10 Comments on Somewhere over the rainbow

kutang bato on Tue, 6th Mar 2007 2:55 am


He’s a professional singer Reynz… kilala sya sa pangalang IZ but his full name is Israel Kamakawiwo’ole….he’s hawaiian (obviously) and a really popular one… maganda boses at unique ang arrangement nya ng mga songs like this “somewhere over the rainbow” that you posted. I first saw him sa PBS just lie Suze Orman and fell in love with his music. Cute di ba - malaki pa yung braso nya sa ukelele, hehehe. But yeah, go IZ!!!!

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reyna elena on Tue, 6th Mar 2007 3:02 am


Naiyak an lola mo Kutz! As in, nung makita ko yong kwan, bigla akong - WHAT???!!, dun ako naiyak! I didn’t know him, at all, ngayon I’m gonna buy one of his CD’s, it’s really nice!

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kutang bato on Tue, 6th Mar 2007 3:33 am


He used to be a regular in a TV show “hot hawaiian nights” in honolulu… I think PBS showed one of the taped episodes and that’s how I came to know him…may DVD ako rito nung isang concert nya - ansimple kamo ng background, nagsabit lang ng malapad na tela, maiiyak ka…basta may ukelele sya tapos may dalwa syang kasama na back-up vocals at added instruments… ang audience mga karaniwang tao lang - parang jamming sa kanto..pero kahit di mo pa naiintindiha ang lyrics dahil hawaian nga, maka captivate ka ng singing nya…Yup, bili ka ng DVD nya, worth it…worth it…worth it.

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c5 on Tue, 6th Mar 2007 5:00 am


kakatuwa!

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ros on Tue, 6th Mar 2007 10:33 am


I love him..I am using his song “Somewhere over the rainbow” on my another site dedicated to my family…syempre maganda meaning ng song din and his version.

I do not know if you know that Iz was morbidly obese and at one point carried over 750 pounds (340 kg) on his 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) frame. He endured several hospitalizations and died of weight-related respiratory illness on June 26, 1997 at 12:18 am at the age of 38.

His death is a loss to our music industry …

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Lorna Dietz on Tue, 6th Mar 2007 11:00 am


I first fell in love with IZ when this song was played as the mood music in “ER” when Dr. Greene died. I was literally bawling! So, I know how you feel about IZ. There are many beautiful modern Hawaiian songs, such as the Casimiro Brothers (not sure about the spelling)… More power to the OHANA SPIRIT!

Lorna

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c5 on Tue, 6th Mar 2007 11:51 am


ay patay na pala yun? sayang cute pa naman…

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paulding on Tue, 6th Mar 2007 8:50 pm


uyyy
ninang inkantada matsalamas sa plug
tenugtug po din yan sa joe black pelekula ni brod pet
mabuhay si IZ!

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reyna elena on Tue, 6th Mar 2007 11:20 pm


ei Paul! thanks for all the emails you’ve been sending me! welcome sa site! mag-ingat ka lang sa mga engkanto dyan sa tabi tabi! he he he

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Leona Lewis: Over the Rainbow on Fri, 21st Mar 2008 10:15 pm


[...] a classic song. There’s rendition of this song that I really love. It’s by this guy: IZ. IZ does it differently and it’s very haunting. I loved his performance. This one by Leona is [...]

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