Tag: music
Al Stewart – Year of the Cat
Glen Campbell & Flip Wilson ~ Rocky Racoon
An evening pause: Comedy meets the Beatles in this 1969 performance from the Glen Campbell television show.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
The Tokens – The Lion Sleeps Tonight
An evening pause: As always, it is enormously pleasurable to watch performers who clearly are having a good time.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason – Ashokan Farewell
Alexander Rybak – Into A Fantasy
An evening pause: Rybak returns, this time performing live in 2014 his song for the animated film How to Train your Dragon 2 (2014). I normally don’t post videos made by audience members, but this time I make an exception because the performance is good and the videographer had the sense to soon ignore the dancers and stay focused on Rybak, who grabs the audience and holds them.
Hat tip Danae.
Alexander Rybak & Stefan Ibsen Zlatanos – Clair de Lune
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae. Tomorrow the evening pause will be an entirely different piece of music written by tonight’s violinist. As Danae noted in describing Rybak to me, “Composer, singer, dancer, musician on violin and piano, actor and impersonator of famous vocalists on Eurovision TV’s equivalent of American Idol, this 29 year-old, though occasionally temperamental, is a rising star in Europe. He was born in the Soviet Union, but has lived in Norway since he was four years old, and speaks Russian, Norwegian and English fluently.”
The Statler Brothers – Flowers On The Wall
An evening pause: I posted a 1960s television performance in 2012, but this recent live version is also worth watching, if only to see how time has changed the performers.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Camille Saint-Saëns – Piano concerto No.5
An evening pause: Also called “The Egyptian”, performed live by the Concertgebouw Orchestra with Jean-Yves Thibaudet on the piano.
A nice way to end the week. Put it up in the background if you find focusing on classical music too difficult. You will find yourself coming back to it to watch and listen. Quite beautiful and enchanting.
Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
Sibelius – Waltz Trist
An evening pause: Something calm and relaxing to ease the mind in these interesting times. Performed live by the Paris Orchestra conducted by Paavo Javi.
Hat tip Danae.
The Brothers Four – Scarlet Ribbons
David Gilmour of Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae, who notes correctly, “Terrible lifestyle, terrible message, but they knew how to play.”
Nathan and Eva Leach – Hero
Anne Murray – I Just Fall in Love Again
Joe Hisaishi & New Japan Philharmonic World Dream Orchestra – Tubular Bells
The Muppets – Ode to Joy
An evening pause: It could be argued that all classical music would be better played in this manner.
Lorrie Morgan – Will You Love Me Tomorrow
An evening pause: How about a wonderful country rendition of this pop classic?
Eric Clapton – Tears in Heaven
An evening pause: I posted a 1999 Clapton performance of this song in 2011, but this 2013 version is worth watching as well.
Hat tip Danae.
Tammi Terrell and Marvin Gaye – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
An evening pause: Performed live on the Johnny Carson Show sometime in the 1960s.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman
Anthony Newley and Petula Clark – You and I
Dolly Parton – Jolene
An evening pause: Performed live, 2014. I especially like the dancing security guards.
Hat tip Danae.
Hey, I am still looking for tips for my evening pauses. Why let Danae have all the fun? If you see a video you think might fit, make a comment here mentioning that you have something, but don’t post the link. I will email you to get it from you.
Leroy Anderson – Typewriter Song
Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight
Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Prelude and Yodel
Judy Garland – Somewhere over the rainbow
An evening pause: I posted this performance back on November 23, 2010, had forgotten, and found it again by accident. It bears another viewing. As noted at the youtube link,
Judy Garland only performed “Over The Rainbow” twice during her many television appearances, which spanned 14 years. She performed it on her first TV Special, “Ford Star Jubilee” in the episode called “The Judy Garland Special” in 1955, and sang it to her children on The Christmas Edition of her weekly TV show “The Judy Garland Show” (1963).
Here Judy is dressed up [in the first special] as the tramp character she played when doing a duet with Fred Astaire in the film ‘Easter Parade’.
Watch. It shows why she was both a great singer and a great actress.
Tim Weisberg – Margarita
Don McLean – American Pie
Bond Girls – Korobushka
Frank Sinatra – My Way
An evening pause: Performed live, 1971. If anyone ever tries to tell you that you can’t say or do something, just think of this song, and these words:
For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows –
And did it my way.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.