Feeling Good
Eunice Kathleen Waymon mais conhecida pelo seu nome artístico, Nina Simone, nasceu a 21 de Abril de 1933, foi uma grande pianista, cantora e compositora americana. O nome artístico foi adotado aos 20 anos, para que pudesse cantar Blues, a "música do diabo", nos cabarés em Nova Iorque, Filadélfia ou Atlantic City, escondida de seus pais, que eram pastores metodistas.
"Nina" veio de pequena ("little one") e "Simone" foi uma homenagem à grande atriz do cinema francês Simone Signoret, sua preferida.
Nina Simone também se destacou e foi perseguida por ser negra e por abraçar publicamente todo tipo de combate contra o racismo. Seu envolvimento era tal, que chegou a cantar no enterro do pacifista Martin Luther King.
Faleceu a 21 de Abril de 2003 em Carry-le-Rouet, França.
"Feeling Good" (também conhecida como "Feelin' Good") é uma música escrita pelos compositores-cantores ingleses Anthony Newley e Lesley Bricusses para o musical de 1965 chamado The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd.
"Feelin' Good" foi interpretada por um grande número de artistas, incluindo Sammy Davis Jr., Traffic, Yard Dogs Road Show, Muse, John Barrowman, Michael Bublé, Adam Lambert, The Pussycat Dolls ou Joe Bonamassa, além de Nina Simone, claro.
Feeling Good
"Birds flying high you know how I feel
Sun in the sky you know how I feel
Reeds drifting on by you know how I feel
Its a new dawn it's a new day its a new life for me
And I'm feeling good
Fish in the sea you know how I feel
River running free you know how I feel
Blossom in the trees you know how I feel
It's a new dawn its a new day it's a new life for me
And I'm feeling good
Dragonflies all out in the sun
You know what I mean, don't you know
Butterflies are all having fun
You know what I mean
Sleep in peace
When the day is done
And this old world is new world and a bold world for me
Stars when you shine you know how I feel
Scent of the pine you know how I feel
Yeah freedom is my life
And you know how I feel
Its a new dawn its a new day its a new life for me
And I'm feeling good
Ooooh
(Feeling good)"
"Wild Is the Wind" foi escrita pela dupla Dimitri Tiomkin e Ned Washington, gravada originalmente por Johnny Mathis em 1957 para o filme Wild is the wind" tendo sido nomeado para um Óscar.
Foi gravado por Nina Simone em 1959 e 1966. David Bowie, admirador do estilo de Nina Simone, gravou a música em 1976 no album Station to Station. Clan of Xymox em 1994 no album Headcloud. Fatal Shore em 1997, George Michael em 1999, Barbra Streisand em 2003 e finalmente em 2010 surge uma nova versão de Esperanza Spalding, entre muitos outros.
Sun in the sky you know how I feel
Reeds drifting on by you know how I feel
Its a new dawn it's a new day its a new life for me
And I'm feeling good
Fish in the sea you know how I feel
River running free you know how I feel
Blossom in the trees you know how I feel
It's a new dawn its a new day it's a new life for me
And I'm feeling good
Dragonflies all out in the sun
You know what I mean, don't you know
Butterflies are all having fun
You know what I mean
Sleep in peace
When the day is done
And this old world is new world and a bold world for me
Stars when you shine you know how I feel
Scent of the pine you know how I feel
Yeah freedom is my life
And you know how I feel
Its a new dawn its a new day its a new life for me
And I'm feeling good
Ooooh
(Feeling good)"
"Wild Is the Wind" foi escrita pela dupla Dimitri Tiomkin e Ned Washington, gravada originalmente por Johnny Mathis em 1957 para o filme Wild is the wind" tendo sido nomeado para um Óscar.
Foi gravado por Nina Simone em 1959 e 1966. David Bowie, admirador do estilo de Nina Simone, gravou a música em 1976 no album Station to Station. Clan of Xymox em 1994 no album Headcloud. Fatal Shore em 1997, George Michael em 1999, Barbra Streisand em 2003 e finalmente em 2010 surge uma nova versão de Esperanza Spalding, entre muitos outros.
Wild is the Wind
Love me, love me, love me, say you do
Let me fly away with you
For my love is like the wind, and wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
Give me more than one caress, satisfy this hungriness
Let the wind blow through your heart
For wild is the wind, wild is the wind
Refrão:
You touch me, I hear the sound of mandolins
You kiss me
With your kiss my life begins
You're spring to me, all things to me
Don't you know, you're life itself!
Like the leaf clings to the tree,
Oh, my darling, cling to me
For we're like creatures of the wind, and wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
(refrão)
Like the leaf clings to the tree,
Oh, my darling, cling to me
For we're like creatures in the wind, and wild is the wind
Wild is the wind...
Let me fly away with you
For my love is like the wind, and wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
Give me more than one caress, satisfy this hungriness
Let the wind blow through your heart
For wild is the wind, wild is the wind
Refrão:
You touch me, I hear the sound of mandolins
You kiss me
With your kiss my life begins
You're spring to me, all things to me
Don't you know, you're life itself!
Like the leaf clings to the tree,
Oh, my darling, cling to me
For we're like creatures of the wind, and wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
(refrão)
Like the leaf clings to the tree,
Oh, my darling, cling to me
For we're like creatures in the wind, and wild is the wind
Wild is the wind...
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