Art Of Noise – Robinson Crusoe
An evening pause: Music by Art of Noise, inspired by the soundtrack from the 1960s television show, Robinson Crusoe.
The video has some incredible stop-action cloud sequences.
Tag: television
Carol Burnett and Robin Williams – The Funeral
An evening pause: “Thank you so much for coming.”
The Monkees reunion – Daydream Believer
An evening pause: R.I.P. Davy Jones. This reunion performance, which included Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, and Peter Tork of the Monkees, occurred on June 16, 2011 at the Beacon Theater, New York City. Less than a year later, Davy Jones had passed away.
Though the audio isn’t great, the joy of the song and those singing it comes through loud and clear. Go here to hear the song as performed in 1967.
Bob Newhart – air traffic control
An evening pause: When it was a much more innocent world.
Candide: Make Our Garden Grow: Bernstein at 70
An evening pause: The finale of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide. Just before the song begins, Candide says this:
We will not think noble, because we are not noble. We will not live in perfect harmony because there is no such thing in this world, nor should there be. We can only promise to do our best, and to live out our lives. Dear God, that is all we can promise in truth. Marry me, Cunegonde.
Chet Atkins – Mr. Sandman
An evening pause: From 1954.
Davy Jones of The Monkees has died
R.I.P. Davy Jones, 66, of the Monkees has died.
Dusty Springfield – Son of a Preacher Man
An evening pause: From a 1968 television appearance.
Boney M – Belfast
An evening pause: From 1977.
Monty Python – Lumberjack Song
An evening pause:
Robert Goulet and Julie Andrews – My cup runneth over
An evening pause: For the one I love.
“I will blast Britain’s Got Talent winner into space.”
Robert Goulet – If ever I would leave you
An evening pause: From the Broadway musical, Richard Rogers’ Camelot.
Cannonball fired in Mythbusters stunt goes through nearby home
Oops! A cannonball fired during a Mythbusters stunt went off course, bouncing through two walls of a nearby home and then crashing through the window of a minivan.
India’s satellite television channels face blackouts due to the unreliability of an aging satellite.
India’s satellite television channels are facing blackouts due to the unreliability of an aging satellite.
Gene Pitney – Looking Through The Eyes Of Love
An evening pause: Some more good 1960s pop music on 1960s television.
The Beatles performing Shakespeare
An evening pause: In honor of Shakespeare’s 400th birthday in 1964, the Beatles performed this short excerpt from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. How else could you see John Lennon dressed as a girl?
Gerry & The Pacemakers – Ferry Cross The Mersey
An evening pause: From 1965, the Top of the Pops show. I’ve always liked this song, “Ferry Cross the Mersey,” but it is also fun to watch early television, with the band attempting to simulate playing to the original recording, while the kids on the dance fall make believe they’re dancing as they repeatedly sneak peaks at the cameras.
Three Redneck Tenors – Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
An evening pause: Beethoven meets Pop.
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Red Clay Halo
An evening pause: Some great guitar pickin’!