Julie Andrews segment during of Carol Burnett’s 90th Birthday Special
An evening pause: Aired in 2023. The best part is the short film providing sample moments from the three television specials they did together.
Hat tip Phil Berardelli.
Tag: music
Etta James, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody’s Business
An evening pause: Performed live 1987.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Ana Popovic – Some blues improv
An evening pause: Hat tip Judd Clark.
Redd Volkaert – Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line
An evening pause: Hat tip Judd Clark.
Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
An evening pause: Performed live I think in 2011.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Hozier & Annie Lennox – Take Me to Church / I Put a Spell on You
A evening pause: Performed live 2015.
Hat tip Doug Johnson. Note too that this does not come from youtube, but from metatube. Let’s find more alternative video resources like this, just to increase some competition.
Rollerman – Downhill extreme
An evening pause: More road stuff, of an entirely different kind.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
AC/DC – Thunderstruck
An evening pause: A bit of energy to start the week. Performed live 1991. For those unfamiliar with this rock piece (like me), I think it helpful here to turn on captions to find out what the performers and audience are singing.
Hat tip James Street.
Stevie Ray Vaughan – Lenny
An evening pause:Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
Fiona Apple & Elvis Costello – I Want You
An evening pause: Performed live 2006.
Hat tip Lee Stevenson.
Samba – Bamboleo
An evening pause: Stay with it, the second and third dancing couples in this compilation are especially good. This isn’t Astaire & Rogers, but it is superbly done, nonetheless.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Massive Attack – Teardrop
An evening pause: Proves that good music with modern rock instruments does not have to be loud. I just wish this singer wasn’t using the modern slurring singing style that makes it almost impossible to understand the words.
Amazing Saxophone Solo
An evening pause: It is shame there is not more information about this sax player, who is astonishing in her skill.
Hat tip James Street.
Bastille – Pompeii
An evening pause: I especially like the dog.
Hat tip Sayomara.
The Chantay’s – Pipeline
An evening pause: Performed live on the Lawrence Welk show, May 18, 1963. Note that was a successful rock band instrumental, a decade before art rock became a thing.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
Sterling Cottam, Mike Massé, Jeff Hall – Can’t Help Falling in Love
An evening pause: A very nice cover of my favorite Elvis song. The camera placement could have been better but who cares.
Hat tip Sayomara.
Band Maid – Thrill
An evening pause: Most of the lyrics are in Japanese, but if you turn on closed captions they are translated into English.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Natalie Merchant – Carnival
An evening pause: Performed live 1995. Jennifer Turner is on the guitar.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Glenn Miller Band – I’ve got a Gal in Kalamazoo
An evening pause: From the 1942 film, Orchestra Wives. The word “brass” in all its meaning captures the sense of this music and the American free culture then. Everything and anything was allowed, within the moral confines of Judeo-Christian ethics.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
I am in need for evening pause suggestions. If you are interested in suggesting an evening pause, please say so in the comments (without providing a link to that suggestion). I will contact you so you can forward it directly to me to schedule. The guidelines for submitting Evening Pauses:
1. The subject line should say “evening pause.”
2. Don’t send more than one per email.
3. Variety! Don’t send me 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.
8. Avoid the politics of the day. The pause is a break from such discussion.
Bond – Victory
An evening pause: A nice energetic way to start the weekend.
Hat tip Judd Clark.