In tonight’s instalment of Artists Who Perform in Israel Week, it’s a Manhattan Transfer two-fer: First, a charmingly schmaltzy vintage TV performance of Chanson D’Amour, then a more recent performance, a vocalized version of Corner Pocket (a Count Basie Orchestra song written by Basie’s guitarist Freddie Green) called Until I Met You.
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Tonight is the second instalment in our weeklong series dedicated to performers who give the brushoff to the BDS goons.
Earlier this year anti-Semitic pinhead Roger Waters — one of his concert props was a giant inflatable pig with the Star of David on it, while the special effects on “The Wall” tour included images of Stars of David morphing into dollar signs — called for the Rolling Stones to cancel their upcoming concert in Israel, saying that “crossing the picket line” would only help the “racist” Israeli regime.
A month later, on June 4th, the Stones played to a delighted audience of 50,000 in Tel Aviv. From that concert, here’s some fan-cam-quality footage of Midnight Rambler.
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Many artists refuse to perform in the tiny, besieged nation of Israel. The list includes Elvis Costello (who cited Israel’s “intimidation, humiliation or much worse” of Palestinians), Carlos Santana, Annie Lennox (who “described the IDF’s actions in Gaza as ‘pornography of destruction'” and “marched at the head of an…anti-Israel demonstration in London”), Stevie Wonder, The Pixies, and many, many others.
Our Tips music for the next seven days will exclusively feature Western artists who buck the trend. It won’t matter here if they’re left, right, straight, gay, god-fearing, atheist, vegan, or carnivore; the sole criterion for selection is that they refuse to buckle to pressure, and happily perform in Israel.
We start the week with Sir Tom Jones, OBE, who not only performs in Israel, but also speaks out against those who put pressure on performers to boycott the country:

“I don’t agree with that. I think entertainers should entertain. They should go wherever – there shouldn’t be any restrictions. I did two shows in Tel Aviv, and it was fantastic.”

From his 2012 album Spirit in the Room, here’s Jones’ interpretation of Bob Dylan’s When The Deal Goes Down.
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In tonight’s entertainment en route to the tips, filmed at Madison Square Garden during Crossroads 2013, guitar legend Eric Clapton and friends (seated front stage from L-R Andy Fairweather-Low, Clapton, and Vince Gill) play Lay Down Sally.
That’s Greg Leisz playing slide on the dobro.
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Let’s Have a Jubilee / We need some singin’ / to send ol’ trouble on his way..  ♫
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In tonight’s amusement en route to the Tips we watch the kelpie, Australia’s Wonder Dog, in action.
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Tonight, for those who understand the incontestible truth of this, we bring you this.
h/t Bob H.
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In tonight’s entertainment en route to the tips, Foghorn Leghorn goes toe-to-toe with a cat in the highly entertaining Warner Bros. animated cartoon A Fractured Leghorn.
h/t Warren Zoell.
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You heard me – I say, I say, Chicken Don’t You Roost Too High.
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Earlier today Fußballspieler Mario Götze scored twenty-three minutes into extra time to defeat Argentina in a sternly contested match and give Germany it’s fourth FIFA World Cup. Tonight, accompanied by images of nicely rebuilt statues and edifices, the quintessentially German Heino rubs the victory in the noses of every other nation on earth with his unrelenting rendition of Das Lied der Deutschen, aka Deutschland über alles.
If that’s too much to take, watch a recap of the 1966 World Cup instead. Pip-pip!
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You’re never too old or too young to celebrate life. Opa!
h/t
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Tonight, underappreciated alt-country/Americana artist Jim Lauderdale, backed by a fine group of musicians, sings Headed For The Hills.
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In tonight’s Tips music, recommended by SDA reader Karen P, Georgia boy Luke Bryan sings We Rode In Trucks.
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Tonight we span the globe to bring you Paris-born chanteuse Françoise Hardy, as she floats alone in her pajamas through the urban ether singing the English language version of her romantic, melancholy ballad Dans le monde entier.
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Tonight fellow Australians Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue sing Cave’s 1996 composition Where the Wild Roses Grow.
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The world seems tipped on it’s side in recent years, which has rendered the silly season a lot less silly than it used to be. Tonight we get slightly silly for a couple of minutes with Donna Loren’s reasonably mindless cover of the oft-covered Shakin’ All Over. No assembly required.
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Tonight we learn how to keep spiders and insects out of our homes the humane way.
h/t peterj
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Summertime Sweethearts / Where do they go in the faaall?  ♫
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In tonight’s entertainment en route to the Tips the late Eddie Cochran performs his 1958 hit Summertime Blues.
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If ever a national anthem merited two verses it’s The Star Spangled Banner.
Dedicated to our American friends in their time of trial. God bless America.
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