Showing posts with label New York New York. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York New York. Show all posts

Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Nina Hagen did it first Lady Gaga, you got that?

I was going to review Lady Gaga's disastrous Born This Way album, but every time I tried I simply typed in better examples into youtube, such as Nina Hagen and Leila K. Don't get me wrong, Vadge of Glory is a gorgeous MOR stadium ballad thickly lubricated with a Teutonic dance-pop gloss, but the legendary Nina Hagen sums it up best with her own brandy of kooky gutteral splattering, octave-tsunami anthems on her 90s classic So Bad, here given the Utah Saints remix treatment:


Furthermore, Nina Hagen did the whole 'club kids' gutter-glam New York trip thing with her best known hit single New York New York:


And even her 'down with the gays' moments are infinitely more fun (skip to 2:53):

Above: Now we know where Gina G stole her Next 2 U look from!