Nina Simone "Love Me Or Leave Me" on The Ed Sullivan Show

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  • @hnc52
    @hnc52 2 года назад +686

    Great performance. Nina's piano skills are amazing. Her classical training is on full display here.

    • @petersumner7367
      @petersumner7367 2 года назад +6

      FACK ME Yes!!

    • @rickyratte5643
      @rickyratte5643 2 года назад +5

      Does she play two Songs in her Solo? Sounds like

    • @MTMF.london
      @MTMF.london Год назад

      @@rickyratte5643 No

    • @canterlevi
      @canterlevi Год назад +28

      @@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
      @rickyratte5643 Год назад +2

      @@canterlevi danke für die freundliche Antwort 🙏

  • @lyziemeowmeowmeow9787
    @lyziemeowmeowmeow9787 16 дней назад +7

    Nina Simone deserves so much more than the world gave her.

  • @mistery-ed7900
    @mistery-ed7900 2 года назад +315

    Nina Simone was a unique talent.

  • @imjustlooking888
    @imjustlooking888 2 года назад +181

    The portmento classical technique, the Baroque counterpoint motives, mixed with the jazz improvisation! The girl was BAD!!!! 👊🏽

  • @AriaElan
    @AriaElan Год назад +152

    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
      @Ghostmanriding Год назад +1

      Brilliant comment!

    • @AriaElan
      @AriaElan Год назад +4

      @@Ghostmanriding thank you! She was a brilliant artist. RIP

    • @sophiusdynami3401
      @sophiusdynami3401 Год назад +1

      She's an elder, not an ancestor 😢😢!! I love her do much

    • @Tigerwarhawk
      @Tigerwarhawk 11 месяцев назад +1

      Well said.

    • @bie589
      @bie589 9 месяцев назад +1

      Maravilhosa!

  • @robthebold4589
    @robthebold4589 2 года назад +428

    Wow! Watch her go from a simple one hand melody into Bach-style!!

    • @lisablack8804
      @lisablack8804 2 года назад +78

      Miss. Nina Simone was a classically trained pianist. There was no hard part for her dear.

    • @mozellephilpart1726
      @mozellephilpart1726 2 года назад +4

      Gifted!😊❤🎹

    • @1jesus2music3duke
      @1jesus2music3duke 2 года назад +10

      @@lisablack8804 if we’re talking Bachian fugue, there are hard parts for everyone

    • @ron42nm
      @ron42nm 2 года назад +45

      @@willzimjohn Nope. It's all her on piano. There's another instrument with her, but the piano is all her.

    • @curtisrowe3
      @curtisrowe3 2 года назад +2

      Absolutely Awesome

  • @ssinssg
    @ssinssg 2 года назад +510

    The difficulty of improvising counterpoint....there's really no way to express what a masterpiece this is.

    • @mozellephilpart1726
      @mozellephilpart1726 Год назад +12

      Yes it is! She was truly gifted!😊❤🎹

    • @samuellaz
      @samuellaz Год назад +8

      You really think that was improvised? I think it was premeditated for sure

    • @ssinssg
      @ssinssg Год назад +23

      @@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
      @canterlevi Год назад +14

      @@samuellaz Improvisation requires practice. 🙂

    • @olliemartinelli4034
      @olliemartinelli4034 Год назад +9

      @@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

  • @keithsouthgate67
    @keithsouthgate67 Год назад +67

    Absolute diamond performance... Even though Nina is well known, I believe her skill as a pianist is greatly unappreciated...

  • @lilychu8912
    @lilychu8912 2 года назад +256

    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
      @sidecar7714 2 года назад +2

      What a lot of nonsense you believe.

    • @jacobbullock2070
      @jacobbullock2070 2 года назад +71

      @@sidecar7714 the Curtis Institute of Music rejected her admission in 1951 on the basis of her race.

    • @sidecar7714
      @sidecar7714 2 года назад +3

      @@jacobbullock2070 Why did they accept earlier African American candidates then?

    • @ettoredipugnar6990
      @ettoredipugnar6990 2 года назад +51

      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
      @sidecar7714 2 года назад +5

      @@ettoredipugnar6990 No, because it’s bullshit. The Curtis Institute had previously admitted African American candidates.

  • @johnbrooker1552
    @johnbrooker1552 Месяц назад +4

    Breath-taking performer. Every time I watch her she blows me away.

  • @ClaLu
    @ClaLu Год назад +51

    The absolute BEST version of this song. Nina Simone made it hers! Genius!

  • @hamburgareable
    @hamburgareable 2 года назад +46

    Nina Simone was one of a kind!

  • @patrickryan1515
    @patrickryan1515 6 месяцев назад +9

    A LADY who most definitely knew what she was about. SUPERB TALENT!!!

  • @samson3000
    @samson3000 Год назад +40

    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
      @jody8526937 11 месяцев назад +4

      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??

  • @petebrowne9918
    @petebrowne9918 2 года назад +95

    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.

  • @frankdeering7532
    @frankdeering7532 11 дней назад +1

    Rarely we see someone that is a “Talent”, this is it!

  • @IRP01
    @IRP01 2 года назад +16

    wicked concoction of classical and jazz

  • @DavidRichardson95
    @DavidRichardson95 2 года назад +148

    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
      @ksair6399 10 месяцев назад +1

      Amazing…makes you stop and pause. Supreme talent.

  • @lisablack8804
    @lisablack8804 2 года назад +17

    Miss. Nina Simone such a beautiful talented woman just lovely.

  • @kasday369
    @kasday369 Год назад +12

    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.

  • @withgoddess1119
    @withgoddess1119 2 года назад +56

    She turned it into a minuet on a harpsichord. 💝

    • @tonyramirez768
      @tonyramirez768 11 месяцев назад

      A glance/ tribute/ gift for the great J. S. Bach😊

  • @tommyhaynes9157
    @tommyhaynes9157 2 года назад +53

    She does a classical style straight time solo over a swing rhythm and it works out great

  • @LadyPapaMayodora
    @LadyPapaMayodora 2 года назад +14

    I wish this could be remastered because this is hands down the best version

  • @silverbrahmapaolino9528
    @silverbrahmapaolino9528 Месяц назад +1

    Absolutely wonderful….nothing compares to her❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Debryantop2
    @Debryantop2 Год назад +25

    Que gran soundtrack escogió el profe O’FARRIL para su intervención, 20/10 es GOD y cine

  • @deantheodosiou2886
    @deantheodosiou2886 10 месяцев назад +3

    Every time I hear this, Ms. Simone blows me away. EVERY TIME.

  • @kevingoins9858
    @kevingoins9858 2 года назад +9

    One of a kind Miss Simone

  • @DNSX926
    @DNSX926 2 года назад +10

    she's absolutely perfect

  • @animegirl2245
    @animegirl2245 2 года назад +9

    She was before my time, but I really adore her.

  • @johnburns2940
    @johnburns2940 Год назад +6

    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 💜🙏🤟

  • @mohini123456
    @mohini123456 Год назад +6

    What a beautiful talent . She could be a concert pianist easily. Bach style baroque at it's best . ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @zaphbrox8239
    @zaphbrox8239 Год назад +9

    Whoa! That interlude! What an amazing piece. Got goosebumps. Played it over and over again.

  • @mmponty
    @mmponty 2 года назад +18

    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)?

  • @femamend
    @femamend 4 месяца назад +2

    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.

  • @edsantana1973
    @edsantana1973 Год назад +18

    Wow…the fugue improvisation in the bridge is mind blowing what a real talent….

  • @godsofirelocalcd6321
    @godsofirelocalcd6321 2 года назад +667

    Your top five rappers of today probably made more in their career then she could never dream of making in her career ,but those same top five rappers could never dream to be more talented then her.

    • @benjaminjackson9449
      @benjaminjackson9449 2 года назад +52

      And those same 5 rappers have most likely referenced her music or sampled her voice or piano arrangements. Kanye, Jay Z, Lil Wayne, and Beyoncé just to name a few.

    • @noemiethibault139
      @noemiethibault139 2 года назад +95

      why do you have to compare her with rappers and vice versa?? lol so weird. rapping is an entirely different skill set.

    • @JamieLandan
      @JamieLandan 2 года назад +26

      @@benjaminjackson9449 is this the stupid hour? Beyoncé is not a rapper.

    • @JamieLandan
      @JamieLandan 2 года назад +37

      I hate comments like this. So much negativity. Those 5 rappers could be Jay-z, Nas, Eminem, 2pac and Chris Wallace. All amazing artists in their right. Can paint a beautiful picture with words and wisdom. Completely different discipline. Tupac was a big fan of Simone and they were actually very good friends before he passed. She loved his poems to bits.

    • @benjaminjackson9449
      @benjaminjackson9449 2 года назад +9

      @@JamieLandan Beyonce does rap, her last few projects will show you that. Black is King, Everything is Love, and her latest single has rap verses. Beyonce has done more than just her first few R&B and pop albums. Also, her music is heavily steeped in hip-hop culture and aesthetics. As a matter of fact, she has experimented with almost every main and sub genre out there. So please, do your research before you try and come for me.

  • @thefatlazycat838
    @thefatlazycat838 Год назад +70

    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!

  • @DaughterOfChrist1997
    @DaughterOfChrist1997 Год назад +9

    I love this song, but I’ve never seen someone style it so fantastically!!!!! What a maestro she is, Ms Nina Simone 🙌✨👑

  • @krissmgvlogs
    @krissmgvlogs 2 года назад +18

    oh wow, footage I have never seen before. This is fantastically wonderful. Loved it!!

  • @pattymcneel1283
    @pattymcneel1283 3 месяца назад +3

    OMG I must investigate her further! ❤

  • @whatsupwithdjpodcast
    @whatsupwithdjpodcast Год назад +28

    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
      @pebkit6763 Год назад +2

      Is this something that just came out of your head? Where did you find that information?

    • @sblumenstein6688
      @sblumenstein6688 Год назад +3

      Ed Sullivan was committed to civil rights and put many people of color on his show when others wouldn’t.

  • @SimonYoungOFFICIAL
    @SimonYoungOFFICIAL Год назад +5

    What a genius! Pure euphoria!

  • @QueenZsWorld
    @QueenZsWorld 6 месяцев назад +2

    INCREDIBLE ON THE KEYS

  • @charlesegbunike3820
    @charlesegbunike3820 4 месяца назад +2

    Genius at work!!

  • @leebo8079
    @leebo8079 Год назад +3

    Breaks character into a full fledged improv classic pianist then slips back into her day job! Just WoW 🙌🙌🙌

  • @cococheesesticks
    @cococheesesticks 3 месяца назад +2

    That woman could play the piano! Wow !

  • @oneandmanyjimmyjames
    @oneandmanyjimmyjames Год назад +3

    Ughhhhh such a Majestic Talented Artist. She’s so brilliant it hurts. ❤

  • @ericbush6124
    @ericbush6124 2 года назад +9

    Epic performance and Brilliant Talent Beautiful Nina

  • @astrid4532
    @astrid4532 Год назад +2

    Second to none. We miss u, Simone. Yr talent was just incredible. May yr beautiful soul rest in peace. U r simply awesome.

  • @Pinco-xg2ol
    @Pinco-xg2ol 8 месяцев назад +2

    Pure art

  • @baglady2652
    @baglady2652 2 года назад +6

    Once in a lifetime artist

  • @xjazz666
    @xjazz666 2 года назад +21

    She has two independent brains, one for the right hand and other one for left hand. Extra-natural!

  • @DefendUSA1776
    @DefendUSA1776 2 года назад +18

    It is criminal that this video has only 34,000 views!
    Nina at her best!

    • @steveweinstein3222
      @steveweinstein3222 11 месяцев назад +1

      As I write this, it has nearly 500,000 views.

  • @l.torrence4603
    @l.torrence4603 2 года назад +5

    She was amazing on that piano.

  • @mozellephilpart1726
    @mozellephilpart1726 2 года назад +8

    Nina Simone was musically gifted!❤😊🎹

  • @jonathanraos435
    @jonathanraos435 11 месяцев назад +1

    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

  • @willemvanasveldt7131
    @willemvanasveldt7131 2 года назад +4

    So beauiful. She always will br my favorite singer and pianoplayer.

  • @lolanekrasova2870
    @lolanekrasova2870 10 месяцев назад +3

    My forever favorite musician ❤

  • @troyancheta3803
    @troyancheta3803 Год назад +2

    Amazing Piano/guitar solo.

    • @Kavinskie
      @Kavinskie Год назад +1

      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.

  • @nexxirg1826
    @nexxirg1826 3 месяца назад +2

    Es lo más egregio que se puede ver y escuchar. Gracias eternas, Nina.

  • @user-ff4bs6yx7r
    @user-ff4bs6yx7r 4 месяца назад +2

    Fantástica! Bravo🎉🎉

  • @edgardopaladino4502
    @edgardopaladino4502 Год назад +1

    Is my first time listening Nina Simone, im from Argentine, im listening tango and yt recomend this video. Amazing

  • @slovitzmusic8201
    @slovitzmusic8201 8 месяцев назад +2

    God bless you Miss Simone

  • @olgakhurumova6601
    @olgakhurumova6601 3 месяца назад +2

    настоящее искусство... вечно... браво ...

  • @DodoJeremias-ny7wp
    @DodoJeremias-ny7wp 4 месяца назад +2

    Será que hoje em dia veremos talentos comos esses! Perfeito!

  • @sanfordpress8943
    @sanfordpress8943 Год назад +1

    A brilliant person. Brilliant.

  • @KATKattalestv
    @KATKattalestv Год назад +2

    Outstanding.She played as she was,💜😻 Superior

  • @brucepappas6298
    @brucepappas6298 2 года назад +5

    Excellent piano player

  • @vintageloftnyllcbrooklynny6462
    @vintageloftnyllcbrooklynny6462 Год назад +1

    There has been no one who can compare to her. She was living in more than one world.

  • @kuttaranks5654
    @kuttaranks5654 Год назад +1

    Thank you Ms Simone for paving the way your still one of the greatest ever!

  • @iraklitsotskhalashvili3912
    @iraklitsotskhalashvili3912 Год назад +1

    Thank God that we can enjoy beauty

  • @mommyslover717
    @mommyslover717 8 месяцев назад +2

    She was underated genius

  • @mayag224
    @mayag224 Год назад +1

    I actually teared up watching this. What a genius.

  • @paolo9249
    @paolo9249 7 месяцев назад +1

    A voice for the Souls of everybody .....

  • @eagarde
    @eagarde Год назад

    Shes the greatest. She sings, plays a mean piano and composes. Tripple threat.

  • @marc-antoinelopez5689
    @marc-antoinelopez5689 2 года назад +5

    The great Nina Simone

  • @notyourbiz235
    @notyourbiz235 Год назад +1

    World class

  • @bonniehoke-scedrov4906
    @bonniehoke-scedrov4906 15 дней назад

    Great video! Thanks!

  • @jfacts2113
    @jfacts2113 10 месяцев назад +1

    what a bloody masterpiece!

  • @APR944
    @APR944 3 месяца назад +2

    Gorgeous ✨✨

  • @mahailonknight8361
    @mahailonknight8361 Год назад +2

    Wow… I keep rewinding the piano solo parts it amazes me how she play

  • @MADOUT_VPS
    @MADOUT_VPS 3 месяца назад +3

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @robertomanganaro6462
    @robertomanganaro6462 6 месяцев назад +1

    AMAZING VOICE AND PIANO ORCHESTRA AS WELL

  • @ShallowExistence
    @ShallowExistence Год назад +2

    My favorite Nina song

    • @nenacosta2168
      @nenacosta2168 Год назад +1

      I agree with you! Simply the best!

  • @Alexardelean89
    @Alexardelean89 5 месяцев назад +1

    She’s a legendary icon.

  • @fernandoiturburu3718
    @fernandoiturburu3718 5 месяцев назад +1

    That was wonderful!!

  • @peterjohnlerum6580
    @peterjohnlerum6580 2 года назад +10

    This song slaps especially as I’m walking through NYC

  • @summeraustin1800
    @summeraustin1800 8 месяцев назад +1

    beautiful, and very talented

  • @KurtI2525
    @KurtI2525 2 года назад +3

    What a beautiful person and wonderful talent!

  • @nadiasimmons5403
    @nadiasimmons5403 Год назад +2

    Brilliant Nina! 🌼💛🙌🏾

  • @lauraj.4054
    @lauraj.4054 Год назад

    Gorgeous, brilliant and unique Nina Simone!
    Incredible genius and a gifted 'force of nature'!!
    ❤🎶🧠🎹💯👏
    I will admire her until my time comes.
    🤗😇

  • @marcoscamargo7763
    @marcoscamargo7763 2 года назад +18

    Eu adoro o estilo jazzistico de Nina cantar e, principalmente, de tocar, com alma e muita chama em seu coração. Nina Simone para sempre! 💥🔥🙏👏👏 🇧🇷

  • @kevinrcoulter
    @kevinrcoulter Год назад +1

    What a beautiful rendition of this song.

  • @moryan6447
    @moryan6447 5 месяцев назад +1

    The one, the only!

  • @paulina-np6ln
    @paulina-np6ln Год назад +5

    Gran cierre para Ricardo O'farrill 😢

  • @frogwaffle7
    @frogwaffle7 Год назад

    Three minute and three seconds of pure gold!....and hey wow what a solo !!!

  • @carlkelso938
    @carlkelso938 Год назад +1

    Love classical influences in the piano work.❤

  • @shamicehargrove7803
    @shamicehargrove7803 Год назад +2

    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.❤

  • @svetlanapil8089
    @svetlanapil8089 Год назад

    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.

  • @Jeaniefemia-s8w
    @Jeaniefemia-s8w 9 дней назад

    LOVE ❤️