The loneliness of the Simple Piano Cords playing and nothing else accompanying them enhanced the simple sad emptiness expressed in her Lyrics. What more can be said. Thank you for sharing with us.
I love Nina too much to say anything really bad about her but this song is a little too sad for me. It is indicative of a troubled life. She still remains top in my opinion. milasmom
Unbelievable. Nina took one of the most bathetic, unlistenable pieces of schlock in pop music history and transformed it into nothing less than a living work of genius -- a no-holds-barred exercise in soul-bearing.
What higher calling for a musician than to make music and tell the truth in one work of art? Double, at least, intensity for the fortunate and brave listener.
@jazzmanchgo Sorry, I genuinely enjoy the original. I hadn't heard it until recently, and I wasn't alive during it's context, but I love the Gilbert O'Sullivan version. This one is touching as well. I'm disappointed in your evaluation of a man's music. It is fine to have your own tastes, but to attack an artist's work is ridiculous. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right? So fuck off.
@jazzmanchgo On top of that, this work has been reinterpreted several times over. I wonder if Nina would share your opinion. People don't normally embrace "schlock" and infuse it with their own ideas, they discard it and start from scratch.
@jazzmanchgo I'd like to respectfully disagree. Although I appreciate Nina's genius, and the lyrics here are beautidul, one has to realize that the wonderful harmonies and rhythm of this were not hers, but O'Sullivan's. Keep in mind also that she must of appreciated the original piece to want to write another based on it.
You can hear her playing on this one....She is going in---This is how you vent and grieve in song....That pentatonic motif is cracking me up; musical irony all up and through this one....Nina the genius....
The loneliness of the Simple Piano Cords playing and nothing else accompanying them enhanced the simple sad emptiness expressed in her Lyrics. What more can be said. Thank you for sharing with us.
crcsoon 3 weeks ago
I love Nina too much to say anything really bad about her but this song is a little too sad for me. It is indicative of a troubled life. She still remains top in my opinion. milasmom
discopoet 6 months ago
@discopoet
nina simone is my counsillor
themrduragss 5 months ago
Does anyone knows from what album this is? thanks
trabnav01 7 months ago
@trabnav01
"Fodder on the wings", 1982, of course.
One of her last and less known albums.
dtolbiac 5 months ago
Unbelievable. Nina took one of the most bathetic, unlistenable pieces of schlock in pop music history and transformed it into nothing less than a living work of genius -- a no-holds-barred exercise in soul-bearing.
NIna took no prisoners.
jazzmanchgo 8 months ago
@jazzmanchgo You said it so well, and I so agree.
What higher calling for a musician than to make music and tell the truth in one work of art? Double, at least, intensity for the fortunate and brave listener.
Thanks, SuperXavier30.
sesanner 7 months ago
@jazzmanchgo ,..Indeed! This really is the most pessimistic expression of “Love” that I have ever heard in a song!.
Trust Nina!
SuperXavier30 7 months ago
@jazzmanchgo Sorry, I genuinely enjoy the original. I hadn't heard it until recently, and I wasn't alive during it's context, but I love the Gilbert O'Sullivan version. This one is touching as well. I'm disappointed in your evaluation of a man's music. It is fine to have your own tastes, but to attack an artist's work is ridiculous. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right? So fuck off.
warrenmrogers 7 months ago
@jazzmanchgo On top of that, this work has been reinterpreted several times over. I wonder if Nina would share your opinion. People don't normally embrace "schlock" and infuse it with their own ideas, they discard it and start from scratch.
warrenmrogers 7 months ago
@jazzmanchgo Something tells me you come from the planet Retard
JonnyLawrence 5 months ago
@jazzmanchgo I'd like to respectfully disagree. Although I appreciate Nina's genius, and the lyrics here are beautidul, one has to realize that the wonderful harmonies and rhythm of this were not hers, but O'Sullivan's. Keep in mind also that she must of appreciated the original piece to want to write another based on it.
MrBranchFreeman 4 months ago
@jazzmanchgo What a load of bullshit. The original is a classic in it's own right. Utter garbage.
dirkbogarde44 2 months ago
You can hear her playing on this one....She is going in---This is how you vent and grieve in song....That pentatonic motif is cracking me up; musical irony all up and through this one....Nina the genius....
kronk99 11 months ago
@kronk99,.Genius indeed!. Not so sure about the scales, but am I alone in hearing rattling bangles!?
SuperXavier30 10 months ago
@SuperXavier30 Yes, those are bangles. Fashion diva...
kronk99 10 months ago
@SuperXavier30 Nope, I heard the bangled rattling as well. I thought I might have been going crazy. :P
GNRROX2234 3 months ago
Love Nina Simone. Great song. btw: great disc-cover.
bathory1234567890 1 year ago
@bathory1234567890 ,.This song still hits hard, with its simplistic words and melody! ..and I so agree, an incredible painting by Gabriel Jarnier...
Thanks for passing by!
SuperXavier30 1 year ago
This is supreme.
JoyGrenade 1 year ago
@JoyGrenade,..Agreed!..Thanks for stopping by.
SuperXavier30 1 year ago
Beautiful version!
Spinal83 1 year ago
@Spinal83,Cheers!..I would love to know what Gilbert O'Sullivan thought of this version,as Nina totally flipped his lyrics!
SuperXavier30 1 year ago
Ms Simone, wow!
cellarfullasoul 1 year ago
oh Nina!
khamikins 1 year ago