"Strange Fruit" is one of the most influential protest songs ever written. The haunting lyrics
- The making of an iconic song It was named the song of the century by Time magazine in 1999, and the story of Strange Fruit's conception has entered legend. Originally a poem called Bitter.
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7-Minute Listen Playlist Enlarge this image Abel Meeropol watches as his sons, Robert and Michael, play with a train set. Courtesy of Robert and Michael Meeropol One of Billie Holiday's most iconic.
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Strange Fruit Lyrics [Verse 1] 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.
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Lyrics. Southern trees bear 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.
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The Infamous Photograph that Inspired the Lyrics of "Strange Fruit" Meeropol's direct inspiration for writing "Strange Fruit" is an infamous photograph taken of two African-American men, Abraham Smith and J. Thomas Shipp, being lynched "by a mob of thousands" of White people on 7 August 1930. (The official estimate is that there.
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Billie Holiday first performed "Strange Fruit" in 1939 at Café Society, New York City's first integrated jazz club, after reportedly being introduced to the song by the club's founder.
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The song (on YouTube) begins: "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." The story of the song's creation is an unusual one.
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Strange Fruit " Strange Fruit " is a song written and composed by Abel Meeropol (under his pseudonym Lewis Allan) and recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. The lyrics were drawn from a poem by Meeropol published in 1937. The song protests the lynching of Black Americans with lyrics that compare the victims to the fruit of trees.
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The gut-wrenching lyrics of "Strange Fruit" are a crucial part of why it has endured: it's a song about lynching that never directly mentions its horrific subject matter. Per the BBC, the song was.
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Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck For the sun to rot, for a tree to drop, Here is a strange and bitter crop. Though the short song/poem is told as a metaphor, there is little left opaque in its lines (i.e. "Black body swinging in the Southern breeze"; "The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth").
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The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth. Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh. Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. Here is a fruit for the crow to pluck. For the rain to wither, for the wind to suck. For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop. Here is a strange and bitter crop. - Originally published as a poem in 1937 by Abel Meerpool, aka.
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Famous Musicians Black History The Tragic Story Behind Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" To great controversy, Lady Day introduced the world to the racially charged protest song "Strange.
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Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gallant South. The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth. Scent of magnolia, sweet and fresh. Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck. For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck.
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Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday Album: The Billie Holiday Story ( 1939) License This Song songfacts ® 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