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  • Why is it that the Americans doesn't put their right hand on their left chest while singing their national anthem??....

  • @smb6927 The singer or performer is not required to place their hands over their hearts because of the fact that it could alter their performance of the song. Their honor is performing the National Anthem at the best they can.

  • Thumbs up if you got goosebumps.. Let's go U.S.A.

  • o Cubs go, go Cubs go!

  • I love listening to this!!

  • phenomenal Ukulele player if you aren't addicted to his talent you should be.

  • The greatest National Anthem for the Greatest Country!! Freedom and Democracy!!!! sure, we had to suffer through all of the horrible shitty presidents we have had since Reagan, but despite all their mistakes and asanine military interventions we are still #1!!

  • It's such a shame that this beautiful piece has the connotations of the so damaging nationalism that it holds. I wish USA's national anthem could be as ugly as every other country's, and appropriately depict the ugliness of nationalism that constantly tears the world apart.

  • @noahsyc1 boo hoo dont look up the national anthem on youtube foo!

  • @noahsyc1 Huh? lol you know nothing about america. The only reason you arent speaking german and sucking hitlers dick is because of us.

  • @noahsyc1 so give respect where its due or stop using a website that was invented and created BY US. If you dont like the US. you better stop using ANYTHING from the modern world, because we gave you nearly all of that stuff you ungrateful child.

  • This guy is a better ukulele player than me.

  • @captainfroghammer yeah thats jake shimabakuro, probably the most famous uke player. hes been playing since about the age of 4 so he kinda has us all beat lol

  • I totally agree with the first comment...he is the BEST!

  • Our Star Spangled Banner sounds amazing even in the simplest form yet ALWAYS SUPER BAD ASS!!! :)

  • Our Star Spangled Banner sounds amazing even in the simplest yet form yet ALWAYS SUPER BAD ASS!!! :)

  • I am an inspiring artist...please let me know what u think of my version of the star spangled banner.......type in "kang brown national anthem" in the youtube search bar..again im just trying to get heard everybody deserves a chance right???

  • Great Job Jake.....Loved your interpretation.

  • Amazing!!!!!!

    

  • Great...holy crap....amazing

  • Love this. Love Jake. Love his sweet, sweet spirit. He's so freaking talented.

  • is he half japanese?

  • @marina14344 He is of full Japanese descent. He was born in Hawaii.

  • @marina14344 would he only be allowed to play half the SSB?!

  • I am not an American and do not especially love something because it is American, but this was great music. This performance does stir emotions even among non-Americans.

  • No matter what instrument the Star Spangled Banner is played on, it makes you feel good to be an American!!!

  • That is way up there with Jaco Pastorius' "Amerika". Jake you are the BOMB!!

  • better than christina agulara, because he dont forget lyrics

  • He frikkin rocks the house, I felt so patriotic...It's about his ability to make amazing music on a ukele. Nuff about all the political BS

  • @tigermly an ukele isn't a real instrument

  • @ATK101893 Too bad you feel that way...I think Eddie Vedder would disagree with your opinion

  • @tigermly Too bad you don't know how to spell "ukulele" :) I actually love the uke. I just spent months perfecting Jake's rendition of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".

  • @ATK101893 i can't dislike this enough.

  • @kevin12161995 Why does nobody understand what I'm trying to say? An "ukulele" is a real instrument. I play it for god sakes. Literally, an "ukele" is not a real instrument because it doesn't exist!

  • @ATK101893 sorry, just thought you were being an illiterate stupid jerk face.

    but now i see you are smart! well done! :D

  • @ATK101893

    Just like a violin isn't a real instrument, right? :)

  • @Quack4Zac No, just like a violan isn't a real instrument.

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  • 35 people who dislike can move and go live in a communist country ....

  • It's weird how the comments that denounce racism get so many thumbs up.

    Like it's unusual in America or something?

  • MissJeri why is it that some people cannnot take a fucking joke? I mean, black conservatives are rare but a black parrothead? fugghedaboutit. Buffett should be opening for Jake, in a better world anyway...

  • WOOOW. i am speechless

  • oh my god...

  • A lot of blacks at that show.

  • @irishace11 wow was the comment needed? really?

  • Dont forget a Cuban cigar.

  • Same as yours, but on fire.

  • christina aguilera needs to take note on how it is done right, thanks jake :)

  • @AwesomeSaurus13 Jake didn't sing it... so how is that relevant to Christina Aguilera's performance?

  • 1:50 those chords

  • A UKE speaks a thousand words. Thanks.

  • @dirt2water69 with only four strings!!! who knew??

  • This has got to be the sweetest version of the national anthem I've ever heard. Just awesome! :-)

  • The Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page of Ukulele SERIOUSLY!!

  • 1:42....masturbating

  • In solidarity with the American people -- & all people -- I call on the current president, his surviving predecessors, Congress, and all U.S. & intl. media; on all who spoke/wrote yesterday to honor President Kennedy on the 50th anniversary of his inauguration: to speak/write now to honor & examine, for the benefit of the American people -- & all people -- his Executive Order 11110 & its fate. President Kennedy stood up for all of you. Now who of you will stand up for President Kennedy? Who?????

  • @20jan1961 douche.

  • This song is perfect for Jake. He really he is the Jimi Hendrix of the Ukulele!

  • DUDES FUCKING RIPPED

  • Great rendition of The Star Spangled Banner!

  • HAWAII IS VERY PROUD OF THERE ISLAND BOY JAKE AND MUCH ALOHA'S AN MAHALO'S FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO ON YOUTUBE MAHALO

  • If you don't like this video... the commies win.

  • Man, I got chills.

  • God i love being an American

  • @lettuceman13, 32 people cannot see a person other than their own ethnicity be succesful. Its called racism.

  • i love the man! strong innate passion with his music makes difference. Great Talent!

  • Amazing talent! He puts his whole heart and sole into his music.  Thanks for sharing.

  • thanks for posting this! Hawaii is very proud of Jake!

  • 32 people are communists!!!!

  • @lettuceman13 hahahahahahhahhahah

  • @lettuceman13 speaking of communism it somehow would not surprise me if JS voted Obama - but he's a virtuoso either way no disputing that

  • Love it! This is some good uke'n :)

  • Nice,

  • this is the proest thing i have ever seen in my life.

  • absolutely flat out amazing.

  • i love that! he's doing that so well!

  • alot of people forget that this song was written at a time when americans were fighting for theyr freedom against tyranny....now, when i see the flag of america, i think of tyranny....our government and the people that support it, have destroyed america...this is no longer a land of the free, it is the land of oppressive government and dictatorship...a land where the government is the master, and the people are subjects of the master...the opposite of the america over 200 years ago

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  • goose bumbps O.O

  • AMAZING!!!!! But sadly the camara at 2:20 makes it look like he is masterbating.

  • every time I hear the national anthem my eyes tear up

  • @testradav thats what happens when i like jizz in your mum

  • 1:41 jizz in ma pants

  • i wasnt sure wat to expect, but that was incredibly moving

  • Best "Star Spangled Banner cover" I have ever heard. Hands down.

  • YES!!! My friends and I used to hang out with this cat during middle school back in Hawaii Kai. Friendliest and most down to earth person you'll ever meet.

  • This is beautiful. A nice tribute to our national anthem.

  • Sweeeeet! Anybody have the chords for this?

  • It takes a lot of restraint, but also awareness of what you're playing to just let a few notes hang like that and not go into utter shred mode. Great consideration on his part.

  • this is one of the cooler things i've ever seen

    -i love america

    -i love jimmy buffet

    -i love jake shimabukuro

    the only thing that could make this any better would be a nice well-done steak.

  • @BrunoSwavaholi med-rare steak and it would have been better

  • @ChefFatRob oop! piggy bake joke by you =)

  • @ChefFatRob back*

  • @BrunoSwavaholi well done? fuck that

  • @BrunoSwavaholi or a cheeseburger

  • @BrunoSwavaholi -- I'll take mine medium-rare, but the sentiment is dead-on.

  • @BrunoSwavaholi Med rare and and ice cold beer for me please

  • @BrunoSwavaholi

    AND fireworks and drag races... ;)

  • im english and bloody love this........

  • AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!!! (island style)

  • this guy has some pretty big forearms.....

  • @tofudrifter thank you. Just thank you. Thru all the awesomeness u have made the best random comment I've ever seen

  • I love this national anthem, and im English

  • thats fucking awesome

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  • I will end all racist debate-this was played by an American who loves this country, and not another word needs to be said. If you dispute that, I will introduce you to the business end of my M-4, End of story.

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  • He doesn't have to masturbate.

  • he masterbates alot =P

  • Jake the Ukulele Master, the Jimi Hendrix of the Ukulele

  • United States of America!!!!!! The Land of Freedom and Opportunity!!!

  • The land of violated freedoms and opportunity for 20% of its citizens. I love this country but the 'American Dream' has become a joke.

  • @robyculver i do agree and i am impressed of your courage

  • It's not courage, just being realistic...if everybody was what they wanted to be society could not function. It's no one's dream to be a garbage man or work for the sewage department.

  • Your a dumbass, the American dream doesn't mean everyones entitled to be excactly what they want to be, it means that those who work the hardest at it can be what they want to be.

  • Cry me a river........ You don't love this country -- you would rather it be a Communist state.

  • No I don't want it to be a Communist state, you see I realize that there is no true Utopia. Communism is just as bad as fascism. However, you can't change the facts. No matter what form of gov't the Pareto principal 80/20 rule will still apply.

  • Your right on the freedoms part, but if you think there's opportunity for only 20% of citizens then your probably a pothead who flunked out of school and can't except that's his fault, and tries to blame it on the goverment to make him feel better.

  • No you see its not speculation, its sociology, its called the 80/20 rule. In any given economy 80% of the wealth is controlled by 20% of the population. While 20% of the wealth is being left to scrape over by the other 80% of the people. An economic principal studied and proved time and time again by Vilfredo Pareto. You see some people, no matter how hard they work are going to get stepped on.

  • I don't disagree with you on the 80/20, but in America It doesn't matter how poor your born, you can still make it. Your right that if your to dumb though you wont have a chance. And that bottom 80% is in no way getting stepped. Only the bottom 20% could be called poor, and there still living better than the middle class of most countries.

  • I'm actually doing pretty good. I love my life, but I will be the first to admit that I didn't get here by purely hard work. I got here because I was lucky, because my parents were middle class. Because I have a higher level on intelligence than most people. Not everyone gets those opportunities.

  • That's why they call it the American dream. Our attempt to correct ourselves and become better. Humans are what they are. The dream is to become something better than what we are naturally.

  • @robyculver "has become"? It's capitalism, baby!

  • it's funny because it's not

  • USA!!!!!!!!!!! ubber epic

  • WOW!

  • im not american and dont care about any national anthem but irelands.......but this got me !!!!!!!

  • I feel like crying and I'm not sure why xD Maybe it's because it's so beautiful...

  • hellz yeah!

  • Wow. I'd forgotten the experience of even seeing the United States flag in any context seemingly devoid of the usual fascist undertones.

    Meow!

  • Incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Simply beautiful.

  • I have never heard my national anthem quite like this before. Absolutely incredible. You can just feel what a thrill it was for him getting to play that at Wrigley field!

  • カッコイイ!ジェイク

  • Man that was....KICKASS!!!!

  • Mahalo,Jake!!

  • He is proof that if you follow you own drums and do what you love, it will turn out well. What a treat to hear his music.

  • @hulagirrrl

    do you mean "Your" and "Dreams?"

  • ooops, you got me.  Yes you are right, your dreams of course. Thanx and Alooooha

  • Beautiful.

  • does anyone know what uke he is using here?

  • @mafioso34 All he plays are Kamaka ukes. This is a custom-made tenor.

  • Tenor

  • Kamaka custom tenor

  • @mafioso34 Customer Kanilea k5 super tenor

  • @claudioscola it's a kamaka actually

  • @Rafs879 Ah yes - My mistake. Kamaka it is.

  • Wow!

  • It's Amazing!!!!! I loved this version!!!!!

  • @bourgeois3256 He is part of the Coral Reefer Band.

  • does anyone know who that is playing pan?

  • @bourgeois3256 OJ Simpson :D

  • Robert Greenidge

  • he needs to STOP BEING SO COOL

  • audio is ahead of video but other than that really good

  • Dont be a hater. This National Anthem lets you get away with posting the bull-shit you just did.

  • @Huntersj78 ? Are you thinking of the Constitution? Bill of Rights? That has nothing to do with a stupid song...

  • @Huntersj78 for the moment

  • @Huntersj78 So, we're allowed to turn functional dictatorships into third world countries, BECAUSE we let people voice more or less worthless opinions on the internet? And a SONG is what makes that ok? You're a brainwashed goon.

  • @faucindick

    FUCK YOU ASS HOLE

  • Sounds so amazing man! Loved this version!!

  • OMG !!! what a strumming speed, fucking salute

  • Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­ee

  • WOOOOO HOOOOO GO CUBS!!

  • Jeke's The Man!

  • @zachperry3

    GOD WILL ALWAYS BLESS USA....

  • Awesome!. Gave me the chills and gave me a smile!  I needed that!