Nina Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on February 21, 1933. She died seven years ago.
What a privilege it would be to sit in the same room with someone so alive, so intent.
And here’s a song that Lady Antebellum should be forced to listen to day in, day out, until they finally agreed to stop producing chicken-fried Grammy bait.
“so alive, so intent” is a funny way of spelling Bipolar Disorder and Cocaine.
Amazing woman, amazing singer, amazing artist with all the torment and turmoil that goes along with that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96jRnBYymU
On a related note to comment #1, it’s kind of demoralizing when you realize the most inspirational moments in art history were really just schizophrenic episodes the artist was suffering, with some exceptions, like Dylan, Cohen’s genius.
To think we’ve all been enamoured with the creative, mentally ill…