emmany matthew her African Ancestry and nobility shines through, she must have come through a family of Kings and royalty always knowing she should no be treated less than and rejected it. Queen indeed.
I heard someone say, "Nina is always upset". I’m my opinion when you hear her story, wouldn’t you be? However, I don’t see anger. I see an aggressive, intelligent, and pro active women/star that don’t play the B.S.
WOW! I've been looking for this clip for years! (It was actually filmed for the Chanel 4 programme 'Wired', rather than 'The Wire'). I set-up this interview because I was one of the researchers on Wired and a huge fan. Nina began the interview not too happy, banging out 'My Baby Just Cares For Me' and no doubt expecting to have to present some flimsy fan fodder, but she immediately warmed beautifully and visibly to the lovely, and now sadly late, Tim Graham. Tim was a lifelong follower, as was his Mum whose influence had given him such a deep knowledge of Nina's work. You can see the bond from the get-go and especially when he clearly knows 'Consummation' - quite a rarely hear song I think. She's right, England gives her honour - and what an honour it was to be in that room that day!
Y'know, I wouldn't pay those Rolling Stones / Eagles arena shows to meet Elvis or Jesus (sorry Jesus!) But I believe I'd pay big money to sit with Nina Simone.
I swear words cannot even begin to describe how much I absolutely love and adore this lady right here ok. She is honestly and truly the most gorgeous woman in the entire world to me. She's talented, intelligent and legendary in every way and the more I research about her the more I fall in love with her and everything she did. It's like I can't stop she in my head 24/7 and I want to learn everything I can about her because she was so mysterious at times. She was so amazing and deserved more recognition for the things that she did and her talents.
I never did get enough love........this breaks my heart. Neither have I. Those of us who don't know how it feels. It has made us the deeply sensitive, feeling and creative people we are.
Oh my I love when she does "I put a spell on you, because you mined!!!!" Her confidence of this song it is empowering wow! "Switzerland gives me peace, Liberia gives me life and England gives me honer!" Nina Simone"
I love Nina. She is so beautiful and smart. I can never say enough about Nina Simone. I hate that she had to suffer so much in her personal life and her music career. Wish I could have met her!
This is one of my favorite Nina Simone interviews. In most of them she does not appear to be happy. It's nice to see that she was a happy woman. I read in a biography that, late in life, she was diagnosed as bipolar.
Yes I also saw that while googling her history in music and it said that one time she was busy reheasing a song and a child outside was making noise and she shot him saying he was disturbing her lol!!
Yeah! And it is important to say that most of her issues and intensity (or sadness, as you please) are due to all the hate/prejudice towards her because of her skin color; paraphrasing her song: “Ya'll people, goddamn!! ”, definitely a great (or the greatest) woman.
I think she had trouble coping with the trauma of being abused by a man she loved. I also think the pressures that came along with being so gifted were hard for her to handle. She was trained to be this amazing force from age four. Nina clearly just wanted to know who she truly was as a living person without having someone else's opinion dictate her life's journey. It's seems to me that she understood that her gift in music was something larger then her, something from a divine source.
She was very happy. Passionate and a fighter for equality. She looked sad at times because of the disgust she has seen and been through. And then later because of her medications. She was and always will be perfection...
I grew up with a dad who was obsessed with Nina, I grew up taking her music for granted. Now I'm an adult I'm understanding the power she held. As a woman, as a black woman in America. Even in the way she held herself. I always found her so beautiful. That portrait on one of her album covers where it's her side profile is a huge source of inspiration for me in my creative life. Truly a Queen.
I utterly adore this wonderful emblem of Black excellence, power and resilience. I hope she is at peace now with all that happened to her. I'll always love you, Nina. My children will know your voice and spirit ❤
I've woken up and put on Nina Simone's "Here Comes The Sun" a few hundred times. Love this woman. If you have a chance, read her autobiography, angry and raw and you really get a sense of why she was the way she was, and why people were ferocious in their adoration of her.
“I'm not a blues singer” - Yes she was a blues singer, but also a jazz singer, a soul singer, a classical musician… she had all of that in her and it manifested in her music.
when I hear her talk or sing, all I feel from her is warmth and love....she oozes kindness and love. I dont think she was born, tough. I believe the circumstances she was born into (poverty, segregation, female struggles) conditioned her to be VERY tough...as well as what she endured in the music industry. But she projects kindness and love. I wish I could have met her personally just to tell her that. I saw her in concert, a few yrs before she died. And I felt like I was witnessing royalty. She was incredible. And her music is untouchable.
She was a overwonderful soul, at 4:23 she said … they think I’m bigger than life .. she was a very great talent and at the end of the day she was also a woman in this world, with her own normal problems and feelings. But I guess she found a way to find a satisfaction within her music… that’s golden
She's sooo smooth and cool when talking about her love songs....but I think she is quite clear in saying a wonderful rendition of a love song is not so far separated from Mississippi Gaddam....
Fiz esse poema ouvindo Nina Simone. Será que estamos no topo do mundo? Cismo com as coisas quase prontas A vida nunca está acabada... Sem fim, sem fim, onde podemos chegar? Se o abismo é de flores? Caiamos, quem sabe As asas do amor nos façam voar. Solte seu melhor sorriso Quem sabe ele limpe minhas lágrimas Hoje ouvi por horas Nina Simone. O que todos buscamos? Paz em nossos corações E aquela manhã onde as correntes São quebradas por uma esperança tênue Não sei o que me faz escrever Se são todas as coisas Ou coisa alguma... Os dias de sol, as tardes frias. Hoje me senti meio Nina, Entediada de nãos, de nãos. A espera de algum sim... Autora Liê Ribeiro 16/07/2020 Paz e luz.
I love her speaking voice as much as her singing voice. To those outside the US, Nina Simone was not technically born in the "Deep South" as the host says. The Deep South is traditionally considered those states who seceded from the US before Ft. Sumter was attacked. NC was a "border state," which while not literally on the border between the CSA and the USA, seceded after Ft. Sumter, as did VA, AK, and TN. Of course, TX is not usually considered Deep South either so the term is muddled.
