Elvin Bishop – Fooled around and fell in love
An evening pause: Performed live 1976.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Tag: music
Nordic Choir – Sure on this Shining Night
An evening pause: From a James Agee poem:
Sure on this shining night
Of star made shadows round,
Kindness must watch for me
This side the ground.
The late year lies down the north.
All is healed, all is health.
High summer holds the earth.
Hearts all whole.
Sure on this shining night I weep for wonder wand’ring far alone
Of shadows on the stars.
Hat tip Danae.
John Rzeznik – Iris
An evening pause: Rzeznik is from a band called the Goo Goo Dolls, for those who follow such things.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Asia – The Smile Has Left Your Eyes
A evening pause: Performed live 1990.
Hat tip Danae.
Henry Mancini – Inspector Clouseau Theme
An evening pause: From the 1964 Blake Edwards film, The Pink Panther. Written by Mancini with the actor Peter Sellers specifically in mind.
Hat tip Danae.
John Sebastian – Darling be home soon
An evening pause: A simple love song, as performed at Woodstock, August 1969. The moment in time is significant.
Go–
And beat your crazy heads against the sky.
Try–
And see beyond the houses and your eyes.
It’s okay to shoot the Moon.
On this day, September 11th, it is worthwhile taking this glimpse at what the American dream stood for, and still stands for — gentle love and allowing each person to follow their dreams to do wonderful things — versus those other extremist ideologies that brook no dissent and have killed thousands, on this day as well as before and after.
Patricia Janeฤkovรก – Les oiseaux dans la charmille
An evening pause: Who says classical orchestras can’t have some fun?
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
The Cranberries – Zombie
An evening pause: In watching this passionate 1999 performance of this anti-war song, I couldn’t help thinking that the only zombies present were the audience and the singers, locked into simplistic 1960s messages without thought. Nonetheless, it is a great performance and song.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Camel – Stationary Traveller
An evening pause: Performed live, 1993.
Hat tip Danae.
Lizz Wright – Reaching for the Moon
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
Bernie Marsden & Micky Moody – Till The Day I Die
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Fat Cat Staying Alive 10 Hours
An evening pause: This pause is a bit more than a pause, since it is ten hours long. I don’t expect anyone to watch it all, as the first three minutes makes the point, quite hilariously, and well worth a few minutes of entertainment. As the filmmaker notes, “Fat cats are always funny…”
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
10cc – I’m not in love
An evening pause: Recorded live in concert in 2011.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Jerry Goldsmith – Rambo First Blood: “It’s a Long Road”
An evening pause: Performed live in Budapest, 1999.
Hat tip Danae.
Pachelbel’s Chicken
An evening pause: Words fail me.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Scorpions – Wind Of Change
An evening pause: The video might think so, but not all changes are good. The key is to tell the difference.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Gabriella Quevedo – Blackbird
An evening pause: This evening pause is partly an experiment. It is embedded not from youtube but from real.video. I would appreciate comments, problems, etc.
The Kempters – The Orange Blossom Special
An evening pause: What makes this fun is that the whole front row of fiddlers is actually 14-year-old Chris Kempter, competing against himself for top spot on the band.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl
An evening pause: Recorded live 1991.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Rossini – Overture to The Thieving Magpie
An evening pause: Boian Videnoff conducts the Mannheim Philharmonic Orchestra.
And no, this was not written for Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971).
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.