Well, Roberta still has one of the nicest voices ever on that song, but this blows fifty years of my mind... thought she wrote it about Bob Marley... pretty rumors. Lauryn did a job on it that I fully accept, considering I had always prior thought that after Roberta's voice, no one should ever again do that song, assuming the outcome: Ms. Lieberman needs full credit.
It's the melody, harmony, tempo, rhythm, timbre, arrangement, in short the music by Charles Fox that makes this song great, not Lori's diary entry poem.
Take a classic song add some caterwauling and you got a R&B hit. It is sort of like how people who can't sing the national anthem how it was intended to be performed will add a bunch of caterwauling and hip hop their way through it. The lemmings love it.
Let's just say, you are not a fantastically clear written communicator. I sense you are trying to be snarky, possibly about something specific, but your message is somewhat impenetrable.
Great video! Nice job!
Thanks so much!! 🙏
So impressed by how humble the original writer was.
She seems really sweet. ❤
She should definitely get a co-writing credit. Just another casualty of crooked management, pretty normal in pop music.
I'd rather listen to any original than to hear someone else steal it and act like it was theirs
Good for you!
Well, Roberta still has one of the nicest voices ever on that song, but this blows fifty years of my mind... thought she wrote it about Bob Marley... pretty rumors. Lauryn did a job on it that I fully accept, considering I had always prior thought that after Roberta's voice, no one should ever again do that song, assuming the outcome: Ms. Lieberman needs full credit.
I'd still feel cheated. I got to see Roberta Flack live and was very impressed by both her and her band.
It's the melody, harmony, tempo, rhythm, timbre, arrangement, in short the music by Charles Fox that makes this song great, not Lori's diary entry poem.
That is one perspective, yes.
I actually heard the Laurie Lieberman version first. Definitely actionable, much less, by far, has been credited.
What harm would it have done to give her a writing credit?
millions
Stealing the song softly. 😂❤
Lmao 😂
That's genuise
The Fugees cover was the best version.
It depends how old you are
@@deanl0 this is absolutely true, but as a millennial I would have to agree lol.
@@deanl0 So much so. It was in 1972 when I heard the Roberta Flack, PhD, version, which was the version that first became famous.
BS
@@dennishughes721 Which version did/do you favor?
Take a classic song add some caterwauling and you got a R&B hit. It is sort of like how people who can't sing the national anthem how it was intended to be performed will add a bunch of caterwauling and hip hop their way through it. The lemmings love it.
"caterwauling"? 😂
Oh man. If you don't understand hip hop just say that.
And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air . . .
Let's just say, you are not a fantastically clear written communicator. I sense you are trying to be snarky, possibly about something specific, but your message is somewhat impenetrable.