightfoot – Beautiful
An evening pause: A nice song for Valentine’s Day.
Hat tip Cotour.
Tag: entertainment
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.
Glen Hansard & Lisa O’Neill – Fairytale Of New York
An evening pause: Sung at the funeral in December 2023 for Shane MacGowan, who wrote it.
Hat tip Altons Blevins.
We Five – You Were on My Mind
An evening pause: The original, performed live on television, 1965.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.