This shit just works on so many levels. Like most everything Nina Simone chose to cover throughout her career, this, her incredibly funky take of Aretha Franklin’s “Save Me,” adds a muscularity to Aretha’s already powerful performance. No one emotes quite like Simone—who really gets inside the material and wrestles it, hell, exorcises it, from the inside out.
MP3: Nina Simone :: Save Me
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“This shit just works on so many levels” may be my favorite piece of music writing of 2011. I’m not even kidding.
1 | Dan February 8th, 2011 at 8:03 amoh man…yes!
2 | jesselun February 8th, 2011 at 8:20 amWell done sir!
3 | Daily Drop February 8th, 2011 at 8:46 amSo true. Nina’s covers are the tops; Funkier Than A Mosquitos Tweeter, Suzanne, Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood….The list is endless. I also thank Nina in a big way for turning me on to the songwriter Exuma, through her amazing renditions of Dambala & 22nd Century: http://ghostcapital.blogspot.com/2010/02/exuma.html
4 | nicholab February 8th, 2011 at 9:07 aminsanely good!!! thanks.
5 | rebecca February 8th, 2011 at 10:18 amHaha! Nice work. Great tune.
6 | j.crosby February 8th, 2011 at 11:00 amwhat they said. plus, great photo
7 | gaston monescu February 10th, 2011 at 5:24 pmHoly crap, this puts the funk right in my trunk! Makes me want to shake loose with my caboose! Thanks for the pick me up.
8 | R.Sweeney February 10th, 2011 at 5:26 pmNice, very nice. I almost crashed busting out my moves while driving, this is dangerous stuff!
9 | french, J February 12th, 2011 at 12:37 pm[...] Nina Simone, “Save Me” from The Soul of Nina Simone, 2005. (Click to Download | Source: Aquarium Drunkard) [...]
10 | save me March 20th, 2011 at 11:08 am