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Nina Simone: Four Women
Posted AMALTEO
November 10, 2006
Fiori, fiori per Nina. Flowers, flowers for Nina al Festival Jazz di Antibes del 1965"....
Video Description:
Nina Simone plays the piano and sings the song "Four Woman" at tbe Jazz Festival in Antibes (1965).
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ciarraL (2 years ago) what a brilliant woman! no one's music speaks to me quite like hers. i get chills everytime i listen to her. nina was such a rare talent. we need more people like this in the world today.
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TFCHooligan69 (2 years ago) Truly one of a kind. Absolutely incredible.
brasiliennr1 (2 years ago) rhiana, beyonce... all this new young artist r nothing against here she had the right words!
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omidimo (2 years ago) The most soulful singer of all time... no one has ever come close to her, and no two version of her songs are ever alike!
JazzSistah (2 years ago) What an incredible artist...ONLY one of a kind... no other... and, this version is off da hook...
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Vorelchi (1 year ago) this is an achingly brilliant narrative about the paradox of the black race.....y wasnt she given the respect and recognition in the US that she deserved.
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sft62 (1 year ago) The first time I heard Nina Simone I was mesmerized. I'm mesmerized once again.
nicholasdenon (1 year ago) Nothing else to say but...
onephurba (1 year ago) thank you, for this precious jewel. A timeless inspiration for humanity. TRULY SOUL MUSIC
clarabow25 (1 year ago) This was a powerful woman, writer, poet, singer, performer. I have been touched by Nina Simone the moment I heard this song. To tell a story with your art is bold. Many forget.
warrnpeace (1 year ago) this woman is phenominal, and i thank god for kweli for opening the eye of anyone who did not know her. je suis adore
JoanRudith (1 year ago) This woman astounds me. I'm naming my baby girl Nina Simone. My due date in in Dec. I can only hope that my daughter will have half of the stregth, force, and self respect that this woman had.
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gikkigen (1 year ago) Technically her real name is "Eunice" not nina.
pecdec8705 (1 year ago) PEAAAACHEEEEESSSSSSSS!
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rprice0111 (1 year ago) I LOVE IT!!!
barkybarka (1 year ago) Oh my God, what a Woman..
virtue737 (1 year ago) pure genius!
missypbc112255 (1 year ago) The truth is what I hear and see when I watch this incredible larger than life woman1
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valiosisimo (1 year ago) i cannot explain HOW MUCH she MEANS TO ME!
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JudiG (1 year ago) I was too young to appreciate her during her heyday, but I love Nina Simone! God rest her soul!
eddiemayfoy (1 year ago) Nina's the best.
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OonaCanute (1 year ago) I love her voice.
MissLimLam (1 year ago) Elmira... are you out there????
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mintyoreo (1 year ago) Nina Simone is a genius in the zone
Studio102 (1 year ago) What a masterpiece.....
dsignrdane (1 year ago) i have fallen in (platonic) love tonite. this Woman is incredible.
anyanwu0008 (1 year ago) I was 11yrs.taken from Monterey, Calif. by my sister who came from N.Y. to get all 6 of us cause Mommie was crazy(which I understood)I could not live w/o music then or now. My sister who lived in Bkly.Had the Album"4Women" on which this song as are others are recorded.When I HEARD this album I lost some of my fears and remembered from WHO I came.
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rosi0830 (1 year ago) thank you so much for posting this. made my day
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Nomercyu2b (1 year ago) Four words: pure breathtaking artistic pinnacle. This performance was probably from the late sixties and yet... Does anyone agree that at the end of the video (last minute) Nina really Hip Hops a little? I know it's pretty basic, but to me it does sound like that. This woman was just ahead of time and space. Amen Nina
crazypianolady (1 year ago) I love the ending!! (And the bits before obviously!)
MissVTime (1 year ago) this is the best of the best oh goooood,thanks so much for posting the queen
MissVTime (1 year ago) i want to know which aretha frankline song she started at the end of the video,the rhythm sounds great
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sootykettel (1 year ago) and thats why i named my daughter after her.
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raythespian (1 year ago) Nina wrote this song. It was one of the crowning achievements of her career. This video shows the unique power she had to mesmerize an audience. I've never experienced anyone else like her.
ta89fr (11 months ago) Purely smooth man. May her awesome beauty, talent, heart, love for her people, and strength live forever....THEY CALL HER SWEET NINA SIMONE OF THE NILE
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ta89fr (11 months ago) my hips invite your daddy and my mouth is like wine...... yep...yep, sweet thang
tinsista (10 months ago) Thanks for posting this video and sharing Nina with us all!
EricSean4967 (10 months ago) Way, Way, way, B 4 her time. But, right on time. The High Priestess of SouL, Nina Simone
electricalvibes (9 months ago) I love you Nina! I am reading her autobiography right now. Wow, she really put it work, she was on purpose.... amazed her family at 2 and a half by playing a whole song by ear on the piano.
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jabulnr (9 months ago) Hello, does anyone know how i can get this performance on dvd or vhs or something? a better quality? Hope you can help me. please reply. Thanks.
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HoneyRyder (9 months ago) omg...the music. this is so sexy and moody. wow.
deefjohnholler (9 months ago) the most politically, philosophically, spiritually, sexually and artistically articulate, complex and honest human being i have ever had the joy to experience even at a distance. pure ecstasy!
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ioriredeye (9 months ago) Amazing. Simply amazing...I love this song--one of my favorite songs...EVER.
sonjahc (9 months ago) Probably the most brilliant musician of the whole jazz era.
younggoon94 (9 months ago) love it. but wat language was she speaking other than english ?
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Dailyprayr (8 months ago) Aw. I wanted to hear the Aretha Franklin song. Thank you for posting this. I had never seen Nina perform live before.
saintpaul2009 (8 months ago) this is sexy wow
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d0txk0m (8 months ago) i dont get it..why did she pick "peaches" as the name? o.O
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suntaspirit (7 months ago) I LOVE YOU 'GREAT PRIESTESS OF SOUL'....and I MISS YOU!..... RIP
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RAEZELIA (7 months ago) awsome,i had herd the talib kweli song along time ago talking about this song,its awsome listening to all the refferences in the song......mean
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Mysticuhuru (7 months ago) I am so enchanted by her beauty, strength, courage, message, and most of all her voice. She has to be the most wonderfully complex,spiritual artist and Nubian women who have ever brought forth a message. Nina you are an inspiration to a nubian woman. You will always be lifted up in libations,,,
ie06 (6 months ago) the High Priestess of Soul indeed!
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brrrrrrraaaaaaaat (5 months ago) Talib Kweli & DJ Hi-Tek made a song inspired by Nina Simone's "Four Women" song, itz very powerful, if u like this then i'm sure u will like Talib Kweli's version.
brrrrrrraaaaaaaat (5 months ago) Talib Kweli's version is called "Expansion Outro"
ricemilk (5 months ago) the most dangerous song ever sang by a woman
JustMelodie (5 months ago) Omg, she murdered that piano... She's pure genius O_O
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BillieDean (3 months ago) what a great performance "my name is Peacheeeeeeeeeees!"
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Shinin2131 (2 months ago) Truly a great artist... This is powerful.
sweetdreams540 (2 months ago) they call me SWEET THANG~ they call me SWEET THANG~
e7cada (2 months ago) she is in command
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Kamaria7 (2 months ago) This woman FELT her music. Just in her intense stare, her movements all suggested that she sung from a place deep within herself. Where is that these days?
booksteve (1 month ago) fantastic post of this performer...this is the first time I have seen her after hearing her sing on record...brilliant stuff. Thanks for posting.
kaloolee (1 month ago) nina could play the mess outta piano!!!
Aangkat (3 weeks ago) can someone PLZZZ tell me what she meant at the end "Peaches". i am so curious about it.
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occomsrazor (3 days ago) a musician in the truest sense of the word, an amazing artist, and a jaw dropping performance.
Azizip17 (1 hour ago) In case anyone was wondering, Ashe (ase) is a Yoruba (Nigeria) word that's pronounced ah-SHAY (at least its pronounced that way by afrocentric African Americans). Ashe is used like the word Amen. When a person ends her or his statement with the word ashe it means the person is evoking the power of the Word (the power of Creation/God) to call something into being or to add the power/energy of Creation to what has been said or what has been done. Wiki & Google this word for more info.
Azizip17 (40 minutes ago) That's witty. LOL!
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AMALTEO (12 minutes ago) grazie, azizip17
RIP, Nina Simone, the high priestess of soul
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peligie (2 years ago) India can sing but can she act? She does have the right look.
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peligie (2 years ago) I believe Mary is already selected. However, some independents might be interested in India she is really "correct" she could be made up to look like Nina. Wow. I wish I could put the idea out to someone. SPIKE LEE perhaps. Mr. Fox protrayed Ray Charles and one an oscar for his trouble
I dont see MJB in that role at all though.
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aleaseann (2 years ago) OMG...MJB as Nina I don't that would work...I think India Arie (who has a new album out that is off the f'ing chain )would nail that freaking role to the stake...then there is Erkah and Jill :-)
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Now that I think about it only India has both the look and charisma!
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youmumu (2 years ago) i swear, when this song comes on..
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rickenba (2 years ago) my soul was lost when this queen died. but as she once said, find your soul, and lose your hate. may you rest in peace miss, simones
phunkyclaudyc (2 years ago) Show Hide 0 Marked as spam Reply | Spam i like this version...but talib kweli turns this song into a version i just adore...
Abduek (2 years ago) Show Hide 0 Marked as spam Reply | Spam This song introduced me to this great artist and I've been hooked every since!!!
peligie (2 years ago) Show Hide +1 Marked as spam Reply | Spam Blessed be the name of Nina Simone. I had forgotten this amazing contribution to the world of exquisite images in the form of her music. Truly unforgettable Nina.
PeacefulRuler (2 years ago) Show Hide 0 Marked as spam Reply | Spam Elmira, are you out there? You betta be...you asked for the song!
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orugasaki (2 years ago) Show Hide 0 Marked as spam Reply | Spam listen to talib kweli's take on this - it's a masterpiece
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HalfManHalfAmazin (2 years ago) Show Hide +1 Marked as spam Reply | Spam Amazing. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.I luv the way she takes you on the journey of these 4 women and builds the intensity as she goes along. This is my favorite!!!!!!
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rastdamon (2 years ago) Show Hide +6 Marked as spam Reply | Spam Nina is so beautiful & strong, I wish more women carried themselves like that. She is a true example of A Women! Jah bless Nina soul!:(
ixeosixe (2 years ago) Show Hide +5 Marked as spam Reply | Spam I saw a comparison of E. Badu and India.Arie on here. No comparison. Nina Simone is something else, and in the very least, had to be one of their inspirations.
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ThatGirl0609 (2 years ago) Show Hide +5 Marked as spam Reply | Spam Nina Simon was sooooooo ill! My mother was named after her! She was sooooooo beautiful! This is song is so deep! Kudos to you for posting this!
[Editor: “ill” (and the related term “sick”) are high compliments in current African American slang. This meaning may come from the AA practice of conferring the opposite meaning for a word than its standard meanings (as when “bad” meaning very good). In the case of “ill” and “sick”, the opposite of sick is well. And another word for “well” is good. And another phrase for “very good” is “great”. Maybe that thinking process is how “ill” and “sick” became a compliment.]
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Abduek (2 years ago) Show Hide 0 Marked as spam Reply | Spam She was such a dynamic musician!!
VelvetRope1814 (2 years ago) Show Hide +1 Marked as spam Reply | Spam So beautiful.She has an amazing smile.Great song.Wish we had more people like this today.
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GigiBrasil (2 years ago) Show Hide +5 Marked as spam Reply | Spam My skin is black / My arms are long / My hair is woolly / My back is strong / Strong enough to take the pain / inflicted again and again / What do they call me / My name is AUNT SARAH / Aunt Sarah
GigiBrasil (2 years ago) Show Hide +5 Marked as spam Reply | Spam My skin is tan,tan / My hair is alright its fine / My hips invite you daddy / and my mouth is like wine / Whose little girl am I? / it is yours if you have some money to buy / What do they call me / My name is SWEET THING / they call me Sweet Thing
lovelynpoetic (2 years ago) Show Hide +3 Marked as spam Reply | Spam she was a talented pianist who tried to attend julliard music school, she taught herself to play the piano at four. alas the school was not accepting black womyn. so young nina, went back to north carolina and began teaching piano classes. later when a nightclub was looking for a singer and nina was dying to get out of the racist south, nina tried out and thus became her career as a singer. if julliard hadn't been segregated, we would never know the beauty and depth of nina simone's voice.
brothaerthe (2 years ago) She is in a class of her own!!! There is no one like Ms. Simone!!
mandycaly (2 years ago) No words can express how deep this goes for me...Thank you so much for sharing this with
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dew (2 years ago) The one and only Nina Simone!
dolemite72 (2 years ago) I just want a couple of people to steal and copy her style....even a nina knock-off would be better than 99% of what's out there now.
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orneno3 (2 years ago) I watched this video and I was just amazed! The energy, her voice and her spirit just blew me away. You are right, BobbiMoore they really don't make them like that anymore. I see where many people like Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill get their inspiration
langit (3 years ago) I love how she sang the names of her band members at the end. Hahaha she's so soulful!
shalad33 (3 years ago) She was a musical genius. Love her.
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dan7734 (3 years ago) This is a great song and Nina is pure entertainment!
spokenlife (3 years ago) Thank you. What a talent. What a beautiful, talented black woman. I'm so stunned by this. Thank you so much!
spokenlife (3 years ago) Sorry to comment again, but this brought tears to my eyes. I listen to R&B now, once one of the greatest genres, and it saddens me that there seems to be nothing left to say. Music is the never-ending communicator that gets people of all races, sexes, backgrounds to listen. Where is our new Nina? You know what? Maybe your posting this has given me the inspiration I need, myself, to write music of substance and importance. This will remain one of my favorites for all time.
Sonnie55 (3 years ago) This woman is the epitome of class
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lilkatdevil (3 years ago) one of my favorite artists. I mention her to all of my students, So ahead of her time!my god what a wonderful woman with awe in her voice.
marplejanee (3 years ago) BEST SONG EVER!
desolationro (3 years ago) one of my favorites, i say that to most of her songs, i love Nina and i miss her. I can't believe i won't be seeing her on stage anymore. I have beautiful memories one of my favorite concert was when i sat next to Miriam Makeba at the Village Gate. Rest in Peace my friend
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coffeescup (2 years ago) Show Hide 0 Marked as spam Reply | Spam I never understood the significance of her name being Peaches in the end. Has anyone else analyzed this song? I'd love to hear your thoughts.
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keithjosef (2 years ago) This song is truly soul-stirring. I saw Nina in one of her last concerts. Los Angeles. July 2001. It was like witnessing the last of a sincerely rare breed.
queendamaris (2 years ago) Nina's music and lyrics are making (happily)a resurgance. Like spokenknife I hope a young starlet of our generation sees fit to encourage this message.Jill Scott is exceptional and has in my opinion done just this, but we need more sistren with a message.
ciarraL (2 years ago) i love how she affiliates each woman's skin color with their past and outlook on life. the dark woman is clearly a slave who has been worn down, the yellow woman is bi-racial (her rich white father raped her black mother), the tan woman is a prostitute, and the last woman is an angry bitter woman who is haunted by the struggles of her ancestors. this is probably one of the most poetic, insightful songs i've ever heard. it's symbolic in so many ways.
BobbiMoore (2 years ago) You know, I've always seen "Peaches" as a regular sister...could be anyone's daughter, sister, auntie...she was the adventurous, strong-willed cousin...she was not a warrior or the hero of the community...she was simply "PEACHES", regular and amazing and strong and very bitter...
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ciarraL (2 years ago) am i've always wondered, is the last woman in the song (peaches) suppose to be nina?
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BobbiMoore (2 years ago) You know, I've always seen "Peaches" as a regular sister...could be anyone's daughter, sister, auntie...she was the adventurous, strong-willed cousin...she was not a warrior or the hero of the community...she was simply "PEACHES", regular and amazing and strong and very bitter...
onlyhelp (2 years ago) I think that peaches is the personification of the woman that she decribed in the song. peaches is a typical nickname amongst African American Women. just like nu-nu, pookie, shay-shay
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tcphilosopher (2 years ago) This is true. Rhknigh, peaches is not for someone lives in an area where peaches are lol. Peaches is, like onlyhelp said a nickname among African American women. I knew a lady named peaches myself lol.
fasterbludger (2 years ago) this is fantastic
XpurplesmurfX (2 years ago) i love the beat in the song
movielota (2 years ago) Fantastic performance! I love Nina. She was one of the great ones. Thank you for uploading this gem.
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SoulTooSoul (2 years ago) Billie Holiday made Strange Fruit and Nina Simone made Four Women. Both songs take you on an emotional rollercoaster. The first time I heard Four Women I could not believe how the song took you into four women's lives and painted each a different portrait. Nina made each woman so real. The song is as poiganant today as when she first recorded it. The Pusher and Four Women are my two favorite Nina Simone songs.
bossanovabrasil (2 years ago) Thanks for this beautiful music
dowe (2 years ago) I love Nina but I'm not sure I understand why the woman's name is "Peaches" at the end...Can someone fill me in?
jerdo9110 (2 years ago) From an earlier commenter:
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polizuelanmami (2 years ago) FOUR WOMEN is amazing. No one could ever replicate this song or interpret it the same way. Just timeless....what a journey through history. Thank you for posting this!
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Fair1Lady (2 years ago) my skin is brown, my manner is tough, ill kill the first mother i see, my life has been too rough, im ofly bitter these days b/c my parents were slaves, what do they call me? my name is PEACHES
pmta43 (2 years ago) there was a vunerability about nina that resonates when she performs this song, as if she can associate herself with these women. i saw her live 15 years ago in sydney and had front row seats...i lined up for hours to get the tickets thinking that there would be a stampede! turns out i was the only one there when they opened up. can you believe that? 2 consecutive nights with front row seats.best nights of my life. i even gave her flowers at the end to say thank you. WOW!!!!!!
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mrj24 (2 years ago) She was such a regal soul such power in that voice and that Pressence!! WOW to have been in the same room with this woman must have been something!!!!
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MJlova4eva (2 years ago) i like her sense of style... she is such an inspiration