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Nina Simone — Baltimore
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Isabeau
(sou' tex)
Posted: Apr 24, 2013 - 20:52
 
ashamed to say I had no idea she did this ....{#Eek}

oldfart48
(boulder creek ca.)
Posted: Jan 20, 2013 - 15:19
 
IF YOU CAN'T FEEL HER HEART BREAK, {#Moon} YOU DED. it ain't her best work , however it is the essence of what the song says. and she is obviously one  amy winehouses ' models.

oldfart48
(boulder creek ca.)
Posted: Jan 20, 2013 - 15:15
 
 BikeCoachDave wrote:
Randy Newmans version brilliantly captures the imagery of these lyrics. Nina Simone sounds like she is just reading them off a page. What a poor remake.
 

YO, NO EAR, HEART OR SOUL......HOW CAN YOU LIVE THAT WAY? {#Beat}

oldfart48
(boulder creek ca.)
Posted: Jan 20, 2013 - 15:07
 
never will be another {#Fire} NINA {#Fire}

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 13:30
 
 Shesdifferent wrote:

Oh....I was going to say I really liked this version of it. Oh well.....
 
This version's pretty good - kind of unusual.  To me, her phrasing is consistent with the reggae-style tempo of the music.  I don't necessarily like all of her work, but I wouldn't presume to tell Nina Simone how she should sing.

lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 13:27
 
 BikeCoachDave wrote:
Randy Newmans version brilliantly captures the imagery of these lyrics. Nina Simone sounds like she is just reading them off a page. What a poor remake.
 



His version has no soul, her's does.

Toke
(Bournemouth UK)
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 - 12:34
 
 BikeCoachDave wrote:
Randy Newmans version brilliantly captures the imagery of these lyrics. Nina Simone sounds like she is just reading them off a page. What a poor remake.
 
And it would be a boring music world if all artists interpreted the music exactly the same as each other....

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet)
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 - 12:33
 
 BikeCoachDave wrote:
Randy Newmans version brilliantly captures the imagery of these lyrics. Nina Simone sounds like she is just reading them off a page. What a poor remake.
 
Oh....I was going to say I really liked this version of it. Oh well.....

BikeCoachDave
(Columbia, Ky.)
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 - 12:29
 
Randy Newmans version brilliantly captures the imagery of these lyrics. Nina Simone sounds like she is just reading them off a page. What a poor remake.

rjewyo
(Ventura, CA)
Posted: May 13, 2012 - 16:16
 
Has more meaning to me after watching the HBO. series, "the Wire"

TheLib
(Silicon Valley, CA)
Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 13:54
 
I wonder if she intended to suck the life out of this song, or if that was accidental?

This version is a good reminder that just because you can do a cover of a great song, it doesn't follow that you should.



Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 13:52
 
Now that's a lot of soul

polymerchm
(Silver Spring, MD)
Posted: Nov 05, 2011 - 08:34
 
He WROTE IT!!!!!

 Sleepytyme wrote:

Didn't Randy Newman do this?


 



Sleepytyme
(Must be present to win)
Posted: Jul 02, 2011 - 13:46
 

Didn't Randy Newman do this?



gamadr
Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 14:08
 
"Baltimore"  is one of her very best albums!  In the top 3. 

zair99
(In Cognito)
Posted: May 31, 2011 - 23:13
 
Not my cup of tea.  I love Nina Simone, but she's barely singing here, there's no discernible emotion in her voice, and it definitely isn't playing to her strengths!  It's not god-awful or anything, but certainly not good. A 4 in my book.

Shaker
(Canada)
Posted: Apr 30, 2011 - 09:19
 
Nice transition from Amy Whine house. Groovy tune.

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Dec 25, 2010 - 15:40
 
PRETTY LOVELY!!!!

(former member)
Posted: Dec 25, 2010 - 15:38
 
Takes all the pain out of it. Clipped uninvolved delivery. No thanks.

steve_san_carlos
(Ummm...San Carlos, California!)
Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 13:01
 
Has she covered "Short People?" Now THAT would be awesome.

dkwalika
(Upper Midwest)
Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 12:58
 
Helluva story. Wow.

 robco1 wrote:

I've done that train ride many times. You get a very grim look into what were once nice working-class neighborhoods, now trash-ridden yards and crumbling tar-papered row houses. Tourists at Harborplace and party-goers heading to Fells Point usually miss that part of town.

When I was 19 I took my girlfriend to Harborplace and a strung-out woman approached me panhandling. With her eight year old son and four year old daughter. I said "well, if you need some food, let's get you some food," and took her son into the Subway across the street. I will never forget the shame, anger and hurt in his eyes when he said "You could've given me the money, man. I would have got the food." I didn't have to tell him why I didn't want to just give cash to his mom.

 



jlind
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Jul 19, 2010 - 14:25
 

This is probably the most listenable regaee song I've ever heard. Solid 6.



robco1
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Jun 17, 2010 - 17:58
 
 bokey wrote:
A hard town by the sea. Randy Newman wrote this as he was passing through on a train. Local boy Nils Lofgren does a great heart felt version.
 
I've done that train ride many times. You get a very grim look into what were once nice working-class neighborhoods, now trash-ridden yards and crumbling tar-papered row houses. Tourists at Harborplace and party-goers heading to Fells Point usually miss that part of town.

When I was 19 I took my girlfriend to Harborplace and a strung-out woman approached me panhandling. With her eight year old son and four year old daughter. I said "well, if you need some food, let's get you some food," and took her son into the Subway across the street. I will never forget the shame, anger and hurt in his eyes when he said "You could've given me the money, man. I would have got the food." I didn't have to tell him why I didn't want to just give cash to his mom.


musickat
(Lake of the Ozarks)
Posted: Jun 17, 2010 - 17:46
 
 HarrO wrote:
Too cool. Nina doing a reggae cover of Randy Newman. Only Bill can come up with this stuff!!!!!!!!!
 
Yeah, ain't it great  {#Biggrin}


cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Jun 17, 2010 - 17:40
 
 tprimeau wrote:
This is unique, original and outstanding.
 
{#Exclaim}


WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Jun 17, 2010 - 17:40
 
Reggae + strings + Nina Simone + Randy Newman. Who'da thunk it?! Very cool cover.

tprimeau
(Monroe)
Posted: Apr 15, 2010 - 04:21
 
This is unique, original and outstanding.

Albert1967
(Leusden, the Netherlands)
Posted: Apr 15, 2010 - 04:18
 
 big_gare wrote:
Goddess of cool...
 
Did she ever do a duet with Randy Newman? They'd bland nicely . . .

birdiestobehad
(sitting beside the golf course wishing I was playing)
Posted: Mar 14, 2010 - 14:34
 
 aelfheld wrote:
A rendition that ill-serves both Nina Simone and the song.

 

Agreed...........

prickelpit96
(Hannover, Germany)
Posted: Dec 10, 2009 - 04:46
 
Godlike....

hahindy
Posted: Oct 08, 2009 - 06:33
 
beautifully expressed and beautifully felt.
i love love love the sweet sassy & soulful Miss Simone. Mmmmmm....
 jadewahoo wrote:
My feeling has always been that if an artist cannot bring something new and fresh to a cover, then leave it alone. Nina, however, takes the emotional rawness of Randy Newman's original and draws that emotion on down into the depths of pain seen from the eyes -and sung from the guts - of centuries of contending with suffering stirred with an impossible hope. Genius.

 



jadewahoo
(Beautiful Earth)
Posted: Jun 03, 2009 - 18:15
 
My feeling has always been that if an artist cannot bring something new and fresh to a cover, then leave it alone. Nina, however, takes the emotional rawness of Randy Newman's original and draws that emotion on down into the depths of pain seen from the eyes -and sung from the guts - of centuries of contending with suffering stirred with an impossible hope. Genius.


Photo-John
(Nor Cal to SLC)
Posted: Jun 03, 2009 - 18:13
 
Wow!

I was feeling recognition but couldn't place it. And when I did figure it out I was really surprised. I love the Randy Newman version (don't know who did the original). But I think this is a very nice and creative version. I dig the slow, balmy groove of it. It doesn't have the nasty bite that the Newman version has - and I love that bite. This one has a little more subtle irony, I think.

Nice one, Bill. Got me to login :-)

mr_toad
Posted: May 03, 2009 - 01:00
 
hope the money is going where it belongs (Nina's) family,,not the record company's ,,,, love it,,,,,, roots,,,,,, the planet is spinning fast.... what are we going to do when it is so poisoned we can't live......

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Apr 01, 2009 - 12:05
 
 copymonkey wrote:
Wow—Nina covering Randy Newman! How awesome is that?!!
 
Very awesome indeed! {#Bounce}

Egrey
(WASH, DC)
Posted: Apr 01, 2009 - 12:04
 
NOT feeling it.  A 2.

Jazbo
(Beautiful Valparaiso IN.)
Posted: Apr 01, 2009 - 12:04
 
I'll bet Randy approves!

aelfheld
Posted: Apr 01, 2009 - 12:03
 
A rendition that ill-serves both Nina Simone and the song.


big_gare
(Cloverdale, BeeCee, Canada)
Posted: Apr 01, 2009 - 12:02
 
Goddess of cool...

HarrO
(Just Down the Hill from Paradise)
Posted: Feb 28, 2009 - 23:19
 
Too cool. Nina doing a reggae cover of Randy Newman. Only Bill can come up with this stuff!!!!!!!!!

sirrus
(Fredneck, MD)
Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 09:26
 
Without the slightly discordant piano bits in this, it sounds quite empty. Sounds more like a Balmore-porno shoot than a depressing synopsis of a city.

arzvael
(Rennes, Brittany)
Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 09:25
 
Very smooth to listen, a great moment ... but transgenic music hum, should play the original.

gandalfbmg
(3 mi from Paradise (Missouri))
Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 09:25
 
 Laptopdog wrote:


Absolutely agreed.
Why not just play the original Randy Newman version?! His stuff is never played on RP!
Cases in point....

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Not to mention all his other great stuff that's never made it onto RP.

 

I've heard Randy's version of this song 1000 times on RP, but never this one... I only barely got a glimmer of recognition when it got to the chorus, and I was still surprised to know there was another version on here...

copymonkey
(in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool)
Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 09:24
 
Wow—Nina covering Randy Newman! How awesome is that?!!

BoneRoller
(Western North America)
Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 09:22
 
Dig. What a bad ass laid back groove.

calypsus_1
Posted: Dec 28, 2008 - 14:11
 

 

 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black       ==>      Nina Simone - Baltimore

** 10 **



Slick
(Merchantville, NJ)
Posted: Aug 23, 2008 - 10:35
 
{#Music} Love Randy, Nina and Nils' versions.  Great tune and shouts out to my fam in "Balmore".  Peace


Laptopdog
(Overcrowded, Overpriced & Overrated L.A.)
Posted: Jul 22, 2008 - 18:24
 
TheLib wrote:
She's taken a great song and sucked all of the emotion out of it. Yuck!


Absolutely agreed.
Why not just play the original Randy Newman version?! His stuff is never played on RP!
Cases in point....

(click here)

(click here)

(click here)

Not to mention all his other great stuff that's never made it onto RP.





bokey
(Up on the tightwire. One sides ice and one is fire.Mostly)
Posted: Jun 21, 2008 - 05:40
 
A hard town by the sea.

Randy Newman wrote this as he was passing through on a train.

Local boy Nils Lofgren does a great heart felt version.
domstead
(Fairbanks, Alaska)
Posted: May 20, 2008 - 19:39
 
Me too. Nina always said if she couldn't bring something to a song she wouldn't cover it. She always made them her own... gotta love her!