tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737268075572482842.post8581851537422418993..comments2023-10-29T04:33:48.167-05:00Comments on daddyBstrong: Nina Simone:Three Poems for a Great MusicianMac Daddy Tribute Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01483912561779369669noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737268075572482842.post-64285786623949228642008-10-01T13:51:00.000-05:002008-10-01T13:51:00.000-05:00All I can do is smile; my namesake and inspiration...All I can do is smile; my namesake and inspiration in so many ways. Wonderful poems that give us a hint at how truly great she was. I miss her.Lenoxavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17146647934577010384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737268075572482842.post-27275933900749639052008-09-28T14:22:00.000-05:002008-09-28T14:22:00.000-05:00The poems give me a feeling of the hights to which...The poems give me a feeling of the hights to which she came and her voice. I have never heard her sing, but am sure she would move me.rainywalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13445164335609548931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737268075572482842.post-18467495579155294802008-09-28T12:16:00.000-05:002008-09-28T12:16:00.000-05:00MacDaddy,Wilson Picket and Otis Redding ain't too ...MacDaddy,<BR/><BR/>Wilson Picket and Otis Redding ain't too shabby.<BR/><BR/>I've seen Aretha3 times (glad I did cuz' she doesn't perform much these days), Chaka Kahn when she was a kid and with Rufus, Sammy, Ella, Carmen and Cleo Lane.<BR/><BR/>And lots of rock greats.<BR/><BR/>There's nothing like hearing the greats live. Bad notes and missed notes. Live music is a joy.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15788931352232874850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737268075572482842.post-76202100028816293612008-09-28T08:32:00.000-05:002008-09-28T08:32:00.000-05:00christopher: I've seen all the greats: James Brown...christopher: I've seen all the greats: James Brown, Wilson Picket, Otis Redding and so on. But I never saw her. During the height of the civil rights movement, she did benefits to raise funds to pay to get people out of jail. So she did these benefits in places like Las Vegas where she could raise a lot of money. I don't remember her coming around Atlanta, Georgia, where I lived. <BR/><BR/>I wish I had seen her too.Mac Daddy Tribute Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01483912561779369669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737268075572482842.post-58993139525097885722008-09-28T07:23:00.000-05:002008-09-28T07:23:00.000-05:00Love Nina Simone.I got turned onto to her work wit...Love Nina Simone.<BR/><BR/>I got turned onto to her work with the Baltimore album. I then started listening to the earlier work.<BR/><BR/>She was a splendid stylist and an underrated jazz singer. <BR/><BR/>I'm so sorry I never got to hear her live.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15788931352232874850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737268075572482842.post-34988620450942989142008-09-28T01:05:00.000-05:002008-09-28T01:05:00.000-05:00anon1: Thank you. Stay with me. I will do my best ...anon1: Thank you. Stay with me. I will do my best to not only present good poetry but good analysis of them and other matters as well.<BR/>anon2: Who are you to see Nina in Paris and in Sweden? I'm jealous. I hate you. Okay, maybe it's not hate. Just jealously. Write back and tell me how it was to see her or to meet her, okay?Mac Daddy Tribute Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01483912561779369669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737268075572482842.post-10534704781755040222008-09-27T23:51:00.000-05:002008-09-27T23:51:00.000-05:00Love her. Saw her twice: oncein Paris and once in ...Love her. Saw her twice: once<BR/>in Paris and once in Sweden, where<BR/>she was living at the time. She was<BR/>great both times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737268075572482842.post-18946015062246397112008-09-27T22:27:00.000-05:002008-09-27T22:27:00.000-05:00Your choice of poems continues to take my breath a...Your choice of poems continues to take my breath away . . . keep comin' at me, daddy. The words you choose flow like water in and through me. <BR/><BR/>The perfect antidote to election mania.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com