Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free) (Live at Montreux, 1976)

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Watch Nina Simone perform “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free” live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1976
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Music video by Nina Simone performing I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free) (Live). © 2006 Montreux Sounds, S.A., under exclusive license to Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.
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  • @NinaSimoneMusic
    @NinaSimoneMusic3 жыл бұрын

    What is your favorite live performance from the High Priestess of Soul?

  • @nightdruid540

    @nightdruid540

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Stars... they come and go*

  • @bellamckinnon8655

    @bellamckinnon8655

    3 жыл бұрын

    Smart Monkey oh that was a beautiful rendition of Ian’s song - really really fitting

  • @Missjunebugfreak

    @Missjunebugfreak

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mississippi Goddamn

  • @thandolwethuntombela8691

    @thandolwethuntombela8691

    3 жыл бұрын

    I loves you Porgy will always take the cake

  • @andrewemitt68

    @andrewemitt68

    3 жыл бұрын

    Can we please get the 1968 Montreux version of "I wish I knew how it would feel to be free"???

  • @kta0702
    @kta07022 ай бұрын

    She is the embodiment of cathartic release. The release of all emotion to purge out every pent up aggression, sadness, joy etc. This woman is timeless

  • @Thacarshee
    @ThacarsheeАй бұрын

    Nina is always about peace and freedom. I'm a 24 year old man my eyes got wet by looking at her, Her passion and her voice is extremely beautiful. She's art. I will always love HIGH PRIESTESS OF SOUL.

  • @gameoftomes14
    @gameoftomes14Ай бұрын

    2024 and I’m glad there’s almost 3 million views for this epic performance.

  • @rickypt07
    @rickypt0710 ай бұрын

    It’s because of videos like this that I’m grateful for KZread otherwise I probably would never see this. 🤩☺️

  • @valentingregordieunifyingv5206

    @valentingregordieunifyingv5206

    3 ай бұрын

    You're absolutely nailing it!

  • @musiclover-cn7tb

    @musiclover-cn7tb

    3 ай бұрын

    Yesss it's amazing

  • @musiclover-cn7tb

    @musiclover-cn7tb

    3 ай бұрын

    I know the artist's estates should release wonderful gems for fans to purchase on video.

  • @dbsirius
    @dbsirius3 жыл бұрын

    She's singing as though she's gazing out the window and hoping.

  • @edwinrivera1123

    @edwinrivera1123

    3 жыл бұрын

    She's the best that's ever done it

  • @pissonthefloo

    @pissonthefloo

    3 жыл бұрын

    exactly. hoping for something more.

  • @josegabrielsilva5221

    @josegabrielsilva5221

    3 ай бұрын

    They way you put it is so beautiful and poetic

  • @BLCKSQR

    @BLCKSQR

    2 ай бұрын

    there's no hope in her message. just pure freedom

  • @peymonmaskan8393
    @peymonmaskan8393Ай бұрын

    One of the greatest live performances I’ve ever seen. Just showed my 3 year old son.

  • @teamcrumb
    @teamcrumb3 жыл бұрын

    the energy she puts into expressing black collective pain and her own pain with THE most crystal clear strength and beauty and talent is almost a form of kindness so many of us don't deserve. i wish in some ways she never had to burn so brightly in all that fear and darkness. love you forever, Simone

  • @sretenvujkovic9980

    @sretenvujkovic9980

    3 жыл бұрын

    S

  • @rorymarcel228

    @rorymarcel228

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@fareshajjar1208 she literally talked about her experience as a black person and for you to say being black was an asset while she got death threats and ridiculed till her dying day because of her day features is mine bending. Her simple expressing that black people should me treated like human almost ruin her career and her didn’t get her money until her last decade. If you don’t know anything please-do everyone a favor and hush .

  • @paperbagman1248

    @paperbagman1248

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@fareshajjar1208 Lol what? So let me get this straight your position is that you believe a poor black kid born in North Carolina during Jim Crow/segregation had more opportunities than the white kids in her town?? Do I need to explain why that's wrong? Also if your primary point is that the local piano teacher was kind enough to take Nina in as a student free of charge shows why Nina was given an opportunity most other kids would not have got, then I agree. But if you're using this one argument to show how Nina somehow had more opportunities than white kids (again during Jim Crow) then you are being completely disingenuous because you are not bringing up all the opportunities the white kids had that Nina did not. Also if you are using the argument to show why Nina's blackness gave her a "HUGE" advantage then you are again wrong. The teacher didn't take Nina in because she was black, she took her in because she was talented. Also no pain from being black??? The reason Nina is performing at montruex (which is in Switzerland) in this video is because she was essentially black listed from radio in the US after releasing "Mississippi Goddamn." in an attempt to essentially ruin her career/silence her. Keep in mind that radio was the heart of the music industry in the 60s/70s. This, along with the treatment of the civil rights protests, made Nina decide to leave the US and move to Africa. If you still don't believe me that a part of Ninas pain derived from racism then listen to "Backlash Blues" from this exact same concert.

  • @mel7ist

    @mel7ist

    2 жыл бұрын

    Her pain translates into beauty

  • @AA-pe9yy

    @AA-pe9yy

    2 жыл бұрын

    ❤️

  • @regand7830
    @regand78303 жыл бұрын

    She makes it look effortless, playing those keys...damn what a talent.

  • @sb_dunk

    @sb_dunk

    3 жыл бұрын

    And singing at the same time too, just incredible.

  • @DumbBaby

    @DumbBaby

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think of Hendrix voice, Ninas piano, MCcartneys bass and Jeff Buckleys guitar skills as all massively underrated because of their other skills.

  • @erickt1974

    @erickt1974

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DumbBaby ok but to be fair pauls probably one of our best memory writers ever so it makes sense for him

  • @twoscoopsmanny1566

    @twoscoopsmanny1566

    3 жыл бұрын

    ...and when you get towards 01:00..., just listen to the next chord... and that long pauseeeeee! Ohhhhhh u beauty! I need not say anymore...

  • @sophelet

    @sophelet

    3 жыл бұрын

    She was trained as a pianist at Juilliard, too.

  • @WoodyPianoShack
    @WoodyPianoShack24 күн бұрын

    let's not overlook what an incredible piano player she is. so tasteful and swinging hard.

  • @TigerDriver66
    @TigerDriver662 ай бұрын

    There was absolutely no one like Nina Simone.

  • @CathyKitson
    @CathyKitson3 жыл бұрын

    "Everybody should be free...because if we ain't, we're murderous". Quite!

  • @janinge8696

    @janinge8696

    3 жыл бұрын

    ok, I thought she said "we murder us". You're welcome to correct me if I'm wrong

  • @CathyKitson

    @CathyKitson

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@janinge8696 haha. But that doesn't really make sense - it's ungrammatical, and why would we want to kill ourselves? You could be right, but I think "murderous" makes more sense. ;)

  • @riahoodlum5698

    @riahoodlum5698

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CathyKitson i take it both ways and anyways grammar is a fools idea. In these hoods we're forced into, children do take eachothers lives.

  • @CathyKitson

    @CathyKitson

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@riahoodlum5698 That's true. It could be either.

  • @yuvals3796

    @yuvals3796

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CathyKitson it is make sense we murder are self inside the soul.

  • @evrydae
    @evrydae3 жыл бұрын

    I could listen to this for the rest of my life.

  • @barbarahofmann1473

    @barbarahofmann1473

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too! :-)

  • @mistyday1236

    @mistyday1236

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @orentedatoru928

    @orentedatoru928

    3 жыл бұрын

    I could listen to it even in death!!!!

  • @WomanOfGod79

    @WomanOfGod79

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yessss!❤

  • @helenkeefe5391

    @helenkeefe5391

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mistyday1236 Me three

  • @CarlaSophieMar
    @CarlaSophieMar3 жыл бұрын

    It's impossible to listen to Nina Simone without feeling all of the feels! This woman was pure raw emotion. An activist through her music. An intense genius!

  • @richardcondon3797

    @richardcondon3797

    2 жыл бұрын

    Rare that use of the language at your level.

  • @yomommastupid
    @yomommastupid3 жыл бұрын

    she was more appreciated outside the USA...even lived in The Netherlands and France where locals became her friends and embraced her till her death...what a QUEEN

  • @capoeirastronaut

    @capoeirastronaut

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same with the blues legends. Racist USA, civil rights era..

  • @christophe3832

    @christophe3832

    3 жыл бұрын

    In Switzerland too

  • @johnboys4697

    @johnboys4697

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because she was an angry woman They didn’t like her in the United States

  • @edwardquaye8312

    @edwardquaye8312

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@johnboys4697 You mean because she was a BLACK WOMAN! BLACK women are not angry 😤

  • @someonesomeone7423

    @someonesomeone7423

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@edwardquaye8312 so you’re saying black women can’t be angry

  • @derekbrou
    @derekbrou3 жыл бұрын

    "everybody should be free cuz if we ain't we're murderers" what badass a line

  • @jarrettdestouet7261

    @jarrettdestouet7261

    4 ай бұрын

    💯

  • @shantelljohnson912
    @shantelljohnson9124 ай бұрын

    They played this as we entered my aunts funeral & it hit hard 😢 wish we could be free like her from so many pains & trials of life

  • @tartouf2
    @tartouf22 ай бұрын

    It's impossible to listen to Nina Simone without feeling the feelings! This woman was pure raw emotion. An activist through her music. An intense genius! The energy she puts into expressing black collective pain and her own pain with THE most crystal-clear strength and beauty and talent is almost a form of kindness so many of us don't deserve. I wish in some ways she never had to burn so brightly in all that fear and darkness.

  • @antoniomerriweather7786
    @antoniomerriweather77863 жыл бұрын

    A song that’ll turn a “tough guy” into a weeping infant! I speak from experience!!!

  • @otiookilo4880

    @otiookilo4880

    2 жыл бұрын

    Brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to this song 😂. The song's lyrics/message, combined with her expressive performance reaches down into your soul to pull up powerful, beautiful, and dark experiences all at the same time. Wow! Thank you for this performance Nina Simone. Rest in peace 🙏🏾.

  • @gbayaraa123
    @gbayaraa123Күн бұрын

    My favorite r&b singer, joy to my ears.

  • @HumptyDumpty-os7ie
    @HumptyDumpty-os7ie9 ай бұрын

    She’s almost detached when playing the piano.. So effortless Brilliant artist Can’t. Be. Touched.

  • @ALYoung-wj8td
    @ALYoung-wj8td3 жыл бұрын

    I just heard about Nina Simone about 2 months ago!! I watched a documentary on Netflix!!What an amazing pianist and singer !! I think she felt strapped down by her abusive husband that only thought about money!! I wish she would have played Carnegie Hall as a classical piano player!! That was her dream for most of her life!!

  • @JT-oc8yt
    @JT-oc8yt3 жыл бұрын

    At one of the darkest times of my life, a mentor of mine recommended this song to me and ever since it has changed my life. I cry every time when I watch this video. Miss Simone was such a beautiful soul that burned so bright.

  • @kettymartire7660
    @kettymartire7660Ай бұрын

    Miss Nina non posso dire quale sia la sua performance più gradita...anche perché lei ha il dono di non suonare mai allo stesso modo un suo brano....io l adoro ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @gerrenmcbryde6013
    @gerrenmcbryde60132 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone else get moved to tears with this one? lol

  • @MJ-dv2gr
    @MJ-dv2gr3 жыл бұрын

    They way she stood up at the end... like she just gave everything she had. What a phenomenal woman!!!

  • @dwightglanville7908

    @dwightglanville7908

    2 жыл бұрын

    N she did! She knew she killed it!

  • @innodeus6694
    @innodeus66943 жыл бұрын

    The message in this songs is a timeless masterpiece. It still resonates strongly in april 2021.

  • @donttryimprotected3246

    @donttryimprotected3246

    3 жыл бұрын

    Here in April 2021 as well🥰

  • @voidhog1028

    @voidhog1028

    2 жыл бұрын

    her message gets more powerful with time. she deserved so much more in her lifetime. the world is a cruel place, built on disturbing power structures that refuse credit to some of the most amazing, gifted and genuinely kind individuals that have existed.

  • @tonywilliams1532

    @tonywilliams1532

    2 жыл бұрын

    Stopped by December 2021 - I agree Inno

  • @voixslupin6240

    @voixslupin6240

    2 жыл бұрын

    Xmas 2021, resonating more and more...

  • @kennyj43

    @kennyj43

    10 ай бұрын

    July 2023, as well, and, I fear, in 2033 and beyond, too, if we don't wake up.

  • @RebeccaEdwardsJamesEdwards
    @RebeccaEdwardsJamesEdwards3 жыл бұрын

    Wow!! Why didn't the world change for the better immediately after Nina Simone sang this?!! She's so incredible! Still important to listen to today (2020).

  • @moe42o

    @moe42o

    3 жыл бұрын

    Especially now!

  • @lewishowe2285

    @lewishowe2285

    3 жыл бұрын

    At least somebody gave it a listen respect Rebecca Edwards share it with your friends and family let's get this heard for Nina's sake she would appreciate highly In my opinion. Spread the love not hate only for those who oppress the masses

  • @diplamatikjuan3595

    @diplamatikjuan3595

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@moe42o especially especially now!

  • @skypekai

    @skypekai

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why now? Black people have all the rights, even preferential treatment.

  • @milesburke3858

    @milesburke3858

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@skypekai they have the rights but are still badly mistreated sometimes. More than white people. They still deserve justice you know... equality...

  • @RealBradMiller
    @RealBradMiller3 жыл бұрын

    The fact that there are people out there that think people of a different color are different or inferior blows my mind. I love you, no matter who you are, or what you think of me.

  • @geospider

    @geospider

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree. It really doesn’t matter what you look like! But- in the recent comments I saw someone say “Since when they grow legs at Hershey’s!” And “All that chocolate running wild!” That’s a disgusting thing to say. Shame on who said that. Someone sharing their experiences to change the world for the better is still judged by what she was trying to be free. Shame!

  • @jeshun7071
    @jeshun70713 жыл бұрын

    Happy heavenly 88th birthday to Nina Simone, who made her mark as a classical, folk, Jazz, Blues singer, also known as the voice of Civil rights in the 60s as she wrote music & songs dedicated to the movement

  • @zuluvegans6897
    @zuluvegans68973 ай бұрын

    I have listened to this here on Earth, and surely will continue to listen to it in the next world. What a bomb, and as cool as she is, it comes out naturally….🎹 It resonates with me well as a middle age South African black dude who grew up under Apartheid. My father used to listen to this master piece every Sunday morning before we went to the Old Apostolic Church …..🎹

  • @zorby6286
    @zorby62862 ай бұрын

    How can so much beauty emanate from just one person?

  • @kstribley1
    @kstribley13 жыл бұрын

    Shivers down the spin and tears to the eye. An incredible, life-changing performance.

  • @JovaCozzo

    @JovaCozzo

    3 жыл бұрын

    I watched it yesterday first time, Im blown away can't stop listening to this live

  • @crystalbuchanan2356

    @crystalbuchanan2356

    3 жыл бұрын

    For me..it truly was last year when I found this gem...Life changing...😊

  • @taz-on-the-looseyusef5526

    @taz-on-the-looseyusef5526

    3 жыл бұрын

    I've just came across this lady, and Im amazed at this talent voice and playing, she was so relaxed

  • @deanmurphy2265

    @deanmurphy2265

    3 жыл бұрын

    ❣️

  • @MrGino714

    @MrGino714

    2 жыл бұрын

    I second that @Kathryn

  • @samuelguillaume9489
    @samuelguillaume94893 жыл бұрын

    When she said, “Spirit is moving now”, I could feel that! You can just feel it.

  • @horaciogonzalez3734

    @horaciogonzalez3734

    3 жыл бұрын

    I love r&b, soul, blues, funk 🥳🥳

  • @ara-pf5zx

    @ara-pf5zx

    3 жыл бұрын

    When she’s just humming the melody after she says that... you can see how she feels it

  • @lewishowe2285

    @lewishowe2285

    3 жыл бұрын

    Powerful soul she is the whole world should listen to what she is saying. Now more than ever

  • @sawtoothiandi

    @sawtoothiandi

    3 жыл бұрын

    bro, im buzzin here right now from that

  • @sawtoothiandi

    @sawtoothiandi

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lewishowe2285 amen

  • @luanalimitlesspossibilitie9269
    @luanalimitlesspossibilitie92692 жыл бұрын

    "Not to be chained to any race, any faith....anything" She 100% understood and was free. So Beautiful 💜🦋💜🦋💜

  • @mrbgr1zzzly218
    @mrbgr1zzzly2183 жыл бұрын

    Ive been depressed really bad..im not black ..but this music is so fucking helpful

  • @levernthompson5577
    @levernthompson55777 күн бұрын

    THE EPITOME' OF EXCELLENCE!!! HALLELUJAH!!!

  • @edwardmaqeda7006
    @edwardmaqeda70063 жыл бұрын

    "Don't lead me" she is listening to everyone while playing her part perfectly

  • @lukeslark

    @lukeslark

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think it's: "Don't leave me" - she's finding her way into this audience and beseeching them to follow her. But "Don't lead me" is just as likely: an admonishment to her drummer not to push the beat.

  • @gregoryborton6598

    @gregoryborton6598

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lukeslark It's hard to tell, but it seems like the drummer was slightly rushing till the "don't lead me" part. I'm not all that sure, but if you're playing in such an intimate duo it's intuition to tell when someone is rushing before it's noticeable to the listener.

  • @John-pg9vk

    @John-pg9vk

    3 жыл бұрын

    Masterful.

  • @tonyb.3796

    @tonyb.3796

    3 жыл бұрын

    I thought I heard “don’t leave me” which was in reference to her singing about the bird in flying the sky. Like “don’t leave me”... I want to fly too. Just a thought.

  • @stonedmermaid6092

    @stonedmermaid6092

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tonyb.3796 that’s whati always thought too

  • @weerob15
    @weerob153 жыл бұрын

    The "eyes" say it all for me - she means it, and she was right and still, unfortunately, very relevant today, some over 40 years later! Keep playing it!

  • @samuelmuiruri4704

    @samuelmuiruri4704

    3 жыл бұрын

    a timeless message, social change is slow, so we repeat one thing like dylan-how many times can a man pretend he does not see?

  • @mollyjaynecallisse2576

    @mollyjaynecallisse2576

    3 жыл бұрын

    Be afraid... very afraid... I tell you there is reason to be. I have seen what is to come. I do not know the exact day or hour but something wicked brewing soon will boil and we whose eyes are wide open must not shut them in fear and we must not turn away from those we mean to embrace even when they and many it will seem at first turn against us because they have more reason to be afraid. Know who you are. Know the truth to be known. Know what you know not. Know all cannot not be known. Be afraid but be bold. Fear has a friend in faith. Believe in the restoration of humanity as a people of many varieties like facets of a gem. We are beautiful together. This is not politics or religion and I'm not claiming super powers. However any may respond, I have no more to say here. Be well, one and all. I love every human, even those who despise me for I believe in the potential of the human spirit until the moment it is extinguished, but I do not entertain affection for the person shaped by a character built of repeatedly practiced conscious habits of immorality that violate the dignity or worse of others even in the context of having been amply provided for, instructed and guided in development that would allow moral correction. So, whoever you are, reader, my love to you.

  • @georgeb.wolffsohn30

    @georgeb.wolffsohn30

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mollyjaynecallisse2576 that's bold. And a HARD truth to live. Live well. Love well.

  • @reyolvera9082
    @reyolvera90823 жыл бұрын

    If you find out someone listens to Nina Simone you should instantly become friends with them you can't go wrong

  • @tebogomaleka9602
    @tebogomaleka96023 ай бұрын

    It's like the piano is part of her body, she's in sync with it as if it's her other voice.

  • @harleyquiinnnn
    @harleyquiinnnn2 жыл бұрын

    a song that is not particularly sad but it makes tears flow so easily

  • @Woodroffski

    @Woodroffski

    2 жыл бұрын

    I find it impossibly sad.

  • @GQ3MindSpeaks
    @GQ3MindSpeaks3 жыл бұрын

    I've just been turned on to Nina Simone. Well, I just now decided to give her a listen. I've heard of her but never gave her an opportunity to carve out a place in my soul. I'm glad I rectified that mistake from youth.

  • @m00tw00t

    @m00tw00t

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same here

  • @aishax01

    @aishax01

    3 жыл бұрын

    Congratulations! 😋 She's amazing!

  • @janetsalahuddin3068

    @janetsalahuddin3068

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m 77. I was a young teenager when a friend of mine decided that I had to get to know about Nina Simone. He made me listen manager. to I loves you Porgy over and over again until I got it. Been a fan ever since. Every payday I would go to Smith’s record store on St. Charles Ave. in New Orleans and buy one of her albums. The last time she toured, she came to the Mahalia Jackson theatre in Armstrong (Louis) . I was working at the post office and couldn’t get off. When my shift ended, I went there anyway, and since the box office was no longer manned, I got in free. After she finished, I went to give my price of admission to her. She sent me a post card that I still have. She said, “You heard my real message.” As fortune would have it, I sat behind my friend, Billy Estavan, who’d originally turned me on to her. That was the last time I ever saw him, as he died of aid soon after.

  • @PaulGreen11
    @PaulGreen112 жыл бұрын

    I respect (Respect) our struggle but, today (Today) we are free we've just chosen (Chosen) to put chains on ourselves

  • @dewaynesmith6924

    @dewaynesmith6924

    2 жыл бұрын

    Indoctrination is still going on today It's mental slavery and the low culture that we have today was birthed in pain and exploitation. The past is never really past. It affects the present and will indelibly affect the future. Most people don't read and think to know that they are pawns in this country.

  • @jserge
    @jserge3 ай бұрын

    What else do you need in this world?

  • @g.gmartinez1115
    @g.gmartinez11153 жыл бұрын

    I put on this every time i have breakfast Way superior to the original version She out did herself with this performance And we are all richer for it

  • @dionlamarmills3404

    @dionlamarmills3404

    3 жыл бұрын

    AbsoLUTELY!!!!

  • @juancamacho5746
    @juancamacho57462 жыл бұрын

    I wish I knew how It would feel to be free I wish I could break All the chains holdin' me I wish I could say All the things that I should say Say 'em loud, say 'em clear For the whole round world to hear I wish I could share All the love that's in my heart Remove all the bars That keep us apart I wish you could know What it means to be me Then you'd see and agree That every man should be free I wish I could give All I'm longin' to give I wish I could live Like I'm longing to live I wish I could do All the things that I can do And though I'm way overdue I'd be startin' anew Well, I wish I could be Like a bird in the sky How sweet it would be If I found I could fly Oh, I'd soar to the sun And look down at the sea Then I'd sing 'cause I'd know, yeah And I'd sing 'cause I'd know, yeah And I'd sing 'cause I'd know I'd know how it feels I'd know how it feels to be free, yeah, yeah I'd know how it feels Yes, I'd know I'd know how it feels, how it feels To be free, no, no, no

  • @denisefields7233
    @denisefields72332 жыл бұрын

    I wish I knew how it met to be 🆓 free Miss Nina Simone even the birds are. I'm 🆓 free.

  • @darrenwendroff3441
    @darrenwendroff3441Ай бұрын

    Incredible talent, but also what a ravishingly beautiful human being, in every way.

  • @MF-nq9tk
    @MF-nq9tk3 жыл бұрын

    I wish I knew how to say the things I can say when I’m relaxed, I felt that

  • @teamcrumb

    @teamcrumb

    3 жыл бұрын

    makes me weep every time i hear her say

  • @stellac.e2086
    @stellac.e20864 ай бұрын

    😊THANK GOD for KZread. Ninas musical brilliance lives on. she was deep!!! an amazing piano player & song writer.

  • @Thomas-rt1de
    @Thomas-rt1de2 ай бұрын

    THE GREATEST PIANIST IN HER TIME! Mississippi Goddamn!

  • @paulboyles5923
    @paulboyles59232 жыл бұрын

    How sweet it would be to find out I can fly

  • @Ethaa
    @Ethaa3 жыл бұрын

    She is singing about total freedom and that's just marvelous. Lord. She didn't settle for less than the best for she knew the ravages of racist and sexist oppression. Thank you Lord for each and every human you send near us, thanks so much for all those trembling hearts, eager to do good among so many indifferent and greedy hearts...Nina Simone, your heart was strong and so fragile, pushed so many times to the edge but you kept countenance and composure and kept fighting, while your exhausted, frightened and devastated soul, like the souls of so many oppressed Afrorelated humans, was doing its best to cope with the racial terror of those and our days.

  • @franciscopartida4167
    @franciscopartida41673 жыл бұрын

    My obsession with Nina Simone surprises me sometimes. ♡♡♡♡

  • @ungradphysmath7438

    @ungradphysmath7438

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same♥♥

  • @samuelmuiruri4704

    @samuelmuiruri4704

    3 жыл бұрын

    its what genius does to you. u are like wtf is going on here?

  • @samuelmuiruri4704

    @samuelmuiruri4704

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Wylde Wylde interesting. i saw a comment from ''soccer'' magazine commenting on a messi goal against getafe ''geniuses are capable of anything'' nina simone was in genius category.

  • @dannyboy3934

    @dannyboy3934

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m telling u Every since I’ve discovered her beautiful n most irrelevant music I’m totally obsessed with her She’s a G.O.A.T. Period ✊🏿🥺💔💔💔💔

  • @user-be3iq9mq9q

    @user-be3iq9mq9q

    3 жыл бұрын

    It doesn't surprise me. She's amazing.

  • @stichtingyimak9695
    @stichtingyimak96952 ай бұрын

    We wouldnt even dare fking know what went on inside her head while performing this, there is so much emotion

  • @juleswoudenberg7626
    @juleswoudenberg76262 жыл бұрын

    Johnathan livingston seagull aint got nothing on me!!! queen of the universe miss nina simone!!

  • @loveinautumn3978
    @loveinautumn39783 жыл бұрын

    She was so uniquely beautiful to me.

  • @keyboarddancers7751

    @keyboarddancers7751

    3 жыл бұрын

    Definitely an internal beauty.

  • @obinnaizuora5013

    @obinnaizuora5013

    3 жыл бұрын

    Black women possess unique beauty

  • @togbeosagyefo8705

    @togbeosagyefo8705

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@keyboarddancers7751 external beauty, you’re blind

  • @keyboarddancers7751

    @keyboarddancers7751

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@togbeosagyefo8705 I'm not blind although my sight is in fact extremely limited (I have to wear contact lenses AND glasses). Nina Simone possessed a unique and *beautiful* talent which I try in some small measure to replicate (🤣) with my modest piano playing ability. However my aesthetic tastes regarding women (like most men I suspect) are *NOT* universal - in other words, there is no fundamental code or standard for beauty to which anybody is obliged to adhere.

  • @rosahodge420
    @rosahodge4203 жыл бұрын

    The NC gospel influence is everything on this song. She had the most unique alto voice that easily slips to levels of baritone. Genius. RIP Nina. ...you are free now.

  • @Sunnypokie
    @Sunnypokie2 жыл бұрын

    That face! Just don't need to say anything. The most beautiful face. I'm an asian so I can't really undertand the deeper meaning of this song. However I just know what she felt while she is sining this song. What a legen.

  • @southloop32
    @southloop32Ай бұрын

    What an amazing blessing and damned curse to have such talent that it ultimately destroys you. This world doesn’t deserve someone like Nina. Rest in peace ❤

  • @carolinemoreschi255
    @carolinemoreschi2553 жыл бұрын

    oh Nina... We LOVE you! 2021... we are still here!

  • @BogoljubTeofilovic
    @BogoljubTeofilovic3 жыл бұрын

    LYRICS: * I wish I knew how it would feel to be free I wish I could break all the chains of steel binding me I wish I could say all the things that I can say when I'm relaxed I'm restarting anew * I wish I could be like a bird in the sky (don't leave me) How sweet it would be to find that I could fly I'd soar to the sun and look down at the sea Then I'd sing because I know how it feels to be free Then I'd sing because I know how it feels to be free * I wish I could share all the love that's in my heart I wish I could break all things that bind us apart I wish you could know what it means to be me And you'd see, you'd agree everybody should be free (because if we ain't we're murderers) * I wish I could be like a bird in the sky How sweet it would be if I could find that I could fly I'd soar to the sun, look down at the sea Man, I know, yes I know Oh yeah, the spirit is moving now [humming] * I know, got news for you, I already know Jonathan Livingston Seagull ain't got nothing on me Free, free, free, free I'm free, and I know it Don't wanna be a And I show it But I'm still free And believe in me, it's alright * And I'd sing, sing, sing Cause I would know I already know I already know I found out how it feels not to be chained to anything to any race to any faith to anybody to any creed to any hopes to any-anything I know how it feels to be free (stolen from a comment on an older video of this performance)

  • @zanamilovanovic

    @zanamilovanovic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ti stihovi su me pogodili.

  • @OneDayInMyGarden

    @OneDayInMyGarden

    3 жыл бұрын

    That was me typing it out and posting it in another upload of this performance, thanks for the mention

  • @arlenekrantz280

    @arlenekrantz280

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the lyrics

  • @kiri101

    @kiri101

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Chains that (are) still binding me *'Cos if we ain't we're murderous

  • @kathybreuer3849

    @kathybreuer3849

    3 жыл бұрын

    Love

  • @lxoxox
    @lxoxox2 жыл бұрын

    We can feel the strength, vulnerability, struggle, sorrow, courage, genius, joy, compassion, entrapment...

  • @Swiftie10162
    @Swiftie101623 жыл бұрын

    Why isn't this woman recognized as a genius virtuoso in the same league as men such as Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, etc. ??

  • @TomatoBreadOrgasm

    @TomatoBreadOrgasm

    3 жыл бұрын

    Isn't she? When I hear of the greats, I hear of Simone.

  • @LKKMD

    @LKKMD

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because she's a Black woman

  • @spookavision

    @spookavision

    3 жыл бұрын

    She is

  • @Danilo8208SS

    @Danilo8208SS

    3 жыл бұрын

    because she didn’t have the hits

  • @danielaevans9331

    @danielaevans9331

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think she is dude. Its The Nina Simone!!

  • @lisaparks7795
    @lisaparks77953 жыл бұрын

    Damn! The ending gives me chills. Unfortunately these lyrics are just as relevant today as they were when she performed this in '76.

  • @GOLIATHdominates

    @GOLIATHdominates

    2 жыл бұрын

    What?! How could they not be relevant? It's not about race, it's a human thing! Freedom!

  • @BarbaraLauMusica
    @BarbaraLauMusica2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks youtube to let me listen and see these genious of the music performing. She was not from this world. Love you, Nina Simone. Thanks for your legacy.

  • @timken1342
    @timken13423 жыл бұрын

    She was way ahead of her time.

  • @dewaynesmith6924

    @dewaynesmith6924

    3 жыл бұрын

    She was right on time. Born to musically protest racial injustice in America.

  • @djbrownsville
    @djbrownsville3 жыл бұрын

    this song getting over a million in less than a year gives me hope that there are still some Real Music fans out there. the constant close up shot - you can just see that this Art flows through Nina. Ms Nina, Thank you for sharing your Art with the world. we're blessed. Love Ms Nina S.

  • @scooterbrown8259
    @scooterbrown82593 жыл бұрын

    You can always tell when God took his time creating some of us , she was tangible proof !!!

  • @sherismith7032
    @sherismith70322 жыл бұрын

    I know exactly how this beautiful woman felt! I wish I would have known her in person. Both of us know how it feels how it feels to be called ugly and to be chained by our believes to want to be free to give free to show caring, understanding and compassion to all. I'm not the same pigment skin color but I am the same in how she felt

  • @willkoestner4159
    @willkoestner41593 жыл бұрын

    Im broken. This is. And I'm just broken. She is. She just is. What I would give to be like this. And for a moment she lets me be. Free. If for even a moment I could make anyone feel the way this beautiful woman makes me feel? My life would've been worth living.

  • @geospider

    @geospider

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree... but I’m really sorry about your own life, if it’s not going hoe you want it to. I think that you’re a great soul, are I thank you for just living through this life :)

  • @willkoestner4159

    @willkoestner4159

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@geospider Thanks homie

  • @geospider

    @geospider

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@willkoestner4159 no problemo

  • @jodiechapman8037
    @jodiechapman80373 жыл бұрын

    2.52 everybody should be free cause if we aint we are murderers. #truth

  • @witelite7779

    @witelite7779

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good to point that out! Is not the "american" government a bunch of murderers?? The military, the police, the hospitals, the cdc's (Centers for disease creation), the red Cross, fema, know it! Our freedom is within us! We are more powerful than we think we are; google "chakras" our spiritual body we've been ignoring or we did not know about them. Time to know and power up! Guns, rioting, war, protesting, writing books is not the answer. Knowing your true self, looking within and following your heart and intuition is the way to go. Peace and Love to all❤️💕 HEALING WISDOM TRUTH JOY

  • @balancedscales5093

    @balancedscales5093

    3 жыл бұрын

    U heard that right... Something to think about.. She so deep w her songs

  • @ara-pf5zx

    @ara-pf5zx

    3 жыл бұрын

    Chills

  • @zaiioa
    @zaiioa3 жыл бұрын

    this might just be the best song ive ever heard

  • @corrina8125
    @corrina812511 күн бұрын

    damn, she's so beautiful

  • @user-tf8ur3kh5r
    @user-tf8ur3kh5r3 ай бұрын

    At 27, I just got to know this lady how wonderful

  • @Dori90210
    @Dori902103 жыл бұрын

    What a PURE performance. Pure joy, pure light. Just smooth and weightless.

  • @rochestertipton8243
    @rochestertipton82433 жыл бұрын

    My fave is "Sinnerman"! Nina has been my Queen of Soul for so many years!! Back in 1966 ....when I was just returning home from a military base .I was introduced to Nina Simone! There will never be another like her!!

  • @Chelovik_NZ
    @Chelovik_NZ2 жыл бұрын

    After 2020/21 ... we've all forgot what it's like to be free

  • @luzukomaneli9768
    @luzukomaneli97683 жыл бұрын

    2021-04-04 South Africa 🇿🇦 Without economical freedom, there is no freedom. Political leaders should must stop self enriching strategies. Remember, there is only one human race...

  • @jooyoungbae1370
    @jooyoungbae13702 жыл бұрын

    She plays it so easy and light as a feather, but for me her voice and piano sounds stronger than any metal on this earth.

  • @anthonychilcote872
    @anthonychilcote8723 жыл бұрын

    This is equally beautiful and heartbreaking

  • @jdawgrulez3425
    @jdawgrulez34252 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful I just can't stop thinking ...about..how strong black woman are enduring life long pain of heartless pain!!!

  • @jasminejones9261
    @jasminejones92613 жыл бұрын

    My favorite Nina Simone song is trouble in mind

  • @kauanbarbosa1942
    @kauanbarbosa19422 жыл бұрын

    Nina Simone was an icon! her voice pass by my veins and I can feel the brightly revolutionary energy she left behind on earth and it's available for us. love you nina.

  • @charlottelinder4868
    @charlottelinder48683 жыл бұрын

    As a black woman I apologize I've never heard of Ms. Nina Simone But I'm loving this 🎵 🎶

  • @spacemonkey4811

    @spacemonkey4811

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow, your life is better now. She's the finest musician there has been.

  • @thandie67

    @thandie67

    3 жыл бұрын

    Point is you now do. Welcome sista!

  • @helengournay2377

    @helengournay2377

    3 жыл бұрын

    She is there for when you need her

  • @jrancourt5020

    @jrancourt5020

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ms. Linder it isn't you who should apologies! its like Viacom or whomever owns MTV or whatever!?! imagine a world where MTV didnt ditch the M in their name and ACTUALLY played all sorts of musics videos etceteras‽ my own intro to Ms. Nina Simone was a movie of some sort, but cannot recall exactly the film--but what's so cool about this clip amongst other things is the Irony that the listener gets to experience a lil bit o FREEDOM by listening to it! pretty cool! : )

  • @charlottelinder4868

    @charlottelinder4868

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jrancourt5020 Thank you for that Enjoy your Bless week 🙏

  • @autumnstoptwo
    @autumnstoptwo3 ай бұрын

    "i dont want to be here, and i show it" THIS is what happens when you show up for your art even if you dont want to. it creates opportunities to express from new places and results in incredibly beautiful performance. all love to HP Nina Simone 🫶🏾

  • @taz-on-the-looseyusef5526
    @taz-on-the-looseyusef55263 жыл бұрын

    This woman did have her unique style, I've been watching this for two hours

  • @jadeanahata9877
    @jadeanahata98773 жыл бұрын

    Freaking wonderful. How powerful it is to recognise oneself, and what an honor to witness someone express that of themselves 🌻

  • @emiliogarcia4976

    @emiliogarcia4976

    4 ай бұрын

    Très jolie compliment d un français et nous on si connaît en compliment 💐🌺🌷

  • @jadeanahata9877

    @jadeanahata9877

    4 ай бұрын

    ​​@@emiliogarcia4976🙏💚

  • @jrmop0965
    @jrmop09653 жыл бұрын

    This is what it looks like if a soul jumped out of a body and sang

  • @SKEsthetics
    @SKEsthetics2 жыл бұрын

    She so Needs more subscribers - come on guys !!!!

  • @richardcondon3797
    @richardcondon37972 жыл бұрын

    I listened to her in 1945 on radio in Middle village, Queens NY. So there !

  • @richardcondon3797

    @richardcondon3797

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well it may then have been Billie but there's that. Simone came later but had impact like all the most wonderful talent blossoming in the 20th century.

  • @ayshasharma176
    @ayshasharma1763 жыл бұрын

    I heard this for the first time and I feel for all those people in history during slavery. This can hit differently for everyone, but looking at her and hearing every word, its making a different impact. What a mess we had in history..and sadly today as well in some parts of world.

  • @TheCarlocaroline
    @TheCarlocaroline3 жыл бұрын

    First time I've realised a song could move your spirit like that. She actually transports you along with her. Mesmerizing!

  • @stephenmitchell3091
    @stephenmitchell30913 жыл бұрын

    This kind of talent is generational. I thank God for making this woman. I only wish I could watch her perform live!

  • @user-sz9pz2bt4f
    @user-sz9pz2bt4fАй бұрын

    That spoke to my soul. Bravo. Beautiful.

  • @Racheykins
    @Racheykins4 ай бұрын

    LESS is always MORE … no need to take your clothes off,talent is all that’s needed ☮️❤️💯‼️

  • @paymonbidari278
    @paymonbidari2783 жыл бұрын

    With every sound of her voice, she strings in my heart and soul.

  • @margarethcarmo9654

    @margarethcarmo9654

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mine too

  • @dodojeremiassambojacob1369
    @dodojeremiassambojacob13693 ай бұрын

    Mas como é que uma música desse nível só tem mil comentários. Entendo, hj as pessoas só amam o lixo dos cantores descartáveis. NINA CANTAVA COM ALMA, COM ESPÍRITO... Será que hoje ainda existe música.

  • @bonmoins
    @bonmoins3 жыл бұрын

    At the moment there are 251 persons not liking this video. - I would certainly want to have a chat with every single one of them...

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