Gregory Porter – Concorde
An evening pause: The music video story imposed on the song is somewhat predictable and unoriginal, but the song is top notch.
Hat tip to Robert Pratt of Pratt on Texas.
Tag: music
The Fixx – Saved by Zero
Chris Stapleton – Cold
Haley Reinhart & Casey Abrams – Time of the Season
An evening pause: Hat tip Dan Morris.
Readers! I am in need of evening pause suggestions! If you’ve seen something you think would work, say so in the comments, without providing a link. I will email you. For those interested in participating in making this webpage fun, here are my guidelines for suggesting evening pauses:
1. The subject line should say “evening pause.”
2. Don’t send more than three in any email. I prefer however if you send them one email at a time.
3. Variety! Don’t send me two or three or five from the same artist. I can only use one. Pick your favorite and send that.
4. Live performance preferred.
5. Quirky technology, humor, and short entertaining films also work.
6. Search BtB first to make sure your suggestion hasn’t already been posted.
7. I might not respond immediately, as I schedule these in a bunch.
4 Non Blondes – Spaceman
Celtica – Celtic Spirits
An evening pause: The mix of cultures here is somewhat amusing. The music and performance however are grand.
Hat tip Able Windsor.
An evening pause: The mix of cultures here is somewhat amusing. The music and performance however are grand.
Hat tip Able Windsor.
Allison Young – Where Is My Mind?
Imogen Heap – Blanket
MonaLisa Twins – Drive My Car
Lisa Hannigan – Undertow
Level 42 – Something About You
Harriet Krijgh – Kabalevsky’s 1st Cello Concerto
An evening pause: Hat tip Dan Morris, who provides this interesting historical tidbit. “Dmitry Kabalevsky, described as an opportunistic Soviet toady (three Stalin prizes, four Orders of Lenin), today seems widely forgotten.” I leave it to you to decide why, after listening to this selection.
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Riviera Paradise
Fun Boy Three – Our Lips Are Sealed
An evening pause: A very typical 80s song, very sad, hopeless, and depressing. Background here.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Eddie Van Halen – Another greatest guitar solo ever
An evening pause: Performed live in 1986. I suspect there are a lot of guitar solos that people will label the greatest ever.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Elli Siitonen – Popcorn
A evening pause: Song by Gershon Kingsley, played on a kantele, a traditional Finnish string instrument, with looper added.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Boy Meets Girl – Waiting for a Star to Fall
Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas – The Boxer
An evening pause: “But the fighter still remains.”
Hat tip Daniel Morris. I posted this in 2013, and it was time to post it again.
Stuart Hamm – The greatest bass solo ever
An evening pause: He goes from classical to country to rock, in less than four minutes.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Crowded House – Weather With You
Nat King Cole – September Song
An evening pause: Performed live in 1957 on Cole’s television show. The music was composed by Kurt Weill, with lyrics by Maxwell Anderson.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Igudesman & Joo – Rachmaninov had big Hands
Chaka Kahn – Ain’t Nobody
The Bangles – Hazy Shade Of Winter
James Hill – Billie Jean
Jay Sekulow Band – Long Time
An evening pause: The song is originally by Boston, and the lead singer here is Dino Elefante, originally from the band Kansas. Sekulow is the Chief Counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which focuses on defending the issues of free speech that the ACLU abandoned years ago.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Neil Finn – Dizzy Heights
Billy Paul – Me and Mrs. Jones
Paul Simon and Willie Nelson – Homeward Bound
Swing Out Sister – Breakout
An evening pause: Performed live 2010. The clip starts with the second song. If you want to hear the first, Twilight World, rewind to the beginning.
Hat tip Dan Morris.