The GROOVIEST song ever? PLASTIC LOVE (Classical Guitar Cover) 

Just wanted to let you know that your music is about 90% of my 2 year old's sleep/car ride/ play time playlist. He's been jamming your tunes for literally his whole life and I think it has something to do with his overall happy demeanor and intelligence. Thanks for giving my son an early love of music.

C'mon, you can't just grab a wrinkled shirt off the ground and expect us to be impressed with your perfect guitar skills.

This not only rocks my socks off, but it kindly puts them back on.

OMG, Sam Griffin and City Pop, that's the best. Really love Maryia Takeuchi. Please consider an arrangement of any Tatsuro Yamashita's song. :D

Aaarrgghh BEST COVER EVER!!!!!!!!! I cant believe you nailed so many of the chord voicings sooo good right in the feels!!! Is that drop D tuning going on to nail some of those chord progressions.. can't believe you caught and built in so many of the little nuanced phrases that make this song so utterly groovy. Man like Sam got more grooves than a hundred records. Been listening to this song as a little kid in the 80s when Hong Kong popstar Anita Mui covered it. I only discovered decades later as an adult the Japanese original by Mariya. You Sir have CRUSHED it!!!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

this is undoubtedly the best guitar cover of plastic love on youtube. it's not stale, has so much GROOVE, true to the song with added flair and style, and also, by the way his hand stretches in some parts it's definitely unique to him lol. god DAMN that T-A-S-T-Y bass lick at 1:57-1:58 😫👌🏼💦 i only wish sam finished the song and did the ending riff that would've made this perfect. still perfect though great work!

You adapted this so well for guitar. It kept that same groovy feel 👏 Great work!

Well if it isn't my favorite guitarist 😊

Never would have expected this. Such an amazing combination! Thank you Sam for this nylon love!

Your arrangements are always so good, Sam. Nice one!

0:55 that was so smooth .

One of my favorite jams by one of my favorite guitarists. SO GOOD.

this shit's always amazing to me. playing "rhythm" and vocals like wtf. goals

Don't worry

Oh my God yes, I love this song, this is such a beautiful cover!

YOOOOOOOOO this arrangement is incredible. I've been trying to arrange it for piano and I feel like I didn't have enough fingers, but you fit the entire song into just 6 strings

I love this song. I remember it popping up on vaporwave playlists all the time for some reason.

I love the part where you just got so into it. Eyes closed, rocking back and forth, Its such a good vibe. Stellar. 👩‍🎤

Never heard the actual song, so I did. It's so good and this is awesome! ❤

1. Like before watching 2. Chills up my spine 3. As a guitar player hobbyist, feeling ill never come close to this good but also feeling so inspired to play more. Thanks for putting these videos up. I still can't get over how it always sounds like TWO guitars.

Damn that looks rough on the left hand! Nice playing! I like how you fit in some of those little callback melodies and bass lines in there too

Really awesome to see a cover of this, Plastic Love (especially Friday Night Plans' cover) is one of my favourite songs.

Coulda sworn I commented on here...apparently not...excellent cover! Was especially obsessed with this 2 years ago or so and now one of my fav guitar youtubers covered it

I believe this is the single best guitar arrangement and performance on the internet.

Truly a guitar GOAT! Thanks for blessing us with this Sam! 😊

bravo that has maximum funk 👍nice job bro

I've listened to this over a million times and I still love it!

Don't worry!

Man, I'm so happy about this. I've loved this song for years, and of course the perfect man for the job covered it! Keep up the great work man!

Alright. I'm deciding to learn this. I'll check back in however many months it takes...

wow the accoustic so great. thanks for the video

Wow, well done! I never considered even trying to turn this song into a fingerstyle arrangement, but my god, it really works!

I wasn't ever expecting a cover of a City Pop classic. Just awesome!

Oh i love your version, good work my bro!!

Always a good day for a Sam vid

just stumbled onto this channel - what a great find!

Ooooo this has convinced me to actually practice again.

That outro really made me remember all of the good times when you tickled me with your words after the song

Ugh you have to stop these videos. I can't keep falling in love at this frequency.

Mariya Takeuchi is so beautiful as an artist and as a person

I love this song so much! And now I have something to strive for, you played it beautifully.

you make me wanna trylon the nylon like no other

There's another Takeuchi's hyper song called Shiawase no Monosashi, Rules of Blissfulness. Love to hear that in guitar.

Well that put a smile on my face. Bravissimo !!!!

LOVE this song, great work as always

Need this version on my spotify playlist asap...

This came at a strangely perfect time (currently learning about Japanese pop music in my East Asian music class at Columbia) and the cherry on top is that the playing is amazing (as always)! I also want to take the time to say you’ve been a huge reason that I play classical guitar today and you’ve impacted my playing as much as the greats! Thanks for all your work Sam!

Ok now I'm dancing

i love this song..

I urge you to start listening to Taeko Onuki's catalog, starting with the albums, Cliche, Signifie, and Copine.

Feelin' great @1:38.

Japanese City Pop really is fun, groovy, peaceful music. And it's pretty accessible to people in their 30's or 40's...familiar style from growing up, and also a decent amount of English lyrics. I got a random torrent off of pirate bay and threw the first few volumes on a USB stick to listen to in the car. Easy peasy.

This is wonderful! I love it. Keep gettin’ your groove on, mah dood

i was not ready for that low D

Beautiful ending!

Well done. I am so happy this song (and city pop in general) is getting love again.

Best as always 🙌🙌

You still got it bro!

This slaps so hard

I seriously think this is one of the best guitar covers on YT. it is faithful to the original to an incredible degree while adding the feeling only a solo guitar can convey. And damn do i love how you pour your entire soul to it. Good shtuff

Heck yeah,great work Sam!

Incredible

Awesome job Sam! One of my all time fave songs!!

First I find out Sam lives in my backyard and loves Stardew just as much as I do, then out of nowhere he busts out a top 10 song of mine?! What a 2023! Absolutely fantastic, as always :)

Oh hell yes 🙌

This shit was dope man. I liked the video right after the intro. I didnt even need to hear the rest, I already knew 🔥🔥🔥

Super great ! Totally amazing ! Bravo! 👌👏👏👏

amazing cover of an amazing song and i will amazingly play this in repeat and study it to play like you someday...amazingly!

Ok ok ok ok ok hear me out: an entire City Pop cover album. Just mull it over.

I adore this song, and I adore classical guitar. Thank you for combining both! 💜

When you played the first chord, I liked the video. Very nice cover!

Millions cried in terror, as their recommendations would change forever.

After this I looked up the song and just discovered how good the Japanese are at groovy music. They can even play Salsa!

OMG this is sickk

Amazing

another banger from the man himself

I just can't get over how beautiful that guitar sounds

Fantastic as always

Damn, that was good!

This song has always had a welcomed place in my head. 👏 👏

I finally understand the vibe Ryan Gosling was shooting for for all those years. Sam, what would it take to get this on iTunes?!

excellent playing and cover

Definitely had some groove to it

how about some disney or studio ghibli covers?

That resolve touched my soul!

Alright I’m buying this one.

One of my favorites, thank you.

One of my favorite songs ever. Great job with the interpretation!

Needed this

An unexpected choice, but a most welcome one! Bravo!

I love every cover you make

Very nice cover. Beautifully played.

I'm here for it! Thank you for sharing!

....I'm just paying games.....such an awesome cover. Sounds epic on a classical guitar

Hell yeah! That was pretty dope. Now I want to hear your version with vocals XD

great arrangement and execution!

Been jammin plastic love for years, this cover is amazing! Thank you!

One of my favorite from this genre. Great job!

Incredible.

Finally a guitar cover worthy of the song! Very nice!