Glenn Miller – In the Mood
An evening pause: One of Glenn Miller’s best.
Tag: music
Laurie Anderson – O Superman
An evening pause: Good avant-garde music that was actually a hit song in 1981. Listen and watch close and you will catch hints of the naive and anti-American anti-nuke movement of the early 1980s.
The music is still haunting, has a touch of humor, and is definitely worth hearing.
Lulu – To Sir With Love
An evening pause: Pure 1960s pop.
Suzi Quatro – Can The Can
An evening pause: Live, from 1973.
I’m farming and I grow it
An evening pause: “Gotta feed everybody!”
Tomoyasu Hotei – Battle without Honor or Humanity
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AARON LEWIS – Country Boy
An evening pause: Clearly a terrorist by the modern standards of Homeland Security.
Whitney Houston – National Anthem – Super Bowl XXV
An evening pause: A performer giving her all. What a tragedy that she destroyed herself at such a young age.
A brief history of rock n’ roll in 100 riffs
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Rufus Wainwright – Albatross
An evening pause: I once awoke from a powerful and indescribable dream, its searing images (soon lost) invoked by this haunting song as performed by Judy Collins from her 1967 recording. Here it is performed beautifully here by Rufus Wainwright and set to some very appropriate visuals from the various Pirates of the Caribbean films.
And in the night the iron wheels rolling through the rain
Down the hills through the long grass to the sea.
And in the dark the hard bells ringing with pain,
“Come away, alone.
Come away, alone.
With me.”
Feist – 1234 & Mushaboom
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Kate Wolf – Looking Back At You
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Marilyn Monroe – Heat Wave
An evening pause: From the 1954 film, There’s No Business Like Show Business.
Enya – Only Time
An evening pause: “Who knows? Only time.”
What the hell is Matt 2012?
An evening pause: More information about this video here. They note that “The dancers in Syria are blurred for their safety.”
THE BANGLES- MANIC MONDAY
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Passacaglia – Chedeville
An evening pause: The group is called Passacaglia. The music is by Nicolas Chedeville (previously attributed to Vivaldi). The players are Annabel Knight (recorder), Reiko Ichise (viola da gamba), Robin Bigwood (harpsichord).
Joe Hisaishi – The Path of the Wind from My Neighbor Totoro
An evening pause: One of Joe Hisaishi’s most beautiful film melodies, “The Path of the Wind,” from Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece, My Neighbor Totoro.
The Beatles – All You Need Is Love
An evening pause: From a 1967 live television performance, one of the first ever broadcast by satellite around the world. Though this version has been colorized, the synch is off in the original. Also, in doing the colorization they cleaned up the recording, making it much clearer.
It is especially fascinating to watch Lennon and McCartney work together, chewing gum as they sing. And keep your eye out for Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and other rock performers in the audience.
Dancing Birds
An evening pause: The courtship dances of the birds of paradise.