Exactly!!! People on here acting like she was 'constructively expressing her opinions thru music'. No goddammit these r FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 💯💯💯 Where is the lie?!?! The proof is in present day 2020 🤷🏾♀️ Man some people just still don't get it...🤦🏾♀️😒
You can't make people like you. They can hate you if they want too. You have the same equality in the US as anybody else. No one is standing in your way unless you allow it. Complaining bitches.
Thank God for women and men like her, plus countries that allowed them to say what they wanted to say or sing because Americans wouldn't even though Americans keep saying: "All Lives Matter". When Black Lives Matter, then All Lives will truly Matter.
To see her facial expressions and body language while performing brought tears to my eyes. The hurt and anger, frustration and a million slights and outright degradations she’d suffered or witnessed seemed to all be expressed . Powerful . Powerful . Powerful.
The true meaning of woman shines through this queen. I wish the so called women of today who profess to represent women??? American or otherwise would at least be humbled by this warrior about the real truth...
@@glennnunn940 your horrible use of number, letters and punctuation tells me all there is to know that you're not the brightest person in this comment section...sad sad
@Dr.Phil's inner drag whats sad is u let a number. punctuate ur little brian 2 pass a judgment thats lacking n flawed.it hastens ur ignorance 2 the forefront.had u not spoken i would have not known ur stupidity. i dont have time 2 teach u the valuable lessons ur dad missed.he couldn't possibly b as empty minded as u.please save ur small efforts 4 small endeavors.
@@glennnunn940 Jesus fucking christ sir. I have no fucking idea what you typed, all I know is that it's inconcievable gibberish and I'm lost because of it. Are you okay? Did you have a stroke or something??
Lyrically, this is like punk rock before there was punk rock. Saying what truly needs to be said except, instead of screaming out in rage and anger, she kept her composure and cool despite the noticeable anger and anguish on her face. Brave and brilliant, class act.
Honestly, better voice and instruments too. Hahaha! I say that as a 45 year old back in the day punkrocker and musician. I can't touch Ms. Simones level of artistry, poignancy, and heart.
@@emmadoesartonline It’s from her Netflix documentary called “What happened, Miss Simone?” This particular quote was an excerpt from an interview she gave in ‘68. She was getting a lot of flack from her record label & her fans (mostly white) because she had joined the Black Power movement. She stopped doing the pop-mainstream music she was known for & began to do songs like this one.
Don't despair. Humans are a slow species to change and we all change at different rates. We all stand on the shoulders of others in history and that tower was never going to be steady
Yes, her words are direct, no beating around the bush here. My mom was born and raised in this shit. Her mom took her 7 sons out of there cause she knew the would be killed because they refuse to be treated less than human. They had the Nina complex too.
Broke my heart hearing her sing, “My country is full of lies...” She was born & raised in America, a land where her talent was liked a lot, but a land of people who hated her skin color...sad
Nina left America because of racism and what happened to many people during the civil rights movement she was appreciated more in Europe and felt safer thats why she lived here
America doesn't want to change. That is why everything is too slow. "They try to say it is a communist plot." Well I live in a communist country and I thank God that I do. I have lived in America and it is only beautiful for the privileged white few. There are too many hard working poor black people that can't get by. I will not go back. 🇨🇳 if you like America, well you can stay there.
To understand the total sh*t that was happening , study the year 1965. Simone was brave, stood up against the evils of her day...which, sadly, are something we have to fight against all over again. God Bless Nina Simone.
true. but that doesn't mean one should be a solution for a problem that doesn't exist. the purpose of an activist is to make things right so they dont' need to do activism any more. there's bigger problems out there. there was a mass shotting that happened because of some gang beef. not three days ago... where is that in the news? twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1008430846741700608 imgur.com/gallery/PSBRegY all the pride month activists seem to be OK with bullying gay people in less fortunate countries to death... and then having the nerve to say the USA is bad on that... in countries where it is illegal to be gay. where one can be arrested and killed with no legal recourse. BLM started over police brutality but didn't care about anyone shot in detroit and now that a school shooting happened in a white neighborhood everyone is against the right to own a gun... the right that should stand. Colin noir said it best that David Hog's white privilege is trying to take away guns from people that weren't even considered people. we have people that SAY they fight for justice and then gentrify and colonize entertainment th-cam.com/video/L-UBfkUVGk4/w-d-xo.html as seen here. say things are "problematic" you have to defend everyone's rights even the rights of the people you dont' like or else we won't have them. twitter.com/DefiantlyFree/status/1008541862519451648 this person has it right. When you bring up the fact that Women's victory for reproductive rights directly cause a queer health crisis (aids, access to hrt) that could have been prevented. suddenly people don't sing your praises. when you point out how the Alberta NDP has a two track system for health care in violation of the Equal Care Act and 94% of planned parenthood denies HRT or at best forces one to go through a gate keeper... the "liberals" get upset when you point out their bullshit
oh what's that? nothing happened? and here you are tainting this video with your backward pre programed response that you heard from billionare talking heads?
I am a 64 year old white southern woman and I love you and You matter to me and today is the first time I ever heard this song. I believe she wrote this when she had become fed up! She was tired too and hurting and mad as hell with every right to be. I want to say to you that i feel so bad and i cry for the murdered young black men that are being murdered everyday needlessly and with apparently no remorse. As a mother that has lost a child not to violence but have lost a child I can not Imagine how Mr. Floyd's Family must feel. I'm angry and ready to do what I can do to help heal up a 400 year old open bleeding cut in our nations history.Right now this minute this is what I can do . This song touched fibers in me i didn't know I had and so did your comment . For that I Thank You and I Love you because you are here and because you . You Matter to me.💖
I am 47 years old. White. Married to a black man whose ancestors were stolen from Benin to cut the sugar canes in Martinique, Caribbean. We have two black daughters. We live in Germany. My father was an American, I am an American citizen, grew up in Germany. My family and I are facing racism every day here, we know how it feels. And we are so, so sad about what is going on in the US. I can not put it in words.
In every meaning of the word. Her soul, personality, voice, words, hair, eyes, the way her voice sounds strong but it's cracking... She's indeed beautiful
@Over Under Sideways Down she may not have been a model, but she shone with the brilliance of her craft and her convictions, and that is what made her a true beauty.
Derrick Stinoski : I am so fucking angry that it wasn’t declared a National Emergency, and everyone just MOVED IMMEDIATELY!! #Bernie2020LastChance …he loves us!❤️✊🏾🌎✌🏾💯
3 weeks away from Election Day 2024 , I'm here in S F Ca. 4 weeks away from b-day # 76 .....This gem is more spot on today than ever .. .Bunches of Blessing Ms. Simone , I love you.
Damn Dems and George Wallace. The party of Jim Crow, Slavery and Welfare…. And they still have everyone fooled (and this is an objective Canadian outsider opinion)
Nina looks so mad because she knows that after this performance she and the band have to eat at a back door and sleep in the bus. Miss this sister and this kind of boldness. "That's it!"
Apparently, you have knowledge of the way black people were treated at this jazz festival in Antibes, France in 1965. Oh, wait, you don't? You're just casually accusing people you don't know anything about, of being racist? That's what I thought.
@@comicjohnladams I noticed that your response came in two minutes after mine, so I'm assuming that you never actually paid attention to what I wrote, but merely reacted with a stock answer that you use when you don't have any arguments. Let me add some facts for anyone who is interested (mr. Adams apparently isn't): this was filmed at the sixth edition of a festival in France that was so important in the world of jazz that the American magazine Billboard wrote a long review plus an article about it, calling it 'the most important jazz manifestation in Europe'. It lasted for six days and drew about 18,000 people. Previous years had seen performances by Ella Fitzgerald and Miles Davis. French television filmed the entire festival, a Swedish film crew shot a documentary there. This was a big thing, not a gig in some bar in a racist, backward American town. The festival was held in Juan-les-Pins, a beach resort for the French jet set. Nina Simone performed there for two nights. She and Marion Williams also made extra appearances in the Juan-les-Pins casino during the festival. She probably flew there (because France is on the other side of an ocean). So does anyone seriously think that miss Simone would have traveled there if she hadn't been guaranteed a hotel room? And look! Here's a quote from the Billboard (August 14, 1965): "The budget for this year's event was around $80,000, most of which went to return air tickets for 35 musicians from the States and hotel accommodations." There you go - ain't it nice how a bit of research can give you a clearer view of reality?
Nina received backlash for this song, radio stations broke the 45 in half & returned them to the studio. Nina lost bookings also. Some of the things racist bigots hate, the truth, truth teller & the truth about themselves. So true a song.
@@mws8389 That's just the deflection of the establishment. They have the audacity to steal, kill & destroy bp lives for centuries then hav a pblm with a expression of "goddam" like it's so harmful. The hipocrasy
@@beautifulsungoddess2015 Yes, I agree with you on the hypocrisy part, but I don't think it was 'deflection' by the 'establishment'. Keep in mind that in 1964 many black people, including Nina Simone's churchgoing parents, would also have been upset by the use of the word 'goddam' in a pop song (especially in the title). The record company (Philips, from the Netherlands) tried hard to promote the record by writing a glowing review on the sleeve, mentioning that the 'outstanding' song had received 'tremendous recognition'. To make it more suitable for airplay, they beeped out the offending word on the promo copies and changed the title to 'Mississippi *@!!?*@!' (but how are you going to announce that on the radio?). All to no avail - I'm convinced that not even the most forward-thinking deejays in the southern states would have dared to play this record to their listeners, because it might have cost them their jobs. A number (or maybe all) of Nina Simone's protest songs led to boycotts, but this song hurt her career the most, she said. (source: the wikipedia article 'Mississippi Goddam' + linked articles) The thing is, it's not clear who broke those records in two or why. It could have been the subject matter, it could have been Nina's skin color, it might have been just the language. Or any of those things combined. We recognize that this is a great and important song - that doesn't mean that folks in 1964 did as well.
@@mws8389 The only reason the "people" in 1964 had a so called pblm with the word "goddamn" when they were being hunted down like animals was because of fear & bondage of religion that was forced upon them & a false morality from an immoral country of predators. No one really gave or gives two fuqs about a cuss word when they were & still are being murdered by those that wanna control their very lives & expressions. Most of them churchgoers said that same word if not for nothing but outrage & terror. They got it from the so called Christian wp on the plantation anyway. Those people were terrified including Ninas parents. Some wp paid for it soooo....they look the other way as long as they can capitalize off our talent. Good thing she said it anyway.
She was told not to but she dared to sing this song on Television. A legendary performance that ultimately ended her career. She was banned from every possible way after this act.
Yep. I had never heard of it before. It's hilarious in a sense that an artist just went on and sang these lyrics. This is harder than lyrics in rap. But it's serious and sad, too. Very interesting song.
@@TheRealHousewifeOfPG are you high on pills? Never mind. You listened to this song and posted the most ignorant, embarrassing bs, shame on you. YOU ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY BECAUSE YOU DONT KNOW SHIT ABOUT HISTORY.
Nina Simone also had a wonderful set on July 26, the third day of the Festival. The program had been rescheduled due to sickness. Svend Asmussen and John Lewis came first. Then entered Nina with 5-6 numbers that absolutely stunned the audience., including "Nobody Loves You When You're Down and Out". This was the same afternoon that (after the intermission) gave us John Coltranes only known live performance of "A Love Supreme". Some concert! My wife and I (Thomas and Ulla Rönström, Stockholm, Sweden) were there on our honeymoon. Some memory! (We are 80+ by now)
"Simone was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in the late 1980s. She was known for her temper and outbursts of aggression. In 1985, Simone fired a gun at a record company executive, whom she accused of stealing royalties. Simone said she "tried to kill him" but "missed". In 1995 while living in France, she shot and wounded her neighbor's son with an air gun after the boy's laughter disturbed her concentration and she perceived his response to her complaints as racial insults. Singer-songwriter Janis Ian, a one-time friend of Simone's, related in her own autobiography, Society's Child: My Autobiography, two instances to illustrate Simone's volatility: one incident in which she forced a shoe store cashier at gunpoint to take back a pair of sandals she'd already worn; and another in which Simone demanded a royalty payment from Ian herself as an exchange for having recorded one of Ian's songs, and then ripped a pay telephone out of its wall when she was refused." Yeah, sounds like a "fun neighbor."
@@mercsterAnd I believe her when she perceived his response as racial insults. He probably was gaslighting her. Yall are good at doing that. It was also not uncommon for companies to steal royalties at this time and with the lack of record author rights, she just couldn't prove it. Your entire assumption comes from a place of racism and sexism tbh when you assume it's just hysteria and nothing can be explained with what you just wrote. But then again I'm pretty sure that's not the point of the line in this song. Is it? Stop trying to belittle here because your privileged ahh don't agree with the message of the song because of entitlement and fragility
I just had to hear Nina again after watching Mississippi Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith comment "... and if he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be in the front row." And she is still going to win her Senate seat because everybody knows (even in 2018) "Mississippi Goddam!"
Powerful woman, pissed off. The song was banned in several southern states (they claimed the ban was b/c of the word "goddam" lol) during the Civil Rights Era. Unfortunately after this weekend it's still depressingly relevant. Charlottesville Goddam!
And Cyndi Hide Smith MS sitting Senator just said, "If this man were to invite me to a public hanging, I would be right in the front row." And she clarifies, "It's a statement of exaggerated regard.."
Yes. And it's great to sing out against racism but why put in these particular lyrics? "You're all gonna die and die like flies" Hopefully was meant figuratively but one should always be careful of how one expresses one's anger. It could fuel the myths about blacks being more violent.
@Oppothumbs M She sang *We're all gonna die like flies, not you're. Huge distinction. She is saying they are gonna die as lesser beings if civil rights laws do not move faster towards equality.
I think this is the most subversive and revolutionary song written in American history. Every time I listen to it I get more about the emotionally raw but brilliantly deft lyrics. it's like even though she is expressing so much pain she's using meter and lyrical flourishes to build a case brick by brick for racial equality that we still haven't delivered on for black folks.
Sister Nina Simone performed this back when Wallace and racism was alive and thriving. She spoke thru her lyrics and she performed it just as strong as the protests at that time. Rest In Peace, "never misunderstood"
back when? Where u been...2019...any justice for Jean Botham’s momma yet? I’m sure she feels what this woman was brave enough to speak back then now. You know the handsome, educated, working young man killed in his own home and they investigated him in stead of his murderer, plant pot, tried to kill him all over again by trying to destroy his character.
'In an interview for Jet magazine, Simone stated that her controversial song "Mississippi Goddam" harmed her career'. It just made me respect Nina Simone even more...
Fucking amazing 😩😍😍 she’s very beautiful ! This song is 56yrs old ! And EVERY SINGLE WORD she said is relevant today. “You don’t have to live next to me, just give me my equality” ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿🤍
I watched "What happened, Miss Simone" last week and it's a shame because it seemed like she felt once the Civil Rights Movement ended that she didn't have a purpose anymore. She said the music she'd made wasn't "relevant" but unfortunately it is and I think it'll always be. Her contributions haven't gone unnoticed.
It’s quite uncanny how all the unsung heroes of the movement don’t get talked about in our education system but that does seem like an responsible for the community that only gets fulfilled for one to two months out of the year.
@@ytzhokpoultorak6308 there needs to be a remake cause that was horrible. They could have cast a darkskin women instead of getting a prosthetic nose and paint Zoe Saldana a darker shade.
This song was written in response to the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, AL...which had killed four young Black girls, who'd just finished a Bible study session. It's rumored to have taken Nina Simone between 20 minutes to an hour to write 'Mississippi Goddam'. I love watching her body language and facial expressions...you could tell she was just fed up with it all. And I don't blame her for hurrying up to get off that stage. You know that white audience was mad.
Marshala Stovall Europe, the U.K, Canada and many other places provided, to an extent, some relief from the hatred Black American artists experienced at home in the last century. France was no different and I can you assure no one in that white, French audience was angry at Nina Simone. She often left the stage barely even taking a bow. Please don't find the worst of the American South every time you see a pale face.
I just turned 40....the most wonderful line to me is, "they keep on saying Go Slow..." because supposedly "culture" moves at its own pace, and people still argue that Integration should not have happened by "Court Order", and should have just happened "naturally", according to how culture worked. But WHO is being served by the natural cycles of culture? There are times when even if you're the person who doesn't want it, you just gotta be PUSHED FORWARD. Because culture isn't JUST about what comes tomorrow, it's about those who are alive HERE and NOW!
Right. More specifically, that line is a reference to Black folks be told again and again and again that change is coming but don't rush it - "go slow." You want access to better jobs? Go slow. Better schools? Go slow. Voting rights? Go slow.
This song is still controversial today, I can’t begin to understand how she felt signing it then. Can only imagine she sang like it was her last time singing. Brave as hell and and a god blessed voice. Inspiring.
Im thinking everyone that searched up this song since George was murdered..n u know what...it breaks our hearts things havent changed much...hopefully times up for hatred n injustice...silence dont work...wish i had answer to what does....God bless all the George"s...heal the pain n dry the tears...the devil never sleeps...so we cant either....we all damn tired of it..1♥ be strong n be loud n 🙏...its all i know to do..God Bless George n everyone thats on the receiving end of this injustice and the pain it causes those touched by it...shame on humanity for tolerating its existence.
George Floyd is a PSY OP. They copied the exact same scene in Paris 3 days later. Same position same number of fake cops, 1 melanated mason, they even kneeled on him for the exact same 8minutes and 46 seconds. The only coincidence is that there are NO coincidences.
This song gives me chills every time. It pisses me off that we are still dealing with the same shit almost 60 years later. She went unheard. her anger and sorrow was ignored. How many more Nina's have to scream into a void before we stop being oppressed?
@@chesterullrich2525 *The* state, the system mentioned when we say ***systemic*** oppression. The government. How many times do we have to go over this shit with people like you? You're not even asking a real question because you already think you know the answer. You'd rather regurgitate the same talking point over and over rather than actually engage and educate yourself because the system works in your favor and that's proof to you that it works for everyone.
@@chesterullrich2525 Honey it is not my job to explain to you a phenomenon that has been very well documented and discussed for hundreds of years and informs basically every part of modern life. Use some of our lovely modern tech and do your own research. I'm guessing your question was a completely genuine one and you really wanna learn about the plight of your fellow human.
I'm from Africa, precisely from Cameroon. There's a slave house in Bimbia, South West Region of the country. After listening to this song I think I have to visit the place, for all the Afro-American plight started from those shores...
It must be quite a "cultural shock" coming to the "shining shores" of the US. Freaky isn't it. Actually downright weird. There are other ways to describe it... but well, don't want to do that! Hope you're doing well! Got to check out Bimbia. Take care.
MBO TAS true talk brother ...I hail to from Limbe and I think you are the few who knows the history ...Cause I always taught of my self as strange to know so much about the black of America
+ixlnxs why do ppl apologize for things they took no part in? Makes no sense at all. I apologize for being of Austrian descent ...bc of what Hitler did...um...meh
Because it was about the words and shook them. I know if I saw that back then I would have been so moved I would still be sitting there 3 hours later thinking about it and what my place in it was.
You remind me of the song by John lennon "Revolution"........ ."But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow" ........you want to be blacker than black.
1:34 there's a shot of the side of her face as she glared at the audience. Would have been great footage see her looking at the camera. This woman was not acting. She was not just putting in a show.
A mind-blowing song. Very, very true. This is what happens when you piss off the wrong person; one who is not afraid to speak truth to power. Righteous passion and anger. Bravo, Ms. Nina!
Only now it occurs to me that Nina Simone's "That's it!" at the end of the song might not only mark the end of the song, but also the end of her patience
Respect ✊🏽 to all of our black women , our peers, our activists, our Black Queens.. I thank you brave women for standing up through song/music and fighting for injustice for our race for equality. 🙏🏽✊🏽
"Do things gradually...too slow...will bring more tragedy (too slow). Why don't you see it? Why don't you feel it? I don't know, I don't know." Shook. Goddamn. This is still so relevant.
Listening to this after viewing the full footage of George Floyd's murder. "I cannot breathe." "My stomach hurts, my neck hurts, everything hurts." "I Will!" "They killing me!" "I am through." "MOMMA!" "MOMMA!" When will it end!! My soul is tired. I am 58 years old. I am so tired.
He should be nominated for an espy or an Oscar, it was truly a riveting performance. It was so riveting they acted out the exact same scene in Paris on the 28, 3 days later.
I walked with Huey & Bobby and we are still fighting the war of Lincoln bcuz the south refuses integration or lees surrender! Everybody knows about racist USA G'Ddamn!!
"Although Lorraine was a girlfriend…we never talked about men or clothes or other such inconsequential things when we got together. It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution-real girl’s talk." -Nina Simone. A real revolutionary spirit
@@Rudenbehr There have been rappers that'd I call artists. The rap genre is oversaturated due to the ever lowering standard. We're definitely not going to see too many new artists with this level of talent & passion.
Nina had no fear she was one of the first Black Panthers she put her career up for grabs.... During her timer the white race hated a Black race who historically speaking never did anything to them,.. We Black folk of today on Martin Luther King day salute you.... Quincy
@@quincybrooks9897 I think Nina had plenty of fear. She just harnessed it. She, determination and courage just lassoed fear and yanked it to the side. Yeah, I'll bet she felt fear. Only people who have lost their senses don't. But only the brave overcome it. And the bravery/courage surging through Nina was at a lofty level rarely seen in male or females.
Better late than never...I loved her claymation song of the 80ies...my baby don't care..back when MTV was still MTV...but I had no idea about her profound background, history and activism. Truly a gem putting sugar in our bowls ❤️
Everyone (rightly) praises her incredible voice, her magnetic stage presence, the immediacy of her lyrics which (sadly) still ring as true today as when she wrote them over half a century ago. But her *musicality* is simply breathtaking for me. She was truly, truly gifted.
@@ant5743 People avoid the obvious.... because, well... it's obvious. The OC was likely commenting on how she can turn such raw anguished emotions about something so serious as what she is singing about here... into an incredible live musical performance. It's one thing to be a natural musical talent... its another thing to be socially and politically conscious and to be able to articulate that. But to be able to bring the two together and turn them into something powerful through a virtuoso live musical performance (and without one side over-powering or under-powering the other)... well that is "truly, truly gifted".
"Minneapolis," while accurate, is a couple syllables too long for the rhythm... but "Minnesota" is just right. Am now imagining someone performing this song and putting "Minnesota" in right at the end- or, of course, all throughout...
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She had the nerve, it had to be said and so she did say it.
What? dam?
She did
So what you mad or your BIG MAD 😠
She did racisme is horrible
She understood her responsibility as an artist.
her whole point was to let you know, she wasn't performing; she was informing!
@The kiss of Harambe get a life .
Exactly!!! People on here acting like she was 'constructively expressing her opinions thru music'. No goddammit these r FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 💯💯💯 Where is the lie?!?! The proof is in present day 2020 🤷🏾♀️
Man some people just still don't get it...🤦🏾♀️😒
Destiny Jackson damn your right she was warning us.
@The kiss of Harambe fuck outta here with that dumb shit .
@@joshmartinez6695 tell that clown again
The changing meaning of “too slow!” throughout the song is genius
yeah, that's cool
The VERY First Mic Drop.
Amen.
She risked everything to sing this one song and she knew it. Her reputation, her career, her very life.
Репутация не пострадала совсем. Жизнь продолжилась . В чем " риск"???
ПАРАНОЙЯ?😂
@@ЛюдмилаСтариченко-т2ш Look up 'Emmett till' and tell me black Americans didn't face risk in pre-civil rights USA.
@@ЛюдмилаСтариченко-т2ш Если вы мало что знаете об американской истории, лучше вообще не говорить. Вам не кажется?
@@ЛюдмилаСтариченко-т2ш try saying that then & if you were her.
@@ЛюдмилаСтариченко-т2ш so ignorant. do some reading about racism in the US.
Astoundingly good. It's hard to imagine that bravery and character it took to deliver this song so powerfully in 1965.
Michael Boothillier ...in France, no biggie. When she sang it in the good ole u.s. of a., she ended up out of work.
would be powerful in 2017. same shit, just an modern toilet
Tonya Elem We have toilet seat covers for the cushion 😷
Memo C a platinum toilet with a bidet, in a palace, with gold handles still can be filled with shit.
Tonya Elem INDEED.
"All I want is equality for my sister, my brother, my people, and me." This is brilliant, universal, and timeless.
Gretchen Mann ))
Yes.
"timeless" Oh my dear heart. I hope not. But yes, it is a beautiful song, and still relevant.
You can't make people like you. They can hate you if they want too. You have the same equality in the US as anybody else. No one is standing in your way unless you allow it. Complaining bitches.
Yes, yes it is.
When she says “my country is full of lies, and we all are going to die like flies” is so TRUE !
“Doing things gradually will bring more tragedy” timeless work. She’s a legend.
Like with helping Ukrainian these days....more tragedy caz help comes gradually
They did things fast in Iraq and it fucked things up to the stratosphere. Not sure we should be doing anything, to be honest.
@@DudeWatIsThis This song relates to a 400 year holocaust. It does not apply to what you whatever you want it to.
@@careerbooster6922 This song relates to a 400 year holocaust. It does not apply to what you whatever you want it to.
what a ballsy woman to sing something like this on television in the 60's
was namedropping and everything
It was in Antibes, friend. Can you imagine what would have happened if it's been Houston, Texas?
Don't forget this was filmed in France not America - they black-balled for singing songs like that back home.
this would never have gotten american airplay, puritans here don't tolerate swearing in addition to it being a POC expressing her opinions.
Thank God for women and men like her, plus countries that allowed them to say what they wanted to say or sing because Americans wouldn't even though Americans keep saying:
"All Lives Matter". When Black Lives Matter, then All Lives will truly Matter.
“I don’t belong here. I don’t belong there.” That was a gut punch.
I feel like that now!!
Exactly 😢
I dont belong here I dont belong there, I even stopped believing in prayer....
@@reecemoore2636Same
I feel like that too
She was calling fools out by name! I love it and we need that energy in 2023.
Montgomery answered the call. 💪
That was dangerous in the 60s ⚔️🙏🏽⚔️
Here in 2024. Her message is still relevant.
2024 here and Kamala, Goddamn!
@@Find-Your-Bliss- Yep, let's hope she can beat the blatant racists led by Trump
"My country is full of lies. We all gonna die, and die like flies."
Sad how that resonates too damn much today.
@@acidroofproductions9378 Str8 goosebumbs when she sang that
I read this comment at the same time I heard the part
😪😪😪
She was hurt, angry and fed up. And oh yes, of course a genius and visionary.
To see her facial expressions and body language while performing brought tears to my eyes. The hurt and anger, frustration and a million slights and outright degradations she’d suffered or witnessed seemed to all be expressed . Powerful . Powerful . Powerful.
Reading this comment also did the same to me
She suffered so that today's blacks could experience freedom She was denied. Other groups benefited as well but won't admit it.
Beutifull
The true meaning of woman shines through this queen. I wish the so called women of today who profess to represent women??? American or otherwise would at least be humbled by this warrior about the real truth...
@@gr8daysue838 it
This took some balls. Good for Nina.
@@glennnunn940 your horrible use of number, letters and punctuation tells me all there is to know that you're not the brightest person in this comment section...sad sad
@Dr.Phil's inner drag whats sad is u let a number. punctuate ur little brian 2 pass a judgment thats lacking n flawed.it hastens ur ignorance 2 the forefront.had u not spoken i would have not known ur stupidity. i dont have time 2 teach u the valuable lessons ur dad missed.he couldn't possibly b as empty minded as u.please save ur small efforts 4 small endeavors.
@@glennnunn940 omg my "little brian", wtf learn to spell and punctuate then try to come for me.
@@glennnunn940 Jesus fucking christ sir. I have no fucking idea what you typed, all I know is that it's inconcievable gibberish and I'm lost because of it. Are you okay? Did you have a stroke or something??
Ikr
Lyrically, this is like punk rock before there was punk rock. Saying what truly needs to be said except, instead of screaming out in rage and anger, she kept her composure and cool despite the noticeable anger and anguish on her face. Brave and brilliant, class act.
Nice assessment!
Punk was just a white boy tantrum compared with the genuine hurt and anger here.
pffff tell that to the black pioneers of punk rock@@jeffblack5024
Honestly, better voice and instruments too. Hahaha! I say that as a 45 year old back in the day punkrocker and musician. I can't touch Ms. Simones level of artistry, poignancy, and heart.
“I believe that it is an artists’ duty to reflect the times. How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?” -NINA SIMONE 1968 👑👊🏽
i love this quote, whats the source
@@emmadoesartonline It’s from her Netflix documentary called “What happened, Miss Simone?” This particular quote was an excerpt from an interview she gave in ‘68. She was getting a lot of flack from her record label & her fans (mostly white) because she had joined the Black Power movement. She stopped doing the pop-mainstream music she was known for & began to do songs like this one.
I didn't know about her till now. That makes so angry. She is incredible!
This quote is perfect.
Just like today's "artists" talk about bling, hos, cash, flashy cars... and of course, how amazing they are.
And the fight isnt won yet.
Nina would be so disappointed in us. Brilliant woman.
oh but she died disappointed...she sang then of then and for now,,things are falling apart,,,
Don't despair. Humans are a slow species to change and we all change at different rates. We all stand on the shoulders of others in history and that tower was never going to be steady
And what a tower it is,true are your words Susie.
she never lived long enough to learn it was the DEMOCRATS who were the slaveholders
lee shafer They're all the same you idoit. And white folks who killing blacks everyday for nothing. No one gave a shit about a political party
Finest, angriest tune ever!
Check out Pirate Jenny!!
Wouldn't YOU be too?
Yes, her words are direct, no beating around the bush here. My mom was born and raised in this shit. Her mom took her 7 sons out of there cause she knew the would be killed because they refuse to be treated less than human. They had the Nina complex too.
Not angry... fed up... fed up then and fed up now in 2019...
Certain people have no idea how to even perceive our plight.
The rage in Nina's voice is so potent
Broke my heart hearing her sing, “My country is full of lies...”
She was born & raised in America, a land where her talent was liked a lot, but a land of people who hated her skin color...sad
The entire world is just the same, admit it.
Not only did they hate her skin colour but they probably also didn't like that she was a women
Nina left America because of racism and what happened to many people during the civil rights movement she was appreciated more in Europe and felt safer thats why she lived here
@@TRexRAWWR1 your right
Sometimes the truth hurts.
"Do things gradually...too slow" ...a line people still feel today. This is what it means to BE a voice for future generations.
Yes he need universal healthcare and education. And it is moving to slow for me.
Everything is done too slow on this country. Infrastructure, homelessness, education, etc...
America doesn't want to change. That is why everything is too slow. "They try to say it is a communist plot." Well I live in a communist country and I thank God that I do. I have lived in America and it is only beautiful for the privileged white few. There are too many hard working poor black people that can't get by. I will not go back. 🇨🇳 if you like America, well you can stay there.
If only Americans could wake up to the two-party problem. Both are the party of gradual.
Like x100000000
To understand the total sh*t that was happening , study the year 1965. Simone was brave, stood up against the evils of her day...which, sadly, are something we have to fight against all over again. God Bless Nina Simone.
no not true at all. the word racism has been so trvialized. and the problems remain.
people complain about the smallest things these days.
VolkColopatrion but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep fighting these things in the present time
true. but that doesn't mean one should be a solution for a problem that doesn't exist. the purpose of an activist is to make things right so they dont' need to do activism any more.
there's bigger problems out there. there was a mass shotting that happened because of some gang beef. not three days ago... where is that in the news? twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1008430846741700608
imgur.com/gallery/PSBRegY all the pride month activists seem to be OK with bullying gay people in less fortunate countries to death... and then having the nerve to say the USA is bad on that... in countries where it is illegal to be gay. where one can be arrested and killed with no legal recourse.
BLM started over police brutality but didn't care about anyone shot in detroit and now that a school shooting happened in a white neighborhood everyone is against the right to own a gun... the right that should stand. Colin noir said it best that David Hog's white privilege is trying to take away guns from people that weren't even considered people.
we have people that SAY they fight for justice and then gentrify and colonize entertainment th-cam.com/video/L-UBfkUVGk4/w-d-xo.html as seen here. say things are "problematic" you have to defend everyone's rights even the rights of the people you dont' like or else we won't have them.
twitter.com/DefiantlyFree/status/1008541862519451648 this person has it right.
When you bring up the fact that Women's victory for reproductive rights directly cause a queer health crisis (aids, access to hrt) that could have been prevented. suddenly people don't sing your praises. when you point out how the Alberta NDP has a two track system for health care in violation of the Equal Care Act and 94% of planned parenthood denies HRT or at best forces one to go through a gate keeper... the "liberals" get upset when you point out their bullshit
@@VolkColopatrion needs to pay attention to Stephen Miller & trump
oh what's that? nothing happened? and here you are tainting this video with your backward pre programed response that you heard from billionare talking heads?
half of this country...GOD DAMN!
Listening today May 2020 as a black American woman. I'm tired
I am a 64 year old white southern woman and I love you and You matter to me and today is the first time I ever heard this song. I believe she wrote this when she had become fed up! She was tired too and hurting and mad as hell with every right to be. I want to say to you that i feel so bad and i cry for the murdered young black men that are being murdered everyday needlessly and with apparently no remorse. As a mother that has lost a child not to violence but have lost a child I can not Imagine how Mr. Floyd's Family must feel. I'm angry and ready to do what I can do to help heal up a 400 year old open bleeding cut in our nations history.Right now this minute this is what I can do . This song touched fibers in me i didn't know I had and so did your comment . For that I Thank You and I Love you because you are here and because you . You Matter to me.💖
Girl, same.
Listening today May 2020 as a Person of African Decent (I don't use the noun 'black' anymore) English woman. I'm too am tired Sister.
Really sad that this song is still relevant, i am ashamed to be white, Racist America needs to be shut down!!!!
I am 47 years old. White. Married to a black man whose ancestors were stolen from Benin to cut the sugar canes in Martinique, Caribbean. We have two black daughters. We live in Germany. My father was an American, I am an American citizen, grew up in Germany. My family and I are facing racism every day here, we know how it feels. And we are so, so sad about what is going on in the US. I can not put it in words.
beautiful black woman she was
In every meaning of the word.
Her soul, personality, voice, words, hair, eyes, the way her voice sounds strong but it's cracking...
She's indeed beautiful
@junekid629
To bad they don't make ' em like this anymore
So are you !
@Over Under Sideways Down she may not have been a model, but she shone with the brilliance of her craft and her convictions, and that is what made her a true beauty.
@Over Under Sideways Down why are you here? 🤷🏽♀️
Flint, Michigan GODDAM!!!!!
Gaza Goddam!
Newark, NJ. GODDAM.
Derrick Stinoski : I am so fucking angry that it wasn’t declared a National Emergency, and everyone just MOVED IMMEDIATELY!!
#Bernie2020LastChance …he loves us!❤️✊🏾🌎✌🏾💯
Philip McFedries :❤️✊🏾🌍✌🏾💯🇵🇸
Cicero, Illinois, Goddam.
3 weeks away from Election Day 2024 , I'm here in S F Ca. 4 weeks away from b-day # 76 .....This gem is more spot on today than ever ..
.Bunches of Blessing Ms. Simone , I love you.
Damn Dems and George Wallace. The party of Jim Crow, Slavery and Welfare…. And they still have everyone fooled (and this is an objective Canadian outsider opinion)
Nina looks so mad because she knows that after this performance she and the band have to eat at a back door and sleep in the bus. Miss this sister and this kind of boldness. "That's it!"
Apparently, you have knowledge of the way black people were treated at this jazz festival in Antibes, France in 1965. Oh, wait, you don't? You're just casually accusing people you don't know anything about, of being racist? That's what I thought.
MWS I like that you think that you thought.
@@comicjohnladams I noticed that your response came in two minutes after mine, so I'm assuming that you never actually paid attention to what I wrote, but merely reacted with a stock answer that you use when you don't have any arguments.
Let me add some facts for anyone who is interested (mr. Adams apparently isn't): this was filmed at the sixth edition of a festival in France that was so important in the world of jazz that the American magazine Billboard wrote a long review plus an article about it, calling it 'the most important jazz manifestation in Europe'. It lasted for six days and drew about 18,000 people. Previous years had seen performances by Ella Fitzgerald and Miles Davis. French television filmed the entire festival, a Swedish film crew shot a documentary there. This was a big thing, not a gig in some bar in a racist, backward American town.
The festival was held in Juan-les-Pins, a beach resort for the French jet set. Nina Simone performed there for two nights. She and Marion Williams also made extra appearances in the Juan-les-Pins casino during the festival. She probably flew there (because France is on the other side of an ocean). So does anyone seriously think that miss Simone would have traveled there if she hadn't been guaranteed a hotel room?
And look! Here's a quote from the Billboard (August 14, 1965): "The budget for this year's event was around $80,000, most of which went to return air tickets for 35 musicians from the States and hotel accommodations." There you go - ain't it nice how a bit of research can give you a clearer view of reality?
MWS mucho texto
@@timtobi942 Yes, and that's why I wrote 'for anyone who is interested'.
Nina received backlash for this song, radio stations broke the 45 in half & returned them to the studio. Nina lost bookings also. Some of the things racist bigots hate, the truth, truth teller & the truth about themselves.
So true a song.
Or maybe it was about the word 'goddamn' in the title. Did you even consider that option?
Yes they hate TRUTH
@@mws8389 That's just the deflection of the establishment. They have the audacity to steal, kill & destroy bp lives for centuries then hav a pblm with a expression of "goddam" like it's so harmful. The hipocrasy
@@beautifulsungoddess2015 Yes, I agree with you on the hypocrisy part, but I don't think it was 'deflection' by the 'establishment'. Keep in mind that in 1964 many black people, including Nina Simone's churchgoing parents, would also have been upset by the use of the word 'goddam' in a pop song (especially in the title).
The record company (Philips, from the Netherlands) tried hard to promote the record by writing a glowing review on the sleeve, mentioning that the 'outstanding' song had received 'tremendous recognition'. To make it more suitable for airplay, they beeped out the offending word on the promo copies and changed the title to 'Mississippi *@!!?*@!' (but how are you going to announce that on the radio?). All to no avail - I'm convinced that not even the most forward-thinking deejays in the southern states would have dared to play this record to their listeners, because it might have cost them their jobs.
A number (or maybe all) of Nina Simone's protest songs led to boycotts, but this song hurt her career the most, she said.
(source: the wikipedia article 'Mississippi Goddam' + linked articles)
The thing is, it's not clear who broke those records in two or why. It could have been the subject matter, it could have been Nina's skin color, it might have been just the language. Or any of those things combined. We recognize that this is a great and important song - that doesn't mean that folks in 1964 did as well.
@@mws8389 The only reason the "people" in 1964 had a so called pblm with the word "goddamn" when they were being hunted down like animals was because of fear & bondage of religion that was forced upon them & a false morality from an immoral country of predators. No one really gave or gives two fuqs about a cuss word when they were & still are being murdered by those that wanna control their very lives & expressions. Most of them churchgoers said that same word if not for nothing but outrage & terror. They got it from the so called Christian wp on the plantation anyway. Those people were terrified including Ninas parents. Some wp paid for it soooo....they look the other way as long as they can capitalize off our talent. Good thing she said it anyway.
She was told not to but she dared to sing this song on Television. A legendary performance that ultimately ended her career. She was banned from every possible way after this act.
Fuck racism.
@@StanSupreme1 Remember what Nietsczhe said.
@@StanSupreme1 That's it.
Aren't quotations wonderful?
TRIED to ruin her career. Ms. Simone did a sold-out WORLD TOUR in the year before her death. You must not know about her! 😃😄😃
This song is very relevant even in 2024.
Still relevant, sadly now is not the time it will cease to be.
Yep. I had never heard of it before. It's hilarious in a sense that an artist just went on and sang these lyrics. This is harder than lyrics in rap. But it's serious and sad, too. Very interesting song.
And missisippi still sucks balls
maybe she needs to go back to theJungle
@@TheRealHousewifeOfPG are you high on pills? Never mind. You listened to this song and posted the most ignorant, embarrassing bs, shame on you. YOU ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY BECAUSE YOU DONT KNOW SHIT ABOUT HISTORY.
Minnesota, Goddam.
Omg I'm shock here 2020 and the words pierce me
America, goddamn
agree
Sadly so, but MN gonna get this right. I'm a Minnesotan, and we will get this going right.
Wow what an amazing clever comment
Nina Simone also had a wonderful set on July 26, the third day of the Festival. The program had been rescheduled due to sickness. Svend Asmussen and John Lewis came first. Then entered Nina with 5-6 numbers that absolutely stunned the audience., including "Nobody Loves You When You're Down and Out".
This was the same afternoon that (after the intermission) gave us John Coltranes only known live performance of "A Love Supreme". Some concert!
My wife and I (Thomas and Ulla Rönström, Stockholm, Sweden) were there on our honeymoon. Some memory! (We are 80+ by now)
WOW. You were blessed
Wow how absolutely amazing! Wishing you and your wife many more years of happiness! Much love from Blighty. 😊❤
Thank-you so much for sharing your special memories. Best to you and to your wife.
I hope you are doing well!
Oh my heart! ❤ what a honeymoon! What an experience! ❤
“…you don’t have to live next to me…” Oh what a privilege it would have been to live next to such a stunningly talented and very brave woman.
"Simone was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in the late 1980s. She was known for her temper and outbursts of aggression. In 1985, Simone fired a gun at a record company executive, whom she accused of stealing royalties. Simone said she "tried to kill him" but "missed". In 1995 while living in France, she shot and wounded her neighbor's son with an air gun after the boy's laughter disturbed her concentration and she perceived his response to her complaints as racial insults.
Singer-songwriter Janis Ian, a one-time friend of Simone's, related in her own autobiography, Society's Child: My Autobiography, two instances to illustrate Simone's volatility: one incident in which she forced a shoe store cashier at gunpoint to take back a pair of sandals she'd already worn; and another in which Simone demanded a royalty payment from Ian herself as an exchange for having recorded one of Ian's songs, and then ripped a pay telephone out of its wall when she was refused."
Yeah, sounds like a "fun neighbor."
@@mercster Queen
@@rosestrohm7986 Ya think so huh? You should take after her and be an angry, unstable menace. Just stay the fuck out of my neighborhood.
I thought that too, I would have been honoured to live next door to this wonderful lady.
@@mercsterAnd I believe her when she perceived his response as racial insults. He probably was gaslighting her. Yall are good at doing that. It was also not uncommon for companies to steal royalties at this time and with the lack of record author rights, she just couldn't prove it. Your entire assumption comes from a place of racism and sexism tbh when you assume it's just hysteria and nothing can be explained with what you just wrote. But then again I'm pretty sure that's not the point of the line in this song. Is it? Stop trying to belittle here because your privileged ahh don't agree with the message of the song because of entitlement and fragility
I just had to hear Nina again after watching Mississippi Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith comment "... and if he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be in the front row." And she is still going to win her Senate seat because everybody knows (even in 2018) "Mississippi Goddam!"
So did I... still prolific
As did I.........but deep down I'm not even surprised it happened.
That’s why I’m here. Nina Simone is my past soul. We share birthday
Same BS different day
MonsterSound Nina will get her revenge.
Powerful woman, pissed off.
The song was banned in several southern states (they claimed the ban was b/c of the word "goddam" lol) during the Civil Rights Era.
Unfortunately after this weekend it's still depressingly relevant. Charlottesville Goddam!
And a year later, November 2018, it has become even worse. And trump and his republicans don't help the situation one bit.
And Cyndi Hide Smith MS sitting Senator just said, "If this man were to invite me to a public hanging, I would be right in the front row."
And she clarifies, "It's a statement of exaggerated regard.."
Yeah. She should change the words to everybody knows about my vagina. Goddam
And here we are again in the same situation. Something needs to change.
Nina Simone was such a brave woman. A civil rights activist. Her legacy lives on forever!
Yes. And it's great to sing out against racism but why put in these particular lyrics? "You're all gonna die and die like flies"
Hopefully was meant figuratively but one should always be careful of how one expresses one's anger. It could fuel the myths about blacks being more violent.
THAT'S A LIE. SHE WAS RICH AND FAMOUS AND HER ONLY PROBLEMS WERE IMAGINARY JUST AS YOU ARE LIVING IN YOUR IMAGINATION.
@@DOOMJESUS😂😂😂 You're almost funny
@DOOMJESUS Surely she didn't face harsh racism and scrutiny for her music... man get yo head out the gutter 😅
@Oppothumbs M She sang *We're all gonna die like flies, not you're. Huge distinction. She is saying they are gonna die as lesser beings if civil rights laws do not move faster towards equality.
I think this is the most subversive and revolutionary song written in American history. Every time I listen to it I get more about the emotionally raw but brilliantly deft lyrics. it's like even though she is expressing so much pain she's using meter and lyrical flourishes to build a case brick by brick for racial equality that we still haven't delivered on for black folks.
Sister Nina Simone performed this back when Wallace and racism was alive and thriving. She spoke thru her lyrics and she performed it just as strong as the protests at that time. Rest In Peace, "never misunderstood"
Tom Varella still thriving
Tom Varella what sucks it's still that way horrible, our so called president sure don't help matters. RIP NINA SIMONE I LOVE U
back when? Where u been...2019...any justice for Jean Botham’s momma yet? I’m sure she feels what this woman was brave enough to speak back then now. You know the handsome, educated, working young man killed in his own home and they investigated him in stead of his murderer, plant pot, tried to kill him all over again by trying to destroy his character.
Sadly, racism is still alive
Racism is still alive but we are doing her and every civil rights activist a disservice to say that it is thriving. Racism is no longer a threat.
Here for this now Nov 8th
'In an interview for Jet magazine, Simone stated that her controversial song "Mississippi Goddam" harmed her career'.
It just made me respect Nina Simone even more...
This is one of the most powerful performances I've ever seen. It's incredible.
Fucking amazing 😩😍😍 she’s very beautiful ! This song is 56yrs old ! And EVERY SINGLE WORD she said is relevant today. “You don’t have to live next to me, just give me my equality” ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿🤍
✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
I'll live next to you and help you fight for your equality ❤
OMG. What a lyric that is!!!
Man those words OMG
"I think everyday is gonna be my last...I don't belong here, I don't belong there." Tears.
This song is relevant even today in 2023
Yep.
Hundreds of Bodies Discovered Behind Mississippi Jail in Unmarked Graves!
th-cam.com/video/JChYJ2SuL6g/w-d-xo.html
i wish there was a love button on youtube
She is impossible not to be in awe of
you know what? you all are saying our heart all ya ppl of the forever ..if only for this moment i love u
She would be leading us right now.
Oh but here we are, and so she still is. The High Priestess of Soul has called us up!
I watched "What happened, Miss Simone" last week and it's a shame because it seemed like she felt once the Civil Rights Movement ended that she didn't have a purpose anymore. She said the music she'd made wasn't "relevant" but unfortunately it is and I think it'll always be. Her contributions haven't gone unnoticed.
in way she is. inspiring the future generations to keep her ideologies alive
It’s quite uncanny how all the unsung heroes of the movement don’t get talked about in our education system but that does seem like an responsible for the community that only gets fulfilled for one to two months out of the year.
The frenetic, choppy editing really fits the mood of this song.
I just found it distracting and unnecessary.
@@marsthatdamnrebel no, it was good
edit: you said "i found it" so my bad i didnt read right. thats an understandable opinion
loveharrydaily
Just Great
I love the camera work
loveharrydaily definitely was good it matched the beat
Listening in 2024!
"Picket lines, school boycotts/They try to say it's a communist plot/But all I want is equality/for my sister, my brother, my people and me." - 2020
Still saying it's a communist plot...
2021
🙁still do.....
You're a scam... My people are dying in the hood... None of those bullets were from white people. They're blood is on Your hands
Too bad we already had a black presiden, stop piggybacking off your ancestors oppression. Its not cute
There NEEDS to be a movie based off her and what she went through!
It's been done. The movie is called Nina (2016).
@@ytzhokpoultorak6308 Thanks, I didn't know :)
On Netflix they have “what happened, miss Simone?” From 2015 !
There's also documentaries on her as well
@@ytzhokpoultorak6308 there needs to be a remake cause that was horrible. They could have cast a darkskin women instead of getting a prosthetic nose and paint Zoe Saldana a darker shade.
This song was written in response to the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, AL...which had killed four young Black girls, who'd just finished a Bible study session.
It's rumored to have taken Nina Simone between 20 minutes to an hour to write 'Mississippi Goddam'. I love watching her body language and facial expressions...you could tell she was just fed up with it all. And I don't blame her for hurrying up to get off that stage. You know that white audience was mad.
Marshala Stovall Birmingham Alabama. I live down the street from the church
Marshala Stovall they called it bombingham
are you sure that the "white audience was mad"? This says it was recorded in southern France...
Marshala Stovall
Europe, the U.K, Canada and many other places provided, to an extent, some relief from the hatred Black American artists experienced at home in the last century. France was no different and I can you assure no one in that white, French audience was angry at Nina Simone. She often left the stage barely even taking a bow. Please don't find the worst of the American South every time you see a pale face.
I really don't think she gave a damn about the audience. Nina got off that stage because Nina was mad. Period.
The day after election 2025. How far have we travelled, America?
We went backwards
Another murder of the capitalism
Not far!
I just turned 40....the most wonderful line to me is, "they keep on saying Go Slow..." because supposedly "culture" moves at its own pace, and people still argue that Integration should not have happened by "Court Order", and should have just happened "naturally", according to how culture worked. But WHO is being served by the natural cycles of culture? There are times when even if you're the person who doesn't want it, you just gotta be PUSHED FORWARD. Because culture isn't JUST about what comes tomorrow, it's about those who are alive HERE and NOW!
Right. More specifically, that line is a reference to Black folks be told again and again and again that change is coming but don't rush it - "go slow." You want access to better jobs? Go slow. Better schools? Go slow. Voting rights? Go slow.
Fuck going slow.
Say that
@@PogueMahone1 Interesting moniker you've got there, sir!
Huh
Thank God they got this on video
"You don't have to live close to me, just give me my equality" 👏👏👏
Amen
I'll live by you!
I would love to live next to you if I could hear that music while you practice.
That's the same thing as "equal but separate" doctrine of segregation.
@@hmax1591 not being able to discern between the choice "you don't have to" and a doctrine of "you won't be allowed to" is part of the problem.
Tennessee making me lose my rest. God bless the Tennessee three
At the end there, her voice cracks from the emotion she is feeling when she sings it. It cuts deep into my heart.
It is impossible to overstate the importance of this performance
“Kidd” is my mother’s maiden name. You wouldn’t happen to be related to a Thomas Kidd from Middletown, Ohio by chance?
@@charlottewenzel2005 probably way back. I grew up in Texas but my family came from the north
@@craigkidd9524 my gramps’ brother James lived in texas and had twin boys
@@craigkidd9524 my mom said the twins were named james and john and the wife was jo
@@charlottewenzel2005 I will ask my dad
Nothing but truth.....
From Mississippi to Chicago illinois.....
was my families journey....
This song is still controversial today, I can’t begin to understand how she felt signing it then. Can only imagine she sang like it was her last time singing. Brave as hell and and a god blessed voice. Inspiring.
Authenticity in action.
I wish I could click "like" a million times for your comment.
GENIUS OF A SINGER. AVANT-GARDE FOR HER TIME. YOU CAN FEEL HER MESSAGE.
Who’s listening in 2020 praying for George 💕
Im thinking everyone that searched up this song since George was murdered..n u know what...it breaks our hearts things havent changed much...hopefully times up for hatred n injustice...silence dont work...wish i had answer to what does....God bless all the George"s...heal the pain n dry the tears...the devil never sleeps...so we cant either....we all damn tired of it..1♥ be strong n be loud n 🙏...its all i know to do..God Bless George n everyone thats on the receiving end of this injustice and the pain it causes those touched by it...shame on humanity for tolerating its existence.
Me. 🙏
Minneapolis goddamn
George Floyd is a PSY OP. They copied the exact same scene in Paris 3 days later. Same position same number of fake cops, 1 melanated mason, they even kneeled on him for the exact same 8minutes and 46 seconds. The only coincidence is that there are NO coincidences.
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I just learned about this song in 2024. Thanks Bakari Sellers The Moment.
Such a beautiful woman in every way
I'm an old man, Eastern Europe born, goosebumps listening and seeing her passion.
a 20 year old from Iran, feeling the same.
60 yo italian here, same feelings. Incredible woman!
I love this woman. She was a powerhouse. A true spirit walking in human form.
She said she was a gift from God. I think you both mean the same thing.
This song gives me chills every time. It pisses me off that we are still dealing with the same shit almost 60 years later. She went unheard. her anger and sorrow was ignored. How many more Nina's have to scream into a void before we stop being oppressed?
Who are these oppressors in the states? Be specific
@@chesterullrich2525 *The* state, the system mentioned when we say ***systemic*** oppression. The government. How many times do we have to go over this shit with people like you? You're not even asking a real question because you already think you know the answer. You'd rather regurgitate the same talking point over and over rather than actually engage and educate yourself because the system works in your favor and that's proof to you that it works for everyone.
@@chesterullrich2525 Thinks oppression doesn’t exist because there aren’t actual direct “laws” allowing it…
That’s precious. Bless your heart.
I totally agree
@@chesterullrich2525 Honey it is not my job to explain to you a phenomenon that has been very well documented and discussed for hundreds of years and informs basically every part of modern life. Use some of our lovely modern tech and do your own research. I'm guessing your question was a completely genuine one and you really wanna learn about the plight of your fellow human.
The name of this tune is Mississippi goddam
And I mean every word of it
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi goddam
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi goddam
Can't you see it
Can't you feel it
It's all in the air
I can't stand the pressure much longer
Somebody say a prayer
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi goddam
This is a show tune
But the show hasn't been written for it, yet
Hound dogs on my trail
School children sitting in jail
Black cat cross my path
I think every day's gonna be my last
Lord have mercy on this land of mine
We all gonna get it in due time
I don't belong here
I don't belong there
I've even stopped believing in prayer
Don't tell me
I tell you
Me and my people just about due
I've been there so I know
They keep on saying 'Go slow!'
But that's just the trouble
'Do it slow'
Washing the windows
'Do it slow'
Picking the cotton
'Do it slow'
You're just plain rotten
'Do it slow'
You're too damn lazy
'Do it slow'
The thinking's crazy
'Do it slow'
Where am I going
What am I doing
I don't know
I don't know
Just try to do your very best
Stand up be counted with all the rest
For everybody knows about Mississippi goddam
I made you thought I was kiddin'
Picket lines
School boy cots
They try to say it's a communist plot
All I want is equality
For my sister my brother my people and me
Yes you lied to me all these years
You told me to wash and clean my ears
And talk real fine just like a lady
And you'd stop calling me Sister Sadie
Oh but this whole country is full of lies
You're all gonna die and die like flies
I don't trust you any more
You keep on saying 'Go slow!'
'Go slow!'
But that's just the trouble
'Do it slow'
Desegregation
'Do it slow'
Mass participation
'Do it slow'
Reunification
'Do it slow'
Do things gradually
'Do it slow'
But bring more tragedy
'Do it slow'
Why don't you see it
Why don't you feel it
I don't know
I don't know
You don't have to live next to me
Just give me my equality
Everybody knows about Mississippi
Everybody knows about Alabama
Everybody knows about Mississippi goddam, that's it
Songwriters: Nina Simone
Mississippi Goddam lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc
We had to drive through there one time, you talking about scared!!!
Ikr
*Too slow*
"You don't have to live next to me. Just give me my equality."
I'm from Africa, precisely from Cameroon. There's a slave house in Bimbia, South West Region of the country. After listening to this song I think I have to visit the place, for all the Afro-American plight started from those shores...
It must be quite a "cultural shock" coming to the "shining shores" of the US. Freaky isn't it. Actually downright weird. There are other ways to describe it... but well, don't want to do that! Hope you're doing well! Got to check out Bimbia. Take care.
MBO TAS Wow
MBO TAS true talk brother ...I hail to from Limbe and I think you are the few who knows the history ...Cause I always taught of my self as strange to know so much about the black of America
Visit it on my behalf. And accept my apologies for what my slave trading ancestors (both Dutch and Arab) did to your people.
+ixlnxs
why do ppl apologize for things they took no part in? Makes no sense at all.
I apologize for being of Austrian descent ...bc of what Hitler did...um...meh
She diss Mississippians in thier own state, what a queen 👑. She resting with are ancestors!
How is anyone sitting down after seeing a performance like THAT?! I’d be jumping up on my feet with tears in my eyes...or through the goddam roof!!
Because it was about the words and shook them. I know if I saw that back then I would have been so moved I would still be sitting there 3 hours later thinking about it and what my place in it was.
You remind me of the song by John lennon "Revolution"........
."But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow" ........you want to be blacker than black.
@@hmax1591 what do you mean?
@@drakebell5649 you draw more flies with honey
GOD Bless This Genius of A BLACK WOMAN! ✊🏽
1:34 there's a shot of the side of her face as she glared at the audience. Would have been great footage see her looking at the camera. This woman was not acting. She was not just putting in a show.
A mind-blowing song. Very, very true. This is what happens when you piss off the wrong person; one who is not afraid to speak truth to power. Righteous passion and anger. Bravo, Ms. Nina!
Only now it occurs to me that Nina Simone's "That's it!" at the end of the song might not only mark the end of the song, but also the end of her patience
SHE HAD NO PATIENCE, SHE WAS FULL OF HATE. ASK HER FAMILY.
@@DOOMJESUS
That's okay
@@Peacemaker-er3tl NOPE. GOD DON'T LIKE IT.
@@DOOMJESUS Oh you speak for God now? Which Pope name did you pick? Benedicktus?
@@ZippyMrMew WHO WANTS TO KNOW?
She is really immersed in this song. Her face is contorted with rage. (: Really good. Our entire class saw it and everyone loved GO Nina
Respect ✊🏽 to all of our black women , our peers, our activists, our Black Queens.. I thank you brave women for standing up through song/music and fighting for injustice for our race for equality. 🙏🏽✊🏽
July 1965, middle of civil tights movement, Jim Crow still reigned in the South.
"Do things gradually...too slow...will bring more tragedy (too slow). Why don't you see it? Why don't you feel it? I don't know, I don't know." Shook. Goddamn. This is still so relevant.
Listening to this after viewing the full footage of George Floyd's murder. "I cannot breathe." "My stomach hurts, my neck hurts, everything hurts." "I Will!" "They killing me!" "I am through." "MOMMA!" "MOMMA!" When will it end!! My soul is tired. I am 58 years old. I am so tired.
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
Someday
Oh Oh Oh
Deep in my heart
I do believe
That we shall overcome
Someday
He should be nominated for an espy or an Oscar, it was truly a riveting performance. It was so riveting they acted out the exact same scene in Paris on the 28, 3 days later.
we with you, Nature will fix us, you lived right so tired, no shame in it
Me too. tired and scared. This is the world my child is inheriting.
I walked with Huey & Bobby and we are still fighting the war of Lincoln bcuz the south refuses integration or lees surrender! Everybody knows about racist USA G'Ddamn!!
Much love for you, Nina, from this Mississippian!
"Although Lorraine was a girlfriend…we never talked about men or clothes or other such inconsequential things when we got together. It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution-real girl’s talk." -Nina Simone. A real revolutionary spirit
Dear Nina, unfortunately we are in the same boat in the year of 2020. Thank you for you brilliant, bold, stand against injustice and racism
And we will be saying that two hundred year from now as long as we let others teach our children and ourselves
@@michaelwoodward9894 And as long as you keep talking about it.
Holy hell the victimhood is strong with you. You are not in the same boat. Ever tried not being the permanent victim of everything?
You're another fake Victim. Get lost!
@@nate7778ever tried not being an ignorant prick?...... 🤔🤷🏻♀️
She left a lot of money on the table to stay a revolutionary. We need more people like her
Nina was awake and sung song to awaken others. We still need this type of awakening. That sickness is in the brains and not in fields of many today.
this performance IMO could represent the humble beginnings of rap and rap about social issues.... way ahead of her time... so great...
But there were good black classical raps about rape from the 20's.
Gil Scott-Heron comes to mind.
don’t put nina in the same sentence as rap. She is an artist.
@@Rudenbehr well said
@@Rudenbehr There have been rappers that'd I call artists. The rap genre is oversaturated due to the ever lowering standard. We're definitely not going to see too many new artists with this level of talent & passion.
55 years later, and it's still sadly so relevant.
But not where you live. Am I right, you armchair liberal?
Nina had no fear she was one of the first Black Panthers she put her career up for grabs.... During her timer the white race hated a Black race who historically speaking never did anything to them,.. We Black folk of today on Martin Luther King day salute you.... Quincy
We're still moving "too slow"
@@quincybrooks9897 I think Nina had plenty of fear. She just harnessed it. She, determination and courage just lassoed fear and yanked it to the side. Yeah, I'll bet she felt fear. Only people who have lost their senses don't. But only the brave overcome it. And the bravery/courage surging through Nina was at a lofty level rarely seen in male or females.
No it isn’t what planet are you living on
She's up there on stage bowing after the song hoping nobody puts a 30-06 round through her skull, what an absolute American champion and goddess...
I'm 68 years old and just discovered Nina Simone this morning. How in the world did I miss this incredible artist? Goddam
Better late than never...I loved her claymation song of the 80ies...my baby don't care..back when MTV was still MTV...but I had no idea about her profound background, history and activism.
Truly a gem putting sugar in our bowls ❤️
Im 55 and just discovered her and I cant get enough!!!!
@@charlottewenzel2005 Well, Im sure glad we did. Peace & Love.
"How in the world did I miss this incredible artist?"
Inattention.
I'm a youngin and I just found out about her last year
Love her courage and audacity. Thanks for paving the way Nina 💙
Everyone (rightly) praises her incredible voice, her magnetic stage presence, the immediacy of her lyrics which (sadly) still ring as true today as when she wrote them over half a century ago. But her *musicality* is simply breathtaking for me. She was truly, truly gifted.
they should.
but they do NOT
You avoid the obvious. Truly how?
@@ant5743 People avoid the obvious.... because, well... it's obvious. The OC was likely commenting on how she can turn such raw anguished emotions about something so serious as what she is singing about here... into an incredible live musical performance. It's one thing to be a natural musical talent... its another thing to be socially and politically conscious and to be able to articulate that. But to be able to bring the two together and turn them into something powerful through a virtuoso live musical performance (and without one side over-powering or under-powering the other)... well that is "truly, truly gifted".
At one time she was young, gifted and black.
@@royferguson3909❤
Minneapolis Goddam. over 50 years later, the words "too slow" hit hard for this community.
Got dam right@
"Minneapolis," while accurate, is a couple syllables too long for the rhythm... but "Minnesota" is just right. Am now imagining someone performing this song and putting "Minnesota" in right at the end- or, of course, all throughout...
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Decades after she sang this song, I recognize and identify with her representation of my reality as an African american. Still.
If ever a song was so relevant, despite it emerging decades ago
Fuck yeah, Ms. Nina Simone. Love it. Great footage. What a performance. What mind. What weapons. Thanks for sharing this version, Aaron Overfield.