Listen To This: Shoot 'Em Up!
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This is not your parents' jazz!
Say hello to Niia, a singer whose voice is as sultry as her looks.
This jazz upstart from New York has the potential to shake things up in the genre, who hasn't seen a female break through to the mainstream since Norah Jones and Diana Krall.
We've become enchanted with the following song from Niia, Bang Bang, a reinterpretation of the Cher classic.
Check it out below and then CLICK HERE to listen to some other fine tunes from Niia.
[Image via Marcy Capron.]
Posted: August 12, 2008 at 2:30 pm
I could fall asleep just listening to the piano.
first
hmm.. ill check out the song
I thought "My baby shot me down" was Nancy Sinatra, not Cher.
wowowowow. looking smokin' mama. "Love Me For What I Am" and sing it like you mean it. 'Banging' track.
She has set herself as just an object with this photo, nice move..
Great cover tho.
wow! beautiful… finally a sane alternative to wino.
I'm pretty sure Nancy Sinatra sang this first…. gosh Perez if it's not the spelling errors it's something else
It's ok but it takes forever or her to start singing
fuck nevermind you were right… I hate to admit that
Luvs it
Hot!!!!
Nope, its Cher not Nacy Sinatra. Sunny Boner wrote the song.
Nancy Sinatra, not Cher. Never.
yeah, I believe Nancy Sinatra sang this first.
I LOVE IT!!!
awesome
love her photo! sasha leave amy alone ms. perez doesn't need anyone one else to cheer her on when she's slaming amy
She is definitely right up there with Diana Krall. Great voice.
marcymarcy.com — I took this photo! Please link back to me, darling perez!!!
It IS Nancy's Sinatra's hit…not Cher's! What a horrible musical faux pas!
Nancy Sinatra classic- Cher just covered it.
Re: kmiller4 – Isn't that your MySpace avatar too???
Cher was first, but Nancy was best.
yummy goodness
I really, really love this Perez! Thanks!!!!
Not a patch on Cher's original or her 1980's remake…
i'm surprised Perez didn't mention this but she also was on Wyclef's "sweetest girl" track with lil wayne and akon….big things coming for Niia!!
yes, yes. Nancy too sang Bang, Bang. (horrible) I wanted to shoot myself during her rendition. Don't worry if it's not good enough for anyone else to hear? Like hell. I take it all back. Don't "Sing", sing a song.
and you should all know that niia has a cd coming out really soon and you will never heard a purer sound. she's a great, lovely person. look forward to it!!
beautiful! she sounds like fiona apple
I thought that was an old Nancy Sinatra song…
Young Buck's take on the song was better.
A very tinny, watered-down and white-walled Ella. Newcomers should avoid torch-classics like the plague. Still, better than the prepubescent twits you've been hawking here, Perez.
I love it! Her cover of "gimme more" is awesome!
amazing voice!
Re: lolcat – Per Wiki…."Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" is the name of a song written by Sonny Bono. In 1966, Cher released it as the second single from the album The Sonny Side of Cher. Nancy Sinatra later covered the song in 1967, though Cher's version is—by far—the most successful rendition of the song.
Wow, if you look it up online, Sonny Bono wrote the song, cher sang it first and Nancy Sinatra covered it. I never knew Cher even sang this song.
this is a Nancy Sinatra song
Re: kittykittykitty – I AGREE, WAY BETTER THAN THE JONAS WHORES, MILEY, EVEN KYLIE… LETS GET BACK TO SOME MUSIC WITH SUBSTANCE… NOT JUST DANCE TRACKS FOR DRAG QUEENS AND TWEENS
i think nancy sinatra was first…
stunning.
Re: Beezle – like others have said, cher sang it first. Nancy Sinatra covered the song later.
PERREZZ ITS NANCY SINATRA
OMG OMG I'm in love with this song, sexy and sweet
I like the version. But I also like the version by Canadian singer Melanie Durant. The Durant version is up tempo. P.S. Niia doesn't have to use sex to get people to listen to her. Her talent can speak for itself.
This is a Cher song, written by Sonny, released in 1966, Nancy Sinatra covered it in 1967. Sinatra's version was used in the opening scene of Kill Bill. Perez was right.
This is Nancy Sinatra's classic, NOT Cher Perez!!!!
It's a Nancy Sinatra classic, idiot. You're a gay — get your divas correct, miss thang.
Quentin Tarantino used the old version in "Kill Bill." Can't remember if it was I or II. Great song. I like the older versions better than this one.
This song was originally done by Nancy Sinatra not Cher
Love it - thanks for another new artist to listen too. How do we get her on Itunes????
I like the piano playing at the beginning but I don't like this song, or her voice. I actually am a fan of the 1967 Nancy Sinatra version the most. This singer can try and use sex to sell her music all she wants, it ain't that great.
the song is actually by nancy sinatra numnuts.
Re: nolegirl – Re: lolcat – Re: IvannaHumpsALot – Re: Beezle – Re: Crosby –
Do your own research before you criticize someone else's knowledge, it just makes you look unintelligent.
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" is the name of a song written by Sonny Bono. In 1966, Cher released it as the second single from the album The Sonny Side of Cher. Nancy Sinatra later covered the song in 1967, though Cher's version is—by far—the most successful rendition of the song.
Cher def released the song first, Nancybaby 2nd… get behind this artist Perez, she's got something
, gonna check out other tunes by her… btw… your spelling, grammar and punctuation have much improved 
(i swear it's the untapped teacher in me that makes me say shit like that lol)
Love her!! Anyone know if she has a CD available and where I could get it?
it was actually nancy sinatra….
Palabra!
And Nancy Sinatra.
She should do "Twisted Nerve" from kill bill.
Sonny Bono wrote the song in Italian before he wrote it in english.
Utterly mediocre. Blah.
I actually listened to the whole song. It was Hot! Her voice, the arrangement was great! But she got "Big Feet" though.
Really smooth voice….love it! But she's no Fiona Apple
Re: Betico – this is a Cher song it was written for her by Sonny, you dumb ass need a lesson in music…no wonder our music now days suck its cause no one knows shit about music anymore!!!!
uhhh hello this song is older than cher…… it was featured on the Kill Bill soundtrack by Nancy Sinatra
love it!
no female break through to the mainstream since Norah Jones and Diana Krall? how about Regina? maybe not quite as mainstream, but definitely an asset and revolutionary talent to the genre
So Cher did a version of this song? It must have sucked, because I've only ever heard of the Nancy Sinatra version…. used as the theme song for Kill Bill Vol. 1/2
i checked out the song and her myspace page, she is really good. its fresh, i like it:) she is def. an artist on the rise
F*** the song - what does she look like naked?
You forgot to mention she's the girl from the "Sweetest Girl" by Wyclef Jean… duh.
WOW I love it!
NANCY SINATRA ( REVISED LATELY THANKS TO KILL BILL)
Lovin this shit..like her style..will definately cop this!
Not spectaculair AT ALL
Wasn't she the female vocals for that one Wyclef song?
Nancy Sinatra ass wipe! Get your shit straight!
You losers need to get a grip! CHER recorded the song first it was written for her by her then HUSBAND Sonny Bono! Nancy Sinatra then covered it, so did a bunch of other artists.
In fact Quentin Tarantino said that he wrote Kill Bill with CHER's version of the song in mind. It wasn't till after he made the film that he heard Nancy Sinatra's version and decided to use it in the film instead!
CHER's version is the best by far because…………..it was the original!
Actually the song was originally by Terry Reid. Check it out its on his album BANG BANG, you're. Get it right, thank you. Good cover though.
cher did it first but nancy did it best niia does it no justice it's one of my favorite songz ever