Strange Fruit
Paroles: Abel Meeropol (aka Lewis Allen). Musique: Abel Meeropol (aka Lewis Allen).
Abel Meeropol, a white Jewish teacher in a New York City high school, wrote the lyrics and music of "Strange Fruit," and shared the piece with Billie Holiday in 1939 when she was singing at Cafe Society, the leading left-wing, integrated night club in Greenwich Village. Meeropol was a political activist, a member of the Communist Party, and after the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenburg raised their orphaned children. "Strange Fruit" soon became the opening song for Holiday's sets and a popular success when she recorded it. The searing lyrics often upset club patrons and it became a weapon in continuing anti-lynching campaigns. Meeropol must have been surprised, but pleased at the song's impact. In an interview in 1971 he commented: "I wrote 'Strange Fruit' because I hate lynching, and I hate injustice, and I hate the people who perpetuate it." (http://www.alexanderstreet6.com/wasm/wasmrestricted/aswpl/doc1.htm)
Cette chanson est disponible sur:
Exit (TRICD-7224 / Album / CD)
Statistiques
Voici les dates auxquelles cette chanson a été jouée
Jean Leloup et les Naufragés du Titanic07/16/1998 Festival d'été de Québec, Esplanade du Parlement, Québec
Jean Leloup au printemps05/21/1999 Métropolis, Montréal
08/03/1999 Spectrum, Montréal
Jean Leloup... acoustique09/27/2000 Spectrum, Montréal
09/29/2000 Spectrum, Montréal
10/05/2000 Capitole, Québec
10/13/2000 Maison de la culture, Gatineau
10/26/2000 Studio théâtre CKOI, Montréal
11/04/2000 Vieux Clocher de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke
11/09/2000 Métropolis, Montréal
11/18/2000 Spectrum, Montréal
11/25/2000 Auditorium Dufour, Chicoutimi
Été 200106/15/2001 L'Olympia, Deux-Montagnes
07/07/2001 Scène Bell, Plaines d'Abraham, Québec
07/14/2001 Musique en vue, Cowansville
07/15/2001 Buckingham
07/21/2001 Parc du Manège Militaire, Hull
07/26/2001 Métropolis, Montréal
07/28/2001 Eau Show, Rawdon
08/17/2001 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
09/07/2001 Square Berri, Montréal
Tournée rock Budweiser11/16/2001 Le Théâtre Granada, Sherbrooke
11/20/2001 Bâtisse Industrielle, Trois-Rivières
03/21/2003 Ton coeur pour la Côte d'Ivoire, Kola Note, Montréal
Jean Leloup Big Band07/25/2003 FrancoFolies, Métropolis, Montréal
07/26/2003 FrancoFolies, Métropolis, Montréal
10/17/2003 Hall IGA, Théâtre Hector-Charland, L'Assomption
10/20/2003 Studio théâtre CKOI, Montréal
10/22/2003 Théâtre Capitole, Québec
10/25/2003 Théâtre Capitole, Québec
11/16/2003 Métropolis, Montréal
11/28/2003 Centre national des arts (CNA), Ottawa
12/18/2003 Centre culturel de Drummondville, Drummondville
Apparitions TV et radio03/30/1999 C't'a ton tour Rajotte (MusiquePlus)
11/29/2000 Christiane Charette en Direct (SRC)
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