# Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-iz-kamakawiwo-ole/588663 "2011-07-11T19:26:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-iz-kamakawiwo-ole/588663/21 "2011-07-12T07:55:53Z")
I’m pretty sure I’ve heard the ooh-ooh intro in a TV ad and I never knew where it came from until running across the video myself. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-iz-kamakawiwo-ole/588663/22 "2011-07-12T17:02:23Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > I’m pretty sure I’ve heard the ooh-ooh intro in a TV ad and I never knew where it came from until running across the video myself. It was used in a charming eToys ad campaign in 2000 - there was this ad, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRy\_DBRL36w](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRy_DBRL36w), and another where a mom got a firefly box for her son. Can’t find the firefly ad on YouTube, though. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-iz-kamakawiwo-ole/588663/23 "2011-07-12T17:06:15Z")
> [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](#): > > Can anyone tell me more about his music? Are there any songs of his that are particularly amazing? What do I download? One of my favorites is his “Ahi Wela/Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.” Both songs use the same melody. He sings a verse of “Ahi Wela” in Hawaiian , then “Twinkle Twinkle” in Englisn, then “Twinkle Twinkle” in Hawaiian. Lovely. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-iz-kamakawiwo-ole/588663/24 "2011-07-12T17:10:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > It was used in a charming eToys ad campaign in 2000 - there was this ad, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRy\_DBRL36w](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRy_DBRL36w), and another where a mom got a firefly box for her son. Can’t find the firefly ad on YouTube, though. I remember watching the rather boring movie “Meet Joe Black” (1998) when it came out on DVD and left the credits rolling while cleaning up the living room. “SWOTR/WWAW” was the song playing and I immediately bought the soundtrack (which was instrumental except that one). I scooped up all the rest of his music I could find after that. (If you can, avoid the full band version of that song, it just isn’t that good in comparison). ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-iz-kamakawiwo-ole/588663/25 "2011-07-12T19:42:17Z")
I have just about all of his music, and while this rendition of SOTR is beautiful, I can’t help but bug over the messed-up lyrics. Oh, well. I think I’ll put on _Facing Future_ and go paint. ---
**Author:** ![limegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-iz-kamakawiwo-ole/588663/26 "2011-07-12T20:06:17Z")
One on of his albums he talks about part of his weight issue came from some problem with his kidneys. I have probably three of his albums, and love each and every song. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-iz-kamakawiwo-ole/588663.md?page=1)