![]() Turtle Bay Resort in Kahuku (where TV series including Hawaii 5-0 and movies such as Forgetting Sarah Marshall were filmed) welcomes day guests to enjoy its extensive facilities. ![]() What next?Ĭonsider taking a day trip or staying a few nights on the North Shore. ![]() Okay, you’ve paid homage to the heroes of Pearl Harbor, sipped a Mai Tai at Duke’s Waikiki (the Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort’s beachfront barefoot bar), sampled the slow-cooked barbecue meats and sugar cane juice at the fortnightly Block Party food trucks, taken a refreshing dip in Prince Kuhio Beach/Queen’s Surf Beach in the family-friendly lagoon created by the Kapahulu Groin, joined a trolley tour and relished every bead of sweat on a walk up Diamond Head (Lē’ahi). Here are my picks for the most-visited island of O’ahu (“the gathering place”). So, if you’re planning a Hawaiian adventure, look beyond the bright lights and good times of Waikīkī before you say your Aloha Oe farewell, and be rewarded with an even deeper “blue Hawai’i” experience. Waikīkī Beach from Moana Surfrider Hotel. On a Best of Kaua’i shore excursion, our tour guide Rosario pointed out the soon-to-be-demolished Coco Palms Resort (closed since 1992 after being hit by Hurricane Iniki), where Elvis filmed the wedding scene finale in Blue Hawaii, before we boarded one of the Smith family’s open-air, flat-bottomed boats bound for the Fern Grotto on Wailua River, to be serenaded with a rendition of Hawaiian Wedding Song with hula. Picture: Shirley Sinclairīetter still, I was delighted to find my first teen idol also had come along for the ride – from his mural in Pride of America’s Cadillac Diner, to “King’s Bridge” where Elvis was photographed at the Polynesian Cultural Center in La’ie on the North Shore of O’ahu. The Elvis mural in NCL’s Pride of America Cadillac Diner restaurant. I still can’t resist 1961’s Blue Hawaii (and you haven’’t lived until you’ve seen it without subtitles on late-night TV in a Danang hotel room in Vietnam, adding your dialogue in English!). So, whenever I daydreamed of travelling the world as a young girl, Waikīkī’s swaying coconut palm trees framing the shoreline of a gently curving turquoise bay with endless rolling waves was what I conjured in my mind. While an older brother ensured a British Invasion smorgasbord of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, my mother and I would devour any Elvis movie re-run on TV, complete with obligatory singalong. The swaying palms photo is quintessential Waikīkī. Like many children of the ’60s and ’70s in Australia, I was a “Rock-a-Hula Baby”, with Elvis Presley well and truly part of the musical diet in my household. Likewise, for the B7, you can only worry about playing the middle four strings.But he also made three movies there (Blue Hawaii, Girls! Girls! Girls! and Paradise, Hawaiian Style) and performed nine concerts on four occasions from 1957 to 1973 – most notably Elvis, Aloha from Hawaii, broadcasted on January 14, 1973, and reportedly watched by 1.5 billion people in more than 40 countries. For example, the simplest way to play F chord is by only pushing down on the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd strings as shown below. Note, if the F and/or B7 chords are giving you trouble – you don’t need to play any of the notes that are in parentheses. You can still use the chords I show with no capo, but note you’ll be out of tune with the Elvis version. Without a capo, you’ll need to play in the key of D to play along with Elvis. To play along with the Elvis version, add a capo on the 2nd fret and use the chords I show here. Thanks to all of you who requested this classic song… I hope you enjoy! I’ll also explain simple ways to play some of the more tricky chords (F and B7), and likewise show you a handful of strumming patterns – some of which are great if strumming gives you trouble. I’ll be using no capo in my video lesson, just to ensure those of you without capos can play along – but note you’ll need to add a capo on 2nd fret (and use the chords I show) to play along with Elvis’ album version. This lesson is focused around a beginner-friendly, strummed version of the song – aimed to make things as approachable as possible. ![]() Hey friends! Here’s a guitar lesson teaching you how to play the Elvis classic “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” from his 1961 album (and film) Blue Hawaii. For the current month's code, upgrade to premium or log in. Song Notes Premium includes a 50% discount code you can use when buying any of my licensed song sheets.
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