Nina Hagen - Gods Of Aquarius - Rock in Rio 1985

A European tour with a new band in 1980 was cancelled, and Nina turned to the New World. A limited-edition U.S. album was released on vinyl that summer: one side contained two English-language songs, and the B side was two tracks from Unbehagen.

In the fall of 1980, Hagen discovered she was pregnant, broke up with the father-to-be, and moved to Los Angeles. Her daughter, Cosma Shiva Hagen, was born in Santa Monica on May 17, 1981. In 1982, Hagen released her first solo album NunSexMonkRock, a dissonant mix of punk, funk, reggae, and opera, and went on a world tour with the No Problem Orchestra.

In 1983 came the album Angstlos and a minor European tour. By this time, Hagen's public appearances were becoming stranger and frequently included discussions of God, UFOs, her social and political beliefs, animal rights and vivisection and claims of alien sightings. The English version of Angstlos, Fearless, generated two major club hits in America , Zarah (a cover of the Zarah Leander song Ich weiss, es wird einmal ein Wunder geschehen) and the disco/punk/opera classic, New York New York.

1985's Nina Hagen In Ekstasy fared less well, but did generate club hits with "Universal Radio" and a cover of "Spirit In The Sky" and also featured a 1979 recording of her hardcore punk take on Frank Sinatra's My Way, which had been one of her signature live tunes in previous years. Her contract with CBS over, she released the Punk Wedding EP independently in 1987, a celebration of her marriage to an 18-year old punk nicknamed 'Iroquois'. It followed an independent 1986 one-off single with Lene Lovich, the anthemic Don't Kill The Animals. In 1989 Hagen released the album Nina Hagen which was backed up by another German tour.

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[coloursoundandmyself]

thanx

[brucebcvsgo]

My Love For YOU Nina, I Love YOU For Ever !!!

[kosmicwizard]

@mitowcdt I think of Nina or Cosma an I gizz in my pants!

[mitowcdt]

I JIZZ IN MY PANTS!!!!!!!!!

[bambam896]

Nina Hagen is light and I love her in all respects. She is a beautiful woman and a very happy child. I was in Rock'nRio for her shows and at that time it sounded anbsolutely magical, I've been loving Nina's art eversince I saw her performance.

NINA WE MISS YOU IN BRAZIL. LOVE & CARE.

[jazmundi]

My absolute happy favourite!

[Cunthacker]

Die alte war schon imma kaputt!

[Paulinoo]

What a great version!

[birdy4020]

she ever was a superstar, but not with the commercial success.

btw. the sound is terrible, would be cool to get a version with good sound!

[Vincenteloco]

VERY KOOL

[RoamingWind777]

This is one of my favourite songs, thank you very much!

Michael Kostrov.

[jabandrade]

I was on this show. Nina seemed crazy. But she proved to be talented. A spectacular voice and great stage presence.