Warren Zevon “The Hula Hula Boys” Live at The Metro on 9/30/1982

[@ZevonArchive]

I saw her leave the luau With the one who parked the cars And the fat one from the swimming pool They were swaying arm in arm I could hear the ukuleles playing Down by the sea She's gone with the hula hula boys She don't care about me She's gone with the hula hula boys She don't care about me They're singing, Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana (everybody sing the chorus together now!) Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana (everybody sing the chorus together now!) Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana (everybody sing the chorus together now!) Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana (everybody sing the chorus together now!) Yesterday she went to see The Polynesian band But she came home with her hair all wet And her clothes all filled with sand I didn't have to come to Maui To be treated like a jerk How do you think I feel When I see the bellboys smirk? And I can hear the ukuleles playing Down by the sea She's gone with the hula hula boys She don't care about me They're signing, Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana (everybody sing the chorus together now!) Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana (everybody sing the chorus together now!) Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana (everybody sing the chorus together now!) Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana (everybody sing the chorus together now!) Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana (everybody sing the chorus together now!) Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana (everybody sing the chorus together now!) Ha’ina ‘ia mai ana ka puana (everybody sing the chorus together now!) Ha’ina ‘ia mai ana ka puana (everybody sing the chorus together now!)

[@mikeklubnick]

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[@Retroscoop]

Well, if I use Google translator, and I enter this sentence and choose Maori, I get as English translation: "Sign up and it will be fine", not "Everybody sings the ....now" !!!!

[@NorthmanGuitarCovers-Vkng737]

I had not ever heard this song before I did a cover of it on bass last night... I've listened to this song 2 dozen times already today... What an absolutely amazing song, like every other one of his songs that I've heard... He was a musical genius that I have so very much respect for... What a Legend.

[@R.D.3ishe]

This song is best sung live.

[@sampflugrath7601]

"I didn't have to come to Maui to be treated like a jerk" is just such a brilliant line.

[@Baseline1]

The piano is out front in this version, deservedly so. Guitar and steel guitar just carry you along. Lovely version all around!

[@lizziesangi1602]

Always wondered what the Hawaiian words were, could never sing them. Thanks for the lyrics! RIP WARREN ZEVON ✝️ ❤

[@Retroscoop]

According to Google translator it means something else as is written here: try it with Maori to English and you get: "Sign up and it will be fine"

[@canofjuice83]

No she don’t care about me

[@huarenxivonne9662]

No she dont care about me

[@ZevonArchive]

They're singing ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

[@PaulHaider]

The Metro in Chicago on September 30, 1982? Wasn’t the next night at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey? Just curious. WZ was the best! 🎹☠️👍🏻