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.
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
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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.
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 ☮️☮️☮️☮️
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'?
@@danielaschwarz1971 Early 1970s when she was in a relationship with junkie film director Philippe Garrel. She had managed to avoid the drug during her Velvet Underground / Warhol phase in New York. She had actually managed to quit it shortly before her death, through treatment with methadone.
@@chriswareham1547 I think she began her relationship with Garrell around 1969. She contributed the second song from this set to their first film together. I'm guessing she was a user around this time because it never takes two years for a heroin addiction to develop.
I wonder if she ever watched at that time the film 'More'....I suppose or I hope she didn't, because who can be so desperate or so unconscious to fall into heroin after watching that film?...it is so sad, so desperate...Love her work so much and that heroin thing is so disheartening...I wish she had lived and created more music....it would be amazing music, for sure...
She started using recreationally in the late 60s, 68 or 69. I can’t remember when The Marble Index was recorded, but I read an article where John Cale said she either used while she was writing the songs and/or during the recordings. So pretty much, once she changed her image it wasn’t long after that she began using. She had previous history with drug use when she was a model, but it was normalized for models to take prescribed amphetamines to keep them thin. No judgements on her addiction though, she went through some shitty stuff.
@@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.!
@@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. )
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.
hypnotique et mystic , sublime nico
goth mother
My God.this is so over whealming, what an experiencia, sublime, out of this world❤❤❤
Yower an overwhelmenerer.
Remarkable and totally unique. Her music was both haunting and deeply touching.
It's all there if you look, all the pain of her childhood in Berlin and the subsequent searching but finding mostly emptiness.
I was lucky to see her play in 1982.
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.
Overwhelmingly magnificent as a performance by Maria Callas or Èdith Piaf. Avant-garde at it's finest.
Wow. She was only 32 years old. Incredible music.
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
Wow, I mean WOW. Enchanting.
Криста Нико я тебя люблю. Привет из Екатеринбурга Россия. Пусть земля тебе будет пухом
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.
Música extraña , pero hermosa,y fascinante. La forma de cantar de nico y las notas del armonio poseen ecos de la música medieval
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.
This is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this. " My penitence is empty". Just beautiful. Thank you again ❤!
Disco 2, eh? I would like very much to go to a disco where Nico is played.
She's a good lass.
Still give me goosebumps
pure genius
Stunning! Thank you. I think Nico was one of the great poets of the 20th Century.
Why poet?
50 years ago....♥✨🌠
La plus belle musicienne de tous les temps.
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
There will never be another Nico
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.
just noticed that Nico is on the cover of a 1962 Bill Evans recording- so cool!
Nico is awesome
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.
This is an absolute treasure. Thanks for uploading
Mesmerising!
Knocked me out man. Fuckin ace!
te amooooooo, me ayudas con las crisis de ansiedad ♡
This is a rare gem indeed. Thnks
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...
Absolutely darkly magic...
IMPRESIONANTE!!!
The remarkable and one off Nico
Thanks for uploading. Nico a one off gem.
I almost missed the ending! It's awesome!
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.
Doomed Goddess : The Doors to another world
"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.
Sweet beautiful sexy talented woman.
RIP
How fantastic is this?
she never died
Thanks ever so much for putting this here, ever so moving... it's left me a bit ... (speechless) ...
this is just fuck-all lovely.
Amazing 🖤
wonderful
Thank you so much! Also, for the Family, Residents, and Wyatt clips. As I recall, The Falconer was not broadcast--so, especially nice.
Happy birthday Nico. 16.10.24
Thanks!❤️Great stuff.
Thanks
thanks you very very much
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.
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
thank you
Testify my vanity
Mortalize my memory
Deceive the devil's deed
wow : )
Love Nico
We ❤ N icons
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'?
Wonderful performance from before the heroin took hold.
When did she start taking heroin ??
@@danielaschwarz1971 Early 1970s when she was in a relationship with junkie film director Philippe Garrel. She had managed to avoid the drug during her Velvet Underground / Warhol phase in New York. She had actually managed to quit it shortly before her death, through treatment with methadone.
@@chriswareham1547 I think she began her relationship with Garrell around 1969. She contributed the second song from this set to their first film together. I'm guessing she was a user around this time because it never takes two years for a heroin addiction to develop.
I wonder if she ever watched at that time the film 'More'....I suppose or I hope she didn't, because who can be so desperate or so unconscious to fall into heroin after watching that film?...it is so sad, so desperate...Love her work so much and that heroin thing is so disheartening...I wish she had lived and created more music....it would be amazing music, for sure...
She started using recreationally in the late 60s, 68 or 69. I can’t remember when The Marble Index was recorded, but I read an article where John Cale said she either used while she was writing the songs and/or during the recordings. So pretty much, once she changed her image it wasn’t long after that she began using. She had previous history with drug use when she was a model, but it was normalized for models to take prescribed amphetamines to keep them thin. No judgements on her addiction though, she went through some shitty stuff.
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" is actually the name of the show she was appearing on and not a song title
The last composer of lieder
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
im ltierally peeing my pants guys og ym god i love this video
before too much drugs
5:03
где можно найти переводы текстов на русский?
I guess only in darkest rabbit hole.
SUMMERSAND.
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.
Wow, I didn't think any footage of "Disco 2" survived.
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.
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. )