Doris Day – Young at Heart
An evening pause: From the 1954 film, Young at Heart.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Tag: music
The Muffs – Don’t Pick on Me
An evening pause: What makes this music video appealing is the cartoon, which recreates the style of Hollywood’s early 1930s black & white cartoons.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
As always, I welcome suggestions for Evening Pauses. If you think you have something and have not emailed me any suggestions previously, mention in a comment that you want to suggest something. Do not post the link to the video. I will contact you myself.
Nat King Cole – But Not For Me
An evening pause: Performed in 1957 on Cole’s short-lived television show. Originally written by George and Ira Gershwin for their 1930 Broadway musical, Girl Crazy, which also made Ginger Rogers a star.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Julie Feeney – Love is a Tricky Thing
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Patty Loveless – The Boys Are Back In Town
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Juice Newton – Angel in the Morning
An evening pause: Hat tip Ed Thelen.
Beethoven – Turkish March
An evening pause: Arranged for 8 (!) pianos. From the youtube webpage:
2 successive performances of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Turkish March from “Die Ruinen von Athen”, arranged by Richard Blackford for 8 pianos. Played by Gina Bachauer, Jorge Bolet, Jeanne-Marie Darré, Alicia De Larrocha, John Lill, Radu Lupu, Garrick Ohlsson and Bálint Vázsonyi at a Gargantuan Pianistic Extravaganza in London, 1974.
Please note that the 2nd performance is NOT a shredding video – these great pianists were actually playing what you hear!
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Nana Mouskouri – La Paloma
<An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Nina Simone – To Love Somebody
An evening pause: Recorded live in 1969.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Kim Wilde – Kids in America
An evening pause: From 1981.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Gilbert & Sullivan – Three Little Maids
An evening pause: From the movie Topsy-Turvy (2000), Shirley Henderson, Dorothy Atkinson and Cathy Sara singing. The movie is about the creation of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado. Not surprisingly, the best scenes in the movie are the scenes where they perform songs from the operetta, such as this 2010 evening pause.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Nancy Sinatra – Sugar Town
An evening pause: I usually dislike most music videos because of their cliches and fakery, preferring live performances instead. However, this 1967 Nancy Sinatra music video, from the very early days of such things, is so simple it doesn’t bother me that much. In a sense, it even highlights the music.
Hat tip t-dub.
Serena Ryder – Racing In The Street
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
The Bangles – Walk Like An Egyptian
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Elton John – Rocket Man
An evening pause: Hat tip Sayomara. This pause is slightly different, and is really two-for-one. The background music is Elton John’s “Rocket Man,” but the visuals are of SpaceX’s future spaceport site at Boca Chica beach near Brownsville, Texas. Apparently someone used a drone to fly over the site and videotaped it. As Sayomara noted, this “shows how far away this site is from being usable.”
Winny Jessica Setiawan, Sheila Permatasaka, and BEBOP Light Orchestra – Something Stupid
An evening pause: Performed during a wedding reception, December 2012, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Pietro Mascagni – Preludio Cavalleria Rusticana
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who wrote, “Pietro Mascagni’s ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ is often translated as ‘Country Ways.’ His opera departed from those of his day in that his characters were not of the nobility. He portrayed the lives and struggles of ordinary people. The performance is by the Gaetano Donizetti Symphonic Orchestra of Gessate and conducted by Pierangelo Pelucchi.”
Rod Stewart – When You Wish Upon a Star
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Salt N Pepa – Whattaman
An evening pause: Something different, and quite good.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Crystal Gayle & Muppets – River Road
An evening pause: As I have said before, it is very important to be silly once in awhile.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.