Leave it to comedian Frank DeLima, to put a spin on the ongoing vog – volcanic fog, for those new to the pain it causes.
DeLima, who relocated to Las Vegas in January, citing retirement from the Honolulu comedy scene, has created the perfect lament to vog. He borrows John Paul Young’s sweet ballad, “Love Is in the Air,” and hits the right nerves, lyrically and vocally, in his parody of the gray skies loaded with volcanic fog from the ongoing Kilauea eruption.
Released today, “Vog” is the perfect tonic for those with teary eyes, sniffling noses and understandable discomfort for the common discomfort when Madame Pele is spewing smoke from the lava oozing on the Big Island. Kona wind is how the vog reaches Honolulu.
Looking and sounding good, DeLima is at his best with this one.
He writes and sings:
“Everywhere you turn around
“Vog stay in da air
“”Makes you squint makes you frown
“Stay outside running around is foolish
“Stay inside windows and doors shut is wise
“No mattah you gotta believe it
“Wen volcanoes erupt it’s da prize.”
Mixing just enough pidgin and expressing local-style grief, he offers reaction and effects of the vog.
“Make dull, the moon and sun.”
“The sky is grey, not blue.”
“Turn da sinus all brown.”
Enough pilikia, might as stay home and turn on the AC, if you have, yeah?
Will post this column for the Facebook crowd, and yep, he delivers the ditty with perfection. Can’t post video here, so visit https://www.facebook.com/wayne.harada.5
Resourceful radio stations should keep this one, for the current eruption phase, and future ones…
And that’s Show Biz…
Hi Wayne,
Good write on Frank and the VOG! He’s always been good for his songs.
Dolores Treffeisen
Frank is a wizard, attuned to the community, watching for trends. With vog, he’s on target since we all feel it and see it daily.