I met Nina Simone when she did a benefit concert in San Francisco. I knew the people who had something to do with the production, and I was thrilled to actually see her live. I learned every breath of Mood Indigo when I was 5 years old. During the concert, she called for requests, but no matter how loud I called it, she did not sing Mood Indigo. I went backstage after the concert and all I could say when she turned her attention to me was "I have always loved you." She smiled and thanked me. I had opportunity to attend the after party with my friends, so I asked her why she did not sing Mood Indigo. She responded "Was that you? You don't look old enough to know that song!" I assured her I did...she challenged me to sing it, so I asked if she could still play it. She played and I sang. She said "I bet you couldn't do that again" and she went to her room and came right back...I always thought she only had time to turn on a tape recorder. She played it again and I sang it. She asked me to work with her as personal secretary, so I went to Beverly Hills with her and spent one month. Shortly after that she moved to France. There is much more but I am grateful to finally share this with others who might appreciate.
@happygilbert4972 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your special memory! 🙂
@jacquelinepaul9731 Жыл бұрын
Yes, thankyou
@thediamonddog95 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. 😃
@keligarrett63 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing that. What a wonderful story.
@rostislavluchnikov268 Жыл бұрын
I loved your story and I would love to know more!
@swamivicky4 жыл бұрын
i've told this story before. for a brief time in the early 70's, i met nina simone. she came and stayed for a few days at an ashram that i was living at. i spent a little time with her. she was polite, and somewhat shy. she told me her secret ingredient for chicken soup. she would add a small tablespoon of peanut butter. it does something magic to the soup, and is worth trying. anyhow, since i spent time with her.. what else do i remember (keeping in mind that i am nobody), we went out for breakfast, she, me and the swami... we read her palm. now that's something, that not many people can say. later that day, i found myself alone with her, in the music room. she began playing a song, and i nearly stopped breathing. i just kept still. i wanted to give her her privacy. i figure that privacy is the only gift of value that a fan can give to a star.
@richysoto63324 жыл бұрын
You are somebody special to her !
@MaxChillin4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your experience with this gifted individual.
@gaitachi32564 жыл бұрын
Yes. 👏 💙
@joaomalho3324 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Vicky Sabato! Very well said and the last paragraph, just great! Thank you for sharing.
@tatianadumitrascu18054 жыл бұрын
Vicky sabato, everybody is somebody xxx
@susanbreed7659 Жыл бұрын
I love her confidence. She is a Queen. Nina always touches my soul. She is a gifted creative Spirit.
@marcosbryant865 Жыл бұрын
She's unique Love the truth in her music What do you admire most about her
@jeanfrancoisprevel6301 Жыл бұрын
une grande dame qui pouvait tout interprétéet le transcendait
@susanbreed7659 Жыл бұрын
@@jeanfrancoisprevel6301 I speak French , so I was able to understand and agree with your comment.
@tuckerfrd1 Жыл бұрын
The great artist all have a slice of "crazy" which make so unique. Although, I'm in such awe of her and her greatness, I'm equally so sad.
@KappaDaKappa Жыл бұрын
Truly is.
@AlimentariasPeru3 жыл бұрын
I can imagine her today: "GIrl, turn off your cell phone... turn it off!" Truly a queen.
@Will-bt2rn3 жыл бұрын
ikr lol
@michelabagnoli65863 жыл бұрын
Yes, she'd be right! I DO LOVE HER, in italiano si dice UNA DONNA DI CARATTERE, CE NE FOSSERO!
@danahyatt57603 жыл бұрын
This song just pulls at my heart. I went to see her childhood home a few days ago. Sitting on a hill in the mountains of NC. A simple little frame house, that sheltered this amazing woman.
@adelmirbarbosadossantos77303 жыл бұрын
Níña saymon
@palapadadouwa8073 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, Hope and guess she really would have done that for sure 😎😎😎❤
@barryschwarz3 жыл бұрын
I just read below: ""privacy is the only gift of value that a fan can give to a star." That may be the best comment I've ever read in these you tube comments.
@user-rb9pl6hq4l3 жыл бұрын
very true!
@The-Dom3 жыл бұрын
I used to think so, but now i'm not so sure.... i once was standing on the street corner waiting to cross, just Robin Williams and I... two strangers silently waiting. I was a huge fan but didnt want to bother him.... now I wish I'd stopped to say hello, shared how he'd touched my heart, and given him a giant hug. There's fandom and objectivity and then there's appreciation and connection. Now I think if love is in your heart, you should always share it.
@katiekat44573 жыл бұрын
Amadis Demitrius I have been battling at times life-threatening depression. I can honestly say in my opinion that giving him privacy was the better choice. Can you imagine how many strangers approach him everyday wanting something from him. Albeit a photo, a hug, a short conversation, his attention, etc... You asking him for nothing and giving him privacy in the short and long term would have made him more likely to leave his apartment again. And took pressure off him to not disappoint a fan by his reaction to your wonderful comment. I love how warm of a person you are. I really think you did the right thing.
@maxwellsmart64873 жыл бұрын
Nina ..🎨🕊️🏛️◼️💚🎹🎼🎨🎨🕊️🕊️👁️👁️🚬
@jadezee63163 жыл бұрын
nonsense,,it has no meaning...people are not invading so called stars lives....and try asking those "stars"....if they minded the intrusions.......BEFORE they became a star....dont elevate nonsense and mediocrity...you think giving a star your money...is a gift of value?.....you think a star.....wants people to stay home or come to their show/movie/performance??.....stop being stupid and think!
@raepaul8158 Жыл бұрын
She wanted to be a classical concert piano player and had the skills and the talent! Her mother had worked two jobs to give her the education and the skills. Then they Saturday on, and told her she would never achieve this because her skin was the wrong color. So to make money, she started playing in bars and singing. You can hear the melancholy, in every note, she sings. What a gift to the world she was.
@Anjumthefarawaystar3 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing it
@sueliduarte3612Ай бұрын
Que triste! Como alguém pode definir um talento pela cor da pele.
@benjaminsoto8453Күн бұрын
God her voice, her artistry, her lyrics. I feel immensely grateful to be in a world where she existed
@JustAnotherBlader Жыл бұрын
She absolutely has the vibe of an actual queen
@ordinary7413 Жыл бұрын
Она не королева, она богиня.
@downwithfaith Жыл бұрын
@@ordinary7413 Oh please. Such tiresome overused hyperbole. She even called herself a queen! Her commanding the person in the audience to "SIT DOWN!!" was something only an entitled celebrity with an inflated ego would do.
@sharoneastwood.1025 Жыл бұрын
THAT'S BECAUSE SHE WAS 🙏😓🥰.
@stephanietate211610 ай бұрын
She really does. She has the elegance and sensuality of Cleopatra or Nefertiti. Her voice is legendary. I've always loved Miss Simone. ❤
@stephanietate211610 ай бұрын
That is, she really DOES have the vibe of an actual queen. She is so confident
@betterthanwealth3 жыл бұрын
“It is antique, it’s is over 200 yrs old, it is meant for a Queen, and I AM a Queen 👑 “
@bk72783 жыл бұрын
OMG she’s beautiful I hope I hear a voice like that just before I die
@glamourpurrs84643 жыл бұрын
Yeah right. Classic & timeless. She isn’t using falsetto it would take you to sing high notes & powerful. Not at all about queens who have taught me to laugh
@sonyalewis91443 жыл бұрын
YYYEEESSS!! I LLLOOOVVVEEED THAT👑💎✨🙌🏼
@pedronemm3 жыл бұрын
I habe at Europa for more 300years, and what I am? Hahaha
@pedronemm3 жыл бұрын
And I am so sorry not clearly english
@michaelswords44167 жыл бұрын
Some say she's not the most attractive woman. I don't understand that, I find her stunning.
@dikapo37 жыл бұрын
It is a stunning woman and very attractive
@andrewvikarskyi20557 жыл бұрын
michael swords me too
@saphirshine7 жыл бұрын
not the beautifull one indeed but when she start talking singing no one else exist
@Dadacomero7 жыл бұрын
who cares... not everyone can be attractive
@TeacherBrunoOneil7 жыл бұрын
charming, glamurous and stunning.
@orlaspring363 Жыл бұрын
The way she delivers this song, it's like she's talking and it's just coming straight from her...as if the words just came to her. Mesmerizing.
@robinalexander55589 ай бұрын
Yes!!!
@takashimizutani18088 ай бұрын
She's zen mode reached from feelings haha
@janetownley6 ай бұрын
She was! The beginning might have been a real song, but she was totally making it up by the middle-end. Like an old school rapper, but with a gorgeous voice and melodies
@rukeyser3 ай бұрын
Every word up to "but i can't remember" is Janis Ian. Here is the song from Nina's first addition through to to her second - which ends the song. Janis' text is bold in brackets. It is a remarkable fit. *[we all have stories]* But I can't remember it anyway So I'll tell you about the mood that is in the United States today And permeating even Switzerland, is goes But I'll continue it anyway, until I get it together *[Some women have a body men would want to see* *And so they put it on display* *Some people play a fine guitar* *I could listen to them play all day]* But anyway, I'm trying to tell my story Janis Ian told it very well Janis Joplin told it even better Billie Holiday even told it even better We always, we always We always have a story The latest story that I know, is the one that I was supposed to go out with And the latest story that I know, is the one that I was supposed to go out with.
@ronandelana Жыл бұрын
She gave everything. Nothing more beautiful than someone being vulnerable and honest. What a astonishing performance.
@summertime566610 ай бұрын
Yes
@beanstaIkjack3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes it's good to cry, I put this on and I have no idea why I'm crying, but I feel alive. Existence is to be sad, happy, fun and lonely
@awarenessvillage3 жыл бұрын
Yes. If we had only one emotion we'd never know what we feel. Life would be merely existence.
@TheKiddy33 жыл бұрын
I feel the same and I don't know why...
@glennbeyde48223 жыл бұрын
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@barackdundee95463 жыл бұрын
You're not alone everyone listening is here with you 💪
@claireleagas50872 жыл бұрын
Powerful xx
@JustHaroon568 жыл бұрын
OK I'm a guy who listen to hard rock heavy metal extreme death and melodic metal lol i do respect all those musicians who i used to listen to, this lady here got my lost feelings and its the very first time I'm listening her tbh i don't even know how it just popped up on my screen and i accidentally clicked onit and was about to close it but then i started listening what she's saying then when she started playing piano and sing.... damn got my goose bumps I loved her
@MultiSinden8 жыл бұрын
I'm really glad you kept listening :)
@whiketurner62498 жыл бұрын
+Harry blackmore That's cool.
@kerryg1008 жыл бұрын
Enjoy the ride it a roolercoaster....
@stephenboyer88838 жыл бұрын
+Harry blackmore always good to keep listening choices wide no matter what your bag is
@sysiphuscorinth8 жыл бұрын
+Harry blackmore Have a listen to the original by Janis Ian and the rest of her work....
@TheRisean Жыл бұрын
You can feel passion, sadness. You can feel her soul!
@janicebollman103913 күн бұрын
yes & that helps you to feel your own soul she is a wizard of musical genius & helps us all evolve by showing us her beauty & vulnerability…🌹🌻🌹🌻
@PJPlumbingDrainageАй бұрын
It was Nina who persuaded David Bowie to record Wild Is The Wind...Two truly great artists...
@pistoldecellis35303 жыл бұрын
Nina Simone is beautiful and elegant. Everything about her soothes the soul.
@Kgoki8903 жыл бұрын
I love her 💕
@jesusguidemeervp3 жыл бұрын
She is special
@leonorrayoortiz62663 жыл бұрын
Yes is Unique ✨
@patricky101 Жыл бұрын
She's genuinely one of a handful of people in popular music who can be be called a genius. It shines out of her, mercurial lovely woman.
@patricky101 Жыл бұрын
@@elijahfluw4347 I've met Ms Simone so I'm sadly well aware of her status. As for calling her a Jazz artists she was never just that. I'm using popular as distinct from classical. And you may hand out the plaudit of genuis to anyone you wish. I reserve it for her and a handful of others only. But thanks for sharing your opinion though.
@MariaM-fu6wm Жыл бұрын
She was ment to be a classic music pianist...I think she was heartbroken because she was never allowed to... That suffering... That is why each single song and interpretation is so enormously filled with tears, heart, thought. What an incredible classical pianist she would have been.
@JackFate76 Жыл бұрын
There are more than a handful of geniuses in popular music. But I agree, Nina is certainly amongst them.
@palapadadouwa807 Жыл бұрын
@@MariaM-fu6wm right. Seems she was bullied and ostracized and "gently" refused at classic school as she was black and too gifted. Marked her for sure. Then she just the one standing on in History. Her vibe and music and soul tells so much to kind peoples now.
@ohhi5237 Жыл бұрын
was einstein a genius? married his cousin and made bombs for lunatics.
@paulbrouwer4717 Жыл бұрын
Sorry to say i am 64 old now never new this Lady before. This is brillant what a Performance Now i become 100 year old so i kann listen the next 36 years
@griffinmoore6819 Жыл бұрын
I played this for my best friend hoping he could feel the magic, the magnificence, and see a master musician at her work. It overwhelms me every time I play her recordings. His only comment was about her rudeness to the girl standing up. I laughed at my error of expecting my friend to like or appreciate an artist like Simone. She deserves, at the very least, the attention and respect equalled to what she's giving her audience. He did understand that, but hasn't experienced enough real life yet to like Nina's music. Took me 51 years, he's three years younger. Should be knocking on my door any minute.
@siesies000 Жыл бұрын
I'm not saying that people should let people walk over them, but have some thick skin and use some discernment. Every single moment of life you won't be catered to or coddled. It's actually good to learn how to behave with different temperaments and to be able to have emotions unashamedly. With that being said I don't know your friend, so no true passing of judgment.
@griffinmoore6819 Жыл бұрын
@@siesies000 I suppose finding Nina Simone during the lowest points of my life, death of my mother, my spouse of almost 23 years requesting a separation, diagnosis of a life altering disease, all in a very short period of time, gave me some comfort and something to keep me from losing my mind. Maybe I was presumptuous thinking my friend would automatically connect in the same way. Something to think about for sure.
@meleshenko3767 Жыл бұрын
I’m sorry about the grief you went through. But it sounds like you were feeding on her music and so you didn’t notice the imperfection. Honestly, I noticed it too, when she was rude to the standing woman. And I was a few minutes into the song before I could put that aside. I’m not young. I’m older than you. And I am in awe of her talent. But if she was really a queen, she wouldn’t have to announce it - nor humiliate the peasants. There were nicer ways to say “please sit down so I’m not distracted.” And “thank you” wouldn’t have hurt either. Basic manners never go out of fashion.
@layla.williams__ Жыл бұрын
@@meleshenko3767 She didn't appear rude to me! It may be a cultural difference (and I'm certainly not out to start any arguments), but I picked up on her sense of humor in it.
@Mr.CCharlie Жыл бұрын
I have friends who love music, and I go to concerts with them. I have friends who I tried to turn onto music and they really don’t get it. They want to leave the show before the encore. I don’t go to shows with those people anymore I love hanging out with them. I love them, but not at concerts.
@guitarlawyer758 жыл бұрын
It hurts to know that Nina and David are gone... Damn...
@nostaligicangel8 жыл бұрын
+Ana Luiza Brown Yes not got used to David's departure at all - so hard he was so of the time and seemed full of life. Still hope he is grooving with Nina and all the other artist somewhere in good company.
@danielgreen27888 жыл бұрын
+Ana Luiza Brown it really hurts
@nostaligicangel8 жыл бұрын
Agree so much Daniel he was a gem.
@edwintorresdeyauco3545 жыл бұрын
& Janis Joplin
@uaateacher5 жыл бұрын
@Fineb4 жыл бұрын
- "And I am a queen!" YES you are❤👑
@tzunammi4 жыл бұрын
MTF
@daj03784 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, TMH jewel among all of them
@WeRiseAtDawn4 жыл бұрын
@@Ikr2025She earned every bit of that pride. How dare you. Sit down you. Sit down.
@MrDimikor4 жыл бұрын
@@Ikr2025 Not narcissistic. Sarcastic.
@dennischiverton73654 жыл бұрын
Thank the Lord for Nina, a beautiful soul.... an amazing human being... We love you.....xx
@claudio1302 ай бұрын
There will never be anyone like Nina Simone!
@andreasmartinez22165 ай бұрын
unique, human, fragile, strong...God makes us a gift with this character
@luckydave3284 жыл бұрын
She is a queen. She even looks like Nefertiti.
@andreaandrea67164 жыл бұрын
Yes, she IS.
@janwig93474 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking when I looked into her eyes I see Egypt
@brownpeople27043 жыл бұрын
She doesn’t look like Nef.. don’t lie for your self and misleading other people “fake “ black African nothing to do with Nef....
@brownpeople27043 жыл бұрын
@jan wig black African genetic nothing to do with Egypt, “ the Queen” seriously 😒
@janwig93473 жыл бұрын
@@brownpeople2704 do I know you?
@ferrerobeaty60976 жыл бұрын
She was Original beauty, pure and not like today's additional fake beauty treatments. She was pure!!!! I'm proud to be black.xxxxx
@johncollins47945 жыл бұрын
Unique. We were lucky to have had Nina on this Earth.
@SandraLovesRoses5 жыл бұрын
And I’m proud to be white. Yay! Go us :)
@SandraLovesRoses5 жыл бұрын
I’m a natural fan, too. If it’s done right, it works. She looks nice with short hair. I have short hair again. I like a woman’s neck and face, and so you see more of that. It’s cool.
@evanabbott27375 жыл бұрын
I wonder what she’d think about all the female pop stars of today....🤔
@ThelmaThais15 жыл бұрын
Beauty very deep inside!
@jackyleblanc646021 күн бұрын
WHAT A STUNNING PERFORMANCE
@christalpontac7 күн бұрын
I always listen to this song when I'm feeling alone. Nina fills my heart.
@mswkmw46839 жыл бұрын
"..meant for a queen and I'm a queen." I love it!
@MiamiPush2theLimit9 жыл бұрын
I LOVED that!! Lmao! 😂❤️
@tinastanley44446 жыл бұрын
Ikr?
@allenmakere38225 жыл бұрын
then she laughs and reminds the audience that they clapped even as a joke, when if they thought Disney makes queens then they have never grown up.
@im_from_liverpool32935 жыл бұрын
Yeah you are, Nina. You're a queen. Forever will be.
@carl_anderson93153 жыл бұрын
David Bowie was a giant. Few artists were respected and loved in almost any artistic circle as he was. Rock stars, pop stars, punk rockers, jazz legends, classical, painters, fashion designers, intellectuals, young, old, everyone loved and cherish Bowie.
@kimciszek-kane3973 жыл бұрын
Yes I agree!
@Jazzyjayyy3 жыл бұрын
This video is about Nina Simone.
@izzy-xq8ch3 жыл бұрын
Where WAS the great Bowie?! He wasn't there supporting Nina, an Honour most people would die for, and she was obviously hurt. This is about Nina, Yes.
@carl_anderson93153 жыл бұрын
@@izzy-xq8ch Do you expect Bowie to be present in every single concert of his friends?
@carl_anderson93153 жыл бұрын
@@Jazzyjayyy I know. I never said it wasn’t.
@user-fo7mj9su8yАй бұрын
❤Gudomlig vacker Gudinna fantastisk sångröst from Sweden ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@VictoriaBlair-ce1qm Жыл бұрын
She is so deeply in touch with feelings/emotions etc etc … her genius is her ability & vulnerability expressed in her music - truly one in a billion - we are all the richer to have her music
@ester9326 Жыл бұрын
Nina Simone is one of the few if not only artist who’s music can make me feel euphoric, melancholic, extreme sad, happy, safe and in love within minutes. Her music never becomes boring, it’s timeless yet completely modern even now. Unfortunately she was from before my time but oh man….What I would give to have seen her on stage.
@gloriaf6971 Жыл бұрын
I saw her on stage 2 or 3 times. She was always magnificent.
@marcosbryant865 Жыл бұрын
Now this is so touching, I love the truth in her music and she's fun to watch Love her What do you admire most about her?🙂
@carolannkell9930 Жыл бұрын
Wow❤❤
@marcosbryant865 Жыл бұрын
@@carolannkell9930 hello
@valeriebenjamin6977 Жыл бұрын
I'm glad to be playing and placing in the hearts and minds of my homeschooled children. I imagine when they get older rediscovering and playing for generations to come as well. May her legacy be transforming throughout all generations and legacies intertwined into grand stories indeed. The beauty of life is always great to see versus the realities we face from day to day. Treasures.
@lupedelgado72625 жыл бұрын
She touches a place not too many can reach
@nancyhanson56205 жыл бұрын
Right away too!
@carlscott83305 жыл бұрын
She is the best ❤️ love you Nina
@sebasdebordeaux83475 жыл бұрын
Sure!! not too many, NONE. exept maybe Sade, slighty behind..
@harpothehealer4 жыл бұрын
Very Well said
@tubewebber4 жыл бұрын
Lovely answer
@wilhem812720 күн бұрын
His voice says more than enough. Make simple music without showing off It will be enough to listen to these beautiful stars
@ulrichhille52419 ай бұрын
Absolutely beautiful version of this song. I grew up with Cher's version; and Nina's just breaks my heart, too. She knows how to tell a story❤️🙏
@rubychew65354 жыл бұрын
You can tell that she experienced a lot of sadness.
@ericparnaby13194 жыл бұрын
Of Course ! - Black Lives Mattered Even In Those Days !
@TheLULUTOMAS3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@tengeneza3 жыл бұрын
we all have ....thats why its easy to recognise it when you see it in somene else ....
@fraygoes45703 жыл бұрын
@@ericparnaby1319 yes.. she suffered too much
@Critic2243 жыл бұрын
Only suffering brings out the best of art ....
@vincenta.dejesus99123 жыл бұрын
Nina makes me cry like a baby wanting to be held by my mother. She breaks my soul and then makes it whole again.
@willcifur2 жыл бұрын
There isn’t an ounce of fake in her .. when she comes on it’s like being called my full name by my mother
@user-bq5lr6dq6b Жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@robvazquez8341 Жыл бұрын
Well said!
@kirstenbraunsteiner8 Жыл бұрын
Sure
@AthenaKama Жыл бұрын
Me too 💯💯
@wassdepp1 Жыл бұрын
Nina, I come to listen your music and voice, when I want to cry, I don't cry for pain, but for the pure emotions your art makes me feel.
@johannawigg6921 Жыл бұрын
Floors me
@rg226512 күн бұрын
I understand her just from her talking in the beginning. She had the ability to convey ALL the emothions flawlessly. It is a talent.
@krisweaver5564 жыл бұрын
I've been disabled for 35 years. i danced every step of this in my wheelchair. Great fun! Thanks!
@russellbeverly944 жыл бұрын
Wonderful
@yoditc70973 жыл бұрын
❤️
@gosubreboot7133 жыл бұрын
This picked me up today an a bad day
@charliecookiej1393 жыл бұрын
@janasali8213 жыл бұрын
Hugs ❤️
@Maria-kq4ri3 жыл бұрын
Just Nina, her piano and her unique musical storytelling. No yelling, no twerking, no autotune. 👑 Nina Simone…forever in our hearts! 💕 ♥️
@michaeleastwood67553 жыл бұрын
Simple real ....natural artist of a highest quality
@mackenziedog18722 жыл бұрын
I can't resist but watch/listen to, Nina's passion.
@mackenziedog18722 жыл бұрын
I can't resist but watch/listen to, Nina's passion.
@ninabuckingham40662 жыл бұрын
🙌
@wotizit29372 жыл бұрын
Those were the days, my friend.
@constancemichelle52 Жыл бұрын
Iam still listening to this legend today!!! She was awesome, 3-13-2023
@ReginaAlves-mo9tx11 күн бұрын
I’m glad to meet such a musician and soul 06/24 About 6 years I did.
@juliagp3457 жыл бұрын
She cried inside and felt every word. She would make every person in the audience feel her compassion.
@rensmith68236 жыл бұрын
Júlia GP NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN. THANX so very much for sharing. You are an 👼,🤗😘😏
@SuzieQ905 жыл бұрын
Júlia GP what is the song about?
@superque45 жыл бұрын
...and she made that one girl sit down. Lol
@rachelbajrovic73235 жыл бұрын
I wish I even got to be in her presence for a second
@jimmbobb5 жыл бұрын
@@superque4 how do you know it was a girl? There is no place for your hateful sexism in 2019.
@the_bearded_maximus46015 жыл бұрын
My God, I have absolutely no idea she had such presence, moved to tears.
@Alexlittle94 жыл бұрын
Fantastic keyword! *Presence*
@nobaloneymahoney79404 жыл бұрын
Me too! Glad I wasn't in the audience!
@BobbyGeneric1454 жыл бұрын
She's one of those rare gifts to the Earth... Einstein, Lennon, Nina, etc.
@welintonflor20534 жыл бұрын
So beautfifull what o say
@a.jackson58924 жыл бұрын
Watch her documentary on Netflix its beautiful and overwhelming!
@iAMvictorOKАй бұрын
Such a beautiful voice for such a beautiful soul. Thank you Nina, wherever you are...among thoses stars
@EltonMinduri3 күн бұрын
She is certainly! She's a queen! She cans touch people's soul!
@cityandsuburb5 жыл бұрын
To the individual leaving the comment "Ms. Simone is very plain...." I can state without fear of contradiction, that those who find this extra-ordinary female 'unattractive' - are unable to address anything...anything above the superficial. She represents the zeitgeist, the history the joy & the pain of a whole people.. combined & focused within the soul of a beautiful woman. What more would a man want?
@juliaalexander57885 жыл бұрын
I think that her goddess like beauty is so rich & deep it scares shallow minded people... ;)
@sebasdebordeaux83475 жыл бұрын
G Elgar, HI man! precisely, this is TO much for ordinary men..!!! I think she could be attractive for sure, but she carried SUCH a huge pain (despite the very funny behavior she sometimes had like here in the beginning!) and she was SO deep that yes it can be frightening for many men, and not meaning those men are shallow minded, but just ordinary men, whose expectations about women are mostly based on the traditional "sexy and slightly superficial bimbo" who won't force them to self-autocritic and introspection, which most men are unable to.. what you say about her is beautiful and exactly what I've always felt, and it makes her the GIANT she was and will always be, I mean the most overwhelming singer having ever existed.. to me the only one who could compete is Sade..
@brockertteambrockert5 жыл бұрын
She is very gorgeous!
@claudiasiefer84954 жыл бұрын
@@brockertteambrockert EXACTLY! Her beauty transcends the ordinary common standard. For those who cannot "see" Nina, I feel sadness.
@andreabryant28574 жыл бұрын
This is...the most eloquent statement I've read in about a decade. I'm writing it down.
@davidlindseymarkham48753 жыл бұрын
She needs a statue in Central Park
@savoyaepps6463 жыл бұрын
@Claudia Miranda Actually I believe they have a statute of her in her adopted home where she became a citizen, France.
@maamouhinda77223 жыл бұрын
Nina doesn't need a status anywhere, She's still alive in every ❤️ loves true music 🎶
@ednacamilo99733 жыл бұрын
Queria a tradução dos comentários.
@MariaRocha-ih1ey3 жыл бұрын
@@ednacamilo9973 mete no tradutor
@jamesthompson2179 Жыл бұрын
This is the first time that I’ve heard Nina sing this particular song. I’ve heard Nina sing many songs. She always delivers her music with such feeling and grace. I am 75 years old. As I said, this is the first time I have heard her deliver this song, I say all that to say this, it has touched me, and I have cried, literally. Thank you, Nina Simone.
@humbertogatica64202 жыл бұрын
A Queen, her voice, her storytelling, her elegance, her command of the audience, she takes no prisoners, she insists on respect to her and to her art. She was also an activist for the Civil Rights and desegregation. A true Queen
@mwfmtnman Жыл бұрын
She would be heartbroken then how we are more segregated than ever.
@laurabrevitz3944 Жыл бұрын
I will never forget the video of her doing "Mississippi Goddamn" in front of a crowd of stone faced white Southerners. She grinned right at 'em and kept singing. Legend.
@pedropauloalvim9517 Жыл бұрын
Her arrogance
@mwfmtnman Жыл бұрын
@@laurabrevitz3944 what I wouldn't give to have been there to see that. Oh, old white guy here lol
@mwfmtnman Жыл бұрын
@@pedropauloalvim9517 what? Why the hate?
@spankfairy4 жыл бұрын
If Nina told me to sit down, she wouldn't have to ask twice! Deep respect, awe and reverence for you Nina. Always.
@MARSBELLA14 жыл бұрын
i feel sorry I bet that lady needed just to wee - I love Nina but her bi polar rage is so evident throughout her life - that poor lady needed the bathroom. She never got over being rejected from classical piano school - when she was better than them all -
@keymabess87253 жыл бұрын
Oh my Gosh, I completely agree!!!
@THEYOGAFACE3 жыл бұрын
@John David she is a queen.
@THEYOGAFACE3 жыл бұрын
John David I undertstand what you're saying. My dad saw her live and said she was very abusive. It's complicated. I do feel she deserves respect though as a performer. And she was very talented and more than that, she was a fighter for justice and had to be strong
@agungbakti14383 жыл бұрын
I think that scene was part of entertainment...
@ThomasSherwood-go7vtАй бұрын
Remarkable story of your experience with Nina Simone. Thank you for sharing it!
@sabinepuls3662 Жыл бұрын
Ero un ragazzino quando queste canzoni sono diventate famose. Il momento oggi per vederli nell'originale e sapere che ci saranno per sempre è qualcosa di molto speciale
@dannyedward55443 жыл бұрын
I bet the girl that she told to " SIT DOWN!" is still talking about that shit today!!! LOL!!!
@chappahx3 жыл бұрын
LoL...
@Maria-qh5hr3 жыл бұрын
Yeap probably still offended 😅
@robpersons65013 жыл бұрын
That would be a great story to hand down the family tree. "I got punked by Nina Samone!"
@pepesylvia8483 жыл бұрын
One time I stood up during a lecture to take a phone call (phone was on silent) and the professor gave a dirty look. I don't remember half the shit he taught me but I remember how uncomfortable I was with making eye contact when leaving in the middle of that lecture.
@robpersons65013 жыл бұрын
@@pepesylvia848 Did you leave the room when you answered?
@yoditc70974 жыл бұрын
June 2020 still listening! ❤️
@nyrethepoet98524 жыл бұрын
I love her , she touch my soul with her music , if I feel down she bring me up , I take a deep breath and go on. feeling Good ! , thanks Nina🎨
@elisa80444 жыл бұрын
JULY and again here as you did...
@katarinajanosevic76954 жыл бұрын
Love Love
@joewel20094 жыл бұрын
July
@mattbender68423 жыл бұрын
July 2020
@kram5948 Жыл бұрын
Her touch on the piano takes my breath away every time.
@r.b.h.6576Ай бұрын
Eine der genialsten Jazz-Künstlerinnen des Universums. Habe schon wieder Gänsehaut... 🫶🫶🫶
@harryrobinson62822 жыл бұрын
This is more than entertainment. Its art.
@_MSD75_4 жыл бұрын
'and I'm a queen'. And she truly was.
@butthead90234 жыл бұрын
She believed it. Chics these days say it to try to get you to help THEM believe it
@shirley95294 жыл бұрын
Was A Queen, you Say? No! Queens are Mere Mortals! She was a Goddess! And still lives among us in our hearts! Rest in Perpetual Peace and Eternal Melody!
@_MSD75_4 жыл бұрын
@@shirley9529 I stand corrected! x
@Nina-vv3ev4 жыл бұрын
Woowoo yasss
@lamadrina5384 Жыл бұрын
One the edge of teears. That is so hard to sing like this.
@oow166729 күн бұрын
Such a beautiful song.
@karrot1014 жыл бұрын
its amazing how she just naturally sings the first line right on pitch before she even played her first chord on the piano
@LynneKJ3 жыл бұрын
She had perfect pitch.
@flowersfam34623 жыл бұрын
Yes!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤗 Very rare.
@TheSteveg20113 жыл бұрын
Nina was nothing short of amazing
@samr65144 жыл бұрын
“It is meant for a queen and I am a queen *bows*” SHE IS MY QUEEN
@ronsch983 жыл бұрын
Shes THE Queen!
@MountTheodore723 жыл бұрын
Thus the reason she told that individual to "sit down!!!" You don't walk during the Queen's performance. You give her your undivided attention.
@carolyngrant9278 Жыл бұрын
She moves me like no other. The pain, the soft moments, her nuance of mood, the way she put across the words. I can only think of Edith Piaf who could sing about the gentle and rawness of Life.
@rj43376 ай бұрын
Thank u for posting this
@mluiza111 Жыл бұрын
I saw her in Brasil in the '90s, at the ende of her health. She was magnificent! There were more than 200 thousand people in the open Park. I was so touched that I cried and laughed at the same time! She is my hero!
@mdsilva752 Жыл бұрын
Amo ela e as músicas dela, e não fazia ideia de que ela já tinha vindo ao Brasil, que bom saber disso.
@marijaparlov2101 Жыл бұрын
❤
@tmalloy9 Жыл бұрын
Pure magic. Thank you.
@justagirlsd3000 Жыл бұрын
Magical memory ❤️🔥
@stobbinsboy Жыл бұрын
Yes, some people really are magical.
@LusciousTwinkle5 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see her about 20yrs ago. She had to be helped onstage to the piano, she was so unsteady. You could hear the audience almost groan with embarrassment as it looked like she wasn't going to able to perform. (This wasn't long before she died at 70)...She literally croaked into the microphone and we all cringed.... Then..... The most amazing sound came out and filled the theater and she launched into "I put a spell on you" She was INCREDIBLE!!!! & had such a rapport with the audience. Definitely one of the top 3 gigs I've ever BEEN to. Awesome talent, extraordinary voice and unlimited charm. So lucky I got to see her.
@elizabethlangton42605 жыл бұрын
Nick cave said the same about her
@SoniaK25 жыл бұрын
Thank you Lola for sharing your experience and observations. I haven't known anyone who has watched/listened to Nina live.
@maryannejacksonpicker10285 жыл бұрын
Thank u
@johnnygosh57395 жыл бұрын
Cool story. Thank you for sharing
@katemcshane4 жыл бұрын
I heard her albums when I was 21 and she is still my favorite singer. She came to the Boston Jazz Festival when I was 37 and I felt like I'd waited all my life to see her -- at Boston Symphony Hall. I took a friend who'd never heard her. She came out on stage and the standing ovation and cheering lasted a very long time. I felt like I couldn't clap hard enough. It was the greatest thrill of my life. She played for less than an hour, then began to talk about her father and abruptly got up and left. If it had been anyone else, I would have been furious. I had a friend who was supposed to interview her on live radio and she was 40 minutes late. She had a really hard time with life
@PabloEscobarsGhost2 ай бұрын
I grew listening to Nina, she was a favorite of my mother, back in the day when vinyl ruled supreme, Im 55 and still love her voice
@boboliver93102 ай бұрын
She moved me so much singing and I cried. She is bare and pure. Her silhouette, her dress so simple.her voice is smooth and soft yet she pierced through my heart with strength. Her look and attitude . I will go read about her life. This person must have gone through so many wars to be free and confident as she is. ❤
@christinemoccia477 Жыл бұрын
Her stage presence is so powerful!!!! You find yourself hanging on every syllable she utters!!! Such a beautiful woman! Such a treasure!!!!!
@marcosbryant865 Жыл бұрын
Now this is so touching, I love the truth in her music and she's fun to watch Love her What do you admire most about her?🙂
@adroutt19854 жыл бұрын
Very attentive to her audience. So deep and demands respect. A true artist
@bridgetharris6983 күн бұрын
She was a very beautiful songstress. And a very broken soul…
@rowdybliss Жыл бұрын
“Stars” is absolutely my favorite song that Nina Simone sang… and I love it in every iteration/recording/performance I’ve ever heard her perform, because you BELIEVE her when she sings.
@carlacrafford1808 жыл бұрын
Call me sentimental or whatever you want, but this has me in tears. WOW what great tears they are.
@adada1st8 жыл бұрын
+Charlie Stuyvesant Hey, the same here. A star and a starman gone, both so unique, both my alltime favorites! Nina seems here so fragile, lost and strong at the same time.
@rickcoleman82776 жыл бұрын
true strength
@ericm24446 жыл бұрын
agree,,,nice old dutch name ..stuyvesant ..greetings from amsterdam
@skygazer68985 жыл бұрын
Charlie Stuyvesant Me too! Touches your heart, doesnt it
@federicoguerra15575 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one
@dautmusic10 жыл бұрын
Girl sit down!, sit down... Stars they come and go, they are coming fast they come slow
@ims197317 күн бұрын
What a character she was! 😍
@journalistedisoncarter3 ай бұрын
This is one of the best things I have ever heard or seen.
@michaelmottlau20729 жыл бұрын
A brilliant performance by Nina Simone. A rewarding performance on so many levels. Captured so many years ago by a focused and very skilled camera man - complemented by good audio recording and a mellow post editing. A joy to watch and listen to, and a deserving tribute to a great African American singer, who deserve to be remembered for coming generations of young people.
@montetown57419 жыл бұрын
I could not have said it more succinctly.
@ChefShondi9 жыл бұрын
I discovered her so late in my life.. missed out on so much (I'm 43)
@johnalonso74689 жыл бұрын
***** etter late then never.Enjoy it!
@ChefShondi9 жыл бұрын
Have you heard any of the new album with today's musicians paying tribute? I've only heard Lauren Hill's version of "Feeling Good" but if the rest of the album is anything like that, I NEED to buy it.. LOL
@BachifyOfficial9 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I hadn't noticed.
@SKEsthetics2 жыл бұрын
Why am I in tears - I guess the soul knows Thank you Nina
@la2alaska3363 күн бұрын
I’m in love! And captured by her presence ❤️
@desireerichardson34246 жыл бұрын
When she told the girl to sit down I thought she reminded of my grandma ushering as church xD
@brendantannam4995 жыл бұрын
She thought her talent excused her rudeness.
@miguelmarquez41925 жыл бұрын
@@brendantannam499 who was rude? Nina? She wasnt all there first off. Thats not rude. Whats rude is walking off on someones performance and causing distraction from a performance all payed for. Not just the rude idiot that didnt have the foresight to use the can prior, or drink less knowing they were going to an event.
@brendantannam4995 жыл бұрын
@@miguelmarquez4192 First off, many people can be mentally ill and be respectful. One does not necessarily exclude the other. Secondly, you have no idea why the woman needed to leave her seat. Or her level of intelligence.
@miguelmarquez41925 жыл бұрын
@@brendantannam499 pish posh. Sit down!
@mmscuf4 жыл бұрын
Brendan Tannam I never cared for her. I remember she was a regular gig at Ronnie Scott’s back in the early ‘80’s playing a week here, a week there, and I remember she got into a row or some sort of disagreement with the club’s management over a well publicized upcoming appearance of her at the club (must have been around 1984 or so) and she never returned there. Good riddance I remember I thought back then and may she rest in peace I say now. Didn’t care for her then, don’t care for her now. She had an attitude.
@wiseoldsnail5 жыл бұрын
this is, hands down, the most positive thread of comments i've ever read on any youtube video about anything . the positivity in the comments has me weeping with appreciation, after i was already weeping for nina simone
@sebasdebordeaux83475 жыл бұрын
mark Knopfler's got the same amount of positive comments. but I think there's no others..
@christinad44325 жыл бұрын
I know it makes me wanna cry reading the comments
@lorrainemorgan74224 жыл бұрын
Me too......
@DolphinsPlayingInAquaMoonlight4 жыл бұрын
If you want to find more videos with positive comments from high-vibe people, check out meditation videos. I don't think I've ever come across a meditation video where the majority of comments were not positive, loving and uplifting! People who meditate are usually very balanced people :) Also, if you like animals, check out the channel The Dodo, lots of positive vibes in the videos and comments!
@1w5984 жыл бұрын
wiseoldsnail Are you okay?
@skyavalanche3 күн бұрын
Her directing someone to sit down, reminds me of when I saw her in 1969 at Symphony Hall in Boston, when I was 16 years old. She told an audience member to “Stop coughing!”. The entire perimeter of the Concert Hall was lined with police. At one point she wryly said, with a sly chuckle “They think I could start a riot”. The electricity in that room, in that moment was, as I thought then, what it must feel like before a bomb explodes. Fortunately, there was no violence, and I even caught one of the miniature carnations she threw into the crowd. It’s still pressed intact, between the pages of The Collected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay.
@user-ur7og7re3w7 ай бұрын
Es ist ja nicht nur die wunderschöne Stimme von Nina Simone, nein die Mimik erhöht den Song auf einen noch höhern Level ❤
@davidvose2475 Жыл бұрын
She unlocks the sadness in our hearts and makes it beautiful
@hendrsb333 жыл бұрын
When Nina Simone drops her voice down to softness... when you have to listen close and pay attention to what she's singing... she draws you in... to make you feel the gravity of her words, her story, and the melodious nature of her voice...
@geoseason5800 Жыл бұрын
"This neckless is 200 years old it is meant for queens and I am the queen" 🔥🥰
@eth.3296 Жыл бұрын
SOOOOO Unique she was. I'm only in recent years discovering her Artistry. Definitely the forerunner of our modern day Sade. Both artists Very Deep on communicating to your soul.
@AdrianAlexandru8 жыл бұрын
He is there now, Nina. Be good to each other like you've always been.
@adryanredbeard6995 жыл бұрын
Awww beautiful comment *tears* 😢
@lyn10305 жыл бұрын
😫😔😢
@drhintjens49157 жыл бұрын
She is angry, mad, disillusioned and yet she cannot but be this amazing person once she sings. Insecure, crazy, all that. But she is divine as someone said below. Her voice and her singing emotion is her royalty. This is the strangest song I ever heard ANYONE sing - it is a dirge from the heart.
@pavelstrebl88977 жыл бұрын
Leen Hintjens cdrrffd
@tommydfer97187 жыл бұрын
Leen Hintjens
@adda72567 жыл бұрын
*SHE STAR ABSOLUTEEEEEEE!*
@malekmaximum7 жыл бұрын
Well said. I don't think she could write a song like this if she was just an ordinary person
@dannyv.b74526 жыл бұрын
Hye miss Leen.Personnaly I dont think she was that angry,mad ,insecure or desillusioned'bout what what happened there;than she would have been like that all her carreer i think,cause lots of people act somehow confused when they notice that they're are actually facing an artist wich is not like the others.Also she had,in my opinion,way more than that roalty in her voice and emotion and a dirge in her singing;though you express it well.I think she was even a visioanaire..Like they make'm only once in a hunderd year.Ella & Aretha for example were giants ,but Nina..hard to describe.Not of this earth..i hope you dont mind i supplemented your comment.. : ) By theway,are you Belgian-Flamish perhaps?My father got Belgian roots(my mom is black) and i've been living there.I recognised the Dutch linguistic spell in your name : -) Kind regards Danny Van Baekel
@annonymously1778Ай бұрын
" it is meant for a Queen, and I AM a Queen "
@peterdenhartoog10 жыл бұрын
queen off my feelings, i had the honner of meeting this great soul in amsterdam, cafe alto ,thank you god, if i listen to this lady singing, i cry, and be thankfull.
@Nerudah6 жыл бұрын
Peter Denhartoog Damn ik wist niet zij daar had opgetreden. Wat ik niet zou geven om dat mee te mogen maken!
@detriablair97155 жыл бұрын
Such a blessing to meet such an Extraordinary Woman.
@yolandag57565 жыл бұрын
This was a song originally written by Janis Ian but my god, Nina made it her own! The emotion, the arrangement of the music, everything is exceptional
@theChrisCroft4 жыл бұрын
yes - though check out Janis's original version too - possibly even better...!!
@massiahgrom10 ай бұрын
I'm a huge Janis Ian fan
@randallfrank5682 Жыл бұрын
Yes, you are a queen Nina. Thank you for sharing your talent.
@alanizy1007 ай бұрын
I spoke with John Handy, he said there was a show at Carnegie Hall who had the likes of Thelonious Monk etc, the last one to perform was much of an unknown. She blew them all away! It was Nina Simone
@nnekadowney65497 жыл бұрын
beauty is subjective. Nina has an inner beauty that projects outward. that the kind of beauty that is timeless. God bless her.
@Kat-mh5kj6 жыл бұрын
i actually think she was beautiful outside no matter inside
@dougdavidson32605 жыл бұрын
Yes beauty is subjective. Nina was beautiful inside and out. I find her striking and mysterious.
@michaelgriffin15055 жыл бұрын
Can't listen to it without tears flooding my eyes. She seems to embrace human destiny in all its beauty and tragedy.
@indiahaze21974 жыл бұрын
Yes
@DaaTwah4 жыл бұрын
Say it brother. It would nice to just for sake of loving. No one looking for reasons of returns.
@davidb96144 жыл бұрын
I sure wouldn't go that far
@michaelgriffin15054 жыл бұрын
@@davidb9614 Well, deep down we're not all the same. It takes different keys to open different hearts.
@johnchalker5330 Жыл бұрын
This is a true lady and I have loved her to bits for over 50 years.