Tag: entertainment
Strawhatz – A China Concept
An evening pause: That this even hints at political incorrectness requires that we watch it. And besides, the dancing is most intriguing.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Deborah Kerr – I whistle a happy tune
<An evening pause: From the 1956 Rodgers & Hammerstein Hollywood musical, The King and I. The song, actually sung by Marni Nixon, invokes a lesson I have learned works in almost every situation. Act like you belong and have the right to do what you are doing and people will accept this without question. This worked especially well when I was in the movie business.
The song’s lesson is also a good portrayal of the optimism and courage of the American culture in the mid-twentieth century. All good things were possible, if we showed courage and determination.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Postmodern Jukebox – All About That Bass
Tom Jobim – Waters of March/Águas de Março
<An evening pause: A stream of consciousness song in tribute to March and spring.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Faron Young – Sweet Dreams
An evening pause: From a 1956 television show, with all the cheesiness that goes with it.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
An evening pause: From a 1956 television show, with all the cheesiness that goes with it.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Jack Bruce – I Feel Free
An evening pause: Bruce had co-wrote this song for the band Cream. And yes, that’s Ringo Starr on the drums.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Marrakesh Express
The Key of Awesome – Somebody that I use to know parody
An evening pause: It appears that there are others who can do this also.
Hat tip Peter Fenstemacher.
Walk off the Earth – Somebody that I used to know
An evening pause: Nicely performed, especially as the performers were all playing the same guitar.
Hat tip James Mallamace.
Noble Sissle and his Ciro’s club dance orchestra – Little White Lies/Happy Feet
Scandal – Goodbye To You
An evening pause: I will think of this song whenever we see huge cuts in the federal bureaucracy.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Didn’t It Rain
Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over
An evening pause: The very last song during the band’s farewell tour in 1996. The band did re-form in the 2000s, but without the drummer Paul Hester, who committed suicide in 2005.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Gustav Holst – Jupiter from The Planets
An evening pause: Holst dubbed Jupiter the bringer of Jollity. To me, the central epic theme from this movement has always evoked vastness and epic planet-sized storms, even before we really knew how epic and vast the storms on Jupiter really were.
Hat tip Danae.
The Champs – Tequila
Aaron Copland – Fanfare For The Common Man
An evening pause: Performed live by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in Terminal 2, Dublin Airport.
Hat tip Danae.
Daniel Boaventura & Carlos Rivera – Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps (Quizás, Quizás, Quizás)
An evening pause: As I head out for a week of caving in Belize, how about a little Latin American culture? (I know Belize is actually a former British colony, but it is in the middle of Central America, so that’s close enough.)
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Janet Devlin – Time After Time
An evening pause: This cover of the Cyndi Lauper is fascinating and mesmerizing, all because of the singer’s face.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Mexico’s supermarket dancing cow
George Jones – The Grand Tour
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who wrote, “Classic country music had loss, booze and infidelity as three main themes. This selection from 1974 is by George Jones, whose real-life often mirrored these classic country themes.”
John Paul Young – Love Is In The Air
Olivia Millerschin – Look Both Ways
Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Diner
An evening pause: I like the simplicity, as it forces you to listen to the words.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
The Warning – Enter Sandman
An evening pause: This Metallica cover was performed by Daniela on guitar (14 years old), Paulina on drums (12 years old), and Alejandra on bass guitar (9 yrs old).
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Educated Fish
An evening pause: I especially like the worm’s imitation of Mae West.
On a more serious note, these old animated films provide a very real window into the culture that existed in America in the 1930s. If you want to know where we are going, compare this to today’s art.
Hat tip James Mallamace.
Jean Redpath – How Can I Keep from Singing
A evening pause: Performed live June 13, 1987. I think of these words whenever I am in a truly glorious place underground:
My life goes on in endless song
Above earth’s lamentations,
I hear the real, though far-off hymn
That hails a new creation.
Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear it’s music ringing,
It sounds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing?
While though the tempest loudly roars,
I hear the truth, it liveth.
And though the darkness ’round me close,
Songs in the night it giveth.
No storm can shake my inmost calm,
While to that rock I’m clinging.
Since love is lord of heaven and earth
How can I keep from singing?
Tyrone Wells – Beautiful Girl, Beautiful World
An evening pause: Make sure you watch for at least 20 seconds. You will watch the rest. As the website notes, it’s “the only thing that works every time.”
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Dan Licht – Dexter Suite
An evening pause: This performance is especially interesting in its unusual use of instruments.
Hat tip Danae.