美國黑人巨星〔蘿貝塔弗萊克〕──Smooth Soul冠軍抒情經典──〔Killing Me Softly With His Song／情歌迷死人〕

〔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 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 wasnt there.
But he just came to 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 ...

He was strumming, oh, he was singing my song.
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 ...
With his song ...

１９３７年誕生的黑人巨星蘿貝塔弗萊克（Roberta Flack）出身音樂家庭
本身就是個音樂教師 畢業於音樂學院　擁有專業學位　彈得一手好琴
受過扎實的聲樂訓練　因此對聲音的表現收放自如
高貴　優雅　都會化　抑制的　浪漫　溫柔的--這些字眼都可以拿來形容Roberta Flack　Smooth Soul /Urban/ Soft Rock /Quiet Storm的音樂特色
特別是她７０年代那些羅曼蒂克的輕爵士抒情歌曲
不過Roberta在樂壇的發展倒非一帆風順

１９６９年發行首張大碟〔Fisrt Take〕後　並沒受到多大矚目

直到影壇巨星克林伊斯威特在１９７１年底選擇她的〔The First Time I Saw Your Face〕為插曲

結果登上美國Billboard單曲榜七週單曲冠軍（１９７２）

終於讓蘿貝塔一炮而紅　開啟了她風光的歌唱生涯

１９７３年初　蘿貝塔翻唱〔Killing Me Softly With His Song〕

此曲原是Lori Lieberman在１９７１年所灌錄　但沒走紅

弗萊克的版本卻一飛衝上后座　成為她第二首冠軍
這是一首旋律柔美的Smooth Soul 抒情歌曲
此曲在１９７３年春季得到五週流行榜后座　黑人榜亞軍　成人抒情榜亞軍　銷售突破百萬
夏天發行的同名專輯〔Killing Me Softly〕也登上亞軍
隔年還為Roberta 奪得葛萊美年度唱片 年度歌曲　與最佳女歌手獎
１９９６年　由於Lauryn Hill所屬的The Fugees將此曲改編成Hip-Hop版本大紅
登上電台播放冠軍（不過那時規定要推出實體單曲才能入榜　因此此曲並沒入單曲榜）
使得Roberta 的版本經過混音後　重新進入舞曲榜　得到舞廳播放冠軍與舞曲銷售＃７
〔Killing Me Softly With His Song〕是公認的抒情經典
幾乎可以說是Flack 最有名的作品
被許多歌手翻唱過　相信應該很多人都應該耳熟能詳了
不過個人還是覺得蘿柏塔略帶沙啞嗓音詮釋的版本最有餘韻猶存之味
推薦這首黑人Smooth Soul ／Quiet Storm經典給各位

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEbi_YjpA-Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgl-VRdXr7I

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw380nL67nE

Live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5o_i4bOE_A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx1XtKbEtfE