Nina Simone "Love Me Or Leave Me" on The Ed Sullivan Show
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2 жыл бұрынNina Simone "Love Me Or Leave Me" on The Ed Sullivan Show, September 11, 1960. Subscribe now to never miss an update: ume.lnk.to/EdSullivanSubscribe
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@hnc52 2 жыл бұрын
Great performance. Nina's piano skills are amazing. Her classical training is on full display here.
@petersumner7367 2 жыл бұрын
FACK ME Yes!!
@rickyratte5643 Жыл бұрын
Does she play two Songs in her Solo? Sounds like
@MTMF.london Жыл бұрын
@@rickyratte5643 No
@canterlevi Жыл бұрын
@@rickyratte5643 She’s improvising a kind of fugue in the style of JS Bach. That’s why it sounds like two songs- it’s two subjects, or ‘themes’ being played together. The guitarist is also joining in. Amazing.
@rickyratte5643 Жыл бұрын
@@canterlevi danke für die freundliche Antwort 🙏
@mistery-ed7900 2 жыл бұрын
Nina Simone was a unique talent.
@ssinssg 2 жыл бұрын
The difficulty of improvising counterpoint....there's really no way to express what a masterpiece this is.
@mozellephilpart1726 Жыл бұрын
Yes it is! She was truly gifted!😊❤🎹
@samuellaz Жыл бұрын
You really think that was improvised? I think it was premeditated for sure
@ssinssg Жыл бұрын
@@samuellaz "premeditated" and "improvised" are not mutually exclusive. You must not be a musician lol, and certainly not trained at all in improvisation. Sit this one out, chief.
@canterlevi Жыл бұрын
@@samuellaz Improvisation requires practice. 🙂
@olliemartinelli4034 Жыл бұрын
@@ssinssg Bro how could this be improvised, the guitar imitates the harmony and the rhythm perfectly in sync with her. It's clearly a pre-planned solo
@johnbrooker1552 4 күн бұрын
Breath-taking performer. Every time I watch her she blows me away.
@lilychu8912 2 жыл бұрын
I had read she was a piano prodigy but had a difficult time getting in to a conservatory because of her ethnicity when she was young. So cool to see her play in this video.
@sidecar7714 2 жыл бұрын
What a lot of nonsense you believe.
@jacobbullock2070 2 жыл бұрын
@@sidecar7714 the Curtis Institute of Music rejected her admission in 1951 on the basis of her race.
@sidecar7714 2 жыл бұрын
@@jacobbullock2070 Why did they accept earlier African American candidates then?
@ettoredipugnar6990 2 жыл бұрын
She was told by a professor at the Curtis institute In Philadelphia that no one would pay to see and hear a colored woman to play Bach . Can you imagine that ?
@sidecar7714 2 жыл бұрын
@@ettoredipugnar6990 No, because it’s bullshit. The Curtis Institute had previously admitted African American candidates.
@keithsouthgate67 Жыл бұрын
Absolute diamond performance... Even though Nina is well known, I believe her skill as a pianist is greatly unappreciated...
@imjustlooking888 2 жыл бұрын
The portmento classical technique, the Baroque counterpoint motives, mixed with the jazz improvisation! The girl was BAD!!!! 👊🏽
@robthebold4589 2 жыл бұрын
Wow! Watch her go from a simple one hand melody into Bach-style!!
@lisablack8804 2 жыл бұрын
Miss. Nina Simone was a classically trained pianist. There was no hard part for her dear.
@mozellephilpart1726 2 жыл бұрын
Gifted!😊❤🎹
@1jesus2music3duke 2 жыл бұрын
@@lisablack8804 if we’re talking Bachian fugue, there are hard parts for everyone
@ron42nm 2 жыл бұрын
@@willzimjohn Nope. It's all her on piano. There's another instrument with her, but the piano is all her.
@curtisrowe3 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely Awesome
@AriaElan Жыл бұрын
Ancestor Nina Simone was a musical genius. Her savant abilities on the piano, vocal phrasing and tone are all working in concert on this performance.
@Ghostmanriding Жыл бұрын
Brilliant comment!
@AriaElan Жыл бұрын
@@Ghostmanriding thank you! She was a brilliant artist. RIP
@sophiusdynami3401 11 ай бұрын
She's an elder, not an ancestor 😢😢!! I love her do much
@Tigerwarhawk 10 ай бұрын
Well said.
@bie589 8 ай бұрын
Maravilhosa!
@samson3000 Жыл бұрын
Can we take a moment to commend Ed Sullivan for putting this incredible talent on his show, during a time when performers of her caliber were virtually absent from network television merely because of the color of their skin?
@jody8526937 10 ай бұрын
The idea that black performers were excluded from television performances is not based in fact. Sullivan was exceptional but Nina was quite well know in the sixties and was on television somewhat frequently considering she never had a top 10 or and 1 top 20 hit popular chart record in the USA. Her highest. USA chart position was 18. She did hit #2 on R & B chart wit “Porgy” and #8 R & B with Young, Gifted and Black. Despite her great talent commercial success was elusive. In England she was far more popular on the popular charts: "To Love Somebody" reaching #5 and "Ain't Got No, I Got Life"(1969) reaching #2. Urban audiences didn’t support the “High Priestess Of Soul” as much as you would think??
@ClaLu Жыл бұрын
The absolute BEST version of this song. Nina Simone made it hers! Genius!
@silverbrahmapaolino9528 4 күн бұрын
Absolutely wonderful….nothing compares to her❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@patrickryan1515 6 ай бұрын
A LADY who most definitely knew what she was about. SUPERB TALENT!!!
@petebrowne9918 2 жыл бұрын
Oh how I love her voice! It is so rich and unique, but infused with so many different styles.The sound is like a neoclassical soul.
@kasday369 Жыл бұрын
Sheer GENIUS!!!!! I "discovered" her in 1969 when I was 16 years old. For many years, I never knew anyone who was familiar with her -- let alone her work. I had all of her albums, and could listen endlessly.
@hamburgareable 2 жыл бұрын
Nina Simone was one of a kind!
@LadyPapaMayodora 2 жыл бұрын
I wish this could be remastered because this is hands down the best version
@deantheodosiou2886 9 ай бұрын
Every time I hear this, Ms. Simone blows me away. EVERY TIME.
@femamend 3 ай бұрын
Watching Nina all day today is a treat. Her piano work here is unparalleled, but her voice only gets bigger and more beautiful as the years go on.
@DavidRichardson95 2 жыл бұрын
Super rare treat. Had no idea the High Priestess of Soul made an appearance on the show in her early career. 60 years later it still holds up.
@ksair6399 9 ай бұрын
Amazing…makes you stop and pause. Supreme talent.
@IRP01 2 жыл бұрын
wicked concoction of classical and jazz
@withgoddess1119 2 жыл бұрын
She turned it into a minuet on a harpsichord. 💝
@tonyramirez768 10 ай бұрын
A glance/ tribute/ gift for the great J. S. Bach😊
@lisablack8804 2 жыл бұрын
Miss. Nina Simone such a beautiful talented woman just lovely.
@tommyhaynes9157 2 жыл бұрын
She does a classical style straight time solo over a swing rhythm and it works out great
@agt5jx87 Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@leebo8079 Жыл бұрын
Breaks character into a full fledged improv classic pianist then slips back into her day job! Just WoW 🙌🙌🙌
@vintageloftnyllcbrooklynny6462 Жыл бұрын
There has been no one who can compare to her. She was living in more than one world.
@whatsupwithdjpodcast Жыл бұрын
Nina is amazing... her talent, her voice, and her beauty are all exquisite! It's sad what she had to undertake due to her natural complexion and facial features. I can only imagine the conversation between Ms. Simone and her manager asking her to lighten her skin with makeup to appease the producers of the Ed Sullivan Show so she could appear for this performance.
@pebkit6763 Жыл бұрын
Is this something that just came out of your head? Where did you find that information?
@sblumenstein6688 Жыл бұрын
Ed Sullivan was committed to civil rights and put many people of color on his show when others wouldn’t.
@thefatlazycat838 Жыл бұрын
Back when people actually needed raw talent to become a star. Artists back in those times didn’t need auto-tune. They just had the God given talent!! I’m only 18 but this is exactly why I will always listen to older music from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s because music was better back in those days. And the musicians could really sing and they played actual instruments!
@nympholepticmonkey352 Жыл бұрын
Amen brother!🙌👍✌️
@williamtsanders Жыл бұрын
do you play?
@josealejandro2649 Жыл бұрын
Love that this is coming from a youngster
@lowellcalavera6045 Жыл бұрын
God, shut up.
@tsu08761e 9 ай бұрын
this is a very naive mindset, i hope you realize that as you get older
@jonathanraos435 10 ай бұрын
I discovered Nina Simone in the 1980’s working in a French Bistro playing on a ‘reel to reel’. Such a force and ‘completely misunderstood’ through much of her career. Little Girl Blue remains my favourite album. A sublime genius
@johnburns2940 Жыл бұрын
Gurl can you hear me? That was an awesome performance. And we got it, to listen to, till the end of time. Thank you for that 💜🙏🤟
@animegirl2245 2 жыл бұрын
She was before my time, but I really adore her.
@cococheesesticks 2 ай бұрын
That woman could play the piano! Wow !
@zaphbrox8239 Жыл бұрын
Whoa! That interlude! What an amazing piece. Got goosebumps. Played it over and over again.
@mmponty 2 жыл бұрын
Her time feel is what I find most special, especially the juxtaposition of the freedom (voice) and metronomic (piano; counterpoint improvisations, specifically). Does anyone know who the guitarist is (contributing to the counterpoint bits)?
@mohini123456 Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful talent . She could be a concert pianist easily. Bach style baroque at it's best . ❤❤❤❤❤
@DaughterOfChrist1997 Жыл бұрын
I love this song, but I’ve never seen someone style it so fantastically!!!!! What a maestro she is, Ms Nina Simone 🙌✨👑
@astrid4532 Жыл бұрын
Second to none. We miss u, Simone. Yr talent was just incredible. May yr beautiful soul rest in peace. U r simply awesome.
@edgardopaladino4502 11 ай бұрын
Is my first time listening Nina Simone, im from Argentine, im listening tango and yt recomend this video. Amazing
@shamicehargrove7803 Жыл бұрын
If I could sum it up in one word, I would say this performance is simply sensational. Her piano playing skills are impeccable. And to think, that's all she really wanted to do. She never even wanted to sing, but orchestras & symphonies wouldn't give a black woman a chance back then. She really did pave the way for great artists to come & made the veterans before her, proud. I know I am extremely proud of the true musician she was.✊🏾 p.s. I'm glad they made her sing. I love her voice.❤
@xjazz666 2 жыл бұрын
She has two independent brains, one for the right hand and other one for left hand. Extra-natural!
@tommyhaynes9157 2 жыл бұрын
No three.....another for her singing
@DNSX926 Жыл бұрын
she's absolutely perfect
@Debryantop2 Жыл бұрын
Que gran soundtrack escogió el profe O’FARRIL para su intervención, 20/10 es GOD y cine
@mommyslover717 7 ай бұрын
She was underated genius
@svetlanapil8089 Жыл бұрын
I heard this song for the first time in one of the bookstores in Paris and was enchanted by it. At that moment I already lived in US for 18 years but never heard of her. Later I learned that she was so active for the black people rights, and got burned out by constantly hitting the wall, to the point of nervous breakdown. She moved to Africa, and then her friends helped her to get back on stage this time in Europe, so she bacame quite popular over there but in US basically forgotten. No wonder I didn't come accross her songs earlier.
@kevingoins9858 2 жыл бұрын
One of a kind Miss Simone
@krissmgvlogs 2 жыл бұрын
oh wow, footage I have never seen before. This is fantastically wonderful. Loved it!!
@DefendUSA1776 2 жыл бұрын
It is criminal that this video has only 34,000 views! Nina at her best!
@steveweinstein3222 10 ай бұрын
As I write this, it has nearly 500,000 views.
@eagarde 11 ай бұрын
Shes the greatest. She sings, plays a mean piano and composes. Tripple threat.
@Alexardelean89 4 ай бұрын
She’s a legendary icon.
@slovitzmusic8201 8 ай бұрын
God bless you Miss Simone
@paolo9249 6 ай бұрын
A voice for the Souls of everybody .....
@edsantana1973 Жыл бұрын
Wow…the fugue improvisation in the bridge is mind blowing what a real talent….
@mayag224 Жыл бұрын
I actually teared up watching this. What a genius.
@MADOUT_VPS 2 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@olgakhurumova6601 2 ай бұрын
настоящее искусство... вечно... браво ...
@kuttaranks5654 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Ms Simone for paving the way your still one of the greatest ever!
@l.torrence4603 2 жыл бұрын
She was amazing on that piano.
@charlesegbunike3820 3 ай бұрын
Genius at work!!
@iraklitsotskhalashvili3912 Жыл бұрын
Thank God that we can enjoy beauty
@nexxirg1826 2 ай бұрын
Es lo más egregio que se puede ver y escuchar. Gracias eternas, Nina.
@Pinco-xg2ol 7 ай бұрын
Pure art
@SimonYoungOFFICIAL Жыл бұрын
What a genius! Pure euphoria!
@willemvanasveldt7131 2 жыл бұрын
So beauiful. She always will br my favorite singer and pianoplayer.
@mahailonknight8361 Жыл бұрын
Wow… I keep rewinding the piano solo parts it amazes me how she play
@RichardJones-hy9sx 5 күн бұрын
Raw talent
@pattymcneel1283 2 ай бұрын
OMG I must investigate her further! ❤
@mozellephilpart1726 2 жыл бұрын
Nina Simone was musically gifted!❤😊🎹
@baglady2652 2 жыл бұрын
Once in a lifetime artist
@lolanekrasova2870 9 ай бұрын
My forever favorite musician ❤
@astrid4532 Жыл бұрын
You could easily have been an Arthur Rubinstein, if not for the unfortunate times, u lived in, when black artist were not allowed to play classical music. Bless u, Nina. U continue to live on forever our hearts.
@oneandmanyjimmyjames Жыл бұрын
Ughhhhh such a Majestic Talented Artist. She’s so brilliant it hurts. ❤
@ericbush6124 2 жыл бұрын
Epic performance and Brilliant Talent Beautiful Nina
@troyancheta3803 Жыл бұрын
Amazing Piano/guitar solo.
@Kavinskie Жыл бұрын
Yes, thank you. I knew there is a guitar playing alongside the piano solo. So many people think it's only Simone playing the solo.
@DodoJeremias-ny7wp 3 ай бұрын
Será que hoje em dia veremos talentos comos esses! Perfeito!
@marc-antoinelopez5689 2 жыл бұрын
The great Nina Simone
@brucepappas6298 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent piano player
@QueenZsWorld 6 ай бұрын
INCREDIBLE ON THE KEYS
@walterwallace4913 Ай бұрын
***Wowzers***
@1mochadelightable Жыл бұрын
Another great moment in Blk History 365…. This woman is a known classically trained pianist but the industry did not know how to market her b/c she was black! So, they threw her into Jazz but she REMIXED & showcased her talent every chance she could👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾✊🏽✊🏿✊🏿✊🏾
@lauraj.4054 Жыл бұрын
Gorgeous, brilliant and unique Nina Simone! Incredible genius and a gifted 'force of nature'!! ❤🎶🧠🎹💯👏 I will admire her until my time comes. 🤗😇
@robingagan6288 Жыл бұрын
I think the Ed Sullivan show was the best show ever
@ShallowExistence Жыл бұрын
My favorite Nina song
@nenacosta2168 Жыл бұрын
I agree with you! Simply the best!
@notyourbiz235 Жыл бұрын
World class
@sanfordpress8943 Жыл бұрын
A brilliant person. Brilliant.
@frogwaffle7 Жыл бұрын
Three minute and three seconds of pure gold!....and hey wow what a solo !!!
@peterjohnlerum6580 2 жыл бұрын
This song slaps especially as I’m walking through NYC
@paulina-np6ln Жыл бұрын
Gran cierre para Ricardo O'farrill 😢
@user-ff4bs6yx7r 3 ай бұрын
Fantástica! Bravo🎉🎉
@APR944 2 ай бұрын
Gorgeous ✨✨
@KATKattalestv Жыл бұрын
Outstanding.She played as she was,💜😻 Superior
@robertomanganaro6462 5 ай бұрын
AMAZING VOICE AND PIANO ORCHESTRA AS WELL
@moryan6447 4 ай бұрын
The one, the only!
@summeraustin1800 7 ай бұрын
beautiful, and very talented
@jamesz.williams8746 Жыл бұрын
To bad I never saw her at a Kennedy Center Honors. She’s very deserving.
@baglady2652 2 жыл бұрын
Bad ass queen
@fernandoiturburu3718 4 ай бұрын
That was wonderful!!
@jfacts2113 9 ай бұрын
what a bloody masterpiece!
@MatthiasHaim 4 ай бұрын
Bach and Simone two genieße combined.
@carlkelso938 Жыл бұрын
Love classical influences in the piano work.❤
@DiegoHC260 Жыл бұрын
Vengo del live de Richi o’ Farrill 😢
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