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Israel Kamakawiwo'ole — Somewhere/Wonderful
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Dahlia_Gumbo
(San Francisco)
Posted: May 19, 2013 - 15:30
 
Personally, I love this. Long Live Izzy.


{#Heartkiss}

gvan
(From inside the house!)
Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 08:04
 
This song is like eating sugar coated sugar. Please play some Nick Cave!

juanos
(Somewhere between the US and Guatemala)
Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 16:36
 
This is probably one of the reasons I wouldn't go to Hawaii.  I like this song a lot to be spoiled by  something like that. .. well also because I can't aford it right now {#Angel}


Shaken_Bake wrote:
Just returned from my first visit to Hawaii, an absolutely blissful 2-1/2 weeks, but they sure do play this song a lot; every airport hula trio, every maitai lounge singer, every slack key wannabe, every hotel lobby and elevator, has their own version.  Don't get me wrong, Bruddah Iz has the patent on it, but it loses a lot when you have to hear a dozen different versions not as good as the original!  Aloha.

 


sajitjacob
(Christchurch NZ)
Posted: Apr 14, 2013 - 18:27
 
Many an advertising agency has ruined many great songs in exactly the same way. Bastards. 

 Shaken_Bake wrote:
Just returned from my first visit to Hawaii, an absolutely blissful 2-1/2 weeks, but they sure do play this song a lot; every airport hula trio, every maitai lounge singer, every slack key wannabe, every hotel lobby and elevator, has their own version.  Don't get me wrong, Bruddah Iz has the patent on it, but it loses a lot when you have to hear a dozen different versions not as good as the original!  Aloha.

 



Shaken_Bake
(Mile High City-or is it just me?)
Posted: Mar 17, 2013 - 21:00
 
Just returned from my first visit to Hawaii, an absolutely blissful 2-1/2 weeks, but they sure do play this song a lot; every airport hula trio, every maitai lounge singer, every slack key wannabe, every hotel lobby and elevator, has their own version.  Don't get me wrong, Bruddah Iz has the patent on it, but it loses a lot when you have to hear a dozen different versions not as good as the original!  Aloha.

unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: Feb 14, 2013 - 11:59
 
Long ago, in a land far, far away, I had a motorcycle with a KNUI "Radio Maui" sticker pasted right next to my Pearl Harbor Submarine Base parking sticker.  Was fiercely proud of it every time those jarheads waved me through the Kam Highway gate.

Hawaiian music has the uncanny ability to reflect the sunny personality of the islands.  Aina aloha. 

Ahnyer_Keester
(Chicago Il)
Posted: Feb 14, 2013 - 11:58
 
So glad to have a PSD button...

coachc
(Madison, WI)
Posted: Feb 14, 2013 - 11:57
 
{#Cry}

sajitjacob
(Christchurch NZ)
Posted: Feb 14, 2013 - 11:56
 
Shhh

 crazyossi wrote:
I don`t know whats so special with this tune - its only boring !!!
 



DaidyBoy
(Bristol, UK)
Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 04:19
 
 crazyossi wrote:
I don`t know whats so special with this tune - its only boring !!!
 
Kanuffen wrote:
Such an incredible voice from a guy who was so incomprehensibly obese.....  enchanting!
 
Shallow and cruel.  Please stop.

crazyossi
(Wittenberge , Germany)
Posted: Jan 10, 2013 - 14:57
 
I don`t know whats so special with this tune - its only boring !!!

foolsparadise
(Cypress TX, via Edmonton Canada)
Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 06:08
 
 GrooVy wrote:
Most amazing melodic sounds and a voice to groove right along with this music! 

Israel, if you read this, any chance we met in Hermosa Beach wed night 1st week of April, 2010? You were 1 kewl cat but i didn't know when you were telling me about your music that you were this good! You looks the same as i remember but the photo misses out on your great smile! Please let me know as i am happy to know that the doctors that I help with were able to be of good assistance. =) Stay Groovy and as happy as i remember you. Here is to your great health & happy smile!

Your GrooVy friend,

 -Dr. GrooVy Yasperifa

P.S. Thanks for asking, but i located the dog i showed you photos of and was telling you about. =) 
 
Not too likely you met the real Iz, he passed away in 1997.

Absolutely wonderful tune.

karljonasson
(Edmonton, AB, Canada)
Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 05:54
 
Saw a lot of posters for this guy when I was in Hawaii last week. They seem to love him there. Did not expect him to sound like this…

mrtuba9
(most likely near Normal)
Posted: Nov 12, 2012 - 10:11
 
My brother married his life partner in Hawaii "to this tune." {#Angel}

GrooVy
(Planet Earth, Mostly.)
Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 21:22
 
Most amazing melodic sounds and a voice to groove right along with this music! 

Israel, if you read this, any chance we met in Hermosa Beach wed night 1st week of April, 2010? You were 1 kewl cat but i didn't know when you were telling me about your music that you were this good! You looks the same as i remember but the photo misses out on your great smile! Please let me know as i am happy to know that the doctors that I help with were able to be of good assistance. =) Stay Groovy and as happy as i remember you. Here is to your great health & happy smile!

Your GrooVy friend,

 -Dr. GrooVy Yasperifa

P.S. Thanks for asking, but i located the dog i showed you photos of and was telling you about. =) 

madhoop
(Carlsbad, CA)
Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 21:14
 
This will be in the Soundtrack of my family's life. We have been spending our summer vacations in Maui for the past decade plus with our children....we put IZ in the cd player the moment we land and we listen until til the day we leave. Magical!
 

Kanuffen
(Trelleborg, Sverige)
Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 21:13
 
Such an incredible voice from a guy who was so incomprehensibly obese.....  enchanting!

rockpommel16
(rockpommel´s land...near the netherlands)
Posted: Oct 12, 2012 - 01:48
 
 JustJeff wrote:
I wish there was an 11 for the rankings.
 
...maybe i can help you..............

bluecshells
Posted: Oct 08, 2012 - 12:10
 
                                                                                              {#Daisy}

DD rabbi_phil
(beach)
Posted: Oct 08, 2012 - 12:09
 

quit it....right now!

JHZ
(between Clark and Hilldale)
Posted: Oct 08, 2012 - 12:09
 
 joelbb wrote:
The Iz still is.  Maybe the best version of this song ever, incl. Judy Garland's original.
 
check out Keith Jarrett playing it during a solo piano performance at La Scala (also title of the album).

TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 12:23
 
 jadewahoo wrote:
If there were a God, he would be jealous of Iz.
 

For his size alone I think that's true.

jnesser
Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 12:12
 
After living in Hawaii a while, I started to get irritated by the music. This is one that I will always love though.

leonswiatek
(The Greater Northeast)
Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 12:11
 
This is the first time I've heard this and all I can say is it's GREAT

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 12:09
 
Every time I hear this, I like to think that Iz and Eddie Aikau are smiling down on their haole brothers from the Great Beyound.

timelessart
(London,ON)
Posted: Sep 06, 2012 - 22:47
 
seriously feel good song 
 

jadewahoo
Posted: Sep 06, 2012 - 22:45
 
If there were a God, he would be jealous of Iz.

joelbb
Posted: Sep 06, 2012 - 22:44
 
The Iz still is.  Maybe the best version of this song ever, incl. Judy Garland's original.

Gerbear
(Vancouver Island)
Posted: Aug 06, 2012 - 11:05
 
Bought the album while in Hawaii. Always brings back excellent memories. Read his bio to get some of the back story on Izzy and his music.

juanos
(Somewhere between the US and Guatemala)
Posted: Aug 06, 2012 - 11:03
 
mmhhh mmhhh mhhh mmhhh  {#Sunny}{#Dance}

Webfoot
(Eugene, Oregon)
Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 14:11
 
 Cynaera wrote:

After having read a lot of the other comments on this song, I can see that I need to grit my teeth and get past my damned purist stigma.  I'll try to give it another listen, and despite the screwed-up words, I need to absorb the SOUL of what he was singing, and not just the lyrics and music.

Good lesson to learn.  I'm not quite ready for it at this point, but I'll get there...

 
I hope you got there. Mahalo.

JustJeff
(Somewhere in Kansas)
Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 14:09
 
I wish there was an 11 for the rankings.

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 14:09
 
 Ballzak wrote:
Cute.  Okay... cute.  That's what this song is.  But "cute", after multiple exposures can get grating.  And irritating.  And though this is a sweet song I'm freaking sick of it.  I need a break from cute.
 
Re-reading this post should do the trick.

Ballzak
Posted: May 03, 2012 - 11:32
 
Cute.  Okay... cute.  That's what this song is.  But "cute", after multiple exposures can get grating.  And irritating.  And though this is a sweet song I'm freaking sick of it.  I need a break from cute.

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: May 03, 2012 - 11:31
 
Always reminds me of one of my favorite movies, Finding Forrester, a great movie written by a good Oregon boy, Mike Rich.

chelsiaann
Posted: May 03, 2012 - 11:31
 
A haunting and beautiful rendition. Fully agree with you, Byronape.

Byronape wrote:

I think, at least for me, it's multiple reasons.   The first is the simple power of his voice.  There are a lot of great singers, but Iz had something different.  Second, I've always been impressed that he started singing and playing the uke at 10.  Third, and more specific to this song, Iz lived a really successful life that was still fraught with personal tragedy.  Yet he still manages to capture a simple and pure happiness while singing this song and those emotions are superbly captured.  That's highly impressive to do without the weight of all the sadness in his life.
 



K_Love
(Central Florida)
Posted: May 03, 2012 - 11:31
 
 Byronape wrote:

I think, at least for me, it's multiple reasons.   The first is the simple power of his voice.  There are a lot of great singers, but Iz had something different.  Second, I've always been impressed that he started singing and playing the uke at 10.  Third, and more specific to this song, Iz lived a really successful life that was still fraught with personal tragedy.  Yet he still manages to capture a simple and pure happiness while singing this song and those emotions are superbly captured.  That's highly impressive to do without the weight of all the sadness in his life.
 


Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville")
Posted: Apr 01, 2012 - 18:47
 
 sronis wrote:
song is cute. nice combo. but i can't understand why give it a 10.
 
I think, at least for me, it's multiple reasons.   The first is the simple power of his voice.  There are a lot of great singers, but Iz had something different.  Second, I've always been impressed that he started singing and playing the uke at 10.  Third, and more specific to this song, Iz lived a really successful life that was still fraught with personal tragedy.  Yet he still manages to capture a simple and pure happiness while singing this song and those emotions are superbly captured.  That's highly impressive to do without the weight of all the sadness in his life.

sajitjacob
(Christchurch NZ)
Posted: Apr 01, 2012 - 18:38
 
A very very similar version of this song has been stolen by a big Australian bank for their advertising. It's being sung by Tiki Taane and it's all for charity so I'm not allowed to moan. Is it me being cynical or the bank?

red-machine
Posted: Mar 04, 2012 - 16:54
 
Just an amazing song, which delivers much happiness to our homes Cool

Meadowperson
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 03:00
 
 eswiley2 wrote:
Life is good.  {#Wave}
 

Yes it is.

djsarong
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 02:13
 
This cover is stunning, the album is superb 

anglicana
(Israel)
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 02:11
 
It's a version that sends chills(positive ones) down my spine... 

Stratocaster
(Bermuda)
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 02:21
 
I give this a "10", because it was the song our daughter chose for me to walk her down the aisle.  Every time I hear it, I stop what I'm doing and cherish that moment.

Centabor
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 00:33
 
Om Mani Padme Om - peace to ya'all

superfido
(Sweden)
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 00:32
 
Ali S said this was godlike, but i disagreed and gave it a quite likeable.  {#Bananajumprope}

matude
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 00:31
 
his voice is pure silk, simply perfect

mistabird
(frei republik allgäu)
Posted: Dec 28, 2011 - 15:32
 
für meine seele balsam , sehr  schön 

terryp17
(Whitegate, UK)
Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 12:08
 
A true classic - never fail to enjoy this

handyrae
(Zero Point Field)
Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 12:05
 
My family and I spent a couple of weeks in Hawaii (Maui) this past summer. We must have seen a rainbow or two every other day. It was beautiful and amazing! As is this song.