The third way

Culture Club (Boy George's old group) - Karma Chameleon

Hot Chip - I Feel Better

Shlomo Gronich with Matti Caspi, the mad gentle genius and the gruff one - יש לי סימפטיה

Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You (1973).

Chava Alberstein - שיר ארץ ( Lyrics by Nathan Yonatan, music by Sasha Argov)

Could do worse than music

Elton John - I'm Still Standing (dedicated to Israel on her 62nd birthday).

I Wanna Be Like You and My Own Home from Disney's Jungle Book.

J. Viewz - Worth Light

Anouk - Hey Michel

And there was something by Depeche Mode... but it slipped my mind. Suggestions welcome.

Funk & Blues Guitars / Who Needs Singers

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Bass, drums & something electronic jamming.

Bomb the Bass - Butterfingers.

Buddy Hankerson, 1984 bass solo.

Joe Walsh - Funk #49 at the Crossroads Guitar Festival.

Also from the Crossroads festival, 1994 - Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, Cause We've Ended as Lovers.

ZZ Top - Blue Jeans Blues.

The music that got me through the week

This godawful week.

I Want Love - Elton John

E Doce Morrer No Mar - Dorival Caymmi

Sua Estupideza - Gal Costa

Crazy Love - Red Band & Marina Maximilian Blumin

Kewpie Station - Kaki King

This one's just cute - Gal Costa, Viver e Reviver (the Beatles' "Here, There and Everywhere")

Short Trip on the Caffeine Rollercoaster

Uzi Navon & Makarim covering She's Not There with awesome.

Ruth Dolores Weiss - קיץ Kayitz (This is a link to her myspace where it's 3rd on the playlist)
And a dish of serendipity - Ruth singing "Shake Sugaree" with the Brothers Ramirez, and here is the much earlier version by Elizabeth Cotten with her 14-year old granddaughter.

Olivia Newton John, Hopelessly Devoted to You
...hey, my defenses were down.

שֶׁקֶט

Stupid Thing - Aimee Mann

רואה לך בעיניים - Etti Ankri

שֶׁקֶט - Yona Volach's lyrics, music by Yuval Messner, performed by Balagan. (Yup, the redhead is Dana Berger.)

Dancing in my room

Lambada - Kaoma with Loalwa Braz. 1989. Good old fashioned music video features the child duo Chico & Roberta. People dancing on a deck in the sun. Not a single android in sight.

John Lennon's Watching the Wheels.

Animation short - Capoeira Angola (with Mestre Morais' music)

Shaggy feat. Marsha in a cover of Piece of my Heart.

Fiona Apple covering Cy Coleman: Why Try To Change Me Now

A playlist of Have You Ever Seen the Rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival) covers.