Marilyn Monroe – Diamonds are a girl’s best friend
An evening pause: From the 1953 movie, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
Tag: music
Danny Kaye – Monahan O’Han
An evening pause: From the 1954 movie, Knock on Wood.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Keith Emerson – Creole Dance
An evening pause: Performed live in Budapest 1997. Emerson’s piano playing is amazing, and uses techniques I have never seen before.
Hat tip Chris McLaughlin.
Alexei Arkhipovsky – Going Home
An evening pause: This is not the American hymn, but a Russian piece performed here by the composer.
Hat tip Danae.
Madeleine Peyroux – Don’t Wait Too Long
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Mother, Father, Sister, Brother – The Sound of Philadelphia
An evening pause: This instrumental music, used as the theme music for the 1970s television show, Soul Train, has only one significant vocal line: “People all over the world!” I think the visuals used here, of Earth taken from the International Space Station, make that line seem especially appropriate.
Hat tip James Stephens.
Paul Mauriat & Orchestra – La pie voleuse
An evening pause: I especially like the use of digital sounds mixed with the standard orchestra.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Mary Travers – Follow Me
An evening pause: Live performance from a 1980 Peter, Paul, & Mary concert.
Huey Lewis and the News – Workin’ for a livin’
An evening pause: Another appropriate piece for the start of the week. Performed live, 1982.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
The Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist
An evening pause: I think the words from Moscow on the Hudson (1984) sum this music video up very well: “Strange but wonderful.”
Hat tip Max Hunt.
Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young – Almost Cut My Hair
An evening pause: From a 1974 live performance.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Grease – We Go Together
An evening pause: From the 1978 film, Grease.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.