Fodder On My Wings
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Fodder on My Wings is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone
. It is part of her later works, and can be regarded alongside Baltimore
(1978) as one of her better achievements of that period . It is however a rather obscure album and not widely distributed. The album is one of Dr. Simone's most introspective
and personal works, with songs about her father's death and her (not always pleasant) stay in Liberia
, Trinidad
and Switzerland
. There is some confusion about the actual title of the album and the song with almost the same title on the album, being called "Fodder On My Wings", "Fodder In My Wings", "Fodder In her Wings" interchangeably.
Original LP
Additional CD tracks
These tracks only feature on the CY Records compact disc
version of the album. The order of the CD varies somewhat from the LP
-album.
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Nina Simone
Eunice Kathleen Waymon , better known by her stage name Nina Simone , was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music...
. It is part of her later works, and can be regarded alongside Baltimore
Baltimore (album)
Baltimore is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. It is part of her later works and can be regarded alongside Fodder On My Wings as one of her better achievements of that period...
(1978) as one of her better achievements of that period . It is however a rather obscure album and not widely distributed. The album is one of Dr. Simone's most introspective
Introspection
Introspection is the self-observation and reporting of conscious inner thoughts, desires and sensations. It is a conscious and purposive process relying on thinking, reasoning, and examining one's own thoughts, feelings, and, in more spiritual cases, one's soul...
and personal works, with songs about her father's death and her (not always pleasant) stay in Liberia
Liberia
Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...
, Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
and Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. There is some confusion about the actual title of the album and the song with almost the same title on the album, being called "Fodder On My Wings", "Fodder In My Wings", "Fodder In her Wings" interchangeably.
Information about songs on this album
- "I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive", with this song Nina Simone 'closes' the year 1981 and welcomes herself in Trinidad, referring to it as her home country (she is in fact originally AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
). - "Fodder In Her Wings ", In her later years Nina often performed this song live, it also features on the albums Live At Ronnie Scott's (1987) and some of her later albums. In the live versions of the song she often refers to her own fleeing to countries all over the world, naming them one by one. This song was covered by Vic ChesnuttVic ChesnuttJames Victor "Vic" Chesnutt was an American singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia. His first album, Little, was released in 1990, but his breakthrough to commercial success didn't come until 1996 with the release of Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation, a tribute album of mainstream artists...
on his album North Star DeserterNorth Star DeserterNorth Star Deserter is a 2007 album by Vic Chesnutt. The backing musicians on the album are Guy Picciotto and Canadian Post-rock band, A Silver Mt. Zion...
. - "Il Y A Un Baume A Gilead", Nina had already sung this song on BaltimoreBaltimore (album)Baltimore is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. It is part of her later works and can be regarded alongside Fodder On My Wings as one of her better achievements of that period...
(1978) in an English version "There is a Balm in Gilead". It is in fact, as Nina states on this album, an African song. - "Liberian Calypso", on this track Nina sings about an experience she had while she was in Liberia, where she went to a Disco and got so happy about the music that she danced on the tables naked for hours on end. This episode was later further described in Dr. Simone's autobiographyAutobiographyAn autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
I Put A Spell On YouI Put A Spell On You (book)I Put A Spell On You is the autobiography by Nina Simone . She wrote it together with Stephen Cleary in 1992.- Summary :* Introduction, "I Know How it Feels To Be Free: Nina Simone 1933–2003", written by Dave Marsh...
(1991). - "Le Peuple En Suisse", on this track Nina talks about the people in Switzerland, where she lived for several years. This was not a happy time for her, and Nina found the people in Switzerland very empty and unloving .
- "Alone Again Naturally", on this track (based on a song by Gilbert O'SullivanGilbert O'SullivanGilbert O'Sullivan is an Irish-English singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits "Alone Again ", "Clair" and "Get Down". The music magazine, Record Mirror, voted him the No...
but with new lyrics) Nina talks about the October 1972 death of her father. - In the additional track "Stop", Simone expresses her dislike for the song "Send in the ClownsSend in the Clowns"Send in the Clowns" is a song by Stephen Sondheim from the 1973 musical A Little Night Music, an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night. It is a ballad from Act II in which the character Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life. Among other things, she...
".
Track listing
- All compositions by Nina Simone except as indicated
Original LP
- "I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive" - 2:23
- "Fodder in Her Wings " - 5:34
- "Vous Êtes Seul, Mais Je Désire Être Avec Vous" - 5:30
- "Il Y A Un Baume A Gilead" - 2:21
- "Heaven Belongs To You (Le Ciel T'appartiendra)" - 3:38
- "Liberian Calypso" - 2:59
- "Thandewye" - 5:31
- "I Was Just A Stupid Dog To Them" - 2:25
- "Color Is A Beautiful Thing" - 1:03
- "There Is No Returning (Le Peuple En Suisse)" - 4:58
Additional CD tracks
- "Alone Again Naturally" (Gilbert O'SullivanGilbert O'SullivanGilbert O'Sullivan is an Irish-English singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits "Alone Again ", "Clair" and "Get Down". The music magazine, Record Mirror, voted him the No...
) - 6:27 - "Stop" - 2:19
- "They Took My Hand" - 0:34
These tracks only feature on the CY Records compact disc
Compact Disc
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version of the album. The order of the CD varies somewhat from the LP
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
-album.
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