Songs Before Flying

Two more and I'm off to Amsterdam:

15 Dakot from Meno'im Shketim (Quiet Motors) by Asaf Amdurski

Inta Omri - Mica Shitrit's take on the song made famous by Umm Kulthoum.

August Ups & Downs

In chronological order:

Will There Be Enough Water - The Dead Weather
The Dead Weather is Jack White of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, Alison Mosshart of The Kills and Discount, Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age and Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs and The Greenhornes.

Sun King / Mean Mr. Mustard / Polythene Pam / She Came In Through The Bathroom Window. From "Abbey Road" by the disintegrating Beatles. Shuttling between dreamy--groovy--obnoxious.

Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) woke me up wide one night.

Ani Eshtagea - Chava Alberstein with Matti Caspi (traditional Spanish tune)

High and Dry by Radiohead.

Being Boring - Pet Shop Boys. Love zebras.

You Got Me - the Roots feat. the queenly Erykah Badu

Girl From the North Country - Bob Dylan

I Cut Like a Buffalo - the Dead Weather again

Twist in My Sobriety

A haunting doom-toned song with a compelling melody that seems to lend itself to any genre, but especially to darker ones. I found it incarnated as country, pop ballad, cabaret, house, death metal, and even that Korean kid on acoustic guitar. Here are a few cover versions I picked out.

German Gothic rock band Dreadful Shadows. Worth a listen for Sven Friedrich's deeper than Hades voice.

Taiwanese singer Chyi Yu, proving the song works even with a sweet voice and little expression.

Club mix by Les Adams feat. Alexis.

Mash-up by DJ Not I - Wu Tang Clan & Eminem vs. the original.

And the original by Tanita Tikaram, from her debut album Ancient Heart, released when she was 19.