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Nina Simone sings Mississippi Goddam (Original Post)
vlyons
Nov 2018
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. Thank you
ret5hd
(20,433 posts)2. "This is a show tune but the show hasn't been written for it yet."
few days ago someone else posted this song, which somehow I had never heard before. Such a strong beautiful lady.
What struck me was the line from her song that I put in the subject line of my post. I knew I had heard that line before, but couldn't remember where. I started digging thru my small iTunes collection and remembered where I heard i...and at first kinda thought "You ripped that off!"
Then I realized the entire song was a direct homage to Nina's song. At the end of the video he is even wearing a Nina Simone t-shirt.
I hope you don't mind...from a blind albino caucasian, a slightly updated version titled Uncle Sam Goddamn:
vlyons
(10,252 posts)3. I don't mind
thank-you for sharing
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)4. She was amazing!
Thanks for posting this!
NowsTheTime
(651 posts)5. Nina Simone a civil rights activist......and an amazing talent!