The media and black supremacists’ erasure of standards: Angie Who? vs. the legitimately famous and talented Roberta Flack (videos)

The media and black supremacists’ erasure of standards: Angie Who? vs. the legitimately famous and talented Roberta Flack (videos)

By Jerry PDX
monday, march 3, 2025 at 4:49:00 p.m. est

They heaped almost as much praise on semi-obscure Angie Stone as the legitimately famous and talented Roberta Flack.

I’ll give Ms. Flack some props for being from an era when black performers were expected to have actual talent, and she did come through with some great music. While a “soul singer,” it’s notable that two of her three most famous songs were actually written by White songwriters. They would be “Killing Me Softly,” which was written by Lori Lieberman, who was inspired to write the song after attending a performance by Don McLean (“Vincent: Starry, Starry Night,” “American Pie”) and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” which was written by Irish folk songwriter Ewan McColl.

Those are songs most people would believe were written by black songwriters, because a black woman had the biggest hits with them, but they are a couple of examples of how “black” music was derived from White musical sources, contradicting the politically correct notion that it was always the other way around.


“Angie Stone – Wish I Didn’t Miss You”

38,761,261 views Oct 25, 2009

“Angie Stone’s official music video for ‘Wish I Didn’t Miss You’”

Lyrics

Same old story is back again
She’s not a lover, she’s just a friend
I'm sick and tired for you to blame on me
Now you think it’s funny
Now you wanna spend your money on girls
But you forgot when you were down
That I was around
Call my lover, hang up, call again
What in the world is happening
Listen in, but don’t yell at me
Isn’t it ironic all you wanna do is smoke chronic
Boy, you forgot when you were down
Who was around

I can’t eat, I can’t sleep anymore
Waiting for love to walk through the door
I wish I didn’t miss you anymore



N.S.: Well, the lady had a pleasant voice. But her lyrics were terrible, as is this video. The song would have been more effective without the video.


Roberta Flack: “Killing Me Softly with His Song”

Lyrics by Lori Lieberman

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.

Ohhhh ohhhh ohhhh Ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh
La la la, la la la
Ohh ohh ohh, ohh ohh ohh
La ahh ahhhhhh haaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Ha ahh ahh, ahh ahh ahh ahh

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),
He was strumming my pain,
Yeah, he was singing my life,
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.





The First Time, Ever I Saw Your Face: Roberta Flack



3,658,206 views Nov 24, 2022

“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (2006 Remaster) · Roberta Flack The Very Best of Roberta Flack

Viola: Alfred Brown
Unknown: Bob Liftin
Violin: Emanuel Green
Violin: Gene Orloff
Cello: George Ricci
Producer: Joel Dorn
Guitar: John Pizzarelli
Drums: Ray Lucas Piano
Vocals: Roberta Flack
Bass: Ron Carter
Viola: Selwart Clarke
Viola: Theodore Israel
Unknown: William Arlt
Strings Arranger: William Fischer
Strings Conductor: William Fischer
Writer: Ewan MacColl