klaus nomi

[TheMina38]

j'adore ce mec une voix est un talent exceptionnel est egalement son look opéra new-ave...

[JaimeinUK]

Live and death willingly and powerfully blended in this masterpece, thus nearly unbeatable. This is art.

[A626fan]

can someone please date this performance? 

[vintagegrace]

@A626fan It was approximately 6 months before he died so it would have been early 1983, I believe.

[astronautsinmyhome]

me encanta.

[sailorkostas]

a great artist!

[BirthOfSerpents]

Rest In Peace sweet prince.

You came to earth to save to humanity and unfortunately your home planet needed you back.

Parted to soon. We will never forget

[LogutChapman]

Genius, pure genius. The best version of this haunting piece available anywhere. Spoken as a Purcell lover and one who never heard of Nomi before seeing this rendition. Command of notes unparalleled. Crispness of diction unequaled. Delivery of "...unwillingly ..." - - incredible. Perfect theatrical flourishes. The Elizabethan collar is the icing on the cake. Love it and tune it in frequently.

[Fruchtzwerg3006]

He looks terribly tired on this performance but his vice is still powerful. <3

[gerardarker1]

beautifll

[TheMina38]

juste magnifique

[synthvault]

Unbelievable talent. For someone to have that talent and also be so creative is such an anomaly it blows my mind.

[thorshammer1348]

NOMI WAS A SUPEALATIVE OPERA SINGER THAT WAS DISCOVERED TOO LATE,I LIKED HIM W/DAVID BOWIE ON SAT NITE LIVE. SORRY  HE's GONE NOW.

[otakumike2006]

To stop wars this song should be played....Everyone would drop their arms and start crying..Nomi was an angel amongst us with his voice.

[Stasi78]

It should be taken into serious account, that by the time he was doing this live opera performance, the man was already seriously ill from HIV/AIDS, a disease they hardly knew or understood at the times. This needed true courage.

[STNEIDERIN]

sublime

[youpumpertube]

What an interesting creature. Brilliant!

[singerman2008]

as a singer i appreciate his voice but i really dont like what he is singing but the voice itself is great

[TehDash]

deja me, deja me congelarme de nuevo hasta morir

[fabrice579]

Mes yeux sont rouges de larmes...

[fabrice579]

j'écoute cette vidéo en boucle... Je suis sans voix... Ce type est incroyable... Un ange à la voix d'or... Une émotion indicible... Mille bravo +++

[AxeNewkill]

This song must be extremely difficult to sing. Nomi performed it flawlessly!

[Jofph]

Oh my God, this is mesmerising. Angel and devil, who cares? It's so sad he left the planet too soon.

[tiotfredo]

Que dire ?? une merveille.....merci pour cette émotion .

[fhurvhur]

Lyrics for interested:

What power art thou, who from below

Hast made me rise unwillingly and slow

From beds of everlasting snow

See’st thou not ( how stiff )2) and wondrous old

Far unfit to bear the bitter cold,

I ( can scarcely move or draw my breath )2)

Let me, let me freeze again to death.3)

[alaespsd]

from King Arthur by Henry Purcell :) you can remember him from Dido and Aeneas... also Klaus Nomi sang Dido's lament too :) he's impressive

[petermoli]

hermoso...

[419CrazyDiamond]

KLAUS NOMI! YOU RULE. And a dick belongs in a dudes ass as much as it does in a chicks ass. FUCK ALL OF YOU HATERS!!

[legion29200]

r i p klaus nomi

[M0RESWEET]

his voice is very sweet,

and very wailful ...

i love his songs(´▽`)and style!

[poppa8169]

This sounds great! And by the way it has nothing to do with the gay straight crap art is art!

[batemanier]

So great. Thanks so much Klaus.

[larsouille858]

Les cons c,a osent tout... c'est meme a` c,a qu'on les reconnait...

[foetusenvy]

on that note, nomi-- please return to earth in ~50 years, hopefully mankind will have learned a thing or two by then.

[alaespsd]

@foetusenvy i'm totally agree with you!

[manuel82ification]

I am doing my Internship at LA County Department Of Mental Health, & yes those cruel people who called Klaus Nomi (who by the way had way more talent that most of the singers that are famous now adays) a fag have great intolerance issues and need Psychological and/or Psychiatric care. Mr. Nomi died from Aids just about the time when his career was going to explode into great fame, May his music never die and may his memory live with those who respect others regardless of race,& Sexual Orientat

[daviedovey]

the homophobes that have posted unkind things here require some help for their mental health issues, then they may discover and become content with their repressed identity. yes, klaus was a fag, so am i, what of it? you, the homophobes probably are too but can't deal with it. deal with it, then you can get on with your lives, chill out and enjoy a nice hot hard cock up your asses just like it do. deep down you know you'll love it.

[FionnDair]

This is simply vocal genius!!! Amazing!

[markx64]

Its sad, this guy could have gone on to do such great things if it weren't for that dick in the ass thing he was into.

[Sunoyi]

@markx64 Because straight people never get AIDS, right?

[markx64]

@Sunoyi Oh they get AIDS, just not from the dick-in-the-ass way that Klaus was into. The penis does not belong in guys butts, its just common sense.

[Sunoyi]

@markx64 ... Straight people have anal sex too, dumbfuck.

[markx64]

@Sunoyi What part of "penis does not belong in GUYS butts" do you not understand dumnfuck ?

[PNI2]

@markx64 homophobic much?

[markx64]

@PNI2 Very much so

[nicolanthon25]

@markx64 he's gay.

[tmoney4show]

fuckin weird shit guys....haha

[3629701]

♪( ´θ｀)ノ

[KtaSophia]

Magnificent ...

[Fanfanjeanne193]

not a castrato, a counter-tenor!

[shilohwillcome]

wow, he was on another level.

[enguerranddemarigny]

What a shame ! In a complete different kind of music, did exist on youtube a famous video, amongst David Bowie's fans, of the the Saturday Night Live of 1979 in which Klaus Nomi as backing vocal and David Bowie sung "The Man Who Sold The World", a Bowie song repertoir. The performance of both is just incredible. But for a video copyright reason it disapeared from youtube, you can only listening to it.

[lago4]

he sounded like a castrato....albeit, he wasn't

[Organiste06]

@lago4 Have you ever heard a castrato ?!

[lago4]

@Organiste06 youtube . com/watch?v=wv-S3uoeTXg

[Sicvicious]

lovely Klaus Nomi, forever!

[artistinstinct]

KLAUS!.... a late great legend of the oddity of what music can BECOME!

[kwgrid]

Incredible!

[RAYAUSTINTUBE]

oh, this brings tears to my eyes.

[elreydecaracas]

ESTO ES ARTE

[ketschtheresa]

the nome-purcell-soul... what words has the power to describe

[fabrice579]

Klaus Nomi for ever...

I love him ++

[bruno1566]

magnifique !

[MetziTecol]

Awesome..

[geldflo]

we dont forget you also my mam loves you ..well remeber a great star

[stephanevreux]

Klaus Nomi has been in my heart for 30 years. I will never forget him for the rest of my live. The greatest artist I have never seen. Hi Klaus, I am thinking about you, very often. Steve.

[BillF1967]

I can scarcely move or draw my breath.

[Jallandhara]

@BillF1967 fag.

[xtractorofficial]

klaus war unglaublich! mehr ist nicht zu sagen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Organiste06]

I've read this was made some weeks before he died... isn't right ? 

[jacknapier37]

quelle performance!!!!!!!!,klaus nomi avait toutes les qualités pour devenir un trés grand,cette putain de maladie en a décider autrement.

[loklala2004]

this was when his health'd begun to fail.

[JapaneseModernist]

This is fantastic!

[yanndelabasinierre]

Quel est le titre de CE morceau ? Merci !

[purrbc]

@yanndelabasinierre It's an aria from Henry Purcell's 'King Arthur', the title is Cold Genius, from third act.

What power art thou, who from below

Hast made me rise unwillingly and slow

From beds of everlasting snow?

See'st thou not how stiff and wondrous old

Far unfit to bear the bitter cold,

I can scarcely move or draw my breath?

Let me, let me freeze again to death.

[Organiste06]

@yanndelabasinierre "Cold Song" par Klaus Nomi. Un arrangement fait à partir de l'air "What power art thou", de l'opéra "Le Roi Arthur" d'Henri Purcell".

[UtahMike41]

Great voice. Creepy though. Like a falsetto Marilyn Mason.

[AuroraMortem]

Yo quiero cantar como el (y) fabuloso!

[ratayska]

impressionnent 

[Boonfro1]

This sounds clichéd- but that performance and song is haunting! Outstanding performer!

[babygoblin666]

I finally watched 'The Nomi Song' yesterday. I loved him back in the day, and I had forgotten what a gifted talent he really was. That voice...

[MrWoofington]

I have just discovered Klaus Nomi this month.

I must say, this performance is absolutely outstanding. Death is rarely expressed so beautifully...

[christiankinney]

@MrWoofington He died soon after this performance.

[bozboy99]

is it wrong to be german

[fabrice579]

Merveilleux, divin...

Regretté Klauss Nomi...

[outromac]

É redentor, maravilhoso! Nomi faz da estupidez e da falta de sentido o gozo da vida. Lindo!

[ThatGuy0057]

whats the song

[MrWoofington]

Oh my god! WHY did I not know about Klaus Nomi before? This was absolutely beautiful. "Let me freeeze to death". Simple elegant beauty!

[TheUglyViolet]

i love the live versions of this song so much! i love you klaus!!

[batemanier]

You rocked dude ^^

[BOHEMIANMEX]

Is true that this presentation was almost the last of him?

[217zenki]

@BOHEMIANMEX he died 6months later .. You can see hes gasping for air struggling in his performance.

[AlexOnDrum]

De l'opéra avec un micro ? C'est pas un peu la honte pour un allemand ? En tout cas ça rend la chose bidon, dommage...

[tiotfredo]

@AlexOnDrum une insulte gratuit cela fait du bien ?? Quand vous serez à son niveau cela vous sera possible de parler merci de m'etre des discours juste ...ne soyez pas toucher cela est la vèrité.

[Vlaanderson]

@AlexOnDrum Il était atteint du SIDA, sa maladie était déjà à un stade avancé, d'ailleurs il est décédé six mois après cette représentation. Je crois qu'on doit lui reconnaître une telle performance lorsqu'on souffre d'une si terrible maladie, même avec micro...

[AlexOnDrum]

@Vlaanderson Argh oui, vu comme ça...

[gabogibbor]

Inigualable

[farmerboyke]

J'aime cet artiste troublant et beau.

Quelle talent il venait vraiment d'allieurs

[28latino28]

this guy is absolutely mazing!!!!!! I didn't know him! Very far ahead oh his time for sure,,,,,,, A M A Z I N G

[flossanova]

He be so fantastical.

[randseed]

klaus will always be important to me.

[jackhillty]

let me let me let me

[dustinbwortham]

"The Cold Song" (from Henry Purcell's 1691 opera "King Arthur")

[2801xc]

@dustinbwortham yes and one of his last appearence on stage,not to say the last one If I'm not wrong

[o88ak88]

Which opera is this? How is this melody called?

[moby406]

this music was in the movie Nos Amours with Sandrene Bonair. amazing

[ilovesoda]

piercing and radiant performance

[ILUVALEX613]

Such a beautiful voice! <3

[zwergsyramon]

Bohlen ist dagegen ein Zwerg.

Was für ein Stimme.

Gigantisch

[luciano1336]

was für ein vergleich.....

[MUSCLEEDDIE212]

power

[croscream]

I like this and there is little about this man that makes me uncomfortable.

[Ziggurathss]

thnk u!

[darrin1701]

It's him 100% so close to leave a genius really...

[Intuitionsmusic]

what year was this?

[honeygayboykisses]

1982

[vafencul1]

splendide.....................­.....

[fuji440]

素晴らしい

[svasticsupremacy]

Great !!!

[duendeautista]

Sobervio

[lachendeblume]

great,

very great,

thank you for your creativ beeing - singing here

gernot

[TheBestShortwave]

you can just tell from this video that that dude was gonna die. look at his face, seriously

[jones2612]

lol...the first minute sounds like scarface movie theme....great song, Nomi was awesome..watch "the nomi song" movie if you're a fan....

[rochaeps10]

genio.

[Puppachick]

Best video ever!

[Tvinqle]

Everytime speachless!

[whissellkarl]

the liece is  Cold Song by Henry Purcell

[whissellkarl]

every time I listen, I cry . But I can't stop listen again and again and again ....

[cyborgchocolat]

ajá... se parece mucho a la música de Michael Nyman para "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover". Y bueno ¿cómo se llama esta canción?

[AlientoDeSeth]

formidableee!!

el mejorr...

q genio!!!

[Dheotori]

just he was the best

[ThePerishingImage]

sounds like the thief the cook wife and lover film!!!

[smileythegnome]

What was the ACTUAL name of this piece?

[3halfshadows]

I think it's called air of the cold genius. I'm too lazy to look it up and check.

[LeoKat256]

Libretto to what he's singing:

"What power art thou, who from below

Hast made me rise unwillingly and slow

From beds of everlasting snow?

See'st thou not how stiff and wondrous old

Far unfit to bear the bitter cold,

I can scarcely move or draw my breath?

Let me, let me freeze again to death."

[CHUVAOSOL]

AAMMAAAAAZZZZIIIIIIIINNNGGGGGG­GGGG. hope to meet you in Heaven Klaus. thank you

[moevisual]

you

[SHAZZAM123455]

such a wonderful voice

R.I.P.

[3Nomens]

Fantastic!

[OlDoinyo]

The orchestration sounds very Italianate--compare Vivaldi's "L'inverno". Neat music and good modal/falsetto gradation in the perfomance.

[Tvinqle]

Only Klaus Nomi could sing this song like this as it should be! Excellent, real art!

[MissyDark]

I Love it :D

[lili90277]

Klaus, international Klaus, genius Klaus, will be alive in our hearts FOR EVER, AND EVER!!!

He was not german!! as he says in his interview, he is international!  Love you, Monsieur Nomi!! Eternally...

[ropgrunn]

officially this part of the opera is called "frost scene" sung by a character "the cold genius" who has been frozen, disappointed by love and life, and is now reluctantly woken by cupid. in purcell's original it is a bass aria

[ctenochaetus]

One of the best songs ever!!!

[wiggertronix]

mike patton might be nomi's predecesor

[asamher]

quiero saber escuchar a buenos contratenores como este

[ThatInternationalGuy]

hablo espanol y aleman, y si quieres, se lo traducio

[Juan0Asakura]

Wow...excelent¡¡¡

[TheRicardosol2009]

great klaus!!!!!

[Sage80]

what is the name of this song?

[ctenochaetus]

Cold Song - Klaus Nomi

[Griwhoolda]

The music is by Henry Purcell

[joetheli0n]

name of song: "What power art thou" from Henry Purcell's semi-opera 'King Arthur"

[7154896]

como se llama la cancion? me podrian decir por favor, gracias.

[panoscrete]

The Cold Song

[7154896]

mucha gracias de mi parte, saludos desde aqui de leon gto mex

[tiotfredo]

Pour l'éternitée !!! klaus ........merci .

[CizzuCizzu]

Isn't it Michael Nyman ?!?

[MaxSynths]

No it isn't Nymal... it's Purcell's Cold Song from the King Arthur

[zwergsyramon]

Welch eine Jahrhundertstimme,

Jacko ist dagegen ein Anfänger.

[lili90277]

Sir Klaus Nomi!! I will never forget you! You are a genius!!

[pecadossangrientos]

Ala verga!!

Que voz tan imprecionante, le da exelente grabedad de vos!!! deverdad que mis respetos para klaus

Descanze en paz

lord nomi

[LunaSeaSane]

This must be 1980. It's from "Encore!".

[conversely123]

AMAZING!!  Thanks for posting!

[albertore1]

Damn!! That was AWESOME!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!

[pipy05]

oh my god! that was..................amazing!!