wow so the strange ...( 1 week ago by dejonaybrown)
wow so the strange fruit are people hanging from the trees thats crazy
I love it!( 1 week ago by LaReinaDelBarrio)
I love it!
Na. Smith died in ...( 1 week ago by Smartass8504)
Na. Smith died in '37 and the song was written by Abel Meeropol (Lewis Allen) and first performed by Billie Holiday in 1939.
@Anderss.. hw can ...( 6 days ago by oOHustlinmamiOo)
@Anderss.. hw can you listen to a song like this without paying attention to the words and their meaning.. makes me wonder but okay im not judging anybody. And i think since we're both german im not going to disrespect my people ;)
Liebe Grüße
Love this song! ...( 6 days ago by moontoss)
Love this song! Reminds me of one by Between The Rain.
it's not crazy... ...( 6 days ago by gore123yaoi)
it's not crazy...black people used to be hanged form the trees and tortured that's what she ment...
do please analyse a song before even saying something...
it's really annoying hearing this kind of ignorant comments. ¬_¬
you know whats even ...( 6 days ago by dejonaybrown)
you know whats even more annoying negative people on youtube
if its so annoyin ...( 6 days ago by Mzdabiz09)
if its so annoyin maybe u should get a lyfe instead of observing cmmnts on utube..duhh+ we knew what she meant..but ill take your advice into consideration thanx mucho = P
nope( 6 days ago by bodaciousellie)
nope
Do you know of an ...( 6 days ago by larrytoquieto)
Do you know of an older protest song?
Best Jazz singer of ...( 5 days ago by larrytoquieto)
Best Jazz singer of all time ; male or female !!!!
You're absolutely ...( 5 days ago by voielactee88)
You're absolutely Right. Thank God they're still people like you on youtube. :-)
Southern trees ...( 5 days ago by voielactee88)
Southern trees Blood on the leaves.( Just that sentence alone cuts like a knive)
Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
She performed it at ...( 5 days ago by voielactee88)
She performed it at the club in 1939, with some trepidation, fearing possible retaliation. Holiday later said that the imagery in "Strange Fruit" reminded her of her father's death, and that this played a role in her persistence to perform it. In a 1958 interview, she also bemoaned the fact that many people did not grasp the song's message: "They'll ask me to 'sing that sexy song about the people swinging'," she said
PS: It's called "Lynching" Dejonaybrown.
"then the sudden ...( 4 days ago by marania5)
"then the sudden smell of burning flesh" that sentence alone gives me the chills.
okay this is ...( 4 days ago by marania5)
okay this is ridiculous i am reading comments that have nothing to do with the song. For an Example: its like if i just finished listening to the song about lynching and i then start agruing on this message board about sandwiches. stop talking about things that have absolutely nothing to do with the video.
Great song..by a ...( 4 days ago by Sillanalla)
Great song..by a jewish union man...billie lied that this song was written for her..its on tape..it was written by the jewish teacher and sung in union gatherings at first..lying bitch..oh well..an addict is an addict..always..
ok Sillanalla... ...( 3 days ago by claudscape)
ok Sillanalla...Facts are right...but remember Meerpol wrote it, his wife sang it 1st , but Billie sang in better!!!!!!!!
Great preformer,,,yes she was an addict...so what? most of the music you listen to is preformed by addicts, and bad ones! You have no right to talk like that about Billie. You prejudice jewish A hole or bitch!!
revolutionary!!!( 2 days ago by boloskitchen)
revolutionary!!!
THANK YOU MARIANIA5!( 2 days ago by g35shawty)
THANK YOU MARIANIA5!
This song would be ...( 2 days ago by jalex11)
This song would be nothing without Billie Holiday and the courage she demonstrated in recording and singing it. You are an idiot, plain and simple.
no she didn't... ...( 2 days ago by jalex11)
no she didn't...that would have been interesting though.
excellent ...( 2 days ago by Trimaird)
excellent performance.
gave me goosebumps tho...
made you feel like you were there...
Liebe Grüße
do please analyse a song before even saying something...
it's really annoying hearing this kind of ignorant comments.
¬_¬
Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
PS: It's called "Lynching" Dejonaybrown.
Great preformer,,,yes she was an addict...so what? most of the music you listen to is preformed by addicts, and bad ones! You have no right to talk like that about Billie. You prejudice jewish A hole or bitch!!
gave me goosebumps tho...
made you feel like you were there...