Frozen Warnings - Music
Frozen Warnings by Nico
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Artist Biography For Nico
Nico 16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988 Was A German Model Actress Singer And Songwriter. She Was Born Christa Päffgen In Cologne Germany.
Nico Started A Successful Career As A Model In Berlin And Paris Studied Acting At Lee Strasberg's New York Actor Studio. She Then Became Part Of The Swinging London Scene And Had A Short Relationship With The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones And She Recorded Her First Record In London In 1965 The Single I'm Not Saying/The Last Mile Produced By Jimmy Page For Rolling Stones Manager Andrew Loog Oldham's Label Immediate Records. Thanks To Jones She Met Andy Warhol In New York City And Became Part Of Warhol's Factory And Warhol Introduced Her To The Rock Band The Velvet Underground With Whom She Recorded The Album "The Velvet Underground & Nico" Featuring The Legendary Banana Cover Designed By Andy Warhol. The Album Has Been Named By Numerous Publications As One Of The Top 100 Albums Of All Time And Is Often Considered One Of History's 10 Most Influential Albums By Critics. Nico Later Recorded Several Solo Albums Including The Folksy Chelsea Girl In 1967 Followed By Original Albums Such As The Marble Index And Desertshore Which Were Much Darker And Avant Garde In Style. She Released Several More Albums Throughout The 1970s And 1980s Including The End... But Died In 1988 From A Cerebral Hemorrhage After Falling From Her Bike In Ibiza Spain. She Is Buried In Berlin Next To Her Mother. Solo Studio Discography 1967 - Chelsea Girl
1969 - The Marble Index
1970 - Desertshore
1974 - The End...
1981 - Drama Of Exile
1985 - Camera Obscura Live Discography 1974 - June 1 1974 With Kevin Ayers John Cale And Brian Eno 1986 - Behind The Iron Curtain
1986 - Live Heroes
1986 - Nico In Tokyo
1989 - Hanging Gardens
1993 - Do Or Die!
1994 - Heroine
1994 - Fata Morgana
1994 - Live In Pécs 1985
2000 - In Europe Do Or Die Diary 1982
2001 - Janitor Of Lunacy
2003 - 1972-01-29 Le Bataclan Paris France With Lou Reed And John Cale 2007 - All Tomorrow's Parties Live
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Frozen Warnings
Nico - The Marble Index
"Frozen Warnings" Is A Song Written And Recorded By German Musician Nico That Features On Her 1968 Album "The Marble Index" With Arranger And Producer John Cale. The Following Is The Story Of The Song Related By Someone That Heard The Story From Nico When Nico Was A Little Girl Living With Her Mother In Berlin During The Allied Bombings Of World War II Her Mother Decided That It Was Safer For The Two Of Them To Move Out To The Countryside And Stay With Nico's Maternal Grandfather Who Was The Station Master Of A Small Train Station.
One Day In The Middle Of Winter Everything Covered In Snow A Train Transporting Jews To A Concentration Camp Stopped By The Station. The Captive Jews In The Freezing Cold Unaware Of The Fact That They Were Being Taken To Be Exterminated Saw Nico A Blonde Sweet Little Girl Playing In The Snow And Smiled And Waved At Her Through The Breaks In The Planks That Covered The Freight Train Windows. That's Where Frozen Warnings Comes From. A Childhood Memory Lived In Innocence But Recollected With The Terrible Knowledge Of That Human And Historical Tragedy.
Nico's Songs Often Travel Into The Past Julius Caesar Ghenghis Khan Etc.. But This Was A Dramatic Moment In History That Nico Witnessed In Person With All The Innocence Of Childhood And The Horror And Drama Of The Mature Artist Who Remembered The Event Wrote The Song And Performed It In That Unique Style Of Hers Which Sets Her Apart From Everything And Everybody In Rock Music And That Makes Her An Artist - With A Capital A - And Not Just Another Pretty Face In "Pop" Music.
I Know All This Because She Told Me And Now You Have The Privilege To Know It Too And Can Appreciate Even More Fully This Song In Particular And Nico's Artistic Greatness In A Wider Sense Even If Recognition For It Came When She Had Already Passed Away. But That's The Story Of Many A Great Artist And The Way Of This World And This World Only.
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Biography - Nico
Nico 16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988 Was A German Model Actress Singer And Songwriter. She Was Born Christa Päffgen In Cologne Germany.
Nico Started A Successful Career As A Model In Berlin And Paris Studied Acting At Lee Strasberg's New York Actor Studio. She Then Became Part Of The Swinging London Scene And Had A Short Relationship With The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones And She Recorded Her First Record In London In 1965 The Single I'm Not Saying/The Last Mile Produced By Jimmy Page For Rolling Stones Manager Andrew Loog Oldham's Label Immediate Records. Thanks To Jones She Met Andy Warhol In New York City And Became Part Of Warhol's Factory And Warhol Introduced Her To The Rock Band The Velvet Underground With Whom She Recorded The Album "The Velvet Underground & Nico" Featuring The Legendary Banana Cover Designed By Andy Warhol. The Album Has Been Named By Numerous Publications As One Of The Top 100 Albums Of All Time And Is Often Considered One Of History's 10 Most Influential Albums By Critics. Nico Later Recorded Several Solo Albums Including The Folksy Chelsea Girl In 1967 Followed By Original Albums Such As The Marble Index And Desertshore Which Were Much Darker And Avant Garde In Style. She Released Several More Albums Throughout The 1970s And 1980s Including The End... But Died In 1988 From A Cerebral Hemorrhage After Falling From Her Bike In Ibiza Spain. She Is Buried In Berlin Next To Her Mother. Solo Studio Discography 1967 - Chelsea Girl
1969 - The Marble Index
1970 - Desertshore
1974 - The End...
1981 - Drama Of Exile
1985 - Camera Obscura Live Discography 1974 - June 1 1974 With Kevin Ayers John Cale And Brian Eno 1986 - Behind The Iron Curtain
1986 - Live Heroes
1986 - Nico In Tokyo
1989 - Hanging Gardens
1993 - Do Or Die!
1994 - Heroine
1994 - Fata Morgana
1994 - Live In Pécs 1985
2000 - In Europe Do Or Die Diary 1982
2001 - Janitor Of Lunacy
2003 - 1972-01-29 Le Bataclan Paris France With Lou Reed And John Cale 2007 - All Tomorrow's Parties Live read less
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Nico Started A Successful Career As A Model In Berlin And Paris Studied Acting At Lee Strasberg's New York Actor Studio. She Then Became Part Of The Swinging London Scene And Had A Short Relationship With The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones And She Recorded Her First Record In London In 1965 The Single I'm Not Saying/The Last Mile Produced By Jimmy Page For Rolling Stones Manager Andrew Loog Oldham's Label Immediate Records. Thanks To Jones She Met Andy Warhol In New York City And Became Part Of Warhol's Factory And Warhol Introduced Her To The Rock Band The Velvet Underground With Whom She Recorded The Album "The Velvet Underground & Nico" Featuring The Legendary Banana Cover Designed By Andy Warhol. The Album Has Been Named By Numerous Publications As One Of The Top 100 Albums Of All Time And Is Often Considered One Of History's 10 Most Influential Albums By Critics. Nico Later Recorded Several Solo Albums Including The Folksy Chelsea Girl In 1967 Followed By Original Albums Such As The Marble Index And Desertshore Which Were Much Darker And Avant Garde In Style. She Released Several More Albums Throughout The 1970s And 1980s Including The End... But Died In 1988 From A Cerebral Hemorrhage After Falling From Her Bike In Ibiza Spain. She Is Buried In Berlin Next To Her Mother. Solo Studio Discography 1967 - Chelsea Girl
1969 - The Marble Index
1970 - Desertshore
1974 - The End...
1981 - Drama Of Exile
1985 - Camera Obscura Live Discography 1974 - June 1 1974 With Kevin Ayers John Cale And Brian Eno 1986 - Behind The Iron Curtain
1986 - Live Heroes
1986 - Nico In Tokyo
1989 - Hanging Gardens
1993 - Do Or Die!
1994 - Heroine
1994 - Fata Morgana
1994 - Live In Pécs 1985
2000 - In Europe Do Or Die Diary 1982
2001 - Janitor Of Lunacy
2003 - 1972-01-29 Le Bataclan Paris France With Lou Reed And John Cale 2007 - All Tomorrow's Parties Live read less
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"Frozen Warnings" is a song written and recorded by German musician Nico that features on her 1968 album "The Marble Index" with arranger and producer John Cale.
The following is the story of the song related by someone that heard the story from Nico:
When Nico was a little girl, living with her mother in Berlin during the allied bombings of World War II, her mother decided that it was safer for the two of them to move out to the countryside and stay with Nico's maternal grandfather, who was the station master of a small train station.
One day, in the middle of winter, everything covered in snow, a train transporting Jews to a concentration camp stopped by the station. The captive Jews, in the freezing cold, unaware of the fact that they were being taken to be exterminated, saw Nico, a blonde, sweet little girl playing in the snow, and smiled and waved at her, through the breaks in the planks that covered the freight train windows. That's where Frozen Warnings comes from. A childhood memory lived in innocence, but recollected with the terrible knowledge of that human and historical tragedy.
Nico's songs often travel into the past (Julius Caesar, Ghenghis Khan, etc..) but this was a dramatic moment in history that Nico witnessed in person, with all the innocence of childhood, and the horror and drama of the mature artist who remembered the event, wrote the song, and performed it in that unique style of hers which sets her apart from everything and everybody in Rock music, and that makes her an artist - with a capital A - and not just another pretty face in "Pop" music.
I know all this because she told me, and now you have the privilege to know it too, and can appreciate even more fully this song in particular and Nico's artistic greatness in a wider sense, even if recognition for it came when she had already passed away. But that's the story of many a great artist, and the way of this world, and this world only. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.