Backup/ background singers are live too 😂❤that doesn’t take away from anything. A backing track is a different story, just saying. 🤷🏽♂️ …even though she used none here.
Well, your Hope is my command because guess what? Yes, Roberta Flack is in the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. She was inducted in 2009. She is a true musician to the the core, she has, a bachelor ‘s degree in music, she taught music, in public school & she created a music school, SHE Is a TRUE BLUE , LIVING LEGEND Of Craft ! She is deep! My introduction to Ms Flack was when I was about 9/10 yrs old
The first time I heard her voice back in the 70s it really had an affect on my life. She is a very special person and I think she has made a real positive on my life. Just saying.
Roberta is from my hometown in Asheville NC. One Christmas, she gave a free concert downtown in the late 1980's. I remember her in a full length fur coat standing on stage as we were all very cold but she was a true professional and spectacular and her voice was just as good live as in the recordings. Roberta was a special person.
Oh, YEAH!!! And we happened to have an attic, when this played on the radio, every day! I can still smell the wood rafters on a hot, humid Allentown summer day!!!
When I was 10 years old, I would walk to the library and check out this record and play it over and over again until I had to return it. For me, it wasn't about a boy singing a song. It was about feeling like someone might one day understand the depth of my feelings and maybe understand me in some significant way. I was just a child, but I needed to feel like someone understood, even just a little bit. I felt like Roberta Flack understood.
To me Roberta Flack is, and has been one of the major musicians in the history of the rock & roll era. Her crystal clear vocals combined with her gift of piano, her obvious spiritual goodness, and her love of life, music, peace, and sharing her talents with the rest of the world, I believe Roberta Flack ranks right up there with the likes of Maria Callas, Èdith Piaf, Leontyne Price, Nina Simone, and Mahalia Jackson. These are our angels of voice, comfort, and inspiration.
Best voice suiting the words and melody except I would prefer every time the word "softly" would be more suave, sensual by being more "legato" (as we would say in classical music) !
This is Roberta Flack's song. No one else has ever been able to convey the meaning behind these lyrics. It truly is one of the most beautiful love songs ever written
@@jeshkam She made a hit and won an award but the lyrics aren't hers, she wasn't the one who saw Don McLean perform and she wasn't the one who was touched by his words. It's Lori's song and she deserved to receive credits for her song instead of a cover artist.
My , late father turned my family onto Roberta back in the mid 70's . We' d listen to this and Simon and Garfunkle on long family trips in our car . Good Stuff !
I just had to hear this today. This instant. I wanted to sing it with her driving in my car. A little old lady driving home singing w Roberta Flack. Yup! Just what I needed. 🎶 ❤😊💐
the classic is timeless; the lyrics, the melody, the vocals and the instruments are just fabulous. The song is among my collection of the Golden oldies. Love it.
this voice......is/was/will be the standard....I have always loved her voice!...crystal clear,wonderful pitch and sooooooo much emotion comes from Roberta through her voice!
Awesome. Well found.. Now you can enjoy discovering more Roberta Flack music 🎶. Even better got part of u back. Congratulations 🎊 ever hopeful into the future...
This is such a unique subject for a song. It is sort of a song within a song. Songs have the power to well up all kinds of memories of all kinds of experiences.
@@johnreeves9528 I strive to write/record music that relates to the human experience. The one song that is doing well internationally is one about aging, believe it or not. Check out my "Still Green" on UA-cam. Thanks and take care.
Yo. Yo tengo 47 años, y nunca imaginé estar oyendo un video del 1972. Pero que bueno es su canto, y sin auto-tune. Esta canción es mi favorita, y la canta Lauryn Hill.
So heartbreaking to me that Roberta Flack is dying from ALS. No crueler disease. Crying now at her suffering. So grateful for her amazing unique voice. May she find peace soon.
Because of this song-Killing Me Softly, of all things-a tear or two of emotional baggage has slipped silently from my heart and landed on my computer, seeping into its very circuits, making it stutter, stumble, and fall apart. But in the strange and almost cruel twist of fate, the beauty of it all is that now my computer is stuck, helplessly trapped in an endless loop, playing this song over and over again. It's not just music-it's a current of emotion, pulling me deeper with every note, every word. The melody feels like it’s breathing my pain, echoing the suffering I've tried to bury, as though it knows-as if the song itself understands the weight I carry. And even as it tugs at my soul, drowning me in memories, there's a strange comfort in it, because this song... this song is one of my favorites.
She sang like the beautiful song bird that she was...As a little boy of eight back in the early 1970s, this song often greeted us on the radio...one of my favorite songs from the era. This and Nicolette Larson's inimitable "LOTTA LOVE" was one of the staples of comfort music of the 1970s. I thank God every day that I was a child during this era...a real boon.
Magical....the voice, the range, the composure, everything 👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿 I thank my late dad for ensuring that we grew up listening to proper, proper music!
This lady is a pure happiness and love that she has never had any problems with her life in the way of her career all though it took her time to profect her talent with a passion to make it work and she would work hard for every thing you have done so much, I love you
bullying,eu ouvi quando foi lançada por Roberta essa beldade,eu tinha 12 anos e com 62anos atualmente; não há uma só vez que quando ouço não né emociono e me encanto como minha primeira vez,adoro cantarolar sózinha em casa,rsrs
You are speaking only to me. “Killing me softly with your words - Roberta Flack” The sad things is - I never knew and I’m 57 years old. Only now I know. Thank you Jimmy for staring into my soul and saying it exactly as it is. That’s powerful man! Shall I morn for my life?
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In 2024 may enjoing this clasic theme .Beatifull ❤
I"m here, June 2024.😊 ❤
Live performances were really a treat back in the day.. No autotune, no backup singers (kinda), just talent.
Backup/ background singers are live too 😂❤that doesn’t take away from anything. A backing track is a different story, just saying. 🤷🏽♂️ …even though she used none here.
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You bitches live in smack world.
No auto-tune. No huge choir or extravagant band. Just a pure voice and talent. Absolutely breathtaking!!!!
TRAP MUSIC 100000000% AUTOTUNE 🤢
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People with this kind of voice is few and far between. Love it. May she get into the hall of fame.
she has my vote.
Hall of fame needs her consent
Well, your Hope is my command because guess what? Yes, Roberta Flack is in the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. She was inducted in 2009. She is a true musician to the the core, she has, a bachelor ‘s degree in music, she taught music, in public school & she created a music school, SHE Is a TRUE BLUE , LIVING LEGEND Of Craft ! She is deep! My introduction to Ms Flack was when I was about 9/10 yrs old
The first time I heard her voice back in the 70s it really had an affect on my life. She is a very special person and I think she has made a real positive on my life. Just saying.
Roberta is from my hometown in Asheville NC. One Christmas, she gave a free concert downtown in the late 1980's. I remember her in a full length fur coat standing on stage as we were all very cold but she was a true professional and spectacular and her voice was just as good live as in the recordings. Roberta was a special person.
I'll bet she was. My mom always liked her music,as I was growing up. Roberta Flack was part of my life growing up❤
Aww you from Christ school… I go from Owen and y’all’s XC team is so cracked. Just a random thought, love this song though 😅
“Is” a special person. She’s still with us :)
You have a foto?
Pitch Perfect.
Robertas voice is dynamite. It's so beautiful, clear and crisp . Nobody sings Killing Me Softly better than she does.
This feels like opening an old chest in the attic & rediscovering forgotten treasures.
ABSOLUTELY
You sir, are a poet. ❤️
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Oh, YEAH!!! And we happened to have an attic, when this played on the radio, every day! I can still smell the wood rafters on a hot, humid Allentown summer day!!!
@@1Skeeler1 This song evokes a lot of memories it's legendary,
When I was 10 years old, I would walk to the library and check out this record and play it over and over again until I had to return it. For me, it wasn't about a boy singing a song. It was about feeling like someone might one day understand the depth of my feelings and maybe understand me in some significant way.
I was just a child, but I needed to feel like someone understood, even just a little bit. I felt like Roberta Flack understood.
I used to do the same, when I was 4 years old... for the same reasons as you, I guess.
Wow. Roberta never disappoints. Love this
One of the most beautiful love songs ever written and sung by a woman who had one of the best voices ever.
She didn't write the song and her version is not the original.
@@Marco-ns7ih the person never said it was written by her nor that it was the original version. Read the comment again
@@Marco-ns7ih I know that, that's not what I said. 🤩
Did she die?
To me Roberta Flack is, and has been one of the major musicians in the history of the rock & roll era. Her crystal clear vocals combined with her gift of piano, her obvious spiritual goodness, and her love of life, music, peace, and sharing her talents with the rest of the world, I believe Roberta Flack ranks right up there with the likes of Maria Callas, Èdith Piaf, Leontyne Price, Nina Simone, and Mahalia Jackson. These are our angels of voice, comfort, and inspiration.
she is world class. Her music will live forever
I absolutely agree with you!!
She did not write this song. Nor did she write the lyrics
This is magically beautiful.
There will never be another. The voice of an angel.
This album was the first one I ever owned. Loved it as an early teenager and love it now.
Ich bin aufgewachsen mit diesem Song.'Er'war da seit den frühen 70er Jahren.Ich liebe ihn❤❤❤
This is still a beautiful song even today. Because it’s sung by a beautiful talented lady and the lyrics will last forever ❤
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"The Queendom" ❤ 👸🏽 👑 ♠️ ❤🎻One of two R&B 45's Grandma 👵🏾 Ophelia would play. The 2nd midnight train to Georgia.❤
YES!!!
This song is actually a cover Lori Lieberman did it first the song was composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel
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Best version. Pure voice. No instrument clutter.
one of the best ever
I agree this is definitely the best version.
Best voice suiting the words and melody except I would prefer every time the word "softly" would be more suave, sensual by being more "legato" (as we would say in classical music) !
It is her song. Yes -- hers!
Sorry, I grew up with the fugees version and think that one is more iconic.
This is Roberta Flack's song. No one else has ever been able to convey the meaning behind these lyrics. It truly is one of the most beautiful love songs ever written
I am sure Lori Lieberman was and is able to convey the meaning behind these lyrics. She wrote the lyrics and she did the original version.
@@Marco-ns7ih Yes, but Roberta made it her own.
@@jeshkam She made a hit and won an award but the lyrics aren't hers, she wasn't the one who saw Don McLean perform and she wasn't the one who was touched by his words. It's Lori's song and she deserved to receive credits for her song instead of a cover artist.
@@Marco-ns7ih Still though, Roberta made it her own.
So full of feeling that it makes me feel sad and happy at the same time!
Roberta Flack is a angel in disguise. She has fooled us all so well with the most angelic voice known to man.
Roberta flack is great! ❤❤❤❤
Gorgeous voice
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North Carolina, you should be so proud to have raised such a talent....
My , late father turned my family onto Roberta back in the mid 70's . We' d listen to this and Simon and Garfunkle on long family trips in our car . Good Stuff !
Roberta also had some nice songs that were in a couple of Clint Eastwood movies. Late 70s to early 80s.
My mom loved this song. She had this album on vinyl when I was a little girl and at 58 I still remember every word. Roberta is a queen. ❤
Love Roberta Always & Forever!
She is Still, the most beautiful artist. In sound, in person. We love you Roberta Flack, always.
I just had to hear this today. This instant. I wanted to sing it with her driving in my car. A little old lady driving home singing w Roberta Flack. Yup! Just what I needed. 🎶 ❤😊💐
My feelings EXACTLY! 😍🫂
Evergreen song and as beautiful as you
What a voice!!😭
the classic is timeless; the lyrics, the melody, the vocals and the instruments are just fabulous. The song is among my collection of the Golden oldies. Love it.
One of the great divas of my childhood. Still haunting.
My mother used to sing this song for my siblings and I when we were very young. We had her recorded singing this song on a tape. Love U mom. Miss U. ❤
this voice......is/was/will be the standard....I have always loved her voice!...crystal clear,wonderful pitch and sooooooo much emotion comes from Roberta through her voice!
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The best love ballad ever written and performed. Not even close.
Perfection never dies...
50年前にラジオから流れてきたこの曲の虜になったものでした。半世紀たった今聴いても感動は色あせない😂
She is my idol since I was 18 playing her nonstop in my cassette recorder. From João Pessoa, Brazil.
She and Shaka Kahn are such beautiful singers and song writers. There will never be another like them.
Roberta Flack!!!! Why is it only today am discovering you??? I got a part of me back. Thank you. There's more to say but Thank you for now
Awesome. Well found.. Now you can enjoy discovering more Roberta Flack music 🎶. Even better got part of u back. Congratulations 🎊 ever hopeful into the future...
Welcome! You are in for a treat with Roberta Flack
This song was number 1, the week so September 7. 1973. That was 50 years ago. I was born September 7, 1973
That means you're #1 😉💫
My first year of college. We were all boy crazy and played this song constantly.
I was born September 7, 1993. Be happy 💪🏽
I was 16 in 1973. OMG, High School with this quality of singer and music, How lucky were we!!
I was just starting my senior year in HS. The early 70's had some of the best music ever written and performed.
Roberta flack's voice is a musical instrument. So beautiful. Piercing all the way to the soul. 💕
This is such a unique subject for a song. It is sort of a song within a song. Songs have the power to well up all kinds of memories of all kinds of experiences.
That’s so true ❤
@@johnreeves9528 I strive to write/record music that relates to the human experience. The one song that is doing well internationally is one about aging, believe it or not. Check out my "Still Green" on UA-cam. Thanks and take care.
sin palabras para definir el que siento al escuchar esta clásico de Roberta Flack una de mis canciones preferidas del mundo la mejor
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¿Quién disfruta de este clásico?❤
Yo. Yo tengo 47 años, y nunca imaginé estar oyendo un video del 1972. Pero que bueno es su canto, y sin auto-tune. Esta canción es mi favorita, y la canta Lauryn Hill.
Amo essa música desde os anos 70! Simplesmente linda e eterna 💖💞💗❣️💟💟❤️💕💓💞💖
Another reminder of the Best Decade, Ever. Simply Beautiful ❤️
Unique and beautiful voiice. No screaming, just gorgeous straight ahead singing, making it about the song and music. She and Whitney my favorites.
So heartbreaking to me that Roberta Flack is dying from ALS. No crueler disease. Crying now at her suffering. So grateful for her amazing unique voice. May she find peace soon.
Roberta, you seranaded and soothed the hearts of so, so many people. I hope someone is there to comfort you.
Pure pleasure an Angelic voice that feeds the soul❤
Because of this song-Killing Me Softly, of all things-a tear or two of emotional baggage has slipped silently from my heart and landed on my computer, seeping into its very circuits, making it stutter, stumble, and fall apart. But in the strange and almost cruel twist of fate, the beauty of it all is that now my computer is stuck, helplessly trapped in an endless loop, playing this song over and over again. It's not just music-it's a current of emotion, pulling me deeper with every note, every word. The melody feels like it’s breathing my pain, echoing the suffering I've tried to bury, as though it knows-as if the song itself understands the weight I carry. And even as it tugs at my soul, drowning me in memories, there's a strange comfort in it, because this song... this song is one of my favorites.
Roberta has a voice of gold
It reminds me of a mother singing to her child. So soothing and calming
Absolute perfection what a legend
One of my favorite songs of the seventies. I remember so many things when listening to it, and enjoy it
She sang like the beautiful song bird that she was...As a little boy of eight back in the early 1970s, this song often greeted us on the radio...one of my favorite songs from the era. This and Nicolette Larson's inimitable "LOTTA LOVE" was one of the staples of comfort music of the 1970s. I thank God every day that I was a child during this era...a real boon.
Uno de los mejores temas de los años 70. Un clásico de todos los tiempos.
❤Roberta Flack is what artistry is all about. A true angel who soars through the sky as she sings.🎉
my god she's so good.
Magical....the voice, the range, the composure, everything 👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿 I thank my late dad for ensuring that we grew up listening to proper, proper music!
Beautiful voice of a beautiful soul.
Beautiful Singing
She is truly a gift from God with her voice even today a very beautiful song by a truly classy woman
None of the music of today will be as lasting as songs like this. It is amazing how much the quality in music and art have dropped.
A God given voice ! I played her music , it had so much meaning ! In love with my first love when this came out ! ❤
Im leaving this comment here, so after a month or a year when someone likes it, I get reminded of this beautiful song❤
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I've always loved this song, but I really enjoy the Fugees version almost as much as Roberta's.
So so so so beautiful this song . Your voice Ms. Robert Flack so unique and lovely . Thank you for your music.
What a class act! Awesome performance!
First time hearing this… goosebumps
Great song and amazing singer !
Não sei o que seria do planeta sem a beleza e cultura dessa raça fantástica ❤!
This lady is a pure happiness and love that she has never had any problems with her life in the way of her career all though it took her time to profect her talent with a passion to make it work and she would work hard for every thing you have done so much, I love you
This song is one of my all time favourites ❤ 1970 the best music ever
Roberta Flack was in a world of her own just a beautiful woman telling her beautiful story…God Bless her.
It‘s my favorite song and I got a lot of comfort. ❤
You have excellent taste!!
Absolutely beautiful voice
Ahhhh, the good old days when pure talent and class didn't need skimpy clothes and supporting dancers for a good show.
This song always brings me to tears, it's so heart felt
Sou apaixonado por esta linda voz, que bela música. Volta Redonda RJ 16/01/2024
Ela é maravilhosa
This was on the radio often when I was 10 in 1975...a signature sound from the 1970s... truly, one of my personal favorites. Thank you for posting...
This song still haunts me, 50 yrs later, from when I first heard it as a child...
It’s like a red wine and as beautiful as you are ❤
Just perfect sound. Really nice like wow. Her highs are perfect highs her low’s just simmer with perfection.
One of the best songs ever.
As a very young little boy, many a night on my am radio, fell asleep listening to this beautiful song.
Yes, funny to remember how we used to fall asleep with our transitors. Parents always had to give us new batteries. 😅😊😊
Siempre es un placer estético del más alto nivel escuchar a tan notable artista Gracias por tan buen A RTE❤
Beautiful song from a beautiful woman. Never let her memory die!
Remembering the past, the moment....really a beautiful song. Wonderful Roberta Flack!
I'm a french boy found of hard rock and i love so much this woman who kills me softly with her song....
I'm still here. Listening to my faves 💓
I can't like, love Roberta enough...a voice from my childhood
Шикарный льётся голос! Как золото колокольчиков! Я в знак восхищения склоняю голову перед шикарной женщиной, певицей, артистом! 😍🌹
My parents had the 8 track tape of her music. This was my favorite song when i was very young during the 1970s. Oh the memories
Hola,continuo escuchando a roberta en febrero del 2024.reciclo la vida para vivir.gracias.
The greatest female singer of the 20th century. ❤ I have tears in my eyes while listening to her.
I cry also. More beauty than I can absord
Have to agree
bullying,eu ouvi quando foi lançada por Roberta essa beldade,eu tinha 12 anos e com 62anos atualmente; não há uma só vez que quando ouço não né emociono e me encanto como minha primeira vez,adoro cantarolar sózinha em casa,rsrs
Março de 2024, ouvindo essa canção lindíssima,com uma interpretação dessa extraordinária Roberta Flack maravilhosa.
Making love with lyrics; still remember when this came out, definitely a favorite … Roberta’s voice is so fantastic she makes you “FEEL” it too!! ♥️
I was in high school when this came out. So many great memories around this song.
She was my very first concert. Early 80s at Freedom Weekend Aloft in SC. Beautiful in every way.
this song is killing me softly
Que voz, que sentimiento para cantar. Alma y corazón 100%
Que coisa maravilhosa. Saudade dessas vozes e melodias.
You are speaking only to me.
“Killing me softly with your words - Roberta Flack”
The sad things is - I never knew and I’m 57 years old. Only now I know. Thank you Jimmy for staring into my soul and saying it exactly as it is. That’s powerful man!
Shall I morn for my life?
Mom loved this , Roberta’s beautiful voice, along with meaningful lyrics . My Mom also sang like an angel . Thank you for sharing ❤