#146 - Is Billie Holiday’s song Strange Fruit the most haunting song of all time?

On today's episode of the Music Minute, I make a case that Billie
Holiday’s song "Strange Fruit" is the most haunting song of all
time. Here are the lyrics: Southern trees bear a 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 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 a fruit for the crows to
pluck For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck For the sun to
rot, for the tree to drop Here is a strange and bitter crop


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