Your Favorite Island Music Songs- Hawaiian & English

[Menehune Man]

What's your favorite songs? First in the Hawai'ian language. Second in English. Mines stay... 1) Wahine ili ke'a 2) You and Me

[Pua'i Mana'o]

What's your favorite songs? First in the Hawai'ian language. Second in English. Mines stay... 1) Wahine ili ke'a 2) You and Me

Pua Lilia, when sung by the Cazimeros, can make me cry on the spot. It can be either stalkingly erotic or gut-rippingly forlorn. And both their original version w/Sunday Manoa or their recent "Some call it aloha" version offers that same pull. Perfect for weddings and funerals, I tell ya.

English songs? Its somewhere along the lines of
-Lively Up
-Redemption Song,
-and the live version of No Woman No Cry.

[toeknee]

Lei Pikake - Hapa
Island Style - John Cruz


Don't know if they're my favorite, but they're two I never get tired of hearing.

[Leo Lakio]

Keali`i Reichel: Hanohano Ka Lei Pikake
Kalapana: Nightbird

[EastCoastTropics]

The Kamehameha Waltz: Emma Veary (I wish I could sing like her!)
Hawaiian Soul: Jon Osorio and Randy Borden

[1stwahine]

Waikiki......Brother Caz's

Pretty Red Hibiscus.....Brother Caz's

Honolulu City Light's....Keola Kapono Beamer!(Mahalo, Kimo!)

Auntie Lynn

[kimo55]

keola kapono beamer

[LikaNui]

Hawaiian Soul: Jon Osorio and Randy Borden

You should've heard that one when it was sung at Randy's funeral... chickenskin to da max.

[Ty Lee]

Pretty Red Hibiscus.....Brother Caz's

Isin't there a version of "Little Red Hibiscus" by Buddy Fo?

[Serenity]

Honolulu City Light's....Keola Kapono Beamer!(Mahalo, Kimo!)

Auntie Lynn

Shoo~oots!.

I haven't heard that song in a looong time.

I also like that song,
& anything that Kealii Reichel, sings
(wether in hawaiian &/or in english).

Aloha.

[jdub]

C&K's "ELUA" was, and remains, an amazing accomplishment in american music...and it continues to dwarf anything anyone in "Island Music" has done since "ELUA" was made...imho...

[alohabear]

Kawika- Sunday Manoa
The Devil is a Liar- Seawind

[Albert]

Gabby Pahinui's "Hi`ilawe"
John Cruz's "Island Style"

[scrivener]

I gotta echo Albert's praise for Gabby's "Hi`ilawe," with honorable mention to Ho`okena's "Ulili`e," which is great no matter who's doing it. Third place goes to Ka`au Crater Boys' version of "Kawika." Yes, I know everyone likes others' recordings of it better, but this one just rocks.

For non-Hawaiian, I'll take the Fabulous Krush's "Waialua Sky," followed by C&K's "About You" and Led Ka`apana's "Maunaloa Slack Key."

[mel]

Favorite Hawaiian Songs:

1. Kanaka Wai Wai - Hui O'Hana
2. Pua Lililehua - The Kahauanu Lake Trio
3. Kawika - The Sunday Manoa

English-Hawaiian

1. Honolulu City Lights - Keola & Kapono Beamer *
2. You And Me - Cecilio & Kapono
3. My Hawaii - The Rascals

* I also like the version by The Carpenters.

[Leo Lakio]

1. Honolulu City Lights - Keola & Kapono Beamer *
* I also like the version by The Carpenters.

I have not heard that; I MUST check it out! Mahalo, Mel.

[alohagirl777]

I am looking for the lyrics to Jon Osorio and Randy Borden's first album song, the "Makawao Dump" It starts... Bottles and cans, old pots and pans, a half jug of wine. Please if anyone knows the rest of the song lyrics and music please reply. Mahalo

[Lalalinder]

Waikiki by Danny Couch

And I am not spamming.

Or, I could say, I spam you not.

[lurkah]

I am looking for the lyrics to Jon Osorio and Randy Borden's first album song, the "Makawao Dump" It starts... Bottles and cans, old pots and pans, a half jug of wine. Please if anyone knows the rest of the song lyrics and music please reply. Mahalo

I love this song too, but couldn't find the complete lyrics. This is all I remember:

Bottles and cans, old pots and pans.
Even a half jug of wine.
Humpty-back trunk, unlimited junk.
Tonight the Makawao Dump is fine.

[Pomai]

• Alika - Aunty Genoa Keawe
• Waimanalo Blues - Country Comfort

[wahine he'e nalu]

Abra Moore's Ku'u Ome O Kahaluu

or Noho Paipai ;-)

[alohagirl777]

Mahalo for the first verse!

[drewb]

my favorite island music is reggae from the island of Jamaica.

[kimo55]

my favorite music is Jawaiian.
love it so much, i really wanna go there. now, just gotta find where "Jawaii" is.

[sinigang]

I only know one Hawaiian band - Kalapana. I like the soft side of their music.
Their song 'Naturally' comes to mind.