Who is still listening to this in 2023??? 😍

I came here from the ending of the documentary

I cry when I hear this, only soulful beings understands!!

I love how she loses herself in this song

How was this not officially released?? It's probably my favorite Simone performance. Every phrase gives me goosebumps. Genius.

Be transformed by the renewing of your mind

i can't stop coming back to this video. it gives me so much life. so much energy. so much hope. it makes me feel alive. thank you nina simone.

She took it back to her southern baptist church roots!

That's the most high in full effect mixed with a sprinkling of the ancestors.

always cry watching this. she was amazing.

The Holy Spirit took over. I have played this clip almost everyday!!!! Power, anointing and Grace!!!!

God, I wish I could have been there for that performance.

I wish this entire performance was available somewhere. Wow. She is wearing this OUT!!!!!

I thought it was impossible to fall in love with someone you have never met but then I found Nina

spirits are moving in here.. ;)

So powerful. She suffered so much for being ahead of her time. Wow!

She couldn't hold it... she surrendered ...... I only wish I could be that vulnerable

Pure raw soul & talent this got me in tears

Nina Simone was just beyond poetic. This version is much powerful than the original recording and lyrics. I can feel her sadness, happiness, and pain.

Netflix has a documentary on her called, "What Happened Miss Simone." I didn't really know much about her other than seeing some album covers that my mother had of her when I was growing up. Her story is somewhat sad. Makes me appreciate her and what she went through. I came here to find this video. There's a clip of it in the film. I got tickled when I saw it because she is really feeling the music...so much so that it makes you feel it along with her.

Listening in 2020 and this performance makes me so emotional with all the things happening, we're still on the march to freedom to this day

I would kill for a high quality version of this

still listening in 2024- just finished the documentary again ❤

God and The Ancestors did that ...beautiful

I saw Nina Simone on concert in Oslo in 1990 or '91. Before or since, I have never seen a better concert by any artist anywhere.

This is from the 1970 TV special "An Historical Perspective", produced by Peter Aristotle Rodis, Emmy nominated, that featuring interviews and rare performances filmed at Westbury Music Fair, The Village Gate and other locations in 1968 and 1969. The entire documentary is available on Vimeo, on Google Video and on DVD "To Be Free" by Legacy Recordings 2008.

Love this performance!!! I could feel her wanting to shake free whatever was holding on to her!! Very powerful

This feels and sounds like church. This performance resonated with my spirit in the same way that "Lift Every Voice and Sing" does.

Only Nina Simone and Al Green get the spirit onstage and don't care if the world witnesses it.

Nina must of summoned a parade of ol’spirits that night!! Powerful magical soul she was, is, always!!

This is the call and response that Africans had way prior to "The Church". This is us thousands of years ago being taken to a higher plane, the drums and the tribal call and response. This is our spirituality ...

I love people singing with her, this is my favorite version

Sing so much better I dance so much better, yeah I’d be a little more free A little less me x2 now A little less bitter One day I thought I could fly One day I woke up and I could fly I looked down at the sea And I would know myself I’d have no hands I’d have no feet I’d have New vision My eyes would be open a little better Bible says x2 Be transformed by the renewing of your mind x2 Be easy Don’t get in my way (Wouldn’t I know) Ah nah nah nah nah For once in my life For once in my whole life I would know how it would feel To be free

Let ur spirit be transformed by the renewing of ur mind! Such a good Bible reference!

Such a haunting version. I love the feel of this version.

Where have our Soul Awareness gone of 60's and 70's ? Have we taken things for granted today ?Have we forgotten ?

Great ending to a documentary !!!!

She didn't just have a good singing voice, but she also had a charisma that very few people have. You definitely notice this charisma here, and it is breathtaking.

Tears Tears Tears...she touch my Heart deeply...because she is Just one of the Amazing Artist that i know

This is the beginning and the end. The Holy Spirit itself flowing through her. Gives me so much life every time I watch it.

You can really feel the emotion.

One of the few clips I see Nina beeing happy Great star forever u are

I love this song

Still one of the best recordings ever, that guitar is just pyre gold

Sitting here with tears in my eyes. One day I believe we'll know. 🙏🏾

Probably the best thing on the internet

one of the best live performances i have ever seen

Netflix brought me here: What Happened, Miss Simone? She was a Genius. Her LEGACY will LIVE on. When Curtis Institute declined to admit her when she was 19 because of racism, she persevered. Thank you God for the powerful messages and activism that she courageously exemplified during the years✊🏾

Tha bible says be transformed by the renewin' of yo mind when i hear Nina sing it sends a chill up my spine and half tha' time i on't even know tha' time but i still know what time it is could i dig any deeper in my soul for these rhymes Lord knows its dwellin' in me within' me's a gold mine jus' waitin' to be struck keep the ultimate goal in mind.........

Such a strong beautiful woman and what a pioneer for the black race. makes me proud r.i.p Nina Simone

That NC gospel is everything in this song... The holy spirit showed up 1:10 ...you can see it moved within her. and she could not sit still... Glory....... RIP ....Nina you are free now

MY GOD, THIS BRINGS ME TO TEARS EVERY TIME! I wish that the ENTIRE song was somewhere. It used to be online and it disappeared! If you have it, know it, PLEASE LINK ME! This song, sang by this woman, this night, is PURE GOSPEL!

Thank you God for using her for your glory rain down holy ghost be ye transformed by the renewing of the mind

12 years later & this song Still touches my soul❤❤

Hmmmmm...I notice a few "down-votes." While I'm not someone who typically takes notice of that, I must say, I question the soul and inner-vision of anyone who actually watches this and down-votes it. In fact, I'd assume they were deficient of both. There is something uniquely powerful in this performance...her deep breathe at 1:09 was a great precursor to her letting herself go, giving herself over to the rhythm, emotion, and meaning of the song. Such a raw performance. Reminds me of a few performances of similar emotion that I've seen from Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder. All true artists. Respect to them all.

This speaks to my soul!! What a legacy... 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 she was force, her spirit is timeless ❤️❤️❤️

I would give anything to find a video of this entire concert. The energy must have been intense the whole performance!

I think about my father when she talks about having new hands, feet, new vision. He passed in 2007. Diabetes caused the amputation of both legs and they wanted to take one of his hands. He was tired of them cutting on him. 😢. But I know today he’s renewed fully.

I am, like many folks here, watching this on a daily basis. It's insanely powerful.. Clearly I need to watch the documentary to get some more context about this performance, however even with NO context this just about blows away any live performance I've ever seen for pure unbridled passion. I love this so so much.

The holy spirit was there, yes a revelation!!!!!

I am transformed after watchin this...

When the anointing is on you, it's on you!!!

This song was played at Comrad George Jackson's funeral @ St. Augustine Church in Oakland California in 1971! This song was born from the spilled blood of the Black Power movement. R.I.P. George Jackson, R.I.P. Jonothan Jackson, R.I.P. Fred Hampton, R.I.P. Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter, R.I.P Young Bobby Hutton, R.I.P. Martin Luther King JR. R.I.P. Nina Simone

Seeing her humanity freely on display gets me emotional .

This words , this performance, this song. It´s all so powerful that give´s me strenght to continue my life no matter what happens!!!!

Literal chills ❤

This is just amazing, I wish I could see the whole video. Love Nina Best regards from Brazil, thank you for fighting for equal rights.

I have been looking for this version of the song for a very long time. I'm such a fan of Nina Simone, her brilliance keeps shine long last her life span. Wow what artistry

That's us and she represent who we are really. She represent the nature of our Blackness and the varied perspectives and differences from every living form. What an artist that existed in this planet.

man this is true gospel music reminds me of my childhood in church love it real spiritual music

🎶”Dont get in my way!...🎶 Yassss that’s when it turned into something deeper. Spiritual..

Perfect song for my generation and what’s going on today like old people say the real music gone stay around.

Es la versión más cargada de energía de esta canción, la amo.

Gss, i cant help myself of crying when I listen to this.

Oh yes, Nina. I miss you...Happy Birthday, it would have been your 86th.

so what we see here is her undeniable spirit and also the manic high that expresses itself in the very talented. its a gift from god , BUT IT COMES WITH A PRICE! ive been a devoted fan for decades. this is one tough woman. peeled from her minister parents at the age of 3 by two WHITE women, showing great promise as concert pianist. she was full of spirit and faith and a great desire to retrieve from society what these two women stole from her. her culture, her heritage. but her shows of rage and anger towards white people denied her publicity, the media stone cold fearful of an on air interview, etc. God bless her, she was assigned body guards only to protect her fan base from assault. most everyone was clueless back then and now discourage the fact that she was BI-POLAR! I LOVE HER, I wish she were here to put a face on this condition. she is the most talented and hard to believe all this beauty packed into one person.

This gives me chills every time

I wish I could have been there to witness this. It's one of those engaging performances.

In one word: EXTRAORDINARY!

First came across this in the Netflix documentary. Time and time again I need to watch it to remind me that we are transformed by a renewal of the mind

I get chills every time I listen to this. One of the best performances I've ever heard. So honest and powerful.

I saw a documentary about Nina Simone. I've never heard her sing before til I saw the documentary. Wow she was gifted and dedicated in music. Now I know what a great artist is.

This NEVER gets old, I've listened to this so much lately!!

INCREDIBLE VIDEO!!!

I absolutely love, love this video!

Nobody has sat themselves into there music more than this woman, and that's a hard thing to do. Wish I was there.

#tears #feelings...Miss Nina Simone what are you doing to my soul...!

Incroyable Nina Simone ! Merci à l'auteur de ce post ;)

I needed this today. 🕊

No one comes close……… NINA on FIRE!

Thanks for posting author of this Video post.

i will forever love this.

Gives me goosebumps ❤💯

beautiful moments, from a beautiful voice. ;D

She's amazing!!!!!❤

can never get enough of nina

you ve done a wondeful thing posting this ,thx, immense woman.

She is amazing!!!!

very beautiful

it's that moment at 1:10... you see her moved and transformed by the spirit of the beautiful music she is making with her team of musicians and with the audience. This is such a wild, pure, fantastic performance. I as well watch it over and over and over... Anyone know where the clip is taken from and does the whole show, or at least the whole song, exist anywhere?