I saw Roberta Flack mesmerize the audience at the Mississippi River Festival 1971. More than 50 years later, I stumbled upon this stirring rendition you make totally and timelessly relevant. Rozzi's performance is a vocal tour de force!
@@justinglasco2552 You do an amazing job! Your work jumps through the headphones/speakers, and it's always a pleasure to experience. The balance, nuance, clarity, and overall mixing is just sublime [chef's kiss].
She's by far my favorite singer. I just love her style of singing, she can go slightly nasal when she wants, but she does it only shortly, than she lets little rasp in, she can sing clear... anything she wants, but every little thing she does is in service of the song . I could just close my eyes and enjoy. Unperfect perfection.
This brings me right back to the night, sometime in the mid-70s, when I was an usherette at the Queen E Playhouse in Vancouver, and got to see Roberta Flack perform this live. I sat on the steps of the upper balcony, mesmerized, tears rolling down my cheeks. Still can't believe I got paid to be overwhelmed by emotion. And this version gives me shivers!
This is one of the GREATEST singers I've EVER heard! Such a beautiful rendition! And the instrumentalist is ALSO SO talented! This rendition actually brought tears to my eyes! I want to hear MORE of Rozzi AND her accompanist!!!!! 💖💘💓💗💯🎤🎵🎼🎼🎶🎶🎤🥰😍🤩🕺👆🤗💎💯💗
I swear some of the best musical performances of all time comes from this channel. You can just tell that everyone on the team absolutely loves what they do.
It’s rare that a voice just grabs me and won’t let go. I listened to this twice then went on Spotify to hear some more. This isn’t my kind of music - not my generation - and yet she’s taken this classic from ages ago and made it her own in a very special way. Plus the arrangement and musicians are fantastic.
Something magical, Rozzi, about the way you sing with your hands as much as with your voice. It’s as though the music wants to come through every pore, as though you’re literally handing it to your listener. Just wonderful.
@@iFoneVids Umm, actually.... "Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. The lyrics were written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman after she was inspired by a Don McLean performance in late 1971.
@@iFoneVids Roberta Flack's version is stil the best but there are a couple other very good version. This comes closest to Roberta's version which is both good and bad, I prefer Roberta's version but this was a great tribute and showcases a very skilled singer. I think she could have made it her own more clearly.
What a song. It’s such a story that allows the artist to bring us emotion, feeling, sadness, angst. Rozzi delivers. She immerses herself into the song so completely. 😊
Wow. wow. wow. Just putting aside for a second the JAW dropping performance from Rozzi. Ryan! Again with a ridicules guitar tone? what!? like that baritone acoustic bass sound. You've got me scratching my head going "how? what? ooo sooo goooood" Old vintagey EQ? but somehow gets the old speaker rattle with the bass notes. rubber bridge and tail piece? on a... semi hollow les paul jr rhythm? what! Kudos to you and your journey in sound crafting. What a juicy soft tone for my ears to sink into.
What's not to LOVE, it's Rozzi after all. Just heard she's opening for Joss Stone on several dates of the current tour. Now that would be ... a concert experience!
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 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 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
I have not been so moved by this song since Miss Flack so beautifully sang it. I'm not sure if even she should perhaps move over. Tear inducing. Wonderful. Not enough words. Thank you.
[Chorus] 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 [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Bridge] 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 [Chorus] 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) [Outro] 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
The soulful storytelling at the beginning was amazing. It's as if she's telling a personal story to a friend. And of course it wouldn't be a Rozzi cover without a really extra bridge luvvvv
Wow you reminded me of Reberta Flack you used a bit of different version but wow tge way you sang that song reminded me of Reberta as she hypnotized the audience with her version ! Awesome performance there young Lady ! 👍👍
The song has an interested history (source Wikipedia): ""Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. The lyrics were written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman after she was inspired by a Don McLean performance in late 1971. Denied writing credit by Fox and Gimbel, Lieberman released her version of the song in 1972, but it did not chart." and "After decades of confirming Lieberman's contribution, Fox and Gimbel changed their story about the song's origins to downplay her role. Gimbel threatened McLean with a lawsuit in 2008, demanding he remove from his website an assertion that McLean was the inspiration for "Killing Me Softly," but McLean responded by showing Gimbel his own words confirming the inspiration, published in 1973." It's a great song, and this cover is fantastic.
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I saw Roberta Flack mesmerize the audience at the Mississippi River Festival 1971. More than 50 years later, I stumbled upon this stirring rendition you make totally and timelessly relevant. Rozzi's performance is a vocal tour de force!
Search the Salome Kvirikashvili cover of this song, you'll be surprised ❤
Not sure if it's the same person/people but the Audio Engineer for Stories and Scary Pockets is amazing
That’s so kind. Thank you!
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@@justinglasco2552 You do an amazing job! Your work jumps through the headphones/speakers, and it's always a pleasure to experience. The balance, nuance, clarity, and overall mixing is just sublime [chef's kiss].
@@justinglasco2552 you’re killing it.. softly.. 🔥😂
I love that we're living in a world where an engineer gets recognized. Especially one as good as @Justin Glasco
She's by far my favorite singer. I just love her style of singing, she can go slightly nasal when she wants, but she does it only shortly, than she lets little rasp in, she can sing clear... anything she wants, but every little thing she does is in service of the song .
I could just close my eyes and enjoy. Unperfect perfection.
She has some videos of her singing in her car and they're fire
@@daisyjane6478 Watching her work her hands in this vid makes the idea of here singing while driving slightly terrifying.
Search the Salome Kvirikashvili cover of this song, you'll be surprised ❤
This brings me right back to the night, sometime in the mid-70s, when I was an usherette at the Queen E Playhouse in Vancouver, and got to see Roberta Flack perform this live. I sat on the steps of the upper balcony, mesmerized, tears rolling down my cheeks. Still can't believe I got paid to be overwhelmed by emotion. And this version gives me shivers!
Search the Salome Kvirikashvili cover of this song, you'll be surprised ❤
@@albedosolare Thank you for the recommendation - I'm intrigued now! 😼
@@albedosolare If you ever find a link, please let me know or send it to me!
I've done a search, but no luck so far.
Rozzi is one of the few singers who can bring me to tears...amazing cover.
Search the Salome Kvirikashvili cover of this song, you'll be surprised ❤
This is one of the GREATEST singers I've EVER heard! Such a beautiful rendition! And the instrumentalist is ALSO SO talented! This rendition actually brought tears to my eyes! I want to hear MORE of Rozzi AND her accompanist!!!!! 💖💘💓💗💯🎤🎵🎼🎼🎶🎶🎤🥰😍🤩🕺👆🤗💎💯💗
I swear some of the best musical performances of all time comes from this channel. You can just tell that everyone on the team absolutely loves what they do.
❤️❤️❤️
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start of the song. it has little nuance, distortions, fade, which adds a layer of oldness. a totaly diffrent vibe. love it.
It’s rare that a voice just grabs me and won’t let go. I listened to this twice then went on Spotify to hear some more. This isn’t my kind of music - not my generation - and yet she’s taken this classic from ages ago and made it her own in a very special way.
Plus the arrangement and musicians are fantastic.
Search the Salome Kvirikashvili cover of this song, you'll be surprised ❤
Something magical, Rozzi, about the way you sing with your hands as much as with your voice. It’s as though the music wants to come through every pore, as though you’re literally handing it to your listener. Just wonderful.
well said Dave!
She feel it.. Like Jessie J
You can mute the music and still feel it
Search the Salome Kvirikashvili cover of this song, you'll be surprised ❤
Search the Salome Kvirikashvili cover of this song, you'll be surprised ❤
So many great nuances capturing the Roberta Flack vibe!
One of the most underrated 90s songs
Actually this is a 70s song by Roberta Flack.
@@iFoneVids Umm, actually.... "Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. The lyrics were written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman after she was inspired by a Don McLean performance in late 1971.
@@Customerbuilder I understand but I know that Roberta made it famous. But thank you for the info. 👍🏼
@@iFoneVids Roberta Flack's version is stil the best but there are a couple other very good version. This comes closest to Roberta's version which is both good and bad, I prefer Roberta's version but this was a great tribute and showcases a very skilled singer. I think she could have made it her own more clearly.
No doubt. Lauryn Hill made this a radio staple & mass favorite of the 90's...
Extremely difficult cover. Rozzi nailed it.
Search the Salome Kvirikashvili cover of this song, you'll be surprised ❤
What a song. It’s such a story that allows the artist to bring us emotion, feeling, sadness, angst. Rozzi delivers. She immerses herself into the song so completely. 😊
Wow. wow. wow. Just putting aside for a second the JAW dropping performance from Rozzi. Ryan! Again with a ridicules guitar tone? what!? like that baritone acoustic bass sound. You've got me scratching my head going "how? what? ooo sooo goooood"
Old vintagey EQ? but somehow gets the old speaker rattle with the bass notes. rubber bridge and tail piece? on a... semi hollow les paul jr rhythm? what! Kudos to you and your journey in sound crafting. What a juicy soft tone for my ears to sink into.
Agree
I always stop whatever I am doing to listen to Rozzi. I love you Rozzi from Brazil.
Just like me. ;-)
What's not to LOVE, it's Rozzi after all. Just heard she's opening for Joss Stone on several dates of the current tour. Now that would be ... a concert experience!
Search the Salome Kvirikashvili cover of this song, you'll be surprised ❤
That sound at 2:57 is crazy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
her voice - her soul
Wow, this performance is extremely emotional.
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
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
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
This song + Rozzi = I'm speechless ❤️
Shout out to Lori Lieberman who wrote and originally performed this.... she's left out in the title.
This is how you cover a song! She didn't change the song but she absolutely made it hers ❤
that "telling my whole life" is beautiful!
I have heard this song so many times and being covered terrible. But this one wow, wow, wow, love the tone of her voice! Beautiful!
Search the Salome Kvirikashvili cover of this song, you'll be surprised ❤
Search the Salome Kvirikashvili cover of this song, you'll be surprised ❤
Vocals are perfection
I have not been so moved by this song since Miss Flack so beautifully sang it. I'm not sure if even she should perhaps move over. Tear inducing. Wonderful. Not enough words. Thank you.
Search the Salome Kvirikashvili cover of this song, you'll be surprised ❤
Search the Salome Kvirikashvili cover of this song, you'll be surprised ❤
Always good to see Rozzi make an appearance! Great version of this song!
Love what you did with the stringed instruments. Such a neat version of this classic song.
The Queen of ,The Emotions!
Rozzi could song the phone book and make it sound great! What a voice
Gorgeous and soulful. Love it. Fantastic mix between the guitar and drums. It just has a burnished sound to it that fits the vocals perfectly.
More Sean Hurley basses in Stories. What a great tone!
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Bridge]
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
[Chorus]
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)
[Outro]
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
Hermosa versión. Muy sofisticada .excelente
Great rendition of a 70's classic! Well done all.
You let it breath...beautiful.
You can't go wrong with Rozzi. She brings it.
That little flutter at 2:14...🤩
Wow,just took me back to early 70's,Roberta Flack,awesome job,keep going!!!❤
The musicians🔥. And Rozzi🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
It's always special when you have Rozzi over.
We love to hear this song. Every song with different tones is excellent performance.god bless.
Killing me softly is my fav song since i was a teenager. It was this and Backstreet boys, ahaha.. Here i absolutely loved the...softer line.
I don't know if there are people holding the cameras or if it's a post edit, but the camera moving made the whole vibe of the video beautiful.
If this didn't floor you, you're broken. What a killer performance!!
Holy crap Rozzi! This is so amazing! Your voice is so awesome!
Primer cover que escucho, me suscribo, doy like y comento.
Bellísimo arreglo, gran voz y hermosa chica.
One of my favorite songs sung beautifully by Rozzi 💜 and played beautifully by Ryan 💚
A beautiful version of one of my favourites.
Amazing voice and scaled down version! Loved this!
Such a beautiful arrangement and cover. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
such good control
She has an angelic voice :')
I really like this version. The beat is really good!
Who, if not Rozzi is the right choice for this song! GREAT!
What a great arrangement 😍
Rozzi never misses!
Dear Lord, that was beautiful.
I think this is my favorite of Rozzi's work in the SP/stories multiverse
The soulful storytelling at the beginning was amazing. It's as if she's telling a personal story to a friend. And of course it wouldn't be a Rozzi cover without a really extra bridge luvvvv
Rozzi is flawless as always..
Pure brilliance! Fabulous voice and performance! Kudos baby, girl.
Rozzi is incredible such majestic voice
Exquisite. Brilliant. Divine.
A beautiful song sung beautifully by a beautiful woman.
Amazing! No words to describe my feelings hearing this cover.
Congratulations!
I grew up with the Roberta Flack version of Cohen's song. This is a similar but unique. Really nice. Thank you.
this again im listening......Rozzi really hit the mark here.....love it...
stories and Rozzi, just perfect!
Some performances are memorable and special. This definitely belongs over there. Cheers.
Super impressed how you borrowed from both the original and the Fugees cover. Major props!
Absolutely LOVED this!! Beautifully covered! 💜💜💜
Impressive vocal control.
Wow you reminded me of Reberta Flack you used a bit of different version but wow tge way you sang that song reminded me of Reberta as she hypnotized the audience with her version ! Awesome performance there young Lady ! 👍👍
Probably the loveliest rendition of Lenard Cohen’s piece.
Just say’in.
Wow amazing singer this could not get any better! Perfection!
So good I wish it was in 4k like Scary Pockets
Simplesmente MARAVILHOSO!
PARABÉNS!
I'm obsessed with Rozzi
Wish someone on this channel would do an arrangement of Good Feeling by the Violent Femmes. Great stuff on here.
New Rozzi video
SLAPS LIKE BUTTON
The song has an interested history (source Wikipedia): ""Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. The lyrics were written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman after she was inspired by a Don McLean performance in late 1971. Denied writing credit by Fox and Gimbel, Lieberman released her version of the song in 1972, but it did not chart." and "After decades of confirming Lieberman's contribution, Fox and Gimbel changed their story about the song's origins to downplay her role. Gimbel threatened McLean with a lawsuit in 2008, demanding he remove from his website an assertion that McLean was the inspiration for "Killing Me Softly," but McLean responded by showing Gimbel his own words confirming the inspiration, published in 1973."
It's a great song, and this cover is fantastic.
So sad that only few people know this. I like Lori's original very much.
it's so beautiful
"Fugess" sounds like a Chinese mock-Swiss watch-brand. ;-) Apart from that this is beautiful.
Fortunately, the Fugees did neither sound Chinese nor Swiss and for sure not like a watch 🤣
@@dr.s. You are aware that the person was talking about the typo in the video's title?
@@DaveDEF82 This will get very mysterious, now that the typo's gone. ;-)
@@JochenVogel This will get even more mysterious by me stating: Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm...;-)
@@DaveDEF82 You know Your German, compliments! I am definitely not an early bird, though.
Best version of this song ever heard 👏
Rozzi's voice & rendition of this song and the exquisite accompaniment are mesmerizing!
Rozzi is the best singer on earth!
Damn, goosebump here.
Reminds me Amy..
Lauryn Hill was my teenage crush. I was hopelessly in love. Very nice cover
Great cover ..cool.
Absolutely sublime!
Incredible song. She the whole performance was very good.
Fugees. Lol. I know. I know. It’s for the algorithm. But sad.
Amazing job on this. Spectacular vocals
Fantastic work team stories!
Beautiful.
Rozzi, a gift for us all, thank you and the musician for this unique vibes :)
good lord, this is so good!
Beautifully done I love it far better than the original
Wow... This is very unique & special. True talent