Star Swain – The National Anthem
An evening pause: Sung live at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. June 16, 2016.
For Memorial Day. And I think the big guy in the chair behind her would approve, whole-heartedly.
Tag: music
Crazy Drummers vs Europen X Holland
An evening pause: This appears to a Russian show where drum groups compete, kind of like the cooking competition shows that took over the Food Channel. They don’t tell us who won, but who cares.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Tony Bennett – It Had to Be You
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Julie Andrews & Christopher Plummer – Something Good
An evening pause: O that face. Even with this poor recording, you can see why I said, in my very first evening pause, Julie Andrews had “one of the most incredible screen presences of any actor in the history of film.” And the lighting here, reflecting off her features and eyes with a glint, accentuates that presence.
From The Sound of Music (1965).
Kukla, Fran and Ollie – Here We Are Again
A evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who writes, “Before there was Shari Lewis; before there were the Muppets, there was Kukla, Fran, and Ollie. An American television staple from 1947 – 1957, Kukla, Fran, and Ollie demonstrated there would be as large an adult audience for puppetry as there was a child audience. Burr Tillstrom voiced all the puppets. Fran Allison was the host. In this video, they sing their theme song ‘Here We Are Again.'”
Do a quick search on youtube and you can find clips of them singing songs from things like The Mikado and doing satire on television advertising. As primitive as it might seem when compared to modern television, this was a children’s show with a whiff of sophistication.
Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens & Flaco Jimenez
An evening pause: Performed live, 1988. The magnificent set starts wth “Guitars Cadillacs,” then goes on to “Streets of Bakersfields,” “Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room,” and finishes with a song I simply can’t identify. It’s a bit long for an evening pause, but worth every second. And a great way to end the week.
Hat tip Robert Pratt of Pratt on Texas.
Diane Keaton – It Seems Like Old Times
An evening pause: From the movie Annie Hall (1977).
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Radiohead – Creep
An evening pause: Seems to me that these guys could be Mrs. Hughes’ son from the comedy routine posted in yesterday’s evening pause.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Dale Watson – South Of Round Rock Texas
An evening pause: Hat tip Robert Pratt, of the radio show Pratt on Texas, who offers it “to balance the ‘jazzy.'”
Anneke van Giersbergen & Danny Cavanagh – The Blower’s Daughter
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Sam Smith – Burning
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Above & Beyond Acoustic – On A Good Day
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.