1984 Nina Hagen Interview English 

The really weird thing is, she makes total sense to me.

oh no , i totally forgot to tell her about the most beautiful heavenly music that i started hearing , immediately after I asked God " what is your name ? " ! I wrote it all down in completion , in my book " confessions " / " bekenntnisse " , just 4 the records ! Blessed B !

I love how fearless she is about her authenticity! I absolutely believe her experience and her rebirth as this divine creative force is so gorgeous to me. She is pure magic and I love everyone that can appreciate her as well.

There is no one quite like NINA HAGEN! TRULY original and unique. Her voice is astonishing, and brilliant!

At 5:06 her voice drops so drastically, it really shows her vocal range, I’m curious to see what her vocal cords look like, for scientific purposes lol

I never know her before until youtube show me her best song titled "Naturtrane" which is very unique even today and so I became her instantly fan 😍

If you have known Nina, the artist, the singer, for all these years that she has been around, one thing you would know for certain is what an amazing, beautiful heart and tender soul has she. Whatever the challenges she has had in her life, she has always been the same as a performer and always the same as a person - love. The journey I have been on with her via her music and the changes in her music over the years, were part of an evolution of Nina, and as I grew and was growing and appreciate artists and musicians, I felt at home with most of the material she wrote and performed. In a concert many years ago, she was trying to explain something but she wasn't happy with the way she was expressing it in English, so she stopped, and said, "You understand me and know what I am saying. You even understand me when I sing or speak in German." And, then she sang song in German, and of course we all knew the song and everyone was dancing and absorbing her energy. Whether the Mother of Punk or the Godmother of Punk, whatever you want to call her, I have found that the people who love her are good people, compassionate, kind, intelligent, funny, and non-judgmental. She was correct, of course, I don't always know what she is saying when singing in German, but I am still moved by her voice and her music. I loved it when she used to release Two of the same album - one in English and the same album in German - Fearless and Angstlos, and I realized I did understand a lot of what she was conveying. Only one song was I completely wrong. Erfurt & Gera. I played it for a German visitor to LA, and he begged me to turn it off because it was so tragic and sad.... I had no idea. The song is rather bouncy and I loved the part where the horn honks... I hadn't yet sat down and read the lyrics in German, nor attempted to translate. I got to meet Nina at a club in LA years ago too. She was very sweet and funny, but a bit overwhelmed by the attention. She just wanted to hang out and see what was going on in this very interesting club. I would rarely approach any celebrity in public, but when I did, I was always respectful and gave them a comfortable amount of space because, they don't know you... I met and became friends with Donna Summer for many years, and I played Nina Hagen music (mostly produced by Giorgio Moroder) and Donna liked it a lot. And, if I am ever feeling really sad and down about something, if I play Nina Hagen, she always takes my blues away. I love her. Jesus said, you must become like little children... meaning, strive to have a pure heart like a child does. Nina is like that.

Damn. She really "broke on through to the other side" with that acid trip. I kind of know what she means, though: To understand that there's something beyond death and that it can actually be a comfort rather than a calamity makes you free to live your life more fully.

Fake Lady Gaga? Are you kidding? Look at the time... Lady Gaga wasn´t born at that time... ^^ Nina is the Godmother of Punk...

She’s otherworldly fabulous.

Such an amazing an interesting person. Love her.

I ADORE ninAHAgen ! I have been a super loyal.fan since 1980, my favorite favorite record of all time from any artist is Nunsexmonkrock, for the 30 plus years ive been listening to it i always find something new. I also live amd appreciate how she reinvents herself musically all the time but always remains the one true unique ninahagen. Its not only her music but its her message. She is a true guru and her promotion of good and love and God and peace will always remain a huge influence in my life. and for those of you ragging on Lady GaGa, i think she is one of the most creative things to come out of the music scene since the 2000s, everyone else is just plain boring. any interview ive ever read she always gives credit to artists that she admired growing up and if she takes a little from here and a little from there, then so be it, maybe shell get the younger generation interested in the Leaders and Founders of Punk, post punk and New Wave like Queen Nina and Klaus Nomi and Kate Bush and Lene Lovich, etc...who otherwise may go unnoticed because they arent in the spotlight anymore. She is unique for HER generation, and like her or not, you have to admit she has BALLS for wearing and doing some of the things she does , and her message is the same. Shes for the underdog. Shes a mish mash of all the originals, and interprets them her own way, but keeps them alive. she reminds me of when like Annoe Lennox experimented witb the male drag and the different wigs. Dont you think our gurus have a few copied interpretations from their generation like David Bowie and Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Marianne Faithful, etc....its not a competition, shouldnt be compared, it should be applauded for keeping our heros going strong....Nina Hagen will always be the frontrunner and leader of her unique sound and message, so lets not bury it!! Lets keep it going and celebrate it !!!! ALL OVER AGAIN. Listen to Nunsexmonkrock again right now, youll get what im trying to say...LOL..Thank you Nina Hagen for YEARS of happiness and for continuing to create more !💖

This interview should mean a lot to her. It's one of a kind.

Wow thank you for posting this.

I'm only getting into her now, very late. I see how far ahead of her time she was in so many ways, not least in her visual style. People are only catching up to this kind of hair, for example, in 2023.

It’s cool to see a Nina interview in English. TYVM

shes way fucking cooler that lady gaga

She has no fear...she knows she has gods love and all of mine too!

"The voice said 'Nina you have to die'" lmfao I love her

she is one of the most otherworldly oddly beautiful women i have ever laid eyes on. her awesome empathetic personality only exacerbates it

Why do people keep mentioning Lady Gaga on Nina Hagen videos? Are they similar? I don't know anything about Lady Gaga so I don't even know.

She makes Bjork seem conservative.

"Videowave is a TV and Internet program featuring music ignored by the mass media. February 1984" Nina Hagen is a massive celebrity in Germany and has had multiple international hits. She's been interviewed by famous American talk show hosts. I don't know what you consider "ignored by the mass media", but this woman has been one of the most famous German women since the 1970s and is still constantly on TV to this day.

Why did she cut her off when Nina was talking about the four time tunnels?! I wanted to hear what she had to say.

This is the Best interview she has ever had. ❤ Love you Nina. Great explanation

Wow, she's an amazing being. I'm glad I just found her :)

WHAT A FUCKING QUEEN! She is an absolute genius. Her improv is hilarious

She is goddamn brilliant. But, MAN, is she bonkers! LOL

You can tell she is speaking from her ❤️ heart

She has such a sweet voice. I love listening to her talk

Carambas, all these comments about Nina Hagen and Lady Gaga... Certainly being a female artist is a huge challenge. 30 years of difference between one and the other and it all comes down to saying who copies who and who's a poseur and so on. As if both or whomever comes in the future cannot coexist with the memories, expertise and creative outputs of those who came before.

4 main quantum numbers, quantum tunneling "phenomenon where a particle tunnels through a barrier that it classically could not surmount." and then space and time go together so this is my crazy jacked up theory i came up with in 30 minutes that it is basically your thoughts can change the world around you is what 4 tunnel time means but then again i still have not a clue what it means im just theorizing and thinking and sharing my crazy doesnt hardly fit together theory

Funny when I was dying I only saw darkness. Maybe because I wasn't on LSD... When we die, there is nothing. I don't understand why people fear death. I fear only dying, but not death. Its a relief, no pain, no worries, no bullies. Its just sleeping forever without dreams. Everyone of us just think his existence is so meaningful, but remember, we are all exchangeable. If we die then 100 years later no one will remember us. For most its even less than 50 years. Maybe it sounds hard for most of you, but once you accept it and accept that your existence is completely meaninless for the universe, because you are just a little nothing for it, you can live your life the way you want. Its pure freedom! That's what I learned from my near death experience.

Nina Hagen gives an accurate description of an ego-death experience under LSD long before the term was part of the vernacular.

Well, I'm glad someone finally noticed. Yes Nina, you're my best friend too :)

The story about when she took too much. I can definitely relate more than I wish I did... 😅

love her

Fake lady gaga? ahehaehae lady gaga wasn´t even born when nina hagen was on top

What a sweetheart of a Lady!💗

Honestly, I don't understand why people find her strange.

Does anyone know of other videos like this where she talks about death and god etc?

Very interesting to hear all of her experiences, but the rest is missing sadly...

I had a similar experience on mushrooms actually so I can relate

Oh my god...I watched the interview of Merle with Lydia Lunch and Merle just pissed me off...like a lot...for some reason I don't know. I didn't even realize that it was her on RuPaul's Drag Race. Whatever, I love Nina Hagen.

LEGEND. Nina is fab

nina incomparable always worth listening to

She was absolutely brilliant at what she did. This interview however, was scripted by her. Trust me on that. She constantly tried to fit into the box of anglocentric, rock , pop star icon. Well, she always compared herself to that. She didn't need to though, she just assumed that the world wouldn't take an East German girl seriously. Bless her. ❤️🌹

she is as precious as a innocent babe. just remember, we must be as children to enter the gates heaven. the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them.

We love you too Nina!!!! Nina, God is real!! He help me with a few things at different times, that made me believe I know he heard me... :)

She is genious ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I love Nina ❤

A good friend of mine once told me that Nina Hagen makes Lady Gaga look Amish. Lady Gaga was born in, what, 1986? That was two years after this interview!

Wait did nina have multiple personalities or it's just performance art

She's so strange (:

I can relate

She is amazing , i love her.

I agree, she was just getting into the time tunnels and got interrupted.....fkn interviewer!!!

Obviously I am by commenting.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

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She is so amazingly goregous

This woman is a queen

Thank you Nina X

There is east Germany being kept in place by a huge concrete wall and the Stasi Secret Police (who where worse then the KGB) looking over into West Berlin and seeing the cutting edge of punk and avant garde. What the hell would they make of this kind of out there artistic expression? What a twisted mind fuck the cold war was. Kinda miss it. Was an interesting time and occasionally menacing as fuck.

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way c o o l

From 0:24 ? XD

She is so freaking precious, I can't believe I just discovered her, genius, beautiful, funny The interviewer needs to lay off the xanax

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she is... like shera and hemÄN.... a bit of cringer... or battlecat... :) nice interview!!!!!

That must be some heavy windowpane. 🥴

I like Nina Hagen, she's a real performing artist, who doesn't put up with phony bullshit.

i hate how you guys try to refer Nina Hagen to Lady Gaga -.- i hate lady gaga now just because shes just a copy of all the originals and makes people think how "oh oh look how UNIQUE she is" and it's like dude.. shes just a copy and really shes NOT original OR unique because she tries to take what another person has already done.. PLAGIARIZER

0:19 Ninas natürliches Gesicht

Harley quinn

Ich glaube ihr. Warum auch nicht?

she's mad weirdly bonkers

They're just heavy daddy issues and BPD, bro.

Deal with it.

how in the ..... can u compare that hip hop crap whith Nina???

Koko nina KoKo

Is Nina.. trolling? XD

If seeing religion as something good in your life, in a non fanatic way is disturbing to you then, you are the one who is wrong it the head. :I

Zehn Meter übern Schädel noch teppat!! Boah is des a hohle Frucht.

She's a comedian. She's a Rock fraud. She's a created character. Her real talent is acting out her image not musical talent. I enjoy her for her entertainment value but certainly not as a serious artist. I'm OK with it but I'm surprised that there are some that believe she's a musical artist. She's 1009% show business. I'm not criticizing her talent to entertain but let's keep our musical perspective straight. She's entertaining and fun but please realize she's an entertainer NOT a serious singer or musician. Let's keep it real folks! There are thousands of opera singers that can sing at her level. Who cares?

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This woman has some SERIOUS problems that need addressing! Im not sure it she is being serious or being a Fake like Lady Gaga. Either way, she is disturbed!

ffs what a mental !

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