Larry Kimpel, Billy Cobham, & George Duke – Stratus
An evening pause: Performed live c2009.
Hat tip Cotour.
Tag: entertainment
Jefferson Starship – Jane
An evening pause: No idea when this live performance took place.
Hat tip Ferris Akel.
Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire – Swing Time
An evening pause: From the 1936 film of the same name. Fred improvises to save Ginger’s job as a dance teacher. Watch how Rogers’ impression of him and her interaction during the dance evolves so naturally. I have always found her to be not only a great dancer, able to keep up with Astaire (the king of all dance), but also a marvelous actress.
Note too how this is not the gymnastics of modern dance, which is often only one small step above a Jane Fonda exercise video, but an amazingly nuanced and choreographed sequence of complex steps and moves, set to American pop music but with graceful classical ballet in mind.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Thanksgiving repost: Miracle on 34th Street
An evening pause: This was posted in 2023. Time to repost.
Original text:
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This movie used to be a tradition for television on Thanksgiving. At that time the holiday was well linked with the then joyous and relatively Christian Macy’s Day Parade (now warped into a queer agenda demonstration). [Editor: an agenda that thank god appears to be on the run.]
I think it makes for a good opening to the holiday season.
Josephine Baker – Dance Josie, Dance
An evening pause: From the 1935 French film, Princesse Tam Tam.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Dexys Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen
An evening pause: Performed live on a children’s television show (!), 1982. Stay with it, the beginning was part of the show’s shtick.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Robert Goulet & Julie Andrews – My Cup Runneth Over
An evening pause: From the 1966 Broadway musical, I Do! I Do!, and performed here on the Julie Andrews Show. I originally posted this in 2012, on our wedding anniversary. This chorus now strikes me most profoundly:
In only a moment we both will be old
We won’t even notice the world turning cold
And so, in this moment with sunlight above
My cup runneth over with love.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Sonny and Cher – I Got You Babe
An evening pause: Performed on television in 1965, though I am almost certain they are lip-synching to song’s distributed recording. I posted this before, but that was in 2012. I think enough time has passed.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Marilyn Monroe – Lazy
An eveing pause: From the Hollywood film There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954).
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Stevie Ray Vaughan – Couldn’t Stand The Weather
An evening pause: Performed live 1985.
Hat tip Ferris Akel.
Leonid & Friends – Stay the Night
A evening pause: Another great cover from this Russian band, this time a song by Chicago. Recorded in 2018, which explains why the lead vocalist is a Ukrainian. It appears he is no longer with the group.
Hat tip Dan Coovert.
Home Free – The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
An evening pause: A very nice cover of the Gordon Lightfoot song.
Hat tip Tom Laskowski.
Lena Horne – Stormy Weather
An evening pause: From the 1943 film of the same name.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
PDQ Bach – Beethoven Symphony No. 5
An evening pause: Peter Jacoby is conducting (?) Orchestra X. For those who are unaware, PDQ Bach is the stage name used by Peter Schickele in performing his comedic music. Fans of both classical music and sports will really enjoy this.
Hat tip to Alex Gimarc.
Dean Martin & Caterina Valente – One Note Samba
An evening pause: Performed live on the Dean Martin Show, 1966.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
The McCoys – Hang On Sloopy
An evening pause: A music video from 1975. The dancer is Lisa Leonard Dalton.
Hat tip Mike Nelson, who correctly adds, “Ahhh to be young again!”
Sue Foley & others – Okie Dokie Stomp
An evening pause: Performed live 2024. The camera work and directing ain’t great, but it gets better as it goes, which is good because of the great solo near the end.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 – Mas Que Nada
An evening pause: Performed on television c1966. They are clearly lip synching to the original recording, but the song is great, and the sets and dancing are worth watching, if only to get a feel for 1960s variety show television.
Hat tip Cotour.
Eric Clapton – She’s Waiting
An evening pause: Performed live 1985.
Hat tip Ferris Akel.
Annie Marie Lewis – Headless Horseman
An evening pause: The visuals appropiately come from the 1929 Disney cartoon “Haunted House” starring Mickey Mouse. Seems appropriate for Halloween.
Hat tip Judd Clark.