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Passion Fruit - The Rigga Ding Dong Song
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Passion Fruit's first single released in the summer of 1999 featuring the original line-up of 3 girls and 1 guy (all four in this video are still alive!). After this single, these four were replaced by three new girls: Maria, Nathalie & Debby. See the videos for Wonderland, Sun Fun Baby, Bongo Man and I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas for the new line-up featuring Maria & Nathalie, the two that sadly died in a plane crash in November 2001. |
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SUSTAINING L.A - Night Forage by Fallen Fruit
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The collective Fallen Fruit maps local public fruit trees, encouraging us to rethink our relationship to food and public space. |
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Thai Fruit Carving
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Fruit Carving from thailand. Beautiful thai style fruit carving made by a professional from thailand. Petcharee Tamawong is a fruit carving specialist and she explains how to carve fruit into flowers and amazing shapes. |
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Overlander.tv - Cape Tribulation - Exotic Fruit Farm
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Travel Video - Cape Tribulation (pop.40)
Surrounded by National Park, Cape Trib. is a truly beautiful location. But for the locals, life can tough, no grid power, the threat of cyclones, the mad heat and the relentless rain. Only a select few make it their home.
I have organised an interview with a couple, Digby and Alison Gotts, who have been living in the rainforest for the last 12 years. They use solar panels for electricity and share there house with a multitude of forest creatures such as frogs, bats and snakes. They are virtually self sufficient with a fantastic exotic tropical fruit orchid and huge vegie patch.
The Gotts have lived at Cape Tribulation for the last 12 years. In that time they have lived through 3 cyclones.
The Gotts run exotic fruit tasting tours on their farm. |
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Francky Vincent - Fruit de la passion
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Spike Milligan - The Fresh Fruit Song
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One of the funniest clips from Spike's TV series, 'Q' - still makes me laugh like a little girl every time :-D |
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Strange Fruit
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As a child brought up in financially impoverished community, the artist remembers creating makeshift toys from the discarded items of others; old tyres being a particular favourite. Often such items were decorated in an attempt to personalise them.
In many cultures the "tyre swing", is associated with childhood memories of play, often being found in woodland clearings or near water.
The upheavals in 1980-90's South Africa witnessed the establishment of the 'tyre necklace', a punishment which involves placing a tyre soaked in petrol around the victim's neck and setting it alight.
These things, amongst others, inform the making of this work. The title of the piece and soundtrack references a dark period in American History.
"" is a song most famously performed by Billie Holiday that condemns American racism, particularly the practice of lynching and burning African Americans that was prevalent in the South at the time when it was written.
In her autobiography Lady Sings the Blues, Billie Holiday suggests that she, together with Lewis Allan, her accompanist Sonny White and arranger Danny Mendelsohn put the poem, written by Abel Meeropol, to music.
The "strange fruit" referred to in the lyrics are the bodies of African American men hanged during a lynching. They contrast the pastoral scenes of the South with the ugliness of racist violence. The lyrics were so chilling that Holiday later said "The first time I sang it, I thought it was a mistake. There wasn't even a patter of applause when I finished. Then a lone person began to clap nervously. Then suddenly everyone was clapping."
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees
Pastoral scene of the gallant South
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolia, sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
Here is the fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop
Project work by 2006 graduate Terry Massiah.
More info:
http://rosebud.luton.ac.uk/madwiki/index.php/BA%28Hons%29_Digital_Photography_%26_Video_Art
http://rosebud.luton.ac.uk/madwiki/index.php/BA%28Hons%29_Fine_Art_/_Art_%26_Design |
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Amazing Fruit Facts
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21 amazing facts about fruit you may have never known. |
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Strange Fruit
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"" - Billie Holiday. |
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Tempted by the Fruit of Another MUSIC VIDEO
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A music video for the song tempted by the fruit of another by squeeze. If you like this video PLEASE watch my other music videos...they're just as good I promise. |
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The Rotten Fruit - all 3 episodes
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All 3 episodes of Eli Roth's animations back to back!!! A kooky rock band consisting of fruits. Very funny but contains offensive language from the start. You have been warned... |
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Nia singing Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday at age 4
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Nia singing at age 4. I am Nia's mom. I have had some folks not understand why Nia is singing this. Nia is a little girl who listens to every word in a song...reason why I do not let her listen to the profane music that is out there and why Nia listens to mostly the old school...she even sings with the Grammy Award winning 70s group Earth Wind and Fire. See it on my page at www.youtube.com/user/cgoldsmith
I am a big fan of old school jazz. I played Strange Fruit in the car when Nia was about 3 and had no idea that she would listen to the lyrics so intently. I mean, most adults do not understand the nuances and meaning of this song because it is not literal...it is sung in a poetic vein. Not to brag on my child, but she is very perseptive and asked what the song meant. I just stated to her that sometimes people do bad things to others for no reason and that you should always treat others as you would want to be treated. Then she wanted to know what blood on the trees meant because she thought that "trees drink water" and she keep saying to me "mommy, I know that it has to be more than that because this song sounds so sad".
Nia is a very deep child and I like to be honest with her about things without being overly explicit. On the other hand, Jewish people have ALWAYS taught their children about the Holocaust...why? because they NEVER want that type of genocide to happen EVER again to their people. I grew up with a lot of Jewish children and they were taught about that from DAY ONE...even in Hebrew School and they were shown the number brands on the arms of their grandparents and told about the gas chambers....etc. No one says anything negative about that...so why is it wrong in this case
Slavery and Jim Crow were also a type of genocide. It is not too different from the Holocaust. It was the Holocaust of Blacks in America. This is not something that should be forgotten by anyone...my daughter included. It is part of her history and the story should be told...or it will be repeated over and over again.
Nia really feels this song and sometimes cries for her forefathers and foremothers when she sings it. She sings it so that they will not have died in vein, but for the fact that we still remember their spirits and will keep them alive in our hearts.
Think about it, at least Nia is learning something...at least I do not have her listening to the masogenistic booty shaking music that is out today. The music she listens to has a message. Before you judge, just listen to the stuff she does on my page.
However, I will thank you for your concern. I have nothing but the utmost respect for you for doing that.
Please look at my whole site to see what Nia is really about. www.youtube.com/user/cgoldsmith
You will see her on stage with Earth Wind and Fire in Vegas and singing mostly old school songs. She even starred in Mary J Blige's commercial on there and has been on Japanese TV. I try to send a message to young kids through Nia's music as follows;
1. There is nothing wrong with listening to music that is positive and or tells about your history. You don't need to listen to all the nasty booty shaking music that is out there...and to listen to other genres of music(Nia sings Portuguese songs, old school R and B songs,old school rock songs, and jazz.
2. Learn an instrument (Nia plays piano on youtube)
3. Children should be just that...children.. You do not have to look "grown" to be successful. Just be who you are. (Nia acts and dresses like a kid. No make up, no grown up hair...just a kid
4. Get an education. It is "cool" to be smart. (Nia reads in Spanish and English (above video) on youtube.) Nia goes to a full Spanish Immersion school and is an A student in 1st grade. She is 6 now and got into elementary school early.
Now all of this got started because I put these videos on youtube to show my out of town relatives what Nia was up to. I had no idea that she would get up to this day 8 million total hits and become the interest of folks around the world. However, her education comes first, but I try to hone her extra-curricular interests as well. Who knows, she may not want to do this when she is older and may want to be a Molecular Biologist like me (her mother)
Lastly, I do respect the words you said. I do hope you understand my points as well. Have a wonderful day. |
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