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Music video by Annie Lennox performing Strange Fruit. (C) 2014 La Lennoxa Limited, under exclusive licence to Island Records, a division of Island Records
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I am so fed up of the bloody racism. I am black... I am from the Caribbean.... My ancestors came as slaves... You think american black history is bad? Try taking a look at ours.
We bleed red blood. We are made up of the same stuff!!! Until we can feel each other's pain racism will never stop. This is beautiful, sang with soul and pain. Why are we hating on her? Isn't this the exact thing your ancestors fought against? She is standing with you. Why create further divide? For such a large country your minds seem to be terribly small. This was beautiful. Ashe ashe ashe
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If I didn't read her name I would have never recognized her. Her voice has deepened. Really stunning, I never heard a white person singing this song so right. She puts something more than vocal range. She puts her heart on it.
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Strange Fruit, was written by Abel Meeropol. He saw a picture of a lynching that haunted him. He couldn't forget it. So, he wrote a poem, and then he wrote the music. Mr. Meeropol published Strange Fruit under his pseudonym, Lewis Allan. Abel Meeropol was a white Jewish man from the Bronx. As an African American, I am grateful to Mr. Meeropol for his compassion for his fellow human beings. Annie Lennox has every right to sing this song. The song is a lament over a despicable act of sickening, depraved murder. ANYONE can-and should--want to speak--or sing- against it.
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Many European, and EuroAmericans have a true knowledge of our nation's racial PAST. That is why so many of them stand in solidarity with us( Of course, I am black) to move toward a better present and future. Ms. Lennox had paid a beautiful tribute to that cause, as well as to a beautiful artist, and her signature song! It is indeed a powerful one!
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The word "nostalgia" derives from the Greek for "revisited pain."
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You don't have to be black to be horrified by the image of someone being hung from a tree because of their skin colour. That is a universal horror, and the raw emotion of it is evident in Annie's vocals.
Edit: This comment is 4 years old, I'm mixed race (half-black) and believe me, I'm more than aware of how bad racism is in the UK. None of that changes how I feel about Annie's performance.
Edit 2: Coming back at this 5 years later, I think the great power of music is it's ability to help one empathise with another's struggle, and that's how I've always seen Annie's performance of this song. It's spreading the message of righteous anger and saying I stand with you against something too horrible to comprehend.
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She sang this beautifully and with the utmost respect. Billy Holiday would have been proud. #BlackLivesMatter Â
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I must admit. Annie did an outstanding job with this! She definitely did the song justice.
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Annie Lennox is just a soulful artist. Period. Even Aretha franklin told her she's the most soulful white woman shes ever sang with. The color of tone is so distinct and beautiful. I love a contralto...when a female singer sings in a deep rich tone in the low register like a female bass. She truly evoked the meaning and heaviness of the song. And she got guts for actually pulling it off which so much sensitivity and respect.
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In response to the comments below:
1. Nostalgia is an appropriate name for an album of old songs and, in an ironic sense, particularly appropriate for an album with "Strange Fruit" on it as nostalgia is frequently associated with the "good old days" which ignores the dark and sordid history of that time.
2. What Lennox said in the interview was "It hasnât gone away, this thing of violence, bigotry, hatred: Itâs expressed on a daily basis, day and night, 24/7." I think it's important that she brought this song back into public attention. While it's not a comfortable song, it is one that people need to know. Annie Lennox has reminded people of it and has brought to an audience that may not have ever known of it otherwise.
Before you tear down Lennox, look her up. She is someone who has never shied away from "walking the walk" and has been a powerful voice for equality. Whether or not you agree with her - when Annie Lennox speaks, a smart person listens to what she has to say.
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I love all the version of this song, each singer has different scars to tell, even annie lennox is white, she tried to represent what the story behind the song on point.
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I think it was great and I am black. If it was sang as a joke that was rude but it wasn't it is ok bc she is singing it with empathy we are better than that stop with the crazy and that is with ALL ethnic groups empathy look it up
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I believe that a Jewish man had actually written this song. It's a sad and beautiful song regardless of if it's a black or white woman singing it. Let's not make it about race.
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So...Strange Fruit was a protest song written by a Jewish activist, a white man named Abel Meeropol. He wrote Strange Fruit after being affected by a picture of lynched, black men.
And people are angry at Annie for singing it.
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I am Japanese
I love this song by her and Billy
May it be a peaceful world full of love
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I get that she's white and will never understand the struggles that black people have been through, but that doesn't mean she can't sing against the abuse. It's like saying a straight person shouldn't be allowed to sing against anti-gay hate and discrimination. You can still be emotional about topics that don't affect you or your community.
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She did gave the song justice. I think it makes the point for a caucasian to sing and acknowledge the history of Black people in the USA.
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I appreciated the refrain of applause at the end.
And for those who don't know, Annie is Scottish.
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Just stumbled upon this version today. As a huge Annie Lennox fan, I'm still just stunned by this rendition. Absolutely outstanding!!! She's managed to add another depth to this already gut wrenching Billie Holliday classic. Truly did it justice through&through. Well doneđđđ
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6 years ago
"I find racism very painful. Even when I was a kid, I couldn´t abide that somebody would be stigmatized and separated. That song is a very courageous piece of art. It silenced people. It shamed people. It took it out from the shadows and said: Look, this is what´s happening and you know it´s happenning." Annie Lennox
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