Billie Holiday is not only Strange Fruit. In fact, Strange Fruit is not her best song in her career. We could talk about many other songs which have created another vision of American society. But they are not anti-war or political songs, but we must remember that songs or poetry are not obligatorly related to one only subject because human life must talk about our whole situation in front of various feelings which describe the human race. I'm talkin' about songs like Don't Explain, God Bless The Child, Fine And Mellow, Lady Sings The Blues and many more...
However, it's true that Lady Day is more than her own songs, she had a strong personality, a great talent, a powerful criticsm, a clear power of decision and she was loved by all, despite her hard and lonely suffers all along her life and death. But it's true also that her burial and funeral was a party which was full of Lady Day's friends... (continua)