Waltz Wednesdays in Review

A best-of edition, as this Waltz Wednesdays feature has now been lilting around the dance floor for three years running. Time flies, as they say!


Blue Danube was the first, and this is still one of my favorites. The best cinematic use of this piece of music evar!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZoSYsNADtY
This is the gold standard

Sweet Baby James is a song James Taylor considers even now, the best song he's ever written. This is actually a little sad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2x0fPgAj_Y
Sweetest

Marbles perform Tchaikovsky. The patience that went into creating this is unimaginable, to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCTyFp0PpHE
Crazy

Mull of Kintyre proves that there is such a thing as bagpipes played well. There's also a test but we won't go into that now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDvUReOO8bY
Pipes

America -- we're still looking for it. It may have gotten away. But back then, there was still a good shot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4nwjFRrKpQ
Still Looking?

Bonus track

https://youtu.be/vBwKp6QhIvE?t=30
Bonus Track

Indeed, time flies like an arrow. But fruit flies like a banana.

This article was updated on May 9, 2023

David F