israel kamakawiwoole,eat that jake ♪Somwhere over the Rainbow ... Wonderful World ♫ Medley

♪Somwhere over the Rainbow ... Wonderful World ♫ Medley

posted by LadyBug

2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 6924 views

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to all concerned parties ... this is not a dupe as i have researched this extensively tonight ... and this is the ONLY video on the sift that actually has israel kamakawiwo'ole playing his ukulele while signing his song!!! this is his memorial video and you see his ashes being sent off into the sea at the end.

fav song!!!!

written by LadyBug

| 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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Great song. I play this one on my guitar quite a bit. RIP Iz.

written by dag

| 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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Thanks Ladybug! ~<3

written by Halon50 | 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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'Somewhere' Ladybug

This is a great video!

RIP Israel.

written by Farhad2000

| 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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One of my favorite songs ever. Dag, I also love playing this song on guitar.

written by rembar

| 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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It's nice, because the chords are pretty simple.
http://www.e-tabs.org/tab/israel_kamakawiwo_ole/somewhere_over_the_rainbow_(2)

The memorial at the end is touching. He was obviously well loved.

written by dag

| 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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my love of this song grew from a cereal commercial to 'meet joe black' to finally putting it on my mix cd for work!

i'm glad you all enjoyed it!

written by LadyBug

| 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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awesome sift, ladybug.

written by pigeon

| 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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Very hard to hear.

written by ant

| 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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I saw this a few weeks ago after seeing the other two sifts w/ the song. Since I had never heard of the man, I was curious so I googled him. I came across "the story" (if it's true) about the night this song was recorded.

Kamakawiwo'ole sort of kept his manager on "stand-by"....to be able to respond whenever he was inspired to record. Kamakawiwo'ole was a perfectionist and wouldn't record something until it was just right.

One night his manager had to get a guy to open up the recording studio because Kamakawiwo'ole had been up working on something and wanted to record it right away.

That night he recorded this song one take and he was done. He never sang the arrangement again.

I don't know if it's true or not, but I liked the story. Sad to know he's gone.

written by swampgirl

| 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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Every time I hear this song it makes me want to cry. This man was a great artist.

written by oxdottir

| 1 year 11 months ago | CH

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it's true, i always tear up when i hear this song. It's my achilles heel.

written by rottenseed

| 1 year 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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Aw, I wanted to upvote it, but it's *dead.

written by gwiz665

| 1 year 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by gwiz665.

written by siftbot

| 1 year 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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LadyDeath has fixed this video's dead embed code - no star awarded because LadyDeath was awarded too recently.

written by siftbot

| 1 year 5 months ago | CH

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*promote izzie goodness.

written by gwiz665

| 1 year 3 months 1 week ago | CH

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Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Monday, January 22nd, 2007 3:28pm PST - promote requested by gwiz665.

written by siftbot

| 1 year 3 months 1 week ago | CH

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ok you can take a day off eating now.

written by 10040

| 1 year 3 months 1 week ago | CH

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Thanks for the promote, one of the most beautiful songs truly

written by GeeSussFreeK | 1 year 3 months 1 week ago | CH

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he is taking more then a day off ... ace. >P

written by vairetube

| 1 year 3 months 1 week ago | CH

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I came to promote this, and its gotten screwed. He isn't singing. I tisn't the right music. The video isn't dead, exactly, but it isn't the same video. This is just totally wrong. I'm marking it *dead so it can be fixed.

written by oxdottir

| 9 months ago | CH

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This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by oxdottir.

written by siftbot

| 9 months ago | CH

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rasch187 has fixed this video's dead embed code - no Power Points awarded because rasch187's points are already fully charged.

written by siftbot

| 9 months ago | CH

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*dead

written by gwiz665

| 4 months 1 week ago | CH

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This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by gwiz665.

written by siftbot

| 4 months 1 week ago | CH

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rasch187 has fixed this video's dead embed code - no Power Points awarded because rasch187's points are already fully charged.

written by siftbot

| 4 months ago | CH

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*quality

written by gwiz665

| 3 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by gwiz665.