He found her deep fog horn like voice striking in comparison to her innocent feminine looks and personality. It was a statement putting her in the band, not an obvious statement that's easy to comprehend, like most of his own work. He was smart picking her because she did catch some attention. She had also done the soundtrack to Andy's movie "Chelsea Girls", I guess he thought her sound would work with the sound The Velvets had already established and broaden their horizons.
Andy Warhol's Velvet Underground Featuring Nico was created in 1971.
He was commissioned to. His famous cover for the Velvet Underground & Nico record is actually not a painting but a silkscreen print.
The cast of The Velvet Underground and Nico - 1966 includes: Nico as herself Ari Boulogne as Ari John Cale as himself Gerard Malanga as himself Sterling Morrison as himself Billy Name as himself Lou Reed as himself Stephen Shore as himself Maureen Tucker as herself Andy Warhol as himself Mary Woronov as Dancer
The Velvet Underground and Nico - 1966 is rated/received certificates of: Singapore:PG
The Velvet Underground and Nico - 1966 was released on: USA: 8 February 1966
Nico
Brigid Berlin, Viva, Edie Sedgwick, Candy Darling, Holly Woodlawn, Ondine, Nico, Jackie Curtis, Ultra Violet.
Billy Name has: Performed in "Haircut" in 1963. Performed in "The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys" in 1964. Performed in "Batman Dracula" in 1964. Played himself in "Couch" in 1964. Played himself in "Screen Test: Billy Name" in 1964. Performed in "Harlot" in 1965. Played himself in "The Velvet Underground and Nico" in 1966. Performed in "Lupe" in 1966. Performed in "Superartist" in 1967. Played himself in "Andy Warhol" in 1987. Played himself in "Nico Icon" in 1995. Played himself in "John Cale" in 1998. Played himself in "Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture" in 2001. Played himself in "How to Draw a Bunny" in 2002. Played himself in "Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis" in 2006. Played himself in "Notes on Marie Menken" in 2006. Played himself in "A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory" in 2007. Played himself in "Velvet Underground: Under Review" in 2009. Performed in "15 Minutes of Name" in 2013.
Venus in Furs : The Velvet Underground & Nico
It is mainly used for boys, but there are some girls named Nico - for example the singer/model who started with the Velvet Underground and later had a solo career - Vanessa Williams character on Ugly Betty - and the blonde CEO of a fashion magazine on Lipstick Jungle. If you google "Nico", you get masses of hits of the female singer before any hits on male Nico's
Maureen Tucker has: Played herself in "Moe Gets Tied Up" in 1966. Played herself in "The Velvet Underground and Nico" in 1966. Played herself in "Exploding Plastic Inevitable" in 1967. Played herself in "The South Bank Show" in 1978. Played herself in "American Masters" in 1985. Played herself in "Fondation Cartier" in 1990. Performed in "Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King" in 1993. Played herself in "Velvet Underground: Velvet Redux Live MCMXCIII" in 1993. Played herself in "Curious: The Velvet Underground in Europe" in 1993. Played herself in "Dancing in the Street" in 1995. Played Grumpy Lawyer in "Homeslice" in 1998. Played Mom in "Kathy T Gives Good Hoover" in 2005. Played herself in "Velvet Underground: Under Review" in 2009.
The 1967 album by Velvet Underground & Nico featured a banana, as did Gwen Stefani's 2005 single "Hollaback Girl" (This S*** is Bananas).The only CDs that all have 2 bananas are from "Bananas in Pyjamas" (Australian kids songs).