I’ve been depressing lately. This should make you feel better:
Nina Hagen did an entire album of swing music and it’s all quite good. [big band explosion] It makes sense, too, since it was a perfect vehicle for her to vamp her camp the hell up:
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Fell into a shallow Google hole, found out Lene Lovich is 72, and now I feel really old…
Opera, Heavy Metal, Jazz. Is there anything she can’t do well?
My favourite song of hers is “The Alchemy Of Love”, a duet with Christopher Franke (ex-Tangerine Dream). It’s from the 1996 anime film “Tenchi Muyo In Love”:
I forgot about that amazing piece she did on Seemann with Rammstein.
Ha, I still remember Nina Hagen ripping a asshole interviewer to shreds on TV.
Good time to listen to her songs again.
intransitive@2
That’s a beautiful song. Thanks for sharing.