Edwin McCain – I’ll Be
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Tag: music
The Muppets – Bohemian Rhapsody
An evening pause: A very talented actor once told me that a great deal of all comedy is based on contrast, on juxtaposing extreme opposites in unexpected ways.
The Black Stallion
An evening pause: The central sequence from the 1979 movie, The Black Stallion, when the shipwrecked boy Alec succeeds in taming the shipwrecked Arabian horse. The combination of Carmine Coppola’s music and Caleb Deschanel’s photography in this sequence is unmatched.
The Statler Brothers – Flowers On The Wall
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Wrecking Crew Orchestra
An evening pause: An entertaining combination of engineering, lighting, and dance.
Ennio Morricone: Gabriel’s Oboe and theme from Cinema Paradiso
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Chet Atkins – Mr. Sandman
An evening pause: From 1954.
Celtic Harp Orchestra – Morrison’s Jig
An evening pause: Here’s some more harp, this time played in a way you’ve never heard it by the Celtic Harp Orchestra.
Anne Postic – Celtic Harp at Lorient in 2008
An evening pause: Anne Postic jiving on the harp.
Mitch & Mickey – A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow
An evening pause: From the movie A Mighty Wind (2003), a wonderful and funny pseudo documentary about the 1960s folk era. The folk team of Mitch & Mickey never existed, but this song is superb, made even more poignant by the story.
Mary Black – Thorn Upon The Rose
An evening pause: On St. Patrick’s Day, how about one of Ireland’s best singers.
No lose, it’s just the same
Tears of joy, tears of pain.
They’re hand in hand, they come as one.
Never see the Moon without promise of the Sun.
For all the roses, for all the blows.
I’d rather feel the thorn then to never see the rose.So when you give the handsome flower
Don’t forget the thorn upon the rose
Its cut is deep and its scar lasts forever
It follows love wherever love goes.
Dakuwaqa’s Garden – Underwater footage from Fiji
An evening pause: Dakuwaqa’s Garden.
Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind
An evening pause: Performed live, 1974.
Kevin Olusola on cello
An evening pause: Kevin Olusola doing some hip-hop improv on cello.
Les Paul and Mary Ford – How high the Moon
An evening pause: From the late 1950s, Alastair Cooke introduces Les Paul and Mary Ford, who then demonstrate some advanced music technology (and some smokin’ music) that would only become commonplace in the coming decades.
Dominic Boudreault – The City Limits (music by Hans Zimmers)
An evening pause: Time lapse photography by Dominic Boudreault, music by Hans Zimmers.
Dicken with Milah and Korben – Everything Counts
An evening pause: As my wife Diane said after watching this, “Gee, I wish I had had a cool dad like that.”
Ronald Jenkees – The Fast Song
An evening pause: How about some amazing piano jamming by Ronald Jenkees.
Pendulum waves
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Mirusia Louwerse and André Rieu – Ave Maria
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