[Dixielandjazz] FW: "Black and Blue" lyric

[Marek Boym]

For European audiences, at least, no explanation is needed.  The European
musicians are white, and they sing Black and Blue with feeling, without the
need to apologize.  It's just American over-sensivity and obsession with
thaqt travesty of language, politics, you name it - political correctness!
Live and let live!
Cheers

On 1 October 2014 22:11, Ric Giorgi <ricgiorgi at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Charles Suhor brings up an interesting conundrum.
>
> Another similar song is Irving Berlin's "Suppertime" (Great song). I've
> sung
> it with an explaination and context but I didn't find that was needed with
> Black and Blue.
>
> Maybe times have changed?
>
> Ric Giorgi
> Toronto
>
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> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] FW: "Black and Blue" lyric
>
> Interesting exchange. I like Gary and May's approach of explaining the
> background of the song, which rescues it (though not to everyone's
> satisfaction, I'm sure) from being seen as inappropriate, or worse, a
> blatant cultural misappropriation. A different matter--in many settings the
> audience isn't interested in (or sober enough for) a thoughtful
> explanation,
> however beneficial that might be. I never sang the song on a gig, nor do I
> recall it being sung in bands in New Orleans during my years as a player
> and
> listener there, roughly 1946 to 1977.
> To pose the appropriateness question more sharply, would any white musician
> feel comfortable singing "Strange Fruit"? It would need quite a
> sociological
> mini-lecture.
>
> Charlie
>
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