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Hawaiian War Chant Extravaganza

Friday, April 01, 2005

In honor of the impish spirit of April Fool's Day, and in response to popular demand, host David Garland once again presents his most notorious project: two hours of renditions of one song, the danceable ditty The Hawaiian War Chant.


Hawaiian Warriors A song that has its roots in a languid love ballad, the War Chant appears on nearly every album of Hawaiian and exotic music recorded in the 1950s and '60s. Usually it was an album's only up-tempo number, and so a lot of eccentric, excited arrangements of the tune were made. Played one after another, these varied arrangements display wild imagination and irrepressible verve. Garland's first HWC Extravaganza was on WNYC in 1989, prompting articles in the Wall Street Journal and Honolulu Magazine. Garland offered listeners a suitable-for-framing diploma to anyone who survived the ordeal, and received many requests. Diplomas from Spinning On Air's fully discredited university of the air will once again be available.

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Posted by: paul kramer February 19, 2008 - 05:52PM

what player is needed to listen the war chant download ?

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Posted by: Joan Helms July 03, 2008 - 06:48PM
CA

I am looking for the lyrics to Bette Midler's Hawaiian War Chant. Can you help me find them?

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