I love this song...and just realised that it was a soundtrack from an excellent movie (in my opinion), "Meet Joe Black" (remember Brad Pitt as Death?). Yeah.
It's actually a medley of "somewhere over the rainbow" + "what a wonderful world"...2 very beautiful songs. Perfect combi. To be honest, I thought the original version of the former was cute, but I got tired of it soon after. Same goes for the second one...was nice, but didn't fancy it that much. But this medley, it gave me an unexplicable feelng when I first heard of it. It's not any new medley or whatsoever...it was first performed by someone called "Israel Kamakawiwo'ole", not sure if I've got that name right (this version here is performed by someone else). I caught it when a one-person "band" performe it acoustic, on a guitar. I did a google, and found the "original" was a ukulele version. Not bad sounding still.
I had trouble finding free versions that I could embed on my blog, but found one on trusty YouTube. Do give it a listen. You can ignore the cheesy footage..just close your eyes, and enjoy the music. =D
P/S: I have a "secret" wish, and that's to have a live band perform this at my wedding...if it ever happens. For a march-in maybe? I'm visualising it'll look/sound beautiful & perfect. Ok, that's not-so-secret now. Haha. Do watch it ok?
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