An evening pause: From Wikipedia: “El testament d’Amèlia is a popular Catalan folk song. It tells the story of a young lady in her deathbed who knowingly drank the poisoned drink given to her by her stepmother, whom she knows has been sleeping with her husband.”
Hat tip Judd Clark.
An evening pause: Performed live 2019. The music is from the 1983 movie Local Hero.
Hat tip Phil Berardelli.
An evening pause: Performed live 1958.
Hat tip sippin_bourbon.
An evening pause: It is amazing how many of these short clips (as well as the full songs) are still so familiar and well known, considering its more than a half century since they were first played on the radio. Speaks well to their originality and uniqueness.
But how many of the songs and performers can you guess?
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
An evening pause: Performed live on television 1974.
Hat tip to reader Gary.
An evening pause: Fascinating and entertaining, but that last song was not meant to be played on this instrument.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
An evening pause: Performed live 1966.
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An evening pause: Performed live 2005.
Hat tip Phil Berardelli, who says this song is this Australian band’s love anthem to their country.
An evening pause: A magnificent use of the accordion.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
An evening pause: Performed live 1970.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
An evening pause: Performed live 1993.
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An evening pause: Performed live 2023.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
An evening pause: Hat tip Judd Clark.
An evening pause: According to the group, this cover has special meaning. From the youtube webpage: “After all these years of playing music together despite so many people advising us to choose a different path, it reminds us of the beauty of sticking to something good.”
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
An evening pause: As Friday night begins the Sabbath in the Jewish faith, this seems appropriate tonight. The group is called 12 Tribes Music. Watch with closed captions turned on to see the King James English translation of these the lyrics, from the Song of Solomon of the Old Testament. The improvised sections of the performance however are wholly modern.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
An evening pause: The song was first performed by Gene Wilder in the 1971 film Willa Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, posted here in 2019.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
An evening pause: Something a bit different. As noted on the youtube webpage, the visuals here “were created by human artists tapping into the assistance of leading-edge generative AI.” Normally I find the fad to go to AI to do our thinking and creativity for us to be more than appalling, but in this case it is clear the artists guided the art, and then fitted it well to the music.
Hat tip Bob Robert.
An evening pause: Written by Kenneth MacMillan and performed by Marianela Nuñez as Manon and Federico Bonelli as Des Grieux of the Royal Ballet.
Contrast the gentility and elegance of this dance of two, of which Astaire and Rogers were of the same class, with that of the raw modern gymnastic routines of large groups. Both have their merits, but to me there is something more civilized and thoughtful about the former.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
An evening pause: Performed live 2005.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
An evening pause: This video breaks one of rules for a good evening pause, in that is is shot from one static wide shot camera. I normally reject such videos, as the visuals are boring. I make an exception here because of the music and the arrangement, which is so breath-taking you don’t care about the visuals at all. Makes me want to know more about this composer and his work.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
