jueves, 7 de agosto de 2014

Sabían que:

"Killing me softly with his song" es una canción compuesta en el año 1971 por Charles Fox con letra de Norman Gimbel. Está inspirada en el poema "Killing Me Softly with His Blues" que Lori Lieberman escribió después de oír interpretar la canción "Empty Chairs" al entonces desconocido Don McLean (quien luego se haría famoso con su éxito "American Pie").
La primera versión de este tema fue la que cantó la propia Lori Lieberman, en el mismo año en que fue compuesta. Ella tenía entonces 20 años.


Lori Lieberman en Julio de 2009, cantando la canción que había estrenado 38 años antes.




En 1973, Roberta Flack grababa su versión, que sería un gran éxito internacional, y que la haría ganar tres Grammy.



Un tema increíble que jamas dejara de deleitarnos.

Esta es la letra del tema:

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 wasn't there.
And he just kept on 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.

¡Disfruten!

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