Sting & Gil Evans Orchestra-Strange Fruit

Umbria jazz festival 87
Branford also played there.

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[zagor7668]

I was there! Unforgettable concert!

[doctone]

Wow!really?

It's great.

and thank you so much for leaving a precious comment.

[zagor7668]

It was one of the most popular concert in Umbria Jazz history: more than 30,000 people attended it in the main football team stadium (in Perugia)

[doctone]

I see.

So it seemed that Sting was nervous little bit in this concert?

[Allansean05]

Am I am the only one that feels that it is wierd that a mostly white group would sing this song. It seems to be extremely racist. Correct me if I am wrong.

[doctone]

Hi,Allansean05.

Thank you so much for leaving a precious comment.

but I have belief that he is not man whom you say.

I guess Sting has respected the music of black people,though.

So actually they choose the musuc of Black people for this GIG ,and played them.

I believe that Sting is not RACIST.

[insigniaman]

Can a white (yellow, brown, etc) person listen to this song and admire its beauty while feeling disgust, anger, sadness, sorrow, for the reason why it was written? It just seems ridiculous to me that people would say only blacks can sing (understand, feel) this song. Human suffering is human suffering. Blood is blood.

Not a perfect renditions by Sting, but loved the performance.

[sepod]

Sting does have the proper voice to sing a REALLY HEARTFELT song like Strange Fruit, but how can anyone compete with Billie?

[PtolemyJones]

@doctone We are all racist, it's hard wired into our brains. It is the degree to which we understand ourselves, and overcome it that marks us as worthy in this regard.

Re: the person you were commenting to, it isn't racist to bring ANYONE'S tragedy to lights. It isn't a 'black' tragedy, though they are the physical victims, it is a crime against humanity as whole that this behavior happened, and it behooves us all to have our eyes opened. If Sting opened one pair of eyes, it is a good thing...

[xena1154]

First it is music; art; for me you can interprete it in many ways; these days I think oh maybe the next strange fruit is radioactive! I can imagine many ways to enjoy this song! It is hard for me to understand some of the postet sentences!

I love and respect Gil Evans and I enjoy the music; it is beautiful, also touching my heard in many ways.

xena1154

[xena1154]

Dear doctone; thank`s for sharing, I love it so much! PS: English is not my mother topongue so it is not so easy to find the word`s to say thank you! I love Gil`s music, also Winton and Brandford and for me only singing little wing I like it from sting! Inspite having respekt to hendrix, rally I want to play like him! I hope you understand me xena1154

[guitarslim56]

@doctone No.

[GOTHDRAGON1980]

I feel the true message of this song is it shows u what anger,fear,and hatred lead too.And after all these years of the song being out very few have learned from the story it tells,i pray that our children hear and learn from this song.

[OGabhann]

@Allansean05 You are wrong, very wrong. Did you realize the song was written by a Jewish man? Was he a racist for writing the poem and setting it to music? Of course not; it was his intention to bring awareness through his art, just as these fine musicians are continuing to bring that same awareness to a new generation. Furthermore, the people who did the lynchings described in the song did not carry out that act simply because they were white, it was because they were ignorant.

[yungmodelcover]

@doctone no im black and dnt even know them RACIST

[lumendraht]

super nice! da war er echt auf nem stimmlichen hoch der gute. thanx for the hint!

[UptownRed]

@Allansean05 I don't see how that could be seen as racist at all. If anything, it is a tribute. They honor this song and all it represents by being moved enough by it to want to connect with it and experience making the music for audience who knows, loves, and wants to hear the song.

As a singer myself, I struggled early on with feeling ok about singing 'Ol Man River. I soon learned that people LOVE TO HEAR IT. I love to sing it. Everybody wins.

Anyway, just another guy's take on the song

[dklauraaa]

we had a theme about Martin Luther King and the seperation of blacks and whites in the middle of the 20'th century in english (i'm danish), so we heard this song.. it's like awesome