... "Facing Future" was released in 1993 is said to be his best album.
Israel was morbidly obese and died in June 1997, age 38, from a weight related respiratory illness, his weight topping 340kg (750 pounds/53 stone) at times. He is only one of three people on Hawaii who had the honour to ... Read review
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consider this: following his death in 1997 (at age 38, attributed to his profound obesity), Kamakawiwo'ole's body lay in state in the state capitol, only the second pers...
Facing Future -
To gauge the magnitude of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's popularity in his native Hawaii,
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consider this: following his death in 1997 (at age 38, attributed to his profound obesity), Kamakawiwo'ole's body lay in state in the state capitol, only the second pers...
Advantages: big man, big voice, beautiful songs Disadvantages: 'world music', not to everyone's taste
...you might like it.
Facing Future contains 15 songs, some in English, others in Israel's native Hawaiian tongue. There are also some that are mixed and he seamlessly moves from one language to the other and back. I must say, I do not understand a single word of the Hawaiian language but it has not actually bothered me that I cannot understand what the songs are about. The voice of Israel makes up for it more than you can imagine.
For a moment you ... ...ukulele'. Very rarely will you find more than just those two ingredients in the songs. Does it matter? No, not at all. Most of the time you won't even realise that there are no other singers or instruments/orchestra. You will just concentrate on the warm voice that sings all these songs where you may not understand the lyrics. When he sings songs in his native tongue you can easily conjure up images of a Hollywood version on Hawaii with girls in ...
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