Tiki Central / Tiki Music / Hooked at the Hukilau
Post #251170 by ikitnrev on Mon, Aug 28, 2006 9:01 AM
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Most of us are likely very familiar with the Hukilau Song (Yes, I'm going ... to a Hukilau ... a Huki-huki-huki-huki-hukilau) But many of you may not have heard of a followup song, one whose song title today has a rather suggestive connotation. That song is 'Hooked at the Hukilau' During the recent Columbus Hot Rod Hula Hop weekend, I had the pleasure of playing 'show and tell' with a big box of my Hawaiian LPs with fellow exotica-music fan Jeff Chenault (our own Jeff Central, who will be giving a presentation on exotica music at Hukialu.) One of the records in my collection was titled 'At the Luau' recorded by Prince Kawohi and the Luau Boys, with a great coconut shell treat cover
It was Jeff that noticed that one of the songs on the LP was titled 'Hooked at the Hukilau' ... and we placed the LP on the turntable to listen. It is a lively, uplifting song, with the first line "I got hooked at the Hukilau at the beach the other day." This song was written in 1953, for the Oscar winning movie 'From Here to Eternity' I have not seen this film, so do not know whether it appears there with lyric or as an instrumental. There are several short snippets of this song available for a quick free listen. My favorite so far is a version recorded by the Brothers Cazimero on their 'Destination Paradise' CD .... a pairing of three Hukilau themed songs in one track (#7) Another good version is this one, performed by Alvin Kaleolani and his Waikiki Boys, which appears on their 'Happy Hulas for Your Luau' (#8) So now I have visions of many people, decked out in aloha wear, heading to Fort Lauderdale in early October, singing 'Yes I'm going, to a Hukilau.....' and then 3-4 days later, singing 'I got hooked at the Hukilau.....' See you all at Hukialu! Vern |
