Andrew Danube – A medley of piano music
An evening pause: Relaxing, especially a day after Thanksgiving. And you can simply let it play in the background while you work on other things on the computer.
Hat tip Insomnious.
Tag: music
Improvisation at the train station in Paris
An evening pause: Be thankful for your ability to do great things, at the spur of the moment.
Hat tip Lee Stevenson.
John Mellencamp – Longest Days
An evening pause:
Nothing lasts forever
And your best efforts don’t always pay
Sometimes you get sick
And you don’t get better
That’s when life is short
Even in its longest days
I find it interesting that these thoughts have only been real and strong for me during the first and last thirds of my life. I definitely pondered such thoughts in my middle years, but they had no real meaning. In the middle years things seem to continue the same for so long, which means the concept of aging fades from view. However, when we are young and when we are old the fact that we age and change is very evident, and so, the beginning and end of life becomes much more real.
Hat tip Insomnious.
Micah Tyler – You’ve Gotta Love Millennials
An evening pause: A great cover of the Beatles song, rewritten to also give us some funny and sad commentary on the modern world.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Mark Wills – Jacob’s Ladder
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who correctly notes that “Country music so delicious, you could eat it with a fork.”
Florence Lacey – It Only Takes a Moment
An evening pause: From the Broadway musical, Hello Dolly.
Buckethead – Big Sur Moon
An evening pause: The guitar playing here by Angela Maldonado proves that you don’t need a synthesizer and computer software to play this stuff.
Hat tip Insomnious.
OutKast – Hey Ya!
An evening pause: I am generally not a fan of hip hop, but this music video is filled with so much happiness I can’t resist it.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who adds, “Andre’ 3000 sings and plays all 8 parts in this video from 2003. There were so many takes from different angles, eventually exhausted, he had his last character sit down during the performance.”
Tine Thing Helseth – Libertango
An evening pause: Performed live March 8, 2013.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Roger Whittaker – The Last Farewell
An evening pause: Performed live, 1975.
Hat tip Andrew_W.
Henry De Winter and the Bratislava Hot Serenaders – Livin’ in the Sunlight, Lovin’ in the Moonlight
<An evening pause: The little dog is an especially nice touch.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who adds that “The Bratislava Hot Serenaders revive 1930’s music as best as can be done with modern instruments.”
Natalija Havralenko – In A Sentimental Mood
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.