Tim Weisberg – Margarita
An evening pause: For those who like modern soft jazz.
Hat tip Danae.
Tag: music
Don McLean – American Pie
An evening pause: Performed live in 2011.
Hat tip Danae.
Bond Girls – Korobushka
An evening pause: Hat tip to Willi Kusche.
Frank Sinatra – My Way
An evening pause: Performed live, 1971. If anyone ever tries to tell you that you can’t say or do something, just think of this song, and these words:
For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows –
And did it my way.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Vince Carrola – Pachelbel’s Canon in D
An evening pause: Absolutely one of the most original performances of this classic piece of music I have ever seen. And man, can he play the guitar.
Joni Mitchell – Both Sides Now
An evening pause: Performed live, 1970. One of the best and most profound pop songs ever written. It is subtle and simple, deep and shallow, all at the same time.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Take 6 – Star-Spangled Banner
An evening pause: In anticipation of July 4 tomorrow. Hat tip to Frank Kelly.
New Japan Philharmonic World Dream Orchestra – The Windmills of Your Mind
An evening pause: The conductor, Joe Hisaishi, is also the composer for the music in Hayao Miyazaki‘s best animated films.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Cher – Gypsys, Tramps, and Thieves
An evening pause: From a performance during the 1970s the Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour.
Hat tip Danae. As she notes, this was when Cher “still seemed semi-normal.” Without doubt, she could sing, and act. Too bad in later years she stopped focusing on where her best talents lay.
Tiller’s Folly – Panhandle Rag
An evening pause: Watching these three guys play together takes my breath away.
Hat tip Danae.
Art Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
An evening pause: From the September 19, 1981 Simon & Garfunkel concert in Central Park.
Hat tip Danae for suggesting the song in this troubling time.
ISS Symphony – Timelapse of Earth
An evening pause: The music’s good, but the visuals are the reason to watch.
Hat tip Danae.
Woods – Rain On
An evening pause: I especially like the simplicity of the music, combined with the interplay between the guitarist and the singer.
The Swiss Top Secret Drum Corp
An evening pause: My only comment: This is insane!
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Cat Choir
An evening pause: Time for some more silliness, but in a classical form.
All that Jazz – audition scene
An evening pause: Stay with it. The last bits of dialogue are worth it.
Hat tip to Phil Berardelli, author of Phil’s Favorite 500: Loves of a Moviegoing Lifetime.
Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill
An evening pause: I love it when the performers are clearly have fun!
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman
Debussy – The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
An evening pause: Mary Elizabeth Bowden on trumpet and Naomi Woo on piano.
Hat tip Danae for suggesting the music.
The Everly Brothers – All I Have To Do Is Dream
An evening pause: From the 1983 reunion concert.
J.S. Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D on Glass Harp
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.