No contest for me, Bob and Marcia. I didn't like the Nina Simone one at all, another one of hers with that awful school piano sound and dreadful pregnant pauses. Great singer, but but I wish she'd found a better producer. The Bob and Marcia one was another kettle of fish altogether. So uplifting and positive, as an old, ordinary and white man I couldn't help tapping along to its infectious rhythm. Wonderful stuff.
Every other cover to cover someone pops up saying they prefer the Nina Simone version not mentioned so I include one of her songs and no one picks her!
Every other cover to cover someone pops up saying they prefer the Nina Simone version not mentioned so I include one of her songs and no one picks her!
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Well I will changed that, love Nina Simone one of the greatest female singers of all time, like the Bob and Marcia version as well.
just watched the really good documentary "I am not your Negro" - that was on last week. BBC2. which James Baldwin mentions the play/film.
the original song sung by Nina Simone was inspired by Lorraine Hansberry who wrote the play "A Raisin in the Sun" (the first play to be written by a black woman for Broadway) with Sidney Poitier in the lead role.
Bought the B&M album 70/71? Hearing this now just sounds very light weight. Reggae with strings ? Guess there were a few doing it to try & get some commercial success. I'll have to go with Nina.
https://youtu.be/RTGiKYqk0gY
https://youtu.be/ubDVUQon5BE
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Well I will changed that, love Nina Simone one of the greatest female singers of all time, like the Bob and Marcia version as well.
just watched the really good documentary "I am not your Negro" - that was on last week. BBC2. which James Baldwin mentions the play/film.
the original song sung by Nina Simone was inspired by Lorraine Hansberry who wrote the play "A Raisin in the Sun" (the first play to be written by a black woman for Broadway) with Sidney Poitier in the lead role.
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You can mention the Elton John version though.