R.I.P. Roberta Flack

[gunhilltrain]

https://www.wmur.com/article/roberta-flack-dies/63901906

This song is interesting because it usually sounds upbeat but it's actually very sad.

 

[Trionyx]

I knew she was ill. Back in 2022 I submitted a story based on her hit The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. At that time she had already been diagnosed with ALS, a horrible disease if there ever was one. Everyone should take a listen to some of her works. A beautiful voice has been silenced.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

She was truly a legend. May she rest in peace.

 

[grey228]

All things come to their natural end.

 

[Cagivagurl]

A great singer and performer.
Always admired her talent.
Loved her take on ,music.
The woman had soul, and lots of it.
RIP

Cagivagurl

 

[gunhilltrain]

Oh, how I wish I'd never met you
I guess it must have been my fate
To fall in love with someone else's love
All I can do is wait.

That always gets to me.

 

[matureman32]

RIP beautiful lady.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

Her "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" was the best love song ever sung.

 

[12oclocktales]

I remember I was hosting a college jazz-oriented radio show, this was late ’68-early ‘69 or so, and a 45 rpm demo came in through the mail of “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” by Roberta Flack. Had never heard of her, no one had at that time, but the song was great and I played it on my show that night. The song became quite a hit after the album came out and was ubiquitous on the radio for a while, and whenever I heard it, if I was with someone, I’d relate my story, always adding, perhaps truthfully, maybe not, that I was the one who introduced that song to the Delaware Valley. It was, and is, a great love song.