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It seems a tad strange to start an article with the place someone lived and then their age of death, without saying anywhere that he was a singer and musician... --[[User:Jpgordon|jpgordon]]<sup><small>[[User talk:Jpgordon|∇∆∇∆]]</small></sup> 05:28, 23 January 2007 (UTC) |
It seems a tad strange to start an article with the place someone lived and then their age of death, without saying anywhere that he was a singer and musician... --[[User:Jpgordon|jpgordon]]<sup><small>[[User talk:Jpgordon|∇∆∇∆]]</small></sup> 05:28, 23 January 2007 (UTC) |
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Would it make sense to discuss Iz's entire music career within the section "music career" rather than only mentioning the Makaha Sons as an "early years" event. It would be neat (imo) to have biography entries such as moving to Makaha, and the importance of Niihau to his music in the "early years". And then in the "music career" discuss both his career with Makaha Sons as well as his solo career? |
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Biographies
I created a new section called Biographies because the one recently inserted into the "early years" section reads like an advertisement. I had a shot at de-advertising the entry but decided to simply move it to an alternate section.
New Picture?
Could someone get a better, non-copywritten picture of Iz for the article? Especially one of him playing the ukelele!
Try this:
http://photos.lacoccinelle.net/07/73/40773.jpg
Love of cheesburgers?
"He was described as always cheerful and positive, and was best known for his love of the land, the people of Hawaiʻi and cheese burgers."
Is this correct? I suspect the cheeseburger comment was vandalism, but I wanted to ask here. — BrianSmithson 16:05, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
- Never mind. Recent vandalism. Removed. — BrianSmithson 16:07, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
- Not that it is important to the article, but Israel (pronouced w/ only 2 syllables) was quite well known for his love of cheeseburgers. Part of his weight problem came from a lot of people at his concerts bringing him (and his brother Skippy) burgers which he ate between songs.Kingsley911 22:15, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
Version of "somewhere..." in movies
I've seen sources (such as http://www.faqs.org/qa/qa-4033.html) which states that the version used in Finding Forrester isn't the one by Israel, or at least not performed by him. If so, this should be more clear in the article.
- There is more than one version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on the Finding Forrester soundtrack. Israel sings Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World and Bill Frisell plays an instrumental version. --Uruz7 06:43, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
now defunct television network?
"Additionally, it featured prominently in the 2000 summer series "Young Americans" on the now-defunct WB television network..."
last I checked, the WB TV network is still going strong. Am I misreading this?
WB is merging with UPN 129.199.224.169 23:35, 13 July 2006 (UTC)ahassan05
Strange lead
It seems a tad strange to start an article with the place someone lived and then their age of death, without saying anywhere that he was a singer and musician... --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 05:28, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
music career / early years
Would it make sense to discuss Iz's entire music career within the section "music career" rather than only mentioning the Makaha Sons as an "early years" event. It would be neat (imo) to have biography entries such as moving to Makaha, and the importance of Niihau to his music in the "early years". And then in the "music career" discuss both his career with Makaha Sons as well as his solo career? 64.173.240.130 20:10, 10 August 2007 (UTC)