I believe that it was around this date two years ago that I first signed onto Mog. Shortly there after I made the 45 minute commute from my 19 years spent struggling in NYC back to the home I grew up in on Long Island. I left behind a dwindling group of friends whose ranks had fallen off due to marriage, high rents, low wages, alcohol, drugs and the disillusionment that comes with "making it i...
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Inherited another hard drive with music on it. Found this.
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I don't know what to say about this song. It's gorgeous in its simplicity.Israel K. This was a top 40 hit when it came out. Aside from Don Ho, this is the most recognizable Hawaiian artist there is. If you don't have this song in your library then you really otta get it. Such sweet vocals. Simple musical accompaniment. Great song. If I'm ever in a funky mood, this fixes it. Hard to be ...
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In "E Ala E," IZ sang about native Hawaiian issues, but there are/were one set of athletes who could make him look puny by comparison. At the time this song was released, there were Hawai'i Sumotori in Japan. (These heavyweights are mentioned by name in the song.) The Sumo association, concerned that there were too many foreigners in what is an indigenous/sacred national sport, cut the number o...
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Here's another track from Israel Ka'ano'i Kamakawiwo'ole, this time a love song that may remind some Moggers of a group of brothers. I'm curious to see how this MP3 will be filed, but that's another issue. Since the first part of this medley is a cover, here's an early (?) entry into Under The Covers Sunday.
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Since Madeline Burke posted a song about Kaua'i, I'll follow up with another. One could sail 3 hours East or West from Honolulu and reach land. (Go North or South, and there's nothing for at least 2,000 miles...Tahiti to the South, Alaska well over 2,000 miles to the North.) Moloka'i has been kicked around by offshore corporate entities, lately, with a notice that water and sewer service will e...
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Looking for an image to go with a medley of songs about Maui, here's an overview of the "winding road to Hana." If you visit, you might check up on Hana resident, Pekelo (Cosma). On second thought, just change drivers for the eventful return, doing your best "Indiana Jones at the wheel."
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For those who know IZ only from "Over The Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" on the "Facing Future" CD release, that's only part of the story. A surviving twin (Skippy Kamakawiwo'ole was the other heavyweight musical talent) who helped establish The Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau, he left that group for the single artist life and put on some Hawaiian Rock shoes. (The Makaha Sons play/compose Hawaiian musi...
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This in honor of my trip to Maui tomorrow (and of course, all respect to Iz). When we were dating, my wife played me this song. I scoffed at first, but after a few listens, it becomes haunting.
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to be posting a blog on mog at 2 am about this fucking song that makes you cry everytime?a pretty big dork.but seriously, listen to it
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