On night 2 of the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Muse surprised the crowd at the Gibson Amphitheater with a cover of Nina Simone's "Feeling Good." Surprises, rather than rundown of hits,  give these shows a purpose. Simone, who preferred to be addressed as Doctor, set aside her disdain for the United States toward the end of her life and started appearing here on a more regular basis than she had in the 1980s and '90s. (Being in her presence enriched our lives). Her impressive catalog continues to be in a state of disarray - only a portion of it has been treated with any respect - and it seems that any attempt at definitively chronicling her life via film or music-centric biography never comes to fruition. Her legacy deserves a better treatment; she should be celebrated for being the one artist who married Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan and civil rights into a singular uncompromising persona.
Here's her "Feeling Good":