[78-L] Strange Fruit

[Julian Vein]

agp wrote:
> At 16:55 18/07/2009, Royal Pemberton wrote:
>> Or any endless 'remix' versions.
>>
>> On 7/18/09, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>> At least we've been spared:
>>>
> 
> 
> Not to leave out a gansta rap version of Strange Fruit. I doubt that 
> anyone who does rap even knows who Billie Holiday is. The point being 
> that a song that wants to address an injustice can do it a way that 
> delivers a stronger wallop via its subtleties. If Strange Fruit was 
> written today it would have an extra verse telling the listener to go 
> and kill a cop!
> 
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Didn't Marshall McCluen say something about this, along the lines of 
"message/protest songwriters give the listening public what they want to 
hear."?

      Julian Vein


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