Nina Simone - How It Feels To Be Free

[allstar1948]

3 people live in cages and they dont want to be free.. too bad for them..

[ZuleiLove]

0:52 - :54

Simone forever in my heart.

[nastyofdesasty]

who the duck is Zoosy?

[haricotsvert]

does anyone know where/when this performance was? and if so, is it available in any format?

[jeaniquek]

@haricotsvert I saw another film of her here on yt, "Nina Simone Live At Montreux" singing "Feelings" not sure, but this looks like it has been taken on the same date.

[Jauckor]

I just realize how easy the people can be influeced by an artist.

[alliekm57]

sent by Zooey

[Kamw710]

I wish.....thanks Zooey!

[LittleMissLin90]

Thumbs up if Zooey Deschanel sent you here :)

[brandivsnow]

thumbs up if Zooey Deschanel brought you here!!! Amazing!

[kirstymciver]

Zooey sent me here

[shiyangeni]

free your self from all the bad things, believe me, you will be free like the birds in the sky, is taking a little to long for some people around the world course of the bad conditions e.g POVERTY but that day will come, were we all shall be free from bad emotions, I am inspired by Nina Simone.

[willem201111]

Zij kan zingen...en spelen!

[willem201111]

Zij zingen...en spelen!

[gurlulu]

delirium!!!!!

[Fayzeline]

I am FREE to choose whatever I want, to say, to love, to do, to think, to pray, not to pray, to scream, and to laugh, laugh, and augh, Oh Universe, I am so thankful being SUCH free!!! Let piece go into the hearts forever of those captivated.

[ennisel]

what a performance

[panchoaah]

now im free

[leolove]

I'M FREE!!!!

[dtolbiac]

A detail: the good title is "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free".

It was the unofficial anthem of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

And this interpretation in Montreux 1976 is two times longer.

The complete same version is available on an other channel.

[MarijaBlueBG]

She's that type of woman that you want to be your mother, sister, friend, lover.

Her energy is amazing.

[parislanes]

i think i was having a heart attack.. and then i heard this, and it stopped

[chiyoyano]

i love her so much! i feel better now! thank you nina!

[corinnefoggie]

her music shows life's possibilities..



[heckler171]

she has beautiful skin

[mecca337]

Nina Simone spirit moved through her and touched all of us..FREE!

[dfranklin70]

I love watching her perform. Everything she does is so organic, it is as if she is not preforming the song but living it. Today, all performances are shallow spectacles where someone is wearing an egg or peacock costume or playing a character or trying to awe and amaze you. Nina did none of those things, and yet amazed and awed. Contemporary artist should take notes. Nina is always interesting, unpredictable, and willing to leave herself completely vulnerable to her audience.

[SouthSideSoul]

This video has moved me. It is stiring up all kinds of emotions. From that passage from Africa to North America, from that passage from Africa to the Caribbean and right up to life today for those who have gone before us. I am moved.

[coxjohna]

Lauryn Hill came the cloesest to this...such a shame how we are not able to experience this beacause the culture creators seek to destroy this expression that is so honest on the surface....many artist must lie and be undercover to express what is so confidently expressed here!!! Free??? free!!! our choice...Much respect Nina Simone...I am not worthy..

[SunSurfer777]

It's an honor and privilege for me just to see this vid.

:) Free!

[thedoor12]

She's feelin' it 2:15-2:40!  Awww yeah!!!!

[Nyikat73]

I wish I knew how it feels to be free.....

[OceanicLoveLetters]

Lord have mercy! She's pure truth.

[derlau]

spiritual experience

[djwild111]

She was one-of-a kind. Irreplaceable!

[revshelley]

Yes indeed--it is good to be free!

[elansvc]

Genius, pure and simple.

[earthchild100]

i could watch this a million times and love it more and more

[FAB12UCB]

im sorry but she isnt even singing. Theses all you going on about how good this song is, its not even singing.

[shfiftyfive55]

@FAB12UCB If you dont like it, why the fuck are you even watching it, dumb troll

[FAB12UCB]

@shfiftyfive55 Fuck you man, i was watching it because i saw it on the side bar from another video. I'm entitled to my fucking opinion you fuck faced cunt

[earthchild100]

@FAB12UCB why isn't she singing? explain yourself

[earthchild100]

@FAB12UCB in an age of autotune, tone deaf pop singers and idiots mumbling about bitches and hoes, this should be considered more than just singing.

[FAB12UCB]

@earthchild100 Considering i dont listen to pop,

[TheSanctifiedSoldier]

@earthchild100 I agree...people should protest the music industry and just stop buying CDs

[franc70ful]

nina was so amazing and wonderful, she was one in thousands( 1/10,000).

[Laurynski]

i love nina simone what a powerful woman she was to provoke change in an era that possessed so much power. The 1970s a time of embracing the black heritage and culture. Makes me so proud!

[mininananana]

What great lyrics

[aaffendy]

OMG I love this performance!

[DyslexicChris]

1 person missed the like button...

[2bestsongs]

I wish I knew how It would feel to be free I wish I could break All the chains holding me I wish I could say All the things that I should say Say 'em loud say 'em clear For the whole round world to hear I wish I could share All the love that's in my heart Remove all the bars That keep us apart I wish you could know What it means to be me Then you'd see and agree That every man should be free What a lovely song & voice .Thanks

[jnmklo9]

Hey kikisazuki - high as a kite? Not on drugs mate just excess dopamine or as some say Bipolar - mood disorder

[jnmklo9]

Electrifying Nina a beautiful lady - an unquiet mind sometimes perhaps but never the less world class

[btownmadness]

love nina!!! from Breda - Holland

[COBYKOEHL2]

NINA IS MY HERO

[allancuseo]

Amen and Amen

[manfredicomposer]

Good job. I like this video

[NTheory08]

GENIUS

[keikunbh]

Fabuloso...

[mncircus]

because it's a nina day...

[cappa1603]

I was priveleged to see Nina live some years ago and she was absolutely wonderful - greatest live show I ever saw even better than Leonard Cohen or the Boss

[bigjeprivate]

Jonathan Livingston aint got nothin on u Simone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Journey well dear

[Janewomanpower]

she can never die ... with such a rich soul... her spirit lives on forever!

[Freewoman7]

I remeber you, this day, Nina. You will live FOREVER!!!!

[evensteve284]

If you can't feel this, you may as well be dead.

[1americanblackgirl]

She makes me so proud.....

[bigjeprivate]

I LOVE U NINA!!!

[carmenmdd]

Love Nina!

[JumpStreet1983]

Although she said some things that were a bit "extra" over the years, I worship the groundwork that Nina laid for us as Blacks in the 60's, 70's and 80's. She lived through such a turbulent time in America, when being Black *AND* female were two strikes already against you. She was told her skin was too dark, her hair too nappy, etc. But she carried the torch for Blacks wordlwide until her dying day. I'm a child of the 80's, but I know my history. Bless you, Mother Nina!!!!!!!!!!!

[gangsterg4b3]

a real artist!

[cammicty]

Nina went through so much as a African American person, those were some turbulent times for Blacks!

[happyJenny12345]

Nina was real in her looks, beauty and music.

[KikiSazuki]

She was High as a Kite here...Oh how I love here so.....Rest Nina, Rest,,,,,

[de4costa]

Sweet soul music

[de4costa]

Hey how sweet n soulful

[lanesiapolk]

speechless..

[seldenkid]

Such a woman such a talent I love Nina

[hazmck]

top post

[amd1588]

Obama has nothing to do with the Black struggle for Liberation in this country. In fact, he's an enemy of Black Freedom. Nina was a Freedom Fighter, and its quite presumptuous to assume she'd like Obama, just because you Liberals and Neocons like him.

[mussman717word]

Dude, I agree with almost everything you're saying about Obama, but regardless of policy (and he's better than most of the rest), Nina must feel good to finally see a black family in the White House, just like it does for everybody. Though I can't relate, i could only imagine.

[Timmybear]

Dr. Simone is dead, so she doesn't feel anything.

[shfiftyfive55]

@mussman717word didn't she die in '03?

[mussman717word]

@shfiftyfive55

Lol, yes, but I didn't know that at the time I made the comment. I also didn't realize how much of a house negro Obama would turn out to be. This was back when I was just getting into Nina, and I didn't know much about her when I wrote that. All apologies.

[loveinthenow]

what a rare feeling, to be free!

[oceanblues70]

great artist

[theodul1]

You should see how many have viewed it by now

[21envy]

Nina you are awesome.

All the great people who never got to see Obama in the White House. In their memory.....don't give up the struggle.

[dorotwhy]

Gotta Love that girl :O)

[trevorduvall]

...The spirit's moving now....

all that matters!!

[jmcknewry]

I wish Nina had lived to see this week.

[109RainyBaby]

me too !!!

[beauxpeaux]

:)))

[trevorduvall]

I wonder why you feel that??

What happened so significant this week?

[jmcknewry]

HI Trevor I posted my comment a month ago when President Barack Obama was inaugarated.I think Nina would have seen it as the end of a long struggle in which she had a played apart,just like millions of other and the start of a new journey to true freedom and justice for all.

[ninigreen7]

blueskyfeeling- I really agree with your comment it is about time for us HUMAN BEINGS to take more control over our actions and change our ways for a better future on this planet, also we should also respect nature because without following its laws OUR TIME HERE WILL GET SHORTER AND SHORTER ...

[jazzonthetube]

The only thing we ever truly own and control is ourselves. Give that up and you got nothing.

[micahdeb]

this is the song that artist beyonce should sing at the inauguration instead of "at last", i think it's more representative of the situation.

[bskeete]

thks for sharing......nina is awesome!!!

[leotraynor]

fab u lous

[firstcat]

beautiful. so moving.

[elfspirit]

this is an awesome video. why aren't there more than 11 views??

[syckindahead]

great video-thanks for posting