Friday Covers are BACK!

It's one of those slow days at work and I've been trying to write more lately. I'm on pace to break my record of 37 entries from a couple years back. Also, I've been reading a lot more lately. You can attribute that to Game of Thrones, and comic trades I've been picking up or reading at the local library.

Being that it's slow today I decided to bring back Friday Afternoon Covers, KNOWLEDGE! (FACK!) I just made that up now... haha.. I know it's stupid. But yes, on to the video, the song, and more importantly the artist.

For today's selection I picked a favorite Cure song of mine, Just Like Heaven, from the classic 1987 alternative brit-synth pop/rock album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me.



The artist covering this great song, is just as great. His name is Goh Nakamura and he's a local. He's super talented and a really nice guy. I used to go to a lot of his shows at Ireland's 32 in SF on Geary back in the days. He is involved at a lot of the functions at KSW, Bindlestiff and local other Asian Organizations, which is how I found out about him. His acoustic guitars and soft vocals were a great departure from all the punk rock, hardcore and distorted sounds I was used to listening to all the time. We shared a great love for the Beatles, and he would often do covers at his shows. One time, during a set he busted a Bubble Bobble solo on his acoustic and no one picked it up but me... I was a fan ever since.

He's very versatile, and despite all the covers, he's a excellent song writer and lyricist. One song that pops in my head is his ode to Natalie Portman. And all of us geeks LOVE her... Here's a video of that song.



He's gone on to release a couple albums and even star in an indie film, Surrogate Valentine, that has been recently featured at various film festivals all over. He's a real bonafide star! But even though I haven't seen him in a while, he still the nice down to earth guy I've known. And incredibly gifted...

Here's a trailer for Surrogate Valentine:

Surrogate Valentine Trailer HD from goh nakamura on Vimeo.