Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole featured on American Idol with Jason Castro

[MrHI808]

Unreal, a local boy from Hawaii put the islands on the map... Thank god for braddah IZ

[BurdenOfMurder]

He's good but no one beats IZ..

[lovedinosaur]

Everyone loves this song it seems...me too!

[Megapitbull100]

Did Jason win if not the show is rigged!

[Dewani90]

@Megapitbull100 this show? is always rigged... the ones with real talent almost never win, oh well, at least we can listen to this talented guys and girls before the ones with money win

[alsocu]

love IZ....glad to have someone remember him.. From Colombia.

[chuukesemafia]

anybody that sings Bradda IZ... even if you suck in singing... you got my vote!! :)... (by the way... i'm not saying Jason Castro can't sing... he is unbelievable!)...

[SoupyNuggets]

I feckin' love IZ...

[iolanik]

The main thing here is the message of the song and the fact that he brought a new generation to Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. I hope more of the new generation will give IZ's music a chance and feel it for what it is...the Hawaiian people, the spirit of aloha and Braddah IZ!

[mute754]

This woodelf smokes a lot of pot. -

[Rubanrakg19]

Thank you for leading me to discover IZ today morning.

[priessjeff]

well  i'm pretty sure he gets laid on a reg basics..... lol

[ijcp5]

i think he would b a more attractive girl

[rmank22]

@osfpatrick dont be hatinn boii.. U know u liked it.. Or.. U just dont noe nothing about music.. Like the rest of the people giving negative comments..

[rmank22]

Ey at least he knows good music.. He couldve been singing some usher songs that yall wouldve loved.. This version was great.. He even silenced the crowd.. Crazy..!!

[osfpatrick]

that was horrible

[hilolhru]

i haven't read any of the negative comments - but if you're bagging his talent, i think you're retarded.

[MrOssneefer]

"u have the most definitave sound"- what the hell paula lol

[filletheking95]

american's should stop destroying the world think

[EjectSpeed]

its messign the song up cause hes singing like black ppl sing it with alott of stretch on the edn of every word lol

[tanhaarooh]

i'm sorry this version does not have the soul that IZ had in his... he knew and felt what he sang.. this was a karaoke version. no disrespect! like i say about the original song when IZ sings it.... my eyes fill up within the first line' whereas when i heard this.. no reaction.

[Eviiana]

God damn it, Simon

[JordanMikko]

Stop being so mean people, IZ wouldn't.

[ivehadit1]

needs an instant 40 stone weight input , preferably on his head .......this is insulting

[kat4u2luv]

Where is the GONG? This should be illegal

[71homeboy]

It's ok if you don't look. IZ is still a million times better. R.I.P. Big Man x

[Magyar487]

You sang well...but no one sings that song like IZ!

[Krystoff04111]

YOU FREAKING BUTCHER!

You ruined that freaking song!

[randallace]

i am a straight male, but this guys so cute ..... LOL

[kealohamanawai]

bradda jason, thank for singing bradda iz's song for the world to hear and feel what we hawaiian people and hawaiians by heart....care and love him as he love the people.... aloha n'o jason... kimo.

[kealohamanawai]

bradda jason, thank for singing bradda iz's song for the world to hear and feel what we hawaiian people and hawaiians by heart....care and love him as he love the people.... aloha n'o jason... kimo.

[naughtyvalues]

he did a great job!

[Fibblesfartsbubbles]

Simon really pisses the shit out of me. IZ, you da man. Rest in peace.

[desiprince786]

loveit :) Respect to IZ

[Talista]

Him bringing IZ to alot of the mainstream/mainlander listeners was a great thing, noone could sing like IZ but he got millions to hear this for this first time.

[clarkydpimp]

@Talista To be fair I imagine the Adam Sandler movie "50 First dates" that came out in 2004 brought a lot more attention to the song then this american idol singer in 2008, Im not flaming him btw he is an awesome singer just saying IZs version had the attention of millions already

[Puccinotti]

This guy is amazing, beautiful, and mega talented.!!! :D

[jwparfrey]

You guys need to stop making snap judgments about musicians. This kid has more musical talent in his pinky than most of you combined. So what- he's on american idol.  You obviously cared enough to write how IZ is better. Maybe so- but don't put down a guy like that- he's done a lot of work and is really really talented on top of that.

[MrTFcollector]

IZ is way better!

[eltaz909]

Iz is magnificent in his talent and voice.. he actually put his mind and soul into his beautiful music and i love his music and love waking up to it.. his albums are wonderful and the melody and harmony of his music can not be redone.. sorry jason you got nothing on Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole

[andrewvogel1994]

The difference between Jason Castro and Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole when singing some where over the rainbow is that Israel Kamakawiwo'ole has soul, while Jason Castro is just a singer.

[Alexpie2k]

@andrewvogel1994 So true

[adamdudas1]

such a gay

[Budai808]

@adamdudas1 stop talking about yourself

[adamdudas1]

@Budai808 Sorry, but that´s my opinion...

[noah143]

trying hard stupid asssssss.......

[DobermanCro]

Typical retarded simon who doesn't know the greatest singers of this worlds...

[7000Darklight]

thumbs down for simon, he doesnt even know such a legend

[23mycahjordan]

If bradah iz could have auditioned for american idol, he would probably be the most talented person there.

[Illivatur]

This dude sucks...

[stacey1able]

I am so glad simon "go fuck yourself cowell" is off american idol!! If you dont have respect enough for some one who has passed, then why should you get one ounce of respect in return!!!

[AKdreamz]

Israel something? Simon is such a stuck up jack ass. Show some respect.

[doobay0304]

why don't you american ideot leave this man alone and start picking on your own overweight people who have no uses in life.

[doobay0304]

what israel something all you jackass have no idea what is music and please stop destroying other people's culture .

[crazykiddk]

@MrDewy67 Haters gonna hate. Fucking idiot quit being an asshole. IZ was an amazing singer.

[powercyclist]

Braddah Iz would have loved it . . . except for the orchestra.

[TheBeth123451]

i still wish there was a love button one here :/

[HowlingJongo]

lol @ 1:43

[ChristineWright100]

Listen to the respect ,admiration, and love. The beautiful message, not the messenger!

[tongandude206]

@MrDewy67 you must have an ass for a face because the only thing that comes out you mouth is shit! So get the fuck out of here with your negative ass!

[geppegep]

"wanna make a difference in the world" ? then you have to stop fucking singing and go actually do something

[Berserkedy]

@geppegep you ignorant fuck

[susterul]

IZ died ? QQ

[thepissedoffpotato]

@susterul Yeah, sucks because I would loved to see him in concert

[BlondBlackGuy]

LOL SIMON, uncultured fool....

[shuval10]

The original is much better

[Broadfieldpoint]

IZ captured the true beauty of this song....nice rendition but, nothing but a rendition.

[persesmonk]

fuck that douche Simon, wtf, Israel somebody, douche either learn the name or dont mention the legend of Hawaii

[balamb48]

Great Job

[surge729]

Randy still says the same things.... surprise!!....not

[dansurfers1]

ALOHA!!!

[SiHonda08]

he will make a good elf.



[Brp3990]

some people say IZ was fat, but he wasn't, he had to be big to carry his huge heart around. God bless you IZ

[Chrismacmusic1]

Still...a nice honor to IZ. Well done.

[xXMonsterQueenXx]

the back round music ruined it!

[Flyonavians215]

'Guitar'. She's needs to know her instruments. And Simon, seriously? Israel SOMETHING? He deserves a lot more respect.

[PhenyxinNC]

@Flyonavians215 damn skippy

[ycees89]

@Flyonavians215 he is just jelous, how many people know what's Simon's surname is? I don't and really, I don't want to waste couple of cells in my brain to even look for that :)

[DrWoolies]

As a musician myself someone doing a cover of one of your songs is huge. Bruddah IZ would've been proud.

[MrCanication]

so . . . how do you pronounce his last name?

[eyesack9]

@MrCanication ka-ma-ka-ve-vah-o-lay

[jawaiianboy13]

@eyesack9 Ka-Ma-Ka-Vee-Voo-O-Lay

[eyesack9]

@jawaiianboy13 vee voo? lol nigga wtf you dont know shit

[jawaiianboy13]

@eyesack9 haha see it's funny because you think im wrong. With the accent the w turns into a v so actually its like we but with a v instead of a w and next it would be woe but once again with a v instead of a w. :D

[eyesack9]

@jawaiianboy13 yeah... no shit haole.

[jawaiianboy13]

@eyesack9 hahahahaha see it's even funnier because you think im a haole. You got everything right but when you wrote Vah, now i may be wrong on your way of pronunciation but to me that wasn't even close. Okole

[eyesack9]

@jawaiianboy13 lol im 80% hawaiian cuz, my grandma is olelo she taught me how to speak hawaiian. you are wrong.

[jawaiianboy13]

@eyesack9 dude bro im hawaiian too what did you think the jawaiian meant (J is for japanese because im a quarter japanese). ok let me put it like this. you can make the "wi" in his name into a "ve" but how can you make "wo" into "vah"?

[brendonian]

I thought it was a great tribute, and a great performance.

[sirmilkybar]

its not a friggin guitar, its a ukulele

[MoclSkills]

Mahalo my uncle would really love this.....and to any fkn dummby who disrespects is is a fkn honky

[eyesack9]

@MoclSkills hahaaha fucking haoles ah

[MrStar69er]

"Israel somebody".......what a douchebag

[MegaTimkid]

that brought chills to me well done brother iz would love that keep his spirit up

[cenkhenden]

he's gay

[treeplant12]

iz has a message, teach the hawaiian youth, teach teach teach learn learn learn learn

[Dierrhea]

Can people stop obsessing with this and watch the movie zeitgeist, about the federal reserve on YouTube.

Please do not disreguard

[kallashah]

IZ recorded literally magic on tape.But this guy did a nice tribute.

[xChowTV]

thumbs up if the "E ala E" video brought you here

[HaydenB1992]

Simon says it was fantastic so you can all shut your godamn mouths. IZ and Jason are both showing that we need to appreciate life and what it offers. Music is how the expressed themselves. RIP IZ. Hopefully you will great me with that tune if i make it up to the Gates.

[DontEatButterflies]

Wasn't so great in the beginning but it came out so much in the end

[pungponnat]

He must not die, come on, we woke up waiting for you Kamakawiwoʻole  .

[axxieSmile]

goosebumps everywhere.

[Nikahnskwew]

What a beautiful tribute

[yamisutra]

que basura, este men aparte de copion lo hace mal..

[info145]

This skinny little kid doesn't compare to the Hawai'ian Superman, IZ

[boondocks43]

@info145 like to see you do better.

[info145]

@boondocks43 Nobody can outdo iz

[BTBHSOHBOY]

Excellent, but IZ is still better.

[MK9413]

@BTBHSOHBOY of course IZ is still better its his song that this guy is covering ... he is gonna be the best on his own song... you arrogant asshole you disgrace what IZ was all about.

[ztfactor]

@MK9413 you my friend are the arrogant asshole, IZ covered the song. it was originally done by Judy Garland for the Wizard of Oz. Maybe you're the disgrace!

[RoflCopterClan]

@ztfactor

yeah but her version sucked

[mrwhatwhat15]

@BTBHSOHBOY true that

[MrLarry2704]

IZ is de best

[Treadsoftly14]

dislike

[sadlfgsfdhfd]

OMG, simon doesnt hate someone, haha

[chubacho]

not only is his voice beautiful but hes beautiful too :)

[a53mp]

Is this a guy or a girl?

[agentbong138]

Doesn't even compare, but nice tribute to a man greater and kinder than any of us.

[tawnabawna]

and why didnt he win?

[9secondsflat]

It may have been done to honor IZ, but the feeling isnt their...

[FatalityG15]

No offence to anyone. But when IZ sang this. He sang it from his Heart with real feelings and emotions you could actually see it in his face. This however was just for show. It was a fairly good show but! if you are going to represent IZ. dont sing just for the attention or to try impress. Just Sing from your heart! If you get it right like IZ then ... :)

[LilDude543211]

Man Json does this very good, but never as good as IZ. Rest In Peace Brother IZ

[FoxlawSt]

da fuckin thing says IZ featured on american idol WITH castro.. wata bunch of bullshit, thats tha only reason i watchd this.. waiting for tha main event that didnt feature on idol at all

[LilDude543211]

@FoxlawSt How is IZ gonna raise from the dead and preform? You fucking retard...

[darkruler65]

@FoxlawSt same here. shoulda said that his SONG was featured. not braddah IZ

[TavicoMilliet]

[ENG] Well... It ain't IZ, and he's doing this like... 5% Homenage to IZ, 95% for the money. So if IZ would like it? Perhaps. But I think he destroied the song at the end...

[POR] A velho... Não é o IZ, e ele ta tocando por dinheiro... Então eu não sei se o IZ ia gostar dessa "homenagem", mas o Jason destruiu o final da musica...

[MrPilote92]

Tu ne remplacera jamais le vraie chanteur donc next ....... =X

[rjpxxxx]

It's crazy reading all this really mean mouthed sniping at Jason Castro from people who claim to connect to IZ and his message about peace and the Hawaiian soul. No one can speak for IZ but it's possible that he would be flattered and moved by Castro's national acknowledgment and tribute. Remember Judy Garland gave the world this song long before IZ gave us his Hawaiian rendition. She certainly knew that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and would have been moved by IZ's work.

[RoflCopterClan]

@rjpxxxx

Meh, I would still give Brother IZ a lot more credit for making the "better" version of somewhere over the rainbow, if he had to thank Judy, then he'd had to think every person who ever contributed to music in history, and no one does that

[AAAlucarde]

He sucks...

Il pue..

Hij is zo slecht..

Well. So Bad compared to IZ

[PlanetoftheAtheists]

this phony punk makes me want to vomit my pineapples

[freddo83910]

j'adore

[Wizzel]

Terrible shit. I wish I could dislike more than once.

[huynhuynh1]

@Wizzel if its such terrible shit than why are you searching or watching this

[Wizzel]

@huynhuynh1 Because it's linked from the page of the original song, and the abbreviated sidebar title doesn't include "with Jason Castro PLEASE DON'T WATCH THIS TERRIBLE SHIT."

[huynhuynh1]

@Wizzel ok at least you have a reason btw i thought you meant the song or something like that :3

[XsmartmaX]

is he dead?? (IZ)

[JohNaKaAgilA]

@XsmartmaX yea..... he died in 1997, his overweight, and thats what killed him, but his music lives on to all hawaiians, and the rest of the world. Peace loving guy, If music like this was as popular as the "gangster" or "hoes, money, bitches, booty dancing" songs, the world would be better off.

[DhempseyPK]

@XsmartmaX yes :(

[GreatjayQ]

0:01 to skip ad

[SKAterpunkkidd987]

its a ukulele not a guitar  haha and its israel kamakawiwo"ole homes not somethng haha

[bazmanj]

great cover, dont quite understand why folk are being negative. Maybe cause it's 'cool' to slag of these talent shows. I'm not a fan of them, but when someone appears genuinely talented and does a great song really well, good on them.

[KingPadboy]

no soul in his voice!

[Idsart]

@KingPadboy you're kidding right?

[KingPadboy]

@Idsart no, if u listen to the original by 'IZ' it has soooo much soul in his voice it is unreal, this castro dude is just singing for the show! end of. he doesnt feel it! so no im not kidding, and i reckon millions of people would agree with me..

[allaworshiper69]

all of you are missing the point. No one will ever play it like IZ did because no one is IZ. But people can honor him by playing his songs so chill and just remember there honoring him not so you can just sit there and through shitty comments at people its so yo can still enjoy his music.

[tehUBERn00blet]

@allaworshiper69 You have a point, but I really do get a different impression of this guy. He strikes me as more vain than profound. I don't see much passion for the song and honor for IZ, but more trying to be stylish and edgy for TV.

Maybe he's just nervous, I don't know.

There are people who can sing this badly and still earn respect, but this guy's just not one of them.

[wgai1]

@allaworshiper69 .. you tell 'em! There will never be another Bruddah Iz, just as there will never be another Elvis and Michael Jackson. I totally agree that it's a compliment to IZ for the younger generation wanting to copy his style of singing of the song he made famous world-wide! Aside from being gifted with an amazing voice, so effortless and mellow, IZ was not 'breathy' .. like Johnny Mathis, the tunes just floated out of their mouths.

[matagoala23]

@allaworshiper69 good point mate , although your grammar is flawed :D

[Gyrkin59]

@allaworshiper69 And even Iz, much as I love him, wasn't Louie Armstrong. There are billions of people on the planet that one is NOT... but let's focus on what good DOES exist, eh? This is an example of how Iz inspired sharing the beauty of the world. Let that be your example. Peace.

[smilelikeyoumeaniit]

what a fuckin cutie

[wisers001]

Well done! Thats all i have to say.

[tyjerich]

to bad he changed it at the end.

[oSkittle119]

R.I.P IZ W WILL LOV AND MISS U FORVR

[Suzan1669]

Really good.... like this version as good as IZ's ;)

[MegaJesusismysavior]

thats what the judges forgot to say

[MegaJesusismysavior]

niggah this fag be hella gay like that one guy that is heeeeela gay wayt i think his name be iz kosmokwalty

[motomn]

@MegaJesusismysavior simply because of the fact that your sentence contained absolutely no grammar at all I am going to assume that you are a moron that can't even spell his own name.

[drbike1963]

@MegaJesusismysavior get a dictionary you illiterate twat.

[okodorifuto]

Even now you can still smell all those girl panties getting wet.

[jsnell126]

is this guy the lovechild of zac efron and john travolta's character from battlefield earth?

awful. contrived.

[didascv]

ik

[didascv]

:)

[SilencaeHomicida]

Un "rasta" qui passe dans une émotion de télé réalité... on aura tout vu ! Quel monde complètement dingue !...

A "rasta" who plays in a TV reality show.............. this world is completly crazy and soon people going walk on head and capitalists going become hippy or something like that....... ah and me I'm going to sleep to don't see that !

[Ahmed69007]

@SilencaeHomicida

T'es con ou quoi pour venir poster de la sorte ?? Et alors il a des dreads qu'est ce que ça peut te foutre ducon ?? Il honore un mec mort et toi tu trouve ça marrant ?? Va te pendre pauvre naze... Je crois que ta mère a fait une boulette il y a plusieurs année de ça... Un truc de 4 kg environ qu'elle aurait du jeter à la poubelle...

[SilencaeHomicida]

@Ahmed69007 Salut Ahmed. Enchantée de te connaître moi aussi. Je ne faisais aucunement mention de feu Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, je m'étonne simplement d'une chose que je trouve étrange et antinomique. Je me souviens d'une époque où avoir des dread signifiait quelque chose d'important... Ta verbe vindicative et agressive ne me touche pas vraiment. En revanche, je ne pense pas qu'Israel soit honoré par les propos que tu m'adresses, lui qui portait un message de paix. Bien à toi.

[largeyify]

hahahahahah you people hahahah you crack me up

[NTdakotaNT]

1:43?

what the hell was that?

people who sing like that shouldn't have dreads

so commercial

[NTdakotaNT]

1:43?

what the hell was that?

[hofood]

Who gives a shit! Jason Castro was high when he sang that. You can tell in the video that his eyes are glazed

[hofood]

Who gives a shit! Jason Castro was high when he sang that. You can tell in the video that his eyes are glazed