This version kicks ass!

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'Wrestling for the soul of America.' I grew up in the South and Midwest during the civil rights years and their aftermath. It challenged everything about my world and changed my perception of life. Not a single day passes where the lessons learned are not effecting my perceptions, my outlook, or my aspirations. What is right now comes from their paths, what is wrong is from where any of us have lost the way. It's on each of us to make it better for each other. Selflessness brings us into the better angels of our nature. This is my psalm of love to my heroes, the bravest of the brave. The PBS series, EYES ON THE PRIZE, has become available again. To me, it is the single greatest and most relevent thing ever shown on television. Check it out and be heartened by the bittersweet struggle for the very soul of America. Peace. EYES ON THE PRIZE dvd: www.amazon.com See the alternate video: THE STAPLE SINGERS -"Freedom Highway" (1965) www.youtube.com (All rights reserved by the copyright owners. Fan-made nonprofit video solely to promote the artists and the history.)

This was done for a motion graphics class in the SVA MFA Design program. The assignment was to create a music video using just type and typographic elements in black and white. The song choice was up to us. The professor was Gail Anderson.

I love this song sung by Nina Simone. I hope you do too.

Nina Simone i put a spell on you

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Fiori, fiori per Nina. Flowers, flowers for Nina al Festival Jazz di Antibes del 1965. Narrano le leggende che dopo questa interpretazione Duke Ellington abbia scritto per lei "La plus belle africaine" qui Nina è nel fiore della sua arte amalteo.wordpress.com www.facebook.com My skin is black My arms are long My hair is wooly My back is strong Strong enough to take the pain Its been inflicted again and again What do they call me My name is AUNT SARAH My name is Aunt Sarah My skin is yellow My hair is long Between two worlds I do belong My father was rich and white He forced my mother late one night What do they call me My name is SIFFRONIA My name is Siffronia My skin is tan My hairs alright, its fine My hips invite you And my lips are like wine Whose little girl am I? Well yours if you have some money to buy What do they call me My name is SWEET THING My name is Sweet Thing My skin is brown And my manner is tough Ill kill the first mother I see Cos my life has been too rough Im awfully bitter these days because my parents were slaves What do they call me My name is PEACHES

The definitive Live 10-minute video of Nina Simone's "Feelings" live at Montreux Jazz Festival (1976) Find this DVD at: www.jazzshop.ch