Nico - I'm Not Sayin' (1965)

[@rollingtigercommander]

One of the first music videos ever...

[@oldtimedrumcorps]

The first 4 measures are addictive and then hooked on the rest of the piece .

[@jonnywine]

Nice.. I don't know this song but I'm terribly nostalgic for the 60s

[@rupertswampum4188]

Nico in Mod b/w check skirt running loose in London by the Thames, wonderful...I got this single back in late 60s for the sum of 2/6 (12p) in an electrical hardware shop.

[@ufed21]

Nico ...IS.... celestial.

[@melissapatterson6200]

the indirectness of her performances is just so refreshing, how wonderful that nico thought to sing without looking in the camera

[@BeeNotDismayed]

Brava, Nico! Not for being impossibly beautiful, but because you were never, ever boring, sis. 🙏

[@patrickhicks9880]

She made it look so easy

[@globaltvandmovies4905]

Great song. Nico’s vocals and the musical arrangement is superb.

[@hassanas-sabbagh6562]

We need to thank Jimmy Page, the guitarist and producer, for the arrangement.

[@lastrada52]

I agree entirely. I do like Nico very much & apologize if I didn't make that clear. The whole "idea" of what she was as an artist, the look, the sound and the dark legend she conveyed. Her solo notoriety: easily equal to The Velvet Underground. Female artists famous today don't have that special allure. They have to showboat while Nico was simply intense. She's one of the last visionary bohemian writers that mattered. Patti Smith the other. Nico probably didn't even know how important she was.

[@hassanas-sabbagh6562]

I couldn't agree more. As regards her solo work, in my opinion, she was more adventurous and exploring than Lou Reed.

[@kevinatkinson6881]

PJ Harvey?!

[@lastrada52]

@@kevinatkinson6881 - I would add PJ at this point. Though I believe her notoriety is still below Nico & Smith. In other words, she doesn't get as much ink as they did. But following in their footsteps -- yes.

[@requiredname5250]

@@kevinatkinson6881 WORD

[@donknowles2531]

Wow. An upbeat song by Nico.

[@patriciaclaudiafiori8778]

Always Nico . The best. Love the love. ❤️

[@HeinoBartels]

Wish to step back in time .

[@domenicodima1867]

Una delle migliori della cantante tedesca .

[@TheEWFX29]

I see no one has mentioned that Brian Jones and Jimmy Page are playing guitar on this track. They might have helped produce the track also. Jones was dating Nico and Page was a studio musician.

[@jidhed]

Jimmy page was part of the producing and played the 6 string acoustic while Brian played a 12 string on this track

[@olikane530]

damn that jones..how foolish of her

[@HestHardin]

@@jidhed pretty

[@jack1960]

According to ALO Jones is definitely not playing.

[@lamper2]

Has Page confirmed Brian played on this?

[@theStranger666]

I like the unpretentious lyrics. A song about non-committal without being cruel. Doesn't want to hurt her boyfriend, but we all have imperfections. Therefore she doesn't want to give any false promises and she is being honest. I get the impression that she's not going to to be manipulated or worship this guy whoever he is, but it's still a positive issue because she's also saying that she's going to try to make it work. Her long blonde hair reminds me of Marianne Faithfull around at the time, but Nico is not copying her and has her own individual style, her voice in a much lower register. Nice. 😍

[@deathmaiden]

I love this message too! Especially because it resonates with how i feel in my love life, too. I get the feeling sometimes in the song that she doesn’t believe she’ll really be that true/loyal, even if she says she’ll try. Maybe that’s something in her expression

[@pyewackett5]

There's more than a touch of the Seekers about this in my opinion. A pure gem regardless

[@tanideimillecolori]

a piece of me in every song by nico.

[@5marcelojunior]

I'm not sayin' that I'll love you I'm not sayin' that I'll care If you love me I'm not sayin' that I'll care I'm not sayin' I'll be there When you want me I can't give my heart to you Or tell you that I'll sing your name Up to the sky I can't lay the promise down That I'll always be around When you need me Now I may not be alone each time you see me Along the street or in a small café But still I won't deny you or mistreat you Baby, if you'll let me have my way I'm not sayin' I'll be sorry For the things that I might say That'd make you cry I can't say I'll always do The things you want me to I'm not sayin' I'll be true But I'll try Now I may not be alone each time you see me Or show up when I promise that I would But still I won't deny you or mistreat you Baby, if you loved me like you should I'm not sayin' I'll be sorry For the things that I might say That'd make you cry I can't say I'll always do The things you want me to I'm not sayin' I'll be true But I'll try I can't say I'll always do The things you want me to I'm not sayin' I'll be true But I'll try

[@monsieurlemarquis]

I dont think she says “but still i wont deny or mistreat you...” Look at her mouth. She defenitely does not say “mistreat”.

[@ReasonableForseeability]

I heard "I'm not saying that *I* love you" till I saw the lyrics, and it's " *I'll* love you".

[@monsieurlemarquis]

@@ReasonableForseeability that makes me feel a little better. : ) But actually I thought I deleted my comment, cause after listening to that bit like a thousand times, I concluded she does say “I won’t deny or mistreat you.” ; )

[@Bongwater66]

....So sweet.....

[@CedMusic16]

All I wanted was for her to smile to the camera at the end. She deprived me of this and it somehow made me love her even more.

[@user-qm7nw7vd5s]

EXACTLY...

[@WedgePee]

@@user-qm7nw7vd5s Watch the outtakes. You won’t be disappointed. She actually corpses in front of the camera. Nico wasn’t the greatest singer, but she certainly deserved to live longer.

[@ReasonableForseeability]

There's something so sad 😞 about this song. The lyrics.

[@hillyardca]

The B side of the 45 was " The Last Mile" written by Oldham and Jimmy Page. Page, arranged, played and produced the The Last Mile and played guitar on the Lightfoot song. Info courtesy of "Jimmy Page, the definitive biography" by Chris Salewicz.

[@johnrobertson8263]

Superb track

[@Detroit1967]

one, two - is this on? Top song - nice promo clip. RIP Nico / Christa!

[@NicholasAlexander1]

Yes, they made music videos (short films) before MTV

[@john111257]

Gordon Lightfoot wrote this, i love her version

[@kristazieschang1205]

mayor of chi? yikes!

[@MSYNGWIE12]

truly a unique entertainer and such a unconventional beauty... beyond magazine advert vacuous like so many models- I realize she did model to make money but it wasn't her calling, I was a fan the first time I heard her and admittedly she isn't to everybody's taste, but for me she was compelling, didn't listen to her daily (I don't listen to ANY genre of music as background either), but a glass of wine and a candle... dreams, dreams, always wished I could paint, she evoked so many peculiar images for me, a friar, a hermit stumbling over a cloudy borderline... I was on the edge- of anticipation with her-

[@tgould7]

Such a lovely song

[@zzenzero]

Lovely. Thank you PJL. And ... thank you Nico. B- side of this single is amazing.

[@thesecheesespleasejesus4238]

Is it ‘The Last Mile’? I had the single in my youth...

[@zzenzero]

Yes, that's the one.

[@jonbecker03]

nico was nico. you may love or hate her, or your feelings about her may fall between these two extremes. yet you will have to admit that she was one of the great bohemian icons of the twentieth century. in this case, she makes me like a Gordon lightfoot tune. I never liked lightfoot, went out of my way to criticize the man. yet here she makes a Gordon lightfoot song really work. she make the lightfoot ditty almost sound like an important piece of pop music........

[@john111257]

loved her

[@danswang]

Seriously? Gordon Lightfoot wrote many great songs, original and lyrically heavy. For example, Summer Side of Life with its soaring progressions is one of the saddest antiwar songs out there. This ditty, as you call it, is one of the most honest love songs you'll ever hear. Nico doesn't turn mud into gold--she's working with great material to begin with.

[@danswang]

Seriously? Gordon Lightfoot wrote many great songs, original and lyrically heavy. For example, Summer Side of Life with its soaring progressions is one of the saddest antiwar songs out there. This ditty, as you call it, is one of the most honest love songs you'll ever hear. Nico doesn't turn mud into gold--she's working with great material to begin with.

[@klecal]

@@danswang you wrote it very accurately - in addition, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, Diana Krall, Barbra Streisand, Glen Campbell and many others sang songs from Lightfoot - it's hard to imagine that they would take songs from someone without talent

[@antonvanniekerk4894]

Absolutely Fabulous - she was like a cross between Patsy Stone and the Nurenberg version of Sandie Shaw.

[@davidanthonystone5165]

I knew Nico as a younger guy living in Paris ------interesting and haunting person ----

[@globaltvandmovies4905]

Unique talent and this is a very nice song before the velvet underground period.

[@stevendraper2613]

Thank You for "Stating" that fact.. Some Vintage "Rock n Roll" Schooling

[@damonarvid3548]

This has the wonderful quality of a random enka video in a train station karaoke booth, Sendai.

[@frippp66]

if her life had taken a different turn she could have been in Eurovision

[@markandresen1]

Thank God it didn't then.

[@mercurialmagictrees]

awesome , I love to have an original UK copy of this single.

[@Ahrsib]

Thanks for uploading!

[@drstevie]

Beautiful.

[@Maki.1028]

ブライアン・ジョーンズとジミー・ペイジが参加してるニコのデビュー曲✨🤍

[@stevejames5863]

what a beauty. i like her voice too. there is a real power with this song, great job by jimmy page, [he produced it]also. i m assuming brian jones is playing rhythmn, but i m not sure.

[@PeppeDiSanto]

R.i.p. Peter Whitehead (8 Gennaio 1937-10 Giugno 2019). Questo con Nico nel 1965 fu il suo primo film musicale, diventando così un pioniere di quello che sarebbe poi stato battezzato "video clip".

[@imsocuteimsorich4952]

Gordon lightfoot wrote this song sang by others but I love this version 👌, gordon what a great writer 👌👍💟😘🌈✌👋

[@tubalcain1039]

R.I.P Gordon Lightfoot

[@vinylvault.online2819]

Anyone have a better quality version.. I really would love one.

[@badgerthepunk]

Of the audio or video?

[@TheBrianJonesResource]

Brian didn't play on this or any known Nico recording. Or better to say there is currently no proof he did. "There was no Brian Jones on the Nico cut. He was a presence in her life, not in the studio." - Andrew Loog Oldham.

[@TheBrianJonesResource]

@SympathyDevil GR No he isn't.

[@TheBrianJonesResource]

@SympathyDevil GR "There was no Brian Jones on the Nico cut. He was a presence in her life, not in the studio." - Andrew Loog Oldham.

[@billklaus366]

Brian jones legends live on... cause he was bigger than life.

[@SantyPLAY_]

NICO NICO NICO

[@mlemmerman]

The pier is on the river, and not actually in the West India Docks. Nothing to do with the music, I know....

[@michaelbrigante]

Well,u're right:-)She was an icon,an artist and probably she was not a great songwriter but Nico really got "the idea" about what "music" was...

[@jonathanm5755]

The "not a great songwriter" on this is Gordon Lightfoot.

[@hydraIX]

Jimmy Page is on this track

[@memoriesmarmymind...5587]

That rumour has never been properly confirmed.

[@michaelbrigante]

What are u talkin' about man?She wrote great songs and I think she made a great work in Chelsea Girl and Camera Obscura.

[@badgerthepunk]

We dont like her because shes really racist but she makes good music

[@john111257]

Terrific oldie, must have been played on Caroline

[@APR944]

💙

[@olikane530]

Nico i miss your humanity 🌱🌾

[@sharonlee4773]

Ace!!

[@alantrue7316]

Go Nico,thank God you didn't see the new millennium.,you were waaay to original x

[@phillynott2459]

This is disposable pop of the 60's. Morrissey loves this

[@monsieurlemarquis]

“But still i won’t deny you ... “ ????? Whats that line? I dont understand her

[@michaelcarlos8686]

Or mistreat you

[@feanorlawless3891]

I really love this song but I prefer her dark ages.

[@marguskiis7711]

Nico was a big star in 60s how she managed to land in the rotten underground band?

[@damonarvid3548]

That rotten underground band

[@lastrada52]

Nico was never a great singer but this song seems very suited to her voice. Very listenable and probably one of her best, most melodic tracks. It's too bad she couldn't find many more suitable songs to fill out her albums. She was always a very interesting artist and person.

[@SomeBizarretaSomeBizzareLabel0]

[@andreassteinmetz7530]

Also nochmal... - Sehr schönes Lied. Der Text ist hierbei vielleicht nicht so verwerflich wie sonst, jedoch weis wieder Julia dann nicht, warum sie nicht sagt i love you. Hmm. Blöd. Aber gut, die Sache mit den peinlichen Filmen und dass es Howard eigentlich garnicht gab haben wir bald geklärt.

[@MartyRotten]

This was written by Gordon Lightfoot.

[@billywolfgangzdigicore9621]

Lyrics totally inspires rudeness and misstreatment from both sides in a relashionship, the way you don´t want to act like ( kind of like proto Punk). I´m not here to be a slobber, but Nico had found a better composer, she would be the ever lasting queen of pop music. I love her Voice and her feastures. She´s inmortal for me anywayz.

[@stiggyh]

+BILLYWOLFGANGZ Digicore yes - a very rude lyric - but beautiful she was

[@lastrada52]

What are you complaing about Mike? I didn't criticize her. Some Nico songs are monotone & some are wonderful. The 2 tracks you mention are 2 of her best. But on careful listening, I wonder if she had some singing lessons. Some songs are far better vocally. Today, we know this was Nico's style & accept it. She did write some great songs, but she'll never be regarded as a great songwriter. She needed to balance her songs with some stronger material -- as Marianne Faithful often does.

[@PJL3791]

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