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IrishBubbaLiberal

(1,503 posts) Mon Feb 24, 2025, 12:03 PM Feb 24

Roberta Flack, soul and R&B icon behind Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/24/roberta-flack-soul-and-rb-icon-behind-killing-me-softly-dies-aged-88

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Roberta Flack, soul and R&B icon behind Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88 (Original Post) IrishBubbaLiberal Feb 24 OP

I was just thinking about her a few days ago. How sad... hlthe2b Feb 24 #1

Oh no. The sound of her voice in the song The First Time Ever. will forever be etched in my mind as Rich and I first debm55 Feb 24 #2

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (2006 Remaster) quaint Feb 24 #3

One of the most beautiful love songs ever. Mad_Dem_X Feb 24 #6

Oh wow. RIP Demovictory9 Feb 24 #4

Oh no! She had such a lovely voice. Mad_Dem_X Feb 24 #5

Oh no. Not Roberta. Aristus Feb 24 #7

May she Rest in Peace LetMyPeopleVote Feb 24 #8

That's a good long life n/t TexasBushwhacker Feb 26 #9

hlthe2b

(109,267 posts)

1. I was just thinking about her a few days ago. How sad...

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2025, 12:08 PM

Feb 24

debm55

(44,385 posts)

2. Oh no. The sound of her voice in the song The First Time Ever. will forever be etched in my mind as Rich and I first

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2025, 12:11 PM

Feb 24

dance. Sing to the angels sweet women. And may your memories of your music be a blessing to all

quaint

(3,823 posts)

3. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (2006 Remaster)

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2025, 12:13 PM

Feb 24

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Mad_Dem_X

(9,904 posts)

6. One of the most beautiful love songs ever.

Reply to quaint (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 24, 2025, 12:30 PM

Feb 24

Demovictory9

(35,448 posts)

4. Oh wow. RIP

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2025, 12:19 PM

Feb 24

Mad_Dem_X

(9,904 posts)

5. Oh no! She had such a lovely voice.

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2025, 12:30 PM

Feb 24

RIP, Roberta.

Aristus

(69,731 posts)

7. Oh no. Not Roberta.

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2025, 12:44 PM

Feb 24

I fell absolutely, totally, and completely in love with her when I was around six years old. Her voice was just transcendent. I listened for hours with my ear to the stereo speaker. She and Karen Carpenter were my first musical loves. If I still believed in Heaven, I would guess she had just taken a place of honor in the choir.

Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is one of those songs that you just never want to end. Roberta Flack must have sensed that, because her version clocks in at over six minutes. And I could listen to it forever...