As my father took his last breath on this earth yesterday, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" sung by Mr. Kamakawiwo'ole came on the radio. What a beautiful way to remember my father.
Pamela entonces ¿cual es el apellido verdadero de tu papito? su música me llena de alegría y paz y alguna me entristece aunque no se el idioma en el que canta algunas canciones. es un deleite casi todos los dias lo escucho y le pido que desde el cielo donde el esté, pida por mi padre que esta muy enfermo para que el sane, esta sufriendo mucho y ya es muy grande de edad.
I got married in the early seventies and I sang that same song to my baby girl, as she grew she sang it to me at bed time, then as my kids grew and had their own children and my grandchildren grew up either singing to me or me to them, I still enjoy hearing "IZZY" singing like it was yesterday ....love all his music
I HAVE NEVER BEEN MOVED BY ANYONE'S MUSIC THE WAY HIS VOICE TOUCH ME, I HAD NEVER HEARD HIM BEFORE THIS WEEK, AND FEEL SO BLESSED FOR HAVING FOUND HIM.
Iz has ben gone for 21 years...but his music and voice has endured for all that time and only grows stronger, His is the voice of angels, not to be forgotten, May he and John Koko rest in peace, their music will last forever.
Hawai is not a Place. Hawai is more the arising Understanding that we are all One. That Home is everywhere. I see Bruddah IZ in everybody of you! Yet He is certainly a huge Superman from Hawai.
I'm in the mainland and I never forget where I'm from. Iz was right though I didn't know what I had back home until I went FAR away. I never take home for granted and I miss Hawai'i dearly...
I just got this from my grade school friend ,thank you Mary for the introduction of such great talent and not to mention a real man spreading the good news for others to know Jesus I love the singing may he rest in peace and in the arms of our Lord and Savior Jesus
you are right! The angels and Bruddah Iz have to be having a wonderful time, singing. God must have wanted him more than we did. We miss you Bruddah Iz, I'm going to hug you right after I sit and the feet of God, hug Jesus and then I'm running to find IZ and HUG him until he makes me stop. LOL
My gosh Bruddah Iz, Thee Formidable Israel Kamakawiwoole, whose songs transcended generations. The aloha runs deep. I left Hawaii in 1999 for the 1st time in my life but couldn't listen to Bruddah Iz music because it would have made it sooo hard for me to be away from home and do what I had to do. It took courage a few years later to finally allow Bruddah Iz singing to bring me back to my roots. How He fills you with pain & love & blessings all at the same time. I will miss you forever, as I miss home forever. I can go back home but it is not the home I left......You & then, I will cherish forever....
Aloha Israel Kamakawiwo'ole and 808ditz !!! I love this song "Lover Of Mine." Thanks for the love of your voice and the beautiful visuals that accompanied this video !!!! Me ke aloha pumehana, Robert S.J. Hu August 26, 2020. P.S. The world loves you and so do I . R.I.P. Bruddah IZ
miss the 808 and my family,but now i got my own in the 503,handin down lessons learned and truths found,when im dead take me home to spread my ashes around,be where your at but know where your from and hold it down
ALOHA 2 all! This song has so much meaning & dept unreally!! Please LOVE each other & be good 2 each other cuz you no no when your loved 1 is going go home 2 our lord & your time is pau! MOM I LOVE YOU RIP my braddah i miss u so please come home.
I certainly do have a new favorite song in this I been sharing it with everyone!! It certainly has deep meaning to me I love his humor as well; he certainly had a beautiful soul! His singing enriches the lives of those who listen. To have actually known him for those who did they knew the true meaning of treasures. His spirit lives on in each and everyone he loved and knew
You must have excellent taste in both music and people. I didn't know him personally but from video's I used to see, he was a happy man with a child like heart & I rarely ever saw him without a smile on his face. Add to that he had a beautiful voice & could play musical instruments, made him a very gifted beautiful soul. ;)
I am always writing about iZ and I felt the deepest sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart when I got to know that we lost this beautiful man who was just perfect in every single way. I am sure, that if I was close to him, I would have fight to save him from the ones who killed him. But I do also understand that not matter what, when the time comes, we have to leave, and go were all souls go when our missions in life has been completed and he did completed his missions in this life. He then, went to the place from which he will come back to live and again he will teach us even more than he did this time. Now, I think that when we cry for him, we also cry for ourselves, because we need people like IZ in this cold and suffering world, to not loose ouselves in the misery and desperation that it is growing in this world nowadays. I have been looking for another one of this exceptional kind of man, without success. If someone here knows a man that it is like him, please let me know, I will be happy to know him and to love him as much as I love IZ!
Nobody killed him. Brudda Iz passed on from heart and respiratory troubles. His wife took very good care of him until his final heart attack. He weighed over 700 pounds and nothing he or Drs tried could take the excess weight off. His body laid in state at Hawaii's Capitol building, the only non politician given that honor. Traffic was backed up for miles as people paid respects. Is knew his time was short, but he also knew that in his lifetime here on this Earth, he was well loved. "When our time come, don't cry for me. Don't cry for me. Plant a tree in the middle ... where they play soccer," he laughs. "Kind of small, then I'll grow big."~Israel Kamakawiwoole, aka Brudda Iz
I'm from Detroit, and I appreciate this beautiful soothing music. Thank You all for sharing such a beautiful spirit thru a precious voice and life...Trully an Angel he is still and forever, he has just gone to the highest place to watch over all impacted by his grace.
Love all the Video's showing the Hawaii Island .. Beautiful man and voice.. Love you "IZ" have known you 3 days, and still sharing your voice with others who like I may be hearing your soothing voice for the first time. I love the Ducks.. LOL.. R.I.P
quelle force, dans son amour ,pour son ile et ce merveilleux pacifique ,que l on adore du matin au soir,en regardant simplement a l horizon, merci, merci, IZ , a bientot.
thank you for telling me that I listen to his music often with what I do for work rescue and fire fighting it helps me to calm back down after a bad call blessings to you
When IZ was on the movie Shallow Hal his music melted my heart. When I saw the video of his memorial when his ashes were returned to the sea. I cried like a baby. Such a loss of a beautiful heart and sole
Brings back memories of hikes under the blazing sun, sweat pouring from our faces and soaking through our clothes alternating our singing whatever happy songs we could remember, john denver, verses of Alice's Restaurant..... Hope the love is still flowing to your family from the music, IZ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
WOOT! I was lookin for this song everywhere but i couldn't think of the title! From a Hawaiian living in oklahoma this song means alot to me. Thank Youuuuu.
Sent this video to all of my friends ~~~ touches my heart sooo much ... so beautiful, so sad we lost such a precious soul ~~~ and I am so thankful he left us with his music ~~~
I miss your concerts deaply, I went to every 1 when you came to Maui and I was home from the mainland... Miss Your Style...!!! I play your music everyday bra... r.I.p. rHoNdA kUaaNa
O mundo ganhou,nós ganhamos, Como foi bom enquanto durou, mas,como perdemos com sua "IDA", mas, nos vangloriamos de sua semente deixada a nós. Lindaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
No one can compare to Braddah IZ and his awesomely huge heart. His music touched and still touches da hearts of His people...my people...Us! Every song i hear from him i tear and feel his love. Rest In Paradise my brother, my idol, my Angel
I just LOVE this gentle man's voice!!! I ESPECIALLY loved his LAUGH!! I absolutely ADORED his humor! The joke at the end is the only joke I have ever been able to repeat/remember!!! God Bless You IZ wherever you are may you be in PEACE!
it is the heart and soul of a person that counts he was beautiful inside and out! with a voice of an angel He isnt gone he is within each rainbow smiling down at those he loved within each cloud his eyes shine singing with that heavenly voice of his for the Creator if we stop to listen we might hear him
"Nunca seremos gratos a "DEUS" o suficiente para agradecer-mos o tamanho presente que nos deu. Foi bom enquanto durou e durará enquanto ouvir-mos suas musicas. Que "DEUS" o tenha em seu reino de gloria por todo o sempre. Vai com "DEUS" Israel iz
How exquisite. I am originally from Okinawa and as we island people know there is nothing like the spirit of our homeland. Thank you for this beautiful and heartfelt message. I am crying at the beauty of this song and the beauty of this man. Meet you in heaven. Hopefully I am worthy.
Each time I hear him sing it doesnt matter how bad a day I have had his voice clams me down and everything seems to be so much better and once again the sunshines!
he not only was able to sing beautifully but he had the ability to make you feel the song. he was truly a gentle giant!!! Ty for you music iz!!!!! amazing. would have love to have met you!!! God bless!!
I am so heart brokened. My ex ron n my newly ex mark dont love me no more. Im giving up on guys. Ive liked this video and song for a long time. Im gr8ful that youve posted it. Thank you.
Love Iz. Loved living in Hawaii. Nothing epitomizes Hawaii like Iz. Can't listen to his music without crying a bit. (A not so old yeat sailor here too).
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The moment his voice struck in my ears, I have never regret hearing it over and over again.
Sibuor When the Spirit touches you...
As my father took his last breath on this earth yesterday, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" sung by Mr. Kamakawiwo'ole came on the radio. What a beautiful way to remember my father.
+Pamela DeLise Congratulations
+Pamela DeLise
Pamela entonces ¿cual es el apellido verdadero de tu papito? su música me llena de alegría y paz y alguna me entristece aunque no se el idioma en el que canta algunas canciones. es un deleite casi todos los dias lo escucho y le pido que desde el cielo donde el esté, pida por mi padre que esta muy enfermo para que el sane, esta sufriendo mucho y ya es muy grande de edad.
Pamela DeLise thanks for sharing this with us!
I got married in the early seventies and I sang that same song to my baby girl, as she grew she sang it to me at bed time, then as my kids grew and had their own children and my grandchildren grew up either singing to me or me to them, I still enjoy hearing "IZZY" singing like it was yesterday ....love all his music
I HAVE NEVER BEEN MOVED BY ANYONE'S MUSIC THE WAY HIS VOICE TOUCH ME, I HAD NEVER HEARD HIM BEFORE THIS WEEK, AND FEEL SO BLESSED FOR HAVING FOUND HIM.
JANET LOVE I’m the same way I listen to his songs almost daily
JANET LOVE I though was only me being in an emotional moment! He’s an amazing bright loving soul! We need to make him
more known among the living!
and u were even moved so much that u crammed the capslock down and forgot................................
Iz has ben gone for 21 years...but his music and voice has endured for all that time and only grows stronger, His is the voice of angels, not to be forgotten, May he and John Koko rest in peace, their music will last forever.
Hawai is not a Place. Hawai is more the arising Understanding that we are all One. That Home is everywhere. I see Bruddah IZ in everybody of you! Yet He is certainly a huge Superman from Hawai.
every song is a gift! strong powerful voice filled with compassion and love.
Gänsehaut Pur,,,,Respekt...Großartiger Sänger ..Er bleibt unvergessen..
what a great man love your music when I got to kauai I heard your music and fell in love great job rest on peace my friend
my brudda, I miss you everydasy
Brother IZ...forever in my heart...never forgotten ...I miss your smile !
Vaneissa Marie Ducosin o
I'm in the mainland and I never forget where I'm from. Iz was right though I didn't know what I had back home until I went FAR away. I never take home for granted and I miss Hawai'i dearly...
LOVE LOVE LOVE HIS MUSIC AND LOVE LISTENING TO HIS VOICE. YOU ARE MISSED IZ. RIP. I ALSO LOVE SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW.
u forgot ur capslock again..................................
@@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821 Hi who are you?
I just got this from my grade school friend ,thank you Mary for the introduction of such great talent and not to mention a real man spreading the good news for others to know Jesus I love the singing may he rest in peace and in the arms of our Lord and Savior Jesus
We'll love that man, he is missed .
Miss you Bruddah IZ...May your memory live forever in all who's hearts are open to purity & beauty
Tengo poko d escuchar a este magnífico cantante, vi k dejo un gran tesoro musical 💖🎵🎶🎼🔊💖 GRACIAS HASTA DONDE ESTES......IZ
you are right! The angels and Bruddah Iz have to be having a wonderful time, singing. God must have wanted him more than we did. We miss you Bruddah Iz, I'm going to hug you right after I sit and the feet of God, hug Jesus and then I'm running to find IZ and HUG him until he makes me stop. LOL
My gosh Bruddah Iz, Thee Formidable Israel Kamakawiwoole, whose songs
transcended generations. The aloha runs deep. I left Hawaii in 1999 for
the 1st time in my life but couldn't listen to Bruddah Iz music because
it would have made it sooo hard for me to be away from home and do what I
had to do. It took courage a few years later to finally allow Bruddah
Iz singing to bring me back to my roots. How He fills you with pain
& love & blessings all at the same time. I will miss you
forever, as I miss home forever. I can go back home but it is not the
home I left......You & then, I will cherish forever....
Aloha Israel Kamakawiwo'ole and 808ditz !!! I love this song "Lover Of Mine." Thanks for the love of your
voice and the beautiful visuals that accompanied this video !!!! Me ke aloha pumehana, Robert S.J. Hu
August 26, 2020. P.S. The world loves you and so do I . R.I.P. Bruddah IZ
I love this song. Tears come to my eyes every time I hear it.
miss the 808 and my family,but now i got my own in the 503,handin down lessons learned and truths found,when im dead take me home to spread my ashes around,be where your at but know where your from and hold it down
ALOHA 2 all! This song has so much meaning & dept unreally!! Please LOVE each other & be good 2 each other cuz you no no when your loved 1 is going go home 2 our lord & your time is pau! MOM I LOVE YOU RIP my braddah i miss u so please come home.
He was no doubt the best ever.......Heaven is a better place now....R.i.p. Iz
I certainly do have a new favorite song in this I been sharing it with everyone!! It certainly has deep meaning to me I love his humor as well; he certainly had a beautiful soul! His singing enriches the lives of those who listen. To have actually known him for those who did they knew the true meaning of treasures. His spirit lives on in each and everyone he loved and knew
I love his voice..this song is a dreamywonderful Song. .
With words from John Lennon..great
Yes, I can relate to this song, so beautifully done. Thank you IZ. I miss you.
I am from norway and i like the song and him😶
You must have excellent taste in both music and people. I didn't know him personally but from video's I used to see, he was a happy man with a child like heart & I rarely ever saw him without a smile on his face. Add to that he had a beautiful voice & could play musical instruments, made him a very gifted beautiful soul. ;)
For me this is the greatest music ever this wonderful singer made
Aww that joke though got me LOLing, I just love his voice and his laugh! I have been listening to him for past few days! Miss you IZ
I am always writing about iZ and I felt the deepest sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart when I got to know that we lost this beautiful man who was just perfect in every single way. I am sure, that if I was close to him, I would have fight to save him from the ones who killed him.
But I do also understand that not matter what, when the time comes, we have to leave, and go were all souls go when our missions in life has been completed and he did completed his missions in this life. He then, went to the place from which he will come back to live and again he will teach us even more than he did this time.
Now, I think that when we cry for him, we also cry for ourselves, because we need people like IZ in this cold and suffering world, to not loose ouselves in the misery and desperation that it is growing in this world nowadays. I have been looking for another one of this exceptional kind of man, without success. If someone here knows a man that it is like him, please let me know, I will be happy to know him and to love him as much as I love IZ!
Nobody killed him. Brudda Iz passed on from heart and respiratory troubles. His wife took very good care of him until his final heart attack. He weighed over 700 pounds and nothing he or Drs tried could take the excess weight off.
His body laid in state at Hawaii's Capitol building, the only non politician given that honor. Traffic was backed up for miles as people paid respects.
Is knew his time was short, but he also knew that in his lifetime here on this Earth, he was well loved.
"When our time come, don't cry for me. Don't cry for me. Plant a tree in the middle ... where they play soccer," he laughs. "Kind of small, then I'll grow big."~Israel Kamakawiwoole, aka Brudda Iz
RIP Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. Please look down on us sometimes, Brudda IZ. You are the Biggest Angel
I'm from Detroit, and I appreciate this beautiful soothing music. Thank You all for sharing such a beautiful spirit thru a precious voice and life...Trully an Angel he is still and forever, he has just gone to the highest place to watch over all impacted by his grace.
Voice of an angel ,only discovered this great man a few weeks ago ,makes you realise music and love is so powererful
Love all the Video's showing the Hawaii Island .. Beautiful man and voice.. Love you "IZ" have known you 3 days, and still sharing your voice with others who like I may be hearing your soothing voice for the first time. I love the Ducks.. LOL.. R.I.P
quelle force, dans son amour ,pour son ile et ce merveilleux pacifique ,que l on adore du matin au soir,en regardant simplement a l horizon, merci, merci, IZ , a bientot.
Weep. Hope. Laugh. Smile. Sing. Love. Thank you Iz!
thank you for telling me that I listen to his music often with what I do for work rescue and fire fighting it helps me to calm back down after a bad call blessings to you
When IZ was on the movie Shallow Hal his music melted my heart. When I saw the video of his memorial when his ashes were returned to the sea. I cried like a baby. Such a loss of a beautiful heart and sole
einfach ergreifend schön!
Hawaii's Bob Marley! What a great talent Israel was. Much love for the man and his music.
Words fail me when I hear someone as sweet as this.R.I.P my friend.
Laughter and tears: Quack, Quack-Quack, Bubbles and the Judge: your duck photography perfection! Many thanks!
Brings back memories of hikes under the blazing sun, sweat pouring from our faces and soaking through our clothes alternating our singing whatever happy songs we could remember, john denver, verses of Alice's Restaurant.....
Hope the love is still flowing to your family from the music, IZ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
WOOT! I was lookin for this song everywhere but i couldn't think of the title! From a Hawaiian living in oklahoma this song means alot to me. Thank Youuuuu.
Amazing voice...RIP buddy! Love ya!
How Beautiful!
This man is amazing and the songs.My heart mellts into love and humility
Sent this video to all of my friends ~~~ touches my heart sooo much ... so beautiful, so sad we lost such a precious soul ~~~ and I am so thankful he left us with his music ~~~
BEAUTIFUL!!!!
what a wonderful talented human being...
I miss your concerts deaply, I went to every 1 when you came to Maui and I was home from the mainland... Miss Your Style...!!! I play your music everyday bra... r.I.p. rHoNdA kUaaNa
HIS MUSIC IS SOO BEAUTIFUL AND I PRAY HE IS IN HEAVEN SINGING WITH THE ANGELS. I HOPE AND PRAY TO SEE HIM THERE.
this song is so perfect I can not wait till I can go home to Taz
thanks for his talent share with us and lives on...loves!
When I hear this great man sing , I think of people that I love , that has left this earth , but never forgot on love this man and his music ,wow
O mundo ganhou,nós ganhamos,
Como foi bom enquanto durou,
mas,como perdemos com sua "IDA",
mas, nos vangloriamos de sua semente deixada a nós.
Lindaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
So beautiful both the song and the video.....
beautiful, i love IZ, i love "Lover of Mine", very, very, very
His voice... God bless you Iz!
Love, love LOVE this man! God keep him safe & warm until we all get to heaven :0
No one can compare to Braddah IZ and his awesomely huge heart. His music touched and still touches da hearts of His people...my people...Us! Every song i hear from him i tear and feel his love. Rest In Paradise my brother, my idol, my Angel
Love U Bruddah IZ 🌴🌺
Eddie Freeman
Just discovered this bloke on you tube and wish he was still alive, what a fantastic singer and man. God Bless
so beautiful song... IZ is THE man
Yesterday May 20th was IZ birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY IZ. You are the best. RIP
What a wonderful voice! It calms me down... You rock, IZ!!!
Da quando ti ho conosciuto ti ho amato: Iz you are in my heart, forever. I love you, my fat angel boy...
His voice and his spirit will always be larger than he was. God bless you Bruddah Iz
Brudah Iz is love. Love you Iz.
LOVE his music 😍🙏🙏🙏
I just LOVE this gentle man's voice!!! I ESPECIALLY loved his LAUGH!! I absolutely ADORED his humor! The joke at the end is the only joke I have ever been able to repeat/remember!!! God Bless You IZ wherever you are may you be in PEACE!
I cry for the beauty of this man and his voice! No other singer can ever compare to the emotion and love within his singing. Untill we see you again!!
i love this song!!!!
its so beautiful ..
we miss you IZ! :(
it is the heart and soul of a person that counts he was beautiful inside and out! with a voice of an angel He isnt gone he is within each rainbow smiling down at those he loved within each cloud his eyes shine singing with that heavenly voice of his for the Creator if we stop to listen we might hear him
"Nunca seremos gratos a "DEUS" o suficiente para agradecer-mos o tamanho presente que nos deu.
Foi bom enquanto durou e durará enquanto ouvir-mos suas musicas.
Que "DEUS" o tenha em seu reino de gloria por todo o sempre.
Vai com "DEUS" Israel iz
How exquisite. I am originally from Okinawa and as we island people know there is nothing like the spirit of our homeland. Thank you for this beautiful and heartfelt message. I am crying at the beauty of this song and the beauty of this man. Meet you in heaven. Hopefully I am worthy.
SO MISSED
Each time I hear him sing it doesnt matter how bad a day I have had his voice clams me down and everything seems to be so much better and once again the sunshines!
*LOVE* ..........I find peace in listening to your music........you are gone but you live through your music. Thank you
RIP IZ
Always has and always will be the best
This will be my wedding song on a tropical island - dedicated to you!!!!!
He has a so nice voice! :D I close my eyes everytime I heard a song from him! IT´S SO WONDERFUL!!!!
he not only was able to sing beautifully but he had the ability to make you feel the song. he was truly a gentle giant!!! Ty for you music iz!!!!! amazing. would have love to have met you!!! God bless!!
Amazing!
i envy him i wish more people were as big hearted as he was he had such a big heart RIP
Lover of Mine...Missing You !
yes! that song and the joke were just precious! hahaha what a great guy.
cool guy, somewhere over the rainbow alway's remind's me of my love for my doughter
wooooooow, was für eine wundervolle stimme, wooooooow
...bewegend! unvergessen!
R.I.P.
Tiene una voz hermosisima y transmite tanto amor a su tierra como pocos humanos en otros lugares del mundo...
I am so heart brokened. My ex ron n my newly ex mark dont love me no more. Im giving up on guys. Ive liked this video and song for a long time. Im gr8ful that youve posted it. Thank you.
I love him.Forever, IZ.
Love this. Thank you for posting
Love Iz. Loved living in Hawaii. Nothing epitomizes Hawaii like Iz. Can't listen to his music without crying a bit. (A not so old yeat sailor here too).
Hi Germany. This Big Boy are awesame. .I love his music. Thank you so much.
Love his voice , RIP IZ❤
el amor asi es de todo por todo.Crasias mi amigo por esa cancion tan hermosa para el amor.
What a great soul-----
Mahalo, Iz.
À jamais gravé dans mon cœur, j’adore toujours l’écouter avec bonheur, avec tendresse ♥️🙏🏻😇😘😘😘
Rest in paradise broddah Iz!! ♥