Pearl Harbor, known to Hawaiians as Puʻuloa, is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on Sunday, December 7, 1941, brought the United States into World War II.
Pearl Harbor was originally an extensive deep embayment called Wai Nomi (meaning, “pearl water”) or Puʻuloa (meaning, “long hill”) by the Hawaiians. Puʻuloa was regarded as the neighbor of the dolphin god, Kaʻahupahau, and his brother (or dad), Kahiʻuka, in Hawaiian legends. According to tradition, Keaunui, the head of the powerful Ewu chiefs, is credited with cutting a navigable channel near the present Puʻuloa saltworks, by which made the estuary, known as “Pearl Lake,” accessible to navigation. Making due allowance for legendary amplification, the estuary already had an outlet for its waters where the present gap is; but Keaunui is typically given the credit for widening and deepening it.
Faith Hill (born Audrey Faith Perry; September 21, 1967) is an American country singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw. Hill has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and accumulated eight number-one singles and three number-one albums on the U.S. Country charts.
Hill has been honored by the Grammy Awards, the Academy of Country Music, the Country Music Association, the American Music Awards and the People's Choice Awards. Her Soul2Soul II Tour 2006 with McGraw became the highest-grossing country tour of all time. In 2001, she was named one of the "30 Most Powerful Women in America" by Ladies Home Journal. In 2008, Hill released her first Christmas album, titled Joy to the World. In 2009 Billboard named her as the #1 Adult Contemporary artist of the decade 2000-2009. Hill was ranked the 39th best artist of the 2000-10 decade by Billboard.
Hill was born in Ridgeland, Mississippi, north of Jackson, Mississippi. She was adopted as an infant, and named Audrey Faith Perry. She was raised in the nearby town of Star, 25 miles outside of Jackson, Mississippi. Her adoptive parents raised their two biological sons along with Hill in a devout Christian environment.
Hans Florian Zimmer, German pronunciation: [hans ˈfloːʁi̯aːn ˈtsɪmɐ]; (born 12 September 1957) is a German film composer and music producer. He has composed music for over 100 films, including award winning film scores for The Lion King (1994), Crimson Tide (1995), Gladiator (2000), The Last Samurai (2003),The Dark Knight (2008), and Inception (2010).
Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States. He is the head of the film music division at DreamWorks studios, and works with other composers through the company which he founded, Remote Control Productions.
Zimmer's works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. He has received four Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, a Classical BRIT Award, and an Academy Award. He was also named on the list of Top 100 Living Geniuses, published by The Daily Telegraph.
Zimmer was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. As a young child, he lived in Königstein-Falkenstein, where he played the piano at home, but had piano lessons only briefly as he disliked the discipline of formal lessons. He moved to London as a teenager, where he attended Hurtwood House school. In an interview with the German television station ZDF in 2006, he commented: "My father died when I was just a child, and I escaped somehow into the music and music has been my best friend."
what a season for
Taka Michinoku.
Thousands were summoned, to protect their land
Flag of their fathers, dear old uncle sam
This is the day the training must pay
The enemy's here, we all know
The futures and pasts nothing will last
It's a nightmare but for real
Run away, madness arising
Run away, eastern eruption, out of the sky
Pearl Harbor
Attack of the island in the sun
Pearl Harbor
The battle was lost
But the war was won
Warhawks and zeroes, evil in the air
Death in the water, dead bodies everywhere
Dragged into war, that big ugly whore
So vicious so greedy and dark
It's just like today, the poor has to pay
For the stripes and shining stars
No more fear, surf on the fire
Raging flames burning inside this last samurai
Run away, madness arising
Run away, eastern eruption, out of the sky
Pearl Harbor
Set me free
Pearl Harbor
December 7th our nation awoke to the sounds of bombs and guns
Japanese planes swept though the sky civilians began to run
my great-grandfather tells a tale of a day of smoke and fire
American ships burned in the harbor like a funeral pyre
Remember Pearl Harbor- an American battle cry
Remember Pearl Harbor- the American brave who died
Remember the pain, remember the blood
but never... FORGIVE!
American men manned their guns and awoke from their morning sleep
planes swept low and dropped to their death our ships sank in the deep
on the dock my great-grandfather fought manning his gun with rage
watching our fleet sink and comrades die, the beginning of an age
Young men killed by asian foe over 2000 counted dead
the ships burned the smoke stank as pearl harbor ran red
as the smoke cleared pain and anger ran though the men
they promised vengeance and vowed their lives for pearl harbor thy would win
To my great-grandfather and his comrades dead I make this solemn vow
I will never forget your fight and ill avenge you no matter how
if our nation's enemies attack we must remember lessons past