Friday, January 10, 2014

Nina Hagen - I'm a Believer

I love when avant-garde rockers covers pop songs!
This one is different from what I would have expected from the diva of punk.



More poppy yet!?


Is that Nina? So pretty under the Munster make-up*? What a waste she hid that.

And Nina with a symphony orchestra backup!



*Seems to be, here's a pic of her with less extreme make-up. Clearly the same features.

Again: what a shame. I wonder if she was afraid of not being taken seriously if she looked like just another pretty pop doll?
Or if she, like many, felt she had to take on a mask, to become somebody else, in order to let the extreme creations flow freely?

Update:
thanks to A: Nina at 19, now for something entirely different!  Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen
Aw, so cute. 


5 comments:

Andreas Weber said...

In that last image she resembles her daugther a lot.

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

... Found her... "Cosma Shiva". What is it with celebrities and baby names?
But beautiful woman.

Anonymous said...

Here is another one you will like:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbtjdv_nina-hagen-du-hast-den-farbfilm-ver_music

Nina Hagen at 19 years, singing "you forget the color film".

This was a big hit in the GDR!

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

Thanks, dude!

It's fun to see people's young creations.

And always fun to hear pop songs in Germans, talk about stunt casting.

Anonymous said...

you're are welcome ;) I quite like the song, too!

Nina early career also confirms that in order to being able to break the rules, the first step is to learn them!