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Re: Stories of Songs
Bit before my time but it reminded me of this alternate take on that song
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Re: Stories of Songs
Strange Fruit, written by Abel Meeropol in the 1930's, a song about lynching of blacks in the south of USofA. (WARNING WOOFERS: graphic and disturbing images):
In 1999, Time magazine named "Strange Fruit" the "song of the century." The Library of Congress put it in the National Recording Registry. It's been recorded dozens of times. Herbie Hancock and Marcus Miller did an instrumental version, with Miller evoking the poem on his mournful bass clarinet.
Miller says he was surprised to learn the song was written by a white Jewish guy from the Bronx. "Strange Fruit," he says, took extraordinary courage both for Meeropol to write and for (Billie) Holiday to sing.
"The '60s hadn't happened yet," he says. "Things like that weren't talked about. They certainly weren't sung about."
New York lawmakers didn't like "Strange Fruit." In 1940, Meeropol was called to testify before a committee investigating communism in public schools. They wanted to know whether the American Communist Party had paid him to write the song. They had not — but, like many New York teachers in his day, Meeropol was a Communist.
Journalist David Margolick, who wrote Strange Fruit: The Biography of a Song, says, "There are a million reasons to disparage communism now. But American Communism, one point it had in its favor was that it was concerned about civil rights very early."Footscray Football Republic.Comment
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Re: Stories of Songs
Powerful and evocative song and clip.Strange Fruit, written by Abel Meeropol in the 1930's, a song about lynching of blacks in the south of USofA. (WARNING WOOFERS: graphic and disturbing images):
In 1999, Time magazine named "Strange Fruit" the "song of the century." The Library of Congress put it in the National Recording Registry. It's been recorded dozens of times. Herbie Hancock and Marcus Miller did an instrumental version, with Miller evoking the poem on his mournful bass clarinet.
Miller says he was surprised to learn the song was written by a white Jewish guy from the Bronx. "Strange Fruit," he says, took extraordinary courage both for Meeropol to write and for (Billie) Holiday to sing.
"The '60s hadn't happened yet," he says. "Things like that weren't talked about. They certainly weren't sung about."
New York lawmakers didn't like "Strange Fruit." In 1940, Meeropol was called to testify before a committee investigating communism in public schools. They wanted to know whether the American Communist Party had paid him to write the song. They had not — but, like many New York teachers in his day, Meeropol was a Communist.
Journalist David Margolick, who wrote Strange Fruit: The Biography of a Song, says, "There are a million reasons to disparage communism now. But American Communism, one point it had in its favor was that it was concerned about civil rights very early."It's better to die on our feet than live on our knees.Comment
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Re: Stories of Songs
Nick Cave was introducing Nina Simone at some festival in America. Anyway Nina asked to see Nick before he introduced her, so Cave walks into her dressing room and says "what can I do for you Ms Simone?" "well, for a start, you can call me DOCTOR Simone. That is my title" So Nick walked out and introduced "DOCTOR NINA SIMONE!!!!" Nick says that she is scariest person hes ever met. And Nick has met some pretty heavy dudes.They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.Comment
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Re: Stories of Songs
The Jesus Lizard - Mouth Breather
Killer song from a favourite band of mine. So the story goes, it is about the drummer from Slint (another great band), Britt Walford, who was house-sitting Steve Albini's (famer record producer) house one weekend and inadvertently trashed it through his stupidity. The Jesus Lizard were genuine bad-ass but they were funny as hell too."Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"Comment
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Re: Stories of Songs
The Jesus Lizard - Mouth Breather
Killer song from a favourite band of mine. So the story goes, it is about the drummer from Slint (another great band), Britt Walford, who was house-sitting Steve Albini's (famer record producer) house one weekend and inadvertently trashed it through his stupidity. The Jesus Lizard were genuine bad-ass but they were funny as hell too.
Steve Albini was in Big Black.They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.Comment
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Re: Stories of Songs
Hearing " more than a feeling" from Boston, and I hear "smells like teen spirit".
No wonder Cobain was shitting himself when it was released.Comment
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Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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