The McCoys – Hang On Sloopy
An evening pause: A music video from 1975. The dancer is Lisa Leonard Dalton.
Hat tip Mike Nelson, who correctly adds, “Ahhh to be young again!”
Tag: music
Sue Foley & others – Okie Dokie Stomp
An evening pause: Performed live 2024. The camera work and directing ain’t great, but it gets better as it goes, which is good because of the great solo near the end.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 – Mas Que Nada
An evening pause: Performed on television c1966. They are clearly lip synching to the original recording, but the song is great, and the sets and dancing are worth watching, if only to get a feel for 1960s variety show television.
Hat tip Cotour.
Eric Clapton – She’s Waiting
An evening pause: Performed live 1985.
Hat tip Ferris Akel.
Annie Marie Lewis – Headless Horseman
An evening pause: The visuals appropiately come from the 1929 Disney cartoon “Haunted House” starring Mickey Mouse. Seems appropriate for Halloween.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Geoff Castellucci – Monster Mash
An evening pause: To get us in the mood of the season.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
“Weird Al” Yankovic – Smells Like Nirvana
An evening pause: A parody of “Smells like Teen Spirit,” according to the webpage, but as far as I am concerned it is a very funny parody of most “official” music videos, the kind I generally don’t like to post as evening pauses because, as Yankovic says in the first verse:
What is this song all about?
Can’t figure any lyrics out
How do the words to it go?
I wish you’d tell me, I don’t know
It gets better from there.
Hat tip Alan Hennings.
The Hollies- On A Carousel
An evening pause: Created from “very rare footage of the Hollies recording ‘On A Carousel’ in the legendary Abbey Road Studios in 1967.”
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Ozzy Osbourne And Lita Ford – Close My Eyes Forever
An evening pause: Recorded c2012.
Hat tip Alex Gimarc.
Eivør & Danish National Symphony Orchestra – Trøllabundin
An evening pause: Performed live 2023 as part of a concert dubbed, “Viking.” From the comments on the webpage:
Trøllabundin means spellbound. In the viking age, ‘Galder’ was a kind of magic song that was used in seiðr (magic/witchcraft) practiced by mainly women, and to ‘galdra’ was to affect something by magic singing.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
The Guys Downstairs – How Long Has This Been Going On
<An evening paus: A very nice cover.
Hat tip Cotour, who adds “These old guys have this piece nailed down!”
Debby Boone – You Light Up My Life
An evening pause: Performed live on television in 1977.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
The 5.6.7.8s – I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield
An evenin pause: Performed live 2022.
Hat tip Cotour.
Sorry this is late tonight. Was too busy doing other things over the weekend to schedule pauses.
Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup
An evening pause: Performed live 1993.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
JD ‘FollowCam’ – Just “wing” it!
An evening pause: Another new sport that harnesses technology for fun. The music Bonsaye by Mirages.
Hat tip Cotour.
Lena Haarberg – Fall Into You
An evening pause: Nice cover of the Houses on the Hill song.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Asleep At The Wheel – Roly Poly
An evening pause: Performed live c2017.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Prince – Play that funky music
An evening pause: No idea when this concert took place.
Hat tip Cotour.
Melanie – The Nickel Song
An evening pause: Performed live 1971.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Chuck Mangione Quartet – Land of Make Believe
An evening pause: Performed live 1978.
Hat tip Alex Gimarc.