Nina Simone
I'm revealing exactly how much of a geek I am, but on CSI last season Warrick told Mia, the new DNA girl, that in order to know true heartache you have to listen to Nina Simone. I took his advice and downloaded 'Feeling Good' today.
My Gods. How was I able to breathe without this music? I called myself a complete human being but I had no idea... I listened to it three times without pause. I am so beyond blown away. I am stunned. I might as well have taken a needle and pushed some miracle drug into my veins for all I'm feeling right now.
I'm on my fourth rotation right now and it hits me that I should tell other people about this. But how? I'd be too afraid they wouldn't get it. It's jazz, its slow, it sounds "old". I can't even put my finger on why I like it so much. There's just something so primordial, so utterly transcendent about it. I needed this music. Maybe my friends need this music. But I'm afraid of how disappointed I will be in them if they dismiss it.
I don't care that I only have twenty-seven dollars in my wallet. I am buying a cd. I have to. One song (well, two songs when 'Human Touch' finishes downloading) is not enough. I need to eat, sleep, and breathe Nina Simone. I need to feel like I do right now all the time. How funny jazz was the thing that finally woke me up.
I wonder who she was. I wonder what she stood for, I wonder what she told people to stand for. I wonder what she looked like. Hell, I wonder if she's dead. I hope she won't disappoint me. I hope she's someone I can admire, idolize even. I'll find out. Dont be suprised to start seeing Nina Simone memorabila around me if she turns out to be as beautiful as her music.
Birds flying high / You know how I feel / Sun in the sky / You know how I feel / Leaves driftin' on by / You know how I feel / Its a new dawn / Its a new day / Its a new life for me / And I'm feelin' good...
My Gods. How was I able to breathe without this music? I called myself a complete human being but I had no idea... I listened to it three times without pause. I am so beyond blown away. I am stunned. I might as well have taken a needle and pushed some miracle drug into my veins for all I'm feeling right now.
I'm on my fourth rotation right now and it hits me that I should tell other people about this. But how? I'd be too afraid they wouldn't get it. It's jazz, its slow, it sounds "old". I can't even put my finger on why I like it so much. There's just something so primordial, so utterly transcendent about it. I needed this music. Maybe my friends need this music. But I'm afraid of how disappointed I will be in them if they dismiss it.
I don't care that I only have twenty-seven dollars in my wallet. I am buying a cd. I have to. One song (well, two songs when 'Human Touch' finishes downloading) is not enough. I need to eat, sleep, and breathe Nina Simone. I need to feel like I do right now all the time. How funny jazz was the thing that finally woke me up.
I wonder who she was. I wonder what she stood for, I wonder what she told people to stand for. I wonder what she looked like. Hell, I wonder if she's dead. I hope she won't disappoint me. I hope she's someone I can admire, idolize even. I'll find out. Dont be suprised to start seeing Nina Simone memorabila around me if she turns out to be as beautiful as her music.
Birds flying high / You know how I feel / Sun in the sky / You know how I feel / Leaves driftin' on by / You know how I feel / Its a new dawn / Its a new day / Its a new life for me / And I'm feelin' good...