nina simone - 'four women'

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There is always time for Nina Simone.

nina simone - 'the ballad of hollis brown'

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A live version of an under-rated classic from Nina Simone. It always seems to me that Dylan's songs are invariably better when sung by someone else.

nina simone - 'don't smoke in bed (live at carnegie hall)'

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It's a terribly sad tune with lyrics as if written as a goodbye note to her husband but the tempo probably suits most people's moods on a Sunday evening and it does have extended piano playing from the incomparable Ms Simone. 

nina simone - 'here comes the sun'

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She's not wrong.

nina simone - 'feeling good (bassnectar remix)'

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Oh yes!. When the bass kicks in, you know it's going to be an awesome remix.

nina simone - 'backlash blues'

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Nina takes on Chicago Blues and wins by a knockout.

nina simone - 'feelings'

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From a live performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival. I don't think I've seen a more mesmerising performance by any musician ever. She berates the audience for being robots, demands they clap, questions the need for a song with lyrics such as this, she is godly. She soars, she swoops, she pauses, she blows all others away and the final note that she holds....wow!

misunderstood in so many ways

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Here are 2 very different versions of an absolute classic. It's amazing that Nina Simone can give so much to a song in such different ways.