So I need some advice here. One of my partners sings (every day)over the headsets. Thing is, she canβt sing. At all. And usually, itβs the same one or two lines of the same song, off key, over and over again. Nobody says anything but it gets to the point where you feel like youβre going crazy. Is it better to say something or to slowly die inside?
##Strumming my pain with his fingers....
This famous song was first performed in 1971 by Lori Lieberman, and composed by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel. Lori Lieberman also contributed to the writing.
The song, in its original folksy, slower form, wasn't an immediate hit until Roberta Flack heard the song. She said that she heard the song in an in-flight program, and she decided to rehearse it, but not record it. In 1972, Roberta Flack performed the song as an encore, and Marvin Gaye told her to record it, because the reception was so positive.
Roberta's more up-tempo version, released in 1973, won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The songwriters also got a Grammy for Song of the Year. Roberta's version spent 5 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 1999, it is #360 on the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone, and #82 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All Time.
The Fugees covered the song in 1996, adding a breakbeat, and a reggae drop, with Lauryn Hill singing the lead vocals. The song hit #2 on the Billboard Airplay chart and was so successful that the track was no longer supplied to retailers, so that the next single could receive more attention. This version of the song won a Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or a Group with Vocal. Ever since this version of the song came out, along with the dance remixes, Roberta Flack and The Fugees have performed it together whenever they get the chance.
###Recommended Versions
The Fugees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ppz-cwLeqo
Roberta Flack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2n167F0eBc
Lori Lieberman (The Original): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxY47jh9owA
##Telling my whole life, with his words, killing me softly, with his song....
