Love or leave me - Nina Simone

[barutshalom]

deep song! she knew heartbreak!!!!

[pe6obutilkata]

46 people have no soul

[kobbsy]

couldnt help the piano solo, i kept biting my lips..

[ArsPigmento]

Please do´nt leave me, Pigmento...

[KojiRecords]

I slipped into my uncle Chuckie's hidden 45 rpm box (remember those?) and pulled out all these records, one of them was Nina Simone-I Loves You Porgy/Love Me Or Leave Me (Bethlehem Records); while "Porgy" was the A-side, the B-side flipped me out as I was taking classical piano at the time; Nina tore this song apart musically and vocally---and Billie Holiday even sent Nina a congratulatory note, both songs were identified with Billie, who had hits with both; Nina was sooo far ahead of her time.

[Redflowers9]

excellent pianist, excellent singer, unbelievable artist

[minisweetie5]

@Psalms11817 :: I remember hearing that song played for us in my ninth grade English class. Nothing had ever so deeply emotionally disturbed me before or since hearing it

[Psalms11817]

Go back and study this Awesome lady's History and by the way she is playing. The song that she sings that touchs your soul is call "Strange Fruit"

[Mettacha]

RESPECT !

[TRPYE]

so I'm sitting here listening and all of sudden I hear what sounds like a jazz infused Contrapunctus in the style of J.S. Bach!

[sresrmattar]

Fun tastic!

[1988BOLAND]

crap



[DolcsiM]

@1988BOLAND Shut up troll, you are fake and gay :P

[ameurmak]

very nace

[hclebroz]

Her piano part is a pure masterpiece!!

[kortes1975]

@hclebroz

Yes, it's somthing!!! i thougth it Oscar Peterson come in room!!!!! )))) 

[CallasCba]

OH!!! ME SONO A BACH!!!

[shananaganism]

Holy chops.

[MonsieurRondu]

god this is so fucking stylish.

[flviusro]

baroque...contrapunct... bach style. the solo has it all!

[lisadiane10001]

let us all not forget her piano work !!!! multi -talented Ms. Nina !!

[worcestervillan]

pianists.......say no more..

[DErakiBalikaYvalik]

great voice and the piano solo is brilliant...

[gatchamann]

Look at those lips, they are made for s...inging !

[TheGarabella]

MMMMM thank you NINA!!! :)

[EauDeYourMum]

Id rather be lonly than happy with someone else. Love love love nina

Long live queen simone!

[Omertahun]

that piano solo is fuckin wicked!

[Betiidealna]

Love or leave me ....

[questttt]

44 homo

[brr557]

wow..

[samet1215]

when i smooke. ... i listen this ... THINX Nina 

[rowrow9271]

Definetly NOT what i expected, which made it EVEN BETTER!

[martineric1966]

this is just so good. thanks for sharing

[ormoto84]

ci sn 44 persone sorde, cerebrolese e amanti di gigi d'alessio

[malvinstar]

@ormoto84 aahahhahaah decisamente si !

[p41996]

Play it Nina! Sister could play some keys!

[mrabie88]

the piano turned me on :D



[BulutNisan]

oh, "my" nina, you amazing, amazing forever young lady...

[OmarRiveraP]

Guacala. 

[lifeisgolden41]

She's so amazing.

[naom1e2011]

NINA SIMONE IS THE GREATEST SINGER EVER! NO WONDER THAT GOD TOOK HER HOME TO SING FOR HIM.

[BrutalniPetunie]

Love Nina, I was just dumped by my bf and this is EXACTLY how I feel! :D

[spartakos1908]

43 people they have a brain of neaterrdal

[hawkman69]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

[SueLMalone]

Thank you, Miss Nina, for your music.

[nomaehej]

While I'm listening to music of Nina Simone, Peggy Lee, Nancy Sinatra, Judy Garland etc...I'm just asking why I couldn't be born at these times to have a chance hear them live when their star was starting to shine and all the good songs just first saw the light? Oh, love the music from the times when music and mainstream had the prime quality...

[maqGd]

@nomaehej agree! :D and nobody can deny it, nowadays the industrie supposes the singers to be beatiful and visualy spectacular, not good singers… when Nina Simone, they could be not a beauty Goddes, but, god! what a powerful voice! they really sang!

[mehidalgo18]

@maqGd well I think beauty its subjective and comes from within, she definitely was beautiful both inside and out. beauty since its subjective will always change. so right now we have this stereotype known as 'beautiful' does not mean that people that dont fit in that concept are not beautiful. she was. and her music remains, and at the end thats all it matters.

[MielPopsization]

@maqGd she was truly beautiful! :)

[LCplWeath]

@maqGd I reject this statement, in only the case that in my eyes, lest they deceive me, she was beautiful inside and out. AND to top it off she played the piano herself and was good. AMAZING

[Monogryme]

@maqGd Are you mental? She is beautiful. In fact I would go as far as to say beauty nowadays is ugly, not feminine. Nina is all woman, perfect in every imperfection.

[PantaReinjas]

Aw!...

[DpaKMusic]

Oh man, this is some GREAT MUSIC.

[nijexfaruk]

Nina casate conmigo

[fitoschido]

@nijexfaruk Si no hubiera fallecido en 2003... Pero nos dejó su legado en estas hermosas canciones :’)

[Caffeine0223]

amazing!!!



[subajogu]

Dang, she tearing up that piano. Where's the video?!

[goreextrasmall]

SUBLIMEEEEEEE

[gecko067]

The transition from baroque to bass "bottom", bluesy jazz at 2:49 ties her wonderful gift up with a cheeky bow. Brilliant!

[lakisdiako1]

Nina is MARVELOUS!!!

beautiful singing and very nice solo piano.

[danhainaut]

40 people are deaf and they're bitter about it.

[thaking122]

@danhainaut very well expressed.

[yackon4game]

@danhainaut What?

[ToExP3L]

Come back nina, I need you and your voice... marry me.

[pushistikya]

OOOOooooh fabolouuusss!

[beto1983sagitario]

Nina Nina , I Love Nina ♥

[ginacranbourne]

YEAH!

[OBSysteme]

I love the strong voice.

[V6K2V8]

great song by a legend, i won't say more

[PAULNSF]

This song shows her Bach. "Wild Is the Wind" shows her Rachmaninov. I like almost every path she took. She was constantly growing, musically and otherwise. I was fortunate enough to see her in concert 3 times.

[SqueezeMyLemonBabe]

@PAULNSF I was just thinking that!

I was going to ask if this woman listened to Bach, because you can tell in parts of her playing.

[bolder2009]

@SqueezeMyLemonBabe She loved Bach! Her first love (musically speaking).

[Somma10691]

She's my kind of lady! Wow!

[MartynWonderland]

1.55 notare il pugno! BLACK GIRL's POWER

[MrWhositMagig]

She's a beast on that piano. I hear a clear J.S. Bach influence with a touch of Mozart

[123jsbach]

@MrWhositMagig Nina wanted to study piano at a conservatoire but as she was black was not allowed to. Some call it racist, I call it a feckn crime. On the other hand it probably encouraged her to be the incredible and original artist that she became.

[josesito87rs1]

wow! amazing...

[halul8hona19000]

i likeeee this songgg))))))))

[SirMcFreubelthe13th]

Bit of bad english in my last post but its not my native language.

[kiwimull]

Great song but the piano solo is brilliant.

[inflinc]

wonderful music & playing

[AngelaParkerMusic]

Don't argue; just enjoy the music. x

[SirMcFreubelthe13th]

@AngelaParkerMusic

A bit of argueing doent interfere with me enjoying this perfect music ;-)

[pipiheer]

que buen temaaaaaaaaaa

[MahaLaha27]

I love this song! Nina you are a QUEEN;)

[Sammicsno]

now finally I understand this song

[Milayinyang]

Nina was also a professional pianist player and very fond of Bach which we can hear very good on this tune. thanx for posting.

[racer1125]

Amazing women in everyone sense of the word.

[SupremeOnDaTrack]

good version... I like Billie Holidays version better. this song is supposed to be sad

[justplayfm]

This video was just added to a music playlist at JustPlay.fm

[SatchmoSings]

It's obvious how much she loved Bach.

[Treva1977]

Beautiful....

[qt8625]

Learned how to play the piano because of Nina - Outstanding!

[nsayne93]

Im inspired to do some art now... Thanx again @Ashford

[chihene]

Really great music...what a talent!

[futurstarsinger]

OMG NINA SIMONE PLAYS PIANO?!??!? amen to her.....omg am just breathless and speachless........

[SHELLPISCES3333]

this is the first time after hearing about the great Nina Simone for soooooo many years, listening to her. OMG...how did i get to 36 without her???? YES YES YES....I NEED MORE!

[bolder2009]

@SHELLPISCES3333 You took your time, but great art is timeless. Wecome aboard!

[ERNPinVA]

@SHELLPISCES3333  How did I make it 37?????

[Samandal21]

Just DIVINE....

[nnasser007]

pig

[comanchio1976]

@nnasser007 Ordinarily I'd accuse you of talking about yourself, but that would be cruel to pigs...they're much more intelligent and charming.

[SatchmoSings]

@nnasser007 Let's get something straight, genius.

You PIGS over at OPEC have been gouging this world since 1974; you take in more money each year than the People's republic of china's trade surpluses and you've been doing it for over 37 years.

Your culture has not produced any world-class universities, medical centers nor any cultural institutions or people of world-renown in the arts, scholarship or medicine.

400,000,000 Arabs and you're all still PIGS so go fuck yourself.

[TC07TC]

R.I.P. Nina Simone (1933-2003)

[ania7902]

Mega :)))

[333jordyg]

I was driving in the car when this came on the local jazz station. At the time my son was taking piano lessons--bought the Nina Diva album as soon as I got home! (Nina is God!)

[blackandtanful]

GODESSのひとり!～ﾆｰﾅ･ｼﾓﾝ､素晴らしいすぎる"L­OVE ME OR LEAVE ME"のスウィンギーな歌唱とピアノ! #jazzm

[artlovesymphony]

the best of her....love itttttttttt :)))



[lmlyles]

Love the line "I'd rather be lonely than happy with somebody else". She is amazing!

[thatsdrb]

One of my all time favorite Nina songs! Play that piano!

[clarepies]

love you

[LosAngeles822]

I met Nina Simone in a dream. Now I can hear why.

[TelieBass]

HOOOO, My Princess

[ironysteeth]

sigh. It's sad that talent like this only comes along once in a great while. Its great for the people growing up at the time; however, it so leaves a void for the next generation.Damn shame you have to youtube this jewel of a song.

[super18071967]

G E N I A L......Merci

[gutosebastiani]

She was so fucking amazing, I was born at the wrong time

R.I.P. Nina.

[estelleright88]

@gutosebastiani  so true!!

[luis1miralles2garcia]

is it nina who plays the piano... or is it GOD??

[Aniretak205]

@luis1miralles2garcia the difference being... ?

[sandrashaye]

@luis1miralles2garcia - It's God Playing Through Nina...When It's Great, It's Always God...Amen.

[SirMcFreubelthe13th]

@sandrashaye

Your imaginary godfigure has got nothing to do with Nina's grateness, its all hers. I know she herself was also mislead into believing there was a god but that doesnt make her any less great.

[onlyjoetee]

@SirMcFreubelthe13th James 1;17 EVERY good gift and EVERY perfect gift is from above,and cometh down from the Father.....

[onlyjoetee]

@SirMcFreubelthe13th Let me ask you a question,please answer.Do you think Jesus Christ was a liar?????

[SirMcFreubelthe13th]

@onlyjoetee

I won't go as far as calling him a liar, i think he was a mental patïënt of some sort or something like that, his followers where (are) the liars. And in my opinion people who think everything (good) comes from above is plane stupid and just as mislead as my cousin thats in scientology.

[onlyjoetee]

@SirMcFreubelthe13th YOU think that the greatest spiritual teacher that universe has ever known,whose death and resurection are the most powerful events in living history equaled by none,ever,whose gospel is the most powerful life transforming thing in creation,was a mental patient?!what does that make you?hahahahaha

[SirMcFreubelthe13th]

@onlyjoetee

Believe what you want, i dont believe in the resurection of jesus and al that other bullshit.

[SirMcFreubelthe13th]

@onlyjoetee

And what that makes me? A realist.

[onlyjoetee]

@SirMcFreubelthe13th and you think "reality" ends at your 5 senses??

[SirMcFreubelthe13th]

@onlyjoetee

No, but even witchcraft seems more likely to me then the existence your god.

[onlyjoetee]

@SirMcFreubelthe13th Fine

[SqueezeMyLemonBabe]

@SirMcFreubelthe13th J.S. Bach himself stated that his abilities were given him from God.

on all his musical manuscripts he wrote 'To the Glory of God'

[ciego79]

@luis1miralles2garcia Same thing.

[dasmegabyte]

@luis1miralles2garcia Yeah I know she really pounds that beast doesn't she. Great singer, but her passion really comes out in the keys.

[brycepeake]

@luis1miralles2garcia yes.

[SirMcFreubelthe13th]

@luis1miralles2garcia

Since imaginary things can't play piano it can only be Nina thats playing.

[Dolphidood]

@luis1miralles2garcia Definitely Nina cuz she can sing wonders at the same time.

[TheAveryMortonShow]

@luis1miralles2garcia what's the difference?!?

[Kathleen90039]

Fantastic!



[ibtreehuggin]

wow! beautiful! loved that piano! and that jazzy beat with her style of singing.

[AlinnneMoraes]

THERE IS NO LOVE FOR NOBODY ELSE!!!

[spiike64]

i love this song-

[g1eri]

this song fits me haha. she's amazing.

[MiSsJdAtSeXcBiTcH]

I'm absolutely in love with this woman

[akaaddae]

très fantastique!

[mzblusmoov35]

nina is playing that piano... its a honor to listen to her music... bravo

[andrewfiskmusic]

hahaha that part of the solo in the middle where she breaks into the classical section is so tight!

[mclallan]

she is just awesome! that's that, nothing else matters.............

[semjenia]

Богиня ))

[curiouscrutiny]

miss you love (

[juanpiduran]

awesome song, lyric and voice!

[PeckhamMillsy]

go on girl!

[moorednc]

The piano playing!!!!! OMG. Amazing.

[truongphan90]

OMG, i was listening to Etta James then suddenly this song popped on and wowed me

[NigelAhmad]

I love when the piano intro starts..!

[guelopunkoi]

great.. simply a genious

[Aja79in440]

I have always heard I put a spell on you, but I wanted to know what else she sang...ever since then I love love Nina Simone. I went to see AIDA thinking she was in the play and it was her daughter..it was an okay play though.

[DatBoiCMan]

wow y am i just now finding music like this? Alot of wasted years when i could listen to so much skill

[jasamatazSR]

loving every freaking second of this fabulous song...Nina is the fantastic pianist on this recording ~ people, this woman was an accomplished musician who was... I need to keep my mouth shut now...

[SaveYoshi]

Nina will always be one of the most incredible women who have ever lived.

[BrooklynGirl11]

Who's justen Beeber?? All i know is NINA SIMONE ROCKS!!!!

[bashbashment]

Gosh I could listen to Nina rock that piano all day..what a work of art !!....Amazing...Love this woman.......She is such a sexi bitch voice and all....Thanks for postings....

[MrShadowash]

beauty

[contrabassoon]

Awsome song. And some really great artwork in the video!

[Julie63880]

beauty.



[qt8625]

Discovered the great nina simone by accident and thank god I did -she is the greatest!

[jaksooon]

I heard this song off nofx live album and finally decided to listen to the lyrics so i could google them. such a brilliant songwriter and lyricist.

However, is it really such a crime to be in the tiny minority of people that disliked this? opinions are based on your mood, conditioning, tastes and infinite other factors. hurrah for the people that like this, and kudos to the people that exercise their human right to not like it!

[bbree1]

30 soulless people...so sad.

[BonnieDurham]

Thank you for compiling this lovely mix. I love the classics, and you've also introduced me to songs I had never heard before. :)

[Chibichana]

She sings and play the piano on a great way, i just love this song.

[michelhilo]

@ambpianno yes, Nina Simone played the piano on this song. She was classically trained in piano at Juliard, hence the classical references in her jazz style.

[deionc]

@michelhilo thats what caught my attention the first time i heard this song, I thought "wow! now thats some serious classical influence.."

[danipratiti]

Espectacular!! a otro nivel!!! bravissimo!!