Si quelqu'un peut s'attaquer à un ce monument de Billie Holiday qu'est Strange Fruit, c'est bien la grande Cassandra Wilson. Cette reprise est d'autant plus appropriée quand on connait le climat social qui afflige présentement nos voisins du sud. Et puisqu'on ne peut faire mieux qu'une icône, Cassandra imprime judicieusement à ce classique sa touche très personnelle. Les autres morceaux de ce nouvel album, Coming Forth by Day, sont à l'avenant. Impeccable!
lundi 13 avril 2015
Cassandra Wilson - Strange Fruit
mercredi 11 mars 2015
Gil Scott-Heron - Gun
Michael Brown à Ferguson l'an dernier, Atlanta hier. La liste n'en finit plus.
Gil Scott-Heron était un visionnaire.
"Saturday night just ain't that special
Freedom to be afraid is all you've won
Yes if you don't want to be next
You've got a family to protect
9 out of 10, you've got a friend, you've got a gun.
Freedom to be afraid is all you've won
Yes if you don't want to be next
You've got a family to protect
9 out of 10, you've got a friend, you've got a gun.
Everybody got a pistol, this mosty be the NRA
Yeah 'cause when it's time to shine up
You know damn well they're gonna line up
Everybody...
And the philosophy seem to be
At least as near as I can see
When other folks give up theirs, I'll give up mine."
Yeah 'cause when it's time to shine up
You know damn well they're gonna line up
Everybody...
And the philosophy seem to be
At least as near as I can see
When other folks give up theirs, I'll give up mine."
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