Gordon Lightfoot – The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
An evening pause: Uses nicely edited archival documentary footage and pictures to highlight the story told by the song, intercut with Lightfoot’s live performance in 1979.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Tag: music
Mae West – I Wonder Where My Easy Rider’s Gone
An evening pause: From the 1933 film She Done Him Wrong. And yes, the young guy you see is Cary Grant. Sadly the print here is old and fuzzy, but a newer reprint is not available on line.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Aaron Copland – “The Promise of Living” from The Tender Land
An evening pause: I posted this for Thanksgiving in 2012 and 2015. Time to post again. As I wrote in 2015:
The hope of America will always live on, even when America is gone. Ordinary people want freedom, love, family, and the right to live their lives as they wish, without harming others, so they can bring in “the blessings of harvest,” whatever that harvest might be. It must be our goal to allow that to happen, and to stop those that wish to prevent it.
The promise of living
With hope and thanksgiving,,,
Stan Ridgway – Camouflage
An evening pause: Though performed live, this version is edited and dubbed with the official recording from 1986. While the song is quite good, I can’t help thinking about yesterday’s pause.
Hat tip Alex Gimarc.
Rick Beato – The Real Reason Why Music Is Getting Worse
An evening pause: His conclusions have implications far beyond music itself and on the entire worsening of our culture.
Hat tip Chris McLaughlin.
Jefferson Airplane – Crown Of Creation
An evening pause: Performed live 1968 on the Smothers Brothers television show. Nicely performed but it is still the typical self-righteous tripe from the baby boom generation.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Ferris Akel – Napping Raccoon
An evening pause: This is how many of us all feel at the end of a hard week. Music is the “Daydream” by the Lovin’ Spoonful.
Hat tip Ferris Akel, who filmed this on September 21, 2024.
Vince Gill, Gregg Allman, Zac Brown – Midnight Rider
An evening pause: Hat tip Cotour.
Sade – The Sweetest Taboo
An evening pause: Performed live 1993.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
Lynda Carter – Rhumba Girl
An evening pause: Performed on television in 1981.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Louis Armstrong – Mack The Knife
An evening pause: Performed live 1963.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Lynyrd Skynyrd – T For Texas
An evening pause: Performed live 1976.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Fleetwood Mac – The Chain
An evening pause: Performed live 1982.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Linda Ronstadt – Blue Bayou
An evening pause: Performed sometime in the 1970s.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Joe Cocker – You Are So Beautiful
An evening pause: Performed live 1980. A good song to start the weekend.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
War – Low Rider
An evening pause: From the heart of the 1960s and 1970s.
Hat tip Cotour.
Mary Spender & Josh Turner – Sultans of Swing
An evening pause: One of the sharpest and clearest performances of this classic Dire Staits song.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Judith Durham – Danny Boy
An evening pause: Performed live 1968. One of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Riccardo Cocchi &Yulia Zagoruychenko
An evening pause: Stay with it, it ain’t over till its over.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Swingrowers – Midnight
An evening pause: A prelude to Halloween. The visuals come from vintage 1920s and 1930s early cartoons, though the bulk comes from Walt Disney’s 1929 cartoon, Skeleton Dance.
Hat tip Judd Clark.