All Tomorrow's Parties

The Impact and Influence of Nico

By Lenny Kaye, eMusic Contributor

She rests amidst the solace of Grunewald Forest outside Berlin, surrounded by woodland quietude. Even here, off the beaten path, there are floral tributes carefully placed around her grave; a bottle of unopened wine, candles (some still lit), ribbons, memorial notes. I have come to pay her respect, to leave yellow flowers beneath the marker listing her birth and death dates, a half-century apart. I can hear her voice, inflected with the accent of Prussia,… more »