Strange Fruit -- what a moving powerful song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > Not convinced that people who buy it or give it airplay it at Christmas > have really thought about the words and the subtext. What next, Strange > Fruit? > > B > > > On 18 Dec 2016, at 20:50, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I hate to fully deflate your sails since you have a good wind up, but > > I suggest you read the Wikipedia article on Hallelujah. There's a well > > established tradition of folks recording Xmas covers of it and it > > being programmed as an Xmas song. The very recent cover by a group > > called Pentatonix is a case in point. > > > > Pentatonix: hey, almost on-topic there. > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pentatonix_Christmas > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song) > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 2:26 PM, P. J. Alling > > <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Is that nobody cares enough, or maybe at all... > >> > >> What I mean is, well I was listening to the local programmed FM > station, you > >> know the kind, no local DJ all music piped in from one source for a > national > >> chain, etc., etc., but... Right now it's playing all Christmas > music, all > >> the time. Since no one else local is doing it I tune in now and then > to > >> get a taste of the season. Well in the middle of a set they play > >> Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, and I couldn't stop laughing... > >> > >> After my mirth subsided I thought about this for a while, "What Kind of > >> Idiot would allow this to get on the air as a "Christmas" song." > >> > >> I don't mean what kind of bored underpaid employee would put it into the > >> compilation, that answer I know. No what supervisor wouldn't put the > kibosh > >> on it. I mean really some people will be offended, even those who get > the > >> joke and like Cohen's music might not like it as part of their Christmas > >> mix. > >> > >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
