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wcerto
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Absolute
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 Posted - 08/06/2007 : 3:34:50 PM
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He does a nice job, but note that this tutorial is in two parts. You'll see the second link to the right of the first one if you follow the original link on this thread. Wonder where he got that shirt...
(Quite a poignant song though, given the visual metaphor of the "white, sandy beach" for an after-life, and Mr. Kamakawiwo'ole's death at such a young age.) |
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hwnmusiclives
`Olu`olu
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Posted - 08/07/2007 : 06:22:54 AM
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Originally posted by Absolute
He does a nice job, but note that this tutorial is in two parts. You'll see the second link to the right of the first one if you follow the original link on this thread. Wonder where he got that shirt...
(Quite a poignant song though, given the visual metaphor of the "white, sandy beach" for an after-life, and Mr. Kamakawiwo'ole's death at such a young age.)
Now, I find this interesting - the idea of "white, sandy beach" as metaphor for the after-life. Is that what the song is about? Because the Makaha Sons used to perform this is in a medley with "Mehameha" - a song which I have always contended is about death (or the contemplation of suicide), and everyone I have ever proposed that theory to has said, "Uh, no way, dude. You have rocks in your head."
What am I missing? Are these songs about death/after-life? |
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Absolute
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Posted - 08/07/2007 : 10:09:37 AM
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"I saw you in a dream." (A dream of an afterlife?)
"We were having so much fun...." (The standard perception of life in "paradise".)
"On a white, sandy beach, in Hawaii." (Sound like heaven to me.)
These do sound like methaphorical references, particularly given Hawaiian religious beliefs in "seers" and Mr. Kamakawiwo'ole's strong, personal association with Hawaiian culture. Of course, one has to consider this in the context of the fact that the Makaha Sons will always be associated with Mr. Kamakawiwo'ole, who in turn will be associated with death at an early age and this song. This historical fact compels a certain direction in one's reflection on the lyrics. I find that I can not sing this song with anything other than a moving recollection of the famous performer's sad death and the none too happy circumstances of his early life, including loss of his family. The longing for something happy in his life seems apparent in every word. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
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Posted - 08/07/2007 : 10:31:36 AM
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Here is You Tube of Iz singing it...chicken skin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iefwct4nwUk
I like on the CD..."This song is by Willie Dan...don' know who da heck but very one nice song, Brah."
I don't know who da heck Willie Dan either...cannot find anything about him, but very one nice song!
And here is Makaha Sons doing it at the Kapi`olani Park Bandstand on Lei Day 2007...with hula http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VKTJipnAtA |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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