Keep Nina Simone from driving my roommate crazy!
November 9, 2010 8:41 AM   Subscribe

I've been listening to Nina Simone's "I'm Going Back Home" on repeat for the past few days -- what other songs will I love? Please keep me from driving my roommate crazy!

I know absolutely nothing about music, and even less about Nina Simone. I really only find music I love through happy accidents. Often, I try plugging a song I like into Pandora or something similar, but (a) "I'm Going Back Home" is not one of the options on Pandora and (b) most of the songs that come up when I enter "Nina Simone" are too slow for my current jubilant mood.

Also, while I know it's not the same genre, or even really the same feel, I've recently really been digging Mahalia Jackson's version of "Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho."

So, what similar songs would you recommend? The content of the lyrics is not particularly important, just the earfeel (like mouthfeel, but for music).
posted by cimton to Media & Arts (9 answers total) 9 users marked this as a favorite
 
Join last.fm. Find Nina Simone's page. Play Nina's radio. Browse artists similar to her. Kiss your productivity for the day goodbye.
posted by nomadicink at 8:45 AM on November 9, 2010 [1 favorite]


Emergency Ward / It Is Finished / Black Gold

This is one of the best CDs I have bought in years. Check out her version of The Pusher.
posted by caddis at 9:07 AM on November 9, 2010


Everybody Needs Somebody to Love as performed by the Blues Brothers.
posted by crush-onastick at 9:14 AM on November 9, 2010






Any themesong from any sitcom starring Sherman Hemsley: The Jeffersons, Amen.

Ray Charles' "I Got A Woman," "What'd I Say," or indeed just about anything he's ever recorded.

Really, though, that rhythm is pretty much just straight-up hand-clappy gospel.
posted by Sys Rq at 9:28 AM on November 9, 2010


Otis Redding:
I Can't Turn You Loose/Shake
Love Man

James Brown:
Superbad
Get On Up

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes:
Satisfaction Guaranteed
posted by bgrebs at 9:32 AM on November 9, 2010


"Wayfaring Stranger" and "Oh, Had I a Golden Thread" by Eva Cassidy.

"Dance me to the End of Love" - Madeline Peyroux
posted by foxhat10 at 9:34 AM on November 9, 2010


Bo Diddley.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 9:55 AM on November 9, 2010 [1 favorite]


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