Whether originally written by a white guy it not, its a bit awkward to see a white guy sing it. Listen to the lyrics, maybe watch the video featuring nina simone and realise that some people would find a video like this offensive. I certainly do. Having said that he does a good vocal.
Meeropol was the poet (Jewish). A photograph shocked him in 1930, wrote the poem, then he wanted to make his poem known, through Billy. I don't find this video offensive. It's a beautiful song. An eye opener. Also Miki Howard sung this song.
Please, never sing this song again. It is real clear you have no real connection to this tune. Maybe try again when you are much older (at least 67 ) and hopefully wiser.
@MrHarleyheathen Meeropol was the poet (Jewish). A photograph shocked him in 1930, wrote the poem, then he wanted to make his poem known, through Billy. I don't find this video offensive. It's a beautiful song. An eye opener. Also Miki Howard sung this song.
@Mellylemba that's what empathy means you fucking idiot, something you can relate to through experience, otherwise its sympathise, and since when did music become sympathy? idiot
that's what empathy means you fucking idiot, something you can relate to through experience, otherwise its sympathise, and since when did music become sympathy? idiot
woooo le debat des anglophones c'est du niveau de "oooh les juif y sont méchant ils ont tués jesus" et l"es blacks je les aimes pas y sont arrogants" O.o chuis la seule à étre horrifiée par les lynchages???!
Je ne puis accrediter des commentaires qui semblent vouloir oublier que l'on peut non seulement ^etre africain et juif ... ou tout ce que l'on voudra ... et qui, bien que "amas cellulaires transitoirement compactes"( Oswald Wirth ) veulent ignorer que plus ce type de chanson sera chantee plus nous augmenterons la puissance de la lutte contre la b^etise >>> n'oublions pas le but au profit de la mesquinerie.
La chanteuse afro-américaine Billie Holiday l’interpréta pour la première fois en 1939, au Café Society à New York. Ce poème écrit en 1937 par Abel Meeropol compte parmi les réquisitoires artistiques contre les lynchages couramment pratiqués dans le sud des États-Unis ; meme cette chonson est considerer comme la chonson du siecle .svp essayez de coriger vos faute .Aaron et le presentateur .shame on u guys
@mrcrow191 some songs white people should not sing at all especially about my ancestors swinging from tree's well few months ago a man was dragged behind a pick up and lynched after he came back from serving the Army was that guy protesting that lynching no but he wants to grandstand I do not think he is outraged by police brutality either could be wrong but I bet I am totally correct just grand standing probably gloating a caucasian should never sing that song period
@BamaBoy205SR You are aware that every race and nationality has been enslaved and brutalized at one point in history or another, right? Most probably more recently than you think. I'm Irish, I wasn't considered "white" by most purists until 1950, I wasn't considered human for most of the 19th century, over 10000 of my forefathers died in slavery and my country is forever divided and probably won't ever be returned. Now tell me, why is my ancestry not good enough to qualify for this song?
@BamaBoy205SR Actually the Irish were the same social caste as your ancestors, you dumb shit- look it up. You ever see a black person with red hair or freckles? That's because the Irish and Blacks were bred together by their slave-masters.
But I'll tell you who did own slaves- YOUR ancestors back in Africa, who had millions of black slaves before they sold a small portion of them to the Europeans. In fact there are still millions of African slave-owners today. Again- look it up- then respond.
@Sh0nin Tell that lie to someone who does not know I am a black man from Alabama I live 20 miles from the city were my ancestors were slaves and our slave owners were Irish from the Duncan Clan
@BamaBoy205SR Are you sure that's not Scottish, because last time I checked Duncan was a SCOTTISH name that means 'dark warrior'. In fact, I looked into it and there is no Irish clan by the name of Duncan. Still gonna tell me I'm lying?
@Sh0nin yes I am still calling you a liar because that is what you are doing Irish are only "Ulster Scots"
"why is my ancestry not good enough to qualify for this song" -Sh0nin
Why are caucasians so full of themselves.You all act as if the world revolves around you all. Hell this is a song about the crimes Caucasians commit.
Caucasians did the same with the Messiah. The caucasians left Europe colonized His people in Israel. Then sent some "Ashke"Nazi's to pose a front like they are us
@BamaBoy205SR No, Ulster Scots are Scots that took over Northern Ireland. Do you call the French that took over North Africa "Africans"? No? Then why the FUCK would you call Ulster Scots "Irish", you MORON?
Why are black people so full of themselves? It's like they have some sort of selfish martyr complex that blinds them to anyone else's suffering. No this is a song about the imagery of lynching. If the crime is just as disgusting when Africans commit it, then why attribute it to a single race?
@Sh0nin "Why are blacks so full of themselves" You are only proving my point "marttyr complex" You are confusing Africans with those professional victims called Ashekenazi.This is not a debate devil
No response to Ulster Scots, eh, you lying little shit? Didn't think so.
It's also interesting that you glossed over the fact that if the Caucasians populated Israel AFTER Christ, then it would have been the blacks that had murdered and crucified him. The crucifixion doesn't bode to well for your "crimes that caucasians commit" theory, does it?
You're right, this isn't a debate, it's a lesson aimed at a troll. "Irish Duncans", my ass.
@Sh0nin wow thanks for the lesson you say hebrews killed christ hmm I thought the disciples & the messiah were hebrews Infact I thought it was up to pontius pilat the euroclown who decided this but oh yea I forgot you are a white devil and youre goal is to place the blame on non euro-peons. I did not respond to the Irish "ulster scots"
because a cracker is a cracker to me I do not split them up all of yall are devils
However it was clear that Pontius Pilate was the only one who tried to save Christ, yet the blood-thirsty black mob gleefully shrieked for him to nailed to a plank and left to rot alive. Hey, I'm just telling you what it says in the Bible. If you don't like how the story makes blacks look, then don't bring up the Messiah, you dumb little shit.
Are crackers still crackers when they aren't crackers? Are people only what other people call them? Would that make you a nigger?
@BamaBoy205SR Was it that Pontius Pilot (sp) tried to convince the crowd that they wanted to execute the wrong man. There was another man who was a rapist and killer, yet the other man was harmless?
nevertheless, his version is not unique. i don´t think him as an artist. He imitates Sting´s voice style while he steals Nina Simone´s version. A real fake...
holy crap - best version of this song (in my opinion) is india arie's - spiced up a little bit without coming off like this dingleberry who turned it into slam poetry and sounded stupid doing it. this guy 'lounge lizarded' it up so badly that the lyrics don't even seem connected to eachother - you hardly even get the story listening to this jackass
Cette chanson n'est pas de Billy Holiday ni de Abel Meerepol. A la base il s'agit d'un poeme de Lewis Allen adapté en chanson lorsqu'il a entendu l histoire de Billy Holiday ( son père s'est fait linché par le Klux Klux Klan )
nobody owns music - music is for the world John Lennon said ... Music is everybody's possession It's only publishers who think that people own it all moral outrage - indignation and musical preferences aside now more than ever before more people are singing & hearing this song regardless of race color nationality & religion i can only see that as a good thing .
La chanson n'a pas été créée par Billie Holiday, c'est elle qui l'a interprété pour la première fois. L'auteur de la chanson s'appelle Abel Meerepol. Un professeur juif.
[ "Strange Fruit" began as a poem written by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish high-school teacher from the Bronx, about the lynching of two black men. He published under the pen name Lewis Allan. ]
Even though they cannot possibly interpret this song as beautifully as Billie Holiday, I and many others discovered this song thanks to Aaron and thanks to that we were able to hear the original version.
you should be pleased that a white guy covers that song, it's a strong symbol. It means that SOME people are trying to eradicate racism, and they're trying to gather all the pieces of a multicolor world. Exactly what you should do.
Morevover, his cover is quite acceptable, take a look at the one that jeff buckley did. That "white" boy has done the best cover ever.
communauté noire = raccourci pour parler des noirs, américains, qui ont vécu l'esclavage, qui ont été des descendants d'esclaves, ou qui ont juste été confronté au racisme qui a conduit à des lynchages comme celui dont parle la chanson... Donc j'ai utilisé un raccourci et je croyais tout le monde capable de la comprendre.
I think to say he shouldn't be singing this song due to his nationality or whatever is an act of the very thing this song is fighting against to be honest, and you want to be ashamed of yourself, does a person have to go through something to feel empathy towards it? Of course not
There are songs that certain people can sing without irony and certain songs that certain people can't and shouldn't even attempt. Agree 100% with you. This is horrible.
this song is too disturbing. it's weird coming from a white guy... Beautiful, no doubt. But after seeing Billie Holiday singing it just can't compare to her connection to the song.
I've never heard anyone do that version before, I liked it it's very emotional I don't know how people can get through singing it without crying. I liked it.
To corniche...I'm French and I DO care about the black people condition in the 60's to nowadays in the Usa and even in Europe and all the people I know DO care...Don't think that if u know 3 or 4 french u know the French people opinion...And yes I know the lyrics of this amazig song ad I know he did mistakes BUT don't dare to say that the feelings are not here cuz it doesn't change the signification of the song..(that was for NoirMusic, by the way )
J'ai dit que l'argument que seuls les noirs peuvent la chanter car ce sont les seuls à connaître la souffrance des esclaves / descendants d'esclaves est stupide. Et j'ai juste souligné le fait que dans mes classes, de nombreux élèves d'origine africaine n'éprouvent pas la moindre connexion avec les personnes dont parle cette chanson. La couleur de peau n'a rien à voir avec l'empathie que l'on peut ressentir au regard de la souffrance de la communauté noire.
Ah oui désolée j'me suis trompée de personne, j'étais tellement surprise par tous les commentaires idiots que j'me suis trompée...-__-; En fait, je suis tout à fait d'accord avec toi...
Just to be perfectly clear to all the retards saying he doesn't know what he's talking about... French, unlike Americans, are a bit more knowledgeable as far as foreign languages are concerned, and the singer happens to be French AND American. So shut your trap, because he obviously knows what he's singing about. And the whole "he's white, he's not allowed to sing it" bullshit, is just plain ridiculous... Why wouldn't white guys be able to feel empathy for such a tragic part of History?
Yes because calling people with a different opinion a retard makes you the voice of reason on this page. I like Tori Amos' version of this song, I like Billie's version better. With respect to any white person singing a song from the perspective of a black person dealing with the emotions of a lynching I would say they are showing a certain lack of sensitivity. It's like Bing Crosby singin' ol' man river. Sure he CAN do it but do you really want to be that guy? I'd feel like a fool...
Also, if you are going to brag about the linguistic superiority of the french you might want to make sure you know what you are talking about. Just a few examples...blood AT the leaves or ON the leaves? Blood at the leaves...how? Also those black bodies are swing from poplar trees or popol trees? Poplar of course, and why is that significant? He doesn't know, and I don't think you do either.
Because one can't mix up two prepositions while singing live, especially when he is moved by what he's singing about?
I've seen them live, and they made a speech about the events that took place before singing. They covered this song because they do know its meaning. People who said: "he's not allowed to sing it because he's not black" are retards, period. You don't like their version, tough luck, that's not what I'm talking about. You don't know shit about me or them, so don't judge either.
People are allowed to sing whatever they want. When I put my horn down I can step to the mic and sing "I'm every woman", the question is how "retarded" (your favorite word) will I look? Same is true here, only worse. Because these two guys can't possibly understand what it is to be called "Nigger", to know if they drive in the wrong area they are going to jail for no reason, to know your family was raped, beaten and SOLD. You think they know what it is to be black in America? Really?
I teach English in a French school to a lot of kids whose parents come from former french colonies. I showed them pictures of black slaves in the US, I told them stories about how dreadful their living conditions are, facts, figures. I also did several lessons on immigration, and you know, lots of them were black and couldn't care less to see some black slaves working in cotton fields. Of course, a white person can't experience what blacks endured, but can't they understand their distress?...
Intellectually perhaps. I don't make an absolute rule. I think it is less a skin color and more a life thing. Bing Crosby sure didn't have a clue, I don't think the guys from A.a.r.o.n have had the life that would give them the clue. A POW whose done slave labour sure could, white or whatever, maybe even anyone who been a minority and mistreated. I've been the white guy in a 95% Asian community and been called Gweilo so I do have some feeling for racism. I still don't think I would do it.
bonjour a tous je veux just rectifier la grosse bourde du presentateur cette chanson na pas du tout ete ecrite par billie holliday mais par un enseignant juif habitant le bronx sous forme dun poem appele "bitter fruit". Cet homme s'appelle Abel Meeropol. Voila je pense kil est juste de lui rendre son dut... les presentateurs francais devraient mieux se renseigner avant douvrir leur bouche pleine dignorance.....
i don't see anything wrong with him singing this song; can a white man not also feel the same sadness about the horrible things that happened? the people who say he shouldn't be singing this song are the kinds of people who caused segregation in the first place and therefore, the other atrocities. we're all human. let it be.
Pre text... I am not a racist... but really common what is this guy singing a slave song about hangings in the american south.. I mean these things have grave significance and are not to be sung by people all over for the sake of appearing "connected" and emotional.. These songs are real. And sung by this man its a PR plug on a tv show no more ..
Hi first of all if you really knew what you are talking about you would have known that this song is not a slave song at all, it has been written by a whit man, a jew actually, who was horrified when he saw some pictures of "strange fruit" so your words don't make any sense at all... you are talking about something that you are ignorant about....
i like the piano playing a lot, and the lead guys really handsome and im sure he knows what the song is about and i also think he was really brave to take up such a huge challenge as a billie holiday song.... but it didn't hit the spot for me. maybe if it was just an audio on better speakers.
Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves Blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees Pastoral scene of the gallow south The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth The scent of magnolia sweet and fresh Then the sudden smell of burning flesh Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck For the rain to gather For the wind to suck For the sun to rot For the tree to drop Here is a strange and bitter crop
Not a good version...I don't think he gets the song or its meaning...I guess he tried but he should stick to what he knows and "feels". He sounds like he has no connection to this song.
non mais tais-toi, toi!!! non mais pour qui il se prend ce mec??? c'est un texte énorme, mais aussi parce qu'il était interprété sobrement. il a peut-être une belle voix qui émeut les minettes, mais qu'il reste dans son registre. cette version n'apporte rien et trahit la version originale de billie holiday. sérieux, ressortons les archives, mais pas ça!
C'est un groupe qui donne sa propre vision de la chanson. A quoi ça sert de faire une reprise identique ? Chaque artiste a sa façon de jouer et de ressentir les choses. Et tous leurs fans ne sont pas des minettes comme tu dis ...
bah tu sais j'ai rien contre leur fan (et je suis le premier à écouter ce que j'appelle des musiques de minette) ni contre les reprises en général. désolé si j'ai heurté certains. c'est juste que cette chanson me tiens à coeur et que j'ai une sainte horreur des reprises qui dénaturent un orginal juste avec des contre-temps et autres effets que JE trouve superficiels et inutiles, au nom de "l'interpréation". même si par ailleurs aaron c'est plutôt sympa...
Oui je comprends ce que tu veux dire t'en fais pas. Moi aussi il y a des reprises d'artistes que j'aime beaucoup que je déteste.Mais je pense que les reprises de la Star Ac' sont pires,on comprends même pas les paroles,et ils chantent faux, à la limite du caricatural parfois ..enfin pour ce que j'ai écouté en tout cas!je pense qu'Aaron fait encore des reprises respectables!Sur le cd elle est quand-même mieux ;](:
he dosent seem to understand, he dosent get it, the all of us southerens know exactly, we heard it from our great grandfathers and grandmothers, of those horried stories,
This totally killed the meaning of the song. The piano wasn't played in a way to show significance and connect with the lyrics. This was just sung fancily. Billy Holiday's voice makes you feel the words, she sounds disgusted as she sings it. This guy d=sings with no emotion.
Super vidéo, en plus Aaron donc Voix Magnifique comme tout le monde le sais quoi!
J'aimerai savoir pour ses Fans bien évidemment vous connaissez "je vais bien ne t'en fais pas" et je veux savoir si vous connaissez le titre de la chanson( pas Lili) mais celle qu'un mec chante a bord de la plage lorsqu'elle est en vacances?? si vous savez mercii de me le dire sur mon compte!
Moi je suis desolé, mais ca va peut etre en contrarier certains, mais meme si c'est une chanson contre le racisme, ca n'empeche pas un Blanc de la chanter... Du moment que l'emotion passe ya pas de souci...
Perso quand je l'entends chanter, je vois bien se dessiner devant moi l'arbre avec le corps d'un Noir pendu...
D'autant plus d'accord avec toi que cette chanson (contrairement à ce que racontent le présentateur et un des invités) a été écrite par Abel Meeropol un Juif d'origine hongroise ou russe, je ne me rappelle plus, après avoir vu des photos d'une scène de lynchage de noirs.
C'est terrible qu'on en soit encore à discuter de la couleur qu'il faut avoir pour chanter telle ou telle chanson!
I think that a French male has little business singing this song. It is not merely a jazz standard, it has a history that makes it far bigger than something anyone should sing. A white jewish man, inspired by the time and by real lynchings, wrote the lyrics and brought them to Billie Holiday for a reason, he couldn't very well have gotten on a stage and convincingly sang a song against such things. Pluralism is great, but there are some sacred things aren't there? Listen to Billie or Nina
just for your information the guy singing is a white jewish as well... so maybe he's got an emotional connection with this song YOU wouldn't understand.
I guess you are right, he just might have some emotional connection I can't understand, but then I wasn't attatching emotions to it. It is a beautiful and haunting song. My argument was that he shouldn't be singing it because it is just out of context. It doesn't matter how well he sings it either. Big Bird singing it would be even more ridiculous right?
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the odds of this are very slim, furthermore, if you read biographies and watch movies based on billie holidays life you will see that it was a certain experience that she went through during a time when she was traveling in the south....during this time she saw black people left hanging from trees
Il etait huit ans depuis que j'etudie francais. Mais J'AI COMPRIS CE QU'IL A DIT! C'est le deuxiueme chanson, un reprise d'un chanson par Billie Holiday? J'ai pense que j'ai oublie francais. Cet homme parle tres rapidement. Quand meme, Billie Holiday, la prononciation est differente en cette langue...
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you fucking suck u retard... grow some balls and learn how the fuck to sing ur singing makes me so fucking mad i hate u, you cock suckin momma fucking kunt liking slut...
yes, it's a brave rendition, and his voice has a great quality for this song... however, i'm one of those that believes only a black person should sing this song... it's such a personal journey... it has nothing to do with being able to sing it...
yes, i hope i understand what you are saying... i read your reply to another posting... i'm not black so i'm not coming from that personal experience. although i often cry when i hear the song, sung by anyone. i wanted to sing sam cooke's "a change is gonna come" for a concert i was doing and a friend talked me out of it for the same reasons. what do you think?
<3 Tjrs magnifique . Et vos gueules aux cons qui critiquent! " cikiciaki " ta gueule pour voir un peu laisse ta merde ou elle est et va voir ailleurs :D
HELPFUL HINT: Your top and bottom teeth don't need to be touching the *whole* time when you're singing.
NarwhalsArePimps 1 week ago
loved it
stevendc83 1 month ago
I think this guy is French. The announcer spoke French, not Spanish.
artrock1970 1 month ago
I love it, I'm a fan, from Mexico, your drama songs it's like fresh wind
francogo 2 months ago
Keep in mind that this song was performed by black people however the lyrics are actually a poem written by a white jewish man.
Gjonikki 2 months ago 2
@Gjonikki Yes, written as a poem in 1930 by a Jewish School Teacher, Meeropol and Sung in 1939 by a Talented Song Artist "Billy Holiday".
artrock1970 1 month ago
Whether originally written by a white guy it not, its a bit awkward to see a white guy sing it. Listen to the lyrics, maybe watch the video featuring nina simone and realise that some people would find a video like this offensive. I certainly do. Having said that he does a good vocal.
asyllus 4 months ago
Meeropol was the poet (Jewish). A photograph shocked him in 1930, wrote the poem, then he wanted to make his poem known, through Billy. I don't find this video offensive. It's a beautiful song. An eye opener. Also Miki Howard sung this song.
artrock1970 1 month ago
what a beautiful sound I keept rewinding and rewuding till I teared out
maxiimillion 4 months ago
Please, never sing this song again. It is real clear you have no real connection to this tune. Maybe try again when you are much older (at least 67 ) and hopefully wiser.
jazzsoulsista 7 months ago
@jazzsoulsista Do you realize this song was written originally by a young white male?
MrHarleyheathen 6 months ago
@MrHarleyheathen which is COMPLETELY irrelevant.
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@MrHarleyheathen Meeropol was the poet (Jewish). A photograph shocked him in 1930, wrote the poem, then he wanted to make his poem known, through Billy. I don't find this video offensive. It's a beautiful song. An eye opener. Also Miki Howard sung this song.
artrock1970 1 month ago
@Mellylemba that's what empathy means you fucking idiot, something you can relate to through experience, otherwise its sympathise, and since when did music become sympathy? idiot
Zanzamat 9 months ago
that's what empathy means you fucking idiot, something you can relate to through experience, otherwise its sympathise, and since when did music become sympathy? idiot
Zanzamat 9 months ago
salut, voici ma version de lili :) j'éspère qu'elle vous fera passer un bon moment ;)
watch?v=aeHJWN463Gk (à remplacer dans la barre d'url)
musicalement, anthony ;)
anthonycover 9 months ago
Magnifique !
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charleseddy0843 10 months ago
@Mellylemba This guy just can't sing this song
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woooo le debat des anglophones c'est du niveau de "oooh les juif y sont méchant ils ont tués jesus" et l"es blacks je les aimes pas y sont arrogants" O.o chuis la seule à étre horrifiée par les lynchages???!
kawaibakaneko 1 year ago 2
billie holidays was much better
but i applaud you for trying i guess
orientalbean 1 year ago
Je ne puis accrediter des commentaires qui semblent vouloir oublier que l'on peut non seulement ^etre africain et juif ... ou tout ce que l'on voudra ... et qui, bien que "amas cellulaires transitoirement compactes"( Oswald Wirth ) veulent ignorer que plus ce type de chanson sera chantee plus nous augmenterons la puissance de la lutte contre la b^etise >>> n'oublions pas le but au profit de la mesquinerie.
000000000789 1 year ago
I don't like this version as much as Billie Holidays by far.
And why is the pianist playing Debussy to this? Sounds out of place to me
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mrcrow191 1 year ago
La chanteuse afro-américaine Billie Holiday l’interpréta pour la première fois en 1939, au Café Society à New York. Ce poème écrit en 1937 par Abel Meeropol compte parmi les réquisitoires artistiques contre les lynchages couramment pratiqués dans le sud des États-Unis ; meme cette chonson est considerer comme la chonson du siecle .svp essayez de coriger vos faute .Aaron et le presentateur .shame on u guys
raifenzen 1 year ago
fuck all caucasoids this song is awful especialy coming out of a crackers mouth thumbs down
BamaBoy205SR 1 year ago
@BamaBoy205SR You can't defeat racism with racism...
kh2freek 1 year ago 2
@BamaBoy205SR y you gotta fucking say that.
mrcrow191 1 year ago
@mrcrow191 some songs white people should not sing at all especially about my ancestors swinging from tree's well few months ago a man was dragged behind a pick up and lynched after he came back from serving the Army was that guy protesting that lynching no but he wants to grandstand I do not think he is outraged by police brutality either could be wrong but I bet I am totally correct just grand standing probably gloating a caucasian should never sing that song period
only an African
BamaBoy205SR 1 year ago
@BamaBoy205SR You are aware that every race and nationality has been enslaved and brutalized at one point in history or another, right? Most probably more recently than you think. I'm Irish, I wasn't considered "white" by most purists until 1950, I wasn't considered human for most of the 19th century, over 10000 of my forefathers died in slavery and my country is forever divided and probably won't ever be returned. Now tell me, why is my ancestry not good enough to qualify for this song?
Sh0nin 1 year ago
@Sh0nin fuck Irish Duncan's from the irish owned my ancesters
BamaBoy205SR 1 year ago
@BamaBoy205SR Actually the Irish were the same social caste as your ancestors, you dumb shit- look it up. You ever see a black person with red hair or freckles? That's because the Irish and Blacks were bred together by their slave-masters.
But I'll tell you who did own slaves- YOUR ancestors back in Africa, who had millions of black slaves before they sold a small portion of them to the Europeans. In fact there are still millions of African slave-owners today. Again- look it up- then respond.
Sh0nin 1 year ago
@Sh0nin Tell that lie to someone who does not know I am a black man from Alabama I live 20 miles from the city were my ancestors were slaves and our slave owners were Irish from the Duncan Clan
BamaBoy205SR 1 year ago
@BamaBoy205SR Are you sure that's not Scottish, because last time I checked Duncan was a SCOTTISH name that means 'dark warrior'. In fact, I looked into it and there is no Irish clan by the name of Duncan. Still gonna tell me I'm lying?
Sh0nin 1 year ago
@Sh0nin yes I am still calling you a liar because that is what you are doing Irish are only "Ulster Scots"
"why is my ancestry not good enough to qualify for this song" -Sh0nin
Why are caucasians so full of themselves.You all act as if the world revolves around you all. Hell this is a song about the crimes Caucasians commit.
Caucasians did the same with the Messiah. The caucasians left Europe colonized His people in Israel. Then sent some "Ashke"Nazi's to pose a front like they are us
BamaBoy205SR 1 year ago
@BamaBoy205SR No, Ulster Scots are Scots that took over Northern Ireland. Do you call the French that took over North Africa "Africans"? No? Then why the FUCK would you call Ulster Scots "Irish", you MORON?
Why are black people so full of themselves? It's like they have some sort of selfish martyr complex that blinds them to anyone else's suffering. No this is a song about the imagery of lynching. If the crime is just as disgusting when Africans commit it, then why attribute it to a single race?
Sh0nin 1 year ago
@Sh0nin "Why are blacks so full of themselves" You are only proving my point "marttyr complex" You are confusing Africans with those professional victims called Ashekenazi.This is not a debate devil
BamaBoy205SR 1 year ago
@BamaBoy205SR
No response to Ulster Scots, eh, you lying little shit? Didn't think so.
It's also interesting that you glossed over the fact that if the Caucasians populated Israel AFTER Christ, then it would have been the blacks that had murdered and crucified him. The crucifixion doesn't bode to well for your "crimes that caucasians commit" theory, does it?
You're right, this isn't a debate, it's a lesson aimed at a troll. "Irish Duncans", my ass.
Sh0nin 1 year ago
@Sh0nin wow thanks for the lesson you say hebrews killed christ hmm I thought the disciples & the messiah were hebrews Infact I thought it was up to pontius pilat the euroclown who decided this but oh yea I forgot you are a white devil and youre goal is to place the blame on non euro-peons. I did not respond to the Irish "ulster scots"
because a cracker is a cracker to me I do not split them up all of yall are devils
BamaBoy205SR 1 year ago
@BamaBoy205SR
However it was clear that Pontius Pilate was the only one who tried to save Christ, yet the blood-thirsty black mob gleefully shrieked for him to nailed to a plank and left to rot alive. Hey, I'm just telling you what it says in the Bible. If you don't like how the story makes blacks look, then don't bring up the Messiah, you dumb little shit.
Are crackers still crackers when they aren't crackers? Are people only what other people call them? Would that make you a nigger?
Sh0nin 1 year ago
@BamaBoy205SR Was it that Pontius Pilot (sp) tried to convince the crowd that they wanted to execute the wrong man. There was another man who was a rapist and killer, yet the other man was harmless?
artrock1970 1 month ago
@mrcrow191 why did he not sing say it loud by james brown that is a dam good song also
BamaBoy205SR 1 year ago
lifeless limp...shit
joss885 1 year ago
I LOVE HIs Voice.. amazing performance..
yesnickname 1 year ago 2
nevertheless, his version is not unique. i don´t think him as an artist. He imitates Sting´s voice style while he steals Nina Simone´s version. A real fake...
schwarzschwein 1 year ago
reminds me a lot of Peter Gabriel . . . well done
MrTJNic 1 year ago
I only wish that there was soul in this song.. its a sad sad song and this version is pretty dry.
Jaybeezeey 1 year ago
what a terrible version of this song
holy crap - best version of this song (in my opinion) is india arie's - spiced up a little bit without coming off like this dingleberry who turned it into slam poetry and sounded stupid doing it. this guy 'lounge lizarded' it up so badly that the lyrics don't even seem connected to eachother - you hardly even get the story listening to this jackass
SusanLindsay1 1 year ago
breathtaking. this song is about the pain of the HUMAN race
Tecobelli 1 year ago
this song is haunting when I listen to it
9N8X 1 year ago
i like the original version better.
EMOchick1357 1 year ago
Cette chanson n'est pas de Billy Holiday ni de Abel Meerepol. A la base il s'agit d'un poeme de Lewis Allen adapté en chanson lorsqu'il a entendu l histoire de Billy Holiday ( son père s'est fait linché par le Klux Klux Klan )
Bibsbis 1 year ago
xternalfixator 1 year ago 3
La chanson n'a pas été créée par Billie Holiday, c'est elle qui l'a interprété pour la première fois. L'auteur de la chanson s'appelle Abel Meerepol. Un professeur juif.
mattaix8927 2 years ago
Please stop the annoying comments about "race".
[ "Strange Fruit" began as a poem written by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish high-school teacher from the Bronx, about the lynching of two black men. He published under the pen name Lewis Allan. ]
Even though they cannot possibly interpret this song as beautifully as Billie Holiday, I and many others discovered this song thanks to Aaron and thanks to that we were able to hear the original version.
MaryzAigredou 2 years ago 3
dude... no matter what race this song means a lot. just because he white doesn't mean that he like racism. YOUR the racist douche bag
arini10 2 years ago
isnt it kindof racist to say a certain person cant sing this song because of his race?
correct me if im wrong
HimmelaufErden 2 years ago
@HimmelaufErden It most certainly is.
CyanideFilledCandy 1 year ago
a white man covering this song? this is mad tacky!! what did he think he was trying to convey? i'm highly offended ya douche bag!!
omzir 2 years ago
you should be pleased that a white guy covers that song, it's a strong symbol. It means that SOME people are trying to eradicate racism, and they're trying to gather all the pieces of a multicolor world. Exactly what you should do.
Morevover, his cover is quite acceptable, take a look at the one that jeff buckley did. That "white" boy has done the best cover ever.
scrimeboy 2 years ago
@omzir
I white man wrote it!
prrhythmdancer 2 years ago 2
@omzir Um....why?
CyanideFilledCandy 1 year ago
I understand what your saying, but to me he's not convincing.
He did better than India Arie, I'll give him that. A shit ton better.
Diprospus 2 years ago
You can't really sing this type of song with the same emotion if you didn't live through similar events, no matter the race.
Diprospus 2 years ago
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Is this a joke....
NUBIANQU3NHEBREWSOl 2 years ago
2:45-:3:04 WAS HAUNTING. good job
Kid99trynaMake100 2 years ago 3
fantastic - very daring
Tecobelli 2 years ago
I appreciate a modern singer who cares to have this extraordinary song in his repertoire
I am Caucasian by the way
eutuve 2 years ago
Give me Billie Holiday :)
Gent1985 2 years ago
ok billie is here on youtube, go find her.
Kid99trynaMake100 2 years ago
la chanson n'a pas été créée par Billie Hollydaw mais par un poète d'origine juive On apprécie la connaissance et la précision....
jamalikjamel 2 years ago 23
En effet, celui qui l'a écrite c'est Abel Meerepol.
JohnPizzaPan 2 years ago
@jamalikjamel Abel Meropol. Juif et communiste et new yorkais :-)
Mais Billie Holiday aussi a affirmé avoir composé cette chanson, à tort, mais ça peut expliquer la confusion.
Quelle chanson magnifique cela dit, il y a une autre version sur ma chaîne :-)
OlivierC68 1 year ago 2
On voit la connaisance musicale du présentateur: Aa RON
Se prononce à l'anglaise vieu jeu va !
badaboum01 2 years ago 4
Mdr c'est ce que j'ai pensé aussi, pfff ridicule le vieux lol
Pititchouwne 2 years ago
communauté noire = raccourci pour parler des noirs, américains, qui ont vécu l'esclavage, qui ont été des descendants d'esclaves, ou qui ont juste été confronté au racisme qui a conduit à des lynchages comme celui dont parle la chanson... Donc j'ai utilisé un raccourci et je croyais tout le monde capable de la comprendre.
corniche 2 years ago
Thank you to such a great, and important ,interpretation. I think Billie Holiday will be happy for that.
Thank you again.
rochasofia 2 years ago
voix sérieuse, yeux sensibles... Il ressemble à quelqu'un je sais il y a les années. J'aime cette chanson.
SHINYamAHA21 2 years ago
IZ HE BLACK GUY??
lil125akabritim 2 years ago
Lol, No it's obvious, lol.
Pafkimashoula 2 years ago
Beautiful, I love this. :)
angerock49 2 years ago
really like it!
potophan2006 2 years ago
I think to say he shouldn't be singing this song due to his nationality or whatever is an act of the very thing this song is fighting against to be honest, and you want to be ashamed of yourself, does a person have to go through something to feel empathy towards it? Of course not
Renegademaster15 2 years ago
atrocious, heinous, brutal, disgraceful rendition of this song!
devajeaco07 2 years ago
There are songs that certain people can sing without irony and certain songs that certain people can't and shouldn't even attempt. Agree 100% with you. This is horrible.
pete2778 2 years ago
tres bian fait.plein de passion.un style original.
je suis de la Thailande.
nominext 2 years ago 2
Il est tout simplement fabileux!
esopats 2 years ago
Beautifull Aaron!
Montecastel 2 years ago
Squeaky blondes version is way better
flatlung33 2 years ago
dont like it, billy holiday sings it way better
MONRAYDAYIZBACK 2 years ago 2
great song
creb1488 2 years ago
80's pop band 'The Police' singer Sting, did a version of "Strange Fruit" many years ago.....his version is unforgettable, and haunting.
Dennis5051 2 years ago
this song is too disturbing. it's weird coming from a white guy... Beautiful, no doubt. But after seeing Billie Holiday singing it just can't compare to her connection to the song.
jumakae 2 years ago
I've never heard anyone do that version before, I liked it it's very emotional I don't know how people can get through singing it without crying. I liked it.
tartandoris 2 years ago
This is such an important song from the Civil Rights movement. its interesting to see it sung about a white guy, its a beautiful image.
ArhythmticProduction 2 years ago
it's about a white guy?your fucking stupid14/88
creb1488 2 years ago
HE TOOK THIS SONG
FROM BILLIE HOLIDAY PEOPLE!
its just a more updated version.
look up the old version.
lilgigglez4lyf 3 years ago
whats this guy's name? cant seem to find it on the net..
kristelchandelier 3 years ago
The singer's name is Simon Buret.
etoiledusoir21 3 years ago
To corniche...I'm French and I DO care about the black people condition in the 60's to nowadays in the Usa and even in Europe and all the people I know DO care...Don't think that if u know 3 or 4 french u know the French people opinion...And yes I know the lyrics of this amazig song ad I know he did mistakes BUT don't dare to say that the feelings are not here cuz it doesn't change the signification of the song..(that was for NoirMusic, by the way )
Lostarmoor 3 years ago
J'ai dit que l'argument que seuls les noirs peuvent la chanter car ce sont les seuls à connaître la souffrance des esclaves / descendants d'esclaves est stupide. Et j'ai juste souligné le fait que dans mes classes, de nombreux élèves d'origine africaine n'éprouvent pas la moindre connexion avec les personnes dont parle cette chanson. La couleur de peau n'a rien à voir avec l'empathie que l'on peut ressentir au regard de la souffrance de la communauté noire.
corniche 2 years ago 4
Ah oui désolée j'me suis trompée de personne, j'étais tellement surprise par tous les commentaires idiots que j'me suis trompée...-__-; En fait, je suis tout à fait d'accord avec toi...
Lostarmoor 2 years ago
wow. that was so amazing, i love this song.
kelech92 3 years ago
he is good , hes voise is great!
and the song is nice , so enjoy!
by the way hes very charming!! what is there more to want??
specialNk 3 years ago
why don't you guys stfu and enjoy the music..
morreskie 3 years ago
fer real huh!!
JuLez15mf 3 years ago
Just to be perfectly clear to all the retards saying he doesn't know what he's talking about... French, unlike Americans, are a bit more knowledgeable as far as foreign languages are concerned, and the singer happens to be French AND American. So shut your trap, because he obviously knows what he's singing about. And the whole "he's white, he's not allowed to sing it" bullshit, is just plain ridiculous... Why wouldn't white guys be able to feel empathy for such a tragic part of History?
corniche 3 years ago
Yes because calling people with a different opinion a retard makes you the voice of reason on this page. I like Tori Amos' version of this song, I like Billie's version better. With respect to any white person singing a song from the perspective of a black person dealing with the emotions of a lynching I would say they are showing a certain lack of sensitivity. It's like Bing Crosby singin' ol' man river. Sure he CAN do it but do you really want to be that guy? I'd feel like a fool...
NoirMusic 3 years ago
Also, if you are going to brag about the linguistic superiority of the french you might want to make sure you know what you are talking about. Just a few examples...blood AT the leaves or ON the leaves? Blood at the leaves...how? Also those black bodies are swing from poplar trees or popol trees? Poplar of course, and why is that significant? He doesn't know, and I don't think you do either.
NoirMusic 3 years ago
Because one can't mix up two prepositions while singing live, especially when he is moved by what he's singing about?
I've seen them live, and they made a speech about the events that took place before singing. They covered this song because they do know its meaning. People who said: "he's not allowed to sing it because he's not black" are retards, period. You don't like their version, tough luck, that's not what I'm talking about. You don't know shit about me or them, so don't judge either.
corniche 3 years ago 2
People are allowed to sing whatever they want. When I put my horn down I can step to the mic and sing "I'm every woman", the question is how "retarded" (your favorite word) will I look? Same is true here, only worse. Because these two guys can't possibly understand what it is to be called "Nigger", to know if they drive in the wrong area they are going to jail for no reason, to know your family was raped, beaten and SOLD. You think they know what it is to be black in America? Really?
NoirMusic 3 years ago
I teach English in a French school to a lot of kids whose parents come from former french colonies. I showed them pictures of black slaves in the US, I told them stories about how dreadful their living conditions are, facts, figures. I also did several lessons on immigration, and you know, lots of them were black and couldn't care less to see some black slaves working in cotton fields. Of course, a white person can't experience what blacks endured, but can't they understand their distress?...
corniche 3 years ago
Intellectually perhaps. I don't make an absolute rule. I think it is less a skin color and more a life thing. Bing Crosby sure didn't have a clue, I don't think the guys from A.a.r.o.n have had the life that would give them the clue. A POW whose done slave labour sure could, white or whatever, maybe even anyone who been a minority and mistreated. I've been the white guy in a 95% Asian community and been called Gweilo so I do have some feeling for racism. I still don't think I would do it.
NoirMusic 3 years ago
He can sing it if he wants, he has a right to but that doesn't mean it sounds good......
Jairox99 3 years ago
bonjour a tous je veux just rectifier la grosse bourde du presentateur cette chanson na pas du tout ete ecrite par billie holliday mais par un enseignant juif habitant le bronx sous forme dun poem appele "bitter fruit". Cet homme s'appelle Abel Meeropol. Voila je pense kil est juste de lui rendre son dut... les presentateurs francais devraient mieux se renseigner avant douvrir leur bouche pleine dignorance.....
neptunely 3 years ago 2
lost highway, i like it! its amazingggggg ufff
fejzn 3 years ago
yes
seaoutro 3 years ago
i don't see anything wrong with him singing this song; can a white man not also feel the same sadness about the horrible things that happened? the people who say he shouldn't be singing this song are the kinds of people who caused segregation in the first place and therefore, the other atrocities. we're all human. let it be.
cythereanbeauty 3 years ago 3
i got gusbomps lisening to this song.
i like the orginal one.
its best sungd by a women.
(sorry my englis)
skorpios 3 years ago
The woman you're probably talking about is Billie Holiday.
queenblanche 3 years ago 2
Pre text... I am not a racist... but really common what is this guy singing a slave song about hangings in the american south.. I mean these things have grave significance and are not to be sung by people all over for the sake of appearing "connected" and emotional.. These songs are real. And sung by this man its a PR plug on a tv show no more ..
FrenchSerena08 3 years ago
Hi first of all if you really knew what you are talking about you would have known that this song is not a slave song at all, it has been written by a whit man, a jew actually, who was horrified when he saw some pictures of "strange fruit" so your words don't make any sense at all... you are talking about something that you are ignorant about....
neptunely 3 years ago
i like the piano playing a lot, and the lead guys really handsome and im sure he knows what the song is about and i also think he was really brave to take up such a huge challenge as a billie holiday song.... but it didn't hit the spot for me. maybe if it was just an audio on better speakers.
brightcabfire 3 years ago
Heavy mooded song, well done, but no Billie Holliday
ManusFrigus 3 years ago
LOL @ the way the title sounds
MeganMelomania 3 years ago
so good....I can feel that you are there... touching the unknown......that's the conection with music.....finally.....
cosmiclazy 3 years ago
sux, billie sings it much better, there's no feeling in this one
MaLucaNes 3 years ago
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Not a song for a white man to sing. It's about hanging black people in the south. He probably doesn't even understand the words he's singing, lame.
macuser5555 3 years ago
This song was written by Abel Meeropol, a white Jewish high-school teacher from the Bronx and his wife, a white woman sang it first.
eddy189 3 years ago 4
I like the version of Billie Holliday ... this isn't bad but she has a background to it.
@ DrTygrysco
Isn't it the gallant south, not the gallow one?
amyleefan85 3 years ago
DrTygrysco 3 years ago
hahahhaha he deff. drunk!!!
at sounds like it
nice song by Billie Holiday tho
joseluis8585 3 years ago
Not a good version...I don't think he gets the song or its meaning...I guess he tried but he should stick to what he knows and "feels". He sounds like he has no connection to this song.
babyshuf2 3 years ago
non mais tais-toi, toi!!! non mais pour qui il se prend ce mec??? c'est un texte énorme, mais aussi parce qu'il était interprété sobrement. il a peut-être une belle voix qui émeut les minettes, mais qu'il reste dans son registre. cette version n'apporte rien et trahit la version originale de billie holiday. sérieux, ressortons les archives, mais pas ça!
stoyco 3 years ago
C'est un groupe qui donne sa propre vision de la chanson. A quoi ça sert de faire une reprise identique ? Chaque artiste a sa façon de jouer et de ressentir les choses. Et tous leurs fans ne sont pas des minettes comme tu dis ...
bemolle54 3 years ago
bah tu sais j'ai rien contre leur fan (et je suis le premier à écouter ce que j'appelle des musiques de minette) ni contre les reprises en général. désolé si j'ai heurté certains. c'est juste que cette chanson me tiens à coeur et que j'ai une sainte horreur des reprises qui dénaturent un orginal juste avec des contre-temps et autres effets que JE trouve superficiels et inutiles, au nom de "l'interpréation". même si par ailleurs aaron c'est plutôt sympa...
stoyco 3 years ago
Oui je comprends ce que tu veux dire t'en fais pas. Moi aussi il y a des reprises d'artistes que j'aime beaucoup que je déteste.Mais je pense que les reprises de la Star Ac' sont pires,on comprends même pas les paroles,et ils chantent faux, à la limite du caricatural parfois ..enfin pour ce que j'ai écouté en tout cas!je pense qu'Aaron fait encore des reprises respectables!Sur le cd elle est quand-même mieux ;](:
bemolle54 3 years ago
en faite ça doit etre sa voix qui rend toutes ces chansons tellement émouvantes ....
gabOunette19 3 years ago
sounds like he's drunk...you murderd a billie holiday song asshole!
1957thunderbird312 3 years ago 2
this is sad... he kinda killed the song. he doesn't get it the point.
2007words 3 years ago 2
he dosent seem to understand, he dosent get it, the all of us southerens know exactly, we heard it from our great grandfathers and grandmothers, of those horried stories,
tmanisakiller2 3 years ago
This totally killed the meaning of the song. The piano wasn't played in a way to show significance and connect with the lyrics. This was just sung fancily. Billy Holiday's voice makes you feel the words, she sounds disgusted as she sings it. This guy d=sings with no emotion.
LeekieBabee 3 years ago
..and he gets a couple of bits wrong..
what a tit this guy is for ruining it!
poobookachoo 3 years ago
Ugh just terrible, what a dry and disconnected version of such an amazing song.
punklamby 3 years ago
Super vidéo, en plus Aaron donc Voix Magnifique comme tout le monde le sais quoi!
J'aimerai savoir pour ses Fans bien évidemment vous connaissez "je vais bien ne t'en fais pas" et je veux savoir si vous connaissez le titre de la chanson( pas Lili) mais celle qu'un mec chante a bord de la plage lorsqu'elle est en vacances?? si vous savez mercii de me le dire sur mon compte!
rayon0de0soleil 3 years ago
Moi je suis desolé, mais ca va peut etre en contrarier certains, mais meme si c'est une chanson contre le racisme, ca n'empeche pas un Blanc de la chanter... Du moment que l'emotion passe ya pas de souci...
Perso quand je l'entends chanter, je vois bien se dessiner devant moi l'arbre avec le corps d'un Noir pendu...
Chillboy132 3 years ago 3
D'autant plus d'accord avec toi que cette chanson (contrairement à ce que racontent le présentateur et un des invités) a été écrite par Abel Meeropol un Juif d'origine hongroise ou russe, je ne me rappelle plus, après avoir vu des photos d'une scène de lynchage de noirs.
C'est terrible qu'on en soit encore à discuter de la couleur qu'il faut avoir pour chanter telle ou telle chanson!
joelassoko 3 years ago 3
I think my windows just broke.
Annabelletjuhhh 3 years ago 3
Oh =) Aaron Mon Chanteur Pref' =)
I LOVE THIS SONG ^^
xROCKDREAMx 3 years ago
I think that a French male has little business singing this song. It is not merely a jazz standard, it has a history that makes it far bigger than something anyone should sing. A white jewish man, inspired by the time and by real lynchings, wrote the lyrics and brought them to Billie Holiday for a reason, he couldn't very well have gotten on a stage and convincingly sang a song against such things. Pluralism is great, but there are some sacred things aren't there? Listen to Billie or Nina
secherryjr 3 years ago
just for your information the guy singing is a white jewish as well... so maybe he's got an emotional connection with this song YOU wouldn't understand.
And I think he does it beautifuly.
And I am black!
nubiana75 3 years ago
I guess you are right, he just might have some emotional connection I can't understand, but then I wasn't attatching emotions to it. It is a beautiful and haunting song. My argument was that he shouldn't be singing it because it is just out of context. It doesn't matter how well he sings it either. Big Bird singing it would be even more ridiculous right?
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devotions4U 3 years ago
Aaron, ma drogue :p
diabl3ss 3 years ago
aaron xD on di aaron(e)!
joli chanson
heppla05 3 years ago
think about it when would a frenchman see a strange fruit?
fafinho11 3 years ago
A Frenchman might well have seen a "strange fruit" of this sort in his travels. It isn't beyond possibility, you know.
queenblanche 3 years ago
the odds of this are very slim, furthermore, if you read biographies and watch movies based on billie holidays life you will see that it was a certain experience that she went through during a time when she was traveling in the south....during this time she saw black people left hanging from trees
fafinho11 3 years ago
or maybe billie holiday
fafinho11 3 years ago
Il etait huit ans depuis que j'etudie francais. Mais J'AI COMPRIS CE QU'IL A DIT! C'est le deuxiueme chanson, un reprise d'un chanson par Billie Holiday? J'ai pense que j'ai oublie francais. Cet homme parle tres rapidement. Quand meme, Billie Holiday, la prononciation est differente en cette langue...
Egglesplork 3 years ago
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you fucking suck u retard... grow some balls and learn how the fuck to sing ur singing makes me so fucking mad i hate u, you cock suckin momma fucking kunt liking slut...
thank u thats all i have to say
triplestab 3 years ago
Noisy and coarse little kid... Dissapear.
SasukeNoChikara 3 years ago
yes, it's a brave rendition, and his voice has a great quality for this song... however, i'm one of those that believes only a black person should sing this song... it's such a personal journey... it has nothing to do with being able to sing it...
divaenvy 3 years ago
and yet...a white person wrote it... ironic...don't you think?
nubiana75 3 years ago
yes, i hope i understand what you are saying... i read your reply to another posting... i'm not black so i'm not coming from that personal experience. although i often cry when i hear the song, sung by anyone. i wanted to sing sam cooke's "a change is gonna come" for a concert i was doing and a friend talked me out of it for the same reasons. what do you think?
divaenvy 3 years ago
je préfère cette version ci du poème que celle de Billie Holliday d'ailleurs
claireisabelle 3 years ago
splendiiiiiiideuhhh !! des têtes et des voix d'anges comme on les aime !!!
Ccchatains 3 years ago
Sublimissimeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!!! Arf ce que j'ai hâte de les revoir!!!!!!
looneyoregon 3 years ago
<3 Tjrs magnifique . Et vos gueules aux cons qui critiquent! " cikiciaki " ta gueule pour voir un peu laisse ta merde ou elle est et va voir ailleurs :D
Furykey 3 years ago
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wat this nigga noe about strange fruit!?
fafinho11 3 years ago
lol he is french...so probably not a whole lot.
Camaroheat3400 3 years ago
the song was written origionally written by a french man... what do you know about strange fruit
ModernTeenRebellion 3 years ago
I beg your pardon, but the lyrics to this song was originally written by a Jewish high school teacher named Abel Meerpol...
queenblanche 3 years ago 2