Roberta Flack - RIP

[TheGreek]

Reports that Roberta Flack has passed away aged 88. 

Another loss of a soul giant.

 

Here

[chris_b]

Sad news. Beautiful voice.

 

She launched the careers of Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller by firing them from her band. She told them they should be running their own bands and being successful in their own right.

[Terry M.]

88 keys on a piano for each year she spent on earth. RIP legend 🙏 

Edited February 24 by Terry M.

[Terry M.]

2 hours ago, chris_b said:

Sad news. Beautiful voice.

 

She launched the careers of Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller by firing them from her band. She told them they should be running their own bands and being successful in their own right.

I heard she politely fired Luther but didn't know about Marcus. I'm not suggesting you're wrong btw. 

[The fasting showman]

https://youtu.be/ZcHPNUN-U8E?si=IqHlH9obykWXV2xR

[silverfoxnik]

18 hours ago, TheGreek said:

Reports that Roberta Flack has passed away aged 88. 

Another loss of a soul giant.

 

Here

Very, very sad to hear this news.. 😞

 

Such a talented musician with one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard in my life. 

 

Her performances and versions of 'Killing Me Softly' and 'First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' will never be equalled or bettered IMHO. 

 

RIP. 

[LeftyP]

Funny that Ewan Maccoll, who wrote "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" hated every version of it!  He wrote it for Peggy Seeger who became his third wife and she told me the tale which is confirmed on Wikipedia.

 

MacColl made no secret of the fact that he disliked all of the cover versions of the song. His daughter-in-law wrote: "He hated all of them. He had a special section in his record collection for them, entitled 'The Chamber of Horrors'. He said that the Elvis version was like Romeo at the bottom of the Post Office Tower singing up to Juliet. The other versions, he thought, were travesties: bludgeoning, histrionic, and lacking in grace."[6]

[pete.young]

9 minutes ago, LeftyP said:

Funny that Ewan Maccoll, who wrote "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" hated every version of it!  He wrote it for Peggy Seeger who became his third wife and she told me the tale which is confirmed on Wikipedia.

 

MacColl made no secret of the fact that he disliked all of the cover versions of the song. His daughter-in-law wrote: "He hated all of them. He had a special section in his record collection for them, entitled 'The Chamber of Horrors'. He said that the Elvis version was like Romeo at the bottom of the Post Office Tower singing up to Juliet. The other versions, he thought, were travesties: bludgeoning, histrionic, and lacking in grace."[6]

 

I'm sure the royalties were some consolation.

[chris_b]

Sorry Ewan, but Roberta's version beats yours hands down.

[tauzero]

Just tried to listen to the Peggy Seeger original. Managed 51 seconds.

 

The phrasing on the Elvis version is weird.

[Terry M.]

Interesting that he hated all copies of the song yet had space in his record collection for them. I mean if they were that bad then...

[KingPrawn]

RIP

As a kid i used to go to the main Libary in Birmingham. You could lend out cassettes. I remeber listening to 'First Take' in mid 85 for the first time. Her voice was one of the most incredible voices ive ever had the privilage to hear. Incredible musician