Nina Simone.

gamelan · Dec 21, 2007

love her.

for those of you that have heard her version of "Love Me or Leave Me", i never knew that she was a classically trained pianist and she most likely improvised the piano solo in that song (yeah yeah yeah, she ripped it off from Bach...still freakin' cool because it swings like a mutha).

-Jeff

chronoaug · Dec 21, 2007

Listened to her a bunch the other day while making 2hour road trip.

LabelKing · Dec 21, 2007

Nina Simone has a very dignified and almost intimidating presence; you can hear that slight disdain in her voice. She wasn't called the High Priestess of Soul for nothing.

Go Surface · Dec 21, 2007

I'm obsessed with Nina. Forbidden Fruit is one of my favorite albums of all time. When I'm home alone, I put it up ostentatiously loud, and shake my tush to it. I hope Mike isn't associating her vocal androgyny with having no emotion.

Britalian · Dec 21, 2007

Great.
My Baby Just Cares.. off Feeling Good; The Very Best of... Different, live version than the familiar one ; interesting phrasings

Also recommend: Just In Time off Tomato Collection; great.

riveroaks · Dec 21, 2007

Shirley Bassey is pretty good too, kinda the Christina to Nina's Britney

Go Surface · Dec 21, 2007

Originally Posted by riveroaks

Shirley Bassey is pretty good too, kinda the Christina to Nina's Britney

Connemara · Dec 21, 2007

Originally Posted by riveroaks

Shirley Bassey is pretty good too, kinda the Christina to Nina's Britney

Dame Shirl has one of the most mind-blowing voices ever recorded. Simple as that. If you watch/listen to recent performances, her voice packs the same punch it did 20 years ago. It's really hard to believe that the woman is 70.

Connemara · Dec 21, 2007

I shouldn't have said she was devoid of emotion. That's nonsense, she evoked a hell of a lot of emotion. I just don't like her voice all that much.

However, her version of "Love Me or Leave Me" is truly stellar.

Full Canvas · Dec 24, 2007

Saw her first show one night at El Matador in North Beach after the San Francisco Auto Show in 1967 or 1968. Intense doesn't even begin to describe her. Her covers of House of the Rising Sun and I Loves You Porgy sent me off to Tower Records for some vinyl that same night after the show.

__________

tiecollector · Dec 24, 2007

Originally Posted by LabelKing

Also look at the Live version of "I Ain't Got No-I've Got Life."

"Sinnerman" is something of a religious experience, especially at the end; her hesitation is what makes it.

I had never heard her stuff before but I just listened to these too and they grew on me quite a bit. Great video soundtrack music, especially sinnerman.

mr monty · Dec 25, 2007

Originally Posted by kronik

I think she's great.

+1

If you love Nina, check out Rene Marie

http://www.renemarie.com/

backwardshoes · Dec 25, 2007

just a few of my favorites:

L'il Liza Jane, See Line Women, Little Girl Blue, Sinner Man, and damned if it doesnt take my breath every time I hear it is To Be Young, Gifted and Black

texas_jack · Dec 26, 2007

3 Prague Winters · Dec 28, 2007

One of my favorite videos:

Nina Simone.

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