Sammy Hagar – Eagles Fly
An evening pause: Performed live, 1992.
Hat tip Insomniius.
Tag: music
Christmas in Hollis Carpool Karaoke
An evening pause: I normally don’t like rap, but this version of the Run-D.M..C. original is quite appealing, and very appropriate for the season.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Susan Boyle with Libera – In the Bleak Midwinter
An evening pause: For my Christian readers, a song for this Christmas season.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Billy Joel – Just The Way You Are
An evening pause: Performed live in Tokyo, 2006.
Hat tip Phil Berardelli.
Mark Knopfler – Brothers in arms
An evening pause: Performed live in Berlin, 2007.
Hat tip Insomnius.
Megan Lee – Winter Wonderland
An evening pause: December has arrived, which to me is when the Christmas season should really begin. And what better way to start it but with this incredibly happy rendition of this classic.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Modest Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
An evening pause: Orchestration by Maurice Ravel. Performed in Carnegie Hall, New York, July 22, 2014 by the National Youth Orchestra of the U.S.A. This long for an evening pause, but it is worth listening to every note.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Artists Of Then, Now & Forever – Forever Country
An evening pause: To quote the youtube webpage, “In celebration of “The 50th Annual CMA Awards,” CMA has created the biggest music video in Country Music history. Titled “Forever Country,” the single and accompanying music video features 30 CMA Award-winning acts.”
Sadly, the one person who was not on this video who loomed over it as I watched was John Denver. He is still missed.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Andrew Danube – A medley of piano music
An evening pause: Relaxing, especially a day after Thanksgiving. And you can simply let it play in the background while you work on other things on the computer.
Hat tip Insomnious.
Improvisation at the train station in Paris
An evening pause: Be thankful for your ability to do great things, at the spur of the moment.
Hat tip Lee Stevenson.
John Mellencamp – Longest Days
An evening pause:
Nothing lasts forever
And your best efforts don’t always pay
Sometimes you get sick
And you don’t get better
That’s when life is short
Even in its longest days
I find it interesting that these thoughts have only been real and strong for me during the first and last thirds of my life. I definitely pondered such thoughts in my middle years, but they had no real meaning. In the middle years things seem to continue the same for so long, which means the concept of aging fades from view. However, when we are young and when we are old the fact that we age and change is very evident, and so, the beginning and end of life becomes much more real.
Hat tip Insomnious.
Micah Tyler – You’ve Gotta Love Millennials
An evening pause: A great cover of the Beatles song, rewritten to also give us some funny and sad commentary on the modern world.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Mark Wills – Jacob’s Ladder
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who correctly notes that “Country music so delicious, you could eat it with a fork.”
Florence Lacey – It Only Takes a Moment
An evening pause: From the Broadway musical, Hello Dolly.
Buckethead – Big Sur Moon
An evening pause: The guitar playing here by Angela Maldonado proves that you don’t need a synthesizer and computer software to play this stuff.
Hat tip Insomnious.
OutKast – Hey Ya!
An evening pause: I am generally not a fan of hip hop, but this music video is filled with so much happiness I can’t resist it.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who adds, “Andre’ 3000 sings and plays all 8 parts in this video from 2003. There were so many takes from different angles, eventually exhausted, he had his last character sit down during the performance.”
Tine Thing Helseth – Libertango
An evening pause: Performed live March 8, 2013.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Roger Whittaker – The Last Farewell
An evening pause: Performed live, 1975.
Hat tip Andrew_W.
Henry De Winter and the Bratislava Hot Serenaders – Livin’ in the Sunlight, Lovin’ in the Moonlight
<An evening pause: The little dog is an especially nice touch.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who adds that “The Bratislava Hot Serenaders revive 1930’s music as best as can be done with modern instruments.”
Natalija Havralenko – In A Sentimental Mood
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.