Jake Shimabukuro Plays "Hula Girl" Theme

[shaka190981]

este video es excelente me gusta mucho soy mexicano y solo puedo decir que este tema es una de LaS QUE MAS ME CONMUEVEN PORQUE ME LLENAN DE ESPERANZA Y DE GRATITUD A ESTA VIDA TAN DIFICIL

[Connieleann]

That is beautiful !!!

[tmx225]

I love this movie and melody!

[choosing2lookeast]

Wonderful song! Sort of reminds me of the song Save the Best for Last. Not sure why, but I really like this song and I liked the movie Hula Girls.

[azngirl1]

I just bought his CD in Hawaii a few days ago! :D

[gatesurfer]

This so beautiful. It's interesting that it's not really a "hula" song--doesn't have the traditional progressions and cadences, but it fits so well with the graceful, sweet nature of the dance. That tone quality and the tastefulness of his ornamentation is so special. Jake is really a genius, and is well-respected by musicians of all types here on the islands.

[BTBHSOHBOY]

@gatesurfer The acoustic version of this does follow more of the hula feel. I like both versions personally, but this is my favorite.

[kitten123t]

i loved this move, it was happy funny and very sad

[vcrouch1]

Outstanding!



[Ularaya1]

I dream to see "Sakamoto Ryoma" from the Editor of Hula Girls .

Must be the fantastic version...i wonder why Hollywood never know the Great man "Ryoma"...

[kodokodoTV]

音楽っていい♪～

[georgysan49]

Males do the bullwork, but females make the universe and give it reason.

[GretaG65]

Just saw/heard him on Maui. Wow.

[sakuramama992]

きれいな音楽です

[evan7sc]

@boxingtree ditto, it's 2:16 except I don't have school in the morning, and yes the music is amazing.

[Jamaramasama]

Gorgeous music, befitting of such a high caliber film. Nice to see the mining industries' plight from a Japanese perspective. Do wish 'films' were just classified as 'films', not the dominant Western/English-speaking versus the 'Foreign'. Then more people would see great art from all over the world. End of rant-BTW Toyo Etsu (Etsushi Toyokawa) is in this! one of my faves

[any1pia]

What an awesome music... I have fallen in love with this one...

[boxingtree]

For the past two hours I've been saying "It's two am... you have school in a few hours... FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, TURN THIS EARGASMISTIC MUSIC OFF!" but I just can't do it.

[DREADKNAUGHTHOLOCOST]

wow :)

[Take4585]

I love this song!!

[rubaek9]

Wonderful Melodi and wonderful talented Artist!!

[msne191139]

好聽 浪漫 輕鬆的情感

[DREADKNAUGHTHOLOCOST]

@msne191139 whatever that guyy said

[asimolive]

1:18 What happened?

[TaiMaiShuNao]

@asimolive. You have to watch the movie.

[asimolive]

what title of this song??

[OrionRecording]

Magnifique !

Enfin de la Musique et non que des notes !

Longue vie à Jake.

[kentojane]

i love this song ,

[Aznpaswazn]

Whoa!!! Jake got ticcccccccccccck!

[nengevity]

今、ハワイに来てジェイクの曲を聴きながら、朝焼けを浴びていま­す。

生きてて良かった。ありがとうジェイク。

[ilikepienchicken3811]

thts just BEAUTIFUL

[Prometheus666333]

This man is a genius.

[mlaure347]

très agréable a écouter

[202mahina]

AWESOME!!!

[1990babyface]

@202mahina Are You From Hawaii? Are You A Hawaiian Hula Dancer? Are You Hawaiian?

[202mahina]

@1990babyface

I am from Hawaii, I don't dance Hula, I am Hawaiian. Why do you ask???

Do you Hula Dance? Are You Hawaiian? Are you also from Hawaii????

[1990babyface]

@202mahina LOL No. Unfortunately I'm not. I always wanted to go to Hawaiian. I want to learn hawaiian culture, the language, lifestyle & let a hawaiian demonstrate hula to me. What part of Hawaii are you from?

[202mahina]

@1990babyface

I am from Hawaii (the island sometimes known as Big Island)

[1990babyface]

@202mahina What do you for fun in Hawaii? Can we be friends?

[202mahina]

@1990babyface

Um... there is a lot I do 4 fun...

From Shopping @ the mall (Hilo mall, Dam Hilo for being 2 hrs. away!) 2 going surfing :D...

Where R U from??? And ya we can b friends. :P

[1990babyface]

@202mahina Thank You.

[naoweather5264]

音楽って素晴らしい

[naoweather5264]

ジェイク・シマブクロってなんでこんなに素敵なんだろう？

[thefloatingcloud]

I know how to play the uke part but I was wondering if anyone knows how to play the guitar part or atleast the chords

[MerryJSP]

amazing.......

[bpdexplorer129nc]

I listen to this song everyday at work.. helps me get past a busy day with happy thoughts

[samwang0127]

-hits replay-

[TheSenseofTouch]

damn beautiful girl

[michellejen801]

I LOVE THIS MELODY!!!

[vcrouch1]

He is AMAZING!

[BrandonNMSS232]

@vcrouch1 pfft, that's what she said 

[alwaysmakemecry]

この曲を聴くと"フラガール"の映画が、感動とともに甦っていま­す。

常磐炭鉱があった頃は正に、映画の中に凝縮されていました。

[2Ezy4u]

これまでに映画館の前に、この映画を見たことがありますか？

[Huntersj78]

The opening sounds like Save the Best for Last.

[k1022721]

GOOD

[southcoastgirl2008]

do they have movie in English??

[Rocky893]

I have the DVD, its in Japanese with English subtitles available. It's on Netflix as "Hula Girls". The next time you fly to Japan on All Nippon Air ANA, it should still be one of the in-flight movies. Mahalo.

[angelaa86]

Yes you can watch it on dailymotion(dot)com! I just watched it and that's why I am now watching this video! lol It was an awesome movie! Cried like 3 or 4 times tho. hehe :]

[bpdexplorer129nc]

Was that kumu hula Paleka Mattos???

[MoRgUe27]

ahhh its always refreshing to see a musician live up to the hype about them

this guy deserves every bit of the attention he gets, if not more

he can tear it up on a uke like no other

[Howitzer89]

he doesn't deserve any of the attention he gets

he deserves MORE

[cnishimoto]

Beautiful, Jake!!! I forward this to all my friends and got some really great comments!!! I met your mom, Carol on Friday, she is a really fun person, even got to dance with her!!! hahaha

CN

[lawjort]

Good one Jake!  Gives me chicken skin!

[paolitas7]

i love this song jake is the best on uk greetings some day

[PARITY2009]

去年の夏にアラモアナＳＣでジェイクさんのフラガールズＣＤを買­いました。

この曲を聴いていると、またＨＡＷＡＩＩに行きたくなりました～­。

[TerryUkes]

Ah I wish I could play like he does!

[comrade86]

u can just practice and play every freaking day!!!! u are not born with a skill!!!

[idrnoel]

Beautiful!

[amycXD]

Anyone know what size the Ukulele Jake's playing with? I'm not really good at it, so I can't really see the difference

[pudgyloafer221]

i believe it's a custom kamaka tenor

[fruityblah]

He uses a custom kamaka tenor.

[ConsciousxCrew]

This movie was alright. Not my favourite. But I remember when Jake Shimabukuro visited my elementary school. Way back when. And all my friends and I made fun of our music teacher 'cuz she had on a low cut shirt.

[supermittoman]

名作、名曲ですね＾－＾

[sweetqa]

beuatiful..

[goldhat3]

Totally awesome, I got the DVD of this movie and it is great, especially all the music in it by Jake.

[odanori]

good

[AnijMotta]

JAKE IS AWESOME!!! :D

[miyakeseal]

素晴らしい

[litadragoon]

i love this song!!! its soo pretty!!!

[griffinmultimedia]

LOVE THE MusIC, LOVE THE MovIE

[MyHawaiiWebMagazine]

I love this movie and I love this song!

[nntknr]

This is a movie based on a true story in 1960s to revive an old coal town by founding a spa resort. Although the town had nothing to do with Hawaii and nothing to attract tourist, towns name resembles to Hawaii and it is warm like Hawaii in the spa, which, of course, no one believed enough. So, some people tried to introduce Hula dance show as a highlight of the spa.

[nntknr]

They invited a dance teacher from Tokyo. But, parents strongly opposed their daughters to dance barely-clothed. As the girls made efforts trying to be a good Hula dancer day after day, parents gradually understand and support them. In 1960s, most Japanese cant afford to visit Hawaii. They enjoyed the spa resort as an easy substitute, well knowing the difference from the real Hawaii.

[kahunahawaii]

This is good video even if it misses the spirituality of Hula.. and being a buddist culture.. you should not have missed that connection to the land that is basic for good hula.. root yourself and live forever..

[adlsp]

If everyone in the world practiced true buddhism, there would be no progress, scientific discoveries or advancement. Everyone would be happy with the status quo. Find another religion that makes sense.

[Masamuneblader]

"everyone would be happy" certainly nonsensical, everyone should live in misery and strife for "advancement" that never actually yields the happiness it promises. Surely the same route is advancement despite lack of change. The true advancement would be actually reaching happiness and not making more mindless creations to distract from our misery. I'm atheist but I do hope you note the contradiction in your thought process.

[adlsp]

There is no contradiction in my thought processes...think outside the box and apply the KISS principle

[ukulelebradah]

jake bruce nate dawg and bruddah mitch you guys are da best...lance

[classified9]

lol that guy in the hall got owned by those girls

[Gosling3]

nothing beat a real story.

[rayviv18]

so nice! replyed for more than 50 times.

[NoirSpooky]

el tema "hula girl" es hermoso... quien lo tenga se lo agradecerría .. :3 estoy buscando el OST de esta película... pero. aún no lo encuentro T_T

[Edwardtw]

what a wonderful song , I love it

[adlsp]

v. nice

[asumi87]

me enkanto la peli

muy wena!

[puhigirl78]

I watched the movie...It's wonderful-it showed how hula started in Japan.

I'm a hula dancer also-taught hula in Kalispell, Montana.

Since my surgery on my knee I hardly can't do the steps-this movie brings back memories.

Is there a soundtrack I can purchase? I would love to have the sound track.

Excellent movie I reccomend people to watch even though you are a dancer or not.

[tachibanakyoko]

please search for 'B000U1XIIU' at Amazon.

[puhigirl78]

Mahaho & Aloha for the info.......

[puhigirl78]

OK.. I went to Amazon typed in the search...it says no match....can you help me?

[tachibanakyoko]

please try to type in the number without the apostrophes. It's the ASIN number, which is unique for the item, no matter what country. I just tried it for (Amazon-)US, JP and germany and it works fine...

[Dashdude5]

If you can find Jake's cds, look for 'Gently Weeps' his album it has that song as Hula girl theme...

[nawiliwili01]

What year you when grad. Puhi-wena street? I'm from Lihue

[puhigirl78]

This is so wonderful music the sounds of the ukelele-brings me back home thinking of my daddy-I was born and raised on the island of KAUAI.

FROM BIG SKY MONTANA-ALOHA

[SSSbounty]

Bing Born on the island of maui this dose brng me back home to hawaii i wish i was still there

Aloha from your freindly valcanno

[puhigirl78]

The sounds of the ukelele is beautiful coming from the Big Montana-originally from the island of Kauai-home sweet home.

This brings me back home thinking of my daddy.

[JAWDO]

he must have been bored out of his brain playing this.. hes a genius.. dont get me wrong that was nice- but i coulda played it and that dont mean much at all

[andagii]

My grandfather was watching this show. :]

[BarneyFife00]

Great movie that kids can watch.

[ElDoucho]

Ching Choy Makahoy! 3:50

[BigChief803]

SWEET. What more is there to say???!!!

[seiya2169]

ジェイク　右腕の二の腕の筋肉だけ発達しすぎｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ

[ZUgly1]

I just finished watching this movie "Hula Girls" and I LOVED it!

[lantispu2]

my goodness this guy got talent...lovely playing...

[19630628zab]

福島県いわき市出身者ですが、この映画とこの曲はまさに、いわき­市民の希望と誇りそのものです。本当にありがとう。

[totsu3]

この曲聞いただけで涙が出てくる

[adrianacardenas]

love it!!

i cant stop seeing it!

[901004125061]

i try to find this movie in sarawak,malaysia but i don't find it...uhhh!! i want to watch this great movie..i realy want!

[gacktlovesme]

The song is great & and the movie was sooo wonderful ♥♥♥

[Cendus]

haha for some reason this song reminded me of the song on the first stage of sonic on dreamcast...

[ellexgirl24]

this song is really good

[mayamayadion]

I like this movie and of course love Jake's Ukulele .........all of them are so very nice

Thank you for nice video

[sugarboyae]

i play ukulele and guitar and a plethora of other instruments. ukulele, while simple, is actually quite challenging. i think you may in the intermediate stages of learning musical performance as true expression and maximization of an instrument goes far beyond the number of strings and distance of scales. you should review some of jake and ohta san's works as well as J. Heifetz who also plays a small 4 string instrument -_-

[MoveOnDotOrgg]

sugarboyae: true, I'm a trumpet player since 8 years old - also own and play a Fender Strat - less area to traverse with a uke.

[sugarboyae]

to moveon: ?? then i'm confused as to your assessment of the instruments ??

[808Productionz]

That doesn't matter how much area on any instrument, listen to Jake's instrumental "Lets Dance" Watch it and you'll see how good this guy is.

[Masamuneblader]

Distance doesn't mean much, you don't seem to realize the ukulele has re-entrant tuning meaning unlike a guitar where you can simply go to the lowest string and expect a lower sound you have to be mindful that the lowest string is a major second below the top string. I play ukulele, guitar, bass, violin, flute, harmonica, piano and a few others and am shocked at how people equate number of strings to simplicity. Try playing an Erhu. only two strings and realize how wrong you are.

[misarorae]

yes, I have one too and it is a great movie

[keixxxolive]

フラダンス大好きです。何度視ても何度聴いても飽きが来ません。­永遠の名作です。

[siencainnoob]

Not bad

[whoismii]

wad the name of tis song??

[SoloPilot6]

Thanks, Jake!

[whoismii]

AS IN the NAME OF tis song!!!

[whoismii]

wad tis song!!! i cannot find!!!SOME1 PLS HELP ME T.T

[Natrokal]

I dont know maybe its called......HULA GIRL you moron! its on he title, can't read?

[missxalohaxhula]

i liked the movie.. i bought the dvd at borders because i couldnt see it in theaters...

[Shunjou]

I simply love this film...too bad it didn't get released in Germany til now.

[Namixluvx]

lol, i feel like i'm in Hawaii when i listen to this!! =)

[swordlink93]

this men looks like my cousin..hehe...nice song

[bettygrrl23]

so pretty!

[rio514]

The film is super.

Thanks for the upload.

[murasakiotto]

Wonderful movie, wonderful music!

[kennykimtw]

the movie is good, but the theme song is alittle bit better

[rayman9maku]

wow, great playing...but is the movie any good? >.>

[kh6wa6]

The movie is great!

[rayman9maku]

k thanks, most likely i wont have a chance to watch it tho O.O