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In reply to the discussion: Killer Tunes: Post A Song About Murder [View all]NNadir
(37,327 posts)70. Oh man...Strange Fruit...
I once worked it out on the guitar, and was thinking of playing it in a club back when I performed, with reference to the rule that no one but Billie should ever sing it, because I thought the song was being forgotten, but I couldn't do it. I had to respect the rule.
It was so powerful, and to think of it now, that the country is being run by racists, is much worse.
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Sorry, but the one true version of Stagger Lee is, was, and always will be...
cemaphonic
Nov 2017
#35
A nasty song though. He also did "Bullfrog Blues," along the way, making fun of Hugh Hefner...
NNadir
Nov 2017
#48
"Jealous Lover" My mother used to sing me to sleep with a slightly different version
Glorfindel
Nov 2017
#55