Luna Lee – Sultans Of Swing
An evening pause: I think I like this version of this Dire Straights song best of all, as played on the gayageum.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Tag: music
Puddles Pity Party – Stairway To Gilligan’s Island
An evening pause: A very silly but quite entertaining cross-breed between the opening theme to Gilligan’s Island and Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Radiohead – Creep
An evening pause: Performed live 1994.
Hat tip Roland.
Billy Preston – Will It Go Round In Circles
An evening pause: Performed live in 1973, which is quite obvious from his Afro.
Hat tip Roland.
The Who – You Better You Bet
An evening pause: Filmed in 1981.
Hat tip Roland.
The Bee Gees – Jive Talkin’
An evening pause: Performed live 1975.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
The Association – Cherish
An evening pause: Performed live 1979.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Salut Salon – Competitive Foursome
An evening pause: This makes a great bookend to yesterday’s evening pause. And yes, they are having as much fun playing as the musicians yesterday.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
2CELLOS – Mombasa
An evening pause: 2CELLOS is Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser. This was performed live in Tokyo in July 2015. And boy, were they all having fun doing it.
Hat tip David Eastman.
Blind Willie Johnson – Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)
An evening pause: This cover of Johnson’s song is by someone who for some reason doesn’t give his name on his youtube page. Blind Willie Johnson was a gospel singer from the 1920s who had been blinded as a child. If you want to hear him performing his magnificent guitar piece go here. There are no visuals, sadly, which is why I choose this cover, as it is I think important to see the playing to understand how brilliant the piece is.
Hat tip Mike Nelson, who in noting that Johnson’s recorded performance was one of the pieces of music included on the Voyager spacecraft the U.S. sent beyond the solar system, asks, “Is this the behavior of a “systemically” racist society?”
Natalie Cole & Nat King Cole – Unforgettable
An evening pause: A father and daughter duet, only possible through the magic of modern technology.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Kid Kyle & The Students – So Young
An evening pause: This kid could really belt it out.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.