FIRST TIME HEARING Roberta Flack - Killing ME Softly With His Song REACTION
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FIRST TIME HEARING Roberta Flack - Killing ME Softly With His Song REACTION
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Listen to the Fugee's version please
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You need to hear her song, First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ... it's so sweet. It'll make you cry it's sooooo good. It's similar to this one in that she's describing someone who has affected her deeply, and I love it deeply, with my soul !!! Here's a link ... (ruclips.net/video/VqW-eO3jTVU/видео.html ). It was used in the movie, Play Misty For Me with Clint Eastwood, Donna Mills and Jessica Walters, and it gutted me, then and ever since.
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I wonder whose version you like better for this song. Roberta, AL B. Sure, or the Fugees. Each has a different style on the same song.
Roberta Flack is a beautiful and very intelligent singer, songwriter and pianist. Her style and voice is one of a kind.
The former president knows what he's talking about.
But she did not write this song. She wasn’t the original artist to release it either.
@@drwalker6517 believe it was Lori Lieberman. Sorry if I misspelled her name.
@@jamesbolton9752 yes it was Lori who released it first, wrote it after by seeing artist Don McClean. But Norman Gimbel claims otherwise.
@@drwalker6517 so what does that have to do with her being a songwriter? He didn’t claim that she wrote this one.
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" always melts my heart and is one of her greatest songs!
Was gonna say this very thing. I would love to suggest to them that they react to it, but I don’t know how/ where to post that.
Yes!!!!
spoiled for me when I realised he sang it down the phone to Peggy Seeger while he was married to someone else
My favorite song by her for sure. Reminds me of growing up in the 70's.
OMG yes! That one makes me cry every time I hear it!
No, he's not serenading her. She's hearing her life in his song even though he doesn't know she's there. Its about the universality of music!!!
Yes. About her experience hearing Don McLean sing. That he could give voice to parts of her life and her experience as if he knew her intimately when she was just another person in the crowd.
Exactly!
Yes😊 We, who heard it first, understand the context😢
Fkn THANK YOU a year later 😂
Ys! Thank you. He wasn't getting it, even though the lyrics are clear.
A singer/ songwriter writer, Lori Lieberman, was asked by a friend to come and see this singer she had been hearing about. She was so moved by the man’s performance that she went home and started writing this song, later finishing it with two collaborators. Lori recorded the song, and Roberta Flack heard it played while on a plane flight, and knew she had to record her own version. The singer Lori Lieberman wrote the song about was someone you have reacted to on your show, Don McLean
And the singer was Don McLean, who was WONDERFUL in concert. I got to see him a few times back in the day, when both of us were young. Just a few years after his American Pie superhit.
Roberta Flack’s “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” is one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded .
My eyes tear up whenever I hear it.Her voice is so pure, and strong
@@christineobrien7707 “…I felt your heart, so close to mine…”
(Gets me every time!)
@@MrSoonerCal Not only is it a great lyric, but her mind blowing, beautiful voice grabs us and doesn't let go.😎👍
@@christineobrien7707 🎯
That's actually my favorite song by my cousin Roberta Flack.
To me the Late Roberta Flack was an underappreciated vocalist.
She's still alive! Quite elderly and no longer performing,but still with us :)
@@unseelie63 Oh, my mistake, so sorry.
@@scotttrammell3913 You might be thinking about when the news broke of her retirement due to illness. She announced a chronic conditions that keeps her from performing.
@@Scurvous Possibly.
Two duets she did with Donny Hathaway are definitely musts for you two. “Where is The Love” and “ The Closer I Get to You”.
Those are my favorites!!!!
Also 'Back Together Again.'
ONLY Roberta flack can sing this song ....best singer hardly ever mentioned....
Nothing comes close to the original by Lory Lieberman
Roberta Flack is my cousin
The writer of this song had gone to a Don McLean concert and wrote it about him. Roberta recorded it and made it into a superb, beautiful, wistful sounding version.
OMG..I love her. I love this song, but her best song is “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.” It’s A level above this.
Has me in tears every time I hear it. To this day.
I don't agree. I like this song a lot better than "The First Time".
EWAN McCOLL WROTE , First time ever I saw your face,.
No guys. He's not serenading her. Read the lyrics. This stranger was singing about her life, revealing all the darkness and pain. She wanted him to stop singing because she felt the whole audience there KNEW! Roberta Flack was amazing. I saw her in concert back in the 70's and she performed this song. Try listening to First time Ever I saw Your Face by Roberta Flack. Beautiful!!
Her voice is so crystal clear it makes bells jealous...
This sentence is the one I have been looking for to describe Roberta's voice.
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Another song by Roberta you should listen to is First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. Listen to the studio version as the live version isn’t as impactful. Love you guys!
Oh absolutely do this. One of prettiest and moving love songs ever.
YES!!! You have got to hear this one. I honestly think it's the best love song ever.
Goosebumps every single time. Yes, they need to hear it.
Yes 👍
YES!!! 💜✌️
I cannot believe after all this time, you still have never done a reaction video to Roberta Flack's breakout hit, and quite possibly the most beautiful song ever written: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."
I was lucky enough to see Roberta Flack before she became famous.
Small place in D.C.
She's beautiful.
He isn't serenading her. He is signing about trials and heartbreak and she is uncomfortable because she feels he is describing her experiences so intimately that she wonders if everyone else "realizes" he is singing about her secrets. Meanwhile, the singer just continues to entertain, oblivious of her. The Killing me softly is how she is reliving the pain he is singing about.
apparently written about Don McLean!
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is my ultimate favorite of Ms. Flack, it's absolutely beautiful. give it a listen.
You must also react to her song "First time ever I saw your face" sheer beauty. Much love from England 🏴
This song touches everyone who has felt this way when music literally touches your soul.
“First Time I Ever I Saw Your Face” was a song at my wedding. Great song by Ms. Flack
This version of this song is one of the most beautiful things ever recorded. Roberta Flack, what a legend.
Roberta Flack really owns the song, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". Her voice is incredible.
Rob, you’re right. Lori Lieberman is confessing to feeling so vulnerable to the lyrics while attending a Don McLean concert in 1971. I love this. It’s so real and so raw.
Sad part is Lori's rendition is very good. But Roberta is the standard
@@theophilussparks5839 Roberta pretty much sings it the way she sang it. As you said, it's sad that it was't a success for her. Still, Roberta Flack is just so good. She was a music prodigy, became a music teacher, and later began doing gigs in the evenings at a local club. As an adult, she didn't do anything badly.
@@theophilussparks5839 Maybe Roberta's version is the standard but only because all those people here who can find RUclips cannot find Wikipedia (or don't care).
"First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a Roberta Flack song you will love.
She has another beautiful song with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" from the early seventies. It is absolutely stunning!
As teachers, you might appreciate that she was a junior high music and English teacher before she gained fame as a singer. I think she was a classical pianist also, earning degrees from Howard University. And at 85, she's still with us. Other songs of hers that I love: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," "Tonight We Celebrate My Love," "The Closer I Get to You" which others are also recommending.
I remember listening to Roberta as a young teenager. She has the voice of an angel.
one of the best songs ever recorded .....
She is amazing! As another commenter noted, "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" is SO beautiful!! : - )
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face is astonishingly beautiful. Roberta Flack always lowered my blood pressure. Pop R&B royalty. She was awarded the 2020 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Won the 1973 Grammy Record of the Year for The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.
Roberta’s voice is butter. Soft, creamy, and delicious.
I took this song to be that she went to listen to this guy perform, and was “shook!” When his song spoke to all her pain so perfectly that she felt so completely exposed and it was killing her to listen, but she couldn’t stop listening. Her voice is so beautiful.
The guy you’re referring to is Don McLean. It was his performance of Empty Chairs that inspired Killing Me Softly. I’d always thought Roberta Flack wrote this song because she sings it with such emotion.
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face! I'm just adding my voice to the large chorus who have suggested that beautiful song!
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face....that should have been your introduction into Roberta Flack's talent It's amazing.
This is a cover of Lori Lieberman's song, which she wrote after hearing Don McClean in concert.
Did not know!
I was about to say the same, that this was written about Don McClean 😊👍🏻
yep I can verify this. So spot on about early Don Mclean. He was one powerful poetic singer songwriter.
Now I remember!
To me it's not a cover when you make it famous, and I don't think of Don McClean when I hear it.
I lover her voice. My favorite is “The first time ever I saw your face”. Amazing!
F'n RF!!! Do not forget this woman, musician, story teller, icon, diva, etc.....
This lady was a great musician. She was awesome.
What a beautiful voice
Roberta Flack "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"...A MUST HEAR Classic.
You need to listen to more of her! One of the most beautiful voices ever recorded. She never wanted to sing like anyone else. Her own style.
Roberta Flack was the first artist to win the Grammy for Record of the Year, two consecutive years running The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (73) & Killing Me Softly (74). It was accomplished by U2 in 2001 & 2002, and recently by Billie Eillish. Both of Roberta's song also took Song of the Year. The song Killing Me Softly was covered by the Fugees (with Lauryn Hill) in 1996.
Love this as well as Lauryn Hills version
I remember the first time hearing this song by Roberta in 1973. It has always been one of my favorites over the years. I so enjoy watching you two react to something I have fond memories of! It often takes me back to a good place. Thanks for that!
You have to listen to her duet with Donny Hathaway “The closer I get to you”. Truly a beautiful song!!
Roberta is in the top 5 of my favorite female vocalists. Turn on the waterworks with this one ....
Yaaaaaaaaaaaas! When I was growing up, my dad had this album. I'd put on his big, black earphones and listen to this song over and over and over again. I still remember every note to every second. Sang my heart out just now and got a little teary eyed. Please explore more of Roberta's work. She's amazing. She actually went to Julliard.
I was fortunate enough to see Roberta live in the early eighties... alone on stage with just a piano- she SLAYED!!!
One of the most beautiful songs ever. So is "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." Just kinda touches the soul with something universal and bittersweet...
Roberta Flack released this amazing song in 1973 at a time when rock and folk dominated the mainstream airwaves, and amidst all of that competition took her rightful place and knocked one out of the ballpark with her stunning, hauntingly beautiful voice, along with her sweet, sweet backup singers.
I describe Roberta this way... If I am ever sick...its Roberta Flack's voice I want taking care of me.
There are about 10 songs by her you need to react to.
Finally. Been trying to lead you to her talent. Thanks.
One of the best female singers ever in music history. Miss Roberta Flack. You will love her and this song.
This song was inspired by Don McLean’s performance of Empty Chairs at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. Singer/songwriter Lori Lieberman was in the audience and had an intense reaction to the song. She cried through the performance and wrote notes on a napkin. Afterwards she called her boyfriend lyricist/manager, Norman Gimbel, and shared her notes. They collaborated with Charles Fox and this beauty was the result❤️
. I thought it was a club in New York City I stand corrected
For some reason I thought it was "American Pie".
I had Lori Lieberman's album. Remember seeing her on the Mike Douglas show.
I thought it was James Taylor?
@@EC-dz3fb I thought it was Bob Dylan...
Roberta has a deep Archive of music 🎶 never sung a bad song. Her duets with Peobo Bryson are epic
Written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbal, the song was inspired by Lori Lieberman's account of seeing Don McClean (American Pie/Vincent) in concert in 1972. Lori Lieberman sang the vocal on the songs first recording.
I love this song and Roberta's voice. This song is featured (in a way) in the sweet movie About a Boy with Hugh Grant. Amber would love it!
Amber I completely agree with how mellow the sound is. That’s what makes it so beautiful to me. And the softness of the background harmonies! Sometimes less really is more. This doesn’t need to be in your face to be great. Roberta Flack has always been one of my favs!! 🎶♥️🎶
Roberta Flack is one of my favorite singers from the 70s. Such a beautiful voice. Soulful, soothing and classic. Love her.
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.
Song is about Going to see Don Mclean. Lori Liebermann saw Don McLean in concert at the Troubadour Theatre in Los Angeles, she said she was overwhelmed by the experience and wrote a poem to express how she felt.
Like others are saying, other great radio hits by Roberta Flack are "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (1972), "Where is the Love?" (1972, with Donny Hathaway), and "The Closer I Get to You" (1977, with Donny Hathaway). The Fugees' hiphop-ish 1996 cover of this 1973 song is also great.
Love her voice and this song. This is one of those songs you hear once and remember it forever, much like Jim Croce - Time in a Bottle
Her voice makes you feel like uou are floating on a cloud❤❤
Every song that connects with your souls does just what she sang. There the ones that stay with you for life.
Miss Roberta Flack ,she is such a soulful singer. I've listened to her since high-school. I could listen to her all day. Thank you for featuring Miss Flack.
Even as a kid I loved this song. It is just so personal in its tone. Roberta sounds like she's loving and yearning at the same time. The lyrics are about a reaction to the words and music of Don McLean (American Pie and Starry, Starry Night fame).
Her voice is crystal clear. I love her singing.
Roberta was one of the amazing ladies of the 1970s .She had numerous hits . Killing Me Softly was her 2nd #1 . Her first was The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ,which was the theme to the Clint Eastwood film ,Play Misty For Me (1972)
Roberta Flack's voice defined the 70's love ballad, in my opinion. This song is incredible, but y'all really need to listen to her song "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - it is PERFECTION! Some other incredible songs of hers include "Tonight I Celebrate My Love", "Where is the Love", "If I Ever See You Again", "The Closer I Get To You","Feel Like Makin' Love" & "You've Got a Friend".
You have just listened to one of the great voices of all time. For me she straddles the space between soul and blues although much closer to soul. Her rendition of "The first time ever I saw your face" is unequalled by anyone and I would say showcases her voice even more. It is so absolutely beautiful and will blow you away if you decide to react to it. Take care and best wishes to you and your family.
It's about time you found Roberta Flack. Just a beautiful voice. 😊
Roberta Flack this beautiful woman has so much control over her voice that it's just seems like she has no effort to force a note, she drips honey from her vocals. And she has this amazing group of people who know how to stay in the pocket yet each one has the moment.
You guys are my favorite. Please listen to her song "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". It will touch your soul. I see others recommend it too. It's a classic.
Her voice is like butter. Soothing. One of my favorites ❤️❤️❤️
'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' will make you weep, melt and swoon.
The number one song of 1972….and she had the number 1 song of 1971 with a beautiful love song “ The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.”
I remember liking this song as a kid, but hearing it again now I realize I had forgotten how amazing the backing vocals were... Especially in the opening. I'm literally in tears right now with the flood of memories
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a *phenomenal* song and you will LOVE it.
When my first son was born, I held him in my arms and sang to him Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." Do that one. Her voice is my favorite female voice ever. Keep returning to her.
This song is about a girl at a concert sitting in the audience & she thinks the artist is singing directly to her. The lyrics are co-author Lori Lieberman's response to seeing a young Don McLean (American Pie) perform, and the resulting feeling that he was singing directly to her about her innermost thoughts and secrets. I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he'd found my letters and read each one out loud
I prayed that he would finish, but he just kept right on...
Listen to it again from that perspective.
Ms. Roberta is quite a woman. She graduated from college at 19. Started studying music in grad school, but after her dad passed she had to take a job teaching music. She had her first big hit with The first time ever I saw your face. Clint Eastwood heard the song and chose to use it in a movie he was doing. The movie was a hit and so was the song. She has had other big hits as well, including a number of duets. Brilliant singer and musician.
One of my favorites!!
The most pure voice ever.
Roberta is one of the most beautiful voices in the world.
The most beautiful voice ever. I forgot how lovely her voice was.
While "Killing Me Softly with His Song" is great and heart-warming, Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" goes straight to your soul and is amazing.
‘The first time ever I saw your face’ stunning song.
Singer Lori Lieberman was at a Don McLean concert at the Troubadour in Los Angeles and his son Empty Chairs affected her so that she rush to call her management team, Fox and Gimble and they penned the song and denied her credit although her praises echoed the lyrics. Robert Flack's arrangement turned the song into a classic. Lori Liberman also did a verson as did the Fugees.
Oh Roberta Flack, a voice sent from heaven. This song takes you on a journey. Its so well written and performed.
This won the Grammy Record of the Year in 1974 and she had won the award just the year before for "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." She has several duets with Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson. My favorite with Peabo is "Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You."
And also Maxi Priest.
Can’t believe I can’t find any reactions to Where Is The Love? Please be the first to rediscover this great duet. Major hit in the early 70s.
The inspiration for this song was you a young girl attending a Don McClean show. You know, "Bye-bye Miss American Pie, Drove My Chevy To The Levy..." Yes, THAT Don McClean. I don't remember which song he was singing but it resonated with the young girl and she started writing a poem while he was singing. The girl was Lorie Lieberman who did record this song before Roberta but her version of HER SONG was not received well. This was a huge hit for Roberta Flack!
This song, as a teenager in the early 80's with already a bit of traumatic history - resonated with my soul. Her voice, I could hear the pain. I related. As I'm sure every generation of teenagers especially, have resonated with songs with amazing lyrics from their time. That feeling that a songwriter has 'read your letters' or 'read your diary'.... so impactful.... and so connecting to others of your generation.... edit. but the singer/songwriter don't know we exist and we are out here hurting..... but because they have had pain they write these songs.... it's the circle of music.....
This song would make me weep with it's beauty when it came out when I was a toddler. Lauryn Hill's cover is just as powerful. 🤩😍🤩😍
The fugees/Lauryn hills took a beautiful song and desicrated it on my opinion.Utter rubbish
She is smooth as Silk, have loved her voice all my life ❤ This song blew us away in 1972!
One of the most beautiful songs ever sung
I will definitely look Roberta up. She's incredible.
Come back and let us know what you think of The first time ever I saw your face
Lori Lieberman saw Don Mclean at the Troubadour and heard “Empty Chairs”. She felt Don had “opened her journal” with that tune and so on a tear stained napkin she started writing this song. She would finish it with Norman Gimbel and Charlie Fox. You two listened to Don Mclean’s American Pie a few months ago.
How do you know the napkin was tear-stained?
@@PlumbPitiful Because Lori cried throughout the song and used it to wipe her eyes.
@@charlottemccaig578 Empty Chairs has that effect on me too... 😭
I knew about Don Mclean’s performance of Empty Chairs inspiring this song, but I always thought Roberta Flack wrote this song. Thanks for the info!
"First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a must to get the depth of her style.
YOU MUST LISTEN TO : “ The First time ever I saw your Face “ ,,,,, it it the MOST BEAUTIFUL Song in the world by Roberta !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!