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Nina Simone sings Mississippi Goddam (Original Post) vlyons Nov 2018 OP
Thank you Achilleaze Nov 2018 #1
"This is a show tune but the show hasn't been written for it yet." ret5hd Nov 2018 #2
I don't mind vlyons Nov 2018 #3
She was amazing! smirkymonkey Nov 2018 #4
Nina Simone a civil rights activist......and an amazing talent! NowsTheTime Oct 2022 #5

ret5hd

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2. "This is a show tune but the show hasn't been written for it yet."
Sun Nov 25, 2018, 11:19 AM
Nov 2018

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:


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