We need a Nina Simone thread

[abcdefz]

Hell, yeah.

I'm listening to this import version of Newport/Village Gate, which adds some extra tracks.

Nina just.... kicks ass. I swear, mna. Trouble in Mind, Little Liza Jane, In the Evening by the Moonlight, Work Song, Just in Time, The House of the Rising Sun, Children Go Where I Send You... this stuff is just classic. I wish there were a version of Forbidden Fruit on here, but that's cool.

Her autobiography is good stuff, too.

Anyway, I was just surprised to see there hadn't been a Nina Simone thread before. Maybe it died during one of the updates or something. If not, we all need to repent. This lady had chops, she was a great interpreter, very flexible sense of time, and her stuff comes across as pretty deeply spiritual, whatever she's doing.

Oh -- and her guitarist, Al Schackman, deserves big credit, too. He could go wherever she led, on a dime. (y)

[trailerprincess]

I think she's got such a distinctive voice too which is pretty special. I remember the first time I heard Sinnerman, I was hooked.

[abcdefz]

(y)


Just in Time plays a part in the movie Before Sunset, too.

[DipDipDive]

Her version of Feelin' Good gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. She pretty much rules. (y)

[monkey]

het voice puts me in the mood:cool: and whenever i play ANY nina simone, i walk differently. it's a completely different aura surrounding her voice.

[DroppinScience]

Just so we're on the same page... Nina Simone did "Lilac Wine," right? If so, that's an amazing song! (y)

[mickill]

To be honest, I've never really been able to get past her manly voice.

[abcdefz]

Just so we're on the same page... Nina Simone did "Lilac Wine," right? If so, that's an amazing song! (y)



That's her.(y)

[abcdefz]

To be honest, I've never really been able to get past her manly voice.



"Manly voice"? You mean, as in Little Jimmy Scott-manly? :confused:

[trailerprincess]

"Manly voice"? You mean, as in Little Jimmy Scott-manly? :confused:


An old flatmate used to think Tracy Chapman was a man. Even when he saw the album sleeve :eek:

[abcdefz]

An old flatmate used to think Tracy Chapman was a man. Even when he saw the album sleeve :eek:


I made that mistake with Boy George.

[trailerprincess]

I made that mistake with Boy George.

;) tres bien.

[Documad]

She suffers a little from the Jeff Buckley syndrome in that lazy filmmakers play Nina when they can't think of how to move a scene along, but I still like the way she stands out on my playlists. She's one of the people I wish I could have seen live.

[FunkyHiFi]

That Verve Remixed (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006316W/sr=1-2/qid=1155100125/ref=sr_1_2/104-4652510-0467114?ie=UTF8&s=music) CD is where I first heard of Ms. Simone - "See-Line Woman" is one of the best tracks on there & it's the longest too so you can really get into it.

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BTW: read the lyrics to Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" (http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/strangefruit/film.html), also on the above album, and you'll get a reminder of how not everything in this country is always hunky-dory.

The tale of "Strange Fruit" - its genesis, impact and continuing relevance - is an amazingly complex one that weaves together the lives of African Americans, immigrant Jews, anticommunist government officials, civil rights leaders, radical Leftist teachers and organizers, music publishers, record company executives and jazz musicians. In many ways, the story of the song and its writer and interpreters is as moving and oddly haunting as the song itself.

[beastieangel01]

not enough people listen to Nina Simone.