Nina Hagen - Naturträne (Rockpalast)

Enregistré live sur Rockpalast (1979)

[@gbrodie49]

Imagine being this Goth, Punk and iconic all at once.

[@catofthecafe4064]

indeed

[@matju2]

To me, this music fits a lot more in the Prog genre (aka Progressive rock) than with the Goth/Postpunk scene it's associated with.

[@schlomoubermann]

@@matju2 yes, this song reminds me part of "Dark Side of the Moon".

[@matju2]

​@@schlomoubermann, I didn't have Pink Floyd at all in mind when I said that, I was thinking of some bands that had some elements of opera singing such as Magma (from France, active 1969 until today), or church music as on the 2nd album of the Offenbach band (from Québec, this album in 1972 is called "Saint-Chrone de Néant"). It also makes me think of the very theatrical witch-like voice of Devil Doll (from Italy/Slovenia, "Dies Irae" album, 1996). (But in all cases I give those examples also in part because of what the rest of the band does, not just the voice.)

[@schlomoubermann]

@@matju2 thank you for response, you brought something new to me :-)

[@walker008_]

The lyrics, her voice, her facial expressions, the band... It‘s seriously a piece of art. So strange but wonderful at the same time.

[@Rippenhengst]

Yep, it was hilarious. 😬

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

She’s crazy and I love her

[@rubenalonzolinares6884]

That girl scare me.

[@murellevendramin1150]

Klaus Nomi fehlt 😁

[@murellevendramin1150]

Lyrisme de poésie .. . 'r pas mal juger .... Mes 20 ans 😁💕

[@ashleyt.4322]

I can’t get over how she was literally vocalizing with the guitar by the end

[@Ubu987]

Singing an octave higher than the guitar!

[@nuvotion-live]

If you like that check out City of Tiny Lights Philly 76

[@totaldarkfulleclipse1130]

​@@Ubu987her face was basically every woman in the Pennsylvania suburbs when I walk near her car with my hoodie on 😹

[@finnzts8617]

These are the gems youtube gives you once in a while

[@Avery-un4he]

If I were trained in opera, I'd have some fun with it, too. What a legend.

[@shepherdoffire9263]

Right?! Shes awesome

[@hjibakkkihjibakkki6408]

wow why are so many styled like how we grew up lol

[@Bishka100]

I wonder what would have happened if she had done a collaboration with Klaus Nomi?

[@cornczechcornczech2024]

Try Klaus Nomi

[@edgarwalk5637]

Never too late to learn. Just watching her technique has made me learn a thing or two.

[@rockhill01]

Listening to people like her make me feel overwhelmingly trapped within my own mind. It brings to light how much fear and insecurity hold me back from truly expressing myself.

[@edub9930]

Just do it man. Anything your afraid of. Push yourself. Allow yourself to experience freedom. You owe it 2 urself as we all do.

[@bertkilborne6464]

The planet Earth is at war as we speak between people who chose to express themselves to the fullest and the ones who do what they're supposed to do... Fortunately there are the ones who don't do anything to act as a buffer

[@cabanacabana4821]

Bota pra fora sem se importar com que os outros vão pensar porque os outros nem ligam .só vêm aquilo que querem .as vezez canto loucuras e depois me sinto leve

[@LValo-or1kz]

This is the best comment I've ever read...

[@wanderingstar9322]

Despite what most people pretend, they also are largely controlled by fear and insecurity. Having said that, I agree that our goal should definitely be to overcome the fear of what people might think and be free in expressing our beautiful uniqueness . (crazy, delusional abusers, users and self absorbed losers move along; this comment isn't for you).

[@popogast]

Ich hörte diesen Song vor etwa 30 Jahren auf einem Campingplatz im französischen Haute Savoie in einem französischen Radiosender. Der Regen hatte gerade aufgehört und die Sonne kam vor Sonnenuntergang gerade wieder durch. Wir blickten gerade auf die gegenüber liegenden Berge im Westen. Die Lichtstimmung war so toll. Ein unvergesslicher Moment meines Lebens.

[@ghabrielmelooliveira1426]

Thank the gods for bringing her to my feed! long live Nina Hagen

[@richardwilliams1921]

Yet to hear this at a karaoke.

[@fabietg2464]

oml

[@Xceloverdose]

I thought this was a video from a crap karaoke

[@Turbo_TechnoLogic]

@@Xceloverdose Lol, as good as the orig comment

[@josephperkins4080]

🤔🤔🤔You do realize anyone other Nina tries to sibg this song will end up with their face paralyzed in a crazed expression right???

[@hotlava777]

Could have been sung at some cantina long time ago in a galaxy far far away.

[@semiramisbonaparte1627]

her voice is amazing! It literally sounds like an instrument....people need to remember she was considered an OPERA PRODIGY at 9 years old!!

[@janoschii]

There will never be an opera prodigy at age 9. Who told you such nonsense?

[@yuh5960]

@@janoschii she was though, it's documented. She was considered an opera prodigy at age nine

[@getmetothegeek4066]

@@janoschii Her performancer of "Un bel dì, vedremo" from Madam Butterfly at the age of 9 was spellbinding. I just made that up. It's not true. Judging from Google results, she had some contact with opera singer friends of her mother when she was 9. Somehow a Wikipedia contributor thinks that this means she was a prodigy and then other websites have copied this.

[@silverbushb448]

Lmao that's ridiculous

[@samsalamander8147]

@@getmetothegeek4066 that’s funny

[@agnes8477]

Her vocal technique is insanely good

[@TI2_EvilTwin]

Yeah, her operatic vocals coupled with those guitar riffs make a great sound. I'm just wondering what that chicken 🐔🍗 mimicry at the end of her song was all about. Anyway, it was all very beautiful.

[@SurfinScientist]

She was trained as an opera singer from a young age.

[@JackMeov-xo3zm]

Rofl

[@HandsomeMadMax]

@@TI2_EvilTwin I think its to relax her vocal cords a little after hitting those super high screeches.

[@TheDrunkMunk]

just havin' fun with it@@TI2_EvilTwin

[@herbslife-miscusi]

Why I've listened it first time in my life only at age of 31???? My life will never be the same. I've just found the best vocal ever!!! Hi from 2023))

[@silviacarta3360]

That' s punk!!!!! Mein Freud

[@desperatelyseekingrealnews]

31? Try 67. Brilliant , better late than never

[@guitarendkn1637]

I thank my mother for making me listen to this when I was only 6 years old. Even at that age I was fascinated. Today I am an 18 year old music enthusiast.

[@ogorodnii-pank]

ах, соболезную, я слушаю её больше двух десятилетий и, по-прежнему, она - зайка))))))))))))))))))

[@YaoEspirito]

Buy the album. The whole thing is great.

[@DanteVermelho23]

3:22 holy shit, she sings the same note as the guitar

[@clownworldhereticmyron1018]

Bruh moment. Shes amazing !!!

[@nomadic1932]

that's actually impressive

[@richardcorona3564]

the. SAME. NOTE.

[@NataweeTehCatxD]

Look how in sync they are. That feeling must be amazing like sex

[@richardcorona3564]

@@NataweeTehCatxD Yes. You can tell the guitarist is in exstacy playing his guitar.

[@spiritualcramp8000]

i was 13 when i went to my first concert in life: NINA HAGEN. next year Siouxie and the Banshees. What a great time to be young.

[@nymphaea5552]

I'M SO JEALOUS!!! Lucky you!!

[@seanthomasrauchert1695]

Hey i dig ur thumbnail mc Esher is one of my favs I actually used tht image and super imposed it on a photo of my daughter's sunglasses so the reflection in her shades seeing angels and demons Did it in a darkroom long before Photoshop was a thing ! Was pretty dope!

[@spiritualcramp8000]

it's a great artist. i'm working on reprocessing some of his works. real ones are very small i always wonder how the hell coud he do such tiny and precise wood engravings with just hands. arn't those devils damn sweet? lol

[@xle-mort-vivantx2009]

You had an awesome childhood, tbh.

[@user-tk4gr9zo7t]

I would have literally died happy

[@HandsomeMadMax]

This might be one of the most beautiful things I ever heard in my entire life.

[@goodmoodph]

She’s a legit main character.

[@blazingstar9638]

😂

[@lacrimis_solis]

Fr

[@MarcelinaCubasartman]

Nunca haverá, ninguém no mundo,melhor que ela, já mais ❤❤❤

[@BRAdriel10]

Def. a One Piece villain.

[@captaindaddy4991]

Solid

[@Nantosuelta]

Nina Hagen is by far one of the most unique and creative artists of all time. Even if you're not a fan of her style, you cannot deny her insane talent and absolute uniqueness

[@edwigcarol4888]

I am so glad not to be alone with this impression.. after 30 years i listen to her again and i get kind of shocked, Ganz und gar mitgerissen.. We have one with this insane creativity in France: Jacques Higelin. Do you know him?

[@TrickOrRetreat]

@@edwigcarol4888 I will check this Jacques Higelin out. ask me next week. I love youtube comments. last 10 years i found just about 95% of new music i listen to, just reading suggestions from comment sections. And Nina is a pearl wrapped in gold Leafs covered in fairy dust. And maybe a touch of chilli

[@hijo1998]

Yes but you also can't deny her absolute insanity

[@TrickOrRetreat]

@@hijo1998 If that's insanity, sign me up 👻

[@HeadNtheClouds]

What it is, what it is

[@seregaright5483]

Ramstein smokes nervously on the sidelines.

[@sakadabara]

В 1979ом году они были в пионерский лагерь где то в ГДР

[@gutterdocmd]

Hahahaha

[@toxicitykitty3907]

Rammstein*.

[@toxicitykitty3907]

chubseybubs you have no idea how much I’m gonna cry

[@gybfefe]

Best comment :)

[@lukaswensting5763]

I have completely fallen in love with this performance now. You could probably call it a goosebump addiction: can't listen to this without getting one, can't stop listening to it over and over again. CHECK, CHECK, CHECK, CHÄÄÄÄCK!

[@ericmorris1409]

I have been listening to this song multiple times a day for like 3 months now and it still amazes me every time. Nina is so underrated

[@fraternitas5117]

I likewise come back to it every once in awhile.

[@this_song1]

I applaud your commitment! I don't even listen to myself that often!

[@nugsymalone1247]

I first heard this song while on mushrooms and have been addicted ever since. The songs great too XP

[@dibujodecroquis1684]

@@nugsymalone1247 What mushrooms?

[@maethefae]

​@@dibujodecroquis1684I'm assuming magic ones

[@heathweeks1985]

I really love the part when she says, "AAAAAHHAHAHAHAAHHHAAAHHHHH"

[@295kolossi]

ok comedian

[@coffeehigh420]

oh yeh... that IS a good part!

[@KeesKouwenberg]

Hmhmmm, guess I missed that part

Pendejo

[@shadowmod3]

and i went AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH when she goes "AAAAAHHAHAHAHAAHHHAAAHHHHH".

[@shayneoneill1506]

The part that guitar dude comes in to harmonize the vocal line. He's at the top of the fretboard range to match her aaaaaaand then she leaps up an entire octave .... How the hell does a human voicebox do that.... And of course she interjects it with a few chicken clucks, because she's Nina goddam Hagen and she can do *anything* she wants, because she's a godess and we are mere mortals. So if she wants chicken clucks in an utterly divine guitar/voice duet , then by the might of the heavens, it shall be done.

[@TrickOrRetreat]

,indeed 😋👍🔥

[@feet57]

yeah its worth waiting for, anyone translated it..? What it about! ?

[@qutoobe]

@@feet57 The open window offers a view Of a cloud of sparrows, a fluttering sky Wind blowing, my nose freezes And a couple exhaust pipes rattle Oh, there's the setting sun Red with gold, so it must be, I look down onto the street I remember my friend Suddenly my heart becomes heavy I need only to see birds fluttering And my gaze then flies heavenward, Hurts the soul, how beautiful! Nature in the evening, silent city Broken soul, tears streaming, All this makes one powerfully weak And I just simply keep on crying... Hope this helps!!

[@kristinastewart7615]

Having a famous opera singer for a mother helped surely

[@janschirmhardt709]

Couldn't say it better. Amen bro

[@lylering]

the guitar, singing, bass, drums absolutely everything is angelic. music like this needs way more appreciation and acknowledgment

[@ryans3001]

This may be one of the greatest pieces of performance art I have ever seen.

[@HoldingStudios]

"I'll have what she's having."

[@politicalfactsandopinions.9250]

Stephen Holding 😂

[@agstinacueva1673]

Talent?

[@josephperkins4080]

A conniption fit ?

[@josephperkins4080]

@Willz __ 😂😂😂😂

[@antm6970]

Yes please

[@carenovi]

Despite all those grimaces, she has absolute control over her voice, which shows the amazing singer she is!

[@soloparaplaystation6624]

Grimaces?

[@sumdumbmick]

despite? perhaps you're illiterate and need to reassess the whole attempting to communicate in writing thing.

[@uvr.2222]

wdym despite

[@timniesz7798]

The best, she could be a wonderfull opera singer.

[@rosariagrisorio4185]

She IS a wonderful Opera singer!

[@stijnvandamme76]

Never heard this song before, but wow.. what a sound... and performance.. She sure had a set of lungs

[@rabidblackable]

It's like Pink Flyod substituted the guitar solos for a voice. Phenomenal.

[@nugsymalone1247]

Haha thats great

[@jellyjub1690]

well great gig in the sky

[@jublaim]

like hat!

[@azucars3068]

hell fucking yeah

[@jean-pierre8967]

plutôt comme ZAPPA

[@jovem_guil]

2:11 bro, the way the drums and guitar come after her scream is just angelical, magnífico.

[@ravenrushing-kuntz4456]

I scrolled across this comment right at that bit of the song. Transcendent

[@darthbahnsen3832]

The standing drummer throwing down, ya don't see that any more.

[@gashindanatsu]

muito icônico

[@eriveltomartinsbarrosjunio9022]

As a Brazilian fan who's known her work since 1985 when she came for the first Rock In Rio, it's interesting to see how many people are still discovering her work in 2020, corny jokes aside. She has the pipes as well as outstanding stage presence, great sense of humor and she was very cute. Full package.

[@denisgouveia7381]

Nope. She's just another weirdo among a millions of them...

[@michaelineshadman844]

Totally! Her music just transcends generation after generation!!!

[@ericisprobablyfullofshit7797]

@@denisgouveia7381 Yeah, I'm sure your records are way better. 😏

[@nataliamartins8844]

Sério que ela veio no primeiro Rock in Rio? Que foda, cara...

[@Valeria-wf4bd]

@@denisgouveia7381 What? XD you must be joking

[@floracat66]

I saw her in Toronto in the late 80's early 90's...she open the show with this song and she blew everyone away. I bet everyone who was there remembers the performance.

[@soundcanvas1450]

Yes , I was there 👍👍 CoOL show

[@frankbreuer8849]

Holy fuck, what she pulled off was just insane. One of the best ever.

[@Jahu-qs2us]

LYRICS (with english translation) Off′nes Fenster präsentiert (the open window presents) Spatzenwolken himmelflattern ( Clouds made of sparrows fly through the air) Wind bläst, meine Nase friert (wind is blowing, my nose is freezing) Und paar Auspuffrohre knattern (some car exhausts rattle) Ach, da geht die Sonne unter(ah, there the sun goes down) Rot, mit Gold, so muss das sein (red with gold, thats how it ought to be) Seh ich auf die Strasse runter (i see down on the street) Fällt mir ein Bekannter ein (i remember a friend) Prompt wird mir's jetzt schwer ums Herz (immediately its becoming heavy around my heart) Ich brauch′ nur Vögel flattern sehen (i just need to see the birds flap around) Und fliegt mein Blick dann himmelwärts (my gaze flys towards the sky) Tut auch die Seele weh, wie schön (the soul also hurts, how nice) Natur am Abend, stille Stadt (nature in the evening, silent city) Verknackste Seele, Tränen rennen ( cracked soul, tears are running) Das alles macht einen mächtig matt (all of that makes one dull) Und ich tu' einfach weiterflennen (and i continue to cry)

[@diegozelta21]

.

[@ennuiembody]

dude thanks!

[@user-so1og5qh7b]

😎👍

[@jublaim]

Thank you! Made me like it even more!

[@palea6436]

Es ist wunderschön

[@dewfall56]

Love how she contorts her face while singing. Mesmerizing.

[@travishillsthedarkangelbun504]

Yep

[@miriaborgess]

Yess!

[@StandWatie1862]

She has been the star of many scat films.

[@psalm150ayaband5]

Avec ma sœur ainée on l'adorait et encore aujourd'hui toute à fait mon genre Punk blood excellent album pas lasser de l'écouter de temps à autre ❤❤❤

[@alepess225]

Goose bumps every time I watch this video. Unique voice able to space different styles on a rock music and her theatrical interpretation make all this a masterpiece 😍

[@FranciscoRodriguez-ik3gy]

I don't know if it's a obsession or something but I have been watching this video 5 times at least every day since I discovered it...

[@damhood2033]

I really feel you

[@MrArielknight]

Go to see the doctor

[@nikamini6]

I feel you!

[@limu6719]

I know, I can’t stop coming back!

[@user-tk4gr9zo7t]

💖💖💖💖

[@jeanniesgems7662]

This is the most badass thing I've ever witnessed 🤘

[@Kasuyaki007]

And this is the moment I know I've discovered something amazing tonight.

[@binnertdebeaufort]

Had that moment last week.

[@javidkiaei1992]

I cant describe how much i enjoy this performance ❤

[@SuperMiley1994]

Never thought opera and punk rock could go so well together

[@0mega.mechan1c.]

Pat Smear from the Germs and the Foo Fighters used to play guitar for her, briefly. Amazing music!

[@Lemmonsinspace]

Warachara Upapong I’d say it’s more metal than punk hehe

[@josh8078]

@@Lemmonsinspace true

[@henryrollins9177]

They dont

[@hjillumi880]

wow why is literally everyone styled like how we grew up ? like we´re fashion ?

[@percyap4271]

She is a good singer and can probably cast spells

[@joshualykins8730]

Fuck yeah dude

[@morningstar5284]

I'M SCARED

[@cleverhansel-musiccabaretc7222]

Chaotic Neutral Bard

[@Santafunk]

Bard sorceress

[@isabellarossi2065]

Berliner witchcraft!

[@grandstrateguerre8334]

a piece of art....she's amazing. I love her

[@Bioenthusiast]

My fave note is at 2:00 because it is so abrupt yet adds so much emotion to that entire piece before the guitar solo 🔥

[@izeve]

she makes all of these confusing but very impressive noises and then makes chicken sounds when she's done with the song lol. what a hero

[@KarolineSvang]

Legend 😂😍

[@williamcrowe2576]

They'd cure her, but they need the eggs.

[@gmcjetpilot]

1:58 what note is that... She has a 5 or 6 octave range. People were making a big deal out of Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston in the 80s. I just discovered her and I think she's fantastic. Just completely weird and wonderful. Very talented and creative and of course being in German it takes on a whole new vibe. Goth & Punk bands to follow owe a lot to Nina Hagan.

[@peachprinxe973]

She hits a E6!

[@captainspaulding2693]

The brown note

[@gmcjetpilot]

@@captainspaulding2693 You are a brown note.

[@-108-]

Same! Listening to her for the first time. She is amazing!

[@petervon2038]

Her Mother was a Opera Singer.

[@Conqoo]

Yep, she's awesome - great singer and amazing performer. Complete control over her voice and very unique style. I'm glad I came across this. And I really love the guitar solo - super simple, yet so powerful and visceral... Really dig it.

[@sleeplessaquarius]

❤❤❤

[@gregmcpherson5671]

Every year or so I come and watched this. So wonderfully unhinged.

[@JablesMullet]

I love that she enunciates so well. As dynamic as her voice and style is you can still understand her.

[@steveheck4348]

She is a master speaker + singer of the German language. At least I think she is. :)

[@CBlargh]

@@steveheck4348 She's a trained opera singer. Her pronunciation here is different from conversational German because of it.

[@Copesp_06]

Qual é a razão pela qual você escreve o seguinte texto? ''Atrás de você eles estão turvando tudo , é viver que eu sei fazer que você quer ouvir Tenha paz, você já está aqui Eu vou saber perguntar Vou ter cuidado viver saber O que você quiser ouvir Tenha paz, você já está aqui Eu vou saber perguntar Com o tom Tenha paz, você já está aqui Eu vou saber dizer o que você quer ouvir pedir peça Tenha paz Tenha paz Tenha paz Tenha paz Tenha paz aqui''. Proponho tal pergunta, pois, estou assustado, absolutamente todos os vídeos que eu abro, nos comentários, sempre tem uma pessoa diferente escrevendo as mesmas coisas.

[@mrsteel9026]

Finding diamonds like this is why I love youtube.

[@daymeeedababy]

Thats what i say, every day

[@emanuehofmann]

@@daymeeedababy you should search for "ich hab den farbfilm vergessen - Nina Hagen" by her

[@mrsteel9026]

@@emanuehofmann will do cheers.

[@scottmoore3907]

I'm strangley addicted to this..

[@JOSEROBERTO-gc7bv]

Vi NINA HAGEN pela primeira vez em 1985, quando ela esteve no Brasil, para a primeira edição do Festival Rock in Rio. Quem vê e ouve Nina, mesmo que pir uma só vez, nunca mais a esquece.

[@MrBillagordon]

I always come back to this video at least 2x a year. Strange and so artistically expressive. I laugh at her expressions, yet I'm drawn to the passion, melody and vocal range. Hypnotic

[@abijones7699]

Her and Vitas! True genius❤

[@ScootHasAYouTubeHandle]

everybody gangsta till the european singer starts speaking enchantment table

[@chaincells]

Whaha

[@craigkelber1688]

I mean I'm watching this on mute to listen to slint. And i can say i wont forget it

[@leftright6054]

😂

[@cleveland2020]

you killed me

[@ScootHasAYouTubeHandle]

@JahFoolie uhh yeah? she's singing in a foreign language...and she doesn't really look american...so yeah, i guess i really am a 👨‍🎓 am i?

[@askingforthemoon]

She's one of the most expressive singers I have ever seen. Her funny faces and the way she can sing punk or opera...

[@waxwax8781]

Back then, I'd seen album covers & that's about it. Dismissive. Damn. That is Art.

[@user-be3lq1il4t]

All hail the KZbin algorithm for it has blessed me with this song

[@CaptLateNight]

me toooooooo!!!

[@davidcool5189]

I'm not sure if blessed is the right word...but I too am glad that the algorithm has bestowed this strangeness upon me.

[@inquisitorchristopher8527]

her cover of Rammstein - Seeman is pretty good.

[@Treychik]

After one Klaus Nomi video it told me to go here :)

[@greenhowie]

Weird how you can tell it's genuinely getting better over time. I really liked this, even though I pretty much exclusively listen to synthwave these days.

[@robertarisz8464]

40 years on this still feels like cutting edge.

[@thepleyadian6559]

My God...this woman is incredible...

[@ahoytheremate1954]

what a woman Nina god bless her im 70 and grew up with her music led zep ,deep purple etc great times 😄

[@TheWorld_2099]

Pure genius... Adding this show to my time-machine bucket list. If I ever get the chance, I'll zoom back to that evening and enjoy the hell out of it.

[@dedkennedyz664]

why all the hate? this is beautiful and unique. i love it!!

[@politicalfactsandopinions.9250]

diet drama This song is dope as fuck, and Nina Hagen is like probably my favorite singer next to Zora Cock from Black Briar

[@deadpiratetattoo2015]

I don't think it's hate. Just out of work comedians trying out their punchline prowess.

[@kanervatie]

Not liking something doesn't mean it's hate.

[@edybocman76]

what hate ? dislike your comment and report.

[@lilacfart]

@@edybocman76 Why? You should dislike and report comments that ARE hate, not stuff you just don't agree with. wtf

[@franckwcislo32]

Une voix hors du commun une femme magnifique qui s"enlaidie volontairement mais d'une magnifiscence sans égal

[@patrickventurini5407]

English Nina Hagen has an exceptional voice: what's impressive is singing rock with an operatic voice!!!!!! I am amazed

[@estebansteverincon7117]

That chord progression is so beautiful

[@junglsmor]

Esteban Rincon yes

[@truefilm6991]

You probably know it, but anyway, starts with: G6/D, F#7/C#, Fmaj7/C, E, then the same but all with E in the bass. The beauty is that all four chords have the note E in common.

[@estebansteverincon7117]

@@truefilm6991 I'm sorry, I don't know music theory. I don't even know if my comment is even correct. LOL

[@truefilm6991]

@@estebansteverincon7117 it is correct. Gorgeous chord progression.

[@Apjooz]

Sounds little like Hotel California.

[@JoeKowalczyk]

This clip brought me to tears. Couldn’t understand why because the performance is so odd/silly. But then someone translated the lyrics… just incredible. Between the meaning of the lyrics and Nina’s vocals, she nailed it, beyond language. I cried and I don’t even understand German. True legend. True punk. Much respect.

[@vintagecherries]

Wait are you serious or?

[@iznasni]

Same here…

[@JoeKowalczyk]

What did I say you make you think I was joking?

[@iznasni]

@@JoeKowalczyk in my case I believe you 💯 . The song had the same effect on me.

[@edwigcarol4888]

Man, i am so glad that i have got the language now that i live in Germany.. the poetry is as beautiful as the voice? Let's see..

[@fredenickredbeard]

The energy in her voice at 0:33 is undescribable. This performance is just so iconic.

[@teleroel]

Being able to do this live, just wow!

[@blonderebel8356]

I just accidentally found this , she is extremely talented ! Such an amazing voice , one of the best I've heard in a long time !!! I love when she sang there with the guitar , I have never heard anyone attempt it !

[@darkages9507]

Dimebag-Anselmo duel in Cemetery Gates is also epic. It would be so interesting to have a Dimebag vs Hagen song...

[@caramelastic]

Me: *Tries to sing and sounds like a dying cat* She: *Screams like a dying cat but actually hits every note*

[@Meow-uo5vk]

I can hit too 😭😭😭😭

[@Meow-uo5vk]

@strontiumXnitrate christmas songs,Belting G5's,Hitting above C7 (Bb7), singing like a angel,being perfect and with 19# 1's,Spending 81 weeks in #1 on Billboard,One sweet day 16 weeks at 1,We belong together 14 weeks at 1. Want more?

[@numnut1516]

Mimi lmao 🤣 and yet “you” are here with 99 subs and 3 total videos. None of the pieces “you” have ever written can seem to convey any emotions besides “corporate drab”. “You” are chained down by what is profitable, not what is inspiring. Your ego inflated so large you can’t see past your own big head. I applaud your marketing people, somehow they managed to make enough deals to get you on any chart. The only thing inspiring about “your” music is that some how, people put up with it enough that the stores you music is played in are still in business (although struggling and in decline.) Your career is proof that creativity is no longer appreciated. Mariah Carey, the house hold name of mediocracy, eye rolls, changing the radio station as fast as you can, and functionally alcoholic battered wives. Sure you can hit a note, that means nothing if the notes you hit are a chore to listen to, it means even less when you consider the army of people who put time in to your music OTHER than you. It’s shockingly sad that your “music” is palatable to enough of the general population to generate revenue. If you sing like an angel, I DON’T want to go to what ever heaven you believe in! Maybe I will hear one of your neurotic Christmas songs again next holiday season? Hopefully not.

[@Meow-uo5vk]

@@numnut1516 Ok,you are crazy,i hate toxic peoples like you. Just shut up and i'll not give my precious time to answer you talking shit with your shit life

[@Meow-uo5vk]

@@numnut1516 and,Bitch,i was talking about myself,not Mariah. I can hit G#6 and F6 too. And i love nina hagen. You are just a bitch who likes to say shit about people who don't cares about you,cause you are nothing,you have nothing,you life have to be really sad to comment shit about a singer,cause you'll never do what she did and do,or what Nina did or do. You are absolutely nothing and nobody cares about you or about what you say. Go do something good with your shit life and shut fucking up,Bitch

[@alessandromarchesini9039]

True art performer, absolute amazing.

[@neuromancer27]

She deserved a standing ovation

[@Arkane1990]

She looks like someone whose mother forced her to have opera singing classes but she rebelled against her when she grew up.

[@jansabarth9466]

actually she grew up in socialist East Germany and was not accepted in opera for having 'suspicious' contacts... this is why she is not an opera singer... anyway... she would have been become Nina Hagen in either ways...

[@hjibakkkihjibakkki6408]

are you the 90´s generation or just styled like one

[@ofamosogustavo]

@@jansabarth9466 thank God

[@happyfreeky]

Hardly rebelling, considering how she embraced her operatic style and integrated into her act

[@jimmyj6209]

@@likingraccoons Not really, there are barely any good Opera singers today, Elena Obraztsova is notably one of the last of the greats in the East, and not Dmitri Hvorostovsky

[@radouanedilaai3715]

Lyrics: Through the open window I can see The tiny clouds hovering in the sky The wind is blowing, my nose is freezing ... a few exhaust pipes are spluttering. Ah, the sun is going down Red and gold, as it should be I look down to the street below And see a friend standing there Suddenly my heart feels heavy I just need to see birds fluttering And my eyes turn up to the sky How it hurts my soul - how beautiful! Nature in the evening, a peaceful town Tormented soul, the tears flow It all makes me feel so feeble And makes the tears flow even more....

[@verek-1397]

It's so beautiful 🖤

[@woutermatthesius439]

Spot on translation!

[@ryancabrera2884]

Do you think the bird noises at the end were chickens because she was up all night crying? :O

[@darkmotion80]

Thank you a lot for the translation.Greetings from Greece

[@Rippenhengst]

Well, the translation is in important parts incorrect.

[@torreydunn2170]

I came here to say we already had a klaus nomi, but it took about 15 seconds to get hooked. I think I love this!

[@user-cy3zi6wu5q]

Невероятное владение голосом! Нина поёт не только телом, но и мимикой. Такая живая, естественная, искренняя на сцене. Спела моё состояние. Благодарю, Нина❤❤

[@murzilka9339]

Не знала о ней и теперь пребываю в лёгком шоке ))

[@user-et7nw3us8y]

@@murzilka9339 послушайте Ataraxia там тоже небесной красоты вокал, но без столь эксцентричного образа)

[@rafaelfernandeslopesdeoliv1700]

This is the greatest thing i've ever seen.

[@TheWorld_2099]

Thank you..! Finally a comment worth commenting on. She's a genius, I'm so glad other people get this.

[@janeholstead3745]

You, sir, have got great taste! She's awesome!

[@rafaelfernandeslopesdeoliv1700]

@@average.6079 you're right. Oxygen. Oxygen is probably the best thing.

[@YAFONOOB]

I came here by accident... started skipping around, started laughing, wanted to hate it but now I'm listening to it for the third time and about to look for some more from her.... so.... yeah.

[@Heatfarmer]

Try "unbehagen"

[@YAFONOOB]

@@Heatfarmer Listening now mate, mahalo for the suggestion, I like it : )

[@GoldCogIronMachine]

the way she emotes is everything! it's the look of an artist giving it all, feeling it all. pure performance. 💕

[@emmanuelsantos4414]

Eu a vi cantando isto em meados de janeiro de 1985, na primeira e melhor edição do Rock in Rio, na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Eu tinha 25 anos! Hoje tenho 64 anos e sempre ouço-a cantando Ballroom Blitz, do Sweet. Se há uma cantora que foi extremamente amada, no Brasil, por velhos, jovens e crianças, naqueles distantes dias, esta cantora foi Nina Hagen. E a grande maioria nem sabia o que era Rock mas como o festival passava na televisão, ao vivo, todos queriam vê-la por ser diferente. E como!!! Amo-a até hoje! De Natal RN Nordeste Brasil, em 09 de maio de 2014. Emmanuel.

[@FiestaDoener]

Everybody is talking about the vocals and such. I speak German and it’s the lyrics. The vocals just push the emotions of „crying“ to a next level. Looking out on the window and sobbing? (Parts of the lyrics) This is how it sounds inside of you and Nina just described it in words and gave it a voice. That’s why I love punk and performances that show true passion. „Punkrock should mean freedom, liking and accepting anything that you like, playing whatever you want, as sloppy as you want, as long as it’s good and has passion“ - pg.99

[@Donjonneau]

Except a genre doesn't mean you can do what you want, but rather do what you can from what you are inspired from (plus many other factors as mix of individual preferences and skills in music, their decisions together, and so on). Punk-Rock surely got a great deal of artists, but compared to many genres... You'll always find more doomed ones or more liberated ones. By the way, thanks to put the meaning of the lyrics, because I was waiting for that... I felt that there was a purpose, but I was only in a myst. So thanks! :)

[@LeniToni]

The quote you used is by Kurt Cobain, pg. 99 sampled it, but yes

[@edub9930]

I was thinking precisely that. She's free up on that stage. Freer than most of us in society.

[@bertkilborne6464]

I wish Iknew what she was saying

[@bodo887]

@@Donjonneau The song is called "nature tears" and she describes looking out the window at night down on the city street and describes the scenery outside and she is overwhelmed with negative emotions and just cries. It is basically an anxiety attack put in a song (at least just judging from the lyrics, maybe there is a personal backstory she has). I find this song and this performance one of the best pop performances ever sung in German language. It might sound a bit surreal and extra but that entirely replicates the emotion one feels when just crying for no particular reason but the state of the world or one's life.

[@Mr_Saxon]

This is the first time I've seen / heard Nina Hagen and I love everything about this. The voice, the facial expressions - Amazing.

[@user-jn4jc6jw6l]

When Opera met Punk and had a baby they named her Nina Hagen. The voice controls are amazing as she jumps from one register scenario to the next. Once possessed by the devil and thence meowing like a pussycat before becoming a hen. We are mere spectators on her bizarre journey from Earth to the great beyond. I love it!

[@randomfrenchdude9898]

40 years later, she still freak me out 😀

[@carolmcgahan5113]

Her voice is amazing.She pronounces every word perfectly,so crisp.

[@georgeharry4469]

Hello how are you

[@dannykrinkle4726]

Frank Zappa: "I make the weirdest music in the world." Hagen: "Hold my pacifier."

[@josephdesimone6599]

Try some Diamanda Galas.

[@arekhautaluoma4276]

She's incredible, but I'd put Nina in the middle of Kate Bush, Mike Patton, and Zappa. This song is an 8 bar repeating chord cycle. Amazing to be certain. Zappa also never made remarks of the sort. Perhaps I'm autistic and reading too much into a joke. Respect to you, Hagen, Zappa and anyone else I've dragged into this 😂

[@PaddyWolfe]

residents

[@arekhautaluoma4276]

@@PaddyWolfe Residents gets my vote! Xiu Xiu is definitely up there too.

[@eamonwright7488]

Mister Wolfe Duck Stab/Buster is a fucking masterpiece.

[@neverestm.t.3356]

How the fuck did this brought a tear to my eye? A M A Z I N G

[@synthoelectro]

Being a huge goth aficionado, this is the rawest form I have ever seen.

[@screamingindigital1980]

At the beginning I was laughing seriously but just a minute into this I know I was witnessing greatness my Lord she just bitch slapped the industry.

[@randyhead6481]

Darling, she's been doing that for decades.

[@DEWwords]

This is the greatest performance ever filmed. Glorious!

[@DEWwords]

Madonna couldn't get through 30 seconds of this...

[@Diolla_]

Oh man. Haven't heard this song for years. Hearing it again made me realize how much she influenced my life when I was a teenage member of the No Future generation. She teamed up with our one and only real rock n roll star Herman Brood. Both were artists who did loads of drugs. Crazy times. Raw life.

[@dirkkuchmetzki162]

ich liebe diese verrückte Nina und vor allem ihre Mucke (eher die alten Songs) seit Jahrzehnten 🙂

[@damasodelacruz7332]

Billie Eilish: I am weird and gothly Nina Hagen:. Darling! Hold my beer!

[@florenciasoler4767]

That stupid girl Billie is both untalented (to me, she can't sing at all) and ugly. Nina was, is and will be forever authentic.

[@elsie1679]

@@florenciasoler4767 you can have personal preferences, and i agree billie eilish is nowhere near hagan's level, but there was no need to bash a 19 year old singers appearance lol

[@tonyrisco2600]

@@elsie1679 ella no es cantante, el que esta sentado haciendo los ajustes en la pc, es el que deberia de llevarse los creditos en si

[@agstinacueva1673]

No matter how weird you think you are there is always someone just as or even weirder than you. All hail miss Hagen, 12 year olds cannot handle her.

[@renaram9908]

@@tonyrisco2600 son estilos demasiado distintos como para comparar. Y te invito a escucharla en vivo

[@delirios.core23]

This live version is iconic

[@marcosnogueira1082]

This most remarkable human being and complete Artist named Nina Hagen is here heard and seen at one of her best songs. This one, in particular, redeems the European concept of Opera by a totally revolutionary performance by the Singer & Band. And maybe to the despair of the near neighborhood, I think I learned to play some parts of it on a flute. Tanx, dear Nina. May you always be near the Mahadev.

[@stefoster7031]

the world was never ready for Nina Hagen

[@philipmarq]

I tried to leave, but she nailed me to my chair with her voice.

[@lilalila213]

Same here...i tried also🙊

[@5050TM]

🐔🐔🐔 then the ending politely snapped me out of my hypnotic daze 😂

[@Agothygoth]

I absolutely love this. Her facial expression are priceless. I def needed to watch this tonight.

[@schauseil187]

auch nach 45 jahren noch ein meisterwerk.

[@klaara_]

Can't put into words how much I love this