Jake Shimabukuro - "Bohemian Rhapsody" live at Anthology in San Diego

[LOLOKAYDUDE]

If I get 150 likes, I'll make a tutorial of this song in 5 different videos, because it's so long!

[Jazap32]

i wish i could click "i like" a millions times

[LovelyPatchwork]

He's awesome! What kind of ukulele is he playing?

[dopesachel]

around 4:30 his head is wierd

[cchhaarrlliiie]

WHY ARE ASIANS GOOD AT EVERYTHING.

[kevin71127]

@cchhaarrlliiie Now matter how good you are at something, there will always be an 8 year old asian kid who is better than you

[greymattervandal]

@cchhaarrlliiie Generally speaking, they're not particularly good at being non- Asians.

[ron619]

Difficulty: ASIAN

[TheCoughlm]

For the best part of the song, third section 4:15

[GoblinWizardry]

@TheCoughlm Why would it be the best part, when its all goood?

[k1w1g0dd3ss]

Legend!!

[ShufflinSkippy]

Ukulele hero

This would be through the fire and the flames

[kennygk79]

well like my grandpa said " i can play the radio"

[joezelljr]

mad skills!!!!!!



[Wallawalla4044]

This has 800,000 Views, the stupid video of the fat ugly chick poorly speaking through Tik Tok has 14,000,000.

I dont want to live on this planet anymore.

[MollyKoenigStarGleek]

Darn it, I can't decide if I like the Muppet version or this better!

[Ukeffect]

Man, I've never heard Jake do this one...Wonder if I can find the tabs?! O.o

[Alpacajon]

Come and play in the UK

[Alpacajon]

This is almost as good as boobs 

[bozoka9]

How the hell he does that with only 4 strings.. hahaha

[clairecardona]

-3

[atwarwithin]

Hey, I just learned how to play a B diminished 7, and I'm learning this version of the song next.

[tcbrox]

so after all that thats how to crowd reacts? i was waiting for people to start burning their tables and shit that was AWESOME

[lilwilg28]

well theres goes my dream!!

[dankosoul]

Feeling the music thats the real deal.

[chukfunk]

You can see @ 0:37 he let's a fart, but there is no sound!? It's not as obvious as having a name like "Love4Alwayz", but it's there.

[Averagekiddd]

He just like to swing to the music guys....relax let him indulge in it =.= just enjoy the music..

[chukfunk]

Quit acting like a fag and play, your good enough to let your music stand on it's own.

That's called a "back-handed compliment".

[luv4alwayz]

@chukfunk how is he acting like a fag??

[becs390]

@xxerinxx624 hahahahahahaha me too :(

[markshanerussell]

@Peteware. "Hey Walt, can i borrow your Gran Torino"?

[sidescalona]

How can anybody dislike this??

[Janyedoe]

I didn't know the ukulele was such a powerful instrument! Incredible!

[MrTibblles]

My channel sucks so bad, dont look at it...

[AbrahamsYTC]

Even though I don't like the song bohemian rhapsody, it's still quite impressive what Jake did on this :]...I just wish he played more songs like "Let's Dance" or "Third Stream" xP

[peteware1]

Put a humbucker on that thing and plug it into a Marshall. Just wasting your time with that thin hula hula tone. Cheep gimmick but the little slope can play. Chickens to him and good luck.

[asteadyrain]

@peteware1 If you don't like the sound of the uke, what are you doing watching this video? And, seriously, "slope"? What is this, 1945? Racist jerk.

[kitamoo21]

@peteware1 Like we care what you think you racist prick. Just leave us to our music and go away.

[TomiRing]

Very nice job, but I still think there is a bit too much "acting" around while he plays.

[ALifeInParadise]

@TomiRing Your an idiot. Him feeling what he plays is not acting, at one point he is being comical and lip syncing the song lyrics as he noodled them, but that was about it. Any musician knows what he is doing with his face.

And @peteware1 Your also an idiot. That thin "HULA HULA" tone is what makes the UKE what it is, If you put anything on it, it better be a DAMN GOOD pickup to keep the pitch and clarity as not many pickups can "pickup" the finesse needed to play crisp cords.

[ALifeInParadise]

And Also Jake Shimabukuro is the MOST amazing Uke Player to come out of Hawaii in a long time. and all the other GODS are already dead.

I listen to Rap Rock Country and Reggae, and yet there is something about the sound of the UKE that gets me still to this day!!!!

[TomiRing]

@ALifeInParadise I also play piano (for 20 years now), ukulele and so on, but I never do that useless acting. It is really useless just the part of his show.

[intoximacated]

@TomiRing absolutely. I wanna punch him in the face when he gives that big grin out at the audience.  But a very nice job on the music :-)

[Pangael]

I've seen Jake do some very impressive stuff on the ukulele, but when I saw this I thought, "He's got brass balls if he thinks he can pull this one off."

Evidently, he does . . . :-)

[majorphoto]

wow



[rbentrdr]

WONDERFUL MUSIC!!!!

[MrWest949]

3:32 his ukulele Sang!



[Tamaresque]

@MrWest949 It also weeps in another vid on YouTube. Look for "Ukelele Weeps"; it's lovely.

[The12thTimesACharm]

@ftiapula5691 Ahh. That explains so much then, I've skimmed his vids before and never knew where he's from. Thanks for informing me :)

[The12thTimesACharm]

@NicholasNewt uh...did I say I have problem with him? Lol. The guys an incredible musician. I'm jealous.

[TheUkuleleMurders]

@The12thTimesACharm He's not Asian he's a Peruvian Hittite. They're descendents of the Lebanese Vikings who fled the Trojan War after Frederick Barbarossa defeated Napoleon at Midway Island in 1461.

[Alpacajon]

@TheUkuleleMurders Who cares where he's from or what his ancestry is. When he can play the fuck out of that uke, Nothing really matters, nothing really matters at allllllll

[pawakin]

@TheUkuleleMurders eh,.......what the heck he's human. Thats enough for me.

[bramveneman]

@TheUkuleleMurders he's 5th generation japanese-american

[beliel122]

@TheUkuleleMurders o_o.....what

[zeke1901]

aww.. kawaii.. :D \m/

[EthanDangerfield249]

Like a boss

[ftiapula5691]

@The12thTimesACharm - Actually he's Polynesian and he learned in Hawaii. Not taking anything away from the Asians of course :)

[bextaxboop]

sent shivers down my spine...

[The12thTimesACharm]

What.the.fawk. Stop being the best at everything Asians. Let the white man have something more than NASCAR.

[NicholasNewt]

@The12thTimesACharm

Non

Athletic

Sport

Centered

Around

Rednecks

Besides, i'm pretty sure there aren't many asians in heavy metal. If you've go such a problem with Jake, go and headbang to something.

[kevinr9525]

Wow :O

[xxerinxx624]

I'm sitting here with my ukulele... and now I'm sad. lol

[pottercrazy123]

@xxerinxx624 SAME.

[ThePaytorRyan]

@pottercrazy123 me too... lawl

[wermtail]

@xxerinxx624 same xD

[DammitPikachu]

@xxerinxx624 OMG ME TOO!!!

[igorek0121]

It's like this song was was supposed to be played with a ukulele, pure genius.

[thisisobviously]

I SPENT TWO MINUTES PAUSING THE VIDEO TO SEE WHAT THAT BLUE SCREEN WAS THAT FLASHED AT THE END. it said "Unrendered" -___-

[hainlighe]

Sounds like the music of pokemon on gameboy ?

[offyerrocker]

@hainlighe Not really?

[AUsernameFORU]

@offyerrocker yeah this one has more emotion to it :)

[offyerrocker]

@AUsernameFORU

"Mama…| I just caught a 'Mon..."

[fartissimo]

Heard him on NPR this afternoon. What a discovery!  What a revelation!

[spascalin]

@fartissimo me too! I think I will buy this song and others also on iTunes!

[bricknboxer]

@fartissimo I heard the same program and was blown away when he performed this on that program. Stripped down, the classical elements of this piece shine even brighter. I think Freddie would have approved.

[V1ctoriaScarlet]

that is amazing

[intylerwetrusty]

Is a genius, is so perfect!

[beetleboombang]

OMG..this is so beautifully done..He's damn good.. d(~.~)v

[unbornhero90]

He is the Igor Presnyakov of the ukulele. Respect.

[ShhhKid]

4:26 holy fuuuuuck

[laumedusin95]

canción para pasar de triste a feliz.

[finiteskylite]

this is so freaking amazing..unbelievable.. O face

[nocolon]

27 people just killed a man. It doesn't really matter.

[AvengerLRoy730]

Amazing, So talented! :D

[koolhandvuk]

That is way too kool......ありがとうございます!!

[nicobroue]

put on the hawaiian star power XO

[AccidentlyPorposeful]

Is this the real life?? OR is this just some kind of fantasy I'm having

[pear928]

Fuck the harmonic notes on that shit sounds so good.

[1qwmiguelito]

well, very good

[Rooneypants]

Haha this is really good! Good performance as well, I wish I could have seen you live.

[liliodine]

Simply amazing. What's not to like?

[necyama]

完璧、ブライアン・メイに観せたい。

[SwissArmyKnifez]

Whow beautiful, and not like Sungha emotionless...

[grwoodey]

just beautiful

[Frosty073]

Not a sound from the crowd. Only ever happens if there is a master present.

[MineralMelon]

@loftusfam6 Kamaka, his is custom made

[EllBailz]

I HATE THIS SONG SO MUCH

now that i have your attention

JAKE SHIMABUKURO IS A UKULELE GOD

[txoloitzquintle]

Grand!

[Scubar123]

Amazing :)

[0209KMK58]

Imagine what he could do with 6 strings!

[Joaovitorrosas]

esse maluco zerou a vida

[webmovie]

absolutely great!

[KamikazeProd]

i had no idea something like this could be played on a ukulele. this is fucking awesome

[chaodck]

Does anyone know the tuning?

[andriaiscool]

FML brought me here

[JoJoSquare]

24 people were so moved by his music, they accidentally clicked dislike.

[janet444]

@JoJoSquare lol. Did people really click "dislike"? Even if you don't like the song, it's a wonderful performance, and I'm in awe of his playing.

[keepcalmandswag0n]

@janet444 Then again, are there people who really dislike the song? Mind = Blown.

[TheSuiciniV]

JB!!

[coolwhip2035]

i saw him perform yesterday, and i was enchanted by the music.... and he was really modest and nice.

so... note to haters: i feel bad for you, i really do, cuz you have no idea of what you're missing out on

[loachsoup]

I really don't like musicians who desecrate Bohemian Rhapsody.

YOU are an exception, though. 10/10

[nemisissy]

@loachsoup i thought the same thing. Bohemian rhapsody? BLASPHEMY! but alas, its awesome

[Fredbass]

Oh my fucking lord.

Im speechless.

[RocketBass1839]

Wow lot of FML sent me here's well I'm one for them too....

[bosporgiz]

Magical uke - amazing Jake

[passakorn10505]

กู คนไทย ว๊อย!!! 55

[smartins3004]

If you liked this dont miss seing:

youtube.com/watch?v=A1sL_scKdK­A&feature=related

[MaxwellsAttourney]

I hate when great players cheese up their emotion when playing, AKA, Vai syndrome.

[ironwheatiez]

@MaxwellsAttourney it's called showmanship. dick.

[pcegg123]

Was Jake Shimabukuro there selling merchandise after the show? I want to get my uke signed.

[danzigism]

fantastic peformance. now going on a Jake Shimabukuro video marathon. THANKS!!

[koukwst]

outstanding!!!!



[lindsayhohne]

Fml sent me here lmfao



[lindsayhohne]

Fml sent me here lmafao

[gitarex7]

FML thank you lol

[OhHeyItsMeOHenry]

Hahaaa fml it was worth it

[TheJohnrowe]

Thank god for fml

[wendyamori]

Totally worth the fall!

[josephrichter66]

I saw this on fml! Lolz. I would have fallen down the stairs to see this

[WaRlOrD132]

Hahaha yeah I saw this on fml too :P

[PhychoTeddyy]

Here we go,

Lets not see that he's neither Asian or Hawaiian, but lets state the obvious:

OH MY FUCKING GOD, HES PLAYING BOHEMAIN ON THE FUCKING UKULELE!

Genius.

[bshinn4884]

Fml compelled me to look this up

[MaranathaCFN]

@bshinn4884 Same here!

[buddyacker]

Freddie Mercury would be proud.

[Enigmavein]

A-MAZ-ING!!

[whokilledthefish]

i actually enjoyed reading the comments here with bohemian rhapsody ukelele in the back ground. :)

[lindsaysw]

Fantastic version! Wonderful musicianship!

[DonChunky]

Do you have the tab? LOL, just kidding. Beautiful job.

[Hootie470]

22 people dont have souls



[zigozagoilmago]

穏やかな。

彼だけを再生します。

[arimail]

Wow. Good job Jake! Never heard a ukulele sound that beautiful before.

ありがとうございます!!

[rawrcupcakes007]

@arimail hes not japanese smart one. next time don't use goggle translate to try and look cool kay bye

[goksudayan]

* le me listen n check how many like it got*

- inserts "i don't want to live on this planet anymore" meme -

[liamharder]

fuck all of you listen to the song. It's not about science

[tricountymusiccenter]

AMAZING....

[BaronVonsFuden]

you know whats funny.....people are making coments about his race....hauhauhauha.....please world...end in 2012....the experiment went wrong......come people....just shut the fuck up and listen to him play...

[jerryehamric]

Jake Shimabukuro is from Hawaii and is an American. It is sad that people would fail to recognize, and so diminish, the musical genius and incredible sensitivity of this young man by making such ridiculously racist references. It's about the music and the musician....

[GuitarmanSlam]

Like if you are here cuz of GP

[hakaangh1106]

@GuitarmanSlam lol, yep

[halcyondays1andy]

beautiful version of a classic song, why dont you get stuff like this on those poor x factor shows?

[pinkwatanabe]

Judging by his name, he's obviously American (Hawaiian maybe) - Japanese. The Japanese do everything better, except sport lol, but I would say that lol.

[sartreiscoke]

@pinkwatanabe fifa women's world cup 2011.

[Takatukata]

a genius!!!

[OMFGDmanrules]

Why don't we try stopping the racism and actually listening to and talking about this mans AMAZING skill on the Ukulele!!!?!!!

[reawaken14]

this man is one of the most talented and musically gifted artists around. His playing reminds me of the late Michael Hedges and the young Eddie Van Halen.

[ruiolas]

if genes and race dont influence talent, then why black people run faster on the olmpic games?

[PrehistoricPinup]

@ruiolas Wrong. Black people don't run faster in the olympics. The combined forces of Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, the Republic of Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Togo, Niger, Benin, Mali, the Gambia, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Gabon, Senegal, Congo and Angola have not won a single sprinting medal at the Olympics or World Championships. In fact, most of the black winners are individuals from a tiny region in the Rift Valley called Nandi. A unique location where running is life.

[AProperLad]

@PrehistoricPinup The structure of the muscles in different races of black people are far superior and efficient at running than those of other races, it's scientific fact.

[PrehistoricPinup]

@AProperLad No. Why are there no Aborigine 100m sprint champions? They are black people too... It has nothing to do with being black. The black people in Australia do not have the same environment as the people in Kenya. Evolution based on the environment has created African runners and jumpers, west african sprinters and eastern long distance runners. Yes they are black, but so are people from the south of the continent yet they do not win races...Its just two distinct regions of Africa.

[AProperLad]

@PrehistoricPinup I never said ALL black people ran faster. I said 'different races of black people' you sir aren't very good at arguing. You give all of this fact for no reason trying to prove me wrong, you failed. Goodbye.

[PrehistoricPinup]

@AProperLad You still don't understand and you fail with your logic. How hard is to to understand. Ok. Here it is in simple terms. You have a race of black people who live in Nandi. The Kalenjin people. They are THE SAME RACE as other people in kenya. Except they are from a different tribe with different traditions. Yet biologically the same people. And so it is nothing to do with your stupid excuse of "different races of black people". Amongst the same race of blacks, its from one location.

[PrehistoricPinup]

@AProperLad And so, it would work if they were white people, eg in a hypothetical world where Kenyans are white. The white people who live in Nandi, who are identical to the white people who live outside of Nandi, can run faster. Why? Because its their culture: they drink milk+blood and they train extremely hard. You can take a white baby from the USA, put him in Nandi, and in 20 years he will run faster than the white 20 year olds in the USA. 100% from the culture. NOT RACE OR RACE VARIATIONS.

[AProperLad]

@PrehistoricPinup Race variations are at LEAST 80% of why Black people are faster. They found that Blacks of West African heritage tend to have longer legs than those of European heritage. Accordingly, their torsos tend to be shorter, placing their center of gravity about an inch higher, translating in a 1.5% boost in speed. They also have far more fast-twitch muscle fibres in their legs, these are used when the body requires quick bursts of speed or power, making West African black superior.

[mauiboynokaoi]

@AProperLad So 80% of West African-Americans who spend every day driving a car to work will run faster than Palestinian refugees who is constantly on the move after being pushed out of their homes simply because they're black? Well that's not one of the most illogical and racist remarks I've heard today.

[AProperLad]

@mauiboynokaoi You're making it sound like I'm a black person? I'm full WHITE BRITISH. Take two people, one black and one white and put them in the same circumstances from birth, feed them the same foods, same amount of exercise etc. Then at 18 years of age make them run a 100m sprint against each other, 9 out of 10 times the black kid will be faster. IT IS BASIC SCIENCE.

[mauiboynokaoi]

@AProperLad "Race variations are at LEAST 80% of why Black people are faster." In other words, you're saying that race is 80% of the battle when it comes to running speed so 80% of all black people will run faster than anyone of another race regardless of what they eat, how they exercise, etc. Basic science is if you run a lot, you'll run faster. If you don't, you won't.

[AProperLad]

@mauiboynokaoi No basic science is breaking a race down to its core. The muscle structure of West African people is far superior at running than White people. I'm not even going to bother arguing with you anymore seeing as your argument is based completely on how a person lives which is not what I'm trying to illustrate, you're making points for an argument you cannot win. Goodbye.

[mauiboynokaoi]

@AProperLad So apparently human anatomy is the only form of science that exists in the world? Yeah because you know, it's not like other forms of biology exist of anything. The argument here is genetics vs. conditioning of which you are saying conditioning plays an infinitesimal role. You've already got 2 people telling you that your argument is null, yet I'm the one who can't win? If that's the conclusion your flawed logic brings you to, alright. Believe what you want.

[EvilLamas]

@mauiboynokaoi do you actually realise how thick you sound- or is your brain compoletly uninvolved with your thinking and replying?

[mauiboynokaoi]

@EvilLamas loltroll

[takindown]

pretty sweet ! my kid loves his Ukelele , he loves this guy

[teruterumosca]

19 ppl dun hv ear.... =)) LOL

[228ANDY]

What a great uke player he is !!

It is an interesting fact that a uke can play various songs including the one like this. It is not only Hawaiian but universal instrument.

[herrnoel]

@228ANDY portugeuse sailors brought the uke to Hawaii. It's a European instrument.

[228ANDY]

Oh, I didn't know that.  Thank you for your information.

[yeahkyleisawesome]

@herrnoel Wrong. Portuguese sailors brought the and the rajão (Basically different variations of a lute) to the Hawaiian islands. The ukulele is the Hawaiians interpretation of both those instruments in one.

[herrnoel]

@yeahkyleisawesome While technically correct that the ukeulele comes from hawaii, the POINT i was making in response to Andy was that the instrument comes from a family of instruments originated in Europe. Prior to this event, the Hawaiians had no concept of a lute like instrument. It's a western instrument in every way shape and form that happens to have evolved a bit in Hawaii.

[pianoman15304]

more beautiful notes have never been played on nylon.

i am astounded by this man. in my 11 years of playing music i've never before seen something this amazing played on such a underestimated instrument.

[henricoletz]

desnt matter what you can do... asians do it better!

theres ninjas everywhere guess we just found one