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Spinning On Air
Friday, April 01, 2005
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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Hawaiian War Chant Extravaganza
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.
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David Garland, host of WNYC's Evening Music and Spinning on Air, is also a composer and a performer. He has performed his music extensively in the U.S. and Europe and several of his recordings and downloads are available on his Web site, DavidGarland.com.
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what player is needed to listen the war chant download ?
I am looking for the lyrics to Bette Midler's Hawaiian War Chant. Can you help me find them?
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