Nico - I'm Not Sayin' (1965)

[etarney]

She sounds a lot like Judith Durham, singer for the Seekers. NOt as strong or full of a voice, but very similar sound.

[worldrunner]

Great Gordon Lightfoot song, performed with a variation on his lyrics. Would also love to see a video biography of Nico. The death seems so unexpected and wasteful of an interesting and beautiful person. She looks so clean-cut, very "natural" look for 1965; she was ahead of her time. Wonder if the video would have Jackson Browne in it, oh, and perhaps the deceased Andy Warhol? Yes Uma Thurman, or even Daryl Hanna are good choices.

[fakkoegg]

fantasticbob123 you are right! Uma Thurman is a good choice; perhaps a new actress could play the younger Nico.

[kingblee1]

don't forget, a certain Brian Jones on acoustic guitar

[streetparade]

@kingblee1 It's actually Jimmy Page playing.

[123jsbach]

ah shut up! sing us a song when you know what you are saying! lol!! cool song regardless!!! ;)

[podcastshmodcast]

NICOS great pop work from the pre-velvets days back when she was a star in Germany

[PJL1973]

It's amazing that such a promo film exists, considering how it bombed in the UK (failed to chart). I managed to track down a better quality version on the net onto my account, but the clips from Nico Icon are even better.

[kennethj1956]

Is this Bridget Bardot?

[bloderme]

@kennethj1956 No, Christina Pfagen aka Nico

[GolliwoggMusic]

Golliwogg APPROVES of this song.

[rasputin63]

Written by Gordon Lightfoot.

[urmomicous]

Sheesh, just stop arguing and listen to this gorgeous woman sing!! <3 Spread the love!!

[clayboytm]

Der sloaches funhouse

[john111257]

FINE 60S ..first time hearing this today

[semicon303]

Jimmy Page on acoustic guitar

[stiggyh]

magical :)

[doglips1958]

OK.I know she was about 27.

[greatestxgift]

@doglips1958 ...Then why did you leave a clueless comment saying that you didn't think she was even 20 on here?

[doglips1958]

@greatestxgift It was a pun on the word nicotine.Sorry you got your panties in a wad .Chill

[greatestxgift]

@doglips1958 The pun doesn't really work when she was nowhere near a teen when this was recorded. Did you seriously think that was funny at all? Totally sad...

[doglips1958]

I don't think she was even 20 here,which makes her a Nicoteen.

[xanfus]

Sometimes i think Nico is what Ayla looks like

[ElectricLabel]

She hated this record!

[fantasticbob123]

some one neeeds to make a film about her life! and I think Uma Thurman whould be perfect for the part love you christa

[supercluster]

@fantasticbob123 there is a movie about her life. it is a documentary called Nico Icon

[juggalohunter100]

@fantasticbob123 No, please there are enough talentless hacks in the limelight already.

[OperatorOscillation]

@fantasticbob123 uma thurman is probably too old by now.

[hoibsh]

@fantasticbob123 There's already one, a short documentary called Nico/Icon.

[FuckVEVOHD]

@fantasticbob123 That's not really a bad idea.

[cythera431]

that distinctive deep Nico voice...was this filmed in UK? or Germany?

[PiinkRock]

@cythera431 in UK, London.

[L4R41]

Nico es la mejor, me fascina su voz, si Jim no se hubiera quedado con Pam me hubiera gustado que estuviera con Nico :D

[neferhepru]

Exactly - James Patrick (aka Jimmy) Page

[7OLGA7]

Magnificent woman!

[neferhepru]

that session also included The Last Mile by the same Nico

[OakRonin]

like honey-coated peppers marinated in absinthe......

[neferhepru]

and the guy who plays a guitar here. would soon Form Led Zeppelin

[Danni3lilbirds]

@neferhepru woah im glad to know that.

[7OLGA7]

@neferhepru Do you mean Jimmy Page?! :o Wow...

[7klicksout]

To Tigermoon1950 U-R-Not! At any rate, hand me my m-16,4-35 round mags,2-frag gernades, and some peanut butter, and we will call it good!!!! Yeah Baby.....

[wanjikuu]

como ela é filha da puta... alguém já parou pra entender a letra dessa música? mó cuzona... ehhehehe

mas mesmo assim, nico rules :)

[IWearBones138]

Shes got a beautiful voice only matched by her own looks. Also I'm not sayin' that its true but the song's quite cold lyrically.

[frankkubb]

Such a beautiful yet tragic soul, her life was incredibly sad.....But her legend lives on..

[ronsprog1]

What a pleasant surprise it was to discover such a great pre-Velvet Underground Nico song. I love what she's done with the Gordon LIghtfoot original. It should have been a hit! Thank you very, very much for uploading this!

[Elberiver11]

Its a shame she had to die so young, it was an accident and the doctors diagnosed her wrong......very sad, she was only some 50 years old when she died, and she left a boy behind.

[hermygagala]

@Elberiver11 She was 49.

[Elberiver11]

I love 60ies movies and the clips in black and white from the 60ies, too, i dont know why.

[needledropdamagedone]

Hello, for a full Nico discography REVIEW, see my channel. Cheerio.

[needledropdamagedone]

Pre- Velvet Underground stuff, thanks for uploading. Nico=Icon

[thepersona100]

I watched a bio on Nico and she said the only reason she used heroin is not because she was addicted (even though she was) but because she thought the needle marks on her arms were Mysterious and Sexy.

[sonicjay007]

the laugh was not..final..

[bollhane]

i love Nico and her songs!!all the way from the 60:s to the 80:s!!WONDERFUL!!!

[bollhane]

i love Nico and her songs..all the way from the 60:s to the 80:s!!WONDERFUL!!

[proibidoanimais]

I liked this song a lot :) Sounds a lot like a Dylan song to me.

[johnniescarlett]

Haunting!

[jpdel31]

Brian Jones worked first with her. Rip.

[TurboVW2004]

It's edgy and sentimental and ironically, 60's pop all rolled into one song.

[helpmeanyone]

I can't stop hearing this....in my head always...THEY tried....that's all any of us can do.....TRY......She wasn't perfect but she ....tried in her way.........what a voice.....what words....THANK YOU ....for posting Gordon Lightfoot's words....

In the end we all do the best we can to survive..........

[jeng3000]

Amazing... I've never heard this awesome Nico song, but it sounds almost exactly like something Stephen Merritt from the Magnetic Fields might write! Wow... he must have been influenced by this or similar style music.

[brithans]

This song was written by Gordon Lightfoot. Weird huh?

[helpmeanyone]

I don't think YOU TRIED .......Jackson Brown......LOSER ....How can people be SUCH LOSERS.. FAIL EVERY WHICH WAY....& get respect...???  BULLYING IS NOT RIGHT....Don't respect Bullys and selfish people...please.. NICO & JACKSON BROWNE....YOU whoever you are reading this is..a BETTER person ..don't get caught up in this CRAP !!!

[EdVanCertes]

So it was Nico, eh?, I stare away with your current profile picture and every other!. Wish we could go grab a coffee together one day early morning. I take every idea you bring on with. Bring it on L.A.!,......cant help it at all!

[XFuncCaRteR]

This is a Gordon Lightfoot song.

[malcbridger]

All these little tossers that seem to have' personally known Nico', 'Shut up, and listen to the music'.

[nauort23]

@malcbridger What's a "tosser"?

[eilismaireg]

@nauort23 same as a wanker

[case1956]

Nico in better days. I like this song.

[bubblygoo123]

penis

[tomperanteau]

@bubblygoo123 = moron.

[poorwhitetrashinc]

a jimmy page production and playing 

[knoxrox167]

@poorwhitetrashinc

ahahah. i had to look it up for myself to see if it were true that he was playing the guitar in this. that's incredible.

[paulnery]

EXcellent video !!!

[muttamerican]

Somethings get a "blacklist" because they raise the bar or standards of the time. Nico by default happened to do this each time. This song ought to have received more airplay, but it would have knocked other hits out of the way with no one to follow. Just my opinion.

[thafakerde]

She died very poor and forgotten in the 80s on the Island Ibiza, she was clean at this time after a methadone-substitution, because of an Bicycle-Accident. The people who found her thought, she is still a junky and addicted to drugs and no one helped her. One of the most sad stories I ever heared is the life of Christa Päffgen.

[Clematisian]

……. Yet another tragic artist. So sad, I'm soooo sad now ~ (•8-//

[Psychedalien]

GREAT song and video

[metramil]

alucinas ya!

[kingalow1]

Three cheers for Gordon Lightfoot you pretentious NY art school fuckers!

[thatmuse76]

I could be mistaken, but I think Jimmy Page played guitar on this track.

[muraturile]

she is the same age with gremma

[basural]

Hermosas. Ella y la canción.

[azicon90]

she was so beautiful

[missEvaPJ]

If there was a movie being made about Nico, Uma Thurman would do a hell of a job, don't you think??

[lecktroswirl]

I've found a version of nico singing I miss you by blink 182, I'll put a video link. Or u can go to my page i put it there, amazing. x pece

[TonySarandrea215]

this aint bad.. i dont like most of her stuff. too droney..kinda dull and sullen.

maybe i just dont like women with deep voices. but this songs nice n upbeat

[56BUICKRiviera]

1965 was my favorite

[lagousi]

sie war eben alles was ein deutsches kind dieser generation ausgemacht hat...

dafür wird sie heute noch gehasst und verehrt zugleich...

..und wer von diesem wein trank konnt nie mehr glücklich sein....

[Tigermoon1950]

I'm in love with Nico. Does that make me a Nicophiliac?

[PilpherStory]

@Tigermoon1950 Makes you a LESBIAn >: D [I love the pun]

[Stumper716]

@Tigermoon1950

I believe it makes you a Nicomaniac.

[A34Z]

@Tigermoon1950 necroplilia



[Tigermoon1950]

@A34Z necrophiliacs always give me the cold shoulder....

[pelodelperro]

Excelente!

[stankler]

of course she had problems with depression .justin bieber/timberlake..they waltz through life.

[Agustinwonder]

I love how mess up she is Nico she is my hero

[simoom37]

nico was, & still is, the german goddess! She & Lou Reed are 2 gods.

[wisesatyr72]

The Lizard King banged her

[rusty8mm]

@wisesatyr72 so did brian jones

[lagousi]

@wisesatyr72 - wasn´t it her banging him ???

[gabbahey66]

gagrggb ybhu uun u

[Tigermoon1950]

I love this song. I love this woman. I wish she were still with us.

[jrjrloreto]

@Tigermoon1950 what record is this on i cant seem to find it anywhere

[Tigermoon1950]

@jrjrloreto Not sure. I just heard it for the first time a couple weeks ago. Google it. Google knows everything. LOL

[peterchoyce]

THAN cue veddy much and excuse my mis-information. OR i think that I got her mixed up with some one elses story, specifially that OF

NINA HAGEN. now SHE was the one to go, as Echo and the Bunnymen (and plenty others) sing "Over the wall!"

[PRETALIATION]

@peterchoyce I think you are dead on about Nina Hagen.

I believe it is she whom you were thinking of...

Two great Teutonic women of Rock.

REICH UND ROLL BABY !!!

[cunobelinusX31]

@mrtamberineman123. I'm 52 years old and I had a thing for Nico since I was 17, when I 1st heard the Velvets! I think it's those cheek bones and that deep Germanic voice that do it to you! Well you have the rest of your life to dream about a woman you'll never meet! Enjoy your dreams like I have, I think she was incredible!

[guisar81]

Asa 17 year old, you are right to have crush or be in love with Nico. While a creation of the media, she had a tragic childhood and life. If you find "your Nico", love her, support her as she will support you.

[PsychadelicElephant]

I heard she had oral sex with jim morrison is that true?

[anitasseo]

sublime. i love nico.

[mepand]

...but I like the Gordon Lightfood version even more

[derekkozinski]

heroweeeeen

[peterchoyce]

you can take the girl out of East Germany, but can you take the EAST out of the girl?

If u look close, u can see the flags that surround the borders of this country that no longer exists.  Growing up under the Statsi is what fucked her head up. A true talent who will live forever.

[TheBrokenFrog]

@peterchoyce what are you talking about? she was born in cologne, WEST Germany.

[PRETALIATION]

@peterchoyce She was born in Cologne and lived in Berlin - The Western sector obviously because NO ONE could leave the Eastern Sector and head to Paris to be a model.

She did not grow up under the Stasi.

The Nazis are what destroyed this young child's life - amid burning cities and her father's death she was formed.

[Morganlikescats]

nico is so great.

[PeaceNdLovee]

lol She dosn't look like she likes this song very much. She looks like she's just trying to get the song done and over with heh

[luvumo2day]

life reveals itself in death , smiley face

[edsczesnak]

Written by...Gordon Lightfoot.

[Kmaster1337]

The End is her best album by leaps, then Marble Index and then Chealsea Girl and THEN Drama of Exile, regardless she is so damn sexy in this video, and the song does nothing but heighten that!

[carolorifari]

i can well imagine that she didn't like this song...look at her face she tries to look nice but singing is a torture for her

[talbainss]

all beatifull, love it

[Pscudmizzle]

Well she had problems with depression, had problems with drugs, she had problems with "not getting" black people, she would hang out for 45 minutes in your bathroom and it wasn't because of diarrhea. She didn't like most of her songs, including this. She liked teenage boys (Jackson Browne among them). She got her son on heroin. She drove everyone around her absolutley crackers, but oh well, sod it; I love this song. Go figure!

[nauort23]

Yeah. Ditto what Pscudmizzle said.

[SoulsSolstice]

@Pscudmizzle

well ... you know what they say:

you can't have both, being a genius AND hold your life together.

her songs would've never been what they are without her own life being so so wrong.

[grayearmuffs0o]

@Pscudmizzle ironically she died because of a BICYCLE accident and not suicide or an overdose

[Pscudmizzle]

@grayearmuffs0o life isn't fair.  She was excercising and getting herself better. Kind of makes me glad I have a cell phone.

[marciadbhogue]

@Pscudmizzle because of consipation instead? lol kidding.

I love her voice so much.

[PiinkRock]

@Pscudmizzle

Ta pas completement tort ni raison. Elle avait surtout un probleme avec elle-meme..!

[feloc26]

@Pscudmizzle problems with "not getting" black people??? I don't understand...was a racist?

[feloc26]

@Pscudmizzle problems with "not getting" black people??? I don't understand...was a racist?

[Pscudmizzle]

@feloc26 Nico warbled this in a Melody maker interview which she claimed caused her to be dropped by Island records in the mid seventies. She then tried to "smooth things over" by comparing them to "cannibals" in New Wave Rocker later on. Lester Bangs wrote about all this as well. She came off being more naive than racist. She, despite knowing 5 languages, didn't choose her words carefully.

[zodiacflower]

one of her best tunes, in my opinion(:

[katzetnik135633]

She's perfect :)

[glyn420]

As an artist not as a human being

[ludvik199t]

god i love her <3

[6stuckinlimbo6]

lovely

[ruthie10101010]

Brian Jones is on this

[faireddinkum]

Nico I love you

[sokomokomo]

very beautiful song

cool woman

thank you nico for the 3000 nights with you and Velvet Underground !

[malrat88]

this song is great. everyone i've played it to hates it. (?)

[zodiacflower]

they've bad taste(;

[TheColourEight]

I wish it was recorded without the flutes. :( Still lovely.

[argumentix]

such a brat! love the lyrics.

[Marchhairful]

Nico is the Mystery of the era. Femme Fatale is,  come on really the best . I bought Desert Shore and at the time was too young to appreciate it. Now I wish I still had the LP. Like Paul said when John was shot to death. "What a drag" What coulda been? Marchhairful...

[arannaT89]

I love Nico....beautiful!!!

[idratherlistentobowi]

morrissey played this during intermission at his concert two days ago, amazingly wonderful show,

[ericxpenner]

@idratherlistentobowi Haha it was brilliant - I had to see/hear it again. Morrissey always plays great videos in the run-up to the raising of the curtains

[earlyperl]

Most people make their own choices when it involves drugs, or alcohol for that matter. I am tired of people saying that they were made to do drugs. Where does personal responsibility come into it? Please tell me smokin bill.

[BaboonBro]

Typically ignorant comment (note: comment, not person). Feels like a bad backstabbin' on my dead friend whose mum, stepdad, dad etc etc all were alkoholic. He struggled but did lose.

Rest in peace, Lovely Nico!

[totnes69]

this is amazing! and I never realized how beautiful she was.

[TheIkkap]

Everyone is so nasty. Isn't youtube suppose to be fun?

[Rayrockny]

@TheIkkap Who told you that? Youtube reflects how fuked up 90% of the people on this planet are. People have nothing good to say anymore.

[Flipper79able]

@TheIkkap No, its supposed to be nasty.

[TheIkkap]

@Flipper79able Oh, and her I am thinking I'm suppose to relaxing when I should be randomly attacking people for not having the same exact feelings as me.

Is this sacrasm more in the You Tube spirit?

[Flipper79able]

@TheIkkap I was joking. You right.

[meinerHeld]

@TheIkkap Thanks for saying that! People, you can choose to appreciate, enjoy, support, or you can choose to hate, tear down... Come on let's make the right choice.

[norway1945]

@TheIkkap Exactly!!!

[aliceborealis]

@TheIkkap Ha ha, yep!

[zeeanthem]

@smokinbill like your mom

[ZenPapageno]

Folks, I'm not saying that giving up on showers is a good choice of lifestyle, but it's common knowledge that poor self-care is often a symptom of depression. Nico was prone to depression. Another addict who had this problem was Edie Sedgwick, when she was nearing rock bottom.

[withnoego]

if we are listening 2 this we must some old r-r fucker who known music....im not saying lol

[scottboy007]

The God Squad. Always warped and vile.

[ZenPapageno]

Do we hear people saying that Ray Charles was no good because he was addicted to heroin, or because he was promiscuous? Do we hear people say that the sound of Lou Reed's voice is unbearable? Being German was one thing Nico had against her, but the big thing, I'm convinced, was gender -- The Old Double Standard.

Of course, Ray Charles had it tough as a kid, as opposed to growing up fatherless in what used to be Berlin.

[anniegi64]

hey people....anyone ever hear of the expression "live & let live"? enjoy the music or I maybe find some other repressive outlet to vent on......oh wait.... that's what all the intolerant "perfect" people are doing here. just enjoy the talent or go somewhere else and spread your poison. please...

[nauort23]

Yeah, maybe we should all learn to "live and let live" as YOU have. YOU'd never go on YouTube and tell other people what to do, now would you? LOL.

[space7cowgirl]

Pastor....I think you need to go back to your sunday school. Shame on you...