Record n°01 / Sound
I Put a Spell on You
ON ROTATION
Nina Simone with an orchestra behind her and no doubt in her voice.
- Artist
- Nina Simone
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- Philips
- Kind
- album
Favourite tracks
- 01 Feeling Good The one on the Now desk of the main site as I write this.
- 02 I Put a Spell on You A cover that ended the argument about who owns the song.
- 03 Ne Me Quitte Pas Proof that you don't need to speak the language.
Liner notes
This record earns its wall space honestly: it’s the one actually playing. The main site keeps a Now page, and as of this exhibit’s installation the listening line reads Feeling Good — Nina Simone. The museum doesn’t pretend; it documents.
What keeps me here is the confidence. “Feeling Good” starts with a voice completely alone — no count-in, no net — and when the brass finally lands it feels like the room changing temperature. Simone was a classically trained pianist who was refused the career she’d prepared for, and you can hear both facts in every bar: the discipline, and the defiance.