The Electric Prunes – I Had Too Much To Dream
An evening pause: Performed on television sometime in the 1960s.
Hat tip to Diane Zimmerman.
Sorry this is late. Got distracted this week with doctors’ appointments and other silly stuff.
Tag: entertainment
Wang Leehom – More I Cannot Wish You
An evening pause: This song is from the Broadway production of Cole Porter’s Guys & Dolls, which unfortunately got cut from the movie. It is song by an older man, a kind of father figure in the play, wishing the best for a young woman co-worker.
This version is actually the best live performance I could find, and amazingly it is from Beijing in 2017.
American Battlefield Trust – Famous Civil War Photos in 360°
An evening pause: I just finished reading a book of letters written by a soldier who participated in the battle of Antietam, just south of Burnside Bridge. The irony was that Burnside spent more than a day and multiple attempts to capture the bridge, when in fact his troops could have simply walked across the creek at any point, never getting their legs wet above the knee. The soldier was Captain Wolcott Pascal Marsh, and his regiment actually forded the creek further south and advanced farther than almost anyone else in Burnside’s battalion. The book: Letters to a Civil War Bride.
Like all the Civil War battle fields, Antietam is definitely worth visiting.
Hat tip Cotour.
Dionne Warwick – A House Is Not Home
Nils Lofgren – Valentine
Lucie Horsch & The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century – Bach
The Waterboys – The Whole of the Moon
Classics IV – Stormy
Oliver Anthony – Scornful Woman
An evening pause: Hat tip Wayne DeVette, who adds this tidbit, “Shortly after he hit up on that song, his wife divorced him and demanded an outrageous cut of all his future earnings.”
James Cox – The Silver Swan
An evening pause: From the Bowes Museum in northern England, east of the Lake District.
Hat tip Cotour.
Popa Chubby – Rollin’ and tumblin’
Cat Stevens – Bitterblue
An evening pause: Performed live 1971, before he rejected all of western civilization and became a Muslim.
Hat tip Ferris Akel.
André Rieu – Scotland the Brave & Amazing Grace
An evening pause: Performed live in Bahrain in 2024. It shouldn’t surprise us that these Arabs play bagpipes. It is merely a reflection of the British colonial influence from the past century.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Donnie Iris & The Cruisers – Ah Leah!
The Handsome Family – True Detective Theme
Jackie Venson – Rollin’ On
Daniel Roy – 10 Levels of Sleight of Hand
An evening pause: For the long weekend, some tricks you can use in your next poker night.
Hat tip Cotour, who adds, “Never play cards with strangers.”
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
Todd Rundgren – Hello It’s Me
An evening pause: Performed live on the television show The Midnight Special in 1973.
Hat tip wampyre.
Richard Strauss – Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Overture
An evening pause: Performed by the Orchestre National de Lyon, Jun Märkl, conductor.
And no, it wasn’t written for the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was simply a good choice for the score.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Ed Sheeran – Perfect
An evening pause: Performed live 2024. A great song to herald in the weekend. May all my readers find themselves dancing in the dark with their perfect lover.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Caroline Campbell – Skyfall
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers with Gary Moore – So Many Roads
Schiller – Ein Schoner Tag
Dorothea Taylor – Down With The Sickness
An evening pause: Music by Disturbed.
Hat tip to Wamphyr, who adds, “It’s fun to watch a grandmother rock out like this.”
Martina McBride – Where Would You Be
Anastasia Huppmann – Chopin’s Fantaisie Impromptu in C sharp minor
An evening pause: Performed live c2016.
Hat tip Judd Clark, who also recommends the long and interesting essay at the youtube page describing the artistic and musical history of this piece.
Al Kooper & friends – Something going on
An evening pause: A blues piece performed live 1994.
Hat tip Alec Gimarc, who adds that “Al Kooper was the creative force behind Blood Sweat & Tears.”
Emilio Piano & Lucie – Maison
An evening pause: The opening lyric sets the tone, asking questions about life. A translation:
Where are we going?
When we no longer have a home?
The flowers under the concrete,
Mom,
Tell me,
Where are we going?
Hat tip Judd Clark.
2Cellos – Thunderstruck
An evening pause: Music by AC/DC.
Hat tip Don Carrera, who adds, “With a shout-out ranging from Vivaldi & his Primavera, up to Michael J. Fox & Johnny Be Good.”