Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (Official Video)

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10 ай бұрын

Roberta Flack performs her 1973 #1 hit Killing Me Softly With HIs Song from her album Killing Me Softly "Killing Me Softly With His Song" earned Roberta Flack the GRAMMY for Record of The Year in 1974. 🎧 Listen to more Roberta Flack here: Atlantic75.lnk.to/RiS7BQTF
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Lyrics
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him
To listen for a while
And there he was this young boy
A stranger to my eyes
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
I felt all flushed with fever
Embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he found my letters
And read each one out loud
I prayed that he would finish
But he just kept right on
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
He sang as if he knew me
In all my dark despair
And then he looked right through me
As if I wasn't there
And he just kept on singing
Singing clear and strong
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Ohhhh ohhhh ohhhh
Ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh
La la la, la la la
Ohh ohh ohh, ohh ohh ohh
La ahh ahhhhhh haaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Ha ahh ahh, ahh ahh ahh ahh
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me (softly)
He was strumming my pain
Yeah, he was singing my life
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
With his song
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@rhino 10 ай бұрын

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@ianwilliams1128 3 ай бұрын

😢😂

@carmenbautista5094 2 ай бұрын

Maravillosa❤

@DaniDani123-sr5jg Ай бұрын

@angelasalcedo-he6eb Ай бұрын

In 2024 may enjoing this clasic theme .Beatifull ❤

@winsomeg1124 22 күн бұрын

I"m here, June 2024.😊 ❤

@SeeSaw99 3 ай бұрын

No auto-tune. No huge choir or extravagant band. Just a pure voice and talent. Absolutely breathtaking!!!!

@thiagooo2096 2 ай бұрын

TRAP MUSIC 100000000% AUTOTUNE 🤢

@SeeSaw99 2 ай бұрын

@@thiagooo2096 you're an idiot

@christschool 10 ай бұрын

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.

@rockcvn71 10 ай бұрын

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❤

@hardingkinnaird5021 10 ай бұрын

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 😅

@logicalblackman8228 9 ай бұрын

“Is” a special person. She’s still with us :)

@IgorDruginin 8 ай бұрын

You have a foto?

@TopperPenquin 8 ай бұрын

Pitch Perfect.

@mdwoods100 13 күн бұрын

One of the most beautiful love songs ever written and sung by a woman who had one of the best voices ever.

@Marco-ns7ih 12 күн бұрын

She didn't write the song and her version is not the original.

@pamelablunt1839 9 күн бұрын

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.

@stockandflow Ай бұрын

Best version. Pure voice. No instrument clutter.

@michaelstclaire Ай бұрын

one of the best ever

@johnnyboy9619 18 күн бұрын

I agree this is definitely the best version.

@brendamaharaj9463 4 ай бұрын

FEBRUARY 2024 IM LISTENING WHOS HERE TOOOO❤❤❤❤

@MrMiguelo80 4 ай бұрын

Me! But it's March now 😂 First time that I listen to the original version, always thought it was a Fugees' song

@brendamaharaj9463 4 ай бұрын

@@MrMiguelo80 Yes welcome March♥️♥️

@caroleighphillips3340 3 ай бұрын

❤

@richrichwilliams2972 3 ай бұрын

March baby and love this song

@brendamaharaj9463 3 ай бұрын

@@richrichwilliams2972 YES1972 vibes for me nice over nice an epic Classicccccc,

@skeecats 2 ай бұрын

Live performances were really a treat back in the day.. No autotune, no backup singers (kinda), just talent.

@vasilisiatropoulos3474 10 ай бұрын

This feels like opening an old chest in the attic & rediscovering forgotten treasures.

@brendamaharaj9463 3 ай бұрын

ABSOLUTELY

@a.t.c.3862 Ай бұрын

You sir, are a poet. ❤️

@brendamaharaj9463 Ай бұрын

@@a.t.c.3862 ♥️

@1Skeeler1 Ай бұрын

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!!!

@brendamaharaj9463 Ай бұрын

@@1Skeeler1 This song evokes a lot of memories it's legendary,

@alexscott2011 3 ай бұрын

Im a 64 year old man. This is a song that reflects my feelings when my son came into my life. It is so relatable that i still sing it to him, he is in his early 30s

@karenjimenez8649 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your story. It is a very beautiful act of love that you have towards your child.

@efrainvielma1260 3 ай бұрын

Mi negra ,hermosa ❤❤❤

@idontknowexactlywhoiam2207 3 ай бұрын

❤

@lovely007-sb3qu Ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@V8VORLICH 9 сағат бұрын

60 yesterday and it feels like a milestone❤

@bagopappy 20 күн бұрын

Ahhhh, the good old days when pure talent and class didn't need skimpy clothes and supporting dancers for a good show.

@jjOnes10mine 5 ай бұрын

I'm still listening in 2024 and beyond....JUMBO, JUMBO!!!🤓🤓🤓

@ceciliaortiz2375 4 ай бұрын

❤

@griffinmoore6819 10 ай бұрын

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.

@jpmilliron1953 8 ай бұрын

she is world class. Her music will live forever

@ElizabethGrindon 3 ай бұрын

I absolutely agree with you!!

@bobaer3885 27 күн бұрын

She did not write this song. Nor did she write the lyrics

@Stonewall1861 10 ай бұрын

This is still a beautiful song even today. Because it’s sung by a beautiful talented lady and the lyrics will last forever ❤

@paulthompson6308 10 ай бұрын

Great

@paulthompson6308 10 ай бұрын

@kansaspeach7727 8 ай бұрын

"The Queendom" ❤ 👸🏽 👑 ♠️ ❤🎻One of two R&B 45's Grandma 👵🏾 Ophelia would play. The 2nd midnight train to Georgia.❤

@EduardoGonzalez-uf1vf 8 ай бұрын

YES!!!

@TomYaz 6 ай бұрын

This song is actually a cover Lori Lieberman did it first the song was composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel Reply

@janicemoore6281 3 ай бұрын

People with this kind of voice is few and far between. Love it. May she get into the hall of fame.

@wangaimukuria8420 Ай бұрын

she has my vote.

@PB111627 5 күн бұрын

Hall of fame needs her consent

@melania9587 Ай бұрын

She is my idol since I was 18 playing her nonstop in my cassette recorder. From João Pessoa, Brazil.

@JohnBarrylizard 10 ай бұрын

This is magically beautiful.

@mindyviteri3100 6 күн бұрын

It reminds me of a mother singing to her child. So soothing and calming

@bruscifer 6 ай бұрын

Roberta Flack is a angel in disguise. She has fooled us all so well with the most angelic voice known to man.

@tonyhodgin1158 10 ай бұрын

This song was number 1, the week so September 7. 1973. That was 50 years ago. I was born September 7, 1973

@dpurplepalm 5 ай бұрын

That means you're #1 😉💫

@janegibney5871 4 ай бұрын

My first year of college. We were all boy crazy and played this song constantly.

@o_wckd 3 ай бұрын

I was born September 7, 1993. Be happy 💪🏽

@paulleonard4515 3 ай бұрын

I was 16 in 1973. OMG, High School with this quality of singer and music, How lucky were we!!

@MoonMan1956 2 ай бұрын

I was just starting my senior year in HS. The early 70's had some of the best music ever written and performed.

@berndhofmann752 2 ай бұрын

Roberta flack is great! ❤❤❤❤

@jethrojean7423 2 ай бұрын

Gorgeous voice

@MarkRDKing 10 ай бұрын

What a voice!!😭

@juliobahamundi7062 3 ай бұрын

Marzo 2024 ¿Quién disfruta de este clásico?❤

@user-pd6iw9sl8d 3 ай бұрын

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.

@Skyelement84K 9 ай бұрын

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. 🎶 ❤😊💐

@Emex-it5iq 7 ай бұрын

My feelings EXACTLY! 😍🫂

@johnreeves9528 3 ай бұрын

Evergreen song and as beautiful as you

@napoleonlempereur3021 5 ай бұрын

Ich bin aufgewachsen mit diesem Song.'Er'war da seit den frühen 70er Jahren.Ich liebe ihn❤❤❤

@davebruton5731 10 ай бұрын

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 !

@troyledbetter6597 2 ай бұрын

Roberta also had some nice songs that were in a couple of Clint Eastwood movies. Late 70s to early 80s.

@linafrandin8641 2 ай бұрын

She is Still, the most beautiful artist. In sound, in person. We love you Roberta Flack, always.

@wangaimukuria8420 Ай бұрын

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.

@DaleBailey-cd9bg 10 ай бұрын

❤Roberta Flack is what artistry is all about. A true angel who soars through the sky as she sings.🎉

@user-pp9ub4nq7f 5 ай бұрын

She is truly a gift from God with her voice even today a very beautiful song by a truly classy woman

@PeanutButter-yu2oy 12 күн бұрын

This song made me fall in love with the man I didn't even know yet when I first heard it. 😊❤

@vanyaschwarzenberg2111 5 ай бұрын

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. ❤

@lindalala5813 3 ай бұрын

Perfection never dies...

@jamess4535 8 ай бұрын

The best love ballad ever written and performed. Not even close.

@demonshinobi666 10 ай бұрын

Timeless hits 🎤👳🏾‍♀️🎼🔥

@user-mx5il5wc4x 2 ай бұрын

Magical....the voice, the range, the composure, everything 👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿 I thank my late dad for ensuring that we grew up listening to proper, proper music!

@joneaton226 Ай бұрын

As a very young little boy, many a night on my am radio, fell asleep listening to this beautiful song.

@PeanutButter-yu2oy 12 күн бұрын

Yes, funny to remember how we used to fall asleep with our transitors. Parents always had to give us new batteries. 😅😊😊

@thomasfruge 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful Singing

@danielleknight1067 2 ай бұрын

I'm still here. Listening to my faves 💓

@user-bg2yc9xw9c 5 ай бұрын

Шикарный льётся голос! Как золото колокольчиков! Я в знак восхищения склоняю голову перед шикарной женщиной, певицей, артистом! 😍🌹

@solt65 8 ай бұрын

I'm a brazilian guy that thanks God because I like musics like that, and I always liked music this type.

@wangaimukuria8420 Ай бұрын

you are a guy with a good taste in music.

@christopher5585 10 ай бұрын

Another reminder of the Best Decade, Ever. Simply Beautiful ❤️

@stump182 4 сағат бұрын

Angels walk among us.

@steveowlhollamac8065 Ай бұрын

MAY 3RD 2024...STILL A CLASSIC SONG 😊😊😊

@mariadefatimascotton8521 10 ай бұрын

Não sei o que seria do planeta sem a beleza e cultura dessa raça fantástica ❤!

@careeneholst9815 5 ай бұрын

Unique and beautiful voiice. No screaming, just gorgeous straight ahead singing, making it about the song and music. She and Whitney my favorites.

@anaalban8836 10 ай бұрын

Uno de los mejores temas de los años 70. Un clásico de todos los tiempos.

@lindabaron4584 Ай бұрын

No one can touch this ever. ❤❤❤

@wangaimukuria8420 Ай бұрын

the classic is a bomb upto day. love it.

@billvinson7859 10 ай бұрын

The greatest female singer of the 20th century. ❤ I have tears in my eyes while listening to her.

@danacraig2535 10 ай бұрын

I cry also. More beauty than I can absord

@garyhighley9022 5 ай бұрын

Have to agree

@user-yu4or3ju4u 5 ай бұрын

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

@jamesbradley6958 18 күн бұрын

Another treasure

@magiungeniusbeatzofficial 10 ай бұрын

sin palabras para definir el que siento al escuchar esta clásico de Roberta Flack una de mis canciones preferidas del mundo la mejor

@martinscalf114 5 ай бұрын

Roberta, you seranaded and soothed the hearts of so, so many people. I hope someone is there to comfort you.

@MarshaDawn20 8 ай бұрын

This song still haunts me, 50 yrs later, from when I first heard it as a child...

@johnreeves9528 3 ай бұрын

It’s like a red wine and as beautiful as you are ❤

@tswag4942 8 ай бұрын

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.

@giaparent8829 3 ай бұрын

I was 4 when it came out. I still freaking love this song ❤❤❤❤

@jmrodas9 10 ай бұрын

One of my favorite songs of the seventies. I remember so many things when listening to it, and enjoy it

@mikemorris5705 23 күн бұрын

She is one of the best ever.. when i hear the fugees cover, i just get disappointed when it cut out to them. She is so talented.

@Marco-ns7ih 23 күн бұрын

Yes, Roberta's cover is better than Fugees'.

@elainegarcia8967 4 ай бұрын

Siempre es un placer estético del más alto nivel escuchar a tan notable artista Gracias por tan buen A RTE❤

@amangogna68 10 ай бұрын

Great song and amazing singer !

@davidortiz173 7 ай бұрын

What a class act! Awesome performance!

@ramonv.paguia4844 10 ай бұрын

Love this Song And The Voice ... so Amazing❤

@cosmic7027 10 ай бұрын

🤩 nice! Back when mellow music was Quality ; childhood memories 🤓 🙏🏻 Atravesó Fronteras 🇳🇮 (Nic.)

@werewolf5674 10 ай бұрын

I was in high school when this came out. So many great memories around this song.

@benhwu 14 күн бұрын

This song brings me back to the memory of the movie I don't remember, time flies and the song shall never die!

@ma.imeldabuzon2920 7 ай бұрын

Remembering the past, the moment....really a beautiful song. Wonderful Roberta Flack!

@melodytowers7560 Күн бұрын

The voice of a angel like 3:51 serious such raw talent 2024 love peace ☮

@bk71879 20 күн бұрын

How is she not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

@theresareineke6753 Ай бұрын

Roberta has such a beautiful voice! I loved this song when it was first released back in the early 70s.

@esdraspires5542 5 ай бұрын

Sou apaixonado por esta linda voz, que bela música. Volta Redonda RJ 16/01/2024

@marcoantoniofernandes6242 4 ай бұрын

Ela é maravilhosa

@stephenlee5718 9 ай бұрын

This song by her brings emotion and tears to my eyes ❤❤❤

@hamzayaxman796 4 ай бұрын

2024 anyone ❤

@Howdidulove 9 ай бұрын

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

@janebethshimon 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful voice. Excellent singing. Love Roberta Flack.

@threecheers4obama Ай бұрын

Angelic. Timeless. I grew up with this tune and it was the best tune on the dance floor in those days the 70s.

@anasegura8876 4 ай бұрын

Hola,continuo escuchando a roberta en febrero del 2024.reciclo la vida para vivir.gracias.

@KittyGrizGriz 7 ай бұрын

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!! ♥️

@ursulanikolaou8737 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful lady, beautiful song and lyrics. Brings back memories of my young life and most romantic moments listening to this wonderful lady !

@matru1959 3 ай бұрын

One of the best songs ever.

@altwaneross828 9 ай бұрын

This song deeper then what ppl think

@leonardhill4440 5 ай бұрын

Roberta Flack was in a world of her own just a beautiful woman telling her beautiful story…God Bless her.

@lohanvitor 10 ай бұрын

Greatest!!!!!👏👏👏👏

@Carmenetta 10 ай бұрын

Mom loved this , Roberta’s beautiful voice, along with meaningful lyrics . My Mom also sang like an angel . Thank you for sharing ❤

@MichaelSeeger 9 ай бұрын

eyes closing and dreaming🤗🤗🤗what a feeling in her voice

@marieblue 3 ай бұрын

Here is the story behind “Killing Me Softly With His Song”… Dixit Charles Fox : “Norman Gimbel and I wrote that song for a young artist whose name was Lori Lieberman. Norman had a book in which he would put titles of songs, song ideas and lyrics, or something that struck him at different times. And he pulled out the book and he was looking through it, and he says, ‘HEY, WHAT ABOUT A SONG TITLE, ‘KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS BLUES’? Well, the ‘killing me softly’ part sounded very interesting, ‘with his blues’ sounded old fashioned in 1972 when we wrote it. So he thought for a while and he said, ‘WHAT ABOUT ‘KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG’? That has a unique twist to it.’ So we discussed what it could be, and obviously it’s about a song - LISTENING TO THE SONG AND BEING MOVED BY THE WORDS. It’s like the words are speaking to what that person’s life is. Anyway, Norman went home and wrote an extraordinary lyric and called me later in the afternoon. I jotted it down over the phone. I sat down and the music just flowed right along with the words. And we got together the next morning and made a couple of adjustments with it and we played it for Lori, and she loved it, she said it reminds her of being at a DON MCLEAN concert […].” ROBERTA FLACK heard Lieberman’s original version on an in-flight tape recorder while flying from Los Angeles to New York. She loved the title and lyrics and decided to cover it herself. Said Miss Flack : “I was flicking through the in-flight magazine to see if they’d done an article on me. After realizing they hadn’t, I saw this picture of a little girl called Lori Lieberman. I’d never heard of her before, so I read it with interest to see what she had that I didn’t.” Roberta - a.k.a. Rubina - decided to record “Killing Me Softly With His Song” (1973) but felt it wasn’t complete, so on arriving in New York, she went into the studio and started experimenting. She changed the chord structure and ended the piece with a major rather than minor chord. SHE WORKED ON THE SONG IN THE STUDIO FOR THREE WHOLE MONTHS, PLAYING AROUND WITH VARIOUS CHORD STRUCTURES UNTIL SHE GOT IT JUST RIGHT❗️ “Killing Me Softly” earned the diva Grammys in 1974 for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal. The acclaimed chanteuse’s “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (1972) won Record of the Year in 1973, making her the first artist ever to receive the award two years in a row‼️ HATS 🎩 OFF TO YOU, ROBERTA CLEOPATRA FLACK❕ 💙🎶💚

@Frank-rx8ch 3 ай бұрын

In all our dark dispear, God is always there to help, guide and lift us out of this spiritual warfare we face mam. God bless you with lotsa love from NZ❤

@anaclaudiamassolini602 8 ай бұрын

Esta música é de 1973, ano que nasci. É lindissima e é um presente a quem escuta. ❤

@mfi-cf7sp 7 ай бұрын

how beautiful inside and out ❤ please lord bring back the 60s and 70s cause the 2020’s suck worse than ever especially the music

@maryduff8831 6 ай бұрын

A beautiful rich smooth natural voice ❤️

@JoaoBatistaAraujo-le8uh 3 ай бұрын

Março de 2024, ouvindo essa canção lindíssima,com uma interpretação dessa extraordinária Roberta Flack maravilhosa.

@hughjass1044 4 ай бұрын

Not too many voices anywhere that I know of any more beautiful than this.

@russellb4510 3 ай бұрын

Quite simply... music does not get better than this Even fifty years later one of my favorites..

@suetate4489 3 ай бұрын

This song is one of my all time favourites ❤ 1970 the best music ever

@johnyounardi8749 23 күн бұрын

Just the most beautiful voice ,smile,words,you killed us all ...God bless you Roberta Flack..much love from da Bronx New York...

@LanTianCaelus 26 күн бұрын

You can’t help but get gooseflesh hearing Flack’s voice and feeling her melancholia in each line. You all have been there and know.❤

@ronslaughterandalice1018 2 ай бұрын

Very special Lady,,,, Brave , powerful presentation with only the grace this Lady could perform this song. Amazing the song writing talent who ever put those words down.