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Topic History of: 57 years ago tomorrow Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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JK2006
Yes Nina's version is definitely Marmite. It's my favourite (I love the way she goes out of tune on "tune". She turns it into a Black Power anthem; brave in 1965. And gives a very clear indication of her interpretation on what it was meant.
Green Man
Wyot wrote: Good grief sorry but that Nina Simone cover is one of the strangest, most grating things I have ever heard; and I like the original song and Simone!
It could be my Auntie Jean singing it after a few too many sherries at Christmas...
Let me guess something from the Macallan line.
I bet Hock never passed the Wyot threshold.
Wyot
Good grief sorry but that Nina Simone cover is one of the strangest, most grating things I have ever heard; and I like the original song and Simone!
It could be my Auntie Jean singing it after a few too many sherries at Christmas...
Honey
JK2006 wrote: Check out Nina Simone's version Honey. And Marlene Dietrich's if you can find it.
It might be bizarre, (I love it)but Nina Simone doesn't misinterpret it as a love song, which is the problem for most. (In my head. No idea what you actually meant, obviously )
The Marlene Dietrich version is perfect in every way. I wish I could find the studio version.
JK2006
Check out Nina Simone's version Honey. And Marlene Dietrich's if you can find it.