Pearl Jam "Hawaii 78" Aloha Stadium 12/9/06

[TheMistressoEvilOmen]

That was fuc8ing Awesome of Pearl Jam to give props to Hawai'i, and Bradda Iz. Right On!!!!

[110069er]

du24pont70...it is indeed phenomenal....you hit it on the nose, my friend...kawiks

hawaii78.com

[110069er]

b017ni3.,,.mahalos for the respect..,aloha, david kawika crowley Hawaii78.com

[b017ni3]

pearl jam isn't TOTALLY full of haole's. the "6th member" is waimanalo-raised keyboard player, boom gaspar, who played on 02's "riot act" and 06's "pearl jam" he still tours with them every year. da bruddah iz recorded the most popular version, but hawaii 78 was written and composed by mickey ioane; with contributions from abe keala, kawika crowley, and cleyton kua. ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono.

[110069er]

hats off to pearl jam...chicken skin...i am one of the writers of this classic song...may the nation of hawaii rise again...please feel free to visit my website hawaii78.com to learn about the true and fascinating story of the writing of this classic that has touched the lives of millions...,FOUR people wrote it...aloha,

kawika crowley hawaii78.com

[mistermusic808]

Interesting. Not great but not bad at all, just interesting. Much respect for pearl jam

[braddahangel]

freakin beautiful braddah...aloha pearl jam!!!

[Dadrian774]

I was there.. it was powerful.

[cpacis]

IZ must be smiling right now. To have Pearl Jam pay homage is deeply moving! Mahalo

[du24pont70]

@cpacis to have ANY band, singer or otherwise play this song in homage to IZ and the people of Hawai'i is more powerful then you can imagine. His words live on. Thanks to the movie ' 50 First Dates ' I was able to find this great mans music. There is something to be said about a man who's music can touch a soul even after his passing over a decade ago. I feel truly blessed to have heard him, even if only by way of the internet. I can only wish I heard him live back in the day.

[boobtuber06]

Yeah, you're not getting it back- it'll next be a protectorate of Japan

[sethnori]

I was There and IZ would have been proud. I was. Mahalo!!

[RobertoBeare]

Amazing!!

[dkkauwe]

malama

[jnoe127]

There is barely any pure blooded Hawaiian's left. The large majority is mixed.

[jnoe127]

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs also differentiates between: "Native Hawaiian" (capitalized, referring to any person of native Hawaiian ancestry regardless of blood quantum) and "native Hawaiian" (uncapitalized, referring to a native Hawaiian with at least 50% blood quantum).

In general usage, however, this distinction is often ignored, with both capitalizations being used to describe the native Hawaiian population as a whole regardless of bloodline.

[jnoe127]

The term "Hawaiian" first existed as a geographic identity limited to the Big Island, and upon the unification of the Hawaiian Islands, as either an ethnic or political identity. The term Hawaiian is today mainly used to describe people of partial or total Native Hawaiian ethnicity or ancestry.

[kaesantiago]

Ha ha ha! He didn't know that Hawaiian's are considered Natives.

[iknowhowto]

It was a nice gesture and all but it doesn't seem the same. His voice wasn't meant for this kinda music.

[niconude]

Love it!

[ukulelebradah]

braddah IZ I bet you was crying hearing pearl jam sing his song in honer......

[crb1]

Pearl Jam rocks.. That was pretty cool of them to do that. Iz rocks.

[Bockatadi]

i believe Pearl Jam had the utmost respect for the source material and IZ. but i must admit this seems like something out of a bizarro world, or parallel universe. and to all the haters, IZ would not want you to speak out of hate. peace to all.

[johnnybee0420]

charbar198 your a fucking joke blues of Chicago or the classical music of Moscow yeah thats where all the island muzic all really came from ur out of you fucking mind ur prob some dirty ass haole WHAT I FUCKING MEANT ARE SOME THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT ALONE LIKE THIS BRUDDAH IZ MUSIC SO SHUT MOUTH AND GO WATCH NASCAR AND HAVE A BEER HAOLE!

[argaen21]

you sound like the hugest retard. i know we had terrible school education in hawaii, but man you need to stay off the internets and lay off the pakalolo for a while.

[H20xx]

This was one song IZ sang but it's not his, and he would never say it was. This was 100% in memory of IZ, you think that should be left alone? Why? Do you hate IZ? I'm Hawaiian by the way and am related to Israel.

[btravlnsoon]

get a grip people, why the hostility, isn't there enuff already ???? PEACE-frawg

[charbar198]

Johnny bee, are you fucking kidding me? Do you think your island music would be anywhere without the blues of Chicago or the classical music of Moscow or the drums of fucking Africa. Educate yourself you idiot. This was a homage to a great man by a great band.

[realboltfan]

Pearl Jam meant nothing but the utmost respect for the message. To have arguably one of the best rock bands of all time to take the time to truly feel and appreciate the message so much to the point they did a cover of it is something special and nothing to be frowned at.

[johnnybee0420]

Its great that there doing it for brudda IZ but just like always the hapas come in take our islands now they want our music

[eauhomme]

I think that Eddie Vedder made it clear at the beginning. It is a tribute to Bruddah Iz. And the lyrics are such that he isn't trying to be a hapa stealing the music. The song is about resisting the haole influence. Why would a haole steal that song out of all of them?

[charbar198]

And nice job throwing 420 into you name just so we're all sure you're a trite was of space. Go play on the highway. I haven't been this mad in years.

[leostrats88]

That's great they did this song. No one can do it like IZ. Hawaii kicks a** I love that place. Peace

[volcomsurf]

props to pearl jam for knowing such a awesome song that means so much..

i think i'm gonna do a full cover like that!

thank you IZ

[araven7]

This reminds me of when Bryan Adams tried to sing next to Pavarotti.

[reneNmatt]

lol he tried to say IZ last name but Pearl Jam loved ur cover...aloha....

[mokes1witmi]

What a wonderful gesture. A great and honorable way to acknowledge the Hawaiian roots. Bruddah IZ must have been smiling down from above. Much mahalos Pearl Jam!

[memberjacket]

the cover sounded good but he cut more than half of it out.

[bushmaster23]

I was there and it was the shit son!!!!

[thejesus79]

Beautiful. It makes me feel the same sorrow I feel for the "Indians" here on the "mainland". I was at the concert, and I think I remember that song more than anything U2 played.

[shredkill]

WTF Indians are from India Its Natives ok, sorry but i am full blooded Navajo and it just irritates me when people say indians

[jnoe127]

I believe the correct term is Natives.

[pushyflatlander]

Please no! Not natives, not no way, not no how, Its Hawaiians my friend.

[jnoe127]

You do realize that Hawaiians are also considered Natives, Native Hawaiians. I'm Hawaiian myself!

[hollowsephiroth]

Same here... and I agree

[leandrolobo]

IZ es lo maximo !!!

excelente cover

[machrochronic]

this cover is bs,check out iz,the guy who wrote it

[Larence32]

Agreed R.I.P. IZ.

[iwajita]

iz didnt write this song

[machrochronic]

ok well pearl jam skanked it

[MastersSecret]

FYI: Micky Ioane wrote this song and gave it to IZ.

Mahalo

[sansankudo]

Finally,a mainlander that recognizes Hawaiian sovereignty.Btw,did you guys saw the protest at I'olani palace on April 30?.KFWB radio and Yahoo announced it.

[rylielallo]

Hey I'm a mainlander and I recognise Hawaiian Sovereignty, although I have lived on Maui for two years... but still. And i did see the protest, was glad to see it but sorry I couldn't participate.

[sansankudo]

Yes!

Have you informed your friends about this?.

[onikin]

By sovereignty movement, do you mean the bunch of people with fake license plates at the I'olani Palace lawn having a BBQ and live music (before it was disallowed)? I told my friends, but they had other parties to attend.

On the other hand, they were very nice in greeting me, everyday, while I walked through the grounds.

And has it been mentioned that Pearl Jam's version is on the radio in Hawaii... more than any other version now? every time I turn on STAR...

[Pomai596]

Yes he butchered the Hawaiian lyrics. Yes it doesn't sound as good as when Iz did it. But then again doing any song that Iz did is intimidating because you will always be hard pressed to live up to his talent.

I liked it.

[xLenchanko]

as much as I like Pearl Jam, and even if Eddie lives on Moloka'i, I think it was dead wrong to play this song. They really, really messed it up. They butchered it. Sorry Pearl Jam, I like you guys but...no.

[japanluv247]

they butchered the hawaiian lyrics to death, which ruined the song for me

[islandsi]

I went to both, the Blaisdell and Aloha Stadium shows, and the Blaisdell one was better IMO.

Both times this song was sick. I downloaded the concert from Pearl Jam's site. Still playing in my car 'till this day.

[billybrutube]

Awesome... my favorite group playing one of my favorite songs... thanks for posting!

[aurayon]

wow, I love this song! and I love Pearl Jam! thanks for the vid =D

[kailinj]

Does anyone know where the mp3 version of this is?

[nmauer22582]

Pearl Jam's website. You can buy pretty much any of their live shows for $10 or so. I bought this one and it's got like 40 songs and is great quality.

[kailinj]

With having fmaily in Hawaii and Samoa, i can relate to what the song is saying; after studying the history and getting verbal accounts of Hawaiian history. Knowing the history of the song and know its a dedication to a great musician as well, give me a whole new look at pearl jam

[joepod]

DId everyone know they were gonna play this? Pretty amazing that they actually learned the lyrics just for this one gig!

[cmetzker]

umm, a lot of people don't know but Eddie has a place on Moloka'i. I'm sure that's where he got a lot of the Hawaiian culture and understanding of this song. He's an awesome guy and loves to learn about the culture of Hawai'i. But, by all means, this song was a treat to the people of Hawai'i when they played it at their concert!

[lilkai06]

Mahalo!!

[HawaiianGurl8o8]

Does Eddie have a house in hawaii ?

[samoanstylze]

man 4 a haole band to sing this song iz really amazing! much respect to Pearl Jam and their tribute! mahalo bruddahs

[sydney327]

love it! my uncle was there when this was made, he said he never saw a crowd so crazy when they played this!

[babaoriley8]

well this song is so amazing, pearl jam did a good job preforming it.

[aurayon]

I wish I was there

[Kamalani87]

THIS WAS ONE BAD CONCERT PEARL JAM HAD

[nieleboy2]

I was there...fuckin awesome

[babaoriley8]

This song is beautiful! what is it called?!

[schady1]

hawaii '78 bradda iz

[morecowbell69]

It's called "Hawaii '78". Originally written by written by Micky Ioane , Abe Keala, David Kawika Crowley in 1978. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole recorded a

version in 1993, and made the song much more famous. Peearl Jam dedicated this song to IZ.

[careersoxfan]

Oh man. IZ's best song done by the best band (currently) in the world in one of the most wonderful places in the world. Just Heaven...Shootz!!

[hrddrvn]

KEEP EM COMING

[pnutfart]

I'm a haloe living in Hawai'i an dis song gives me da chicken skin also. I love HI! Mahalo PJ...IZ rules!!

[semperx510]

Dis song always give me chicken skin...Aloha braddah IZ

[theknicks]

when you cover a song that is the ultimate respect. no one can replace Iz.

[coffeemom99]

I appreciate this video, but would someone please please put IZ's own voice on a video? Please please do this for all of us fans who love his voice. You could attach it to his rainbow video, but use Hawaii 78 music instead. Please do it. I would, but I don't know how to do it. Thanks. A huge fan!!!!

[HawaiianGurl8o8]

I might do a slide show with IZ version of "Hawaii 78" but i need a few pictures so it will take a whiled , Once i do i will send you an Inbox message .

[tahitix99]

I think he showed a huge amount of respect for IZ and the Hawaiian people by doing this song... Good on him.

[martae2]

I agree that the fact a non-Hawaiian can relate to the sadness of the song. IZ accomplished something huge by getting this message accross not just to Hawaiians. I think that was his intent.

[HawaiianGurl8o8]

Really why would some of you guys gets so panyies about it I my self is Part hawaiian and i got to say Pearl Jams did a great cover and it gives me Chicken skins *goosebumps * Plus am sure that Brahda IZ him self will be proud of them singing this song . Btw nice video i wish i was there T_T but i didnt have enough money to get the ticket and i live a good 45 min form the aloha staduim .

[06mistep]

I went to the concert in Hawaii, where they played before U2, and I am very displeased that the played Israel Kamakawioole's song "Hawaii 78." They should not have played that song and I feel great sadness that this happened. It was Israel's song and his only. It was even more displeasing that it came from people that are not even Hawaiian. I know that Pearl Jam didn't mean to hurt anyone, but I feel that besides hurting myself and Hawai'i nei, Israel was also hurt.

[taiulu]

Actually it was the Makaha Son's of Ni'ihau's song and I think it's awesome that someone who is not Native Hawaiian can relate to our plight and have done it in a respectful manner. I think it hurt yourself and should not be representative of Hawai'i nei.

[taiulu]

He said in the beginning it was a tribute to Bruddah Iz . Do you think it hurts Bob Marley to see his music perpetuated by other local groups and talented musicians worldwide? Great Job Pearl Jam!!!

[coolbreezpalmtrees]

You must be kidding me. Eddie Vedder may not be hawaiian, but he was performing in Hawaii, therefore he was showing his respect for us Hawaiians and to IZ. It showed us how much of an impact IZ had on "Others", and how he presented our way of life and feelings towards ignorance and stupidity (like yourself).

[HawaiianGurl8o8]

I totally agreed with you : ) * thumbs up *

[Shaydee478]

Pearl Jam's keyboardist, Boom Gaspar, is from Waimānalo and Eddie Vedder owns a home near there

[BARRIEJEAN]

does eddie vedder live in waimanalo? i heard he lives on molokai. i think he did an awesome job. he's an awesome human being

[Shaydee478]

I think you're right.

[morecowbell69]

IZ's song alone? He didn't even write it. He did a cover version in 1993. The song was originally written by Mickey Ioane in 1978. Pearl Jam did the song as a tribute to IZ. Try respecting that. "IZ was hurt"? IZ loved everyone...unlike you, apparently.

[novaduh]

it might not have been their song but for at least attepting it and giving props not to themselves but to the man that gave the breath of life to that song its thier own song

[heights808]

I thought it a bold move on Eddie's part to play this song. I also thought his pronounciation of the Hawaiian language was impecable. Pearl Jam rocks and they are the reason I went to that concert. Much props for always be true to their music and fans and never selling out or becoming preachers.

[06mistep]

I went to the concert in Hawaii, where they played before U2, and I am very displeased that the played Israel Kamakawioole's song "Hawaii 78." They should not have played that song and I feel great sadness that this happened. It was Israel's song and his only. It was even more displeasing that it came from people that are not even Hawaiian. I know that Pearl Jam didn't mean to hurt anyone, but I feel that besides hurting myself and Hawai'i nei, Israel was also hurt.

[HawaiianGurl8o8]

Well am hawaiian and i said they did a good job .... beside IZ probbly dont mind he

[cynzu2]

Ever since hearing and seeing this song that night, i have fallen in love with bruddah iz's music...and have gained a lot more respect for hawaiianns and their love of the land. They are beautiful people and we should all be a little more like them, listening to their music is a real inspiration...thanks eddie for such a beautiful rendition!

[asurprisebox]

This Show was really awesome since i lived down the street from aloha stadium, i walked there and there were over 40,000 people in the stadium alone.

[x808drifter]

fukin Chicken Skin.

[morecowbell1969]

Great show. I went mostly for U2, but Pearl Jam

put on a good show. This made the hair stand up

on my arms when they played it. One thing that

stuck with me from this show is that Eddie Vedder

comes across far more as a real person, while

Bono comes across like an actor, some kind of

over the top cartoon character. Eddie seems to

by trying to make a connection, while Bono pulls

people out of the crowd as props - a lot of it probably scripted.

[pedromanuelmoreira]

you´re so right:-)

[digitmckee]

Pearl Jam loves Hawaii. Pearl Jam creates music for the love of music. That is why i have been a hardcore fan of pearl jam since the beginning. I am glad you enjoyed Pearl Jam, I hope you catch a concert of theirs next time around!!

[sugarbari73]

ive been looking for this too... thanks... the vid and sound is excellent. i wish i could have gone, but this was a great alternative.

[partygirlvox]

Amazing show, really glad they played this!

[taixiaoni]

this is one of my favorite songs, and hearing them do it at the concert was so amazing. i truly thank you for posting it.

[effinpeaz]

awesome. i've been looking for this. thanks for posting it. :) awesome show, that. :)