On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, joanna wrote:
>> Billie also has the actually great very depressing,
>> still-horrifying anti-lynching song she coauthored,
>> Strange Fruit.
>>
> If memory serves, the guy who collaborated on "Strange Fruit" was a commie
> who wound up adopting the Rosenberg children.
>
> I used to teach "Strange Fruit" in English Comp...back in my days as an
> English Prof....as a
> perfect example of a Renaissance conceit (extended metaphor), translated to
> modern times.
>
A band I was in did a cover of Strange Fruit: uptempo, ugly distorted guitars, wonderful singer (she could always send chills up my spine with that song).
Miles