An evening pause: His live performances of this song are wonderful, but I still prefer the original movie version from Blue Hawaii (1961) for its simplicity. The film work might be uninspiring, but the clarity of the song easily makes up for this.
An evening pause: I especially like the banjo player, as it almost appears like magic how he produces the sound from his instrument.
An evening pause: The words, except for the very last line (inserted by Pete Seeger), are from the book of Ecclesiastes.
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
Read it all, especially the King James version. It is one of the most profound and beautiful poems ever written.
An evening pause: I gotta tell ya, this song is far more believable than those Mayan calendar tales.
An evening pause: From Mean Mary James, a Christmas song.
An evening pause: One of the most beautiful songs ever written, sung by one of the world’s best singers.
An evening pause: More story-telling with sand, by Kseniya Simonova. This time she tells a northern fantasy, based on the Norwegian epics.
An evening pause: On this anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, I give thanks to the past generation that gave me freedom.
I wish you’d lived to see
All you gave to me
Your shining dream of hope and love
Life and libertyWe are all one great band of brothers
And one day you’ll see – we can live together
When all the world is free.
An evening pause: For Thanksgiving, from Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land.
The promise of living
With hope and thanksgiving,,,
