{"id":16134,"date":"2015-07-17T15:04:08","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T14:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/?p=16134"},"modified":"2015-07-17T15:04:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T14:04:08","slug":"billie-holiday-strange-fruit-1939","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/?p=16134","title":{"rendered":"BILLIE HOLIDAY : \u00ab\u00a0STRANGE FRUIT\u00a0\u00bb 1939"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/strange-fruit-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16158\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/strange-fruit-02-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"strange-fruit-02\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/strange-fruit-02-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/strange-fruit-02-588x882.jpg 588w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/strange-fruit-02.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Il n&rsquo;y a pas tr\u00e8s longtemps, je vous ai parl\u00e9 de<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> BILLIE HOLIDAY<\/strong><\/span>, et apr\u00e8s avoir revu hier soir en DVD \u00ab\u00a0<em><strong>12 Years A Slave<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00bb , ce film hallucinant, et si bouleversant, j&rsquo;ai eu envie de revenir sur une chanson de<strong> BILLIE <\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u00ab\u00a0STRANGE FRUIT\u00a0\u00bb.<\/strong> D&rsquo;ailleurs en parlant de ce film, il faut absolument avoir vu quelques autres films traitant d&rsquo;un sujet assez proche, comme<!--more--> \u00ab\u00a0<em><strong>Mississippi Burning<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00bb <em><strong>d&rsquo;Alan Parker<\/strong><\/em>, et \u00ab\u00a0<em><strong>Le Majordome<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00bb de <em><strong>Lee Daniels<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/12-years-a-slave-poster_140326165645.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16181\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/12-years-a-slave-poster_140326165645-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"12-years-a-slave-poster_140326165645\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/12-years-a-slave-poster_140326165645-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/12-years-a-slave-poster_140326165645-588x832.jpg 588w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/12-years-a-slave-poster_140326165645.jpg 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/10950843_ori.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16179\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/10950843_ori-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"10950843_ori\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/10950843_ori-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/10950843_ori.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/21017975_20130705175456051.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16180\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/21017975_20130705175456051-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"21017975_20130705175456051\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/21017975_20130705175456051-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/21017975_20130705175456051.jpg 768w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/21017975_20130705175456051-588x784.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Ces trois film \u00e9tant bas\u00e9s sur des faits r\u00e9els<\/span>. <strong>\u00ab\u00a0STRANGE FRUIT\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong> est n\u00e9 dans la t\u00eate d&rsquo; <strong>ABEL MEEROPOL<\/strong>, un juif d&rsquo;origine russe n\u00e9 en <strong>1903<\/strong>, d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 en <strong>1986<\/strong>,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ABEL-MEEROPOL.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16159\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ABEL-MEEROPOL.png\" alt=\"ABEL MEEROPOL\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">qui sous le pseudonyme de<strong> LEWIS ALLAN<\/strong> composa de nombreuses chansons, notamment\u00a0pour<strong> Frank Sinatra<\/strong>,\u00a0et<strong> \u00ab\u00a0STRANGE FRUIT\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong> qu&rsquo;il proposa \u00e0 <strong>BILLIE HOLIDAY<\/strong>. <strong>MEEROPOL<\/strong>, \u00e9tait enseignant, et\u00a0vivait dans le Bronx.\u00a0Il \u00e9tait membre du Parti Communiste am\u00e9ricain. C&rsquo;est en<strong> 1937<\/strong>, apr\u00e8s avoir vu des photos du lynchage de deux hommes<em><strong> Thomas Shipp<\/strong><\/em> et <em><strong>Abraham Smith<\/strong><\/em>, dont le seul crime \u00e9tait d&rsquo;\u00eatre noir, qu&rsquo;il \u00e9crivit, apr\u00e8s de tr\u00e8s nombreuses nuits sans sommeil, cette \u00e9mouvant et vibrant po\u00e8me,<strong> \u00ab\u00a0STRANGE FRUIT\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong> qu&rsquo;il publia dans le <em><strong>\u00ab\u00a0New York Teacher\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong><\/em> et la revue communiste <em><strong>\u00ab\u00a0New Masses\u00a0\u00bb.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Lynchage-de-Thomas-Shipp-et-dAbraham-Smitn-\u00e0-Marion-dans-lIndiana-en-1930.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16160\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Lynchage-de-Thomas-Shipp-et-dAbraham-Smitn-\u00e0-Marion-dans-lIndiana-en-1930.png\" alt=\"Lynchage de Thomas Shipp et d'Abraham Smitn \u00e0 Marion dans l'Indiana en 1930\" width=\"247\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">C&rsquo;est \u00e9galement lui, qui peu de temps apr\u00e8s le mis en musique. Son \u00e9pouse,\u00a0en fut la premi\u00e8re interpr\u00e8te lors d&rsquo;une r\u00e9union organis\u00e9e par le syndicat des enseignants de New York. La chanson connue une\u00a0vraie popularit\u00e9 au sein de la Gauche am\u00e9ricaine, et <strong>Barney Josephson<\/strong>, propri\u00e9taire du <em><strong>Caf\u00e9 International<\/strong> <\/em>organisa une rencontre entre <strong>BILLIE<\/strong> et <strong>ABEL<\/strong>. L&rsquo;humanisme de<strong> ABEL MEEROPOL<\/strong> \u00e9tait tel, qu&rsquo;apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;ex\u00e9cution des \u00e9poux <em><strong>Rosenberg<\/strong><\/em>, tous deux juifs New Yorkais communistes, condamn\u00e9s \u00e0 mort pour espionnage au profit de l&rsquo;URSS, alors qu&rsquo;ils clam\u00e8rent jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 la fin leur innocence,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg_NYWTS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16161\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg_NYWTS-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"1024px-Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg_NYWTS\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg_NYWTS-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg_NYWTS.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg_NYWTS-588x535.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">il adopta leurs deux enfants, Ethel et Julius.<strong> \u00ab\u00a0STRANGE FRUIT\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong>, pour<strong>\u00a0MEEROPOL<\/strong> \u00e9tait un plaidoyer po\u00e9tique, artistique, mais non moins v\u00e9h\u00e9ment contre le racisme aux Etats-Unis, et\u00a0particuli\u00e8rement contre les lynchages des Afro-Am\u00e9ricains dans les \u00e9tats du Sud du Pays qui atteignit un nombre hallucinant au d\u00e9but du<strong> XX\u00b0<\/strong> si\u00e8cle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Anger_in_the_land.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16162\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Anger_in_the_land-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Anger_in_the_land\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Anger_in_the_land-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Anger_in_the_land-588x392.jpg 588w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Anger_in_the_land.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">La chanson fut une\u00a0 protestation, une protest-song, un r\u00e9quisitoire qui s&rsquo;entendit sur les sc\u00e8nes des cabarets de New York, jusqu&rsquo;au c\u00e9l\u00e8bre Madison Square Garden.<strong> Le<\/strong> <em><strong>Fruit Etrange<\/strong> <\/em>\u00e9tant bien sur, le corps d&rsquo;un homme noir, pendu \u00e0 un arbre. Selon les estimations du<em><strong> Tuskegee Institute<\/strong><\/em>, <strong>3833<\/strong> personnes furent lynch\u00e9es entre<strong> 1889<\/strong> et<strong> 1940<\/strong>, <strong>90%<\/strong> de ces crimes furent perp\u00e9tu\u00e9s dans les Etats-du Sud, et quatre victimes sur cinq furent des Noirs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hqdefaultdfgv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16163\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hqdefaultdfgv-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"hqdefaultdfgv\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hqdefaultdfgv-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hqdefaultdfgv.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Et le lynchage n&rsquo;\u00e9tait pas du \u00e0 un acte criminel des suppos\u00e9s coupables, non, mais par le fait qu&rsquo;ils \u00e9taient Noirs, et pr\u00e9sents au mauvais endroit, au mauvais moment. <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>BILLIE HOLIDAY<\/strong> <\/span>ne pouvait que se sentir concern\u00e9e par cette chanson, et son interpr\u00e9tation a travers\u00e9e le temps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hqdefault.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16164\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hqdefault-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"hqdefault\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hqdefault-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hqdefault.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">D\u00e9j\u00e0 c\u00e9l\u00e8bre,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> \u00ab\u00a0STRANGE FRUIT\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong><\/span> devient quelque part son incarnation, elle en devient indissociable, et sa notori\u00e9t\u00e9 devient internationale, alors qu&rsquo;au d\u00e9part, elle h\u00e9sita \u00e0 la\u00a0mettre dans son r\u00e9pertoire, se d\u00e9marquant trop de son style habituel de standards et de love songs. Mais <strong>Barney Josephson<\/strong> la pousse \u00e0 accepter l&rsquo;offre de<strong> MEEROPOL<\/strong>. <strong>Daniel Mendelsohn<\/strong> s&rsquo;occupa des arrangements. La premi\u00e8re fois que<strong> BILLIE<\/strong> chante la chanson c&rsquo;est au<em><strong> Caf\u00e9 Society<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/maxresdefault.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16165\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/maxresdefault-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"maxresdefault\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/maxresdefault-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/maxresdefault-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/maxresdefault-588x441.jpg 588w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/maxresdefault.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Le public est plong\u00e9 dans le noir, les\u00a0lampes de la sc\u00e8ne sont \u00e9teintes \u00e0 l\u2019exception d\u2019un trait de lumi\u00e8re qui \u00e9claire la silhouette de <strong>BILLIE<\/strong>, elle chante\u00a0d\u2019une voix d\u00e9chirante, uniquement accompagn\u00e9 par\u00a0les\u00a0notes d\u2019un piano. A la fin du morceau, pas un seul bruit, tout le monde retient sa respiration. Puis subitement un homme ose applaudir seul, il sera rejoint, quelques secondes plus tard partout le public. Le succ\u00e8s est imm\u00e9diat. Du coup, <strong>BILLIE<\/strong> prend l&rsquo;habitude de l&rsquo;interpr\u00e9ter en dernier,<strong> \u00ab\u00a0STRANGE FRUIT\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong> devint son final.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sans-titre-21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16170\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sans-titre-21-300x164.png\" alt=\"sans-titre (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sans-titre-21-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sans-titre-21.png 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Elle s&rsquo;approche du micro, demande au public de faire le silence, et quand celui-ci est obtenu, toutes les lumi\u00e8res de la sc\u00e8ne s&rsquo;\u00e9teignent, \u00e0 l&rsquo;exception d&rsquo;un spot braqu\u00e9 sur son visage. <strong>BILLIE<\/strong> garde les yeux ferm\u00e9s toute l&rsquo;introduction durant, puis chante lentement, clairement, articulant tous les mots afin que chacun comprenne, et ses mots p\u00e8sent une tonne. Puis la chanson s&rsquo;ach\u00e8ve dans une sorte d&rsquo;agonie, elle baisse la t\u00eate et toutes les lumi\u00e8res s&rsquo;\u00e9teignent de nouveau, jusqu&rsquo;au noir complet. Dans son autobiographie <strong>BILLIE HOLIDAY<\/strong> \u00e9crivit <em><strong>\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0&#8230;\u00a0Cette chanson permettait de faire le tri entre les gens bien et les cr\u00e9tins&#8230;\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong> <\/em>Selon les r\u00e9actions du public, amicales, ou lui manquant de respect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/billie-holiday1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16173\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/billie-holiday1-286x300.jpg\" alt=\"billie-holiday1\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/billie-holiday1-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/billie-holiday1.jpg 553w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BILLIE<\/strong> durant ses tourn\u00e9es \u00e9vitait toujours les Etats du Sud, pour qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;y est pas de probl\u00e8mes, comme cela arriva une fois en<em><strong> Alabama<\/strong> <\/em>o\u00f9 elle fut chass\u00e9e de la ville pour avoir essay\u00e9 de chanter la chanson&#8230; Le gros soucis arriva quand<strong> BILLIE<\/strong> d\u00e9cida d&rsquo;enregistrer<strong> \u00ab\u00a0STRANGE FRUIT\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong> car bien que sous contrat avec<em><strong> Columbia Records<\/strong><\/em>, ceux-ci refus\u00e8rent de produire le single, craignant pour\u00a0leur image de marque, et pour d&rsquo;\u00e9ventuelles r\u00e9percutions sur les ventes du label dans les Etats du Sud. C&rsquo;est en fin de compte chez<em><strong> Commodore Records<\/strong><\/em>, une petite maison de production juive de la 42\u00b0 rue \u00e0 New York, que\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>BILLIE<\/strong><\/span> et son orchestre,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Strange-Fruit1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16171\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Strange-Fruit1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Strange-Fruit1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Strange-Fruit1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Strange-Fruit1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Strange-Fruit1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Strange-Fruit1-588x588.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">le <strong>Caf\u00e9 Society Band<\/strong>, <strong>Franck Newton<\/strong> trompette, <strong>Tab Smith<\/strong> saxophone alto,<strong> Kenneth Hollon<\/strong> et <strong>Stanley Payne<\/strong> au saxophone t\u00e9nor, <strong>Sonny White<\/strong> piano, , <strong>Jimmy McLin<\/strong> guitare, <strong>John Williams<\/strong> contrebasse et<strong> Eddie Dougherty<\/strong> batterie, enregistr\u00e8rent le titre.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16134-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/13-Strange-Fruit111.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/13-Strange-Fruit111.mp3\">http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/13-Strange-Fruit111.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16134-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/13-Strange-Fruit-222.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/13-Strange-Fruit-222.mp3\">http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/13-Strange-Fruit-222.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fillmore7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16172\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fillmore7-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"fillmore7\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fillmore7-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fillmore7-942x1024.jpg 942w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fillmore7-588x639.jpg 588w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fillmore7.jpg 1892w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bien que controvers\u00e9e, la chanson connait un immense succ\u00e8s.<strong>\u00a0BILLIE<\/strong> avait eu un membre de sa famille qui avait fini pendu \u00e0 un arbre, cette chanson lui tenait\u00a0donc particuli\u00e8rement \u00e0 c\u0153ur. Il fut tr\u00e8s difficile pour d&rsquo;autres chanteurs ou chanteuses de s&rsquo;essayer \u00e0 l&rsquo;interpr\u00e9tation de <strong>\u00ab\u00a0STRANGE FRUIT\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong> tant la version douloureuse\u00a0de <strong>BILLIE HOLIDAY<\/strong> semble d\u00e9finitive et insurpassable. Ce morceau est devenu un classique de l&rsquo;histoire de \u00a0la musique am\u00e9ricaine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div style=\"text-algn:left\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;text-align:center;\"><iframe allow=\"autoplay\" class=\"youtube_embed_iframe\"    allowFullScreen=\"true\" style=\"width:640px; height:385px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h4ZyuULy9zs?autoplay=0&theme=dark&loop=0&fs=1&showinfo=1&modestbranding=0&iv_load_policy=3&color=red&autohide=1&disablekb=0&enablejsapi=1&version=3\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Certains s&rsquo;y sont pourtant risqu\u00e9 avec plus ou moins de bonheur<em><strong> Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Carmen McRae, Diana Ross, Robert Wyatt, Jeff Buckley, Marcus Miller, Cassandra Wilson, Sting, Tori Amos, Pete Seeger, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Eartha Kitt, Tch\u00e9ky Karyo, UB40, Colette Magny, Annie Lennox, Beth Hart &amp; Joe Bonamassa.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Strange_Fruit_by_CFTE_Productions-e1399233428401.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16174\" src=\"http:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Strange_Fruit_by_CFTE_Productions-e1399233428401-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Strange_Fruit_by_CFTE_Productions-e1399233428401\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Strange_Fruit_by_CFTE_Productions-e1399233428401-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Strange_Fruit_by_CFTE_Productions-e1399233428401-588x395.jpg 588w, https:\/\/papyblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Strange_Fruit_by_CFTE_Productions-e1399233428401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Les arbres dans le Sud portent d\u2019\u00e9tranges fruits<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Sang sur leurs feuilles, sang \u00e0 leurs racines<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Corps noirs qui se balancent dans la brise du Sud<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00c9tranges fruits pendus aux branches des peupliers<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Spectacle pastoral des gibets dans le Sud<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Yeux r\u00e9vuls\u00e9s, bouche distordue<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Parfum de magnolias, frais et sucr\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Puis soudain, l\u2019odeur de chair qui se consume<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Voici offerts des fruits que les corbeaux picorent<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Que la pluie arrache, que le vent pourl\u00e8che<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Que le soleil pourrit, que l&rsquo;arbre fait tomber<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Voici une r\u00e9colte am\u00e8re et bien \u00e9trange.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Il n&rsquo;y a pas tr\u00e8s longtemps, je vous ai parl\u00e9 de BILLIE HOLIDAY, et apr\u00e8s avoir revu hier soir en DVD \u00ab\u00a012 Years A Slave\u00a0\u00bb , ce film hallucinant, et si bouleversant, j&rsquo;ai eu envie de revenir sur une chanson de BILLIE \u00a0\u00ab\u00a0STRANGE FRUIT\u00a0\u00bb. D&rsquo;ailleurs en parlant de ce film, il faut absolument avoir vu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16134"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16202,"href":"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16134\/revisions\/16202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}