Sinner Man
Sinner Man, also spelled Sinnerman , is a traditional American Negro spiritual . The origins of the song date back to the beginning of the 20th century. A first modern version dates from 1956 and was released as a single (Capitol # 3404) by the composer and arranger Les Baxter with some changes and additions (in collaboration with Will Holt ) . The song gained greater fame from 1959 through the interpretation of the folk group " The Weavers ". The Weavers released the song on their album Reunion at Carnegie Hall Part 2 in 1963 and on Gospel in 1997. The song has been adopted by numerous musicians over the years. The version by Nina Simone is considered the most popular and most frequently covered interpretation.
Nina Simone
The American jazz and blues singer Nina Simone recorded a ten-minute (10:19 min) version of Sinnerman (here written in one word) in 1965 , which appeared on her album Pastel Blues on Philips Records that same year . Simone knew the song from her childhood. He was raised by her mother, a Methodistenpredigerin in conversion rituals sung to help the people (Engl. Their sins sinner = sinners) to confess. At the beginning of her career, during her time in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, Nina Simone mostly ended her live performances with this long piece. There is a live recording of this early version from a performance at The Village Gate in New York , but it was not used for Simone's live album Nina at the Village Gate (on Colpix Records ). In Nina Simone's Sinnerman , the piano sequence ( vamps ) and the (real) handclaps towards the end of the piece are particularly significant.
Remixes and cover versions
Nina Simones Sinnerman has been covered several times. In 2002 the song was sampled by hip-hop producer Kanye West for the Talib-Kweli song Get By (on the album Quality ) . In 2003, a remix by Felix da Housecat was released , which was released on his album Felix da Housecat's Heavenly House Mix and the Verve Records series Verve Remixed . The French rapper Abd al-Malik sampled Simone's Sinnerman for his 2006 album Gibraltar, on which he also used the Simone song See Line Woman under the title Le grand frère . In 2007 Timbaland sampled the song for the track Oh Timbaland on the studio album Shock Value .
Peter Tosh and the Wailers
Peter Tosh recorded some reggae versions of the title with the Wailers . The first recording was made in 1966 at the Jamaican label Studio One in Kingston . Tosh shared the vocals with Bunny Wailer . In 1971, Peter Tosh and the Wailers published another rendition of the song entitled Downpressor Man . Downpressor is a Rastafarian term for oppressor (Eng. "Suppressor"). In the version, Tosh took over the vocal part with Bunny Wailer in the background. An instrumental version was also created. In these versions, Peter Tosh is usually given as the songwriter (credit).
Tosh recorded the song again in 1977 for his solo album Equal Rights and released a live version in a medley with the title track Equal Rights on the 1983 album Captured Live .
The Peter Tosh version was in turn covered by Sinéad O'Connor , who released the song on her roots reggae album Throw Down Your Arms in 2005, as well as Gregory Isaacs and the ska punk band Goldfinger .
In film and television
Simone's Sinnerman has been used in numerous film and television productions: versions can be found in the published 1999 film The Thomas Crown Affair (The Thomas Crown Affair); 2004 in Final Call - Cellular (Felix da Housecat's Heavenly House Mix) and in 2006 in the film version of Miami Vice , the Italian film Golden Door and in the final scene in the David Lynch film Inland Empire and in the documentary Sharkwater , during the pursuit of the Costa Rican Coast Guard. In TV series, the title was used in the 10th episode of the sixth season of the TV crime series Homicide , in the series Nash Bridges and in the 6th episode of the fourth season of Entourage (examples). The song also appears in the series Scrubs during a Christmas episode. The Australian television station Network Ten uses an instrumental version of Sinnerman for broadcasts of the Australian Football League . In the third episode of Sherlock's second season , The Reichenbach Fall, the appearance of James Moriarty in court with Sinnerman is accompanied by Nina Simone. The seventh episode of the first season of Person of Interest ends with the song.
The fashion group Dior used Nina Simone's version for a commercial for its ready-to-wear autumn / winter 2004 collection. Valentino adopted the idea for its autumn / winter 2008 collection.
A commercial for smart phones of HTC Corporation used by 2009 Felix da Housecats Heavenly House mix of Sinnerman .
In the French film Les Regrets from 2009 with Yvan Attal and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi , the song Sinnerman was also used in the version by Nina Simone. Likewise in the film Louise Wimmer by Cyril Mennegun from 2011.
In 2013, the song was used in the first episode (The Robber's Tale) of the BBC two-part film The Great Train Robbery in the sequence in which a raid on the BOAC building was portrayed. As in the film "The Thomas Crown Affaire" , bowlers are also worn in the corresponding sequence .
In 2014, the song was played in the second episode of the NBC series The Blacklist , when Reddington in Montreal leaves the restaurant while visiting a restaurant with Elisabeth Keen.
In 2014 the Austrian singer Clara performed Luzia Sinnerman as the theme song for Andreas Prochaska's film Das finstere Tal .
In the sixth episode of the first season of the television series Lucifer , a version of the main actor Tom Ellis can be heard.
The Spanish car manufacturer Seat used the song in a 2016 commercial for the Seat Ateca model .
In 2016, the song appeared in the credits in the fourth episode of the first season of vinyl .
In the theatre
The theater group “FC Bergman” uses the song in Nina Simone's version in their play 300 el x 50 el x 30 el . The first performance of the play at the Klepper Festival 2011 in Antwerp was a surprise success and made the group internationally known overnight.
Other versions
Other interpretations of the song were recorded by The Seekers , 16 Horsepower and Three Dog Night , among others .
Web links
- The Nina Simone Database - Sinnerman (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Nina Simone Database - Sinnerman. Retrieved January 3, 2011 .
- ↑ FC Bergman at the Ruhrtriennale 2013