It’s simply not that often that a trained opera singer with one of the craziest voice ranges in Europe decided to make punk. ;)

@herrbonk3635

3 жыл бұрын

I hear this as modern jazz or art music. Love it.

@lammertjager4529

Жыл бұрын

she never make punk just rock

@cjod33

Жыл бұрын

She is on record stating that she is not opera trained. "It's kinda the sound when you yawn, anyone can do it " Nina Hagen.

Nina is THE punkgoddess from Eastern Germany. She is legendary!!!

The interesting thing about this performance is: Nina is like that. She‘s not playing a role, she‘s that different. Having her for an interview was always a high risk, as you never know what was going to happen. Nina is Nina is Nina.

Their debut album "Nina Hagen Band" (1978) is absolute classic of progressive/experimental rock.

@Marchant2

Жыл бұрын

I love that album. Too bad it's not in Apple Music.

@nitraM321

Жыл бұрын

yes, and for some reason it cannot be found on Qobuz or Tidal (quality music streaming services), i'm trying to find out why

@bahusofriends5467

Жыл бұрын

I do have it and i do have the original rockpalast tv cam and sound from the soundboard. My dad knew the mixingdesk engineer....

her voice range was absolutely stunning.. she could go from high and CRYSTAL CLEAR to super LOW and grimey.. unbelieveable..all in ONE voicebox.

Imagine what this did to me: I was 13 when this concert was broadcasted in Germany and it was the 70's compare to other things in the 70's. My parents hate her so much and I am a Nina fan ever since then.

Nina Hagen: My way ( Olympia Paris 1980) a must watch . And thank you for bringing Nina Hagen back to 2021 . She is definitely something else and always will be.👍👍👍

This whole show is a masterpiece

one of her best album. she's a legend to me

Well, it takes time to understand what was happening there - it was Nina! 🤣 you'll never know! She's crazy, but in a good way, and a really fun and nice person. You could continue with "New York New York" - if you dare 😉

@matthewrandom4523

3 жыл бұрын

I recommend "African Reggae" if there's a video on YT.

You must watch the full Concert, is very Great. I was on this Concert in 1979 in Age fo 17 Years old. I will never forget. Greedings from the Homeland of Nina Hagen an Rammstein, Germany (Frankfurt)...

Wow. Hard to belive that Nina was 24 years old when that video was recorded (she's turning 61 this year). Even for me this is a quite weird video / song despite the fact that the lyrics are in my mother tongue. In a strange way it's mesmerizing. Great reaction!

@blackblossomjojo4599

3 жыл бұрын

You missed it by 5 years. She's turning 66 this year :)

I'm so glad you like NINA , because of her I speak German , I saw her live in my town on 9/19/85 in Brazil, at that time she was considered the most popular singer in Brazil because of her appearance at Rock in Rio same year.

There's a ton of humor in Nina's work. She is everything and then some. Only one person dares to be Nina Hagen.

You’re in the presence of a master. She is as good as it gets.

Nina Hagen original real artist who can actually sing & Slay

I’ve never been the same after seeing that, and in the end, she finally laid that egg!

Your reaction is deadpan, but you express your reaction well enough.

This is "Punk Opera" at it's highest echelon. Glad I grew up with this as a Gen X'er born in the early 1970's with sisters who were into the punk scene in the later 1970's and 1980's that exposed this world to me as a youth.

This song is not to be taken seriously, she's basically mocking the cultural (opera) establishment, which happens to be what she was brought up in. :)

@raffaelw.2767

3 жыл бұрын

She's mocking herself actually... She said in an interview that this song started as a song about a lost love of hers, but by the time she finished it she already thought how ridiculously pretentious and theatrical it was, so she turned it into this mockery of self pity

@JerehmiaBoaz

3 жыл бұрын

Raffael is right, the lyrics are about how birds in flight make her sad because they remind her of her "acquaintance", and when she looks up to watch the birds the sunset over the city makes her cry. So the opera singing is about the beauty of the scenery and the shrieks and coughs are her wailing and sobbing. The chicken at the end kinda makes sense too (in German a "dummes Huhn" - lit. "stupid chicken" means a brainless girl).

@heinzweber7642

2 жыл бұрын

@@JerehmiaBoaz 👍👍👍

I remember ,sitting back in the 80th by a friend, listening to the vinil of his brother and hearing Nina the first time. Like you said live changing, I knew in this moment I am a punk. Decades later (not a punk anymore lol) I saw her live and she was still full of power and talent. I recommend listen to her Ave Maria, goosebumps guaranteed.

She is the original Harley Quinn (btw, your channel is still underrated) ...

She is a queen

She's a legend ❤

Those were simply also very creative times. Today it's all about sales. Opera meets punk. We also call her Scandal Noodle. Her vocal power vocal range is enormous - I love her! She lived in US and toured there.

She also does very good Bertolt Brecht songs. Her "Surabaya Johnny" is great

Wow... This is crazy, I think I've only heard the last song a few years ago, but I never thought to search for more music from her... I think I need to listen more music from Nina 👌🏻

She is something else. They made a movie. Chacha its a time piece back to those days

Gorgeous voice.

Nina Hagen will blow your mind wide open.

She is just amazing! great voice and i love the way she is so funny and happy. :-) UNIQUE

😂😂😂 Do not apologise. You take it too seriously. Nina is there to laugh. Nina is not a normal human. 😁 I have never seen her normally in my life. She is legendary. She is Harley Quinn in reallife. She's just as crazy as she's talented. Anyone who presents himself as she does would be admitted to the nearest insane asylum. But Nina is Nina. 😁

@cdefgxaries7351

3 жыл бұрын

She’s not crazy, she’s very intelligent and talented

@TomTomson81

3 жыл бұрын

@@cdefgxaries7351 The one does not exclude the other. And everything else applies to what I have written.

@m1jo

3 жыл бұрын

@@TomTomson81 , that is so right! Crazyness, intelligence and talent very often go hand in hand.

@wilsonstarling

2 жыл бұрын

It is easy to compare her to the character Harley Quinn. You can watch her perform somewhere over rainbow with the Leipzig big band.

@stirbjoernwesterhever6223

2 жыл бұрын

@@cdefgxaries7351 And she is crazy ;-)

Yeah . What a treat . Thanks

I love Nina, please more. ^^ Maybe "Herman ist high"?

She's a diamond and her records are gold.

I've searched the comments here somewhat, but I didn't find anyone explaining the song. The name of the song translated to English would roughly be, Tears of Nature, or The Natures Tears. She is the nature, experiencing sunsets in gold and red, birds taking to the skies as she lifts her eyes. Then she hears/experiences the sound and exhaust from an exhaust pipe, hence the coughing. My German isn't super good as I am Norwegian, so I am sure that I am missing out a bit, but that is the essence of the song. I know it's been a few years since the release of your video, but I stumbled upon it right now. :)

I love Nia Hagen. At that time I was 17 and it was just great!

Dude starts with the open mindedness of a broom, 10 seconds later, he's in love 👍

shes the godmother of punk, boy

She's not 'trying' to be out there lol. She is completely out there 🤣🤣

I love experiencing Nina through the eyes and ears of a first timer. I’ve loved her energy, range, attitude, and execution since the 80’s and still have the records I blew my lunch money on. I hope you have already treated yourself to a Nina Hagen KZread rabbit hole. There’s so much to love.

Well, l don't think he fully understood what she is all about. She was so much than just punk rock. Bless him. Perhaps he needs to check out some of her other work.

She has also done some movies. She did two movies based on Snow White and the 7 Dwarves. She played the Evil Queen and her daughter, Cosma Shiva played Snow White. She also did a voice-over as Sally in the German version of "The Nightmare Before Christmas". Her first film is "Cha Cha" with her friends Lene Lovich and Herman Brood (a Dutch singer).

nina hagen is the epitome of a technical singer, she can do whatever she wants whenever she wants with her voice, nothing she did/does was/is experimental

I love Nina!!!

What a trip

Aah nina i was at her wedding with herman brood. Legends here in amsterdam

Nina is a fucking genious....The punk godess ever

You`re totally right...when i was a teenager , my parents hated my taste in music like AC/DC or Deep Purple...but when i came up with Nina Hagen...they totally lost it...LOL

She comes from German opera and theater. Brechtian. She is just being creative. Far more than punk, rock, prog, funk etc.

Oh my, not the song that I would have chosen from that amazing show. But I know that in the comments to that video on KZread, there was a lot of love for that song, so I understand how you arrived there. Thanks for doing this!

I lived in Germany during this time 4 yrs.Falco came out then and it was a different time.I loved the 70s overseas and America.She now is a born again Christian and her voice of course is very gruff from damage I guess.I was always shocked at many things in Europe but loved most of it " the beer ☺️"

Nina Hagen: New York, New York. It's also great song!

On point. I am german, born in 1963, my first record was "Nina Hagen Band" in 1978. All said🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The Voice

Nina's mother was a famous East German actress and her stepfather was a playwriter. After threatening the East German govt that she would defect to West Germany where her stepfather was, she left and went to England where she hung out with The Sex Pistols. She also was the subject of a song by The Red Hot Chili Peppers ("What It is"). She has done many cover songs by groups/people like Janis Joplin, David Bowie, and Ian Drury and The Blockheads ("Beat Me with Your Rhythm Stick")kzread.info/dash/bejne/g2dlwa16YKyck9o.html

@anbs2476

3 жыл бұрын

It was "Give it away" that Nina inspired Anthony Kiedis to write.

A gifted talent, wonderful

Llegue aquí solo por escuchar halagos hacia la grandeza de la Diosa Nina Hagen.

I don't think Nina has to "try" to be different , I'm pretty sure that's her character.

Reaction videos are truly a sign that all is permanently lost.

Nina Hagen has a reach of 7 octaves. It's said she had opera training but i can't recall her mentioning that in her awesome book 'Ich bin ein Berliner. But she could sing opera no problem hands down kick Maria Callas' ass. I love her music but she's completely mental (in a fun way).

I actually knew Nina Hagen only from Apocalyptica song Seemann. This was quite different :)

niNA great...and beauty......!!°!

The real miracle is that her voice survived all these years. Just hear her sing opera, check for the Carmen videos.

The translator idea is very good. Now let's translate "HAGEN" again..🙂

"Experimental"? - No...they wrote this song with an idea in mind, rehearsed it and practiced it before getting on stage. "what the parents of the kids thought"? - It was punk rock...had nothing to do with "The Parents". The goal was to piss off the parents! - to be an individual and buck the system. That's what being a Punk is all about...being offensive and not taking any crap.

Oh god you did Nina thank you so much ☺️

Милая Ниночка, это шедевр... Пусть куриный, но шедевр!!! Я в вас влюблён 😇

I think it was very nice that you reacted to the song. I also reacted, and thousends of other people reacted too, so I think it was nice that you also reacted.

I was the kid back then and my parents hated it 😂😂

She's always been like that..if you watch any of her performances from the last 4 decades her personality shines through.. she's always been herself..she's not portraying anything..that's how she really is

Your face light up after you listened to the song

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Definitely try Herman Brood too by the way. He comes from the same timeperiod and he has performed with Nina.

The song is about looking up at birds.

Check out her 1978 My Way version...its musically a cover of Sid Vicious' version, but (besides the intro), different lyrics, and in German.

She was in the forefront of radical musical change in Germany that led into the German new wave music style. Everything until that time was traditional "Schlager music". I was a teenager at the time and totally uninterested in this kind music. Then my sister advised me to take listen to Nina Hagen. So I put it on expecting nothing special, but i immediately fell in love with the record and bought it myself the next day. BTW i hated Punk music but when are good as her it does not matter. The whole album is fantastic and is still one of my favorite albums. One of her most beautiful songs is "Der Spinner (the lunatic)". It is difficult to describe the beauty of the song, like with so many of her songs but, it are details of the pictures that make it work. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mKx8tcSspKS7idY.html

@urbandiscount

Жыл бұрын

What's more, in the DDR she had a Schlager hit with "Farbfilm Vergessen". She's one of the few classically trained singers who dares to sing "ugly" at the full potential of her vocal range. The text of the song is a pastiche of a romantic evocation of a summer night in a city.

She is the mother of alternative culture in general goths consider her the mother of the make-up style and hairstyle we use even now plus the Blueprint for black metal and death metal. Same as the other gothic music electronica, industrial rock and metal, and symphonic metal. Yeah, she was punk then but she was split from traditional punk in was early 70's when she started by 1978 at the time of the performance which is when the term got coined bats as they were called back then they were Nina Hagen fans then led to King Diamond first gothic metal band.

to be honest my son thought i'm mad because i listened to music like that

Please goOOOooodddddddddddd react to all of her iconic works she is genuinely such a punk rock genius with the most passionate heart. She’s always intrigued me from the beginning 💖 lots of thanks from Saskatchewan, thank you so so sooo much!!!ᑭᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃᓇᓈᐢᑯᒥᑎᐣ/ kimistahi~nanâskomitin!!! 🖤💃🏻💿💕🙌🏼😭💅🏼

Not so cool how this dude tries to brush it off as "punk rock" like there's no worth in it. That's pretty cheap on quite a few levels. But I enjoy seeing his shell break at around 6:00 when it does start hitting him. Nina is enviable simply because she is *_free_* .

Die Punkmutter wird nie sterben.

I dont know man. I am german and i know her but ... as we say in germany "Da fehlt mir der Zugang". x-D

@ragnellsnow3068

3 жыл бұрын

😅😅

awefulll

great reaction! do "Heiß" from her first album (a naughty song but fun to listen to ...) greets from germany.

Please also react to "New York New York"... likewise amazing and funny stuff you will enjoy it for sure

The entire Nunsexmonkrock album is amazing insanity. Of particular interest you may want to check the song Born in Xixax. Possibly her most alien song.

Omg pls react to her song "du hast den farbfilm vergessen" my fav song from her :)

@montanus777

3 жыл бұрын

yeah, but the old black&white-video. not the later concerts - way too much color. :)

@Rippenhengst

3 жыл бұрын

That was a really shitty song. Typical DDR saturday evening entertainment.

@anja_katharina4891

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rippenhengst versteh nicht warum du solch unpassende Aussage unter meinen Kommentar schreiben musst. Es ist wie gesagt mein Lieblingslied von ihr und brauch hier deine Meinung nicht, dass du den song "really shitty" findest.. 🙄

@Rippenhengst

3 жыл бұрын

@@anja_katharina4891 Jeder Mensch hat nun einmal eine eigene Meinung. Du hast deine geäußert, ich meine. Es ist kein Grund persönlich zu werden.

@anja_katharina4891

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rippenhengst Du kannst deine Meinung gerne ausdrücken, jedoch unnötig diese hier unter meinem Post zu veröffentlichen, weil dies zu keinem Mehrwert führt. Hat niemanden geholfen, dass du es "shitty" findest.. außer bei leute denen das Lied gefällt unnötig angeeckt zu haben.

Profi Singer with classic education

And goddess.

If you pay attention the guitarist is in another of tills band's

Well, if you wanna dig a little deeper into this, listen to the Band after they split up as "Nina Hagen Band" They renamed themselves to "Spliff". The following Album "Spliff Radio Show" is, at least to me, the best what Germany had to offer these days !! kzread.info/dash/bejne/iIV1rbmygKTRf5s.html Even after they did this they released several Albums in German!

Have a look to Ninas "African Reggae".

Wonder if you have reacted to Siouxsie and The Banshees??? Goth Punk... but more mainstream... but still not so mainstream... so many great songs by them. The lady lead has a similar voice, but uses more like you are used to. Try Cities In Dust

I've seen you have made a couple of rammstein reaction videos (I binged watched them all), you should TOTALLY do Deutscheland now. The quality and production is unbelievable.

@un7itledreacts

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I tried uploading a Deutschland reaction so many times, but it's always blocked.

She is educated Opera Opera, is free, expression, Emotionel The pop sex, is limited, Opera Is big Stories

You just had a Prima Nina Ballerina baptism. Check out Diamada Galas! Another 1980s Goddess.

nina is not punk she is rock and opera

Its Opera Punk bro!!!

Check out Born In Xixax by her. Also you mentioned different personalities, her video Smack Jack she plays 3 different characters it's fun oddball video about junkies.