Posts Tagged ‘Nina Simone’
Trouble
Trouble in mind, I’m blue
But I won’t be blue always,
‘Cause that sun is gonna shine in my back door someday.
http://youtu.be/q6eg2ppX2tU
Trouble in mind, it’s true
I have almost lost my mind
Never had so much trouble in my life before
I’m gonna lay my head
On some lonesome railroad line
And let the 2:19 train ease my troubled mind.
Trouble in mind, I’m blue
But I won’t be blue always,
‘Cause that sun is gonna shine in my back door someday.
Of course there’s the Janis Joplin typerwriter version too.
And then there’s Cat’s take on Trouble
Trouble
Oh trouble set me free
I have seen your face
And it’s too much too much for me
Trouble
Oh trouble can’t you see
You’re eating my heart away
And there’s nothing much left of me
I don’t know if I like Keren Ann’s music in general. Must admit I don’t know it well. However there are a few tracks that are very catchy. That‘s one of them
http://youtu.be/0Qx8HwlW4
My name is trouble my first name’s a mess
No need to greet me I’m here to confess
But if you let me hold you I won’t hold my breath
And if you let me love you I will love you to death
And I could go on forever, slip in some Tindersticks off their soundtrack for Claire Denis’ Trouble Ever Day. But I’ll just end this post with Vera Ward Hall before she was sampled by Moby
Ooh Lordy, troubles so hard
Ooh Lordy, troubles so hard
Don’t nobody know my troubles but God
Don’t nobody know my troubles but God
Went down the hill
Other day
My soul got happy
and stayed all day
Ooh Lordy, troubles so hard
Ooh Lordy, troubles so hard
Don’t nobody know my troubles but God
Don’t nobody know my troubles but God
Ooh Lordy, troubles so hard
Ooh Lordy, troubles so hard
Went in the room
Didn’t stay long
Looked on the bed and,
Brother was dead
Ooh Lordy, troubles so hard
Ooh Lordy, troubles so hard
Don’t nobody know my troubles but God
Don’t nobody know my troubles but God
More
More Cowbell?
No.
A little more time?
Maybe.
Tell me more! Tell me more?
Yes. But rather this one.
http://youtu.be/f5rGERV1N-s
Nina Simone – Tell me more and more and then some
Tell me more and then some
Daddy you know what I wanna hear
I want some more and then some of that
I love you only dear
I want some more and then some
Oh how you feel
And then when you done told me
About a million times
How much you love me
And you’re through
Start right back again
I’ve made the same mistake
I know the awful ache
Of a little heart that’s been double crossed
The waiting’s been so long so long
It’s hard to be believing
I thought I’d missed my guess
I thought happiness for me was lost
I want more some more
Some more and then some
You know how I love that stuff
Whisper from now on till Doomsday
But I never
No I never no I never
Will get enough
The Main theme today is the more the merrier
http://youtu.be/JBk8f4zCVi0
Trying to see the brightest side of life: No More Blues by Carmen McRae (cover of Jobim’s Chega de Saudade).
This is probably one of the strangest videos I’ve seen. I had never imagined her like that… but the message remains the same.
No more blues
I’m going back home
No more blues
I promise no more to roam
Home is where the heart is
The fun and parties
My heart’s been right there all along
No more fears
And no more sighs
No more tears
I’ve said my last good-byes
If trouble beckons me I swear I’m going to refuse
I’m going to settle down
There’ll be no more blues
Everyday when I am far away
My thoughts turn homeward, forever homeward
I’ve travelled round this world in search of happiness
But all the happiness I found was in my hometown
Anyway, More than this you know there’s nothing
Kiss
“Kiss emmak ya Tom Waits!”
His new album is fantastic: the guy’s till at the top of his game.
Listen to this track, I’ve got it on repeat non-stop since yesterday.
Tom Waits – Kiss Me
…
You look at me
I look at you
There’s only one thing
I want you to do
Kiss me
I want you to kiss me like a stranger once again
…
So where do we go from here? Forget about The Shangri-Las, Betty Everett, The Crystals or even Prince.
I’m going for the jugular with this Jeff Buckley track
http://youtu.be/mgtxj2x2pJs
Kiss me, please kiss me,
But kiss me out of desire, babe, and not consolation.
Oh, you know it makes me so angry ’cause I know that in time
I’ll only make you cry, this is our last goodbye.
Jeff Buckley was a huge Nina Simone fan, covering “Be Your Husband” or “Lilac wine”. So it seemed just obvious to continue with This Year’s Kisses
http://youtu.be/Nh5adqNX5G8
This year’s crop of kisses
Don’t seem as sweet to me
This year’s crop just misses
What kisses used to be
This year’s new romance
Doesn’t seem to have a chance
Even helped by Mr. Moon above
This year’s crop of kisses is not for me
For I’m still wearin’ last year’s love.
http://youtu.be/-ZnVuAGM2lM
The Pallers – The Kiss
If it wasn’t a kiss
Then I don’t know what it was
And here’s the cherry on top / one of my favorites. I love violent kiss-related songs: He hit me (and it felt like a kiss), Kiss with a fist. The whole betrayal with a kiss aspect is part of the greatest story ever told!
But this one‘s just so “uplifting”!
I need someone, a person to talk to
Someone who’d care to love
Could it be you?
Could it be you?
The situation gets rough, and I start to panic
It’s not enough, it’s just a habit
And, kid, you’re sick
Well, darling, this is it
Well, you can all just kiss off into the air
Behind my back, I can see them stare
They’ll hurt me bad, but I won’t mind
They’ll hurt me bad, they do it all the time (yeah, yeah!)
Yeah, they do it all the time (yeah, yeah!)
They do it all the time (do it all the time!)
They do it all the time (do it all the time!)
They do it all the time, do it all the time
I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record!
Oh, yeah? Well, don’t get so distressed
Did I happen to mention that I’m impressed?
I take one, one, one ’cause you left me
And two, two, two for my family
And three, three, three for my heartache
And four, four, four for my headaches
And five, five, five for my lonely
And six, six, six for my sorrow
And seven, seven for no tomorrow
And eight, eight, I forget what eight was for
But nine, nine, nine for the lost gods
Ten, ten, ten, ten for everything, everything, everything
Well, you can all just kiss off into the air
Behind my back, I can see them stare
They’ll hurt me bad, but I won’t mind
They’ll hurt me bad, they do it all the time (yeah, yeah!)
Yeah, they do it all the time (yeah, yeah!)
They do it all the time (do it all the time!)
They do it all the time (do it all the time!)
They do it all the time time time time time t-time time tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-time tu-time time (do it all the time!)
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