Alison Krauss – Down to the River to Pray
An evening pause: Performed live 2002, when traditional American Christian gospel tunes were still considered mainstream instead of “white supremacy.”
Tag: music
Counting Crows – Catapult
An evening pause: Performed live 1997.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Ronald Binge – Elizabethan Serenade
An evening pause: To commemorate the passing of Queen Elizabeth today.
The Hollies – I Can’t Let Go
An evening pause: From the 1960s.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Heart – Barracuda
An evening pause: Performed live 1977.
Hat tip Tom Wilson.
Foxes and Fossils – Can’t Let Go
An evening pause: Performed live 2013. I’ve posted a number of performances by this group previously. They do magnificent covers of many classic songs. Their Patreon site is here.
Hat tip John Jossy.
Delta Goodrem – In This Life
An evening pause: Performed live 2009.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Motis & Chamorro quintet & Scott Hamilton – Meditaçao
An evening pause: Performed live 2013.
Hat tip Kevin Ralston.
Stephen Stills – Treetop Flyer
An evening pause: Hat tip Tom Wilson.
The Cardigans – You’re The Storm
An evening pause: Hat tip Dan Morris.
Readers: I am in need of evening pause suggestions! If you’ve seen something on the web that you think would fit, note this fact as a comment below. Do NOT post a link to your suggestion. I will email you and schedule it.
And if you’ve suggested previously, please feel free to email me some new stuff! The guidelines:
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 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.
Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers – Never Gonna Dance
An evening pause: We’ve had a lot of 1970s pop songs and dance recently. Here’s an example of one of the greatest movie dance numbers, from the 1936 movie Swing Time. Note how smooth and ballet-like it is, unlike the staccato and gymnastic styles that began to dominate dance after the 1960s.
Note also the remarkable lack of cuts. The dance is performed with only one cut, which means Astaire and Rogers had to get it perfect, the whole way through each of these two shots. It took 47 takes before they succeeded.
Chic – Le Freak
An evening pause: Performed live 2012.
Hat tip Tom Wilson.
Johnny Rivers – Memphis Tennessee
An evening pause: Performed live, 1964. Also includes a short interview of Rivers afterward, who by the way wrote the song Secret Agent Man.
Hat tip Dan Steele.
Lucky Chops NYC
An evening pause: Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Roy Clark & Johnny Cash – Orange Blossom Special
An evening pause: Performed live on television 1978.
Hat tip Blair Ivey.
ABBA – Waterloo
An evening pause: Performed live in 1974.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Counting Crows – Angels of the Silences
An evening pause: Performed live 1997.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Device Orchestra – Sweet Dreams
An evening pause: Another clever musical repurposing of household electronic gear.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Thelma Houston – Don’t leave me this way
An evening pause: Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
The Jacksons – Shake Your Body
An evening pause: It seems we are on a string of 1970s tunes. The clothes surely date them all. As for this video, I can only feel sorrow watching a young vibrant Michael Jackson, before he destroyed himself.
Hat tip Tom Wilson.