Hawaiian War Chant Revisited
It’s a long day until kickoff, so it seemed like a perfect day to revisit The Hawaiian War Chant. The original lyrics were composed by Prince Leleiohoku of the Hawaiian royal family. The song, Kāua I Ka Huahuaʻi (“We Two in the Spray”) was a love ballad:
You and I in the spray
Such joy, the two of us together
Embracing tightly in the coolness
Breathing deep of the palai fern
Here’s a recording performing the tune and original lyrics as a ballad instead of the more familiar, upbeat “war chant” the piece has morphed into over the last century: link
And a pic of the composer:
September 10th, 2022 at 9:15 AM ^
Apologies in advance for the thread jack, but is there anywhere on earth that doesn't have a history of a royal family, tribal leadership, or similar?
September 10th, 2022 at 9:22 AM ^
<checks Bible> Nope
September 10th, 2022 at 9:31 AM ^
Even after the flood, we went right back to a global society of warrior clans.
September 10th, 2022 at 11:03 AM ^
"Not everybody is the perfect person in the world. Everyone does , kills people, murders people, steals from you, steals from me."
September 10th, 2022 at 9:25 AM ^
Antarctica
September 10th, 2022 at 9:29 AM ^
Get over yourself - nobody is impressed that you don't care. We don't either (most of us), but we're not whining about it with dumbass posts like yours...
September 10th, 2022 at 9:46 AM ^
Whoa--where did this come from?
September 10th, 2022 at 9:55 AM ^
The Arctic
September 10th, 2022 at 10:20 AM ^
What the fuck is this comment? Are you ok?
September 10th, 2022 at 12:27 PM ^
Let's all look at the cute puppy...
September 10th, 2022 at 1:59 PM ^
Dogs look better with their tails.
September 10th, 2022 at 4:06 PM ^
Which, coincidentally, has a better chance of beating Michigan than Hawaii does.
September 10th, 2022 at 9:33 AM ^
Antarctica
September 10th, 2022 at 9:32 AM ^
Back to the thread!
Pretty song; thanks for sharing the back story.
Edit: here’s the muppets version:
September 10th, 2022 at 9:37 AM ^
It seemed fitting, given the evening’s opponent.
September 10th, 2022 at 9:47 AM ^
Thanks for the info, all I knew is you can’t have one without the other.
September 10th, 2022 at 9:53 AM ^
The Michigan-centric history of the piece can be found here:
September 10th, 2022 at 10:39 AM ^
I encourage everyone to click through this link. As stated in the article:
So if you don’t know…now you know.
This article should be in an MGoArchive section of the site, along with other insider references.
September 10th, 2022 at 10:07 AM ^
My favorite line from the song for no particular reason
They'd play his gay Hawaiian chant
On another note I am forever 13 years old
September 10th, 2022 at 11:24 AM ^
Applies to both comments.
September 10th, 2022 at 11:50 AM ^
You are a happy 13 year old forever. Nothing wrong with that.
September 10th, 2022 at 10:30 AM ^
closely related and at least as entertaining is the tradition of 'hakas', the synchronized pre-game intimidation ritual on the other side of the pacific. i absolutely love these and can't imagine the utter chaos that would occur if michigan did this in the toilet bowl in columbus, come november.
that said, would somebody please embed it.
and here's a few more. couldn't resist: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=rugby+haka&atb=v314-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVWs5O0os0eg
September 10th, 2022 at 12:59 PM ^
That's great! Would also have been something to see if Michigan did this up in EL rather than pounding a stake in to the turf.
September 10th, 2022 at 1:15 PM ^
I’m probably in the minority here but I think those Hakas are all so dumb. If my opponent did that I might not be able to stop from laughing.
September 10th, 2022 at 2:20 PM ^
And I get that take. But it’s as much pagentry and fun as anything serious as well as being part of the Māori peoples heritage
September 10th, 2022 at 4:17 PM ^
Loogy? Anyone else think of that word?
Yeah, yeah, no worries, I was on my way out anyway.
September 10th, 2022 at 10:59 AM ^
Huh, I never knew that it was actually a Hawaiian song. Interesting!