History YMMV / Nico

* OvershadowedByControversy: Most people who bring up Nico will mention her alleged racism and even sympathy to Nazism, even though some have disputed these allegations (not helped said allegations came out ''after'' she died).

* BrokenBase – Some fans of her darker material dislike ''Chelsea Girl'' for its BaroquePop sound, while others love it.
* NightmareFuel - Hoo boy! Lots of it! Especially on ''The Marble Index'', ''Desertshore'', and ''The End...''. Influential rock critic Lester Bangs admitted in a 1978 review that ''The Marble Index'' scared the shit out of him. (He also called it "the greatest piece of 'avant-garde classical' 'serious' music of the last half of the 20th century so far").

* OneSceneWonder - Her work on ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'': vocals on "Femme Fatale", "All Tomorrow's Parties" and "I'll Be Your Mirror". She was supposed to sing "Sunday Morning" as well but Music/LouReed decided to take over at the last minute; you can still hear her backing vocals in the last minute of the track if you turn up the volume and pay attention.

* OlderThanTheyThink - Nico predated Music/KateBush in the "first quirky female keyboard-playing singer-songwriter" department by ''12 years''.

* NeverLiveItDown: A bit overlap of OvershadowedByControversy, most people who bring up Nico will mention her alleged racism and even sympathy to Nazism, even though some have disputed these allegations (not helped said allegations came out ''after'' she died).

* NeverLiveItDown: A bit overlap of OvershadowedByControversy, most people who bring up Nico will mention her alleged racism and even sympathy to Nazism.

* OlderThanTheyThink - Nico predated KateBush in the "first quirky female keyboard-playing singer-songwriter" department by ''12 years''.

* MagnumOpus – ''Desertshore'', although ''The Marble Index'' was probably her most influential album.

* TrueArtIsOffensive – Nico covered the entirety of "Das Lied der Deutschen". It's Germany's national anthem, but the first two verses were banned in post-WorldWarII Germany (even before the Nazi association they were criticised - Creator/FriedrichNietzsche said it started with "the dumbest phrase in the world" and the second verse was criticised for perceived misogyny) and only the third is used as the anthem nowadays. At a concert in West Berlin, she performed this while her backing band (which consisted of John Cale and BrianEno) played the noises of a thousand-bomber raid. This was met with [[DudeNotFunny expected results]]. According to Allmusic, Nico later stated she meant the song in the same spirit as JimiHendrix meant his version of "The Star-Spangled Banner", which is generally interpreted as a criticism of the VietnamWar (although Hendrix himself was tight-lipped about what his cover meant), and it's quite likely she was using the song as a way to work through [[HarmfulToMinors childhood trauma she suffered during WWII]].

** And around the same time appeared Music/LauraNyro. That's not the point, for these three are very different from one another. Although such department wasn't really thought out about until Kate Bush and, much later, Tori Amos came along.
* OneSceneWonder - Her work on ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'': vocals on "Femme Fatale", "All Tomorrow's Parties" and "I'll Be Your Mirror". She was supposed to sing "Sunday Morning" as well but Lou Reed decided to take over at the last minute; you can still hear her backing vocals in the last minute of the track if you turn up the volume and pay attention.

* TrueArtIsOffensive – Nico covered the entirety of "Das Lied der Deutschen". It's Germany's national anthem, but the first two verses were banned in post-WorldWarII Germany (even before the Nazi association they were criticised - Creator/FriedrichNietzsche said it started with "the dumbest phrase in the world" and the second verse was criticised for perceived misogyny) and only the third is used as the anthem nowadays. At a concert in West Berlin, she performed this while her backing band (which consisted of John Cale and BrianEno) played the noises of a thousand-bomber raid. This was met with [[DudeNotFunny expected results]]. According to Allmusic, Nico later stated she meant the song in the same spirit as JimiHendrix meant his version of "The Star-Spangled Banner", which is generally interpreted as a criticism of the VietnamWar (although Hendrix himself was tight-lipped about what his cover meant).

* TrueArtIsOffensive – Nico covered the entirety of "Das Lied der Deutschen". It's Germany's national anthem, but the first two verses were banned in post-WorldWarII Germany (even before the Nazi association they were criticised - Creator/FriedrichNietzsche said it started with "the dumbest phrase in the world" and the second verse was criticised for perceived misogyny) and only the third is used as the anthem nowadays. At a concert in West Berlin, she performed this while her backing band (which consisted of John Cale and BrianEno) played the noises of a thousand-bomber raid. This was met with [[DudeNotFunny expected results]]. According to Allmusic, Nico later stated she meant the song in the same spirit as JimiHendrix meant his version of "The Star-Spangled Banner".

* TrueArtIsOffensive – Nico covered the entirety of "Das Lied der Deutschen". It's Germany's national anthem, but the first two verses were banned in post-WorldWarII Germany (even before the Nazi association they were criticised - Creator/FriedrichNietzsche said it started with "the dumbest phrase in the world") and only the third is used as the anthem nowadays. At a concert in West Berlin, she performed this while her backing band (which consisted of John Cale and BrianEno) played the noises of a thousand-bomber raid. This was met with [[DudeNotFunny expected results]]. According to Allmusic, Nico later stated she meant the song in the same spirit as JimiHendrix meant his version of "The Star-Spangled Banner".

* TrueArtIsOffensive – Nico covered the entirety of "Das Lied der Deutschen". It's Germany's national anthem, but the first two verses were banned in post-WorldWarII Germany (even before the Nazi association they were criticised - Creator/FriedrichNietzsche said it started with "the dumbest phrase in the world") and only the third is used as the anthem nowadays. At a concert in West Berlin, she performed this while her backing band (which consisted of John Cale and BrianEno) played the noises of a thousand-bomber raid. This was met with [[DudeNotFunny expected results]].

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel – Trouser Press called ''The Marble Index'' "one of the scariest records ever made."
** If anything, ''The End...'' is worse.

* TrueArtIsOffensive – Nico covered the entirety of "Das Lied der Deutschen". It's Germany's national anthem, but the first two verses were banned in post-WorldWarII Germany (even before the Nazi association they were criticised - FriedrichNietzsche said it started with "the dumbest phrase in the world") and only the third is used as the anthem nowadays. At a concert in West Berlin, she performed this while her backing band (which consisted of John Cale and BrianEno) played the noises of a thousand-bomber raid. This was met with [[DudeNotFunny expected results]].

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel – Trouser Press called ''The Marble Index'' "one of the scariest records ever made." YourMileageMayVary, especially since this review was written over 40 years ago.