Nina Simone — Feeling Good
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Birds flyin' 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.
Yeah, it's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me, ooooooooh...
And I'm feelin' good.
Fish in the sea, you know how I feel
River runnin' free, you know how I feel
Blossom on the 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 feelin' 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...
Stars when you shine, you know how I feel
Scent of the pine, you know how I feel
Yeah, freedom is mine, and I know how I feel:
It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me
(scat)
And I'm feelin'... good.
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.
Yeah, it's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me, ooooooooh...
And I'm feelin' good.
Fish in the sea, you know how I feel
River runnin' free, you know how I feel
Blossom on the 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 feelin' 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...
Stars when you shine, you know how I feel
Scent of the pine, you know how I feel
Yeah, freedom is mine, and I know how I feel:
It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me
(scat)
And I'm feelin'... good.
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Yes. Just...yes.
imma feeling good too
God what a voice!
Go see Wim Wenders "Perfect Days"!
Listening to this brought back memories. I decided to look up more about Nina and discovered it was the anniversary of her death today.
springof63 wrote:
Thank You for the info.
I always thought 'Feeling Good' was written by Nina Simone, 'cause that was the version i knew, but no! as i found out when we did a cover of it in one of my old bands.
.
'Feeling Good' was written by English singer-songwriters Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the 1965 musical 'The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd' starring Cy Grant whose original version can be found at -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW4fE2x1hxk
.
my old bands cover version can be found here -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQN_NxBc_6Q
cheers.
Thank You for the info.
nysbeerguy wrote:
what is TV?
It's to bad that this song is going to remind people of a COPD commercial that's running constantly on TV these days. I hope it was worth it for the estate to sell the rights for those commercials.
what is TV?
springof63 wrote:
Just bringing this comment back to life from 8 years ago
(yea, maybe a bit self indulgent i know...)
I always thought 'Feeling Good' was written by Nina Simone, 'cause that was the version i knew, but no! as i found out when we did a cover of it in one of my old bands.
.
'Feeling Good' was written by English singer-songwriters Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the 1965 musical 'The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd' starring Cy Grant whose original version can be found at -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW4fE2x1hxk
.
cheers.
Just bringing this comment back to life from 8 years ago
(yea, maybe a bit self indulgent i know...)
It's to bad that this song is going to remind people of a COPD commercial that's running constantly on TV these days. I hope it was worth it for the estate to sell the rights for those commercials.
QuantumShaman wrote:
Taking a comment completely out of context and then replying to the 180-degree-changed meaning is just plain wrong. The full statement DaidyBoy made was this:
Can we hear the Buble version, please, RP?
Ha. Just tricking. I'd rather gouge out my eyes.
This is a 10 without doubt.
Haha nah we need the muse version
Taking a comment completely out of context and then replying to the 180-degree-changed meaning is just plain wrong. The full statement DaidyBoy made was this:
Can we hear the Buble version, please, RP?
Ha. Just tricking. I'd rather gouge out my eyes.
This is a 10 without doubt.
Haha nah we need the muse version
Just got a call from Don Draper. Told me to give it a 9 as his internet is down. I told him 8. Told me it'd be the last time we talked if. Well, 9 it is then.
Shame on the record companies for licensing these classic tunes to the greedy pharmaceutical companies, ruining these songs just to peddle their drugs.
EXCELLENT!! Thanx RP!
acolt wrote:
Get that filth out ya mouth.
Taking a comment completely out of context and then replying to the 180-degree-changed meaning is just plain wrong. The full statement DaidyBoy made was this:
Can we hear the Buble version, please, RP?
Ha. Just tricking. I'd rather gouge out my eyes.
This is a 10 without doubt.
Get that filth out ya mouth.
Taking a comment completely out of context and then replying to the 180-degree-changed meaning is just plain wrong. The full statement DaidyBoy made was this:
Can we hear the Buble version, please, RP?
Ha. Just tricking. I'd rather gouge out my eyes.
This is a 10 without doubt.
jp33442 wrote:
Hope you don't work in glass or ceramics manufacturing
Every time I hear this lady I drop what I am doing and just listen
Hope you don't work in glass or ceramics manufacturing
DaidyBoy wrote:
No
Can we hear the Buble version, please, RP?
Ha. Just tricking. I'd rather gouge out my eyes.
This is a 10 without doubt.
No
Fantastic
The fact that any human being could rate this a Sucko-Barfo just shows how divided we are as a race. I can't understand how anybody could give this less than a 7!? I think it is Goddess-Like
Grammarcop wrote:
Or stop watching corporate-controlled commercial-funded programming?
And I say that with 99% sincerity and 1% shit-talk.
In fact for me, big pharma ads is exactly what got me off of commercial productions, radio, TV, movies, eff em all!!
This is still a 9 for me, and..
Long Live RP and Listener Supported Internet Radio!!
I've heard this somewhere before, but I just can't remember... Oh, well.
But it reminds me that I need to get my Trelegy prescription refilled. Then I need to buy a Volvo V40 and a Toyota pickup.
Or stop watching corporate-controlled commercial-funded programming?
And I say that with 99% sincerity and 1% shit-talk.
In fact for me, big pharma ads is exactly what got me off of commercial productions, radio, TV, movies, eff em all!!
This is still a 9 for me, and..
Long Live RP and Listener Supported Internet Radio!!
I'd forgotten all all about her. Great stuff!
DaidyBoy wrote:
TOO FUNNY!! I agree about the TEN!!
Can we hear the Buble version, please, RP?
Ha. Just tricking. I'd rather gouge out my eyes.
This is a 10 without doubt.
TOO FUNNY!! I agree about the TEN!!
DaidyBoy wrote:
Get that filth out ya mouth.
Can we hear the Buble version, please, RP?
Get that filth out ya mouth.
Can we hear the Buble version, please, RP?
Ha. Just tricking. I'd rather gouge out my eyes.
This is a 10 without doubt.
Ha. Just tricking. I'd rather gouge out my eyes.
This is a 10 without doubt.
I saw Nina Simone on consecutive nights at Ronnie Scott's sometime in the 1980s. The first night she was sublime (which prompted me to buy a ticket for the following night); sadly the second night she was awful. I believe she was a very tempermental performer, but when she was on song, boy was she on song!
BCarn wrote:
Bullshit. How can you compare the two?
It's just, like, his opinion, man.
Bullshit. How can you compare the two?
It's just, like, his opinion, man.
FWIW just raised it to a 10 too
EXCELLENT!!!
sqqqrly wrote:
Now there are 10. This is a 9 for me.
just raised mine to a ten.
Now there are 10. This is a 9 for me.
just raised mine to a ten.
Platypus wrote:
Now there are 10. This is a 9 for me.
awesome. i'm just surprised that until now we never had any Nina Simone recordings in the RP library at all. nice choice!
Now there are 10. This is a 9 for me.
Starting at 8 but this is probably worth a 9
I've heard this somewhere before, but I just can't remember... Oh, well.
But it reminds me that I need to get my Trelegy prescription refilled. Then I need to buy a Volvo V40 and a Toyota pickup.
But it reminds me that I need to get my Trelegy prescription refilled. Then I need to buy a Volvo V40 and a Toyota pickup.
9 --==>> 10.
As a wise man once said, "this song is so good for the ears!"
Highly recommend the documentary on Netflix about Simone, a very intense, very complicated person.
Excellent!
That intro rocked me.
That intro rocked me.
A Nina Simone song where she's 'feeling good' gets a 10
this is a masterpiece of conflict:
lyrics proclaiming joy
Nina's tone weary with sadness
Rhythm and horns a campy romp
lyrics proclaiming joy
Nina's tone weary with sadness
Rhythm and horns a campy romp
Edweirdo wrote:
What a way to signal that you're a fool.
What a way to signal that you're a twit.
What a way to signal that you're a fool.
What a way to signal that you're a twit.
SeriousLee wrote:
What a way to signal that you're a fool.
A woman with soul beats a man with a guitar. Any day. 
What a way to signal that you're a fool.
Every time I hear this lady I drop what I am doing and just listen
rhlrstn wrote:
I second that with Nina
More Nina please!
I second that with Nina
More Nina please!
Oh Nina!!
PERFECT - an icon of a song, performance and arrangement. If this would be a benchmark not much left that would stand its ground beside this.
music can transport an aura of the perfoming artist, this is an example as is some of dylans best work - when listening there is more than just the music fading in the room and mind of the listener - there is also a almost physically imprint of the performer
music can transport an aura of the perfoming artist, this is an example as is some of dylans best work - when listening there is more than just the music fading in the room and mind of the listener - there is also a almost physically imprint of the performer
straight 10 every day of the week. Gets me every time. Sung straight from the heart.
SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
fredriley wrote:
Well posh nuptials, Poach - sorry, Squiddly. This is a great song to get hitched to :)
Keeping my comment alive because. . . well. . . every time I hear this I am transported to that moment in time that is a highlight of my life.
Mrs Squiddly and I (at long last!) decided to get married in some style last year.
She wafted down some elegant marble stairs in a Georgian house and onwards into a sunlit room full of our friends and family to stand by my side to this tune as we got married by a celebrant to a service written by ourselves.
Suffice to say. . . it now holds a very, very special place in my heart.
She wafted down some elegant marble stairs in a Georgian house and onwards into a sunlit room full of our friends and family to stand by my side to this tune as we got married by a celebrant to a service written by ourselves.
Suffice to say. . . it now holds a very, very special place in my heart.
fredriley wrote:
Well posh nuptials, Poach - sorry, Squiddly. This is a great song to get hitched to :)
Keeping my comment alive because. . . well. . . every time I hear this I am transported to that moment in time that is a highlight of my life.
The Bassnectar remix (as used in the opening scene from Legion season 1, episode 6) is pretty good too.
This woman, wow! Straight from the heart, even if it was a bit of a twisted heart (aren't they all?).
Going to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, finally.
Highlowsel wrote:
Happening here right now...for the past year...hoping the 'good' part is coming soon.
Love this tune. My advice? Play it at all major turning points. It could be school complete and onward bound. It could be marriage. It could be divorce. Hell it could be upon your death. Each turning point in your life opens up new vista's. It'd be good to have each such turning greeted with this tune, or something near like it wouldn't it?
Highlow
American Net'Zen
Highlow
American Net'Zen
Happening here right now...for the past year...hoping the 'good' part is coming soon.
Love this tune. My advice? Play it at all major turning points. It could be school complete and onward bound. It could be marriage. It could be divorce. Hell it could be upon your death. Each turning point in your life opens up new vista's. It'd be good to have each such turning greeted with this tune, or something near like it wouldn't it?
Highlow
American Net'Zen
Highlow
American Net'Zen
This song is so much bigger than life in so many ways, the Wall of Sound before we even knew what that really was, and despite what we know about her suffering on so many levels, there is always that moment of freedom from fear, loathing and sickness unto death and that all combines together in this beauty of performance, true to its mark, felt deeply, vibrating through my heart, heard by my ears and celebrated in my mind. I love this song
Can't help but wonder if this one was played ironically. On this of all days "It's a new dawn it's a new day..." just makes me cringe.
I know, most likely the playlist is just on auto-pilot and it's a coincidence.
I know, most likely the playlist is just on auto-pilot and it's a coincidence.
BCarn wrote:
Bullshit. How can you compare the two?
Exactly.
Bullshit. How can you compare the two?
Exactly.
SeriousLee wrote:
Bullshit. How can you compare the two?
A woman with soul beats a man with a guitar. Any day.
Bullshit. How can you compare the two?
A woman with soul beats a man with a guitar. Any day.
Great song (gowon an kiss the bride agin squiddley : )
I don't give out many 10s, but this is one of them
A godlike woman. All her songs.
SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
Well posh nuptials, Poach - sorry, Squiddly. This is a great song to get hitched to :)
Mrs Squiddly and I (at long last!) decided to get married in some style last year.
She wafted down some elegant marble stairs in a Georgian house and onwards into a sunlit room full of our friends and family to stand by my side to this tune as we got married by a celebrant to a service written by ourselves.
Suffice to say. . . it now holds a very, very special place in my heart.
She wafted down some elegant marble stairs in a Georgian house and onwards into a sunlit room full of our friends and family to stand by my side to this tune as we got married by a celebrant to a service written by ourselves.
Suffice to say. . . it now holds a very, very special place in my heart.
Well posh nuptials, Poach - sorry, Squiddly. This is a great song to get hitched to :)
Stefan_Lutz wrote:
Bill I want to Dance.
Bill I want to Dance.
Love this woman!
scrubbrush wrote:
Yes... i have to admit that i'd never heard this version until recently. I really like the Muse song and actually thought it was the original.
Never heard the Muse version, just checked it out.. nice!
And now that I think about it... can't recall them being in the playlist here much anymore.
Yes... i have to admit that i'd never heard this version until recently. I really like the Muse song and actually thought it was the original.
Never heard the Muse version, just checked it out.. nice!
And now that I think about it... can't recall them being in the playlist here much anymore.
dirtbagpook wrote:
+1 that!
Simply fantastic performance.
W O W ! Gosling dimples on my goose pimples...
+1 that!
Simply fantastic performance.
I always thought 'Feeling Good' was written by Nina Simone, 'cause that was the version i knew, but no! as i found out when we did a cover of it in one of my old bands.
.
'Feeling Good' was written by English singer-songwriters Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the 1965 musical 'The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd' starring Cy Grant whose original version can be found at -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW4fE2x1hxk
.
my old bands cover version can be found here -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQN_NxBc_6Q
cheers.
.
'Feeling Good' was written by English singer-songwriters Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the 1965 musical 'The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd' starring Cy Grant whose original version can be found at -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW4fE2x1hxk
.
my old bands cover version can be found here -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQN_NxBc_6Q
cheers.
Bill, More Nina please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great story about Nina Simone in the movie 20,000 Days on Earth. That is why I came here for a look. Looks like I already gave this song a 9.
OMG, Nina on RP. I am speachless!
Hey Bill,
This is the only song I hear you play by Simone. Why is that?
This is the only song I hear you play by Simone. Why is that?
8.7? <Shakes head mournfully.>
W O W ! Gosling dimples on my goose pimples...
Love how the creeping horns supports the vocals.
Mrs Squiddly and I (at long last!) decided to get married in some style last year.
She wafted down some elegant marble stairs in a Georgian house and onwards into a sunlit room full of our friends and family to stand by my side to this tune as we got married by a celebrant to a service written by ourselves.
Suffice to say. . . it now holds a very, very special place in my heart.
She wafted down some elegant marble stairs in a Georgian house and onwards into a sunlit room full of our friends and family to stand by my side to this tune as we got married by a celebrant to a service written by ourselves.
Suffice to say. . . it now holds a very, very special place in my heart.
This is soooo nice....
helgigermany wrote:
Yes... i have to admit that i'd never heard this version until recently. I really like the Muse song and actually thought it was the original.
Is this the song, muse does?
Yes... i have to admit that i'd never heard this version until recently. I really like the Muse song and actually thought it was the original.
Is this the song, muse does?
Snowflake drifting through the sky, you know how I feel ...
additional lyrics by unclehud, who votes this as 9 without hesitation
Goddess Like....
sends chills!
cayenne wrote:
I actually totally get where he was coming from.
Also, this track is freaking amazing.
My 17-year-old son just asked me if this was Cee-Lo.
I actually totally get where he was coming from.
Also, this track is freaking amazing.
yes, dj'ing genius.
oldfart48 wrote:
need a 100 button........
....... 100 >>>>>>>>>> 101
need a 100 button............... 100 >>>>>>>>>> 101
Yes, those other guys can have their PSD, while some of us, we chosen few, can have our 1OO button
need a 100 button........Genius (Genius DJ)
Fantastic Ms. Simone following JJ Cale's After Midnight, oh god then you have Led Zep "babe I'm gonna leave you"...Excellant!!!
Fantastic Ms. Simone following JJ Cale's After Midnight, oh god then you have Led Zep "babe I'm gonna leave you"...Excellant!!!
If a "Classic" is one that holds value and relavance decades later... This is a true Classic... Thank You... There is no place else that has this wide and eclectic mix...and all of it flows together...
beeblebrocks40 wrote:
When I hear this song I think of one my ultimate favorite movies "Point Of No Return" with Brigit Fonda where I first heard this.........smile.
Whenever I hear this song, I think about all the other songs I gave "10s" to, and realize I need to move them all down a notch. This is as good as it gets.
When I hear this song I think of one my ultimate favorite movies "Point Of No Return" with Brigit Fonda where I first heard this.........smile.
beeblebrocks40 wrote:
I concur. This is indeed as good as it gets. (Laziness and being too busy with other more important stuff keeps me from down-rating / reorganizing my other ratings...but I should...)
Whenever I hear this song, I think about all the other songs I gave "10s" to, and realize I need to move them all down a notch. This is as good as it gets.
I concur. This is indeed as good as it gets. (Laziness and being too busy with other more important stuff keeps me from down-rating / reorganizing my other ratings...but I should...)
Whenever I hear this song, I think about all the other songs I gave "10s" to, and realize I need to move them all down a notch. This is as good as it gets.
I wish there was a higher rating than 10 for songs like this!
shakylegs wrote:
Ye gods! I am so very grateful I missed that.
American Idol auditions ruined this one for me. Yes, I watch the show. Doesn't everyone?
Ye gods! I am so very grateful I missed that.
lattalo wrote:
Amen.
This song is what the number 10 was invented for.
Amen.
shakylegs wrote:
I did until Simon quit. Great show. People have their prejudices. Here is a great paradox for you: the people who claim to be most interested in culture are actually the ones who are least interested in culture. (I am not making a case for TV. It's one outlet among many. But AI was a great show for awhile. Not for the same reasons we listen to RP. Apples to oranges. Love culture. Peace.)
American Idol auditions ruined this one for me. Yes, I watch the show. Doesn't everyone?
I did until Simon quit. Great show. People have their prejudices. Here is a great paradox for you: the people who claim to be most interested in culture are actually the ones who are least interested in culture. (I am not making a case for TV. It's one outlet among many. But AI was a great show for awhile. Not for the same reasons we listen to RP. Apples to oranges. Love culture. Peace.)
Ditto
yofitofu wrote:
yofitofu wrote:
Sublime.
Sublime.
This song is what the number 10 was invented for.
This is how it's done! Super tune. 9 
Nina is the Queen!!
I've always had a soft spot for Traffic's version from Last Exit. Thought it took a bit of moxie for a hip rock band to play Anthony Newley.
Thanks, that explains the 'feel' - they were contemporaries. As was Shirley Bassey.
TerryS wrote:
No, but it has a very John Barry feel about it.
It was written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse; they were probably buddies with John Barry anyhow.
No, but it has a very John Barry feel about it.
It was written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse; they were probably buddies with John Barry anyhow.
eruwenolorien wrote:
According to Wikipedia, it's from her 1965 album I Put a Spell on You.
Also, I know this song thanks to the Muse cover (which is a 10!), but I respect and enjoy Nina's original.
Muse covered this wonderful old tune. Good on them for the respect.
According to Wikipedia, it's from her 1965 album I Put a Spell on You.
Also, I know this song thanks to the Muse cover (which is a 10!), but I respect and enjoy Nina's original.
Nina , a very under appreciated jazz icon!
I'm feelin' the blues about now. But in a good way....
Nina Simone, Albert King, Blasters, John Hammond, Ben Harper — what a set
Nina Simone, Albert King, Blasters, John Hammond, Ben Harper — what a set
Jazz singer.
I walked the isle with this song in the background:)
It felt good than, and it still does.
It felt good than, and it still does.
DanO-1 wrote:
According to Wikipedia, it's from her 1965 album I Put a Spell on You.
Also, I know this song thanks to the Muse cover (which is a 10!), but I respect and enjoy Nina's original.
Does anyone know when this song was recorded?
According to Wikipedia, it's from her 1965 album I Put a Spell on You.
Also, I know this song thanks to the Muse cover (which is a 10!), but I respect and enjoy Nina's original.
fredriley wrote:
Oh, that horn sound is amazing. Meaty is perfect way to describe it.
The meaty marching bom-bom-bom background and her brassy voice reach right to the gut. 9 from the Nottingham jury.
Oh, that horn sound is amazing. Meaty is perfect way to describe it.
DanO-1 wrote:
1965.
Does anyone know when this song was recorded?
1965.
DanO-1 wrote:
No, but it has a very John Barry feel about it.
Does anyone know when this song was recorded?
No, but it has a very John Barry feel about it.
Does anyone know when this song was recorded?
This song always makes me think of that film....."Point Of No Return" with Bridget Fonda....Love it.
Gosh, I thought this was a man singing. Clearly not Micheal Buble!
Glad to see I can still learn something about music from before today...
Glad to see I can still learn something about music from before today...
Rantipole wrote:
It's almost sacrilege to say, because Simone is a Godess of song and her version is close to perfection, but... I agree.
Muse cover is better. :)
It's almost sacrilege to say, because Simone is a Godess of song and her version is close to perfection, but... I agree.
N shakylegs wrote:
American Idol auditions ruined this one for me. Yes, I watch the show. Doesn't everyone?
I've never heard of it, except for a few posts on RP song comment pages.
American Idol auditions ruined this one for me. Yes, I watch the show. Doesn't everyone?
I've never heard of it, except for a few posts on RP song comment pages.
shakylegs wrote:
American Idol auditions ruined this one for me. Yes, I watch the show. Doesn't everyone?
No
American Idol auditions ruined this one for me. Yes, I watch the show. Doesn't everyone?
No
The meaty marching bom-bom-bom background and her brassy voice reach right to the gut. 9 from the Nottingham jury.
Yes. Just...yes.
I Agree!!