The SUBSIM Music Thread

[Jimbuna]

[fumo30]

Inspired by vienna's excellent girl band posts:


Dum Dum Girls - He Gets Me High




This just popped in my mind

The Belle Stars - World Domination




Not a girl band, but Sally Carr won't let you down PHWOAARR!

Middle Of The Road - Rockin' Soul

[Catfish]

never heard this before

[fumo30]

^Sounds quite an avantgardish stuff.


The Velvet Haze - Last Day On Earth




Force Five - Come Down To Earth

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by fumo30

^Sounds quite an avantgardish stuff.

That's why i did not hear it before lol

But.. Middle of the road! I did not know anyone still knows them other than my grandparents' generation And yes i do like them

[Catfish]

I did not even know Nico was german until now
There were a lot of her type in the dorm i lived in the early 1980ies.. difficult to say at least

[fumo30]

^Schönes Lied.

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by fumo30

^Schönes Lied.

Yes, but find it hard to listen to. A bit unusual for german ears, even if she sings it in german. Very pronounced, it sounds as if she throttles down some underlying energy with all her might. She sure is singing about herself/her life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico
Her real name being Christa Paeffgen, born in Cologne, father owning a brewery that is still active today (http://www.paeffgen-koelsch.de). Fleeing Cologne from allied bombardments, father dying in psychatry or in a concentration camp(?) due to wounds and/or shell shock suffered as a soldier. Raped with 15 years. I read somewhere else that she was later treated with a kind of electric shock therapy. A friend of Jim Morrison of The Doors' fame. A son with Alain Delon. Drugs. Heroine addict. Racist. Sounds all "interesting" but sure not a easy or comfortable life.

[JU_88]

These are some pretty damn amazing vocals from Floor Jansen

(Finnish symphonic metalers Nightwish)

[Jimbuna]

[vienna]

Originally Posted by Catfish

Yes, but find it hard to listen to. A bit unusual for german ears, even if she sings it in german. Very pronounced, it sounds as if she throttles down some underlying energy with all her might. She sure is singing about herself/her life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico
Her real name being Christa Paeffgen, born in Cologne, father owning a brewery that is still active today (http://www.paeffgen-koelsch.de). Fleeing Cologne from allied bombardments, father dying in psychatry or in a concentration camp(?) due to wounds and/or shell shock suffered as a soldier. Raped with 15 years. I read somewhere else that she was later treated with a kind of electric shock therapy. A friend of Jim Morrison of The Doors' fame. A son with Alain Delon. Drugs. Heroine addict. Racist. Sounds all "interesting" but sure not a easy or comfortable life.

A very interesting and compelling documentary/biography of Nico is in the link below; it is titled Nico/Icon and I heard about it years ago and was lucky enough to find a DVD copy about 20 or so years ago in a video rental store (remember them?) bargain bin; as far as I know, the DVD is out of print, so this posting on YT maybe the only available source for free; I still have the DVD and about once or twice a year I'll find it while browsing through my collection and I always play it and I'm always impressed by the depth of presentation of Nico's troubled life. The film is well worth the time to view:





A poignant and telling song by Nico:











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[fumo30]

You Give Love A Bad Name - L.R.S. cover




Blackfoot Sue - Corri

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