Official Great Works Draft (3 Viewers)

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Could someone get a ruling on QUEZ pulling stripper tail by ordering quesadillas with spiky hair as a great work?

 

[El Floppo]

Could someone get a ruling on QUEZ pulling stripper tail by ordering quesadillas with spiky hair as a great work?

You only get one of those.

 

[DCThunder]

34.04--The Mousetrap-Agatha Cristie-Play

This play may not be a thought provoking examination of the nature of Man and the Universe, but it has made a gazillion dollars and entertained millions of playgoers over the years.

The longest running play in history, this murder mystery by Dame Agatha premiered in 1952 and is still playing today, over 50 years and 23,000 performances later. The play is known for it's "twist ending" which is asked to not be revealed by the audience after every performance.

The story is about a young couple, Mollie and Giles Ralston, who have started up a new hotel in the converted Monkswell Manor. They are snowed in together with four guests and an additional traveller, who ran his car into a snowdrift. Detective Sergeant Trotter arrives on skis to inform the group that he believes a murderer is on his way to the hotel, following the death of Miss Maureen Lyon in London.

When one of the guests – Mrs Boyle – is killed, they realise that the murderer is already there. The suspicion falls first on Christopher Wren, an erratic young man who fits the description of the supposed murderer. However, it quickly transpires that the killer could be any one of the guests, or even the hosts themselves.

By tradition, at the end of each performance, audiences are asked not to reveal the identity of the killer to anyone outside the theatre, to ensure that the end of the play isn't spoiled for future audiences. The play has been running for so long that its twist is fairly common knowledge, and the ritual has become the occasional butt of jokes.

Towards the end of the play, Sergeant Trotter assembles everyone in the dining room with the plan to set a trap for one of the suspects, but in the play's twist ending, it is revealed that Sergeant Trotter is not a policeman at all, and is in fact the murderer. Meanwhile, it is also revealed that Major Metcalf is, in fact, an undercover police detective, looking for the murderer.

 

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Could someone get a ruling on QUEZ pulling stripper tail by ordering quesadillas with spiky hair as a great work?

You only get one of those.

But I really feel that the cumulative effect is greater than the sum of the parts here...

 

[Chiwawa]

34.04--The Mousetrap-Agatha Cristie-Play

This play may not be a thought provoking examination of the nature of Man and the Universe, but it has made a gazillion dollars and entertained millions of playgoers over the years.

The longest running play in history, this murder mystery by Dame Agatha premiered in 1952 and is still playing today, over 50 years and 23,000 performances later. The play is known for it's "twist ending" which is asked to not be revealed by the audience after every performance.

The story is about a young couple, Mollie and Giles Ralston, who have started up a new hotel in the converted Monkswell Manor. They are snowed in together with four guests and an additional traveller, who ran his car into a snowdrift. Detective Sergeant Trotter arrives on skis to inform the group that he believes a murderer is on his way to the hotel, following the death of Miss Maureen Lyon in London.

When one of the guests – Mrs Boyle – is killed, they realise that the murderer is already there. The suspicion falls first on Christopher Wren, an erratic young man who fits the description of the supposed murderer. However, it quickly transpires that the killer could be any one of the guests, or even the hosts themselves.

By tradition, at the end of each performance, audiences are asked not to reveal the identity of the killer to anyone outside the theatre, to ensure that the end of the play isn't spoiled for future audiences. The play has been running for so long that its twist is fairly common knowledge, and the ritual has become the occasional butt of jokes.

Towards the end of the play, Sergeant Trotter assembles everyone in the dining room with the plan to set a trap for one of the suspects, but in the play's twist ending, it is revealed that Sergeant Trotter is not a policeman at all, and is in fact the murderer. Meanwhile, it is also revealed that Major Metcalf is, in fact, an undercover police detective, looking for the murderer.

Wow, first official snipe that I already had ready to post.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

We may be getting better...

Round Twelve

1. Yankee23 Fan God Bless America

If He doesn't, who will? I mean we've screwed over the original people on this land, brought others over to screw some more when we ran out of the original group, we blow up other people who don't buy enough Pepsi, have actually unleashed Paris Hilton on the world and now have a President who is going around apologizing for all of this crap to the families of the people we did it to. Good going there. Newsflash, there aren't enough acres and mules, casinos and firewater, or Pepsi to make it work.

2. Tirnan Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livius

Oh, only 10 books? That's cool. Wouldn't want to flaunt the rules by grabbing 15 books in a 5 book pool. Nah. That wouldn't be nice. What's next, an entire encyclopedia?

3. Genedoc Pet Sounds

Moo, Baah, Neeigh, Bark, Woof, Arf, Meow, Hssssss, and roar. Not exaclty my favorite for album, but hey, you can grab Dogs barking Jingle Bells and corner the market.

4. DC Thunder Sir Lawrence Olivier as Henry V

Yeah, this was a hard role. Hey, English guy. Yeah, you. The one with no sense of humor, bad teeth and the worst food selection of any country, play yourself and wear a crown. Cool. Action.

5. Scott Norwood The Art of War

When you see the enemy, kill him. I didn't even charge you the $18.95 Sun does.

6. Bob Lee Swagger Oath of the Horatii

We can take oaths now? Is the marriage oath under inventions or fiction?

7. Misfit Blondes Laser

The coolest thing about them is that you can put them on fricken shark heads.

8. Uncle Humuna Lawrence of Arabia

About as entertaining a movie as Ted of Instanbul.

9. Mister CIA Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

Layla is a love song? So, Goodfellas was a snuf film?

10. El Floppo Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot

REally now? Hay, Daniel, play your left foot. No, your left foot. Your other left! Cut, cut! Daniel, it's your left foot, your left foot. It's mad. You drive an automatic and it just sits there, bored, planning it's revenge. Use that anger. Use that pain.

11. thatguy Le Demoiselles d' Avignon

Figures he drafts something french. Hey look! A German! Ha ha, made you give up.

12. wikkidpissah The Beatles White Album

I really have nothing bad to say here. Too bad the drafter is still carrying his cross to Calvary. Oh, sorry, his darwin fish to the aquarium.

13. Tides of War Marlon Brando in The Godfather

Helping Italian men make sauce for 30 years.

14. BobbyLayne North By Northwest

South by southwest was a real downer, and East and Eastwest was too confusing. West by Westwest really only had one good scene, so overall, solid choice.

15. Abrantes The Importance of Being Earnest

Ok, this pick really sucks. And you smell. Even through the computer screen I can tell. And you look like a dolphin. Just thought I'd let you know. Since it's so important and all.

16. DougB Twelfth Night

........ God was still at the stag party that started 5 days earlier??

17. timschochet Television

Sorry, but if it isn't HDTV I don't come over for the game.

18. Postradamus Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Must be burning its paws like crazy. Probably the only time always landing on your feet is a bummer.

19. Rodg12 The Godfather Part II

No more sauce, but if you ever want to gut someone, give them olive oil first. It distracts them.

20. Krista4 8 1/2

That fricken Russian judge never gives credit where credit is due.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

We may be getting better...

Round Twelve

1. Yankee23 Fan God Bless America

If He doesn't, who will? I mean we've screwed over the original people on this land, brought others over to screw some more when we ran out of the original group, we blow up other people who don't buy enough Pepsi, have actually unleashed Paris Hilton on the world and now have a President who is going around apologizing for all of this crap to the families of the people we did it to. Good going there. Newsflash, there aren't enough acres and mules, casinos and firewater, or Pepsi to make it work.

2. Tirnan Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livius

Oh, only 10 books? That's cool. Wouldn't want to flaunt the rules by grabbing 15 books in a 5 book pool. Nah. That wouldn't be nice. What's next, an entire encyclopedia?

3. Genedoc Pet Sounds

Moo, Baah, Neeigh, Bark, Woof, Arf, Meow, Hssssss, and roar. Not exaclty my favorite for album, but hey, you can grab Dogs barking Jingle Bells and corner the market.

4. DC Thunder Sir Lawrence Olivier as Henry V

Yeah, this was a hard role. Hey, English guy. Yeah, you. The one with no sense of humor, bad teeth and the worst food selection of any country, play yourself and wear a crown. Cool. Action.

5. Scott Norwood The Art of War

When you see the enemy, kill him. I didn't even charge you the $18.95 Sun does.

6. Bob Lee Swagger Oath of the Horatii

We can take oaths now? Is the marriage oath under inventions or fiction?

7. Misfit Blondes Laser

The coolest thing about them is that you can put them on fricken shark heads.

8. Uncle Humuna Lawrence of Arabia

About as entertaining a movie as Ted of Instanbul.

9. Mister CIA Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

Layla is a love song? So, Goodfellas was a snuf film?

10. El Floppo Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot

REally now? Hay, Daniel, play your left foot. No, your left foot. Your other left! Cut, cut! Daniel, it's your left foot, your left foot. It's mad. You drive an automatic and it just sits there, bored, planning it's revenge. Use that anger. Use that pain.

11. thatguy Le Demoiselles d' Avignon

Figures he drafts something french. Hey look! A German! Ha ha, made you give up.

12. wikkidpissah The Beatles White Album

I really have nothing bad to say here. Too bad the drafter is still carrying his cross to Calvary. Oh, sorry, his darwin fish to the aquarium.

13. Tides of War Marlon Brando in The Godfather

Helping Italian men make sauce for 30 years.

14. BobbyLayne North By Northwest

South by southwest was a real downer, and East and Eastwest was too confusing. West by Westwest really only had one good scene, so overall, solid choice.

15. Abrantes The Importance of Being Earnest

Ok, this pick really sucks. And you smell. Even through the computer screen I can tell. And you look like a dolphin. Just thought I'd let you know. Since it's so important and all.

16. DougB Twelfth Night

........ God was still at the stag party that started 5 days earlier??

17. timschochet Television

Sorry, but if it isn't HDTV I don't come over for the game.

18. Postradamus Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Must be burning its paws like crazy. Probably the only time always landing on your feet is a bummer.

19. Rodg12 The Godfather Part II

No more sauce, but if you ever want to gut someone, give them olive oil first. It distracts them.

20. Krista4 8 1/2

That fricken Russian judge never gives credit where credit is due.

:( Thanks for the reviving the thread.

:clear:

 

[Big Rocks]

A little bit ago, I had an inspiration for an awesome pick that would have made everybody jealous. Then I found out Yankee already took it.

Jerk.

 

[rodg12]

A little bit ago, I had an inspiration for an awesome pick that would have made everybody jealous. Then I found out Yankee already took it. Jerk.

Didn't stop BL or Tim from taking something. Why you????

 

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Any chance we can have a version of this draft that doesn't involve everyone relying on google/wikipedia to form their opinions?

 

[Yankee23Fan]

A little bit ago, I had an inspiration for an awesome pick that would have made everybody jealous. Then I found out Yankee already took it. Jerk.

Didn't stop BL or Tim from taking something. Why you????

 

[Fennis]

I had intended to run an album choice by wikkid to see if he thought it fit his criteria above. Now I can't do that, and I don't want to consult with Mr. krista4 as that seems like cheating. Who can rule whether an album is eligible? tim? Hummus?

I'm a ####### genius.Fire it over here and let me run my Bunny el Floppo magic on it.

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Team Fennis has you on lock down.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Any chance we can have a version of this draft that doesn't involve everyone relying on google/wikipedia to form their opinions?

Seriously people. As we all know, an opinion is a belief that may or may not be backed up with evidence, but which cannot be proved with that evidence. It is normally a subjective statement and may be the result of an emotion or an interpretation of facts; people may draw opposing opinions from the same facts.In economics, philosophy, and other social sciences, analysis based on opinion is referred to as normative analysis (what ought to be), as opposed to positive analysis, which is based on scientific observation (what materially is or is experimentally demonstrable).Historically, the distinction of demonstrated knowledge and opinion was articulated by Ancient Greek philosophers. Plato's analogy of the divided line is a well-known illustration of the distinction between knowledge and opinion. Opinions can be persuasive, but only the facts they are based on can be said to be true or false.'Scientific opinions' are opinions formed via the scientific method, and so are necessarily evidence backed. A scientific opinion, representing the formally-agreed consensus of a scientific body or establishment, often takes the form of a published position paper citing the research upon which the opinion is based. 'The Scientific Opinion' is somewhat equivalent to 'the public opinion' and means the complex collection of the opinions of many different scientific organizations and entities, and also the opinions of scientists undertaking scientific research in the relevant field.So, get your own.

 

[Fennis]

Any chance we can have a version of this draft that doesn't involve everyone relying on google/wikipedia to form their opinions?

Let's see

 

[anborn]

Team Norwood/Anborn selects....

34.05 - Game Theory (vonNeumann/Morgenstern, 1944) - Scientific Discovery

Game theory is a branch of applied mathematics that is used in the social sciences (most notably economics), biology, engineering, political science, international relations, computer science, and philosophy. Game theory attempts to mathematically capture behavior in strategic situations, in which an individual's success in making choices depends on the choices of others. While initially developed to analyze competitions in which one individual does better at another's expense (zero sum games), it has been expanded to treat a wide class of interactions, which are classified according to several criteria. Today, "game theory is a sort of umbrella or 'unified field' theory for the rational side of social science, where 'social' is interpreted broadly, to include human as well as non-human players (computers, animals, plants)"

Game theory has been used to study a wide variety of human and animal behaviors. It was initially developed in economics to understand a large collection of economic behaviors, including behaviors of firms, markets, and consumers. The use of game theory in the social sciences has expanded, and game theory has been applied to political, sociological, and psychological behaviors as well.

Game theoretic analysis was initially used to study animal behavior by Ronald Fisher in the 1930s (although even Charles Darwin makes a few informal game theoretic statements). This work predates the name "game theory", but it shares many important features with this field. The developments in economics were later applied to biology largely by John Maynard Smith in his book Evolution and the Theory of Games.

In addition to being used to predict and explain behavior, game theory has also been used to attempt to develop theories of ethical or normative behavior. In economics and philosophy, scholars have applied game theory to help in the understanding of good or proper behavior. Game theoretic arguments of this type can be found as far back as Plato.

Ridiculous value for Rd34. :slapsownback:

 

[timschochet]

Any chance we can have a version of this draft that doesn't involve everyone relying on google/wikipedia to form their opinions?

I think Wikipedia is a very helpful tool for obtaining clear and concise descriptions. On nearly every one of my selections, I have used a combination of Wikipedia and my own thoughts. I don't know why people are so eager to scorn Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not choosing anyone's selections. I would rather people cut and paste stuff than do no write-up at all. I like pasting it, and I like reading it.

 

[anborn]

Any chance we can have a version of this draft that doesn't involve everyone relying on google/wikipedia to form their opinions?

I have either direct or indirect experience with each of the picks I've suggested/picked. I don't have the time to sit down and write a discourse on each one during the business day though. Cut+Paste from a reliable source that I've pre-screened is much faster.

 

[rodg12]

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23.05 - Doug B (requested skip)

24.16 - Doug B (autoskip)

25.05 - Doug B (autoskip)

26.16 - Doug B (autoskip)

27.05 - Doug B - (autoskip)

28.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

28.16 - Doug B (autoskip)

29.05 - Doug B (autoskip)

29.10 - thatguy (autoskip)

30.11 - thatguy (autoskip until further notice)

30.16 - Doug B (autoskip)

31.05 - Doug B (autoskip)

31.10 - Thatguy (autoskip)

31.19 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

32.02 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

32.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

32.16 - Doug B (autoskip)

33.05 - Doug B (autoskip)

33.10 - Thatguy (autoskip)

33.12 - Team CIA (autoskip)

33.19 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

34.02 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

34.06 - Bob Lee Swagger - OTC until :08

34.07 - MisfitBlondes - On Deck

34.08 - Uncle Humuna - In The Hole

34.09 - Team CIA (autoskip)

34.10 - El Floppo (autoskip if not here in first 15)

34.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

34.12 - Big Rocks

34.13 - Tides of War

34.14 - BobbyLayne

34.15 - Abrantes

34.16 - Doug B (autoskip)

34.17 - Timscochet

34.18 - Postradamus

34.19 - Rodg

34.20 - Krista

 

[Big Rocks]

Not all of us can write as eloquently as Yankee...

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Any chance we can have a version of this draft that doesn't involve everyone relying on google/wikipedia to form their opinions?

I think Wikipedia is a very helpful tool for obtaining clear and concise descriptions. On nearly every one of my selections, I have used a combination of Wikipedia and my own thoughts. I don't know why people are so eager to scorn Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not choosing anyone's selections. I would rather people cut and paste stuff than do no write-up at all. I like pasting it, and I like reading it.

Oh. Dear. God.

Dear God (disambiguation)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

Dear God may refer to:

Dear God, a 1996 comedy film distributed by Paramount Pictures

"Dear God" (XTC song), a song by XTC from their 1986 album, Skylarking

"Dear God" (Avenged Sevenfold song), a song by Avenged Sevenfold from their 2007 eponymous album

"Dear God" (Nicholas Jonas song), a song by Nicholas Jonas from his 2005 album, Nicholas Jonas

"Dear God" (Boyz II Men song), a song by Boyz II Men from their 1997 album, Evolution

"Dear God" (Midge Ure song), a song by Midge Ure from his 1988 album, Answers to Nothing

 

[Yankee23Fan]

So, when does DougB stop the schtick? Is the betting line round 50 or higher?

 

[ScottNorwood]

For Genedoc/Bonzai:

34.03 Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday (Song)

"Strange Fruit" is a song performed most famously by Billie Holiday. It condemned American racism, particularly the lynching of African Americans that had occurred chiefly in the South but also in all regions of the United States. Holiday's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978.[2] It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Time magazine awarded it the Song of the Century.

I heard that this song was written about timchochet

 

[Uncle Humuna]

Personally I understand in a way how for some of the other drafters how they might seek Wiki as a tool for help

since expressing thoughts of theirs in the form of writing is not for some of them a suit of particular strength

 

[Yankee23Fan]

For Genedoc/Bonzai:

34.03 Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday (Song)

"Strange Fruit" is a song performed most famously by Billie Holiday. It condemned American racism, particularly the lynching of African Americans that had occurred chiefly in the South but also in all regions of the United States. Holiday's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978.[2] It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Time magazine awarded it the Song of the Century.

I heard that this song was written about timchochet

I don't see that in wikipedia anywhere. And when you google timchochet and strange fruit, I found THIS.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Not all of us can write as eloquently as Yankee...

Every group needs this guy on the roof you know....

 

[El Floppo]

For Genedoc/Bonzai:

34.03 Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday (Song)

"Strange Fruit" is a song performed most famously by Billie Holiday. It condemned American racism, particularly the lynching of African Americans that had occurred chiefly in the South but also in all regions of the United States. Holiday's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978.[2] It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Time magazine awarded it the Song of the Century.

I heard that this song was written about timchochet

"Strange Fruit" is a song performed most famously by Billie Holidayand referring to timchochet . It condemned American racism, particularly the lynching of African Americans that had occurred chiefly in the South but also in all regions of the United States. Holiday's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978.[2] It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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1 Author

2 Impact

3 Works inspired by

4 Covers

5 References

6 References

7 External links

[edit] Author

The photograph that was cited by the songwriter as the inspiration for the song: Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, August 7, 1930."Strange Fruit" began as a poem written by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish high-school teacher from the Bronx, about the lynching of two black men. He published under the pen name Lewis Allan.[3] Meeropol and his wife adopted Robert and Michael, sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of espionage and executed by the United States.[4]

Meeropol wrote "Strange Fruit" to express his horror at lynchings after seeing Lawrence Beitler's photograph of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in Marion, Indiana. He published the poem in 1936 in The New York Teacher, a union magazine. Though Meeropol/Allan had often asked others (notably Earl Robinson) to set his poems to music, he set Strange Fruit to music himself. The song gained a certain success as a protest song in and around New York. Meeropol, his wife, and black vocalist Laura Duncan performed it at Madison Square Garden.[5]

Barney Josephson, the founder of Cafe Society in Greenwich Village, New York's first integrated nightclub, heard the song and introduced it to Billie Holiday. Holiday performed the song at Cafe Society in 1939. She said that singing it made her fearful of retaliation. Holiday later said that because the imagery in "Strange Fruit" reminded her of her father, she persisted in singing it. The song became a regular part of Holiday's live performances.[6]

Holiday approached her recording label, Columbia, about recording the song. Columbia, fearing a backlash by record retailers in the South as well as possible negative reaction from affiliates of Columbia's co-owned radio network, CBS, refused to record the song. [7] Even her great producer at Columbia, John Hammond, refused. In frustration, she turned to her friend Milt Gabler (uncle of comedian Billy Crystal), whose Commodore label produced alternative jazz. Holiday sang "Strange Fruit" for him a cappella, and the song moved Gabler so much that he wept. In 1939, Gabler worked out a special arrangement with Vocalian Records to record and distribute the song [8] and Columbia allowed Holiday a one-session release from her contract in order to record it.

She recorded two major sessions at Commodore, one in 1939 and one in 1944. "Strange Fruit" was highly regarded. In time, it became Holiday's biggest selling record. Though the song became a staple of her live performances, Holiday's accompanist, Bobby Tucker, recalled that Holiday would break down every time after she sang it.

In her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues, Holiday suggested that she, together with Lewis Allan, her accompanist Sonny White, and arranger Danny Mendelsohn, put the poem to music. David Margolick and Hilton Als dismissed that claim in their work, Strange Fruit: The Biography of a Song. They wrote that hers was "an account that may set a record for most misinformation per column inch". When challenged, Holiday—whose autobiography had been ghostwritten by William Dufty—claimed, "I ain't never read that book."[9]

[edit] Impact

Barney Josephson recognized the impact of the song and insisted that Holiday close all her shows with it. Just as the song was about to begin, waiters would stop serving, the lights in club would be turned off, and a single pin spotlight would illuminate Holiday on stage. During the musical introduction, Holiday would stand with her eyes closed, as if she were evoking a prayer.

The song ultimately became the anthem of the anti-lynching movement. The dark imagery of the lyrics struck a chord. It also contributed to what would later become the Civil Rights movement of the 50s and 60s.

The song became an instant success and was most identified with Holiday. Numerous other singers have performed it. In October 1939, Samuel Grafton of The New York Post described "Strange Fruit": "If the anger of the exploited ever mounts high enough in the South, it now has its Marseillaise."

In December, 1999, Time magazine called it the song of the century.[10]

In 2002, the Library of Congress honored the song as one of 50 recordings chosen that year to be added to the National Recording Registry.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution listed the song as Number One on 100 Songs of the South. [11]

Bob Dylan cited "Strange Fruit" as an influence in the 2005 documentary No Direction Home. The movie also had a brief clip of Holiday singing.

Serbian rock musician, journalist and writer Dejan Cukić wrote about "Strange Fruit" as among forty-five other songs that changed the history of popular music in his book 45 obrtaja: Priče o pesmama.

[edit] Works inspired by

The 1944 novel Strange Fruit by author Lillian Smith, was said to have been inspired by Billie Holiday's version of the song.

The short film, Strange Fruit, written and directed by Christopher Browne. [3]

Seattle literary magazine the strange fruit is named after the song.

The opera "Strange Fruit" was inspired by the novel by Lillian Smith (above). A commissioned work, it premiered on June 15, 2007 at the Long Leaf Opera Festival[12] in Chapel Hill. Chandler Carter was the composer and Joan Ross Sorkin was the librettist.

Caryl Phillips' first play was named after the song.

Strange Fruit the novel, by Avenda Burnell Walsh was inspred by the song. [13]

 

[Abrantes]

Any chance we can have a version of this draft that doesn't involve everyone relying on google/wikipedia to form their opinions?

I think Wikipedia is a very helpful tool for obtaining clear and concise descriptions. On nearly every one of my selections, I have used a combination of Wikipedia and my own thoughts. I don't know why people are so eager to scorn Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not choosing anyone's selections. I would rather people cut and paste stuff than do no write-up at all. I like pasting it, and I like reading it.

Oh. Dear. God.

Dear God (disambiguation)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

Dear God may refer to:

Dear God, a 1996 comedy film distributed by Paramount Pictures

"Dear God" (XTC song), a song by XTC from their 1986 album, Skylarking

"Dear God" (Avenged Sevenfold song), a song by Avenged Sevenfold from their 2007 eponymous album

"Dear God" (Nicholas Jonas song), a song by Nicholas Jonas from his 2005 album, Nicholas Jonas

"Dear God" (Boyz II Men song), a song by Boyz II Men from their 1997 album, Evolution

"Dear God" (Midge Ure song), a song by Midge Ure from his 1988 album, Answers to Nothing

 

[El Floppo]

Personally I understand in a way how for some of the other drafters how they might seek Wiki as a tool for helpsince expressing thoughts of theirs in the form of writing is not for some of them a suit of particular strength

wat

 

[Abrantes]

Personally I understand in a way how for some of the other drafters how they might seek Wiki as a tool for helpsince expressing thoughts of theirs in the form of writing is not for some of them a suit of particular strength

 

[krista4]

I had intended to run an album choice by wikkid to see if he thought it fit his criteria above. Now I can't do that, and I don't want to consult with Mr. krista4 as that seems like cheating. Who can rule whether an album is eligible? tim? Hummus?

I'm a ####### genius.Fire it over here and let me run my Bunny el Floppo magic on it.

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You really should change your name to Bunny el Floppo.

 

[Bob Lee Swagger]

34.06 - Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson - Song

Posting remotely, write-up tonight. Legendary song.

 

[krista4]

Hummus, will send you a PM about my possible album pick.

 

[Abrantes]

Hummus, will send you a PM about my possible album pick.

Just send it to me, since I'm finished with my albums.

 

[El Floppo]

For Genedoc/Bonzai:

34.03 Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday (Song)

"Strange Fruit" is a song performed most famously by Billie Holiday. It condemned American racism, particularly the lynching of African Americans that had occurred chiefly in the South but also in all regions of the United States. Holiday's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978.[2] It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Time magazine awarded it the Song of the Century.

I heard that this song was written about timchochet

"Strange Fruit" is a song performed most famously by Billie Holidayand referring to timchochet . It condemned American racism, particularly the lynching of African Americans that had occurred chiefly in the South but also in all regions of the United States. Holiday's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978.[2] It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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1 Author

2 Impact

3 Works inspired by

4 Covers

5 References

6 References

7 External links

[edit] Author

The photograph that was cited by the songwriter as the inspiration for the song: Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, August 7, 1930."Strange Fruit" began as a poem written by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish high-school teacher from the Bronx, about the lynching of two black men. He published under the pen name Lewis Allan.[3] Meeropol and his wife adopted Robert and Michael, sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of espionage and executed by the United States.[4]

Meeropol wrote "Strange Fruit" to express his horror at lynchings after seeing Lawrence Beitler's photograph of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in Marion, Indiana. He published the poem in 1936 in The New York Teacher, a union magazine. Though Meeropol/Allan had often asked others (notably Earl Robinson) to set his poems to music, he set Strange Fruit to music himself. The song gained a certain success as a protest song in and around New York. Meeropol, his wife, and black vocalist Laura Duncan performed it at Madison Square Garden.[5]

Barney Josephson, the founder of Cafe Society in Greenwich Village, New York's first integrated nightclub, heard the song and introduced it to Billie Holiday. Holiday performed the song at Cafe Society in 1939. She said that singing it made her fearful of retaliation. Holiday later said that because the imagery in "Strange Fruit" reminded her of her father, she persisted in singing it. The song became a regular part of Holiday's live performances.[6]

Holiday approached her recording label, Columbia, about recording the song. Columbia, fearing a backlash by record retailers in the South as well as possible negative reaction from affiliates of Columbia's co-owned radio network, CBS, refused to record the song. [7] Even her great producer at Columbia, John Hammond, refused. In frustration, she turned to her friend Milt Gabler (uncle of comedian Billy Crystal), whose Commodore label produced alternative jazz. Holiday sang "Strange Fruit" for him a cappella, and the song moved Gabler so much that he wept. In 1939, Gabler worked out a special arrangement with Vocalian Records to record and distribute the song [8] and Columbia allowed Holiday a one-session release from her contract in order to record it.

She recorded two major sessions at Commodore, one in 1939 and one in 1944. "Strange Fruit" was highly regarded. In time, it became Holiday's biggest selling record. Though the song became a staple of her live performances, Holiday's accompanist, Bobby Tucker, recalled that Holiday would break down every time after she sang it.

In her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues, Holiday suggested that she, together with Lewis Allan, her accompanist Sonny White, and arranger Danny Mendelsohn, put the poem to music. David Margolick and Hilton Als dismissed that claim in their work, Strange Fruit: The Biography of a Song. They wrote that hers was "an account that may set a record for most misinformation per column inch". When challenged, Holiday—whose autobiography had been ghostwritten by William Dufty—claimed, "I ain't never read that book."[9]

[edit] Impact

Barney Josephson recognized the impact of the song and insisted that Holiday close all her shows with it. Just as the song was about to begin, waiters would stop serving, the lights in club would be turned off, and a single pin spotlight would illuminate Holiday on stage. During the musical introduction, Holiday would stand with her eyes closed, as if she were evoking a prayer.

The song ultimately became the anthem of the anti-lynching movement. The dark imagery of the lyrics struck a chord. It also contributed to what would later become the Civil Rights movement of the 50s and 60s.

The song became an instant success and was most identified with Holiday. Numerous other singers have performed it. In October 1939, Samuel Grafton of The New York Post described "Strange Fruit": "If the anger of the exploited ever mounts high enough in the South, it now has its Marseillaise."

In December, 1999, Time magazine called it the song of the century.[10]

In 2002, the Library of Congress honored the song as one of 50 recordings chosen that year to be added to the National Recording Registry.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution listed the song as Number One on 100 Songs of the South. [11]

Bob Dylan cited "Strange Fruit" as an influence in the 2005 documentary No Direction Home. The movie also had a brief clip of Holiday singing.

Serbian rock musician, journalist and writer Dejan Cukić wrote about "Strange Fruit" as among forty-five other songs that changed the history of popular music in his book 45 obrtaja: Priče o pesmama.

[edit] Works inspired by

The 1944 novel Strange Fruit by author Lillian Smith, was said to have been inspired by Billie Holiday's version of the song.

The short film, Strange Fruit, written and directed by Christopher Browne. [3]

Seattle literary magazine the strange fruit is named after the song.

The opera "Strange Fruit" was inspired by the novel by Lillian Smith (above). A commissioned work, it premiered on June 15, 2007 at the Long Leaf Opera Festival[12] in Chapel Hill. Chandler Carter was the composer and Joan Ross Sorkin was the librettist.

Caryl Phillips' first play was named after the song.

Strange Fruit the novel, by Avenda Burnell Walsh was inspred by the song. [13]

jeebus I'm terrible at the internet.

 

[krista4]

Hummus, will send you a PM about my possible album pick.

Just send it to me, since I'm finished with my albums.

Are you finished with your wildcards?

 

[Chiwawa]

MisfitBlondes' Pick

34.07 The Olympic Games - Ancient Greeks (Invention)

This invention has had a dramatic impact on the world ever since they began in 776 BC. These sporting contests have drawn millions of people together, even stopping wars to participate in ancient times. Many of the events and obviously the audience have changed over the years but the basic idea has not. They still incorporate the opening and closing ceremonies which are similar to the religious ceremonies or funeral rites that the original games were centered around. To draft the creation of something this huge and relevant to the entire world in round 34 is a great work all on its own.

 

[Bonzai]

For Genedoc/Bonzai:

34.03 Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday (Song)

"Strange Fruit" is a song performed most famously by Billie Holiday. It condemned American racism, particularly the lynching of African Americans that had occurred chiefly in the South but also in all regions of the United States. Holiday's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978.[2] It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Time magazine awarded it the Song of the Century.

#### me.Since I have been doing advertising and marketing work for El Floppo and Yankee23fan, I might as well put this worthless write up to good use and help out Team Dominate.

Nice write up! I'm stealing it.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Round Thirteen

1. Fennis All In The Family

I happen to know the TV judge, and this was in his top 5. I can't say anymore then that. Confidences and such.

2. Rodg12 The Sopranos

Wouldn't have been funny if Chase made the final episode about a choir? I'm thinking either all 8 year old boys or all girls, just singing some stupid song for 52.5 minutes and then, he could have panned the camera to see Tony sitting in the audience watching. It would have been better then the uninteresting mind**** the real final episode was. Videodrome gave better mind**** then this.

3. Postradamus The Tower of London

Can't wait for the Fergie song about this. Should be musical perfection. Something rhyming London and pants ondone over and over should work.

4. timschochet Picasso's Guernica

Is this some kind of Guinea America play on words? Is there where South Park got the idea for the monster guinea pigs that try to destroy the earth? That would be cool. Maybe that's what made him cut his ear off? I mean, if I saw a huge guinea pig coming for me, I might try to trick it with an ear. Who wouldn't? I said WHO WOULDN'T!?!

5. Doug B Joe Dimaggio's 56 Game Hitting Streak

You have to love a record that makes a guy a king for faliing 78% of the time he his on the job for 8 straight weeks. Must be where the automakers got all their ideas.

6. Abrantes Catch-22

Yossarian actually died in the end. It was all in his mind. The priest came in, shot him with the gun the other guy was going to use to kill the colonel, and Yossarian died thinking he was going to Sweden. Very sad. But, if heaven is anything like Sweden we should be good.

7. BobbyLayne Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driver

Anyone have the DVD with the outtakes? THAT is some good television. The guy that throws up in the back seat and Bobby has to clean it up with the napkin he brought with his lunch. The ugly chick making out with the drunk guy in the back seat dropping the candy bars out of her purse all along the way. The fight with the indian guy over whose car it was. Classic, classic stuff.

8. Tides of War MLK's "I Have A Dream" Speech

Proof positive that it all depends who is delivering the message. If Ron Jemery was talking...... (gives a whole new meaning to Free at last, no?) (did I have to type that or could you get there on your own?)

9. wikkidpissah Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice

The greatness of this movie wasn't the performance or the story line that everyone focuses on. No, the greatness here was that a woman actually made a choice. And rather quickly. I mean, she gave up that kid in what, 14 seconds? Ask your wife where she wants to go for dinner. Go ahead. Time it. I'll wait.

10. thatguy Abbey Road

I always wondered about the guy that drove the white volkswagon on the cover. The poor guy was parked on the curb and it's now stuck in entertainment history forever. You think his wife gives him grief over that every day? He probably had a hard day and/or night working like a dog, fixing holes so rain doesn't get in, looking back on a day in his life, then getting to the local pub to drink his sorrows away thinking about the waitress Lucy in the back with diamonds and drove home drunk and parked on the curb. Now, his wife probably beats him every day with the butt end of a revolver, he dreams of revolution and the happiness of the gun getting warm.

11. El Floppo Great Expectations

I hope you didn't have any about your team.

12. Mister CIA Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Why Juicy Fruit? It's an ok gum but is loses its flavor in like 5 minutes. Why not something longer lasting? Give Chief some long term hope. He probably got out the window and got down into town feeling all free, then his gum lost its flavor, he lost hope, found some firewater and drank himself into a stupor right up until his cousin from New York happened to drive by, see him, and talked to him about this idea he had for a casino.

13. Uncle Humuna Monet's Nimphee

Is that a short sex addict?

14. Misfit Blondes Amazing Grace

The song would be a lot more entertaining if we knew why the guy was such a wretch. I mean, he was lost and blind. How exactly did he commit wretched things? That would be a cool story.

15. Bob Lee Swagger St. Peter's Baldacchino

So that's what Mary Magdeline called it.

16. Scott Norwood Nuclear Reactor

Awesome choice. You just have to be careful for the occaisonal meltdown, or a spy from another civilization coming in and destroying it on you. Creates a pollution nightmare. Then you have to bring all your engineers and workers back to the city to fix things up and meanwhile that crafty adversary civilization builds a wonder and you're sitting there holding your idork in your ihand.

17. DC Thunder The Battleship Potemkin

You give names to the boats in the game? Sad. Battleship is enough. You sank my Battleship Potemkin is just too much and makes it look like you still live with your grandmother in her basement, making her salt free, sugar free meals so that she stays regular.

18. Genedoc Galileo's Discovery of Fallen Bodies (Uniform Rate)

Okay. I was ok with the guy that looked up getting credit for a discovery, and the guy who cut his finger getting one as well. But the guy who saw the first other guy fall down? Are we really stooping that low? Why doesn't someone just take Adam since he clearly was the first to see boobies and just end the race to that goal now.

19. Tirnan Vaccination

I have to object to this one. The vaccination that women get when the wedding band goes on their finger seriously decreases sex drive, desire to stay in shape and ability to cook. I don't know if it's in the gold, wedding cake, white dress, or if it's something that moms are given in the hospital when dad isn't looking to give to their daughter when she is getting married, but it is a menace and must be stopped. The small pox thing was good though.

20. Yankee23 Fan Common Sense

Why, yes. Yes he is.

 

[El Floppo]

MisfitBlondes' Pick

34.07 The Olympic Games - Ancient Greeks (Invention)

This invention has had a dramatic impact on the world ever since they began in 776 BC. These sporting contests have drawn millions of people together, even stopping wars to participate in ancient times. Many of the events and obviously the audience have changed over the years but the basic idea has not. They still incorporate the opening and closing ceremonies which are similar to the religious ceremonies or funeral rites that the original games were centered around. To draft the creation of something this huge and relevant to the entire world in round 34 is a great work all on its own.

Way off my radar... I really like this pick I guess I would've considered it a WC, but since Yankeebean picked Basball etc as inventions, there's precedent.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

34.08 Apocalypse Now (Film)

The horror . . .

eta -> I copied and pasted that from wiki . . .

 

[Yankee23Fan]

34.08 Apocalypse Now (Film)

The horror . . .

 

[El Floppo]

34.10 Novel, Siddhartha- Herman Hesse

write-up- including pages of wikipedia- to come.

 

[Bonzai]

34.10 Novel, Siddhartha- Herman Hesse

write-up- including pages of wikipedia- to come.

Damn, wanted this one. Personal favorite.

 

[Postradamus]

ima be gone all night, skip me like Rosie O'Donnell skips the produce section at the supermarket.

 

[anborn]

MisfitBlondes' Pick

34.07 The Olympic Games - Ancient Greeks (Invention)

This invention has had a dramatic impact on the world ever since they began in 776 BC. These sporting contests have drawn millions of people together, even stopping wars to participate in ancient times. Many of the events and obviously the audience have changed over the years but the basic idea has not. They still incorporate the opening and closing ceremonies which are similar to the religious ceremonies or funeral rites that the original games were centered around. To draft the creation of something this huge and relevant to the entire world in round 34 is a great work all on its own.

Way off my radar... I really like this pick I guess I would've considered it a WC, but since Yankeebean picked Basball etc as inventions, there's precedent.

had it as a potential wildcard if it fell.... excellent pick!

 

[Fennis]

MisfitBlondes' Pick

34.07 The Olympic Games - Ancient Greeks (Invention)

This invention has had a dramatic impact on the world ever since they began in 776 BC. These sporting contests have drawn millions of people together, even stopping wars to participate in ancient times. Many of the events and obviously the audience have changed over the years but the basic idea has not. They still incorporate the opening and closing ceremonies which are similar to the religious ceremonies or funeral rites that the original games were centered around. To draft the creation of something this huge and relevant to the entire world in round 34 is a great work all on its own.

Way off my radar... I really like this pick I guess I would've considered it a WC, but since Yankeebean picked Basball etc as inventions, there's precedent.

had it as a potential wildcard if it fell.... excellent pick!

I protest the pick (only because I want to see Misfit's reaction when Tim overrules it)

 

[Fennis]

34.10 Novel, Siddhartha- Herman Hesse

write-up- including pages of wikipedia- to come.

hate to do it, because it's you... but good pick.

 

[rodg12]

SKIPPED

23.05 - Doug B (requested skip)

24.16 - Doug B (autoskip)

25.05 - Doug B (autoskip)

26.16 - Doug B (autoskip)

27.05 - Doug B - (autoskip)

28.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

28.16 - Doug B (autoskip)

29.05 - Doug B (autoskip)

29.10 - thatguy (autoskip)

30.11 - thatguy (autoskip until further notice)

30.16 - Doug B (autoskip)

31.05 - Doug B (autoskip)

31.10 - Thatguy (autoskip)

31.19 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

32.02 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

32.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

32.16 - Doug B (autoskip)

33.05 - Doug B (autoskip)

33.10 - Thatguy (autoskip)

33.12 - Team CIA (autoskip)

33.19 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

34.02 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

34.09 - Team CIA (autoskip)

34.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

34.12 - Big Rocks - OTC until :44

34.13 - Tides of War - On Deck

34.14 - BobbyLayne - In The Hole

34.15 - Abrantes

34.16 - Doug B (autoskip)

34.17 - Timscochet

34.18 - Postradamus (autoskip)

34.19 - Rodg

34.20 - Krista

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

DougB is owning this draft. nufced, IMO.

 

[El Floppo]

DougB is owning this draft. nufced, IMO.