捷瑟敏

這首比利哈樂黛的歌曲,是在泣訴美國三零年代之前都還常在發生的私刑,
通常是會被吊在樹上絞死,而非裔美國人常常是這種私刑下的受害者。


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Fruit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching


Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs

這首歌有很多翻唱版本,
我最喜歡的版本,是蘇西與女妖的:

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Strange Fruit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13y3Mj9RBHU
編曲編得很有記憶點,管弦樂很有輓歌的感覺

Jeff Buckley-Strange Fruit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCEFnqnXrTE
傑夫大神還是自己流

Sting & Gil Evans Orchestra-Strange Fruit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u5C-PPqbGk
史汀此時歌聲好嘹亮

AaRON - Strange Fruit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0B-wwtudEM
中間那段突然緩慢下來的處理還算有特色


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.
                                                                               
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 crop.