texanwitch
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Tue Sep-06-05 12:19 AM
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I am listening to Billie Holiday, any fans out there. |
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I love her singing Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Oleans.
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Tue Sep-06-05 12:21 AM
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I never get tired of listening to her voice. I must have 6 or 7 CDs. Even found a compilation w/her version of "Strange Fruit."
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Tue Sep-06-05 12:23 AM
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3. "Strange Fruit" almost always makes me cry... n/t |
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Tue Sep-06-05 12:31 AM
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6. Me, too. It's also horrifying. |
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I think I've heard a version by Sarah Vaughn as well that also cuts right through you.
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Tue Sep-06-05 12:29 AM
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5. Our library in Houston loans CD's and I made copies. |
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I love her voice, I have been listening for over two hours now.
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Tue Sep-06-05 12:32 AM
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7. A biography was published a few years ago. |
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I can't remember the name of it, but you could find it fairly easily if you are interested.
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texanwitch
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Tue Sep-06-05 12:40 AM
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9. Thanks, I will check to see if the library as a copy. |
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I first heard her on KPFT, on a late night music program.
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Tue Sep-06-05 12:44 AM
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11. You know, that bio. might be called "Strange Fruit" but |
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i'm so tired right now, I'm probably way off track.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy it if you find it.
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Tue Sep-06-05 07:59 AM
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19. there's a relatively new one just called Billie |
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Tue Sep-06-05 12:22 AM
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2. I'm a Billie Holiday fanatic... |
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If our sigs were showing up now, I'd point her out in my sig picture.
"Stars Fell on Alabama" and "He's Funny That Way" were playing here a little while ago...
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Tue Sep-06-05 12:23 AM
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I've always got a song or 2 in the rotation of my overnight show.
Her voice was pure, uinadiulterated emotion; you could hear every crack, the grain, in it. And every single moment of pain that she went through.
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Tue Sep-06-05 12:38 AM
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8. Love her....and Ella Fitzgerald.......and Sarah Vaughn |
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Tue Sep-06-05 12:45 AM
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12. I lived for a year in New Orleans years ago, I am feeling sad right now. |
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The music was so great, I so hated to have to leave.
We have lost a great treasure.
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Tue Sep-06-05 12:42 AM
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10. One of my favorite vocalists |
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And she's a must for any jazz collection..
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Tue Sep-06-05 01:10 AM
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13. I Cover the Waterfront |
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Love her version of that one.
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Tue Sep-06-05 01:17 AM
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14. I am listening to that son now. |
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Tue Sep-06-05 01:21 AM
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15. I'd listen to it again |
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if I could locate my LP of it. Long ago I used to drink some vino to get in the mood for listening to Ms Holliday. It seemed to work. But she's so good I can get on her wavelength just sipping lemonade.
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Tue Sep-06-05 01:51 AM
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16. Billy Holiday is best between midnight and 3. |
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Tue Sep-06-05 06:51 AM
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17. I absolutely adore her, but I don't think I could listen to her music |
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right now without crying my eyes out. :(
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Tue Sep-06-05 07:54 AM
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Breaks my heart every time I listen to it.
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Tue Sep-06-05 08:00 AM
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20. her verson of Lover Man...it kills me |
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Her voice saying: "I don't know why but I'm feeling so sad...." :cry:
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