btw, the song 'You can have him', is from the musical "Miss Liberty', composed by Irvin Berlin in 1949. Dinah Shore and Doris Day, recorded a lovely, early duet version in 1949 ruclips.net/video/Cg4PXKAeFPA/видео.html Helen Forrest in 1949 ruclips.net/video/M95npXyiXcU/видео.html Ella Fitzgerald in 1958 ruclips.net/video/2jJ1mFFXl2U/видео.html and quite a superb one by Nancy Wilson, on her fabulous 1964 album 'Broadway-My Way' ruclips.net/video/FjfpOw4rySA/видео.html Of course there's Shirley Bassey ruclips.net/video/0c3fGLlkCxY/видео.html and many other wonderful singers, who recorded their versions of this great song by Irvin Berlin.
Because she supposed to be orchestra level pianist. Only if she is not black. Not my word, hers. Read her autobiography " I put a spell on you"- A Nina Simone story.
Nina’s voice is the most beautiful on this song, I hear you Nina and understand. I've never and Don't think I'll ever fight about a man, cause if he can be taken, he was never mine. If he does not care for or please me, I just dont want him.
My parents took me to see Nina Simone perform at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago. It was either 1966 or 1967 and I was not quite a teenager. I have always cherished the memory of the outing with my parents who were from the west side of Chicago. I found her quite fascinating in both how she looked, her voice and piano playing. To this day I remember her fish net stockings! Just a short time later my mom passed away in 1969 and my dad in 1971. I cemented the memory of this experience -- and also of seeing Duke Ellington at the same place -- for more than 50 years. My father loved jazz and this family outing and sacrifice on their part is so special. I always felt like they knew they would not be around, and wanted to give me experiences that my two much older siblings received in different ways.
You can tell that she's sad to lose him from the sweet words she uses in her verses. The chorus is just but an ego boost. Indeed, just like she said in her 1999 interview with Hardtalk BBC "I don't sing from anger, I sing from intelligence" R.I.P Legend.
@@lemmesay She had bipolar disorder, a very serious mental illness, and lived in an era when her condition went undiagnosed and untreated. She also lived in a time when blacks were hunted and treated like animals and were not protected by the government. You really expect she'd be a calm, cool and collected person? It is extremely unfortunate that her child was affected because of it, but also be rational about the actual circumstances when bringing down such judgment on people who have mental illness.
@@lemmesay I've watched that doc too. I love Nina's music. Your feelings about her daughter's situation make clompete sense. But i think the sensible approach is not to hate Nina herself but rather acknowledge that everyone involved was miserable in their own way. Sadly, children can't fend for themselves or get out. So I'm right there with you. But calling Nina an angry bitch is an oversimplification of very serious medical, personal and societal problems.
BEAUTIFUL.......THE IRONY IS SHE DID LOVE HIM BUT HE WASNT THE MAN FOR HER.....SOMETIMES US AS WOMEN ARE GOOD TO THE WRONG MEN......SHE WAS DOING EVERYTHING A LOVING WIFE WOULD DO....BUT HE WAS NEVER SATISFIED......THIS SONG HAS HELPED ME TO LET GO......😘😘😘😘😍😍😍😍 WILL ALWAYS LOVE THIS SONG!!!
She was too in love with him and was a doormat which turns men off. Men are attracted to the chase not the thirst. She was making things too easy for him and men take that as desperation which repels them.
The double irony is that this song is for him but he will never know or understand the value of what was being offered. She’s in the melancholy of letting go but she will love again and I just hope it’s my socks that get darned by a love like that. Bless her and all who love hard but get hurt
This song sums up exactly what I am going through. I just found out that the man I spent over 3 years of my life with, who I was engaged to, and had plans of building a home and having children with..... I found out that he was cheating on me. I called off our wedding and walked away. It hurts SO bad but I now know he was truly not the man for me.
i hope you’re doing better, something similar happened to me a few months ago... everything happens for a reason! i also you’re being kind to yourself during your healing..🤍
Nina is unmatched for her haunting ability to make you feel the song and the story. Take a listen to Nancy Wilson's version when you get a moment. It is beautiful in a different way
god this song has saved my life. I can't even begin to describe how it's given me my life and confidence back. I sing it loud and proud to remind myself that I am worthy of love, respect, and dignity.
Shaban Rashed it means exactly what it says. I’ll spend the rest of the day in bed but the choice of the word ‘balance’ really makes the line feel literary and poetic, at once.
Nina Simone didn't want to be a singer, she wanted to be a classical pianist. This live recording here is one of the best vocal performances ever on record. As a bandleader she constructed a superb arrangement, with a ravishing crescendo throughout that you know is taking you to a powerful finish. (Where she ends up releasing unexpected jubilation while you're trying not to cry.) If ever there was a "triple threat" in music who would humble anyone, it is Miss Nina Simone. I can be steely, but when she gets to that first "for" at 0:29, the walls are down.
I’m so glad that life didn’t quite turn out as planned for her. As much as I love her piano, her singing can bring you to another place. She’s expert at bringing a room up in emotion from playing the tent revivals for her pastor mother as a child.
@@TheWoodsugar I don't know, she was bitter and rightly so. Her dream was shelved due to the racism that still is systemic within classical music. She was incredible. I also didn't realise that was her skillset or dream until I read her biography. Shame on me.
@@lucyvalentinemusic we can't know everything. Remember telling Blossom Dearie " you play beautifully on the piano" after she was through. I am still laughing thinking back, when she replied " but that's my forté". I still wish I was 2 feet under :-)
SHE HAS SUCH HEART AND SOUL..I 1ST HEARD THIS WHEN I WAS 16 I AM 66 NOW.THE PAIN YOU CAN HEAR IN HER VOICE CAN NOT BE DUPLICATED..THE ENDING I LOVE.THATS NINA. SHE WILL NEVER FORGOTTEN..
I was once one of those men ‘not worth fighting for’. Hearing this song (forty years ago now!) was like having a bucket of ice-cold water thrown in my face. It made me sit up, take a good look at how I was taking my girlfriend for granted, and change my ways. We’ve been married for forty-two years now, and she’s pretty much forgiven me (I think) 😅… bless you Nina you genius, my favourite singer ever, you were such a star and such an example to women everywhere ❤
I have worked at Town Hall for the past 33 YEARS. Many live recordings have been made there (because the acoustics are near perfect) however, all of the others pale compared to Nina's. I wasn't there in 1958 but, thankfully, she appeared there 3 more times before she died and I had the great pleasure to greet her each time. She loved the way she sounded there and, for me, that was very gratifying.
Thank you dear Linda for this great personal and informative comment. First of all..what a great place to work this must have been, that's just brilliant! What a wonderfull experience and memory ,you meeting the great and fabulous Nina......be sure we all envy you madly !! Well , she certainly was right, she sounded absolutely beautiful here.. Thank you again for sharing your lovely comment. Best and warm regards, Peter Schneider.
Thank you. It's always a pleasure to think and comment about Nina. I have a program from one of her concerts on which she wrote a few musical notes and signed her name. After her death, we presented a tribute to her hosted by her daughter, Simone. One of the highlights was Patti Smith singing "Don't Smoke in Bed". Aside from "You Can Have Him", my other favorites include "The Other Woman", "My Baby Just Cares For Me" and her amazingly powerful version of "The Times They Are A Changin" on which she plays the organ. Her voice was completely unique as was her gift with a keyboard. I wish she'd had a happier Life but that may have altered her music.
Thank you, That must have been quite a wonderful evening ,I also like Patti Smith,a true Original. I bought the Town Hall album in the mid sixties('63) and it was a most treasured posession of mine,really played it to the bone..still have it. You can have him, Wild is the Wind and The Other Woman ( which I posted on YT...Exactly Like YOU as well)) were my favorites too. Well, happy or sad,it was her life ..and I'm grateful she was here for a while and left us this gorgeous legacy !
Linda, I saw Nina Simone perform live several times, including twice in one night at The Blue Note, and each performance was riveting. You are very fortunate to have worked at Town Hall and to have witnessed so many great performances. I’ve actually only been there once but it’s a concert I will remember forever: Grace Jones’ “One-Man Show.” The staging was stunning, designed by Grace’s then-husband, Jean-Paul Goude.
Well..she understands that for whatever reason, it's never gonna workout to be blissful, and happily ever after- ....so she tells herself she doesn't want him, she knows it's a lie but it's the only thing she can do to move on...as she must....
@@rndmkt oh absolutely! Yet she had to realize that and through her journey she felt all those real feelings that she described. And just looking at it from an outside pov, how she loved and deeply considered him was BEAUTIFUL AND SELFLESS! So amazing to only want the best for someone even when they don't give a sh*t about you!
Even when you know this to be true, it's so hard to leave, because you still care and hope and want. You know you need to go but the way he's treated you has weakened you and you have to find a strength you didn't even know you had. But You can do it.
Always loved Nina’s version - she really made the argument - loved it how she captured the irony and desperation and denial and hope all at once in “so you seeeee...”
I have to remind myself while I listen to this that love doesn’t hurt - betrayal, rejection, loneliness hurts - but love, love is the only thing in the world that doesn’t hurt.
So sad , yet so empowering. It’s never too late to realise he is not the one, it’s never too late to chose you. Something you will never be able to take back or buy: is time; so invest it on yourself, on your happiness, your babies and your future. God bless all women on earth.
Be strong.. It's hard to accept but It's better than living with someone that will never love u. Be grateful. U would've be more unfortunate. Wish u the best.
Her artistry is reason alone to love her, much less her courage and her character, but this song has a special meaning for me. It gave me sass and laughs and courage, and maybe a little grieving too, when I left my husband's cheatin' ass.
Imagine being a man in love with a woman that tells another woman she can have you... ouch! Lol Nina’s songs are so powerful they hit me right in the gut such a soulful and powerful artist ...
I think she is singing this song to the woman who is taking her man away from her: I don't want him, you can have him. It starts with defiance, and then the truth comes out: all I ever wanted to do....and she lists all of the loving, tender and beautiful things that she had envisaged doing with him for the rest of her life. It's a heart breaking, beautiful song.
Absolutely. It's all about a woman trying to convince herself she doesn't want/need the sorry ass man she's still very much in love with, but no matter what, her heart won't listen to her head. It's one of the worst feelings and most challenging predicaments a human can experience. It SUCKS.
every time i go back to this song, i just imagine my self sitting on small café in paris while it’s raining and i’m having a hot chocolate and just feeling every little moment… god i can’t wait to graduate and start living the life i’m dreaming about.
I don't interpret this as a breakup song. It's a heartbreak song. She's just learned her beloved has been untrue, and she's heartbroken. Obviously, she still loves the guy. But in this song, she's only letting her heart break over him. It seems more likely that he is the one who left her, so she's working it out in her heart to get over him.
Nina, The Woman, The Voice, Her Gifts and Her Ability to reach your heart and your soul with Humanity and Grace and pure Power and Presence and Passion. Thank you Our Dear Soul Angel 🙏🌈
I feel there is a peace of me that lives within this song. The peace that has my best years, all my hopes and dreams. I feel, from that safety, the suffering in this song becomes only memory. The only alternative is the horror of losing true love and that scares me in reality so I send it to a world of dreams where the High Priestess rules supreme.
Peter S., Please NEVVVVVVVVVVVVVVER delete this song!!!!!!!!!!!! I've looked for this song from Dr. Simone for YEARS and I have the CD, but it is soooooooo messed up and NO record store has had when when I've looked!!! You're THE BESTTTTTTTTTTTT! Thank you much!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have this album. It was in my Granddad’s collection and he gave his collection to me about a year before he passed away. I play it every now and then; thankful he chose to share the music with me. Ever so grateful for both grandparents and their love of music and the arts. ❤️💫✨🕊🕊
I've met woman who truly taught me beautiful things. How to live. I'm grateful. Now it's in the fabric of who I am. Give him babies one for every year. Classic. 😊
when she sings the all i wanted...i always burst into tears. i was never lucky to be loved back for any man so it hits hard. ak please hug your loved one and hold them tight u are so fortunate
Every young black woman should listen to this song at least once. You don't have to do everything your grandparents done. But it is a fact that is why she kept her man longer than the Woman of today.
I met a very attractive man who shamely pursued me at a time when I was just enjoying being alone. I enjoyed his masculinity, fearlessness, vulnerability,, and confidence. He was everything I wanted in a partner. Eventually I fell in love. He was married and now only God can help me walk away and pick up the pieces to move forward.
I really love NIna Simone because her songs mimicks my life in so many ways. She was so relatable 😪 especially when I saw her documentary on Netflix for the first time in 2015. I must have watched it like 100 times and counting. God bless her soul.
Obviously she still desperately wants him and wanted to carry on loving him and doing all those loving things she sings about, but as a protective measure, she has to tell her self she doesn't want him, but she desperately does. He's obviously closed his mind to her completely and has this new woman.That's my interpretation.
The worst thing for me about having a crush is not being his girlfriend and breaking up with him after. The worst thing for me about having a crush is that he doesn't like me back, and that I'll never have a chance to be with him. Add to that that he likes someone else. It's just soooo heartbreaking 😭💔 and this master piece of Nina helps me go through it! I thank Nina for singing and playing such a master piece! 💜
![Felix "Unfair" | [Stray Kids : SKZ-PLAYER]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Oswujxm2Ag0/mqdefault.jpg)
btw, the song 'You can have him', is from the musical "Miss Liberty', composed by Irvin Berlin in 1949.
Dinah Shore and Doris Day, recorded a lovely, early duet version in 1949 ruclips.net/video/Cg4PXKAeFPA/видео.html
Helen Forrest in 1949 ruclips.net/video/M95npXyiXcU/видео.html
Ella Fitzgerald in 1958 ruclips.net/video/2jJ1mFFXl2U/видео.html and quite a superb one by Nancy Wilson, on her fabulous 1964 album 'Broadway-My Way' ruclips.net/video/FjfpOw4rySA/видео.html
Of course there's Shirley Bassey ruclips.net/video/0c3fGLlkCxY/видео.html and many other wonderful singers, who recorded their versions of this great song by Irvin Berlin.
Peter Schneider Nina was the greatest.
Thx 4 giving us that history
Thx very much for the valuable information you give us, i like this song also with Joey Heatherton!
...Joey Heatherton!
@@theheartoflee3923 Absolutely the best! I love Nancy Wilson too but there is no comparison to Nina. She made this song her own.
How can one woman on a piano sound like a friggin orchestra? Nina. Mic drop
Michael Scott She was a classically trained pianist. Her childhood dream was to become a concert pianist.
she is the angel that we need now
Simply, musicianship. It's what they do.
Because she supposed to be orchestra level pianist. Only if she is not black. Not my word, hers. Read her autobiography " I put a spell on you"- A Nina Simone story.
Absolutely. I was thinking the same.
Just awsome
if you have to fight for him or worry about him leaving you for another woman he is not your man 👀
Nina’s voice is the most beautiful on this song, I hear you Nina and understand. I've never and Don't think I'll ever fight about a man, cause if he can be taken, he was never mine. If he does not care for or please me, I just dont want him.
💯❗
Truth can be so sad
But you can't lose someone
That you never really had
That is it!
True.
My parents took me to see Nina Simone perform at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago. It was either 1966 or 1967 and I was not quite a teenager. I have always cherished the memory of the outing with my parents who were from the west side of Chicago. I found her quite fascinating in both how she looked, her voice and piano playing. To this day I remember her fish net stockings! Just a short time later my mom passed away in 1969 and my dad in 1971. I cemented the memory of this experience -- and also of seeing Duke Ellington at the same place -- for more than 50 years. My father loved jazz and this family outing and sacrifice on their part is so special. I always felt like they knew they would not be around, and wanted to give me experiences that my two much older siblings received in different ways.
Thank you for sharing. My dad was similar to your parents. I never got gifts. I always received experiences.
Wow, I’m happy you received that experience and have the fond memory with you beloved parents. Blessings to you💕
@@munix9351 Experiences make a longer impression! What a blessing.
Oh my God thanks for sharing this lovely experience! God bless!
What a beautiful gift to have seen this wonderful woman perform. May your parents always rest in peace and may their memory always bring you joy.
My wife brought this album with her when we married 45 years ago. Both of them are my treasures.
jellyfishj1
That is really sweet
Wow what a beautiful comment!
❤️ such a lovely comment..
Tch! Whaaaat!?
Your wife made a man out of you.
I think she won't the bet
You can tell that she's sad to lose him from the sweet words she uses in her verses. The chorus is just but an ego boost. Indeed, just like she said in her 1999 interview with Hardtalk BBC "I don't sing from anger, I sing from intelligence" R.I.P Legend.
Remember political stuff is there for your distraction and to keep people angry with each other......Remember to think with intelligence.
@@lemmesay She had bipolar disorder, a very serious mental illness, and lived in an era when her condition went undiagnosed and untreated. She also lived in a time when blacks were hunted and treated like animals and were not protected by the government. You really expect she'd be a calm, cool and collected person? It is extremely unfortunate that her child was affected because of it, but also be rational about the actual circumstances when bringing down such judgment on people who have mental illness.
@@lemmesay I've watched that doc too. I love Nina's music. Your feelings about her daughter's situation make clompete sense. But i think the sensible approach is not to hate Nina herself but rather acknowledge that everyone involved was miserable in their own way. Sadly, children can't fend for themselves or get out. So I'm right there with you. But calling Nina an angry bitch is an oversimplification of very serious medical, personal and societal problems.
@Francisco Partida: Wow! This is one of the most amazing comments I have ever read on RUclips! You've won the internet until 2030 lol!
V D I saw a documentary about that...her daughter said her Mom was Narcissistic.
BEAUTIFUL.......THE IRONY IS SHE DID LOVE HIM BUT HE WASNT THE MAN FOR HER.....SOMETIMES US AS WOMEN ARE GOOD TO THE WRONG MEN......SHE WAS DOING EVERYTHING A LOVING WIFE WOULD DO....BUT HE WAS NEVER SATISFIED......THIS SONG HAS HELPED ME TO LET GO......😘😘😘😘😍😍😍😍 WILL ALWAYS LOVE THIS SONG!!!
Same 😢💔
❤❤❤❤✌
She was too in love with him and was a doormat which turns men off. Men are attracted to the chase not the thirst. She was making things too easy for him and men take that as desperation which repels them.
that was my now ex.for 33 years.thats all i did.only to be told i wasnt good enough.well/his loss.not mine./
The double irony is that this song is for him but he will never know or understand the value of what was being offered. She’s in the melancholy of letting go but she will love again and I just hope it’s my socks that get darned by a love like that. Bless her and all who love hard but get hurt
This song sums up exactly what I am going through. I just found out that the man I spent over 3 years of my life with, who I was engaged to, and had plans of building a home and having children with..... I found out that he was cheating on me. I called off our wedding and walked away. It hurts SO bad but I now know he was truly not the man for me.
Be strong ... I dont know you, but I know you are worth more than that. X
Many women would forgive the man who hurt them (even our lovely Nina), but you decided to keep your dignity. Bravo!
@@mjudge07 thank you for the kind words. I needed to hear that.
you deserve more
i hope you’re doing better, something similar happened to me a few months ago... everything happens for a reason! i also you’re being kind to yourself during your healing..🤍
I have never made it 60 seconds through this song without crying. It's the most beautiful love song every written.
It's all good
Nina is unmatched for her haunting ability to make you feel the song and the story. Take a listen to Nancy Wilson's version when you get a moment. It is beautiful in a different way
same. its like a water falll in my face now
Nina Simone + Irving Berlin = Genius. 🎶❤️🎶
god this song has saved my life. I can't even begin to describe how it's given me my life and confidence back. I sing it loud and proud to remind myself that I am worthy of love, respect, and dignity.
Amen, you are worth it!
100 per cent ❤
me too fr ily
I feel ya gurl, many years in I finally figured it out.
“I’ll spend the balance of the day in bed” - what a line!
WE'LL SPEND THE BALANCE OF THE DAY IN BED'
Irving Berlin
could you please explain what it means? I'm not a native speaker of English.
Shaban Rashed it means exactly what it says. I’ll spend the rest of the day in bed but the choice of the word ‘balance’ really makes the line feel literary and poetic, at once.
@@newguyntown thanks a lot!
my 11yr old son heard this song & the end he said ‘that was beautiful’ blew my mind..
He's got good taste. You've raised him right.😘
@@jeannemabrey9111 thank you 😊
Nina Simone didn't want to be a singer, she wanted to be a classical pianist. This live recording here is one of the best vocal performances ever on record. As a bandleader she constructed a superb arrangement, with a ravishing crescendo throughout that you know is taking you to a powerful finish. (Where she ends up releasing unexpected jubilation while you're trying not to cry.) If ever there was a "triple threat" in music who would humble anyone, it is Miss Nina Simone. I can be steely, but when she gets to that first "for" at 0:29, the walls are down.
ruclips.net/video/G3TcEZYU3XY/видео.html
I’m so glad that life didn’t quite turn out as planned for her. As much as I love her piano, her singing can bring you to another place. She’s expert at bringing a room up in emotion from playing the tent revivals for her pastor mother as a child.
@@TheWoodsugar I don't know, she was bitter and rightly so. Her dream was shelved due to the racism that still is systemic within classical music. She was incredible. I also didn't realise that was her skillset or dream until I read her biography. Shame on me.
@@lucyvalentinemusic we can't know everything. Remember telling Blossom Dearie " you play beautifully on the piano" after she was through. I am still laughing thinking back, when she replied " but that's my forté". I still wish I was 2 feet under :-)
Lovely breakdown. Thank you.
When you suddenly find your feelings, sung years ago, decades ago. It hurts.
Oh but she still loves him, I was there once.
Still there a little. Getting better though.
Such truth, but real love never completely dissolves.....@ least my heart has whispered that when I pretend I’m not listening.
sunshiine it’s a bit of a pain..
Autumn Horton it is.....smh! It had had a lingering affect
According to you. but, you're not her,she know her worth.
SHE HAS SUCH HEART AND SOUL..I 1ST HEARD THIS WHEN I WAS 16 I AM 66 NOW.THE PAIN YOU CAN HEAR IN HER VOICE CAN NOT BE DUPLICATED..THE ENDING I LOVE.THATS NINA. SHE WILL NEVER FORGOTTEN..
waw.i was also 16 and now 67.the best,
I was 16, now I am 67.
I'm 16 right now listening to it for the first time tonight
So great to know this
I was once one of those men ‘not worth fighting for’. Hearing this song (forty years ago now!) was like having a bucket of ice-cold water thrown in my face. It made me sit up, take a good look at how I was taking my girlfriend for granted, and change my ways. We’ve been married for forty-two years now, and she’s pretty much forgiven me (I think) 😅… bless you Nina you genius, my favourite singer ever, you were such a star and such an example to women everywhere ❤
I have worked at Town Hall for the past 33 YEARS. Many live recordings have been made there (because the acoustics are near perfect) however, all of the others pale compared to Nina's. I wasn't there in 1958 but, thankfully, she appeared there 3 more times before she died and I had the great pleasure to greet her each time. She loved the way she sounded there and, for me, that was very gratifying.
Thank you dear Linda for this great personal and informative comment.
First of all..what a great place to work this must have been, that's just brilliant!
What a wonderfull experience and memory ,you meeting the great and fabulous Nina......be sure we all envy you madly !!
Well , she certainly was right, she sounded absolutely beautiful here..
Thank you again for sharing your lovely comment.
Best and warm regards,
Peter Schneider.
Thank you. It's always a pleasure to think and comment about Nina. I have a program from one of her concerts on which she wrote a few musical notes and signed her name. After her death, we presented a tribute to her hosted by her daughter, Simone. One of the highlights was Patti Smith singing "Don't Smoke in Bed". Aside from "You Can Have Him", my other favorites include "The Other Woman",
"My Baby Just Cares For Me" and her amazingly powerful version of "The Times They Are A Changin" on which she plays the organ. Her voice was completely unique as was her gift with a keyboard. I wish she'd had a happier Life but that may have altered her music.
Thank you,
That must have been quite a wonderful evening ,I also like Patti Smith,a true Original.
I bought the Town Hall album in the mid sixties('63) and it was a most treasured posession of mine,really played it to the bone..still have it.
You can have him, Wild is the Wind and The Other Woman ( which I posted on YT...Exactly Like YOU as well)) were my favorites too.
Well, happy or sad,it was her life ..and I'm grateful she was here for a while and left us this gorgeous legacy !
Linda, I saw Nina Simone perform live several times, including twice in one night at The Blue Note, and each performance was riveting. You are very fortunate to have worked at Town Hall and to have witnessed so many great performances.
I’ve actually only been there once but it’s a concert I will remember forever: Grace Jones’ “One-Man Show.” The staging was stunning, designed by Grace’s then-husband, Jean-Paul Goude.
Was she the giant I imagine she was? The queen of all I aspire to be? No, don't answer that. I would rather keep her larger than life in my mind...
Well..she understands that for whatever reason, it's never gonna workout to be blissful, and happily ever after- ....so she tells herself she doesn't want him, she knows it's a lie but it's the only thing she can do to move on...as she must....
Irv yes❤️
Irv 👌🏾💖
I must.........................💔
Well well, it is what it is. Choices
@@sybilotterstrom4452 ❤🙏🏽
This is for someone i remember but who no longer remembers me..
@Lynda Anthony
I am sorry...
Memories are beautiful but also can be very painful..
@@avengernemesis7990 Lol
This is so funny sometimes you have 2 laugh to keep from crying
@@felinefokus
Not quite sure how to take your comment..??
I am delighted that someone's pain is a joy to you..
Australia..
@@avengernemesis7990 it's funny because I can relate lol thanks love to you from Georgia 🥰
All she wanted to do was love him and she did that... But it wasn't what he wanted, at least not from her beautiful soul.
He is not the right man sis if he doesnt know how to appreciate you.
@@rndmkt oh absolutely! Yet she had to realize that and through her journey she felt all those real feelings that she described. And just looking at it from an outside pov, how she loved and deeply considered him was BEAUTIFUL AND SELFLESS! So amazing to only want the best for someone even when they don't give a sh*t about you!
His loss, her gain. He'll be searching for her in others but won't find her. Tragedy
@@kassaviacobb1428 Love that observation and yes, it is a tragedy.
I do this... my beautiful heart...
I cry every single time. The lyrics. Her voice. The emotion.
Jazlyn Guevara damnit! me too 😢
Sublime Nina 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽✊🏽
Even when you know this to be true, it's so hard to leave, because you still care and hope and want. You know you need to go but the way he's treated you has weakened you and you have to find a strength you didn't even know you had.
But
You can do it.
Claire yes ma’am.
When you are too nice, he takes you for granted. Remember to always put yourself first. You are the one who stayed with you till the end.
Always loved Nina’s version - she really made the argument - loved it how she captured the irony and desperation and denial and hope all at once in “so you seeeee...”
I have to remind myself while I listen to this that love doesn’t hurt - betrayal, rejection, loneliness hurts - but love, love is the only thing in the world that doesn’t hurt.
She was a brilliant pianist.
My God... you can feel her agony over losing this man from Jupiter.
Amazing song sung by the amazing Nina
Who can match her intensity?
@@pld5000 sad maybe im quite the same as her. But at least a have myself to love in case of everything go wrong. Dont i? ^^
Patrick Dabbs it’s a lot to handle
So sad , yet so empowering. It’s never too late to realise he is not the one, it’s never too late to chose you. Something you will never be able to take back or buy: is time; so invest it on yourself, on your happiness, your babies and your future. God bless all women on earth.
A few years back, my ex-fiance left me 3 months before our wedding for his ex-girlfriend. They married a year later... I wish I knew this song then.
Be strong.. It's hard to accept but It's better than living with someone that will never love u. Be grateful. U would've be more unfortunate. Wish u the best.
You know it now baby girl 🙏
This woman brakes my heart like no other.
So much talent!!! So much suffering. May she know she is loved and not forgotten
Nina is a rare breed of performer. She makes beautiful music on records and is superb in concert. She has great integrity and is quite inspirational
Her artistry is reason alone to love her, much less her courage and her character, but this song has a special meaning for me. It gave me sass and laughs and courage, and maybe a little grieving too, when I left my husband's cheatin' ass.
I can't relate experientially but emotionally, yesss, the song touched on my sass, laughter and curiosity as well! Such deliverance, bless.💛🐝
they just don't know Nina, they just don't know
" apricot juice and some buttered toast" Says it all. What a great performance!
Imagine being a man in love with a woman that tells another woman she can have you... ouch! Lol Nina’s songs are so powerful they hit me right in the gut such a soulful and powerful artist ...
Thank you for posting. Here it is 2019 and this is the first time that I have heard this song. Oh how beautiful!
JLJ me too , it’s so smoothly
Same here! Thank you
Same
Same 👐🏽
Right!
I think she is singing this song to the woman who is taking her man away from her: I don't want him, you can have him. It starts with defiance, and then the truth comes out: all I ever wanted to do....and she lists all of the loving, tender and beautiful things that she had envisaged doing with him for the rest of her life. It's a heart breaking, beautiful song.
Yep
Absolutely. It's all about a woman trying to convince herself she doesn't want/need the sorry ass man she's still very much in love with, but no matter what, her heart won't listen to her head. It's one of the worst feelings and most challenging predicaments a human can experience. It SUCKS.
Shelly Duncan very much so.
When I listen to her I always feel like I am transformed to a different world where music was music..
TIMING IS EVERYTHING
Play this until you remember that you left and you are happy now. You won, you lost nothing ,❤️
OH NINA HAVE MERCY ON ME !
Nihad Badii Yes-I feel the same way. She just made you want more and more and more.
RIGHT FRANK :)
Good night !
every time i go back to this song, i just imagine my self sitting on small café in paris while it’s raining and i’m having a hot chocolate and just feeling every little moment… god i can’t wait to graduate and start living the life i’m dreaming about.
I don't interpret this as a breakup song. It's a heartbreak song. She's just learned her beloved has been untrue, and she's heartbroken. Obviously, she still loves the guy. But in this song, she's only letting her heart break over him. It seems more likely that he is the one who left her, so she's working it out in her heart to get over him.
I’m in love with this woman. How on earth did she produce such great music!!
She is so exquisite.
,,,al piano es Chopin femenina ¡¡
So raw, pure, and full of internal conflict. This is a beautiful piece. My God!
Nina, The Woman, The Voice, Her Gifts and Her Ability to reach your heart and your soul with Humanity and Grace and pure Power and Presence and Passion. Thank you Our Dear Soul Angel 🙏🌈
I feel there is a peace of me that lives within this song. The peace that has my best years, all my hopes and dreams. I feel, from that safety, the suffering in this song becomes only memory. The only alternative is the horror of losing true love and that scares me in reality so I send it to a world of dreams where the High Priestess rules supreme.
Nina was a story teller through her songs, captivating, she was from another world❤❤
Never heard this song until tonight. Tears streaming down my face. My broken heart feels very understood right now.
Peter S., Please NEVVVVVVVVVVVVVVER delete this song!!!!!!!!!!!! I've looked for this song from Dr. Simone for YEARS and I have the CD, but it is soooooooo messed up and NO record store has had when when I've looked!!! You're THE BESTTTTTTTTTTTT!
Thank you much!!!!!!!!!!!!
This song was right on time. She can most certainly have him.
My God,this woman exhales talent!!!
I swear this woman put so much life into this song, every song really. Amazing artistry!
she was an amazing pianist. IO wish her singing skills didnt often overshadow how great she was at piano.
Yes, like Ray Charles, she was a piano virtuoso!
blue didn’t even know she played the piano ! Just wow!
I have this album. It was in my Granddad’s collection and he gave his collection to me about a year before he passed away. I play it every now and then; thankful he chose to share the music with me. Ever so grateful for both grandparents and their love of music and the arts. ❤️💫✨🕊🕊
Ok I'm crying right now
Mi too hits my soul like rain drops on my window in early spring _me
3rd week after breakup...crying a river right now
My mother use to blast this with other songs I thought was old people's music but I grew to appreciate this and other songs by her
The end to this song expresses unimaginable sorrow
I've met woman who truly taught me beautiful things. How to live. I'm grateful. Now it's in the fabric of who I am. Give him babies one for every year. Classic. 😊
when she sings the all i wanted...i always burst into tears. i was never lucky to be loved back for any man so it hits hard. ak please hug your loved one and hold them tight u are so fortunate
They don't make music like this anymore! ♥️
They sure don't.
Pure unadulterated genius and black excellent. 2018
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER. NINA! NINA SIMONE!
For that one who wouldn't sing this for me
This is how you feel about a man after he done you wrong
You could hear a pin drop while she was singing. It was so sad and intense at the same time. Many emotions displaying ❤💚💛 #LongLiveNina
I needed a song like this my whole life😅 because I've always liked people who liked other people.
They don't make them like you anymore Queen
Keep resting in power♥️
"mend his underwear and darn his socks" man, that's love. My wife and I loved this album. She died a while ago.
I would choose to listen to this on Valentine's day :-/ lol
Every young black woman should listen to this song at least once. You don't have to do everything your grandparents done. But it is a fact that is why she kept her man longer than the Woman of today.
Nina simone was on another level. I have an amazing canvas of her on my wall. Love her x
I met a very attractive man who shamely pursued me at a time when I was just enjoying being alone. I enjoyed his masculinity, fearlessness, vulnerability,, and confidence. He was everything I wanted in a partner. Eventually I fell in love. He was married and now only God can help me walk away and pick up the pieces to move forward.
I really love NIna Simone because her songs mimicks my life in so many ways. She was so relatable 😪 especially when I saw her documentary on Netflix for the first time in 2015. I must have watched it like 100 times and counting. God bless her soul.
Yes indeed know the feeling. Wont play the fool any more. Time i was asserting myself and not about others
Masterpiece
Shout out to my aunt Charice who taught me all about Nina Simone activist singer and amazing entertainer.
@Mrs. NinaSimone thank you 4 sharing Life n a intimate way. @ROD man we made it. Peace
Just got through reading Anne Sexton's poem "For My Lover Returning to His Wife" and it made me think of this song.
Fantastica! Bella! Inteligente! Audaz! Valiente!.... Inolvidable, Chile te recuerda.
I feel some Chopin's vibe in the beggining 🎹🎹 it's just amazing how she could put in her songs classical vibes😇
Its amazing when Nina gets going on the piano, you know something is coming
OMG! Just wow Nina!!!
MANNNNNN, did this pop up in the right time. I DONT WANT HIM!!
To many Aretha is a Queen. For me it’s Nina Simone. 💎💎💎💎💎💎
She's Actually in Love with this Awful Man! Ladies don't we know her pain and tears.😥 💔
this is healing
La Diosa !!
Her voice sounds like silk to my ears. It's intoxicating.
Exquisite, with some beautiful photographs.
Obviously she still desperately wants him and wanted to carry on loving him and doing all those loving things she sings about, but as a protective measure, she has to tell her self she doesn't want him, but she desperately does. He's obviously closed his mind to her completely and has this new woman.That's my interpretation.
Nina, respect from Georgia🇬🇪💖🏵️🌸🌼
Wow! That intro - Nina Simone's fingers literally DANCING on DIAMONDs!!!!💃
Oh Nina! You were the epitome of everything real. Loved you then ...love you now.
the incomparable. the goddess. I am so sad I never got to hear her live.
The worst thing for me about having a crush is not being his girlfriend and breaking up with him after. The worst thing for me about having a crush is that he doesn't like me back, and that I'll never have a chance to be with him. Add to that that he likes someone else. It's just soooo heartbreaking 😭💔 and this master piece of Nina helps me go through it! I thank Nina for singing and playing such a master piece! 💜
I dont know how I've never heard this song before. It's so enchanting and heart wrenching. She sings the soundtrack of my life.