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Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit (Original Post)
Jack Rabbit
Jun 2015
OP
The terror and horror that Billie Holiday sings of cannot be forgot, ever.
appalachiablue
Jun 2015
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SoapBox
(18,791 posts)1. I couldn't get all the way through...
it disturbs me so much...my stomach started to hurt.
All those innocent lives.
djean111
(14,255 posts)2. I cannot even bear to think about that song.
True and horrible and shameful, made even worse, being sung so beautifully.
Blus4u
(608 posts)3. Became acquainted with this song...
via Sons of Anarchy. Katie Sagal sang a version of it with the "house band" for the show.
Hauntingly beautiful song about a heartbreaking topic.
Peace
appalachiablue
(41,177 posts)4. The terror and horror that Billie Holiday sings of cannot be forgot, ever.
panfluteman
(2,067 posts)5. All the Dark Demons of Our Terrible Racist Past Are There in This Video...
When will we finally overcome them?
Boomerproud
(7,968 posts)6. This song was written by Abel Meerepool
who adopted Michael and Robert Rosenberg, sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. He really walked the walk didn't he? Beyond haunting and beautifully realized. Most of you knew who wrote it, I'm sure.