Fun Music Information -> Roberta Flack

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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:

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Roberta Flack Jacket, Roberta Flack/Fugees, Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

Literally Impossible Song Titles:

Song/Performer	Comment	Submitter Name
"Killing Me Softly (With His Song),"	Some songs are pretty bad, but murder weapons?	DigitalAssasin

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name	Song & Band Name	Comments & Submittor Name
"I've Just Seen A Face"	"First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," Roberta Flack	Kathy
"Feel Like Makin' Love"	"I'll Make Love To You," Boyz II Men	Kathy
"Set The Night To Music"	"Sharing The Night Together," Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show	Kathy
"Feel Like Makin' Love"	"Right Time Of The Night," Jennifer Warnes	Kathy
There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available.

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"Killing Me Softly With His Son" originally "Killing Me Softly With His Song"

MOR

Add a Letter To a Song Title:

"Killing Meg Softly With His Song" originally "Killing Me Softly With His Song"

MOR

"Killing Mel Softly With His Song" originally "Killing Me Softly With His Song"

MOR

"Killing Men Softly With His Song" originally "Killing Me Softly With His Song"

MOR

"Killing Me Softly With This Song" originally "Killing Me Softly With His Song"

Is Roberta committing suicide?

MOR

Change a Letter In a Song Title:

"Feel Like Takin' Love" originally "Feel Like Makin' Love"

Naomi Swanson

"Feel Like Fakin' Love" originally "Feel Like Makin' Love"

Elsie Greer

"Billing Me Softly With His Song" originally "Killing Me Softly With His Song"

Softly singing about how much she owes him!

Erika Clarkson

"Filling Me Softly With His Song" originally "Killing Me Softly With His Song"

Erika Clarkson

"Killing Me Softly With His Gong" originally "Killing Me Softly With His Song"

MOR

There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.

Song Parodies:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"	"The First Time Ever I Wore Your Lace"	Tommy Turtle
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"	"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Lace"	Tommy Turtle
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"	"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Place"	Tommy Turtle
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"	"The First Time Ever I Wore Your Face (Buffalo Bill)"	Andy Primus
"Killing Me Softly with His Song"	"Killing Me Softly with His Song"	Anakin McFly
"Killing Me Softly"	"Smellin' So Awfully"	Alvin Rhodes
"Killing Me Softly With His Song"	"Swimmer Wins Oftly, Hitting Bong (Michael Phelps)"	Tommy Turtle
"Killing Me Softly"	"Chilling Me Frosty"	Airfarcewon
"Killing Me Softly With His Song"	"Thrilling Me Hard-ly With Her Thong"	Tommy Turtle
"Killing Me Softly With His Song"	"Killing Him Slowly With Poison"	Andy Primus
There are additional song parodies available.

Duets Not Yet Performed:

First Band/Song Name	Second Band/Song Name	New Song Name	Submittor
Feels Like The First Time Foreigner	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Roberta Flack	Feels Like The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	MOR
Come Softly To Me The Fleetwoods	Killing Me Softly With His Song Roberta Flack	Come Killing Me Softly With His Song To Me	Gretchen Wieners
Rockin' Robin Bobby Day	Killing Me Softly With His Song Roberta Flack	Rockin' Robin Killing Me Softly With His Song	Roy R. Pryor
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Roberta Flack	Scars Papa Roach	The First Time Ever I Saw Scarface ...I threw up.	MOR
There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.

Misheard Lyrics:

"Killing Me Softly With His Song" Misheard Lyrics: Strumming my face with his fingers Original Lyrics: Strumming my pain with his fingers	"Killing Me Softly With His Song" Misheard Lyrics: Stomping on my face with his fingers Original Lyrics: Strumming my pain with his fingers
"Killing Me Softly With His Song" Misheard Lyrics: Stunning and dashing, it figures. Original Lyrics: Strumming my pain with his fingers.	"Feel Like Makin' Love" Misheard Lyrics: In a bath-a-room Holdin' hands by candlelight. Original Lyrics: In a restaurant Holdin' hands by candlelight.
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Story:

"Killing Me Softly (With His Song)"

Misheard Lyrics:

Killing me softly with his thumbs.

Original Lyrics:

Killing me softly with his song.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Torka

We were playing the game 'Cranium', and a friend of mine was supposed to guess the title of a song from one of the others of us humming the tune. He knew the song was 'Killing Me Softly' but we insisted he had to get the *full* title to get credit for the question. Admitting that he had never listened to it very carefully, he finally guessed that it was 'with his *thumbs*' which the rest of us all though was fairly hilarious.

Nonsensical Lyrics:

"Killing Me Softly With His Song"

The Nonsensical Lyrics:

Telling my whole life
with his words
Killing me softly
with his song

Why They're Nonsensical:

The lady featured in this number sounds totally spaced out.I've tried to get to the meaning of the apparently crazy lyrics,but think I've only just about half managed it.Research on this unearthed that Roberta Flack had once been totally blown away by some concert given by Don Mclean,and that this number is partly based on that experience.However,in setting out to write the number,something seems to have gotten totally lost somewhere.We have,as far as sanity prevails,a woman who has gone to listen to a cute young guy sing.It appears she's wrote to him beforehand,or at least,to a certain singer.It's just about here that sanity takes a back seat.She starts prattling about said cute young guy seeming to be a complete stranger or something,and that he's making some hideous mockery of her letters in his song,hence the title.She wades into a neurotic tirade,talking about feeling feverish and paranoid.She thinks he knows her,she thinks he doesn't.Here is a lady who scares me silly.The way she is talking sounds like the prattlings of a dangerously unstable,fantasy befogged woman,who'd be very dicey to get involved with,or even be around.All this mad talk of him telling her life history and killing her softly-Guys,I ask you.She concludes with yet another piece of twaddle-He sang out clear and strong-Like,if he'd been singing unclearly and weakly he wouldn't be up there long.In conclusion,in her crazed brain it's that dude on the stage who's at fault.If I had the vote on who's crazy around here lady,it's you.

Submitted by: THE BIG GUY

Songs That Open With Their Titles:

"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

Opening Lines:

The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes.

Comments:

Good 70s MOR song.

Submitted by: Rich Braham

"Killing Me Softly With His Song"

Opening Lines:

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

Comments:

The rest of the opening line is: "...whole life with his words, Killing me softly with his song ..." Flack's second #1 was able to move up the charts a lot quicker then her first. It was a #1 song in 1973 and the #1 song of the year. "Killing Me Softly With His Song" was written by Flack in response to Don McLean's "American Pie" that was the #1 song in 1972. The Fugees would have a successful remake of the song in the 1990's.

Submitted by: Peter

There are additional spelling lyrics available.