Comments on: Billie Holiday Sings "Strange Fruit" http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 07:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: FoetusNail http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-368129 FoetusNail Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-368129 I think you're right. From what I've read of Xopher's, he's a chef. I think you’re right. From what I’ve read of Xopher’s, he’s a chef.

]]> By: Mindpowered http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-368392 Mindpowered Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-368392 Re Stan Getz, The top tenor position has long been a hard fought position. There are so many great players out there and always have been. It was Getz's misfortune (or fortune) to be active at the same time as Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins (Who incidentally, can still play the hell out of the tenor), Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, and early Micheal Brecker. Also Getz, was the victim of being considered a lightweight,for going lyrical while jazz was going harder "Getz/Gilberto" came out the same year as "A Love Supreme" and "Spiritual Unity" (by Albert Ayler) Re Stan Getz,

The top tenor position has long been a hard fought position. There are so many great players out there and always have been. It was Getz’s misfortune (or fortune) to be active at the same time as Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins (Who incidentally, can still play the hell out of the tenor), Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, and early Micheal Brecker.

Also Getz, was the victim of being considered a lightweight,for going lyrical while jazz was going harder “Getz/Gilberto” came out the same year as “A Love Supreme” and “Spiritual Unity” (by Albert Ayler)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-367881 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-367881 I've heard of this song, but never seen it performed. Watching it gave me the chills like nothing else. I’ve heard of this song, but never seen it performed. Watching it gave me the chills like nothing else.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-368140 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-368140 I like cooking, under the right circumstances anyway. I like cooking, under the right circumstances anyway.

]]> By: Roy Trumbull http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-367889 Roy Trumbull Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-367889 Here is a link to the Wikipedia page about the writer of the poem and later the song: Abel Meeropol. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Meeropol Here is a link to the Wikipedia page about the writer of the poem and later the song: Abel Meeropol.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Meeropol

]]> By: mgfarrelly http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-367891 mgfarrelly Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-367891 One of the most striking aspects of this song to me is that the author was Jewish, a man named Abel Meeropol who wrote it as a poem decrying the horror of lynchings in the 1930's. Meerpool and his wife later adopted the children of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. That's a biography I'd like to read! One of the most striking aspects of this song to me is that the author was Jewish, a man named Abel Meeropol who wrote it as a poem decrying the horror of lynchings in the 1930′s.

Meerpool and his wife later adopted the children of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. That’s a biography I’d like to read!

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-367892 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-367892 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Fruit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Fruit

]]> By: Xopher http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-368158 Xopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-368158 (blush) I cook a bit. Not a <em>chef</em> chef. I did make pasta with an asiago cream sauce (flavored with garlic and carmelized onions) for New Year's Eve...and ate it alone. Next year in Jerusalem^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H with company! (blush) I cook a bit. Not a chef chef. I did make pasta with an asiago cream sauce (flavored with garlic and carmelized onions) for New Year’s Eve…and ate it alone.

Next year in Jerusalem^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H with company!

]]> By: wrenling http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-367904 wrenling Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-367904 Anyone who tries to deny what southern blacks went through should only have to listen to this song, watch this video. There is more truth in her voice, in her eyes about what black people were forced to endure than can be expressed in mere words. Anyone who tries to deny what southern blacks went through should only have to listen to this song, watch this video. There is more truth in her voice, in her eyes about what black people were forced to endure than can be expressed in mere words.

]]> By: locomotivebreath1901 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-368416 locomotivebreath1901 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-368416 "Strange Fruit." Powerful. Very moving. A graphic reminder of a very horrible time in this nation's history. Thank non-descript,impersonal, relativistic life force of Gaia this time has past. “Strange Fruit.”

Powerful. Very moving.

A graphic reminder of a very horrible time in this nation’s history.

Thank non-descript,impersonal, relativistic life force of Gaia this time has past.

]]> By: Marsha Keeffer http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-368419 Marsha Keeffer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-368419 An iconic talent who reached right in to the audience's heart and soul. Not just a lady - IMO, a queen. This is the kind of depth few performers ever attain. Brilliant! An elegy evocative of irreparable harm and suffering. An iconic talent who reached right in to the audience’s heart and soul. Not just a lady – IMO, a queen. This is the kind of depth few performers ever attain. Brilliant! An elegy evocative of irreparable harm and suffering.

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-367912 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-367912 The Lady was the greatest. I consider seeing her one of the three great Jazz fan achievements of my life: Lady Day, Bird, and Monk. My buddy approached her at the bar between sets in a club and said, shyly (he was 20), "Miss Holiday, I think you're the greatest singer ever." She said, "No shit, sailor? Then buy me a drink." The Lady was the greatest. I consider seeing her one of the three great Jazz fan achievements of my life: Lady Day, Bird, and Monk. My buddy approached her at the bar between sets in a club and said, shyly (he was 20), “Miss Holiday, I think you’re the greatest singer ever.”

She said, “No shit, sailor? Then buy me a drink.”

]]> By: Bonnie http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-367913 Bonnie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-367913 There's only one Billie Holiday. Thanks for reminding us of the late, great Lady Day. There’s only one Billie Holiday. Thanks for reminding us of the late, great Lady Day.

]]> By: FoetusNail http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-368173 FoetusNail Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-368173 Xopher, sounds like you were in good company this year. Happy New Year! Xopher, sounds like you were in good company this year. Happy New Year!

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-367919 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-367919 anyone have a good God Bless the Child link? anyone have a good God Bless the Child link?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-367922 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-367922 you with us for New Years Buddy? you with us for New Years Buddy?

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-367923 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-367923 <i> "Rich relations give crusts of bread and such. You can help yourself, but don't take too much...." </i> “Rich relations give crusts of bread and such.
You can help yourself, but don’t take too much….”

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-367926 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-367926 Them thats got shall get Them thats not shall lose So the Bible said and it still is news Mama may have, papa may have But God bless the child thats got his own Thats got his own Yes, the strong gets more While the weak ones fade Empty pockets dont ever make the grade Mama may have, papa may have But God bless the child thats got his own Thats got his own Money, youve got lots of friends Crowding round the door When youre gone, spending ends They dont come no more Rich relations give Crust of bread and such You can help yourself But dont take too much Mama may have, papa may have But God bless the child thats got his own Thats got his own Mama may have, papa may have But God bless the child thats got his own Thats got his own He just worry bout nothin Cause hes got his own Them thats got shall get
Them thats not shall lose
So the Bible said and it still is news
Mama may have, papa may have
But God bless the child thats got his own
Thats got his own

Yes, the strong gets more
While the weak ones fade
Empty pockets dont ever make the grade
Mama may have, papa may have
But God bless the child thats got his own
Thats got his own

Money, youve got lots of friends
Crowding round the door
When youre gone, spending ends
They dont come no more
Rich relations give
Crust of bread and such
You can help yourself
But dont take too much
Mama may have, papa may have
But God bless the child thats got his own
Thats got his own

Mama may have, papa may have
But God bless the child thats got his own
Thats got his own
He just worry bout nothin
Cause hes got his own

]]> By: CopyrightMe http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-368182 CopyrightMe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-368182 What a haunting classic. She truly was one of a kind. What a haunting classic. She truly was one of a kind.

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-367927 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-367927 New Year's Eve. Partying with TCM and "That's Entertainment." And,of course, The BB Bunch.... New Year’s Eve. Partying with TCM and “That’s Entertainment.”

And,of course, The BB Bunch….

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-367929 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-367929 pass the duchy pass the duchy

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-368185 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-368185 http://www.cryonics.org/ http://www.cryonics.org/

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-367942 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-367942 For auld acquaintance.... For auld acquaintance….

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-368201 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-368201 "<i>We often listen to Billie Holiday albums on slow-moving Sunday mornings.</i>" Yeah, I listen to Billy Holiday on <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=48cTUnUtzx4" rel="nofollow">Gloomy Sunday</a>s. <i>Haunting and beautiful</i>. “We often listen to Billie Holiday albums on slow-moving Sunday mornings.”

Yeah, I listen to Billy Holiday on Gloomy Sundays.

Haunting and beautiful.

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-368202 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-368202 Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloomy_Sunday" rel="nofollow">Gloomy Sunday</a>. Wikipedia Gloomy Sunday.

]]> By: Christopher Kirk http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-368984 Christopher Kirk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-368984 I watched the Bob Dylan documentary "No Direction Home" a few hours after seeing this post, and whaddaya know, that film includes a clip of this. I watched the Bob Dylan documentary “No Direction Home” a few hours after seeing this post, and whaddaya know, that film includes a clip of this.

]]> By: Uncle_Max http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-367969 Uncle_Max Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-367969 @Takuan: Here's the only video I could find of "God Bless The Child": http://tinyurl.com/87jt7a Done with Count Basie, and they also do "Now Or Never". @Takuan: Here’s the only video I could find of “God Bless The Child”:
http://tinyurl.com/87jt7a

Done with Count Basie, and they also do “Now Or Never”.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-367973 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-367973 ah,merci! pour vous: http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/piaf/video/x1dlz2_edith-piaf-la-vie-en-rose_music ah,merci! pour vous:
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/piaf/video/x1dlz2_edith-piaf-la-vie-en-rose_music

]]> By: Shrdlu http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-368494 Shrdlu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-368494 Mindpowered: Don't forget Coltrane was often criticized for lack of lyricism, whence the <i>Ballads</i> album and the recording with Johnny Hartman. 'Trane could certainly play sweetly, and Getz could play hard bop. Let's compare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-2uBeMgV4I It's just personal taste, but Getz's inventiveness impresses more than Contrane's "sheets of sound." What's more, I don't think anyone considered him "lightweight" amongst his fellow musicians. Just consider with whom he played. I don't know if I agree Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young fall into hard players category--but if you're just talking great players, Ben Webster would have to complete the trifecta of early tenor legends. Wayne Shorter I believe is still going strong as well. Mindpowered: Don’t forget Coltrane was often criticized for lack of lyricism, whence the Ballads album and the recording with Johnny Hartman. ‘Trane could certainly play sweetly, and Getz could play hard bop. Let’s compare:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-2uBeMgV4I

It’s just personal taste, but Getz’s inventiveness impresses more than Contrane’s “sheets of sound.” What’s more, I don’t think anyone considered him “lightweight” amongst his fellow musicians. Just consider with whom he played.

I don’t know if I agree Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young fall into hard players category–but if you’re just talking great players, Ben Webster would have to complete the trifecta of early tenor legends.

Wayne Shorter I believe is still going strong as well.

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2008/12/31/billie-holiday-sings.html#comment-367983 Xeni Jardin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-367983 @mgfarrelly, are you aware of her cover of "Eine Yiddishe Momme?" No kidding, google it. She sings this yiddish classic, it's amazing. @mgfarrelly, are you aware of her cover of “Eine Yiddishe Momme?” No kidding, google it. She sings this yiddish classic, it’s amazing.

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