Tag: music
Horrible Histories – William Shakespeare Song
Ed Thompson – Solo Trumpet duet
Michael Kamen – Quintet
John Denver – Rocky Mountain High
Jim Croce – I Got a Name
Handel – Harp Concerto in B flat
Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Joan Baez – Turtle Dove
Sinéad O’Connor – She moved through the Fair
Sissel – Shenandoah
Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling In Love
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.
Idea of North – But not for me
The Dillards – The Whole World Round
An evening pause: I especially like the banjo player, as it almost appears like magic how he produces the sound from his instrument.
The Byrds – Turn. Turn. Turn.
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.
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Man on Fire
Neil Diamond – I Am, I Said
Julie Andrews – Auld Lang Syne
Skeeter Davis – the End of the World
An evening pause: I gotta tell ya, this song is far more believable than those Mayan calendar tales.
Such Great Heights
Mnozil Brass – At the Movies
Mean Mary James – Ding Dong Day
An evening pause: From Mean Mary James, a Christmas song.
Bing Crosby & David Bowie – The Little Drummer Boy / Peace
Judy Garland – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music
Sinéad O’Connor – Danny Boy
An evening pause: One of the most beautiful songs ever written, sung by one of the world’s best singers.