I'm listening to Chelsea Girl right now. I really do like this record, but I wish Nico had her way with it. The flutes really are terrible.

both chelsea girls and marble index are staggering records.

Nico hated Chelsea Girls and I can see why. They added flutes to some of the songs which she was particularly unhappy with as she thought they ruined some of the songs.

I like both albums, but find having to endure Nico's voice for that length of time quite difficult. I like her voice, but can't take it in such long doses. The Marble Index especially is an album that I admire, rather than enjoy.

I used to get stoned with my ex-boyfriend and laugh out really loud at her voice, which is still one the best for me. My friend used to refer to her as the German bitch whenever we put one of her records on.

Have you heard Bridget St. John's album Ask Me no Questions (1969)? Her voice and the arrangement of certain tracks are at times startlingly similar to Chelsea Girls.

I don't think I have, but thanks for recommending it.

A slightly later clip and the silmilarities here aren't quite as striking as they are on that album, but you get the idea:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aDhlvPXD_I

Thanks.

It's a bit of an obvious thing to say, but Nico is an artist that I really REALLY have to be in the mood for. At the right time she can be utterly vital, at others it's like I hear nothing. The sad fact is that I tend to be in an absolutely depressive mood when I am able to like her - during which she becomes maybe the only thing I'll listen to. The problem with this of course is that, when I can listen to her, I sort of wish I couldn't.

Off the top of my head, I can't think of another artist that I'm like that with.

Nico is perfect when you are not aware of either been dead already or you wish you were. It's part of the appeal. It's squalid music for when your soul feels sqaulid, and I'm tankful for (some of) her records to exist.

holy fuck. i bought that last sunday. it's good. it reminds me more than a bit of fursaxa.

i like chelsea girls better, but i like all nico albums. this one requires, hm, the right mood to listen. well waht music doesnt, eh...

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i guess (funny coincidence, i posted from outside the thread) it's kinda like what porky sez ha ha.

except that there is no such thing as "the soul".

It's actually one of the only albums I've ever listened to that kind of scared me the first time I heard it.

i loved chelsea girl. im interested in hearing this.

i was actually surprised she hated how chelsea girl came out

I think I'll try this album on in autumn .

vibes for days

or

genuinely haunting

however you wish

Hahaha. Best postscript ever.

I used to get stoned with my ex-boyfriend and laugh out really loud at her voice, which is still one the best for me. My friend used to refer to her as the German bitch whenever we put one of her records on.

Her voice represents a German dialect. Whats so funny about that?

anybody care to share a DL link to this album?
much obliged

Sorry I haven't read the whole thread, which one? Oh and I still have to pm you about you know what, sorry for the delay.