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聽歌是件很享受的事,若又能聽到與自身心情相互共鳴的歌聲與詞曲必定會讓人更加感動的吧~
即便是我聽到自己很喜歡的歌時都會有些令自己久久難形容的喜愛與琢磨~所以當
ㄧ位歌手聽到令自己如此感動的聲音亦會有更加令人難忘的感動與陳述吧~

"Killing Me Softly With His Song "

這首作品之所以誕生, 是某個偶然的機會下ㄧ位名不經傳的女歌手Lori Lieberman聽到了Don McLean的現場表演,儘管那時的Don McLean仍尚未走紅。但Lori Lieberman仍對在台上以吉他自彈自唱,純淨又富有感情的歌聲為之傾倒, 之後她就經常到現場聆聽表演,更為此邀請著名的詞曲創作搭檔Norman Gimble與Charles Fox,寫下這首"Killing Me Softly With His Blues"表達出她第一次聽見Don McLean唱歌時的心情與感動... 亦即"Killing Me Softly With His Song"這首歌的前身,可在當時這首歌並沒有引起太大的注意。

而後這首歌經由以"The first time ever I saw your face"ㄧ曲成為巨星的Roberta Flack,發現這首歌之後,並決定對詞曲做部分份修飾加以重新詮釋,"Killing Me Softly With His Song"便搖身成為一首轟動一時的暢銷金曲! 不僅蟬聯五周的冠軍寶座更ㄧ口氣抱走了三座葛萊美獎！而根據美國廣播音樂公司在1999年做的ㄧ次統計,這首歌的被播放次數竟高達近六百萬次！這樣說可能更加具體,若由ㄧ家電台專門播放這首曲子, 假設這首歌為三分鐘長,播放六百萬次...不眠不休也要34年多的時間才播的完!!! 可見這首歌能在「二十世紀ㄧ百首最受歡迎歌曲」擠身第十一名,不是沒有道理的！
 
Roberta Flack的曲風多帶有流行色彩的爵士風格,厚實卻又嘹亮是吸引人注意的第一步, 略帶沙啞,又蘊含純熟真假音轉換則是她的歌曲能輕易撩動人心弦之處... 如今Roberta Flack雖然早已隱退,但也偶有應邀出席白宮的表演活動場合,像Madonna、Whitney Houston等後生代巨星,也都曾拜她為師,以學習歌唱技巧... 


Lyrics:N.Gimbel Music:C.Fox
Vocal:Roberta Flack

*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.
reapt *

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.
reapt *

He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair.
And then he looked right  through me as if I wasn't there. 
But he just came to singing, singing clear and strong. 

reapt * *

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