Mississipi Goddam Analysis
Why was this song written?
The song I chose is “Mississippi Goddam” by Nina Simone. Mississippi Goddam was written in raged after a bombing in Alabama. The song was writing in 1963 to express how Nina Simone felt about everything that was going on in 1963 from segregation, equality, and what was going on in the south during the 60’s. Nina has always being an emotionally singer so when she sang Mississippi Goddam you could here the passion in her voice. As well as almost every interview when asked about how she felt about the song or what happened in Alabama she replied with how much rage it brought her and how she hated it.
What do its lyrics mean?
The Lyrics, by google play, are blunt and to the point. Nina even states during one of her performance of the song that she “means every word of it (the song)” (Simone). The song mentions states in the south one being Mississippi, where Emmett Till was taken from his home late one night, brutally killed, and tossed in a river. The next states …show more content…
Nina had to overcome many things as a black woman with nothing but a dream. It shows that even if you try not to get involved racism will always impact you. Nina just wanted to play piano, however “after the bombing everything hit me (Nina) and she realized she had to take a stance and fight with her brothers and sister” (Simone). Not physically but through her music which impacted many people. The meaning and bluntness of the song is out there with no need for extra thinking:
“Nina Simone did not only entertain, rather she helped raise her listeners’ consciousness of various sociopolitical issues thus preparing them for political action” (Mena, Saucier).
Nina words’ have a deeper meaning and a personally insight to life as an African American I the 1960’s.
How does it connect to anything we are discussing or reading about in the
The song I chose is “Mississippi Goddam” by Nina Simone. Mississippi Goddam was written in raged after a bombing in Alabama. The song was writing in 1963 to express how Nina Simone felt about everything that was going on in 1963 from segregation, equality, and what was going on in the south during the 60’s. Nina has always being an emotionally singer so when she sang Mississippi Goddam you could here the passion in her voice. As well as almost every interview when asked about how she felt about the song or what happened in Alabama she replied with how much rage it brought her and how she hated it.
What do its lyrics mean?
The Lyrics, by google play, are blunt and to the point. Nina even states during one of her performance of the song that she “means every word of it (the song)” (Simone). The song mentions states in the south one being Mississippi, where Emmett Till was taken from his home late one night, brutally killed, and tossed in a river. The next states …show more content…
Nina had to overcome many things as a black woman with nothing but a dream. It shows that even if you try not to get involved racism will always impact you. Nina just wanted to play piano, however “after the bombing everything hit me (Nina) and she realized she had to take a stance and fight with her brothers and sister” (Simone). Not physically but through her music which impacted many people. The meaning and bluntness of the song is out there with no need for extra thinking:
“Nina Simone did not only entertain, rather she helped raise her listeners’ consciousness of various sociopolitical issues thus preparing them for political action” (Mena, Saucier).
Nina words’ have a deeper meaning and a personally insight to life as an African American I the 1960’s.
How does it connect to anything we are discussing or reading about in the