Maximilian Hecker - Nana (official video clip)

Directed by Til Obladen. Filmed by Felix de Novo Oliveira. Edited by Ismo Wolffson. February 2010.
The song »Nana« is from Hecker's current album »I Am Nothing But Emotion, No Human Being, No Son, Never Again Son«.

http://www.maximilian-hecker.com/

Lyrics:

You've got the answers / You hold the flowers / Don't lead me on tonight / Don't lead me on / You take my money / You say you love me / Don't lead me in your golden eye / I belong there anyway / And all I came for is shaking off this longing / This desire / You've got the answers / You've got the scent that I know / And you hold the flowers / And you hold the dreams that I've lost / You take my money / And you take my hand in the dark / And you say you love me / And you know that I will believe

Maximilian Hecker about the song:

»After my last Asian tour in November 2008, I had to go to Tokyo for some business meetings. The tour itself had been a drag. I had lost my voice, thus I didn't feel comfortable on stage, and I couldn't handle the attention I got. It was a series of unaccomplished expectations, rejections and broken dreams. When I arrived in Tokyo I felt lost, weak, and confused. I was a needy creep. I spent the nights at bars and clubs with a friend from Berlin who has been living in Tokyo for some time now. At the club »Air«, I tried to get in contact with a girl. But when I sat down next to her, she jumped up and ran away.
The next evening I had a business meeting and told this »rejection story« to my publisher. She felt sorry for me, and when we said goodbye she said: »Tonight, you will not get rejected!« After that I got drunk and planned to walk back to the hotel instead of taking a cab. I felt completely lost, isolated, and a million miles away from home. So I passed through Shibuya's red-light district. I talked to the girls standing on the street, waiting for a suitor. I sang to them, along to mp3s from my mobile phone -- John Lennon, The Beatles, Bob Dylan. But the very moment they realized I was not going to be a customer they immediately turned away and ignored me. As I decided to finally leave Shibuya and finally go to sleep, suddenly a beautiful girl emerged, ran after me and tried to win me. I was stunned. Because of my lost mind and her beauty, I considered, for the first time in my life, to do something I never would have thought I would do -- and followed her into a sleazy hotel room. She started doing business, but I sort of stopped her and asked her if I could just hug her. Then I dared to kiss her on the mouth, and she said that she actually never allows that, but that, for me, she would make an exception. Later, on the way to the cash machine, she took my hand. I played my music to her from my iPod, she wrote down her name (Nana) and phone number, and then, when we separated, she kept on saying: »I love you, I love you!«.
It was 6 a.m. in the morning already. My train to the airport was to leave at 7.30 a.m. I found myself on Shibuya crossing that is usually packed with hundreds of people, but I was there all by myself at that moment -- which for itself is a historical occasion -- disintegrating in the infinity of the universe, blissful and full of fears, my heart full of pain and beauty, bawling along to my iPod: »Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands« by Bob Dylan, which I recorded with the help of my mobile phone (to be heard on the hidden track of the album).
The first chorus -- Don't lead me in your golden eye -- probably doesn't mean anything to anyone else, but to me it means the world.«

Category:

Music

Tags:

• maximilian hecker
• nana
• 2010
• til obladen
• felix de novo oliveira

[hyeronimus1]

Great! man... as always... very fine art..

hugs from Argentina!

♫ ☼ ♫

[grebacer]

Thank you,

best wishes from México, Maximilian

[olafsOpus]

"asynchronisms" is intended. speakers and wine show us where the music comes from. the picture is seperarted from the audio. the pictures show us how he sings a complete different version of the song which we can't hear...

how ever. i still would sell a lot of wasted time in my life to hear this song the first time again...

[marykurdt]

great song. great musician. Can't believe he is not famous in Germany. Guess the rest of the world has a better taste in music.

[iamsexynhorny]

he is good,,,but why he is still not as famous as justin bieber

[thefrogstale]

wow---i love the sound of the piano! ♥

[LightNeverFades]

This is absolutely beautiful! Much love from Tokyo, your music touches my heart <3! :)

[RizzoBIao]

i was rali selict when i listing that song. i m reali reali love this song. NANA;P

[globalobserver1]

just true! in all aspects! Thanks for posting

[ooozeGonnaSubscribe]

love from Greece,Georgia & Korea! I love you and what you do!

[Elliissse]

@Nilproductionteam

I love his music... and I"m sure that he's a great guy.....

Crying men I cannot handle though.

But hey, if he has to be so emotional to create his beautiful music, guess it's just one of the casualties of the job.

[qq871199024]

Really well.