He is still hopeful that one day she will return to him, and the orange he sees reminds him of that feeling. Further, he states “Something in the orange tells me you’re never coming home” (2:57). He is unable to escape the feeling he has when he sees the orange. The orange is significant for the sun rising in the morning or setting in the afternoon. Since this line comes at the end of the song, it appears that he has realized that she is not coming back to him, and he is going to have to live with that feeling.
The art work the Strangest Fruit by Vincent correlates with the famous poem Strange Fruit, performed by Billie Holiday. As the song depicts the lynching of African American in America, the art work painted by Valdez also describes the lynching of Mexican immigrants in Texas in the early twentieth century. Additionally, both works deeply express a somber and hauntingly tone that accurately demonstrates the struggles and persecution that the minority immigrants faced in the United
Music is one of the few languages in the world that is universal. Regardless of your hometown, native tongue, or culture, everyone can indulge in the beautiful melodies and rhythms that are created through different methods, whether it be a unified symphony or the gleeful cacophonies of children banging on pots and pans. This gift of a universal language is what makes Rachel M. Harper's “The Myth of Music” captivating and entrancing to the reader; everyone can understand Harper’s emotions through references that allude back to the art of music. Harper’s use of metaphors linked by personification, hyperbole, and asyndeton further aids the reader in empathizing with the melancholic yet loving passion that she holds for music and her father.
Jean Toomer’s poem “Portrait in Georgia” and Billie Holiday’s song “Strange Fruit” are both similar because they discuss the inequalities African Americans had to endure. For instance, in Toomer’s poem, he talks about a woman being lynched. Each part of the woman is described in connection to the abuse that the African Americans had to experience. Toomer compares her hair to a rope that would be used to lynch slaves. The woman’s eyes are represented as the wood that would burn the African Americans.
The song has shock value with the imagery of lynching African Americans pops into one’s head. The song starts out with, “"Southern trees bear a strange fruit. " This, you think, isn't your usual lovey-dovey stuff. "Blood on the leaves and blood at the root. " What is this? "
It was a protest song that Billie Holiday very rarely performed due to threats. The song got special recognition on Q Magazine by naming “Strange Fruit” one
The Harlem Renaissance was affected by slavery. “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday was published to explain how African American slaves were being hung. Holiday commented, “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 poplar trees” (Holiday). The strange fruit illustrated in the lyrics is known as the African American slaves. Many blacks were punished for their freedom of speech, and actions.
As time passes, people often think of their pasts and what they have done in their life, both positively and negatively. The lyrics of the song resonate with everyone, even the famous singer Macklemore who produced the song “Good Old Days.” In the song, he reflects on his past and the times he missed or regretted. Macklemore also writes “We’ve come so far, I guess I’m proud” which also shows that he’s happy with the choices he made and that they have gotten him to where he is now—a famous musician and writer. The music in the song has an upbeat and appealing tone to it with excellent lyrics, which made it a top 40 song in the U.S.
This type of music ends up as sort of a proof or validation of our government and socialization in America. With this sense of pride comes a sense of continuity back to our forefathers in the early years of our country. Most importantly, this type of music integrates our society. The author is Kimberly Sena Moore who has a Ph.D. She has clinical background experience in this industry.
To begin, Billie Holiday’s song, “Strange Fruit”, includes chilling imagery to help the listener imagine the treatment of African Americans. As sang in the song, “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 crop,” (Holiday, 1939).
For example, the Harlem Renaissance was a great opportunity for African Americans to express their sadness they had felt as slaves. This was demonstrated by Billie Holiday who sang The Strange Fruit; “Southern Trees bare strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees….” Instead of directly stating his perspective as a slave, Holiday ties in a lot of emotion by using strange fruit as a symbol of slaves. He also brings in the words “blood” and “black bodies” to symbolize the dark times he had gone through as a slave. This also significantly affected social change in the Harlem renaissance, because it is a very sad and deep side that Americans were not able to experience.
EMR can hurt us in many ways. For example, pilots might get hurt by lasers. Lasers, can cause complete blindness and this can be very dangerous for people driving vehicles. The damage occurs when the concentrated light is too strong or lasts for too long, and it burns the part of the retina that contains pigment or colour1. In this case, using lasers near an airports, is a very dangerous and risky thing to do because pilots could get hurt and lose some control of the plane.
“Strange Fruit” protested American racism, especially the lynching or hanging of African Americans. Hangings had reached a peak in the South at the end of the 19th century but continued there and in other regions of the United States. The lyrics are an extended metaphor associating the tree’s fruit with victims of hangings. Protest songs functioned as propaganda, however, “Strange Fruit” proved it could be
Some have coined music as a universal language. Perhaps, the complexity of the notes, the consistency of the beat, the array of instruments, or the flow of lyricism offers this universal appeal. Nevertheless, the unique composition of each song enables it to sustain its own magnetic aura, much like the musical implication in Lewis Nordans Music of the Swamp. Though, many argue Nordans piece suggests merely a collection of short stories rather than a novel, Nordan uses his singsong methodology- a novel-in-stories- to incorporate an anthology of his transformative memory- an autobiography of the way it was.
“Strange Fruit” by Abel Meeropol is a poem that was published in 1937. “Strange Fruit” is a poem that was inspired by a horrible picture of a horrible lynching that occurred in 1930. This poem, by Abel Meeropol, is a disturbing poem to listen to and makes some people feel uncomfortable. Racism was a big part of the Great Depression but not really in Indiana. The event that took place on that day was very disturbing.
