Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit, Summertime, Am I Blue?

Billie Holiday, 40'lı yılların blues efsanesi, kelimenin tam anlamıyla zor dediğimiz hayatlardan birini yaşamış, ırkçılığın -özellikle siyahi amerikalara karşı - sınırlarını aştığı yıllarda protest şarkılar söyleme cesaretini göstermiş, adını caz tarihine kazımış ve 44 yaşında sirozdan ölmüştür. İlk şarkı Strange Fruit gelmiş geçmiş en anti-ırkçı şarkılardan biri olarak bilinir. 2. şarkı bir blues klasiği - summertime. Yaza veda ederken ironik olacak biraz :) ve son olarak "am I blue" Billie Holiday'in en sevdiğim parçalarından...Pazartesi için belki biraz sakin ama değerli melodiler bunlar. Beğenmeniz umuduyla, iyi haftalar.

the blues legend of the 40ies, Billie Holiday had a literally bad bad life, lived in the times as the racism has its highest season in american society against the african-americans. She had the courage to sing anti-racist protest songs, had her name written with golden letters in the jazz history and died from cirrhosis with the age of 44. The first song Strange Fruit is known as the most anti-racist song ever. Summertime is a blues classic and covered by all legends - Summertime. Will be ironic during these "goodbye summer" days. and lastly "am I blue?" is my favorite Billie Holiday song :) These are all a bit silent but well important melodies for a Monday. Hope you'll like it, and have a nice week.


Southern trees bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the popular trees

Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Here is a strange and bitter cry




Am I blue
am I blue
ain't these tears, in
these eyes telling
you
How can you ask me
"am I blue"
why, wouldn't you be too
if each plan
with your man
done fell through

There was a time
when I was his only one
but now I'm
the sad and lonely one...lonely

Was I gay
untill today
now he's gone, and
we're through
Am I blue