the most underrated artists in the history of modern music...she is the creator of an entire genre, the gothic or dark music, the mother of souixie, evanescence and all that came after her
@Captain Cookaburra wow lucky you for being at those times and places...hidden behind a pillar'??? jajajaja very nico...and yeah her last rock two albums were not as good as the previous but I like i anyway...thank for sharing this
@Captain Cookaburra there is a remastered album here in ytb called Frozen Warnings that brings alternate version, unreleased songs from her two first albums, demos etc, it´s a great material unknown
After recently watching the "Nico, 1988" film, I went and searched out every live recording of her I could get my hands on. Yes, she certainly seems to have "something" (eyes??). Listened to a bit of Souixie at one point but couldn't seem to get into it. That damn Warhol never produced that much that interested me, but he sure seemed good at finding some.
Together with John Cale, who produced and arranged (composed and played all instruments, apart from Nico's harmonium) those seminal albums The Marble Index, Desertshore and The End!
At 18:50. Lyrics: Janitor of lunacy Paralyze my infancy Petrify the empty cradle Bring hope to them and me Janitor of tyranny Testify my vanity Mortalize my memory Deceive the devil's deed Tolerate my jealousy Recognize the desperate need Janitor of lunacy Identify my destiny Revive the living dream Forgive their begging scream Seal the giving of their seed Disease the breathing grief
Excellente cette artiste ,je ne savais pas j'adore ce style entre Patti Smith et Marianne Faithfull (et maman d'Ari Boulogne ) je l'a découvre seulement maintenant -( RIP ) Nico et son fils Ari
One of the most authentic and beautiful artists of all time. She never got old and turned into some sort of over-decorated homogenous living Saint like Patti Smith or Joni mitchell. She was always on the fringes and that's where she thrived. She was not without flaws but it's what made her genuine. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a stroke fest and a farce that does not deserve her.
Une égérie et tant d'autres choses encore..Son fils adoré est enfin aux côtés de sa Mère, place qu'elle et lui n'ont jamais cessé de chercher. Reposez en paix ❤❤❤
For anyone interested in this period of her life, read the book called "Songs They Never Play on the Radio" by James Young. He was in a band with her (Nico and The Faction) and and toured/lived with her for years. He was the keyboard player, and he is in this live video with her. As dark as the book can be, it is also very funny; it is one of my favourite non-fiction books. It is very different and endearing because it was about when she was playing her own music, which was very important to her. A lot of other books about her (whilst good) mainly focus on the Velvet Underground period, and she wanted to forget about that, and for people to be interested in her own music. It honours her in a way.
Merci, merci...NICO. An artist, understatement, SO SEMINAL...Been an avid fan for many years but each time I hear her it is like a new cosmic experience- I know she'd dislike me for putting it so! Namaste from Canada
Id never seen this set. She looks pretty clean here, and fully engaged....A new phase, different from the layers of shawls and heavy coats and boots in 100 degree punk clubs associated with her 70s and earlier 80s work.
Absolutely unbelievable new secret unearthed! Thank you so much for sharing this. Very good sound, too!!! I love Nico since I first heard her in the 1980s. Saw her live several times in Berlin until she passed away. She is underestimated because she was a model and later a junkie. But it takes a lot of talent and courage to play strange music solo in NYC with a harmonium in 1968! I hope her talent will be more widely recognized in the future. I know, I preach to the believers...
Elle anime le séjour des morts.❤ Prêtresse, elle en orchestre les rites, trouve le rythme pour rendre beau le moment où la vie se dirige vers la mort pour y être consacrée.
m.choupie goes on: when nobody understands what they create take something, drugs. alcohol to stand. the pain, the excruciating pain to be able to survive, not to finishing it once and for all, because there still is a slight hope of one or two people who understands. Just a slight hope.
l'heritage de lla music europeen avec magma ,joy division ,nick drake ,cetherine ribeiro mozart bartok varese,bethoven,bach and why not the van der graff generator..and pierre henry
For me, the songs with only Nico and the harmonium are, as always, timeless. The songs with the band backing sound kind of dated to me, at least the synth. Not the notes James Young plays, but much of the sound of any 80s synth. But then I've heard their concert recordings hundreds of times, maybe I'm just tired of them for now.
she was an eksample for people which wanted to fly up to the sky and burned up on the way. many ended the same way. not only artists, but politicians and workers and economists too. because of endless narcissistic love. look into your own picture in the water before drowning because falling in. the best work was with brian eno. a bit of truth.
Yes; the first version I uploaded here had very low audio, which spoilt it. As well as making it louder, I corrected other audio defects and brightened up the visuals.
@@GazelyGaze You couldn't do anything about the timbre. Contains few high tones and many low tones. I was able to improve it somewhat with Audi Cleaning Lab.
@@cazkasjmirAah; well you did far more sophisticated work on it. I just made it more listenable and watchable - the complaints on the old version were people saying they couldn't hear it or even see it properly! I just used the basic tools in Audacity, and adjusted the video in Filmora; I'm not a specialist in either.
@@GazelyGaze Hi. I haven't changed the picture, but I have changed the sound. I can send it to you if you want. I saw her live once in the Netherlands. I also made audio recordings of that. But the recordings were not good due to the automatic volume control. One song still goes. Eulogy to Lenny Bruce.
Great vocals range WOWOWZA amazing Nico..but anyone with severe depression this kind of musice will drive easily to be stoned. Don't like the music at all ..with respect 🙏
the most underrated artists in the history of modern music...she is the creator of an entire genre, the gothic or dark music, the mother of souixie, evanescence and all that came after her
@Captain Cookaburra wow lucky you for being at those times and places...hidden behind a pillar'??? jajajaja very nico...and yeah her last rock two albums were not as good as the previous but I like i anyway...thank for sharing this
@Captain Cookaburra there is a remastered album here in ytb called Frozen Warnings that brings alternate version, unreleased songs from her two first albums, demos etc, it´s a great material unknown
After recently watching the "Nico, 1988" film, I went and searched out every live recording of her I could get my hands on. Yes, she certainly seems to have "something" (eyes??). Listened to a bit of Souixie at one point but couldn't seem to get into it. That damn Warhol never produced that much that interested me, but he sure seemed good at finding some.
Get real
Together with John Cale, who produced and arranged (composed and played all instruments, apart from Nico's harmonium) those seminal albums The Marble Index, Desertshore and The End!
'Janitor of Lunacy' is like siren song from the dark hinterland of high art..
At 18:50. Lyrics:
Janitor of lunacy
Paralyze my infancy
Petrify the empty cradle
Bring hope to them and me
Janitor of tyranny
Testify my vanity
Mortalize my memory
Deceive the devil's deed
Tolerate my jealousy
Recognize the desperate need
Janitor of lunacy
Identify my destiny
Revive the living dream
Forgive their begging scream
Seal the giving of their seed
Disease the breathing grief
Excellente cette artiste ,je ne savais pas j'adore ce style entre Patti Smith et Marianne Faithfull (et maman d'Ari Boulogne ) je l'a découvre seulement maintenant -( RIP ) Nico et son fils Ari
One of the most authentic and beautiful artists of all time. She never got old and turned into some sort of over-decorated homogenous living Saint like Patti Smith or Joni mitchell. She was always on the fringes and that's where she thrived. She was not without flaws but it's what made her genuine. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a stroke fest and a farce that does not deserve her.
Exactly. Thank you for nailing it.
OMG, I saw this concert at the Dolce Vita, I was sixteen and so impressed, great memories.
Great to hear that you were there!
love her forever
Long live the Queen
Christa, we love you, we miss you! RIP great immortal soul! Thanks for sharing!
Une égérie et tant d'autres choses encore..Son fils adoré est enfin aux côtés de sa Mère, place qu'elle et lui n'ont jamais cessé de chercher. Reposez en paix ❤❤❤
Fils? Elle n'était donc pas une mère !
Even though you can see how badly heroin had ravaged her, when she performs "Janitor of Lunacy" and "Kőnig" she still sounds amazing.
Ach ! Notre chère Nico ... 👻
Beautiful. really showcases her vocals
For anyone interested in this period of her life, read the book called "Songs They Never Play on the Radio" by James Young. He was in a band with her (Nico and The Faction) and and toured/lived with her for years. He was the keyboard player, and he is in this live video with her.
As dark as the book can be, it is also very funny; it is one of my favourite non-fiction books. It is very different and endearing because it was about when she was playing her own music, which was very important to her. A lot of other books about her (whilst good) mainly focus on the Velvet Underground period, and she wanted to forget about that, and for people to be interested in her own music. It honours her in a way.
If she wanted to forget about it, then why did she continue playing Velvets songs in her solo shows?
My two favorite songs in sequence: My Heart Is Empty and Purple Lips.
Yes, those are wonderful. Good chap.
She was adorable here
Merci, merci...NICO. An artist, understatement, SO SEMINAL...Been an avid fan for many years but each time I hear her it is like a new cosmic experience- I know she'd dislike me for putting it so! Namaste from Canada
Grazie per averci regalato ARI❤
This is fantastic, thank you. Nico Forever 🙏
Yes yes yes.
Thank you so much for this. I've only really become a fan over the last year or so.
Such a genuinely underappreciated artist and misunderstood person.
I guess James, Toby and the rest did not realise they were making great art at the time - and history.
L'antichambre de la mort, histoire d'y prendre résolument goût.
Oh this is greatly improved! Thanks so much!
You're welcome! It deserved the upgrade.
Id never seen this set. She looks pretty clean here, and fully engaged....A new phase, different from the layers of shawls and heavy coats and boots in 100 degree punk clubs associated with her 70s and earlier 80s work.
fantastic
Thank you so much for this, it is much appreciated!
Absolutely unbelievable new secret unearthed! Thank you so much for sharing this. Very good sound, too!!! I love Nico since I first heard her in the 1980s. Saw her live several times in Berlin until she passed away. She is underestimated because she was a model and later a junkie. But it takes a lot of talent and courage to play strange music solo in NYC with a harmonium in 1968! I hope her talent will be more widely recognized in the future. I know, I preach to the believers...
fantastic, thank you
Thanks so much still as inspirational today as she was back then❤️
Nico meant it!
Unique.
Elle anime le séjour des morts.❤ Prêtresse, elle en orchestre les rites, trouve le rythme pour rendre beau le moment où la vie se dirige vers la mort pour y être consacrée.
UNE VOIX A L'OUTRE-TOMBE. ÇA AIDE À Y PÉNÉTRER. ELLE, ELLE EN FAIT PARTIE.
m.choupie goes on: when nobody understands what they create take something, drugs. alcohol to stand. the pain, the excruciating pain to be able to survive, not to finishing it once and for all, because there still is a slight hope of one or two people who understands. Just a slight hope.
Úžasné a jedinečné !
Will there be another time ?
l'heritage de lla music europeen avec magma ,joy division ,nick drake ,cetherine ribeiro mozart bartok varese,bethoven,bach and why not the van der graff generator..and pierre henry
Et mamma Bea aussi...
For me, the songs with only Nico and the harmonium are, as always, timeless. The songs with the band backing sound kind of dated to me, at least the synth. Not the notes James Young plays, but much of the sound of any 80s synth. But then I've heard their concert recordings hundreds of times, maybe I'm just tired of them for now.
Most 80's synths sound very annoying!
Timeless timeless timeless. Oui.
this live version for me is same as the original. Nico never sounds the same. Always reinvents her songs. This is the experiment of art music...
🖤
More base more base I still can feel my face
she was an eksample for people which wanted to fly up to the sky and burned up on the way. many ended the same way. not only artists, but politicians and workers and economists too. because of endless narcissistic love. look into your own picture in the water before drowning because falling in. the best work was with brian eno. a bit of truth.
And where will she go and what shall she do , l d feel except on studio album she said always "what shall she go" and not "do"
I wonder what Simon Cowell thought of her singing and music
I'm not sure Simon Cowell thinks about Nico at all! (And neither would Nico think about him.)
Remastered ?
Yes; the first version I uploaded here had very low audio, which spoilt it. As well as making it louder, I corrected other audio defects and brightened up the visuals.
@@GazelyGaze You couldn't do anything about the timbre. Contains few high tones and many low tones. I was able to improve it somewhat with Audi Cleaning Lab.
@@cazkasjmirAah; well you did far more sophisticated work on it. I just made it more listenable and watchable - the complaints on the old version were people saying they couldn't hear it or even see it properly! I just used the basic tools in Audacity, and adjusted the video in Filmora; I'm not a specialist in either.
@@GazelyGaze Hi. I haven't changed the picture, but I have changed the sound. I can send it to you if you want. I saw her live once in the Netherlands. I also made audio recordings of that. But the recordings were not good due to the automatic volume control. One song still goes. Eulogy to Lenny Bruce.
@@cazkasjmir Thanks; that would be really great! By WeTransfer to GazelyGaze@gmail.com if that works for you? Cheers.
43:45
Yes! I love Sixty-Forty. Don't know why it's got that title, but it's one of her top later period songs.
@@GazelyGaze i felt that meant about something possiblity
@@GazelyGaze thats why i love this song more than anything
@@GazelyGazedid u know the title name came from cell room?
@@user-yj5hl4uf5s No - but what's 'cell room'? (Apart from a jail, and I don't think that's a typical size.)
Great vocals range WOWOWZA amazing Nico..but anyone with severe depression this kind of musice will drive easily to be stoned.
Don't like the music at all ..with respect 🙏
really hideous...
Don't talk about yourself that way
@@cafeAmericano I see you are quite the wit...
...hahaha...Nein
@@edgarddamken1136 ... hahahahhaha... doch
she did not give a single flying one. she just did and was.