Album: Pastel Blues (1965)
Lyrics excerpt:
So I run to the Lord,
Please hide me Lord,
Don't you see me prayin'?
Don't you see me down here prayin'?
But the Lord said: go to the devil
The Lord said: go to the devil
All on that day.
Reasons to love this song:
I must admit, I was only a very casual fan of Nina Simone until I heard this song in the second season final of the BBC series Sherlock. I fell in love with the song instantly, and thought at first the singer was male until I found it was Nina Simone. I listened to all the versions of this (traditional) song I could find, including Les Baxter (1956) and Peter Tosh (1966) ; one of my favourites was 16 Horsepower (2002). But for me no other version can compare to Nina Simone's; her voice is, like Johnny Cash's, so perfectly suited for singing about the Apocalypse.
Youtube link:
The album version
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