Nico's guarded and quiet persona made people think she was impossible to read and understand, but the clues to the enigma of Nico are all in her lyrics and how they are performed
In 1995 while working on Channel 4 TV's The White Room I found some two inch masters of a few surviving outtakes of BBC 2's defunct and mainly wiped Disco 2: a whole then unseen episode too even surfaced featuring a band called L.A. 2 a dire re-incarnation of the Love Affair. But two short outtake or insert reels revealed the tapes you are watching here. I still have these two songs on VHS straight off the two inch with outtakes of Nico's feet playing the Harmonium peddles at the tail of the Falconer.
This performance is an absolute piece of art and showcases Nico at her most brilliant, beautiful and darkly poetic. Can you believe "Desertshore" will turn 50 in November? It still sounds as avant-garde and anachronistic as ever. A true timeless Masterpiece.
Nico - everlasting bliss that bewitches every time... Flawlessly delivered. As well as being the Ultimate femme fatale moon goddess and queen of the bad girls, fluent in 5/6languages, muse, Warhol superstar, and coolest rock and roll lover to many artists, her music stands toe to toe with all of them but possesses an ageless genius and crafted mastery. Her poetry, diction and avant- grade style harmonium work and The Faction are still to this day miles ahead. She is simply the perfect person to meet in a forest.
My heart is empty but the songs I sing are filled with love for YOU. Nico is the Godmother of all things Goth. Her influence is INESCAPABLE. And yet a true original, that no one who dared follow- can even touch.. -Doghead
Majestueuse dans sa splendeur , Nico nous surprends , comme toujours . Un chant long symphonique , nous donnes le nom mélancolique . ❤❤❤❤ De l'espoir torturé , de l'harmonium . Vers un chemin lugubre , désorienté introverti . Ça descente dans les profondeurs de l'abîme , nous mènent vers le paradis immortel de plaisirs charnels ❤❤❤❤❤ La grande Nico. est parmi nous 😂😂😂😂 pour toujours dans le ciel étoilé ❤❤❤ De constellation lugubre ❤❤❤ Finalement épanouie de splendeur introverti ❤❤❤ Repose en paix ☮️☮️☮️☮️
Her two Immediate singles are great. When was young, I first heard of Nico & VU thru R.E.M. Dead Letter Office covers. When I heard the original of Femme Fatal I was so turned off!!! Years later I returned with an opened mind. I enjoyed the listen with more mature ears.
Mi ricorda un concerto di Nico , lei sola con il suo harmonium , che ho visto al teatro Testoni a Bologna , verso la fine degli anni '70 (purtroppo non ricordo la data precisa). Non so perché, ma mi vengono le lacrime agli occhi... Grazie per avere condiviso questa registrazione . Ciao. Mario.
The Marble Index, Desertshore and The End had such an impact of what was to become Postpunk and Goth. Nico, the Godmother, together with the Prince Of Darkness, John Cale as her producer and arranger would take Avantgarde to a completely new level.
Listening to the End now, bought the album when I was 17, a very long time ago, expecting something like the Velvet Underground. Right. Still cannot play the triptych in one sitting.
@@somebraveapollo8211 do we know for sure????I’ve also read quite a few spoken rumours about her bigotry and anti-semitism,but not sure if they stand true.!
"Disco 2", Eh ?... I can't really imagine Nico doing a cover of Gloria Gaynors I will survive, but if she had, it would have been haunting and etherial.
Nico's look is so hardcore for the time. I wonder if the Costume Designer or even Stephen King thought of Nico when deciding on Piper Laurie's look in the film 'Carrie'?
@@fugeefugee That is true.Her hair is naturally brown but that was the time when she dyed her hair from blond (60s time with the Velvet Underground &Andy Warhol) to red (early 70s), because she didn't want to be beautiful anymore.Nico said that she was unhappy when she was beautiful.
I don't seek out 'difficult' or outsider/cult music. Her real records after that awful Lou Reed's idea of Nico, Chelsea Girls, just spoke to me, felt strangely familiar.
A JANITOR OF LUNACY and TYRANNY never is there to "bring hope to them and me" nor to e l e v a t e a goddess to a status of i m m o r t a l i t y...these kind of janitors are completely incompetent and useless when it comes to label immortals and/or put them in some kind of category box (or looney bin or jail. )
Nico's guarded and quiet persona made people think she was impossible to read and understand, but the clues to the enigma of Nico are all in her lyrics and how they are performed
In 1995 while working on Channel 4 TV's The White Room I found some two inch masters of a few surviving outtakes of BBC 2's defunct and mainly wiped Disco 2: a whole then unseen episode too even surfaced featuring a band called L.A. 2 a dire re-incarnation of the Love Affair. But two short outtake or insert reels revealed the tapes you are watching here. I still have these two songs on VHS straight off the two inch with outtakes of Nico's feet playing the Harmonium peddles at the tail of the Falconer.
Amazing, I was just thinking nothing from Disco 2 survived and this explains the provenance of this footage. Well done for rescuing it!
❤ tesoro
This performance is an absolute piece of art and showcases Nico at her most brilliant, beautiful and darkly poetic.
Can you believe "Desertshore" will turn 50 in November? It still sounds as avant-garde and anachronistic as ever.
A true timeless Masterpiece.
She’s unique but I still think of medieval music when I hear her. I’m so glad I discovered her work. I like it more than the velvets.
It's all there if you look, all the pain of her childhood in Berlin and the subsequent searching but finding mostly emptiness.
My God.this is so over whealming, what an experiencia, sublime, out of this world❤❤❤
Yower an overwhelmenerer.
Overwhelmingly magnificent as a performance by Maria Callas or Èdith Piaf. Avant-garde at it's finest.
nico performed this while I was being born, that day...it"s kind of a baptism
What?!?
you can’t imagine how much i envy you lol
Remarkable and totally unique. Her music was both haunting and deeply touching.
hypnotique et mystic , sublime nico
I was lucky to see her play in 1982.
Nico - everlasting bliss that bewitches every time...
Flawlessly delivered.
As well as being the Ultimate femme fatale moon goddess and queen of the bad girls, fluent in 5/6languages, muse, Warhol superstar, and coolest rock and roll lover to many artists, her music stands toe to toe with all of them but possesses an ageless genius and crafted mastery.
Her poetry, diction and avant- grade style harmonium work and The Faction are still to this day miles ahead.
She is simply the perfect person to meet in a forest.
I always wondered what's meant by the expression "moon Goddess" - can you explain?
@@siebentau I think Andy Warhol called her Moon Goddess
My heart is empty but the songs I sing are filled with love for YOU. Nico is the Godmother of all things Goth. Her influence is INESCAPABLE. And yet a true original, that no one who dared follow- can even touch.. -Doghead
Absolutely true man. She is amazing.
Stunning! Thank you. I think Nico was one of the great poets of the 20th Century.
Why poet?
@@memoriesmarmymind...5587because she is
There will never be another Nico
Nico is awesome
Wow. She was only 32 years old. Incredible music.
She somehow combines darkness with a beauty suggesting a belief in the light. So complex.
WHITE WITH BLACK
😊
Slightly in a way David Berman did.
La plus belle musicienne de tous les temps.
This is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this. " My penitence is empty". Just beautiful. Thank you again ❤!
Still give me goosebumps
Криста Нико я тебя люблю. Привет из Екатеринбурга Россия. Пусть земля тебе будет пухом
This is an absolute treasure. Thanks for uploading
Disco 2, eh? I would like very much to go to a disco where Nico is played.
She's a good lass.
Majestueuse dans sa splendeur , Nico nous surprends , comme toujours . Un chant long symphonique , nous donnes le nom mélancolique . ❤❤❤❤ De l'espoir torturé , de l'harmonium . Vers un chemin lugubre , désorienté introverti . Ça descente dans les profondeurs de l'abîme , nous mènent vers le paradis immortel de plaisirs charnels ❤❤❤❤❤ La grande Nico. est parmi nous 😂😂😂😂 pour toujours dans le ciel étoilé ❤❤❤ De constellation lugubre ❤❤❤ Finalement épanouie de splendeur introverti ❤❤❤ Repose en paix ☮️☮️☮️☮️
Wow, I mean WOW. Enchanting.
Música extraña , pero hermosa,y fascinante. La forma de cantar de nico y las notas del armonio poseen ecos de la música medieval
Wonderful! Just wonderful.
Remembering the amazing Nico on her anniversary 18th July 1988. RIP
Her two Immediate singles are great. When was young, I first heard of Nico & VU thru R.E.M. Dead Letter Office covers. When I heard the original of Femme Fatal I was so turned off!!! Years later I returned with an opened mind. I enjoyed the listen with more mature ears.
pure genius
Mi ricorda un concerto di Nico , lei sola con il suo harmonium , che ho visto al teatro Testoni a Bologna , verso la fine degli anni '70 (purtroppo non ricordo la data precisa). Non so perché, ma mi vengono le lacrime agli occhi...
Grazie per avere condiviso questa registrazione .
Ciao. Mario.
Wonderful ❤❤❤nico
The Marble Index, Desertshore and The End had such an impact of what was to become Postpunk and Goth. Nico, the Godmother, together with the Prince Of Darkness, John Cale as her producer and arranger would take Avantgarde to a completely new level.
50 years ago....♥✨🌠
Grazie ! Grazie Nico .
Ciao. Mario.
THANK YOU for posting this! Thousands of listens and Janitor Of Lunacy still tears the heart right outta me. I have the lyrics tattooed on my hand.
Thanks for uploading. Nico a one off gem.
just noticed that Nico is on the cover of a 1962 Bill Evans recording- so cool!
This is a rare gem indeed. Thnks
te amooooooo, me ayudas con las crisis de ansiedad ♡
Mesmerising!
Knocked me out man. Fuckin ace!
Incredible
Yes Orla...incredible. But...Du not open the Doors of HER SOUL...
@@ettorealbertogelli8893 ..not unless you have a loaded syringe
@@orlabannon537 sirynge for the cosmic desert...for the BROKEN SYMMETRY before space-time..For the fall in Matter...Do not open the CRHISTA' s DOOR...
Happy birthday Nico. 16.10.24
Thanks ever so much for putting this here, ever so moving... it's left me a bit ... (speechless) ...
A girl from Cologne ❤
goth mother
How fantastic is this?
Thank you so much! Also, for the Family, Residents, and Wyatt clips. As I recall, The Falconer was not broadcast--so, especially nice.
Doomed Goddess : The Doors to another world
The remarkable and one off Nico
Thanks!❤️Great stuff.
Absolutely darkly magic...
I almost missed the ending! It's awesome!
IMPRESIONANTE!!!
this is just fuck-all lovely.
wow
thank you
Amazing 🖤
thanks you very very much
Thanks
wonderful
wow : )
Listening to the End now, bought the album when I was 17, a very long time ago, expecting something like the Velvet Underground. Right. Still cannot play the triptych in one sitting.
Testify my vanity
Mortalize my memory
Deceive the devil's deed
Love Nico
We ❤ N icons
♥
I would have loved to see her do a version of “Biko”.
She was a horrible racist, so it'd be safe to say she wouldn't perform it even if there was the possibility she could.
How about her versh of YMCA?
@@somebraveapollo8211 do we know for sure????I’ve also read quite a few spoken rumours about her bigotry and anti-semitism,but not sure if they stand true.!
"Disco 2", Eh ?... I can't really imagine Nico doing a cover of Gloria Gaynors I will survive, but if she had, it would have been haunting and etherial.
"Disco 2" is actually the name of the show she was appearing on and not a song title
Nico's look is so hardcore for the time.
I wonder if the Costume Designer or even Stephen King thought of Nico when deciding on Piper Laurie's look in the film 'Carrie'?
Wow,the time when Nico dyed her hair from blonde to red...
Red is from the lights. Her hair is naturally brown
@@fugeefugee That is true.Her hair is naturally brown but that was the time when she dyed her hair from blond (60s time with the Velvet Underground &Andy Warhol) to red (early 70s), because she didn't want to be beautiful anymore.Nico said that she was unhappy when she was beautiful.
@@fugeefugee Nope, she hennaed her hair after meeting Jim Morrison & kept it that way until about 72/73
As goth as is Bible cover is black. True Gothic artist...not for the faint of heart or would be suicidal types
The last composer of lieder
где можно найти переводы текстов на русский?
I guess only in darkest rabbit hole.
Sweet beautiful sexy talented woman.
RIP
im ltierally peeing my pants guys og ym god i love this video
Why did she ask her to just pedal, i cannot hear what she says to her after asking that.
So they could get some shots of it to edit in.
I don't seek out 'difficult' or outsider/cult music. Her real records after that awful Lou Reed's idea of Nico, Chelsea Girls, just spoke to me, felt strangely familiar.
5:03
SUMMERSAND.
Wow, I didn't think any footage of "Disco 2" survived.
before too much drugs
Trop petite fille je ne l ai pas connu juste qu a travers de son fils ari et l histoire d Alain delon
She seemed very torturated in her life !!
A JANITOR OF LUNACY and TYRANNY never is there to "bring hope to them and me" nor to e l e v a t e a goddess to a status of i m m o r t a l i t y...these kind of janitors are completely incompetent and useless when it comes to label immortals and/or put them in some kind of category box (or looney bin or jail. )
Is this the girl from velvet underground? Lmao!
she was an borderliner. she should have been in psykiatrik hands early. like other artists