Sinéad O’Connor – She moved through the Fair
An evening pause: from a 1997 performance.
Tag: music
Sissel – Shenandoah
An evening pause:
Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling In Love
An evening pause: His live performances of this song are wonderful, but I still prefer the original movie version from Blue Hawaii (1961) for its simplicity. The film work might be uninspiring, but the clarity of the song easily makes up for this.
Idea of North – But not for me
An evening pause:
The Dillards – The Whole World Round
An evening pause: I especially like the banjo player, as it almost appears like magic how he produces the sound from his instrument.
The Byrds – Turn. Turn. Turn.
An evening pause: The words, except for the very last line (inserted by Pete Seeger), are from the book of Ecclesiastes.
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
Read it all, especially the King James version. It is one of the most profound and beautiful poems ever written.
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Man on Fire
An evening pause:
Neil Diamond – I Am, I Said
An evening pause:
Julie Andrews – Auld Lang Syne
An evening pause: For the new year.
Skeeter Davis – the End of the World
An evening pause: I gotta tell ya, this song is far more believable than those Mayan calendar tales.
Such Great Heights
An evening pause:
Mnozil Brass – At the Movies
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