Nico "I'll Keep It With Mine"

[ramones1002]

need to know about nico in brixton 1985-88?

[leosperez1970]

give it to me

[GeoffWilde]

Is this a woman? Strange singing.

[NewWaver80014]

@GeoffWilde Yes, Nico was all woman. And then some. :)

[lonnie817]

there's something in her voice that tears me up. Doesn't hurt she's singing a song written for her from the greatest songwriter of all time in his absolute prime ;).

[BobDylan777007]

i know this sounds ironic and hypocritical since i am a bob dylan fan, but i really don't like her voice.

[writersofastory]

This sounds like a very drunk aunt singing karaoke trying her best to do a Bob Dylan impression. Still, I kinda like it. It's hard to fuck up this song.

[DrunkenMasshole]

@writersofastory lol you are kind of right

[GolliwoggMusic]

Golliwogg APPROVES of this song.

[skyismelting]

I hope we meet in the end Nico, I really do. I have a family now but I still dream about you.

[huntingforgod]

What an unbelievably beautiful tune.

[IdleMonad]

I met Nico in the 1980s, and was privileged to see one of her last great performances. She'd been through a rough patch with a rougher band, but for a few months all the charisma - and, yes, the beauty - returned. These early songs don't have the ethereal brilliance of 'Marble Index' with John Cale: but they are very special. She sounded like a junkie chanteuse lost in a cathedral half the size of Europe, and I'd have done anything for her. The song belongs to Nico, like everything she touched.

[blahblahblah85]

@IdleMonad she would fail on the idol show or x factor because she is imperfect in thier eyes but in mine she is perfect!

[drunkenlizard2]

whenever I have a doubt I listen to Nico

[sandrinentanyosha]

why even mention american idol in the presence of real music?????

who started this shiit dammmmmn



[edwardojacquesful]

fantastic cover ,the pathos and meloncholy in her voice is so beautiful

[easyab]

Best version of this song with a chick singer is Sandy Denny/Fairport Convention - I'll Keep It With Mine

This makes Nico sound Silly or like she just fell off a bus face down.

[GregorVonKallahan]

@easyab Well, opinions are like...something or other. Fact remains that Dylan WROTE the song for Nico. I happen to like Sandy Denny too, and, yes, she's more "musical." But Nico has that special chanteuse-y something here. AND what she did on her subsequent records was something else again--the word "visionary" comes to mind.

[MrBrianlowdown]

american idol ...these people sing other peoples hits.lets see them write and perform there own song its glorified kareoke

[TheBlindPig1]

She got the lyrics wrong. It should be, loving you not for you are but for what you're not. What she says has no meaning.

[ispinimor]

Fucking beautiful.

[HarmoniousPolarity]

I Can't Help but Watch NICO The Way I Used to Watch My Mother When I Was Younger - Putting Her MakeUp on In The Mirror - Beautiful Woman!!!! Never Will There Be Another! She Makes Me Want to Be a Beautiful Woman Too :)

[needledropdamagedone]

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

[SclafaniBagni]

i know nico is passionate and has very deep, intelligent lyrics. be that as it may, i simply don't like her voice. and i don't want to sound like an ass hole, but for me to enjoy to singer, i really, really, really need the voice to be enjoyable as my first priority.

[DavidF89999]

@SclafaniBagni fair enough, but for me if I find the lyrics beautiful and the voice/sound not to my liking I find that over time I can generally come to appreciate the voice/sound.

[MagicCryo]

oh my goodness. her eyes....

[talyesin3]

On hearing such treasures , some people here want to compare to britney, lady gaga and the like.. This is useless.You can't compare talent to noise The poets of the sixties and seventies have disappeared and nobody will replace them.Keep them in your memories , say thank you and be silent.

[kimmois1]

@talyesin3 Don't give up hope Simon Cowell's X Factor is coming to the US!

[StelliosHolmes]

@talyesin3 Every generation has it's poets they're just harder to find in this day and age, the 90's had Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Kurt Cobain, the 2000's had Jon Brion, Conor Oberst, Sam Coomes and there's the ones who have transcended decadess like Wayne Coyne and Seven Drozd, Belle and Sebastian are a total throwback to 60's the true artists are still out there you just have to search them out

[ThomasYorkshire]

@StelliosHolmes Hey, check out the band Neutral Milk Hotel.

[StelliosHolmes]

@ThomasYorkshire I should check them out someone showed me something by them a few months back and I didn't really get it I should definately give them another go

[zoeruls]

i love her voice in this. she really captures it. those are the voices kids need to hear. i thank my mom and my dad for letting me grow up with dylan, janis, the stones, velvet underground and nico, lou reed/solo, muddy waters, bb king, the beatles, and plenty more amazing artists i really don't have enough characters to type, i'm glad i didn't grow up in a world of auto tune and voices with no heart or soul. my brother is named after dylan, i think that shows a lot... (Robert "Bobby" Dylan)♥

[TheMirrorNeuron]

hope we don't murder this song when we cover it!

[MrsHollyScissorhands]

Oh God, I love her. <3

[muziekdoosje1]

wondervol

[ConnieLynchitz]

I adore this

[Glassis6000]

The VU would have got nowhere without Nico. Andy Warhol was the man.

[RDBeatnik]

@Glassis6000 She only sang lead vocals on a few songs and backing vocals on a few more, on one album.

[heyeyefloater]

thats rite pink its all about the real stuff.

[mikeatEMEco]

i feel i get no help mostly all of the time.

just sand kicked in my face whenever i let my guard down

[sublimeruca27]

NICO WAS A FUCKEN GODDESS AND DYLAN IS A SIGN THAT GOD STILL LOVES US A LIL BIT. ROCK ON MOTHER FUCKERS.

[anton0002]

Great song.

[fran627]

she's irreplacable and will remain long time like that. The ultimate femme fatale...

[gonetowin]

Perfect

[NathalyVAinshtein]

dylan recorded this song at least twice, the first version was recorded on piano!

[HotVidMan]

Definitely one of a kind and that is certainly an enjoyable kind at that! She stirs something deep inside wen she sings.

[AnaFitzBeaumont]

Another great song.

[AnaFitzBeaumont]

Wonderful. :-)

[NeonlightRebel]

Never heard about her though I was born in Germany...I only knew the original version ;) ... which I prefer!

[jokedout]

shantousse.

[ruthie10101010]

Dylan song....

[Jay3039]

What I love about Nico is that she sounds like she's singing just slouching on a chair, barely caring.

[HJ9111]

There is just something about Nico.....just hits me to the core....

[abacazabaca]

You are a wonderful singer and I love you, Nico.

[stoningtonj]

def the most hauntingly sad but beautiful voices ive ever heard.

[thallassocracy]

Probably one of the very few singers worth comparing with Lotte Lenya.

But of course most people (especially on You Tube) would rather drink Bud, eat at McDonalds, and listen to Britney.

[dogtownzkilla]

you're an asshole

[putdownan8dude]

@thallassocracy yeah you really got yr finger on the pulse of america, thal. why dont you go sip some organic buttermilk and listen to enya.

[thallassocracy]

@putdownan8dude

Lotte Lenya is not the same person as Enya.

Did being gay so long make you lose your hearing?

[brianlowdown]

@thallassocracy i agree ..i love nico and have a wide range of musical taste...i do drink bud ironically..i do drink bud

[daven58100]

@thallassocracy I like Bud and McDonalds, and Nico. But yeah, Britney sucks big time.

[61dodgelancer]

@thallassocracy oh come on. Don't be such a snob. We people on Youtube right now aren't listening to the ugly shit on the radio or numbing our brains with TV. And I ain't eatin' a crap burger and listening to Britney. But I'd share my six pack of Bud with you. ; ^ )

[Sleepwalker1977]

@thallassocracy "Let's not be too harsh on our own ignorance. I mean, that's what makes America great!" - Frank Zappa.

:)

[clstile]

@thallassocracy i like budlight and mcnuggets, but i don't know about britney spears. i think ill stick with nico lol

[lonnie817]

@thallassocracy whats wrong with drinking bud?

[Byrontheone]

If I can save you any time, c'mon give it to me, I'll keep it with mine-- perfect lyric.

[alexd2010]

Many people say she can't sing. I don't think that is true. The Chelsea Girl album, in my opinion, doesn't show her true vocals. Her voice isn't for the American Folk sound. Listen to The Marble Index, now that's a mysterious, beautiful gem!

[shuddupeyaface]

"Chelsea Girl" !!

Not everybody will "get it", who cares.

Great art tends to outlive fashion..

[dannydropdeadxx]

She sounds pretty here.

[MrDsmalls]

Lets not forget this is a Dylan song... listen to his version from Biograph it owns this one

[barakpick]

I prefer her version any day of the week

[brianlowdown]

was i ghetto fab,,,,,,,,,,,, love this song my mom and dad made me on haight ashbury sf 1969,any one out there in the same

[metapenguin1]

I first heard, and loved this, over forty years ago. And relish it yet.

But -- granted -- she can't exactly... *sing*. So what gives?

Some unanalyzable synergy of the plodding flat, doin'-the-best-we-can-here voice,

the borrowed, enigmatic lyrics,

the bludgeoned guitar accompaniment, and the uncanny sprightly strings,

lift it all well beyond the sum of its parts.

-- God grant we may each reach well beyond the sum of ours...

[djboony]

your crazy if you think nico cant sing buy a velvet underground album man

[kzargentina]

djboony, I agree wholeheartedly. nico sings great!!!

[hannahfromcz]

To je jedna z nejkrásnějších písní od Nico.

[club2120]

my ears!!!! omg imagine if she where on american idol singing. they would lol right in her face

[djboony]

and if you comment where published they would not be read ........."lol"

[xXPinkGoddessXx]

Yes, but all American Idol cares about are the technicalities of singing. That shouldn't be what music is about. Real emotions are raw and imperfect. I'd rather listen to the "ugly" voices of Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, or Nico any day over the sanitised and soulless shit American Idol glorifies.

[belzondium]

I agree... but don't forget that the voice doesn't have to be rough and ugly in order for it to be soulful

[knoxrox167]

i completely agree. music has been degraded to only plastic aesthetics.

[abacazabaca]

"Real emotions are raw and imperfect." I'm making that my new affirmation. Nico is my heroine in that regard.Thanx PG

[mulberrybear]

@xXPinkGoddessXx Amen.

[evieiable]

@xXPinkGoddessXx thankyou :)

[Sixtiesera]

@xXPinkGoddessXx I Agree

[vanea99]

@xXPinkGoddessXx Completely agree with you, but there is some quasi-perfect voices, Freddie Mercury, let's say. Joan Baez. Greg Lake. And so on, I'm sure you know.

Greetings from Bucharest

[spencerrich]

@vanea99 Greg Lake? Nico is the exact opposite: technically deficient, but brilliant--which is exactly what Dylan's lyrics are getting at.

[zoeruls]

@xXPinkGoddessXx exactly and we should all consider those voices beautiful.

[faithm]

@xXPinkGoddessXx I second that, for sure. I think though that if a person can sing on key, they can find a type of music or style that suits their voice and will sound great.

[gothicprincess52]

@xXPinkGoddessXx yes i agree with you that i am not looking for perfection, but instead something original and artistic, something with feeling, but this to me sounds like some crappy celeb or super model that cannot sing but wants to, and has the money to go in a recording studio and unleash some bullshit on the public. seriously, this woman cannot sing. i

[xXPinkGoddessXx]

@gothicprincess52 I translate the type of feeling Nico's voice gives me as one of detachment, desolation, numbness and despair, so it isn't too surprising that a lot of people consider her singing emotionless. To me however, the non-emotion is emotion in itself.

[ibaneziceman2007]

@xXPinkGoddessXx Here here!! I can't fucking stand the way they sing on American Idol.

[mikemcnellyf]

she sounds like that Tpain sound effect

[dark0donnie]

nico does bob dylan, one of my favoutite things ever.

[snickerdoodleL]

"I can't help it if you think I'm odd".

[mojolenon]

has anyone heard the fairport convention cover? sany deny's vocals are beautiful on it and the arangement is brilliant.

[tonedeafmessiah]

I love Fairport, so I'll have to check that out!

[claudella]

such sad eyes...

[johnnieanon]

I wildly prefer Dylan's version (on Biograph).

[jda4874]

Her voice was very unique and fit her music perfectly. There's no arguing that point.

[jimincairns]

That's not a voice. It's an asthmatic crow gasping for air. She's as musically credible as Marianne Faithfull.....and that's absolutely abysmal.

All you trendy little tossers who think she's marvellous need to wake up and listen to someone who can actually sing in tune.

[simianrobot]

get a life

[psychonaut98]

Not that i care but I think she was choosen for that by the Velvet Underground...

She was a Model first and became an Acid filled piece of living art.. lol

And sometimes ithink she sings nice..

i mean she puts her heart in it...

[jimincairns]

She put her heart in it. Shame a melodic and tuneful voice wasn't able to tag along behind and make the whole thing listenable.

[tonedeafmessiah]

Does it matter if a singer is slightly out of tune? Surely if a pssionate delivery is expressed, then a song can be appreciated, even if it isn't the most technically 'finished' piece of work.

I don't think musicianship can be used as the only point of assessment for an artistic statement. It can obviously help massively, but if something communicates beautifully, then it works in my book. I believe this to be one of those pieces.

[jimincairns]

tonedeafmessiah ....Hmmmmmm...you and she must be soul-mates!

[tonedeafmessiah]

I just think that some modern music can be over-produced garbage. I think pure emotion can be a nice combatant against this trend.

Though yes, I do have to admit I do rather like her music :)

[jimincairns]

Bloody awful. She couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.

[Godspeed117]

Aman to that that is pretty much the funniest comment on myspace!!!!!!!!!!!

[torifan90]

Nico's voice is not in question and this isn't myspace.

[MichaelFrances]

it would be if we we're on myspace!

[jazzielala]

lol

[djHaQ]

Courtney Love wants to cover this? I think it suits her voice. Bleh. :[

[lujzyk]

too good to be true ...

[JAKEL000]

thats because it isnt ugly

[reodorfelgen]

And for one reason or another: I love her ugly voice! ;)

[blackxpearlx]

her voice kind of soothes you

[evitastories]

She's not so much a singer as a personality. Andy Warhol wrote in "Popism" that she was a very spooky woman. He wrote about the time she forgot to pay the light bill and lived happily in the dark for a month, the place filled with candles. Her voice conveys that spooky quality very well. It's so odd how she is singing this uplifting song ("The train leaves at half past ten/But it will be back tomorrow at the same time again") in such a spooky tone. Plus, she was beautiful. That always helps. :)

[MarcusTheJunkie]

I've lived by candle light. Kind of the same reason behind it.  Except at the time I didn't have the money to pay my power bill. Living like that isn't as bad as you think.

[giannireb68]

She probably forgot to pay it for the same reason you couldn't afford to. Just a venture, judging from your "name". And that happened to me as well, until the candles got knocked over by a, um, guest and the couch burned up and the roomates kittens died from smoke inhalation and somebody fell off the fire escape. All very Nico-Iggy-Edie,kind of nostalgic...

[reodorfelgen]

I love this song. I loved her songs on the Velvet Underground and Nico album, therefore I also downloaded Nico's solo album, Chelsea Girl, where i heard I'll keep it With Mine.

[milnerla]

i think this is good!

[OTVbonks]

I am a Dylan fanatic and I love his version.

[PersonTV]

Yeah, I like his version(s) a lot. I think maybe if I had heard this version first, I'd like it better.

[boundroundsound]

you people are crazy? Dylan wrote this for her to sing, cause no one sings as good as her...

[adha4]

Sorry folks - this is horrible !

[putonick2]

Ok she's not a good singer but somehow works for this and vu; I like this version

[pataphysician66]

Why bother comparing her to other singers? She was different, Compare her to Dylan, not Sandy Denny- completely different category.....A sort of Marlene Dietrich voice.

[Saoff]

"now understand why someone once said she sounds like an IBM computer with a Garbo accent. " says amparodi---- ouch!! love the song but a great funny one.

[strideriteshoes]

it sounds like she has a cold.

[saintp1]

I adore Nico, but Sandy Denny blows her out of the water on this one. Of course, Sandy Denny blows _everyone_ out of the water.

[jazo57]

is this who Shannon Hoon named his daughter after?

[mugui]

yes

[trainthought]

There's something about this version of the song that is really touching.

[AMParodi]

It's really grown on me, majorly. I love her!

[jimincairns]

If it grew on me, I'd cut it off like a wart.

[8BILLL]

i like yoko's version better

[AMParodi]

Wow. This is some of the worst singing I've ever heard in my life. I now understand why someone once said she sounds like an IBM computer with a Garbo accent. Still, there's an odd charm to it.

I first heard the version by Bettie Serveert on the I Shot Andy Warhol soundrack. The two versions are almost entirely different songs.

[thcarmine]

Garbo?? it's not like she has a swedish accent! this is a great song. more than great

[AMParodi]

The quote can be found in Andy Warhol's book about the 60s.

Hey, to clarify, I love this song and her singing. While it is technically awful (she is out of tune throughout), it's still beautiful. Particularly when she sings "if I can save you any time." When she hits the note on the word "I", it kills me. So haunting.

[loren1283]

your ears are out of tune!

[kiely]

i love this version ... i kinda like the Rainy Day version w/ ms. Hoffs best but this is a GREAT version.