Leave it to comedian Frank DeLima, who either has too much time or too little patience, who’s been monitoring how Hurricane Kiko has been prancing over the seas.
Thus, his latest parody has emerged. From his new Las Vegas residency, he’s been monitoring the current windy/rainy/humid weather in our midst the past few days.Thus, his latest parody has emerged. From his new Las Vegas residency, he’s been monitoring the current windy/rainy/humid weather in our midst the past few days.
So he put on his thinking cap to create his newest refrain, “Hurricane Kiko,” with his usual lingo, exploring the winds and erratic rain dancing and prancing in our midst. No hurricane, happily.
If the name of the current visiting weather visitor sounds familiar, it should be; weather officials have tapped the name Kiko and has been utilized it for 14 earlier cyclonic storms in the past.
The current visitor which has been threatening us in Hawaii this year had origins in the Eastern Pacific and swished its way to our zone in the Central Pacific. And happily, it moved north and away from the Hawaiian islands, so we’re no longer in jeopardy.
Kiko is neither Japanese nor Hawaiian, but qualifies as a hapa happening — half Japanese, half Hawaiian. According to Wikipedia, Kiko in Japanese is a feminine name meaning “child of joy” or “happy child.” In Hawaiian, there’s neutrality; kiko as a spot or speck, and has been tapped as a name for Hawaiian monk seal, so it’s a versatile monicker.
Back to DeLima: he’s transformed the tune, “Born on the Bayou,” which was an earlier Creedence Clearwater Revival hit, with an original swamp-rock effect. It’s wholly different from DeLima’s delightful and fun version.
DeLima’s anthem is a bouncy beaut; he laments that Kiko is not fun, a son of a gun, and with his multi-language skills, he even works in “ikimasho,” meaning let’s go in Japanese.
Further, David Kauahikaua, DeLima’s longtime partner and savior in prepping and fine-tuning these parodies, turns in a stellar instrumental blanket for this effort.
So “ikimasho,” let’s tune in to DeLima’s ditty, before Kiko sails too far away.
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