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  • I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy

  • I love how he's holding/ pretending to play an acoustic guitar in an electric reggae song...

  • he was really stressed out and just wanted out

  • this Dude need to get a life.You are not bob marley incarnated or something and you are definitely not a rasta. Stop killin the work of a True Artiste!

  • Simon and Randy has no fucking idea what the hell he's talking about with this. Jason was amazing.

  • I love Jason's tone in his voice, beautiful and I love how he did his own thing. He looked like he really opened up with this song and I think they just wanted him gone so they exaggerated their opinions. You can see how Bob Marley influenced him.

  • Michal Šeps from czech republic sing this more better listen: /watch?v=1KWwCfuDzGM

  • Cheap white version of what was a great and legendary song.

  • 3 years later.....

    

  • it wasn't that bad.

  • Shitty performance.

  • serious wtf does american Idol have against bass'

  • @tiger130 what are u talking about

  • @seifs4 lol, the band almost always use another instrument to replace the bass

  • @tiger130 what are u talking about tho.....there was bass in this?

  • @seifs4 yeah, but the basses part in the idol songs are always really reduced 

  • @tiger130 the bass was the loudest instument....listen more carefully. not to mention all instruments are on lower levels on idol because its a singing competition not an instrument comp

  • @seifs4 im not talking about volume for 1 the bass in the verse isnt even playing the right notes he got rid of the octive notes, 2 the bass in this version is way to deep, he should of dropped it, 3 he doesnt play the notes "bouncy" enough for a reggae song, 4 the trumpets over power the bass a lot in the song especially in the pre chorus (btw trumpets arent even in the real song). and in my opinion this cover would of been better overall without the trumpets because less IS more. Dont respond

  • I was thinking Bob Marley!

  • Simon is a lot meaner in this than he is in the x factor!!

  • if Simmon could freakin pronounce Bob Marley right then maybe he would understand th eimportance ofhim! Jason totally killed it in this persormance! so AWESOME!

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  • I WAS THINKING BOB MARLEY!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!! HELL YEEEEEAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

  • at least the back round singers sound good i dont kno about jason though good

  • at least the back round singers sound good i dont kno about jason though

  • that kid didnt play the guitar once during this, just held it...... what a douche

  • @dixielax329 0:58 actually he does play he at least once. I know he didn't play it much duing the performance, majority of the time for that matter. But it did play it sometime/briefly during his performance.

  • This guy has an incredible charisma. I ve discovered him two weeks ago in youtube and loved him imediately. Love when he sings. He's so profund and moving. Great personality.

  • awesome job jason...on both of your songs....as close to busting illuminatti as anyone has....right on brother...keep up the good fight

  • anyone who sang marley on idol is gone next week....can we say illum

  • I was thinkin Bob Marley!

  • "i was thinkin bob marley!"

    why is he so funny?

  • Mr. Simon Cowell, Jason sung it very well, you were just having favoritism & you can't accept that people love Jason the way he is and the way he sang his songs. I didn't believe that he got the lowest votes here, but because the show found some mistake from Jason since he lost some lines on "tambourine man", the show kicked him out just like that. He was the best among them all!!! and mind you Mr. Cowell, Jason Castro is not forgettable.

  • @27372731 hmmm hes really famous now isnt he

  • @rsherman5693 .... is he really famous now in US? Sorry, just discovered JC three weeks ago in youtube and really can't sleep at night without seeing him and hearing his voice. I'm in Middle East, in local channel here, there is no American Idol. Well, I really hope he'll go a long long way, he deserves stardom!

  • @rsherman5693 His CD just was released. And it's great.

  • @27372731 um dude jason was awesome be he definatly was not the best among them all. David cook was.

  • White people love Bob Marley the most.

  • there was many many white whippies

  • @grenadeserenade he was part white.and white people arent evil as they are portrayed least not all of us

  • @sammakaveli23 That's good to know. But it still doesn't change what I said.

  • Jason sings this so amazingly! I mean, this is a really hard song to play.. :)

  • Jason could never sound bad!

  • too much dutchie?

  • ' i was thinking bob marley!"

  • @Angelsbaby42 ...... YEAH!!!!!!

  • jason ur awesome for singing that on AI

    ,but dude marley is hard to sing .

    simon knows whats up with reggae cause hes from britain and they know reggae, plus simon is probably a stoner too. no more reggae man! ur killing the song from a reggae king!

  • easily the best american idol performance ever jah live!

  • i liked it,

  • 3:18  LOL! Yeah! Go jason!

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  • ..... He's not related to Michael :P

  • umm...that Randy isn't related to any members of the Jackson 5....

  • Awesome performance, and he gets Bob's soul singing down and stage moves. It was like watching Bob Marley on Idol. That was my favorite performance from the season. Fuck the cynics watch only the performance part and then stop the video, the judges comments were useless.

  • The conspiracy theorists are saying this song was Castro's way of giving the producers and the judges a silent middle finger after Paula-gate.

    If that was the case he should have just sang "The Real Slim Shady."

  • what was the theme that week?

  • I believe it was Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame

  • I've always said Jason's version of I Shot The Sheriff was brilliant. 'The judges' of course we all know at this point had decided one of the Davids was going to win. However, this is without a doubt awesome. And, one for the record. I will NEVER believe that Jason 'really' got voted off that night. But, hey! Thats just me. I'm still lovin me some Jason Castro.

  • hard to believe it was a year ago this week Jason performed this song! really miss him on idol this year. I thought Jason did a great job he should have gone through to the next week!

  • "i was thinking bob marley! yeah!" loved that :)

  • everytime i watch this i just think fk you randy and simon this is probably the most brilliant rendition of this song ever go jason i will forever be a fan

  • oh jason.what did you do?

  • I am not from America so I've never watched the show and I don't know many things about him but from 2-3 songs I've heard from him I can say that he is awesome...

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  • they did him wrong randy and simon, i really think they hated the song, even if bob marley sang it originally they both think same way, they are offended by the lyrics, prejudice

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  • Except maybe the following night where he says he "shot the Tambourine Man."

    Priceless!

  • I am pretty sure Jason wanted to go home

  • he SO wanted to go home. when he sang tambourine man that night, he forgot the words and i dont think he accidentally forgot them

  • I love Jason's voice .

  • Why is Paula so nice? You know, I am a chef & I bet if I served her a plie of dogshit on a plate she would be like, "Well, it smells kind of funny and I don't really care for the texture, but the way it's arranged on the plate makes me really want to eat it."

  • This is the most cliche, cheesy, unoriginal rendition of a Bob Marley song I have ever witnesses. The dude even tries to copy Bobs movements and mannerisms. Bob is a legend - this is an embarassment.

    What a douchebag.

  • "i was thinking Bob Marley" Jason the best!

  • I love Bob Marley and im in love with Jason Castro so this combination was amazing!!!!

  • maybe he wanted 2 go home?

  • omg this is still so hilariously bad!

  • wow he really mouthed "don't vote!"

  • I like Clapton's version and I like his, too, maybe better.

  • the judges wanted him out and he knew it.

    not his best performance, but I thought it was pretty good.

  • he was tryin' to hard to imitate marley with his swaying and movements, and his vocals were'nt strong enough. Reggae just is'nt his genre...

  • i like his version better

  • Paula read the notes handed to her by the producers correctly this time.

    Good for her, and good for the judges for doing their job. Rip him apart for a performance that wasn't that good, but no where near as bad as they said it was.

    All they have to do now is get rid of their new target Syesha to get their David vs. David finale. Better make sure Paula stays sober another week.

  • totally TRUE!

  • i have to agree with Simon, that is a song you do not touch.

  • i dont think anyone but Bob Marley should sing this song. sorry Jason but you were not good.

  • reggae haters aka the majority of american voted him off

    BASTARDS

  • Anyonw who really loves raggae would find this performance ubelievably painful.

  • i guess he did kind of screw himself over by performing this

    ah well

  • I really really really like Jason, but IMO he really just sucked horribly at this song and shouldn't of did it.

  • I thought it was amazing, i loved it!

    his smile is beautiful =)

    x

  • now thats true reggae. its great! its just not what most people are used to so immediately thought it was bad.

  • i dont like american idol i think its for people that aren't good enough to get famous on there own

  • hahaha your right. :)

  • He didn't sing the seed verse...thats the best part :(

  • I WAS THINKING BOB MARLEY!!!!!

  • This kid should have won he sings for real not for winning. He sings what he wants he sings from the heart. The others just try to impress the judges. He wanted to sing HIS idols song thats what makes someone a true idol a true singer. Sing what you want!

  • this song is about growing weed. 420 all day every day

  • This song is about rights idiot

  • And why the fuck does he have a guitar for this? You can't even hear him play it.

  • dude, he is mad good..

  • Well, as we all know from Paula's fuck-up the week before this, the producers write the judge's comments before each show, and evidently, Jason was their new target. Probably because he kept throwing reefer bags out into the crowd.

  • i honestly think he knew he was out this round. so he thought hey! why not have some fun. i mean he could have used the greatest vocal song ever and he still wouldnt have won against the other 3 contestants.

  • I thought the judges were unreasonably harsh on this performance. Not his best, but it certainly wasn't bad. Maybe I have bad taste and it really was horrible, but I think they were just trying to sway the votes.

  • I agree 100%.Jason became a target because he refused to change his persona. He didn't need to be AI cloned to like himself. If you remember,Simon said, I think to DC, "Like JASON you've just got it." I think he decided to just have fun and show people who he is and what he can do. He knew he was "out". Besides aren't they always saying take a song a make it your own. Then when Jason does, he gets slammed. Smacks of a decision before the performance.

  • i like it

  • Jason can do Bob Marley whenver he wants to!!!

  • Bob Marley!!! Yeah!!

  • Randy and Simon are LOSERS!

  • BEST song on AI 2008

  • i think he did good not great he shoulda picked a song that was more vocal

  • ALL BASHING ASIDE - For me this is one of those very rare moments that will go down in television history. Some people will get it and some wont. For some it was just another performance, like it or not. For the rest of us, it will be recognized for what it was. Long live Marley, Jason and those who envision a better tomorrow and truly enjoy the day.

    Peace

  • no where near the quality of clapton's version. not very good at all.

  • Worst performance of Season 7.

  • i hope u know no one cares about your opinion

  • if you didn't care you wouldn't be saying so...

    and guess what i'm part of the voting public so ya should care.

  • yea it really looks like dont vote! i think he lied

  • i dont think reggae would be the best choice for a SINGNING copetition but this guy totally nailed it

    not as good as bob but he rly did probably the best i ever heared

    juges r fuckin cement heads

    specially simon with his fuckin simple plan

    lol

  • I absolutely love this and think the judges were way off.

  • give'm some weed and he looks like a white bob marley!

  • Simon was completley right. if he was silent it would sound better. it was terrible. virtually noone can do Bob Marley right.

    (only his sons)

  • I actually thought that he sang good. I really like his voice. And don't compare him with Bob Marley, you just can't, he didn't even try to make it more like reggae.

  • he said "dont vote" at the end!!!!!!

  • who freaking cares! that doesn't mean fans stopped voting jeez stop coming up with a reason why he didn't make top 3 it's because he was not good damn

  • Jason is good ^^ But what's with his hair? I'd think he'd look better with out the dreadlocks.. O_O

  • its called culture

  • Yea. Dreadlocks does not look nice for whiteasses (unfortunately)...

  • Yeaaah Jason! :)

  • the chorus was terrible but the rest was great.

  • i feel so sorry for him because i know in his heart he did not agree with them but he kept his cool...i am so proud of you jason.

  • he messed up he said "For The Life Of The Deputy, For The Killing of The Deputy" The real swong is vice vercal

  • Yea. Seriously. How could he forget that?

  • i hate all the judges...

    jason is great!!

  • i was thinking...bob marley....u fnnnn suck simon!!!!!!!!1

  • Randy....you suck

  • jason is really good!

  • YOUR GOOD ! ! ! I was thinkin Jason Castro

  • I like this

  • OMG THAS WAT SUP!!!!!

    People like this kinda music

    cuz its great i loved this

    it really fits his personality to!!!!

  • I was Just in The Bahamas And i ment this girl that doesnt Know who Jason castro is

  • So what! Why should she and what does that have to do with anything?

  • I was thinkin' Bob Marley

  • Bob marley did the best "I Shot The Sheriff" btw..

  • I laugh at AI but I saw a true talent. He did not belong on the show & Im glad all the Idol-despising music critiques noticed this too. From all the options, JC picked two artists whose anti-authority attitudes are legendary. He is as anti-establishment as they come but in the gentle, polite, subtle package that is Jason Castro. The kid successfully managed to stay true to himself despite Idols efforts to tame, squash & mold him. I have nothing but respect for him & will be tracking his career.

  • Bravo well said.

  • Jasonnn is adorable!!

  • that was the best "i shot the sheriff" ever.

  • Throughout this performance, I was dancing & smiling (as were the audience) & so happy to hear a song I liked; REAL music on such a cheesy show. Jason was content with his song song, enjoying it, thinkin' Marley, evoking his soul. Then Randy & Si put on their little business suits, did their usual manipulative bashing, Simon acted like the inhumane man that he is & Randy was his sidekick bully (did u hear that "yeah" & chuckle?) LOL I just wanted to get up there and slap them with frozen trout.

  • 1st round audition massacre?? wat was simon smoking? this song was so great & jason got the croud eenergetic & evryting.. i loved this

  • What the crap? Danny didn't even make it into the the top, Amanda tried to hard to be Janice Joplin, ans Syesha is too forgettable. JAson is... different, and thats why he's talented.

    Honestly, I was very overjoyed that JAson took this show just as seriously as it should be, not at all, it's a game show. JAson was having a good time, just as all the others should have been doing.

  • Yeah, but as much as people hate to admit it, Danny, Syesha, and Amanda did have an amazing voices reguardless of how far they made it.

    Besides, if Syesha was that bad, how come she made it farther than Jason?

  • Cause they can't have 3 guys in the end, they needed to make seem more even. That and JAson messed up on Mr. Tamborine Man

  • Beats me! Syesha really is boring on stage and far from original. I never could understand how she made it so far and Carly didn't and I'm not particularly a Carly fan. Personally I think she made it so far because she followed the AI cardinal rule, "less us dress you up the way we want to and change your outward image" better than any of the other female singers.

  • ROFL SIMON 4 PRESIDENT

  • I loved when he was like ooooo when Simon said his comments. But I loved it more when he said "I was thinking Bob Marley" My sister and I were cracking up!

  • when simon said it was etrotious (cant spell)

    he was like "WHOOPS UH OHH"

  • i thought it was really good and entertaining, the judges prolly have never heard that song haha jk. why should he stop being himself for the judges!?

  • f... their comments. jason kicked ass!

  • that was great!!

  • simon for president

  • im thinking BOB MARLEY

    lol how adorkable can u get

  • Not his BEST performance, but I still liked it. (: & I agree, he was too good for Idol. =] He's much better than that. Jason will do big things, wait for it. :) I can't wait for his CD.

  • "I was thinking Bob Marley!" :D lol. This performance wasn't that good but I still love him :D

  • Omg, I loved they way he sang :) what's wrong with the judges.

    indeed he was thinking bob marley :X

  • Not only did he shoot the sheriff, he shot the tambourine man as well. Take to Jail, do not pass "Go" and do not collect the $1,000,000 contract!

  • Lame attempt to sound witty, Jason himself already used the shooting of TTM line lol.

    LOVED THIS. Thank fcuk for Castro. It was time for the cheesy show to get a dose of Marley. REAL MUSIC. Castro = WAY too good for Idol.