[Dixielandjazz] Satire in song

[dwlit at cpcug.org]

I think most socially aware Americans would see/hear it as a poetic
expression of our race relations--eg the imagery of lynched blacks hanging
from trees...nothing satirical about that: plenty of photos available...

--Sheik

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> I had always seen/heard it that way.
> Depends how you read the word satire.Brian
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> "Strange Fruit" is a satire??? Have I been missing something all these
> years?
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> --Sheik
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>> Later this year I plan a recital/study subject titled "Satire in Song" -
>> examples couldinclude - Strange Fruit and Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow
>> Taxi
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