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| 'I Put A Spell On You'. Nina Simone (1968) - 73 sec Nina sings the Screamin' Jay Hawkins hit, her way, in London, 1968.
I think you can see one of the Walker Brothers in the audience..
The link is for a preview of a DVD that's coming out soon of Nina concerts from this period. Tags: Nina Simone  |
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| Nina Simone: Here Comes the Sun - 227 sec Nina Simone doing a very lovely cover of the Beatles' Here Comes the Sun. The piano lends a carefree, uplifting tone to the song, and is probably my favorite version.
Photos in the video are a collection of album covers and stock photography. No copyright infringement intended. Tags:Nina Simone Here Comes The Sun Covers Beatles |
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| NINA SIMONE- "DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD" (1964) - 168 sec Wrestling for the soul of America.
(See the sequel, "NINA SIMONE -REVOLUTION (1969)" also.)
I grew up in the South and Midwest during the civil rights years and their aftermath. It challenged everything about my world and changed my perception of life. Not a single day passes where the lessons learned are not effecting my perceptions, my outlook, or my aspirations. What is right now comes from their paths, what is wrong is from where any of us have lost the way. It's on each of us to make it better for each other. Selflessness brings us into the better angels of our nature. This is my psalm of love to my heroes, the bravest of the brave.
The PBS series, EYES ON THE PRIZE, has become available again. To me, it is the single greatest and most relevent thing ever shown on television. Check it out and be heartened by the bittersweet struggle for the very soul of America.
Peace.
(All rights reserved by the copyright owners. Fan-made nonprofit video solely to promote the artists and the history.)
tym stevens Tags: Nina Simone MartinLutherKing BarackObama RosaParks MLK CivilRights freedom TheAnimals EricBurdon Common |
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