Hump-Day Flick: 'The Nomi Song'

| Print Post This | Like (0) | Comments (0)

IN NOV. 2007, I saw my oldest friend for the first time in 15 years. Lots of good reminiscences, including a chat about Klaus Nomi.

When we were in our early teens, his older brother had the first Klaus Nomi LP; my friend and I listened to it and had no idea what was going on, but we liked it — I think. The operatic new-wave music was so strange that maybe it fascinated us more than it captivated us. Then we probably played Anti-Nowhere League and The Who and INXS and Boston and New Order and The Strawbs. It was just like that in our mixed-up world; punk, new wave and classic rock went hand-in-fist where we lived in then-rural Michigan.

Fast-forward two weeks to Thanksgiving 2007, and I was up late flipping through the on-demand cable TV selections at my mother-in-law's place. (Strictly non-porn, Mom, I swear.) And I came across the 2004 documentary "The Nomi Song," which I was happy to see finally.

The documentary's fab, Nomi's music is as otherworldly as ever, and since my teen days I've come to love the singer's frequent backing band, Come On, which is still kicking around and whose complete works are available on CD.

We can all watch "The Nomi Song" for free now thanks to SnagFilms.

Now, excuse me while I go spin "More Than a Feeling."