Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit (Classic Decade)

Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees

Pastoral scene of the gallant South
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh

HereÂ’s a fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather
For the wind to suck
For the sun to rot
For the tree to drop
HereÂ’s a strange and bitter crop

Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit (02:33)
Rare Live Footage of one of the firtst anti rascism songs ever.

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Pozostale piosenki artysty Billie Holiday (372):
A SUNSETBONNET BLUE (AND A YELLOW STRAW HAT)
EENY MEENY MINEY MO
I WISHED ON THE MOON
IM PAINTING THE TOWN RED
IF YOU WERE MINE



Komentarze:

1
seen it on BBC 4 " Sounds of the 70's " - love the concert .
Autor: squeakyadam
2
Thanks for the heads-up 1rooster67. It is indeed available, but only in the USA, ironic since it is a BBC production of a concert which took place in the UK. It is region 1 and NTSC, but I may well get a copy anyway. OK, so ......... COME ON BBC! Let's have the whole thing released on PAL Region 2 DVD !!!
Autor: mailbox827
3
/watch?v=Mcp_c9v5YpY
Autor: gussie5555
4
What's the name of the DVD? I'd really like to try if I can still buy it. Thanks
Autor: wolvenmeisje
5
she was my 1st crush & then i also realised what a fantastic band they were, & released classic after classic top all round & DH,s voice is very strong ,pisses on madonna
Autor: goonchistaw
6
I bought the DVD in a wee shop in Clydebank about 6 years ago. Not my favourite band but got it just to take in the feel of the Apollo again, great!
Autor: GeezaBun
7
First time I've come across the any film of the concert. I was there, my first ever gig and only 12 years old. New Year's Eve and there's Debs in skintight leggings only a few yards from me! Gobsmacked, in lust , drooling, etc.. Happy New Year!! Haven't been the same since!
Autor: markd3107
8
i agree, shes a class above madonna, her music is just as popular now as it was then, god bless debs and the guys
Autor: sparkle935