Lonette McKee Ill Wind (The Cotton Club Movie)

Sweet lyrics sang by Lonette McKee, for the crime-drama centered on a Harlem jazz club of the 1930s.

[mikealjeffries]

Sooo many outstanding actresses of color that are simply cast by the wayside in Hollywierd.

It's almost 2020 and hearing her sing this song still makes me swoon.

Lonette McKee was so great.
I hope she's doing well wherever she is.

[goinxnginx]

Fell in love just listening to this track on a cassette back in the day. When I saw the movie, it clinched it. Lonette McKee, you are amazing. You literally own this song. And my heart.

[drparnassus]

Although I think I've watched the whole movie, this is the bit that stuck with me the most...

[garland]

Love this song so much. It says so much and Lonette Mckee is such a great singer and puts so much feeling into this version. Hers is the only one I love to listen to. She also reminds me of my mother when my mom was young. Exact look, hair, makeup etc. They could have been sisters.

[Kristina]

This is my favorite version of this song. I liked it when Julie Ben's saying this on Angel :-) She sang it perfectly also

[NeverMeAlwaysYou]

This.
Is to DIE FOR.

The devastatingly beautiful Ms. Mckee, voice of an angel owns this song.

Her rendition is the best.

[samuelsmall]

This is the best! version i have heard vocally...all others struggled to hit the higher notes and none so far are anywhere near able scale as smoothly as Lonette....as i think she sits in an exclusive tiny club of black female singers were their Talent sit above the rest....a good film over all.

[paulwolfowitz]

this movie never got credit that it deserves

[milestone_achiever]

This is like fricken CGI.

How did they film this segment so

[MrJazzologist]

What a cracking version of 'Ill wind', one of my favourite songs which epitomized that era in America. America was tearing itself apart until WW11- that war refocussed America and its role in the world. For that we must be eternally thankful.

[ladomi]

Blow ill wind, blow away
Let me rest today
You're blowin' me no good {no good)
Go ill wind, go away
Skies are oh, so gray
Around my neighborhood
And that's no good
You're only misleadin' the sunshine l'm needin'
Ain't that a shame
H's so hard to keep up
With troubles that creep up from out of nowhere
When love's to blame
_So ill wind, blow away
Let me rest today
You're blowin' me no good {no good)
You're only misleadin' the sunshine l'm needin'
Ain't that a shame
H's so hard to keep up
With troubles that creep up from out of nowhere
When love's to blame
_So ill wind, blow away
Let me rest today
You're blowin' me no good {no good)
_Blow, ill wind, blow

Souffle mauvais vent, souffle loin
Laisse-moi me reposer aujourd'hui
Tu ne me fais pas du bien (rien de bon)
Va, mauvais vent, va-t'en
Le ciel est oh, si gris
Autour de mon quartier
Et ce n'est pas bon
Tu ne fais que tromper le soleil dont j'ai besoin
N'est-ce pas dommage
C'est si difficile de suivre
Avec des problèmes qui surgissent de nulle part
Quand l'amour est à blâmer
Alors mauvais vent, souffle loin
Laisse-moi me reposer aujourd'hui
Tu ne me fais pas du bien (rien de bon)
Tu ne fais que tromper le soleil dont j'ai besoin
N'est-ce pas dommage
C'est si difficile de suivre
Avec des problèmes qui surgissent de nulle part
Quand l'amour est à blâmer
Alors mauvais vent, souffle loin
Laisse-moi me reposer aujourd'hui
Tu ne me fais pas du bien (rien de bon)
Souffle, mauvais vent, souffle

[thebrowneesfilm]

This montage was supervised by Gio Coppola who died shortly after in that awful boating accident

[requiemheidireprisal]

I came here because of Darla, in the Angel series.
(Darla sits on the stage at Caritas while Angel stands beside the Host at the bar.)

DARLA: (singing) Blow, ill wind, blow away. Let me rest today. You're blowing me no good...

LORNE: (watching her) Ooh!

ANGEL: What is that? What does that mean, ooh?

LORNE: It means 'ooh, ground control to major Tom', we may not be able to save this bird.

ANGEL: I'm gonna save her and you're gonna help me.

LORNE: (looks at ANGEL) I sense pain and anger. Are you still testy from the last time?

ANGEL: When you sent me to that swami who was dead, and his imposter tried to kill me? Why would I be testy about that?

LORNE: That was painful. I'm still reeling.

ANGEL: Yeah, I feel your pain, what with him trying to kill me and all.

LORNE: People try to kill *you* everyday. I'm talking about Ramone. Overheard us, betrayed me. The man was a world-class bartender. He made a Sea Breeze that took you to Tahiti. Mmm. He's off the menu now.

ANGEL: Can we get back to Darla?

LORNE: If you shush up and listen to the bridge.

DARLA: (singing) You're only misleading the sunshine I'm needing. Ain't that a shame? It's so hard to keep up with troubles that creep up from out of nowhere when love...

ANGEL: (noticing Lorne watching him) Aren't you supposed to be reading her?

LORNE: I'm a channel surfer. Look, you're a big hunk of hero sandwich. You wanna save the girl. I can see why. But you're missing the crucial point here. Things fall apart. Not everything can be put back together, no matter how much you want it.

ANGEL: She's not gonna die.

LORNE: Why do you care so much? She had more than most of us, already 400 plus years.

ANGEL: As a vampire. Before that she was... She... She never had a chance.

DARLA: (finishes her song) No good.

(Applause.)

LORNE: Someone get my heart. That girl's ripped it right out. - Okay, I know I'm probably going to regret this. In fact, being prescient, I'm actually sure of it. There is one way. It-it's a bit of a quest - and - it'll probably kill you.

ANGEL: I'll take it.

LORNE: (writes down an address) Alright, big fella, you asked for it. You're about to face the hell and the high water. - Go to this address.

ANGEL: What is it?

LORNE: It's where we find out if you're really ready to take the plunge.

(Angel and Darla walk up to an empty pool.)

ANGEL: Well, here we are.

DARLA: I don't think this is right.

ANGEL: Well, he said I had to take the plunge.

DARLA: Into an empty pool?

ANGEL: Sure. 'Cause if you had water, you'd get all wet and miss out on all that skull crushing.

DARLA: Maybe he meant another pool.

ANGEL: Something in a Koi pond. They're very Zen. Nah, he's just testing me. It's that whole leap of faith thing.

(Angel walks up onto the diving board.)

DARLA: Then don't do it. Angel, some green horned lounge singer asks you to do something and you just do it? - Why?

ANGEL: I'm either coming back with a cure - or you're about to see something kinda funny.

(Takes a running step, bounces off the end of the board and takes a header into the empty pool. But instead of hitting the bottom he disappears through it with a blue crackle, ...)