Anne Murray – Snowbird
An evening pause: Performed live 1996.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Tag: music
Sheryl Crow – The First Cut is the Deepest
An evening pause: Performed live 2003.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Moby & The Void Pacific Choir – Are You Lost In The World Like Me?
An evening pause: The animation is by Steve Cutts. It seems perfect for today, income tax day. Note that I post it as someone who does not own a smart phone and empathizes entirely with the film’s main character.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Refugee
An evening pause: Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Florence and the Machine – Cosmic Love
An evening pause: Quite beautiful, though her modern singing style obscures the words more than I think necessary.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Funny concert moments
An evening pause: Hat tip Mike Nelson.
From Deep Space 9 – Do-Re-Mi
An evening pause: A short but quite wonderful little performance from the Star Trek series Deep Space 9.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days
An evening pause: It seems this week is 60s pop week.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe
An evening pause: This performance, from 1987, has some important historical background. As noted on the youtube page,
In November of 1987, Sonny Bono was running for mayor of Palm Springs and Cher was promoting her upcoming movie Moonstruck. The divorced couple went on Letterman together and were coaxed into playing ‘I Got You, Babe’ with Paul Shaffer and his band; they weren’t exactly the best of friends at this point, but both of them knew it would make for unforgettable television. Had YouTube existed back then, this would have gone insanely viral the next morning. It wound up being the final time they ever sang together, as Bono passed away in January 1998.
The Seekers – Georgy Girl
An evening pause: Performed live in the band’s home town, Melbourne, Australia, in 1967. The song was written for the 1966 film, Georgy Girl.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Beach Boys – California Girls
An evening pause: Performed live in Japan in 2012.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Emily Linge – A Day In The Life
An evening pause: A magnificent solo arrangement of one of the most complex studio-recorded Beatles song.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Green Book – Orange Bird Piano scene
An evening pause: The premise of this scene from the 2018 movie Green Book is nothing new, and has been done innumerable times. That said, who cares? It is always fun to watch, especially if well done.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Aretha Franklin – Freeway Of Love
An evening pause: Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Animusic – Aqua Harp
An evening pause: Hat tip to Björn Larsson (LocalFluff) for reminding me of the work of Animusic. I had posted several pieces back before 2014, but none since. Time to schedule another.
Tokyo Groove Jyoshi – Funk No.1
An evening pause: Hat tip Tom Wilson.
Vivaldi’s Bassoon Concerto In E Minor
A evening pause: The orchestra is the Chopin University of Music Orchestra, with Klaudia Abramczuk on the bassoon.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
MonaLisa Twins & Mike Massé – Africa
An evening pause: Hat tip Chris Boswell.
Rob Paravonian – Pachelbel Rant
An evening pause: Pachelbel’s Canon in D is one of the most beautiful short pieces of music ever written, which of course is why it has been an evening pause a half dozen times before. I’ve posted a version of musicians jamming it at 3 am when they have nothing better to do, singing it a capella in a stairway, spectacularly on a guitar, as heavy metal, by a chicken (you have to watch it to understand), and played as a tango, bluegrass, gypsy, and practically any musical style you can imagine.
The rant below gives us the perspective of someone who has played the piece, and it is a perspective that might surprise you. After watching it enjoy all the other versions above, but above all make sure you watch the last one. You will then understand best what the cello player is thinking.
Tatiana Eva-Marie & Avalon Jazz Band – Si Tu Vois Ma Mère
An evening pause: Hat tip Charlie Tutino.