tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post6550060380691942254..comments2023-08-26T14:31:44.845+01:00Comments on Charles Lambert: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole- Somewhere Over the RainbowCharles Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074227813367594283noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post-9450156916102203732009-01-09T12:00:00.000+01:002009-01-09T12:00:00.000+01:00I hadn't heard this version for ages and then ther...I hadn't heard this version for ages and then there it was, on someone else's blog, and, as you say, it just made me feel good, so I posted it. It's an endlessly re-interpretable song, and he's a singer who touched whatever he did with grace.<BR/><BR/>I've never heard it on a commercial either, which has protected it for me...Charles Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074227813367594283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post-67357257086563044562009-01-09T01:06:00.000+01:002009-01-09T01:06:00.000+01:00Oh, Charles, there is a much happier video of that...Oh, Charles, there is a much happier video of that around somewhere where he isn't dead... you know, that guy really did something, didn't he. Israel. I know this recording has been overused for commercials etc, but it really is something that stays with you. I posted it up on my blog once just like this, with no text, or very little, just because it made me so happy.<BR/><BR/>Oh, wait. The one I used was film of people hugging each other in the street. Terrible! It makes me cry! <BR/><BR/>xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com