The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Something For Nothing
An evening pause: Performed live 2017.
Hat tip James Street.
Tag: music
Yes – It Can Happen
An evening pause: Performed live 1984.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Nini – OverMortal
An evening pause: The music appears to come from a video game, which this video heavily promotes. No matter. She performs it using both a classic Chinese instrument and a modern electric guitar, and the contrast is striking.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Hothouse Flowers – I Can See Clearly Now
An evening pause: Performed live 1990.
Hat tip James Street.
Luca Stricagnoli – For A Few Dollars More
An evening pause: A magnificent cover of this classic Ennio Morricone film score. If you want to hear a compliation of all of Morricone’s western scores, go here.
For me however Morricone’s score for Cinema Paradiso remains my favorite.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Arthur Brown & Hamburg Blues Band – I Put A Spell On You
An evening pause: Performed live 2012. A most eccentric performance.
Hat tip Alec Gimarc, who notes about Brown, “Most notable for a 4-octave voice and performing with a lit device on his head at the time [1969]. … Impressed he is still alive.”
Al Stewart – Year Of The Cat
An evening pause: I posted a different performance of this song by Steward in 2015. The live version below, performed live in 2020, includes a fascinating intro that describes the roots of the song, as well as some spectacular guitar solos.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Moonlight Sonata
An evening pause: I cannot confirm who the singer is, as he posts his name only in Japanese picture words. I also am not sure where the lyrics come from. Interesting though to hear someone sing this Beethoven music.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Anastasia Tyurina – Dance of the Goblins
An evening pause: Performed live 2023.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
An evening pause: Performed live 1969 on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Hugh Laurie – St. James Infirmary
An evening pause: Hat tip Judd Clark.
Billy Joel – She’s Right On Time
An evening pause: Normally I hate official music videos. They are almost always boring and predictable adolescent stories that have little to do with the song. I always prefer the live performance, because then you see the artist at work.
This video is an exception, in that it doesn’t do what you expect, and is quite silly in the process.
Hat tip Mitch Masterfix.
Celine Dion – That’s The Way It Is
An evening pause: Performed live 2002.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
An evening pause: Somehow, this seems right to start the summer season. Performed live 2012.
Dwayne O’Brien – We Remember
An evening pause: To the men who flew the planes.
And all who’ve coursed through hostile skies,
Know that freedom requires a sacrifice,
To those who paid the highest price,
We remember.With a place of honor so deserved,
For what flesh and blood and steel have earned,
That may the glory be reserved,
For the colors they so bravely served.Keep them flying, keep them flying,
So that all who see them will know,
That our freedom was won by the blood that flowed,
And we remember.
Hat tip Chris Whiting.
Darrell Scott – You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive
An evening pause: Performed live 2011.
Hat tip James Street.
Grace Bowers – Red House
An evening pause: She is seventeen, doing Jimi Hendrix.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Original Enigma Voices – Sadeness
An evening pause: Performed live in Tel Aviv 2019.
David Bowie – Cat People
An evening pause: Performed live 1983.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Emmy Russell & Lukas Nelson – Lay Me Down
An evening pause: Performed at an October 2022 concert celebrating the life of Loretta Lynn.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.