Who was Nikko? (sp?)
Nicholas Hill
writes:
>
>NIco was a part of the velvet underground in the 60's she has a great
>voice and was part of the warhol-sixties scene. she was beautiful and you
>should really hear her. check out the vu's first album--the bannana
>album--good stuff
>
Better really to check out her album "Chelsea Girls" with her version of
"I'll Keep It With Mine" on it..
Nicholas Hill
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John R. Weikart
Duggan ) wrote:
> She was involved with Lou Reed, and was Jackson Browne's
> >lover when he was 18 or so.
>
> Her involvement with Lou Reed also led to her singing with the Velvet
> Underground, including "Femme Fatale" and "All Tomorrow'e Parties".
> Kind of an eerie, husky, near-monotonal addition to the Velvets. I
> believe the correct spelling is Nico.
>
> Joe
I don't mean to be too picky, but technically she came to the Velvets
through Andy Warhol and only then did the relationship with Reed begin.
CCruzan
surrounding scene. Unfortunately she became a herion addict and destroyed
her life as well as her sons. The albumVU wlth Nico is well worth owning
and listening to in MHO.
Chuck Cruzan
Fayetteville, GA, USA
Robin Jatko
> Apparently she was some beautiful, self-destructive model who met Dylan
> sometime in the 1960s. Dylan introduced her to Andy Warhol, who got her into
> the music business. She was involved with Lou Reed, and was Jackson Browne's
> lover when he was 18 or so. I heard part of a version she did of "These
> Days." Haunting. Beautifully sad.
>
> She died, apparently recently, at age 50. Someone has done a film about her
> life, and death.
After all the years of self-destructive habits, Nico died after she fell
off her bicycle. There is a movie out about her--it's supposed to be
good, but is probably fairly depressing. Bobby Neuwirth insists that
Dylan wrote I'LL KEEP IT WITH MINE for/about (see how careful I'm being
Craig?) her, but Dylan never said that...Bobby Neuwirth also says he wrote
a lot of lyrics for Dylan, so...
Robin
Joe Duggan
She was involved with Lou Reed, and was Jackson Browne's
>lover when he was 18 or so.
Her involvement with Lou Reed also led to her singing with the Velvet
Thies Meyer
>I was listening to NPR on Friday afternoon, and Monitor Radio had a bit on a
>woman named Nikko. (Forgive the spelling, I know it's wrong.)
<...
>Anybody know anything about her? Is it worth it to go dig out her music and
>listen to it?
She came from Germany and was
singing with Velvet Underground.
I have no idea how she got in that
Warhol/VU thing...
Thies.
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Florian Pfeil
>I was listening to NPR on Friday afternoon, and Monitor Radio had a bit on a
>woman named Nikko. (Forgive the spelling, I know it's wrong.)
You're right, it's wrong. Her name was Nico.
>Apparently she was some beautiful, self-destructive model who met Dylan
>sometime in the 1960s. Dylan introduced her to Andy Warhol, who got her into
>the music business. She was involved with Lou Reed, and was Jackson Browne's
>lover when he was 18 or so. I heard part of a version she did of "These
>Days." Haunting. Beautifully sad.
Nico's real name was Christa Päffgen (no wonder she called herself "nico", is it?)
Warhol was very impressed of her and he introduced her to Lou Reed, John Cale,
Sterling Morrison and Moe Tucker="Velvet Underground". Their first album was called
"The Velvet Underground & Nico" and it became very famous because 1) it featured some
of the best VU-songs ever (like "Femme Fatale", "Waiting for the man", "Venus in
furs"...) and 2) Warhol created the cover: nothing else but a big banana.
>Anybody know anything about her? Is it worth it to go dig out her music and
>listen to it?
Try "the Velvet Underground & Nico"! It's old but great. She produced some
solo-albums, too. They are really good but not as good as the VU-stuff.
Greetings
Flo.
Ed Wierenga
Des O'Brien <d...@cee.hw.ac.uk> wrote:
>In article <Pine.A32.3.91.960122...@umabnet.ab.umd.edu> Robin
>
>
>>After all the years of self-destructive habits, Nico died after she fell
>>off her bicycle. There is a movie out about her--it's supposed to be
>>good, but is probably fairly depressing. Bobby Neuwirth insists that
>>Dylan wrote I'LL KEEP IT WITH MINE for/about (see how careful I'm being
>>Craig?)
>
>to remember reading somewhere) that I'll Keep It With Mine was written FOR
>Nana Mouskouri (sp?); FOR as in she asked him for a song and he gave her this.
>Apologies for the lack of a reference, but perhaps I've jogged someone else's
>memory.
The booklet accompanying The Bootleg Series 1-3 says that the song was
"given to Nico". For what it's worth.
Ed
Richard Batey
writes:
>>NIco was a part of the velvet underground in the 60's she has a great
>>voice and was part of the warhol-sixties scene. she was beautiful and you
>>should really hear her. check out the vu's first album--the bannana
>>album--good stuff
Nicholas Hill replies:
>Better really to check out her album "Chelsea Girls" with her version of
>"I'll Keep It With Mine" on it
There is a 5 CD boxed set of the Velvet Underground material w/previously
unreleased songs on most, if not all, of the CDs. The "banana" CD is CD #2
in the set with the box having the banana graphic. I think the banana on the
original LP was pink when peeled. Saw a used copy of that album today
hanging on the wall in the local shop.
Richard
JoeO222
I have an LP entitled "Nico: Chelsea Girl". She sings "I'll Keep it with
Mine" on it. I think that makes it worthwhile.
Joe Oppenheim
Des O'Brien
Jatko writes:
>After all the years of self-destructive habits, Nico died after she fell
>off her bicycle. There is a movie out about her--it's supposed to be
>good, but is probably fairly depressing. Bobby Neuwirth insists that
>Dylan wrote I'LL KEEP IT WITH MINE for/about (see how careful I'm being
>Craig?)
No references here as my memory isn't what it used to be, but I seem
to remember reading somewhere) that I'll Keep It With Mine was written FOR
Nana Mouskouri (sp?); FOR as in she asked him for a song and he gave her this.
Apologies for the lack of a reference, but perhaps I've jogged someone else's
memory.
Des
Patricia Jungwirth
>Ed Wierenga <ed...@RO.CC.ROCHESTER.EDU>
>>Jatko writes:
>>
>>>good, but is probably fairly depressing. Bobby Neuwirth insists that
>>>Dylan wrote I'LL KEEP IT WITH MINE for/about (see how careful I'm being
>>>Craig?)
>>
>
>"given to Nico". For what it's worth.
>
Good point. To read more about Nico and Dylan, try the biography "Nico: the
life and lies of an icon" by Richard Witts (no jokes please, remember how
erudite and polite this list is). A sample:
"When she met him he was 23, two years younger than her. His second LP had
been released; it was a sensation, and not only in Nico's view. [ ] Nico
didn't understand a word of his music. 'Twing, twang, twing, twang, baybee:
that's how it went.'
Dylan had played in London to promote his LP, and had received more acclaim
than anyone had then expected. He was a new icon, as Nico would have known
before she met him. Dylan had decided to move on to Paris for a few days,
not to play but to meet Hugues Aufray, who translated his songs into French.
In this way he came by chance to Nico. They met in the street, introduced by
their mutual friend. Bob Dylan said he remembered her from 'La Dolce Vita',
and feigned interest enough to get swiftly invited to her studio apartment.
They stayed there for an an evening and a week: 'He was so charming. I had
not quite met someone like him - assertive and delightful, and young. He did
not treat me very seriously, but at least he was interested in my story,
which he found to be a sad one, especially about my baby."
More later, perhaps.
tj
Jeff Rosenberg (JfryBlair)
>
>The booklet accompanying The Bootleg Series 1-3 says that the song was
>"given to Nico". For what it's worth.
>
Ah, yes, but the liner notes to Biograph say that the song was "recorded
for Judy Collins." So (no offense) it ain't worth much.