*first time hearing* Nina Simone- Four Women Live|REACTION!!
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Old school soul royalty right here! Grown folks music right here young lady. Too deep for you!..Lol
Nina Simone is IT! Can you imagine seeing her on person
Some music is fun. Some music is important. This is important music.
I had the pleasure of seeing her in person. I am so glad I saw her. She is awesome. Her voice is unique and she's got a sass about her. Thank you for this review.
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A very deep thought provoking reaction 👩🏿👩🏼👩🏿👩🏿! She's from Tyron, NC. She is speaking French. I see 👁👁 you have reacted to Nina Simone before: Feeling Good and Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood. Four Women was released as the fourth single from Nina Simone's 1966 album: Wild Is The Wind. It was written by Nina Simone. It was produced by Hal Mooney. The song didn't chart. This performance is from the Jazz à Juan Jazz festival in Juan-Les-Pins, Antibes, France, on July 27, 1969. In 1966, Nina Simone was so affected by the bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963, she wrote a song titled: "Four Women". It was a tribute to the four young girls: Addie Mae Collins (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Carol Denise McNair (11), who were murdered in that act of racial violence.
In the song, Nina Simone created a portrait of four Black female stereotypes. First, there was Aunt Sarah - a black female symbol of African American slavery. Secondly, there was Saffronia - a mixed race girl born from a forced/unwanted sexual encounter on her mother by a white man. Thirdly, there was Sweet Thing - a street prostitute who finds acceptance through her occupation. Last but not least, was Peaches (who is actually Nina Simone) - representing a black woman who has been toughened by generations of oppression on her people.
Nina Simone created the song out of anger concerning the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. Her goal was to express how the rest of America viewed African American females as being invisible. If White society saw all Blacks as stereotypes, it helped to make the deceased women seem almost anonymous, thus lessening the tragedy of their deaths. The point of the song is that there can be no single portrait of any person. Each individual, no matter what color or background has worth as a human being.
Nina Simone told New Musical Express in 1984: "'Four Women' was written overnight, but it took me four months before I had the nerve to play it to somebody because I thought it would be rejected. I played it for my husband on an airplane one day; I thought he wasn't going to like it because it was so direct and blatant".
Nina Simone explained in the 2007 book: I Got Thunder - Black Women Songwriters And Their Craft: "I am emphatically against the injustices of black people, of third world people. 'Four Women' came to me after conversations I had with black women. It seemed we were all suffering from self-hatred. We hated our complexions, our hair, our bodies. I realized we had been brainwashed into feeling this way about ourselves by some black men and many white people. I tried to speak to this in the song. And do you know, some black radio stations wouldn't play it? It is true what they say: the truth hurts".
The song was featured in the TV show 📺: The Quad ("#MuleBone" - 2017).
The song was featured in the films including 📽: Beyond The Lights (2014) and For Colored Girls (2010).
The song has been covered by many other artists including 📻: Black Cat Bones (1970), Reflection Eternal (2000), Dee Dee Bridgewater (2007), Lyambiko (2008), Meshell Ndegeocello (2012), Xiu Xiu (2013), Ester Rada (2015), Queen Ifrica (2021) and more.
Miscellaneous Notes 🗂:
In 1975, the short film: Four Women, was released and directed by Julie Dash. In the film dancer Linda Martina Young captures the spirit of four women: Aunt Sarah, Saffronia, Sweet Thing and Peaches, to the 1966 Nina Simone song: Four Women. Linda Martina Young choreographed the dance performance, which Julie Dash refers to as a "choreopoem". The film is celebrated as one of the first experimental films by a black woman filmmaker. The film, unlike others that portrayed the positive aspects of black womanhood, explored the negative realities many black women face in America.
In 2010, the song was featured on the BET TV special: Black Girls Rock!. It was covered by R&B vocalists Kelly Price as Aunt Sarah, Marsha Ambrosius as Safronia, Jill Scott as Sweet Thing, and Ledisi as Peaches.
In 2014, the short film: Four Women, was released and directed by DaVida Chanel Baker. The short film takes a glimpse of what those four women and their stereotypes might be in 2015.
In 2016, the short film: The Tale Of Four, was released and directed by Gabourey Sidibe. This multi-layered story inspired by Nina Simone's 1966 song spans one day in the lives of four different women connected by their quest for love, agency and redemption.
In 2016, the play- Nina Simone: Four Women, was produced and was directed by Christina Ham.
In 2021, the Unicorn Theatre of the Berkshire Theatre Group in Berkshire, Massachusetts, produced the stage musical: "Nina Simone: Four Women".
In 2022, American Songwriter ranked the song at #7 on their list of the "10 greatest Nina Simone songs".
In 2023, The Guardian ranked the song #6 on their list of the "20 greatest Nina Simone songs".
Critical Reception 🗣:
Thulani Davis of The Village Voice called the song: "an instantly accessible analysis of the damning legacy of slavery, that made iconographic the real women we knew and would become".
Much to Nina Simone's dismay, and despite her intention to highlight the injustice in society and the suffering of African American people, some listeners interpreted the song as racist. They believed it drew on Black stereotypes, and it was subsequently banned on several major radio stations.
Lyrics 🗒:
My skin is black
My arms are long
My hair is woolly
My back is strong
Strong enough to take all the pain
Inflicted again and again
What do they call me?
My name is Aunt Sarah
My name is Aunt Sarah, Aunt Sarah
My skin is yellow
My hair is long
Between two worlds
I do belong
My father was rich and white
He forced my mother late one night
What do they call me?
My name is Saffronia
My name is Saffronia
My skin is tan
My hair is fine
My hips invite you
My mouth like wine
Whose little girl am I?
Anyone who has money to buy
What do they call me?
My name is Sweet Thing
My name is Sweet Thing
My skin is brown
My manner is tough
I'll kill the first mother I see
My life has been rough
I'm awfully bitter these days
Because my parents were slaves
What do they call me?
My name is Peaches
Nina Simone Info 📰:
Eunice Waymon aka Nina Simone was born on February 21, 1933, in Tryon, North Carolina. She passed away on April 21, 2003, in Carry-Le-Rouet, France. She was an American singer, songwriter, producer, pianist, composer, arranger and Civil Rights activist. Her music spanned styles including Classical, Folk, Gospel, Blues, Jazz, R&B and Pop. Her musical influences growing up include: Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Miriam Makeba, Sarah Vaughan, Jacques Brel, Lena Horne, Ludwig Van Beethoven and Franz Schubert. Nina Simone initially aspired to be a concert pianist. Her piano playing was strongly influenced by Baroque and Classical music, especially Johann Sebastian Bach, and accompanied expressive, Jazz-like singing in her contralto voice.
With the help of a few supporters in her hometown, she enrolled in the Juilliard School Of Music in New York City. She then applied for a scholarship to study at the Curtis Institute Of Music in Philadelphia, where, despite a well received audition, she was denied admission, which she attributed to racism. In 2003, just days before her death, the Institute awarded her an honorary degree. Discouraged, she took private piano lessons with Vladimir Sokoloff, a professor at the Curtis Institute Of Music, but never could re-apply. At the time the Curtis Institute Of Music did not accept students over 21.
She then took a job as a photographer's assistant, found work as an accompanist at Arlene Smith's vocal studio, and taught piano from her home in Philadelphia. To make a living, Eunice Waymon started playing piano at a nightclub in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She changed her stage name to "Nina Simone" to disguise herself from family members, having chosen to play "the devil's music" or so-called "cocktail piano". She was told in the nightclub that she would have to sing to her own accompaniment, which effectively launched her career as a Jazz vocalist.
She went on to record more than 40 albums between 1958 and 1974, making her professional music industry debut with the album: Little Girl Blue (1959). She released her first hit single in the United States in 1958 with the single: "I Loves You, Porgy". Nina Simone is regarded as one of the most influential recording artists of 20th-century Jazz, Cabaret and R&B genres.
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Miscellaneous Notes 🗃:
She was known as "The High Priestess Of Soul".
In 1974, on Human Kindness Day in Washington, DC, more than 10,000 people paid tribute to Nina Simone.
Nina Simone was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder in the late 1980s.
The documentary: "Nina Simone: La Légende (The Legend)", was made in the 1992 by French filmmakers and based on her autobiography: I Put a Spell On You.
In 1999, Nina Simone was given a lifetime achievement award by the Irish Music Hall of Fame, presented by Sinead O'Connor.
Nina Simone was the recipient of a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2000 for her interpretation of the song: "I Loves You, Porgy".
In 2002, the city of Nijmegen, Netherlands, named a street after her, as "Nina Simone Street": she had lived in Nijmegen between 1988 and 1990. On August 29, 2005, the city of Nijmegen, the De Vereeniging concert hall, and more than 50 artists (among whom were Frank Boeijen, Rood Adeo, and Fay Claassen) honored Nina Simone with the tribute concert Greetings from Nijmegen.
Nina Simone was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2009.
In 2010, a statue in her honor was erected on Trade Street in her native Tryon, North Carolina.
In 2015, the Netflix documentary: "What Happened, Miss Simone?", was released.
In 2015, the documentary: "The Amazing Nina Simone", was released.
The promotion from the French Institute of Political Studies of Lille (Sciences Po Lille), due to obtain their master's degree in 2021, named themselves in her honor. The decision was made that this promotion was henceforth to be known as 'la promotion Nina Simone' after a vote in 2017.
Nina Simone was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
The Proms paid a homage to Nina Simone in 2019, an event called Mississippi Goddamn was performed by The Metropole Orkest at Royal Albert Hall led by Jules Buckley. Ledisi, Lisa Fischer and Jazz Trio, LaSharVu provided vocals.
In 2019, "Mississippi Goddam" was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Nina Simone was inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in 2021.
In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Simone at No. 21 on their list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.
Nina Simone Passing 🙏🏿:
Nina Simone suffered from breast cancer for several years before she passed away in her sleep at her home in Carry-Le-Rouet, France, on April 21, 2003, at the age of 70. Her Catholic funeral service at the local parish was attended by singers Miriam Makeba and Patti LaBelle, poet Sonia Sanchez, actors Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, and hundreds of others. Nina Simone's body was cremated and her ashes were scattered in several different African countries.
Nina Simone Albums 📀:
1959: Little Girl Blue
1959: The Amazing Nina Simone
1959: Nina Simone At Town Hall
1960: Nina Simone At Newport
1961: Forbidden Fruit
1962: Nina At The Village Gate
1962: Nina Simone Sings Ellington
1963: Nina Simone At Carnegie Hall
1964: Folksy Nina
1964: Nina Simone In Concert
1964: Broadway-Blues-Ballads
1965: I Put A Spell On You
1965: Pastel Blues
1966: Let It All Out
1966: Wild Is The Wind
1967: High Priestess Of Soul
1967: Nina Simone Sings the Blues
1967: Silk & Soul
1968: 'Nuff Said!
1969: Nina Simone And Piano
1969: To Love Somebody
1970: Black Gold
1971: Here Comes The Sun
1972: Emergency Ward
1974: It Is Finished
1978: Baltimore
1982: Fodder on My Wings
1985: Nina's Back
1986: Live & Kickin
1987: Let It Be Me
1987: Live At Ronnie Scott's
1993: A Single Woman
Some more good Nina Simone songs 🎶: To Be Young Gifted And Black, Mississippi Goddamn, Work Song, Black Is The Color, I Loves You Porgy, Backlash Blues, He's My God, Baltimore, Tomorrow Is My Turn, Images, Blues On Purpose, Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Tell Me More And More And Then Some, Go Limp, Night Song, One September Day, Chauffeur, Marriage Is For Old Folks, My Man's Gone Now, See Line Woman, Break Down And Let It All Out, I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl, Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter, Ne Me Quitte Pas, Here Comes The Sun, Revolution (Pt I, II), Mood Indigo, This Year's Kisses, Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair, Wild Is The Wind, Gin House Blues, Who Am I?, Just Like A Woman, Angel Of The Morning, He's Got The Whole World In His Hands, Peace Of Mind, O-o-h Child, Save Me, If I Should Lose You, The Human Touch, Another Spring, The Desperate Ones, Cherish, To Love Somebody, Don't Smoke In Bed, Nobody's Fault But Mine, I Can't See Nobody, The Gal From Joe's, I Hold No Grudge, New World Coming, My Way, I Put A Spell On You, Pirate Jenny, The Desperate Ones, Mr Bojangles, Li’l Liza Jane, Fodder On Her Wings, I'm Gonna Leave You, Love Me Or Leave Me, Trouble In Mind, Stompin' At The Savoy, Compassion, Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, Blackbird, Gimme Some, Real Real, Do What You Gotta Do, I Wish I Knew, Go To Hell, Anytime Anywhere, I Think It's Going To Rain Today, Sunday In Savannah, Who Knows Where The Time Goes?, My Baby Just Cares For Me, Day And Night, Everyone's Gone To The Moon, It Be's That Way Sometimes, Come On Back Jack, Take Care Of Business, My Sweet Lord, Feelings, Sinnerman, Four Women, Today Is A Killer, Stars, In The Morning, Strange Fruit, Memphis In June, You've Been Gone Too Long, Rich Girl, He Ain't Comin' Home No More, Westwind, The Laziest Gal In Town, Central Park, For All We Know, Little Girl Blue, You'll Never Walk Alone, The Family, Balm In Gilead, Do I Move You, Some Say, Everything Must Change, Plain Gold Ring, Take My Hand Precious Lord, Please Read Me, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, If You Pray Right, Forbidden Fruit, Music For Lovers, Turning Point, In The Dark, Rags And Old Iron, The Assignment Sequence, I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free), Chilly Winds Don't Blow, Ain't Got No - I Got Life, My Father, Cotton Eyed Joe, Forget and Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead) Pt I & II.
Fun Fact 🕵🏿♀: Sandra Bernhard performed Nina Simone's 1966 song; "Four Women", during her one woman show, filmed in 1990 by John Boskovich and released as the film: Without You I'm Nothing.
I'm glad someone did a reaction to her ,thanks ! 🙏
I did a few others by her
@@Sheraytv I missed those but I will watch them
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