It was not the first time that I heard the song Somewhere over the rainbow. When we went to attend the weeding of Allan's nephew (his cousin Hannah's middle son) in Israel last September, 2007, Amit and Karine chose the song as their wedding song. The voice singing that song was very good-exquisite if I can use that word. And the wedding took place during the sunset on a kibbutz overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. I promised myself to ask either Karine or Amit about their wedding song but the evening's event was so busy that I ended up coming back to Geneva without knowing who was the singer rendering quite a unique style to that all too familiar tune. Fast forward, two days ago, I suddenly remember about the tune while at the middle of a writing task for my course assignment essay. So I stopped, open my computer and googled the title of the song. Among the hits listed was a picture of a man-a giant- he was a perfect specimen of a sumo if he is in Japan. But he was not-he was in Hawaii. His name is Israel Kamakawiwe'Ole, known as IZ. Among the site listed was a youtube and here is the url link to it. Listen and enjoy the voice, the music, and the message from a gentle giant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A2Jt4WOxN8
Thursday, January 17, 2008
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