Tori Amos - Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday)

[NfrwiMusic]

This song was written for his wife, Laura Duncan, an African American vocalist. This song has been covered by many musicians over the years. Some sing it as a song and it sounds too flowery. It should be handled with reverence...as a musical prayer. Singing each "swinging Black body" into peaceful eternal rest.

[Jaylasplenty]

Art.

[ReneeRidgeway]

amazing as always....thanks for posting this incredible song ...i agree tori makes this her own!

[LaLaManfr0]

Incredible.

[lindamoggioable]

Billie Holiday did not write "Strange Fruit". It was written by a Dewitt Clinton high school teacher in NY. I believe his pen name was Lewis Allen. He was not black.

[aspenspa]

@lindamoggioable Abel Meeropol was Lewis Allan's real name. Abel was not black but he was Jewish, and he was a teacher, he wrote the poem (then turned it into a song) after seeing a picture of a lynching of two black men.

[kolumb21]

<3

[SafkaDK]

Girl is beauty,

song is great,

video bad !

[sickofwaitingtables]

@SafkaDK What? Did you expect a slideshow of flowers or something?

[junjunjavier]

Love How She Does Covers.....

[lattaification]

powerful song. leave it to Tori to give it the gravity it deserves.

[JanuaryG1rl]

I really wish Tori would cover Ain't got no.... I've got life. by Nina Simone. This is good too xo

[mamatreesleaves]

thank you so much for this :))

[pauljr75]

Amazing! This is why I love TORI .