Frozen Warnings has a story dating back to when Nico during the bombings of Berlin went with her mother to her grandfather's house; he was a station master in the countryside and there little Nico saw the trains bringing the jews to the concentration camps and they waved to her from the loopholes smiling, not knowing their future and there was snow everywhere : this is the origin of the song.
i was at this concert, there was about 20 people there, laughing loudly at her and walking out during the performance, its amazing that this gig has somehow survived and that people enjoy it now, i saw her play in manchester about 7 times, never to a full audience, no one cared, but she was always great
I saw her perform in the planetarium in Berlin on the 6th of June 1988. It was a lifetime experience! Later I learned that she felt sick after this concert and died a month later in Spain. So I assisted to her last concert. I was so baffled by her performance thatI was about to go to speak to her after the gig ended, but I din't. What a shame - maybe we would have got friends and she wouldn't have died.
@themixingitsession A beautiful, beautiful song. Mr Cale's version can still be found on google videos as the last few minutes of the 68 mins Nico Icon vid. The whole thing is worth watching
Haunting and beautiful. I recommend reading 'Nico the lies and loves of an icon' by Richard Witts. I couldnt put it down. It tells of Nico's life in Nazi germany right through the Andy Warhole years and beyond to her death. x A real tribute to an amazing artist
When asked about Jim Morrison, Nico said, "He told me that I should write songs for him and that he should write songs for me. One of them on the very first one - "Frozen Warnings." "Frozen Warnings" is about a hermit crossing the borderline...He was so much ashamed of his Christianity. He was a Jesus freak for a while. It was during the "Purple Haze" era."
Well, you know, it is rather a matter of public record that she became a sad and pathetic junkie in many ways, and she could have used help. Who can't use help, though?
One of the most beutiful songs ever written. It´s very easy to see the images of cloudy and frozen borderlines when listening to this. And look at her total concentration- she´s escaped somewhere in her own world. Touching.
Wow! Trawling through all the shit TV music channels earlier today I came across this. It was not the usual crap that MTV et al usually disgorges. I watched and watched and fell in love with it. I was familiar with Nico only through the Velvet Underground. But today I have discovered a GREAT song.
And you learned something I never knew until I'd been listening to the song for 30 yrs, namely that the first verse was "about Andy Warhol." I always pictured some medieval monk, stumbling over that "frozen borderline." In fact I still do. I liked Andy, but he is not what I want to think about when listening to this mysterious, haunting song.
She was referring to the song that she had just played, not 'Frozen Warnings'. Notice the she says "was". And the one that has the first verse about Andy Warhol is her song 'Innocent And Vain'. I know because I have a live album of where she makes that comment after finishing the song. It might even be the recording from this Manchester concert here.
Yes, a very nice song:). I don't like, to admit it, all the boasting and snob-talk from many in related scenes, a tendency to bash so many others. But the songs are great... There is also another nice version of this frozen warnings by John Cale. Again with him, sometimes I found his interviews arrogant and even foolish ("hiphop is the only future" and you as yourself why??) - but many songs are just wonderful! I even like the Cale-version more, coming from a film about Nico.
I've seen this tour, I guess was this tour, in Roma ages ago. We were no more than 100 people under a tend. It was a show that I'm sure nobody of these 100 people has forget. The obscurity of human soul has never been so fashionable as per Nico's music and voice. Unforgettable.
I saw her perform at the Squat Theater in NYC, circa 1980. She was alone, just she and her harmonium. I'd waited years to see her and it was worth the wait. There was and never will be anyone like her. This video is gteat!
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Frozen Warnings has a story dating back to when Nico during the bombings of Berlin went with her mother to her grandfather's house; he was a station master in the countryside and there little Nico saw the trains bringing the jews to the concentration camps and they waved to her from the loopholes smiling, not knowing their future and there was snow everywhere : this is the origin of the song.
COGENTCOG 1 month ago
Golliwogg APPROVES of this song.
GolliwoggMusic 5 months ago
i was at this concert, there was about 20 people there, laughing loudly at her and walking out during the performance, its amazing that this gig has somehow survived and that people enjoy it now, i saw her play in manchester about 7 times, never to a full audience, no one cared, but she was always great
w10peter 7 months ago 2
however uploaded this should encode this with Dr Divx. that will synch the audio with the video
chinasherry1961 1 year ago
Great posting and amazing stories and experiences posted here. Nico's legacy lives on. Rightfully so.
SkeeterNYC 1 year ago
I saw her perform in the planetarium in Berlin on the 6th of June 1988. It was a lifetime experience! Later I learned that she felt sick after this concert and died a month later in Spain. So I assisted to her last concert. I was so baffled by her performance thatI was about to go to speak to her after the gig ended, but I din't. What a shame - maybe we would have got friends and she wouldn't have died.
AndresAriba 1 year ago
My favorite Nico song. Talk about obscure lyrics. Or obtuse. One of those.
dantean 1 year ago 2
Excellent song and i've never seen this performance. Many thanks for sharing.
VIDEOFREAK076 1 year ago 2
What ever happened to the video of John Cale covering "Frozen Warnings" with just a piano? I can't find it. :(
themixingitsession 1 year ago
@themixingitsession A beautiful, beautiful song. Mr Cale's version can still be found on google videos as the last few minutes of the 68 mins Nico Icon vid. The whole thing is worth watching
MALC1559 1 year ago
Haunting and beautiful. I recommend reading 'Nico the lies and loves of an icon' by Richard Witts. I couldnt put it down. It tells of Nico's life in Nazi germany right through the Andy Warhole years and beyond to her death. x A real tribute to an amazing artist
TheSparkystarsky 1 year ago
Yeah, Nico was a heroin addict who died relatively young. I might also point out that she died in a cycling accident.
lexo30 2 years ago
this is an experience wow
axegrind00 2 years ago
I bought Desertshore yesterday even though this song aint on it cause shes rad
abacazabaca 2 years ago
Utterly captivating.
bonbon1995 2 years ago 2
I saw her in Chicago on this tour. It was a small room. One of the things I count as a priviledge.
atomzz907 2 years ago 3
I remember this from 'The Marble Index' -great song..
tomk773 2 years ago
When asked about Jim Morrison, Nico said, "He told me that I should write songs for him and that he should write songs for me. One of them on the very first one - "Frozen Warnings." "Frozen Warnings" is about a hermit crossing the borderline...He was so much ashamed of his Christianity. He was a Jesus freak for a while. It was during the "Purple Haze" era."
xXPinkGoddessXx 2 years ago
Greatest fucking song ever written...
ElectricLabel 2 years ago 4
@thefifthnail Do you mean she's a bad singer or that it's equally deep?
Sputnikvi 2 years ago
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Intergalaxy 2 years ago
exceptional x
frippp66 2 years ago
My favorite song off of The Marble Index record.
Great post.
thirdshift47 2 years ago
me too. so lovely
Giblets12 2 years ago
so very very beautiful
muzmix123 2 years ago
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scary bitch.
jimmyjim111 2 years ago
Tutonic Junkie Poetry at its finest.
mthai66 2 years ago
Teutonic.
PRETALIATION 2 years ago 2
Who cares what she puts in her hair? She's great.
mthai66 2 years ago
Excellent posting. I have this gig on Video Tape but it doesn't include 'Frozen Warnings'. Is this taken from a DVD release of this concert?
SkeeterNYC 2 years ago
i was at this concert, tho you hear some clapping there was much laughterand ridicule from hte audience s she played
w10peter 2 years ago
absolutely brilliant, thank you
katmass 2 years ago
Wonderful
SalfordWill 2 years ago
She looks pretty healthy here.
gregorvonkallahann 2 years ago
What's so sad about Nico is that she needed help and never got it and it caused severe suffering that she did not deserve.
castillianwagon500 2 years ago
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Lucifer986 2 years ago
Well, you know, it is rather a matter of public record that she became a sad and pathetic junkie in many ways, and she could have used help. Who can't use help, though?
Timmybear 2 years ago
Anyone who is addicted to heroin and gets her son addicted to heroin needs help. Have you no common sense ?
castillianwagon500 2 years ago
NO u moron
Lucifer986 2 years ago
You can't even spell the word " you " and I am a moron ? And why do you have a bug up your ass ? Are you that full of hate ? You need help too.
castillianwagon500 2 years ago
You must be on glue to think that a heroin addict is normal. Or maybe you are mentally ill.
castillianwagon500 2 years ago
Indeed. "kids, today we're gonna look at safe heroin usage."
rajasmasala 2 years ago
feel helpless in the face of her lyrical genius.
rajasmasala 2 years ago 3
One of the most beutiful songs ever written. It´s very easy to see the images of cloudy and frozen borderlines when listening to this. And look at her total concentration- she´s escaped somewhere in her own world. Touching.
indexcodex 2 years ago 3
You better fucking believe it. She could smack Lou Reed & John Cale and still come out ahead. So much time, so much music to hear. Gosh.
mumble67 3 years ago
intense
noonehmm 3 years ago
Wow! Trawling through all the shit TV music channels earlier today I came across this. It was not the usual crap that MTV et al usually disgorges. I watched and watched and fell in love with it. I was familiar with Nico only through the Velvet Underground. But today I have discovered a GREAT song.
You never know what's around the corner, do you?
hopebgood 3 years ago 6
And you learned something I never knew until I'd been listening to the song for 30 yrs, namely that the first verse was "about Andy Warhol." I always pictured some medieval monk, stumbling over that "frozen borderline." In fact I still do. I liked Andy, but he is not what I want to think about when listening to this mysterious, haunting song.
gregorvonkallahann 3 years ago 3
Yeah, Like I said, keep looking 'round those corners...
hopebgood 3 years ago
She was referring to the song that she had just played, not 'Frozen Warnings'. Notice the she says "was". And the one that has the first verse about Andy Warhol is her song 'Innocent And Vain'. I know because I have a live album of where she makes that comment after finishing the song. It might even be the recording from this Manchester concert here.
SunsetScotty 3 years ago
That would make sense. Thank you for the input.
gregorvonkallahann 3 years ago
Yes, a very nice song:). I don't like, to admit it, all the boasting and snob-talk from many in related scenes, a tendency to bash so many others. But the songs are great... There is also another nice version of this frozen warnings by John Cale. Again with him, sometimes I found his interviews arrogant and even foolish ("hiphop is the only future" and you as yourself why??) - but many songs are just wonderful! I even like the Cale-version more, coming from a film about Nico.
Klemperer 3 years ago
Beautifully haunting.
jinglis93 3 years ago
so incredible. she was such a treasure. i cannot overstate her impact and influence.
shrn666 3 years ago 4
She is the prototype of all the great female vocalists we have no
Beth Gibbons, Björk
Nico was the original
trn90 3 years ago 6
trn90, EXCELLENT insight!!
sirdoug3 3 years ago
she has such a haunting voice.
All4YouSophia 3 years ago 3
I've seen this tour, I guess was this tour, in Roma ages ago. We were no more than 100 people under a tend. It was a show that I'm sure nobody of these 100 people has forget. The obscurity of human soul has never been so fashionable as per Nico's music and voice. Unforgettable.
iesus68 3 years ago
ausgezeichnet. nicos beste lied.
gregorvonkallahann 3 years ago
unique and classic at the same time. really great!
sokolkeep 3 years ago 3
Frigging brilliant, absolutely hypnotic.
mtopper66 4 years ago 6
wonderfull!
beamerZ 4 years ago 6
I saw her perform at the Squat Theater in NYC, circa 1980. She was alone, just she and her harmonium. I'd waited years to see her and it was worth the wait. There was and never will be anyone like her. This video is gteat!
gregevansmd 4 years ago 8
@gregevansmd OMG U are very lucky!!! Love her too
BetwistedPop 8 months ago in playlist NICO - VELVET UNDERGROUND
the person i would like to meet in my own life....miss u nico......just magic
klasskid 4 years ago 6