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  Love Me or Leave Me es una canción escrita en 1928 por Walter Donaldson con letra de Gus Kahn, estrenada en el musical de Broadway  Whoopee! (también de ese musical Makin' Whoopee ), donde era interpretada por la cantante Ruth Etting. Traigo la versión de Nina Simone en su álbum  Little Girl Blue (1958).

  Versión en inglés de  1965  de Nina Simone,  con letra de Marcel Stellman,  de la canción   L'amour, c'est comme un jour   de 1962 de Charles Aznavour, con letra de Yves Stéphane. 

  Versión de Nina Simone de la canción de Walter Donaldson con letra de Gus Kahn  para la versión cinematográfica de la comedia musical Whoopee!   de 1930, dirigida por Thornton Freeland . Letra My baby don't care for shows My baby don't care for clothes My baby just cares for me My baby don't care for cars and races My baby don't care for High-tone places Liz Taylor is not his style And even Lana Turner's smile Is somethin' he can't see My baby don't care who knows My baby just cares for me Baby, my baby don't care for shows And he don't even care for clothes He cares for me My baby don't care for cars and races Baby don't care for He don't care for high-tone places Liz Taylor is not his style And even Liberace's smile Is somethin' he can't see Is somethin' he can't see I wonder what's wrong with baby My baby just cares for My baby just cares for My baby just cares for me

  Duo de la ópera Porgy and Bess de 1935 con música de George Gershwin y letra de Ira Gershwin . Aqui en la versión instrumental de Keith Jarrett. A continuación, versión vocal de Nina Simone de 1957 Letra I love you, Porgy Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me and drive me mad If you can keep me, I wanna stay here With you forever and I'll be glad Yes, I love you, Porgy Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me with his hot hands If you can keep me, I want to stay here With you forever, I've got my man I love you, Porgy Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me and drive me mad If you can keep me, I wanna stay here With you forever, I've got my man Someday I know he's coming to call me He's going to handle me and hold me So, it's going to be like dying, Porgy When he calls me But when he comes I know, I'll have to go I love you, Porgy Don't let him take me Honey, don't let him handle me and drive me mad If you...

  Canción compuesta por Richard Rodgers y Oscar Hammerstein (letra)​ para el musical Carousel en 1945. Cantada por los hinchas de Liverpool F.C. ha tenido muchas versiones. Destaco la de Nina Simone y esta Elvis Presley Letra  When you walk through a storm, Hold your head up high, And don't be afraid of the dark. At the end of a storm, there's a golden sky, And the sweet silver song of a lark. Walk on through the wind, walk on through the rain, though your dreams be tossed and blown.. Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart, And you'll never walk alone....... You'll never walk alone. Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart, And you'll never walk alone....... You'll never walk alone.

  "Ain't got no / I got life" tema de 1968 de Nina Simone, sobre un popurrí de dos canciones, "Ain't got no" y "I got life", del musical Hair de 1960, con letra de James Rado y Gerome Ragni y música de Galt MacDermot. A continuación la versión de la película I'm Black / Ain't Got No I got life

  Canción de Nina Simone de 1965 Letra TAKE CARE OF BUSSINES Don’t talk just hold me closer Let me sit on top of your knee Go ahead and take care of business For me for me for me. Oh Lord, don’t keep me waiting Be as firm as can be Go ahead and take care of business For me for me for me. In all my life no-one has touched me so close Nor made me feel so sweet I said to you you are God’s gift to all womanhood Take it from me take it from me. You know you know that I love you truly And I want the whole round world to see How you can take care of business For me for me for me Go take care of business for me Yeah yeah go take care of business for me OCÚPATE DEL ASUNTO No hables, solo abrázame Deja que me siente en tu rodilla Adelante, ocúpate del asunto Ocúpate de mí, de mí, de mí. Oh, Dios, no me tengas esperando Mantente tan firme como puedas Adelante, ocúpate del asunto Ocúpate de mí, de mí, de mí. En toda mi vida nadie me ha tocado tan íntimamente Ni me ha hecho sentir tanta dulzura...

  Canción escrita por Dimitri Tiomkin y Ned Washington para la película de 1957, Wild Is the Wind de George Cukor.  Johnny Mathis grabó la canción para la película y fue nominado para el Óscar a la mejor canción original. Junto a Nina Simome la mejor versión es la de George Michel en 1999, en uno de los mejores álbum de aquel año. Letra Love Me, 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 Oh wild is the wind Wild is the wind 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 You touch me I hear the sound of mandolins You kiss me With your kiss my life begins You...

   Canción compuesta por  Bob Dylan para The Band, en 1968. En la versión de Nina Simone. Canción de la esperanza frente a los descartes, frente al límite de las cosas. Letra They say everything can be replaced They say every distance is not near So I remember every face Of every man who put me here I see my light come shining From the west down to the east Any day now, any day now I shall be released They say every man needs protection They say that every man must fall Yet I swear I see my reflection Somewhere so high above this wall I see my light come shining From the west down to the east Any day now, any day now I shall be released Now, yonder stands a man in this lonely crowd A man who swears he's not to blame All day long I hear him shouting so loud Just crying out that he was framed I see my light come shining From the west down to the east Any day now, any day now I shall be released

  Tema del musical Jump for Joy de  de Duke Ellington y letra de Paul Francis Webster (creador de  Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, o  The Shadow of Your Smile)  publicado en 1941.   Versión instrumental de Ben Webster Versión vocal de Nina Simone Letra My baby ever treats me sweet and gentle the way he should; I got it bad and that aint good! My poor heart is sentimental not made of wood I got it bad and that aint good! But when the weekends over and monday rolls aroun I end up like I start out just cryin my heart out He dont love me like I love him nobody could I got it bad and that aint good! Like alonely weeping willow lost in the wood I got it bad and that aint good! And the things I tell my pillow no woman should I got it bad and that aint good! Tho folks with good intentions tell me to save my tears Im glad Im mad about him I cant live without him Lord above me make him love me the way he should I got it bad and that aint good! Original lyric Th...

  Canción tradicional folk de 1916, en una versión absolutamente blues de Nina Simone. Bellísima canción del amor El negro es el color del cabello de mi verdadero amor. Del cabello de mi amor verdadero Oh, amo a mi amante y a donde va Sí, me encanta el suelo por donde va. Y todavía espero que llegará el momento Cuando él y yo seremos como uno... Igualmente bella en otro estilo, esta de Joan Baez.   Letra Black is the color of my true love's hair His face so soft and wondrous fair The purest eyes And the strongest hands I love the ground on where he stands I love the ground on where he stands Black is the color of my true love's hair Of my true love's hair Of my true love's hair Oh I love my lover And where he goes Yes, I love the ground on where he goes And still I hope That the time will come When he and I will be as one When he and I will be as one So black is the color of my true love's hair Black is the color of my true love's hair Black is the color of my t...

  Canción escrita por Anthony Newley (Goldfinger) y Leslie Bricusse (You Only Live Twice con John Barry o Two for the Road con Henry Mancini) para el musical de 1965 The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd en la versión de Nina Simone, Letra Birds flying high You know how I feel Sun in the sky You know how I feel Breeze driftin' on by You know how I feel It's a new dawn It's a new day It's a new life For me And I'm feeling good I'm feeling good Fish in the sea You know how I feel River running free You know how I feel Blossom on a tree You know how I feel It's a new dawn It's a new day It's a new life For me And I'm feeling good Dragonfly out in the sun, you know what I mean, don't you know Butterflies all havin' fun, you know what I mean Sleep in peace when day is done, that's what I mean And this old world is a new world And a bold world For me For me Stars when you shine You know how I feel Scent of the pine You know h...

  Canción de The Beatles, escrita por George Harrison para el álbum Abbey Road de 1969, en la fantástica versión de Nina Simone. Letra Here comes the sun, doo-doo-doo-doo Here comes the sun, and I say It's alright Little darlin', it's been a long, cold, lonely winter Little darlin', it feels like years since it's been here Here comes the sun, doo-doo-doo-doo Here comes the sun, and I say It's alright Little darlin', the smile's returning to their faces Little darlin', it seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun Here comes the sun, and I say It's alright Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Little darlin', I feel that ice is slowly melting Little darlin', it seems like years since it's been clear Here comes the sun, doo-doo-doo-doo Here comes the sun, and I say It's alright Here comes the sun, doo-doo-doo-...

  Escrita por Billie Holiday y Arthur Herzog Jr. en 1944. Me gusta la versión sentida y virtuosa de Nina Simone.

  Canción compuesta por  Ralph Rainger, en 1936  para la pelicula Rose of the Rancho. En la versión de Nina Simone. Letra: If I should lose you, the stars would fall from the skies If I should lose you, the leaves would wither and die The birds in May time would sing a lonely refrain And I would wander around hating the sound of rain With you beside me, no wind in winter would blow With you beside me, a rose would bloom in the snow I gave you my love but I was living a dream And living would seem in vain if I lost you

  Compuesta por Duke Ellington y Barney Bigard en 1930, me gusta especialmente esta versión de Johnny Hodges, que fue precisamente saxofonista con Duke Ellington. También me gusta la versión, muy diferente, llena de ritmo de Nina Simone .

  Extraordinaria versión de Nina Simone de la también extraordinaria canción de Janis Ian , compuesta en 1 974. Nina Simone en plenitud de su carrera, transmite emoción, drama, dolor, trascendiendo la mera interpretación. Aquí la versión original de Janis Ian Letra Stars, they come and go They come fast or slow They go like the last light Of the sun, all in a blaze And all you see is glory But it gets lonely there When there's no one here to share We can shake it away If you'll hear a story People lust for fame Like athletes in a game We break our collarbones And come up swinging Some of us are downed Some of us are crowned And some are lost And never found But most have seen it all They live their lives in Sad cafes and music halls They always have a story Some make it when they're young Before the world has Done its dirty job And later on, someone will say "You've had your day You must make way" But they'll never know the pain Of living with a name you ...

  Canción compuesta en 1974 por Bernard Ighner  , y versionada por muchos otros músicos, alcanza en Nina Simone, su mayor expresividad. Nina Simone, gran pianista, era además una extraordinaria vocalista que, en esta ocasión interpreta el mensaje como una protesta, una rebelión y una afirmación. La letra es magnifica, y cómo se apropia de ella Nina Simone es estremecedor. LETRA Everything must change, Nothing stays the same. Everyone must change Nothing stays the same. The young become the old, Mysteries do unfold. 'Cause that's the way of time Nothing and no one goes unchanged. There are not many things In life you can be sure of. Except rain comes from the clouds, And sun lights up the sky, And humming birds do fly. Winter turns to spring. Wounded heart will heal. Never much too soon Everything must change The young become the old, Mysteries do unfold. 'Cause that's the way of time Nothing and no one goes unchanged. There are not many things In life you can be sure of...