Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit

brighidfleming Says:

Feb 2, 2012 - i played scout in to kill a mockingbird a few months ago and this song reminds me so much of that play and the movie the help!! I <3 YOU BILLY HOLIDAY

Niko17X Says:

Feb 2, 2012 - Wow she was good!

grundytea Says:

Feb 2, 2012 - @lazeracefromkong That's right. And Billy Holiday didn't want to sing it at first. She was afraid of the reaction. That was an ugly time in our history.

FatManDan156 Says:

Feb 2, 2012 - @Aaku13 can you tell what there saying at the end?

TheREXTIZOC Says:

Feb 3, 2012 - @brighidfleming Billie

valsom10 Says:

Feb 3, 2012 - Strangely enough this song was written by a Jewish man...

MzStormCloud Says:

Feb 3, 2012 - - Wow... That has to be one of the most moving things I have ever experienced. It's so short but directly to the point.... Rascism has impacted this county so much... SMH

sexxichic123 Says:

Feb 3, 2012 - @FatManDan156This is what it says at the end:Here is fruit for the cows to pluck,For the rain to gather, for the wind to suckFor the sun to rot, for the trees to dropHere is a strange and bitter crop...

MyDarkCookie Says:

Feb 3, 2012 - its not a song its a poem. Also its not cows she says its crows but you still get the point lol. Its a great poem though and she sung it pretty well.

buffalmacco76 Says:

Feb 4, 2012 - @Poprostujaola 1957

bkinlrar Says:

Feb 4, 2012 - when she talks about the smell of the magnolias, and the sudden smell of burning flesh ... that almost knocked me out of my seat! I think that song should be played for all times as a reminder for ALL of us.  I tip my hat to you, lady diva, Billie Holiday.

PokeBrii Says:

Feb 5, 2012 - What a gem this is! 

Nacorple Says:

Feb 6, 2012 - @FatManDan156 sounds like "...that's what everybody wants the Catholic Society to hear..."I totally can't tell what it's saying but I tried lol.

soosyloony Says:

Feb 6, 2012 - Billie Holiday is an amazing singer but what makes me kinda.... weird feeling about her is that she sang at nightclubs when she was about 16......

H3av3n5N3gr0 Says:

Feb 7, 2012 - One of my all time favorites... thanks for posting the footage...

KYUNGILNAM Says:

Feb 7, 2012 - human history sometimes produces the god-given singers in order to soothe people tied of struggles for existence.

smultroncicci Says:

Feb 7, 2012 - Love to Billie and the great poem writer.

quantiana1 Says:

Feb 7, 2012 - Oh my God,what emotion!

mrstrick24 Says:

Feb 7, 2012 - I remember seeing an episode of Touched by an Angel when I was a kid that touched on this subject and had this song in it, stayed with me til this day. Powerful

Bl8dStyLe Says:

Feb 8, 2012 - This video scares the shit outta me.

XfishygoesrawrX Says:

Feb 8, 2012 - @Bl8dStyLe It scares me too, it's powerful in a good way. The way this shittty talentless worthless mainstream noise pathetic excuse of music now a days should be.

TheRebecablack Says:

Feb 8, 2012 - @Aaku13 At the end I think it means when they hung the bodies :(

ugmodude Says:

Feb 9, 2012 - Dayum..  powerful.

sandraphil123 Says:

Feb 9, 2012 - @Bl8dStyLe lmfao i agree

Bl8dStyLe Says:

Feb 10, 2012 - Am I the only one who listened to this at like 2:00 a.m. in da dark ? =] strange fruit ..(me)..