my friend esther (thanks e!) gave me this nina simone dualdisc - that would be the audiovisual equivalent of the 2-in-1 shampoo/conditioner - for my birthday. problem was, the wrong disc was inside - a straight-up audio copy of the essential nina simone. which is all on its own a great album, but i'm looking forward to exchanging it for the intended one, so i can see all the dvd stuff, and check out this new technology (though maybe it's not so new and i'm just out of the loop...)
but i played the disc that came with anyhow - though i do already have a copy - and ever since, i've been keeping time to her voice. as i said to e, that woman could sing a grocery list and make me weep. the undercurrent of memory, of sadness, of been-there-done-that-and-still-we-keep-on that flows beneath, even as her voice dances, smiles, desires, harangues, grieves. and makes me want to do the same.
nina simone - i think it's going to rain today
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Yep, doesn't get any better than Nina.
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