Roberta Flack was a school teacher whose students encouraged her to try singing professionally. This song stunned people when it was released. So beautiful.
One of the greatest performances ever, thank goodness it was recorded for all to see "until the end of time". Makes this 61yr old rock n roller tear up everytime it plays on my playlist. She is so beautiful as she sings it also...just amazing. She is 87 now and i hope still feeling those feelings that she obviously felt while performing here.
It is one of the most pure, beautiful declarations of love ever produced in popular music. What can you say? Pure artistry and expression. Even though we have many progressions in society like awareness of mental health and movements for equality, people are afraid to be vulnerable like this anymore. Everything now is about posturing and performing. True vulnerability scares many people.
I cried. It's been quite a few years since I've hear this beautiful song. You are so right that it stirs incredible emotions: for some, blissful joy, and others an aching longing to feel love.
What an incredible voice and her interpretation will never be matched. Thank you guys, I will always believe this is one of the most beautiful love songs of all time. Love, Peace and Blessings to all.
That is a truly beautiful song from Roberta Flack. She has an incredible voice and has many other beautiful songs like "Killing Me Softly," and she also had songs with James Ingram. My wife and I will soon be married for 50 years, and we have been blessed to have known this type of love, although there have been hardships like the loss of our oldest daughter to cancer. We had each other and our love to unite us through those very dark, difficult times. Love is the key to everything. Without love, there is nothing worthwhile. I love your beautiful reaction to this classic love song.
My partner of 26 years passed away almost a year ago, and I had this beautiful song played at his funeral. It really says everything about first love, and I felt this every day of those 26 years. One notable cover was by George Michael, but another was by a Swedish singer named Peter Joback.
Always enjoy watching you guys reacting to music that bring out emotions.., happy or sad... I can tell you appreciate beautiful songs that tug at your heart.. thanks., keep those reactions coming....
Wow,the 10 year old boy fell in love with this song.52 years later, I still am moved to the core by this masterful beautiful song. She is an amazing artist.
The first time I heard this song was in the soundtrack of the movie "Play Misty For Me". Beautiful song. Roberta's cover of "Killing Me Softly" is also outstanding.
The irony is that her version of this beautiful love song is anything BUT easy to listen to because of the emotional response it invokes inside of the listener. It touches every feeling, every emotion. It makes your body hyper sensitive to to even the air around you. Its as close to perfect that we will ever experience on this big blue dot.
The first time ever I heard this song, I felt the earth move and shift, making way for a new favorite love song. And how fortunate that it be sung by North Carolina's own Roberta Flack! Her hometown college, Black Mountain College, produced some of the greatest artists, dancers, architects and thinkers as well. My own now departed folks would spend every summer or autumn. A special world you would love. Thanks for sharing this world treasure.
I was lucky to get to see her in concert several years ago when she came to Australia. She was 73! She was suffering from pollen allergies and arthritis but still managed to captivate the audience. She was AMAZING!
This performance is so powerful yet tender and I always end up weeping. And all the more so today listening to you and your reaction. Surely you do have the pure love for each other that was conveyed in this song. Your appreciation for classic music like this is heart-warming.
I saw her at the Montreal Jazz Festival several years ago. She sang songs from her catalog but at the end of the show she said we are at a jazz festival and to me jazz is everybody taking a turn. She introduced each band member, each one a virtuoso and she introduced her keyboardist as her musical director and arranger. He was surrounded by keyboards and instead of taking a keyboard solo he started scat singing. His voice went to the low registers and he arched his back looking straight up and hit incredibly high notes. Roberta was beautiful and gracious, makes me emotional just recalling that show.
Incredible Vocal Stylist of Robert Flack saturated our airwaves then. She makes my breath slow down and it’s the anticipation of her next line that creates such satisfaction , gorgeous warmth . There will always be artists, & romantics ,whether the media pays attention, but I love watching younger people discovering humanity music that came before their time. Just as the artists of the times before this ,we learn that there is more to us than the current situation. Our yearning has always been with us . Humans repeat - the styles change ,but at our core we are emotional beings. Music gives us a language that connects and expresses our complexity ☮️
One of the most beautiful love ballads of all time. Roberta Flack was a school teacher in Washington, D.C., and she would moonlight as a singer at Mr. Henry's restaurant on Capitol Hill before she hit it big and became famous in the early 1970s. You should also check out Roberta's big hit "Killing Me Softly (With His Song)" ... which was originally written about the singer Don McLean of "American Pie" and "Vincent" fame.
You guys touch my heart with your reactions and how you love the music so much. I love how you are able to recognize the value of the feelings, the passion and compassion in these songs. There is a depth to them that is just not present in today's music. Thank you for sharing this music of my generation with everyone who really needs to hear it.
Roberta Flack’s voice finds the connection between her soul and the void in our hearts filling that void and providing that space to be touched by Love!
beautiful reaction from both of you- ur right- music brings out the best in humanity- this is why we love music - just the simple things in life are beautiful - like great voices and songs that touch our hearts and souls ! i just love u guys - thx for enjoying
Back then you sang in choirs or with family , you learned to play , you learned to read novels and poetry , you listened to the radio . Now kids are sold the idea that they can do anything and being famous is better than developing talent or craft . I’m sure their is so much talent out there still .
WOWWWWWWWW…. I’ve always thought this is the most ROMANTIC song I’ve ever heard, but I never heard her sing it live. …One of the BEST (and FUNNIEST) reactions I’ve seen.🥰
There's a link between this and Bridge Over Troubled Water . First Time Ever I Saw Your Face was written by an Anglo-Scottish folk singer , Ewan McCall , for his wife , a famous ( American ) folk singer herself , Peggy Seeger . They were instrumental in the British folk revival of the 50's and 60's , ran a famous folk club and would accommodate visiting folk singers in their house . Including Paul Simon when he was travelling the UK as an aspiring musician ( Paul wrote Homeward Bound during this time ) . Peggy's version of First Time... is very good , too as you might expect , given that it is written for and about her but Roberta knocks it clean out of the park and into orbit . One of the , if not the very best of all song covers . By the way , other aspiring musicians who were guests at Ewan and Peggy's home included Gerry Rafferty and the comedian Billy Connelly ( he started out as a folk musician ) , amongst many others . It is worth mentioning Ewan's other most well known song , Dirty Old Town which, perhaps because of its association with Irish bands like The Dubliners , is often assumed to be about Dublin or Belfast or Derry . In fact , it describes Salford , near Manchester in England . Two of the most extraordinary love songs of all time but their tone and mood are almost opposite in their romantic expression . Genius everywhere
We are listening here to something from before the ending of our civilization, to what was still there of it in the last century. Whoever does not see and hear this is probably just too young to understand it.
We listened to this song very loudly on a good quality music system and even the children loved it and they like the modern version of music made with machines, just her and the piano, some strings, pure music
This is my all-time favorite favorite song. It is slightly sped up here so you should really listen to the studio version of it because it is so slow and beautiful.
You two are the perfect couple for me to watch listening to this for the first time. It's as though Roberta was singing to you, about you and on your behalf. Your remembrance of every first time between you was evident in your continuous immerssion into the sentiments and emotions conveyed. As always, it's a pleasure to watch.
YOU ARE RIGHT, this new generation will never feel what she felt as she sung that song. Simply because the record companies control the vibrations of the people through profit and negativity
Well Andre you are right. I’m 65 years old and I’ve never had a love like this song conveys. Maybe that’s why I ended up crying my eyes out. But I still love your reactions. Give Domenica a kiss
Ewan MacColl wrote "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" for Peggy Seeger, whom he was in love with. He claimed to have hated every version of it except Seeger's, including this one. He called them his "chamber of horrors." Apparently, the song was so personal to him that he couldn't stand anyone but Seeger to sing it. It was too bad that he couldn't enjoy it, because it's one of the most romantic songs ever written, and Roberta Flack's interpretation is one of the all-time great vocal performances. One thing I love about this performance is how restrained it is. It's so soft and gentle, just like the emotion it conveys. Many of today's singers could learn something from listening to her. In my opinion, too many of today's singers use over-the-top histrionics. Often a whisper is better than a shout.
Written by Ewan MacColl, a British folk singer-songwriter and had been a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. He is still very popular and influential artist. Oh his third wife was American folk singer Peggy Seeger, who he worked with, but he was banned from entering the USA because of his political associations.
"I felt the earth move in my hand, like the trembling heart of a captive bird" One of the most beautiful lines ever written.
A MUST HEAR Classic,, Roberta Flack
"Killing Me Softly" ❤
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My god…..so beautiful. Live no auto tune. I got a little choked up.
Roberta Flack was a school teacher whose students encouraged her to try singing professionally.
This song stunned people when it was released. So beautiful.
Quite possibly the finest love song ever.....beautiful ❤
In my 60ish years of paying attention to music, I've heard only a few performances that can match the pure beauty of this one.
I love how emotional you get ! A real man ,and a good man I bet .👍🇬🇧you two suit each other perfectly 100% 🍻
One of the greatest performances ever, thank goodness it was recorded for all to see "until the end of time". Makes this 61yr old rock n roller tear up everytime it plays on my playlist. She is so beautiful as she sings it also...just amazing. She is 87 now and i hope still feeling those feelings that she obviously felt while performing here.
This is a beautiful song! Thank your for your heartfelt reaction. Next check out Killing me Softly by Roberta Flack!
The best version of this gorgeous song. And Roberta Flack's voice? No ostentatious vocal gymnastics - just pure, smooth beauty. ❤
It is one of the most pure, beautiful declarations of love ever produced in popular music. What can you say? Pure artistry and expression. Even though we have many progressions in society like awareness of mental health and movements for equality, people are afraid to be vulnerable like this anymore. Everything now is about posturing and performing. True vulnerability scares many people.
I cried. It's been quite a few years since I've hear this beautiful song. You are so right that it stirs incredible emotions: for some, blissful joy, and others an aching longing to feel love.
And just remember that was a live performance !!!!
Wonderful song....real quality music from an accomplished pianist and singer back in the early 70s. Thanks for playing.
Made me cry, so beautiful, a true love song.
What an incredible voice and her interpretation will never be matched. Thank you guys, I will always believe this is one of the most beautiful love songs of all time. Love, Peace and Blessings to all.
Beautiful song, beautifully performed. Perfect
"Killing Me Softly" Roberta Flack, is a must hear.
One of the greatest voices . . . ever.
That is a truly beautiful song from Roberta Flack. She has an incredible voice and has many other beautiful songs like "Killing Me Softly," and she also had songs with James Ingram. My wife and I will soon be married for 50 years, and we have been blessed to have known this type of love, although there have been hardships like the loss of our oldest daughter to cancer. We had each other and our love to unite us through those very dark, difficult times. Love is the key to everything. Without love, there is nothing worthwhile. I love your beautiful reaction to this classic love song.
My partner of 26 years passed away almost a year ago, and I had this beautiful song played at his funeral. It really says everything about first love, and I felt this every day of those 26 years.
One notable cover was by George Michael, but another was by a Swedish singer named Peter Joback.
Always enjoy watching you guys reacting to music that bring out emotions.., happy or sad... I can tell you appreciate beautiful songs that tug at your heart.. thanks., keep those reactions coming....
Wow,the 10 year old boy fell in love with this song.52 years later, I still am moved to the core by this masterful beautiful song. She is an amazing artist.
The first time I heard this song was in the soundtrack of the movie "Play Misty For Me". Beautiful song. Roberta's cover of "Killing Me Softly" is also outstanding.
Yes Clint Eastwood promoted the song.
Today’s music is no match to yesterday’s music. They had beautiful lyrics, beautiful voices. Just pure talent.
She turned 87 years old in february. Unbelievable how time flies .. beautiful song.
One of those all time classic easy listening songs. Still as good today as it was back then.
The irony is that her version of this beautiful love song is anything BUT easy to listen to because of the emotional response it invokes inside of the listener. It touches every feeling, every emotion. It makes your body hyper sensitive to to even the air around you. Its as close to perfect that we will ever experience on this big blue dot.
The first time ever I heard this song, I felt the earth move and shift, making way for a new favorite love song. And how fortunate that it be sung by North Carolina's own Roberta Flack! Her hometown college, Black Mountain College, produced some of the greatest artists, dancers, architects and thinkers as well. My own now departed folks would spend every summer or autumn. A special world you would love. Thanks for sharing this world treasure.
First dance song at my wedding. Thank you for reaction. Just beautiful.
I was lucky to get to see her in concert several years ago when she came to Australia. She was 73! She was suffering from pollen allergies and arthritis but still managed to captivate the audience. She was AMAZING!
One of the most beautiful voices ever.😊
You want to hear an angelic voice, just listen!
One of my favor songs, great lyrics. She does it great credit.
Beautiful words...Beautiful voice. No one could have done it better. I haven't heard it in so long it brought tears to my eyes.
Smooth as butter! True!
Seeing you overcome by emotion brought me to tears too. Ms. Flack is a precious gem.
This performance is so powerful yet tender and I always end up weeping. And all the more so today listening to you and your reaction. Surely you do have the pure love for each other that was conveyed in this song. Your appreciation for classic music like this is heart-warming.
I REMEMBER THIS ONE FROM 71?I WAS 8 I LOVE THIS ONE!!!!!
I saw her at the Montreal Jazz Festival several years ago. She sang songs from her catalog but at the end of the show she said we are at a jazz festival and to me jazz is everybody taking a turn. She introduced each band member, each one a virtuoso and she introduced her keyboardist as her musical director and arranger. He was surrounded by keyboards and instead of taking a keyboard solo he started scat singing. His voice went to the low registers and he arched his back looking straight up and hit incredibly high notes. Roberta was beautiful and gracious, makes me emotional just recalling that show.
Roberta Flack, in my opinion, is the best female vocalist of all time......her tone is, simply put, stunning......
A beautiful song sung very well by Roberta.
You would love Johnny Rivers' "Slow Dancing Swayin' to the music"
Your reaction was pure just like the song, luv y'all
Take a moment and enjoy the feeling of her voice. So smooth and relaxing! ❤
Her voice is just like butter!
You struck gold with Roberta Flack.
one of the greatest live performances ever captured on film
Incredible Vocal Stylist of Robert Flack saturated our airwaves then. She makes my breath slow down and it’s the anticipation of her next line that creates such satisfaction , gorgeous warmth . There will always be artists, & romantics ,whether the media pays attention, but I love watching younger people discovering humanity music that came before their time. Just as the artists of the times before this ,we learn that there is more to us than the current situation. Our yearning has always been with us . Humans repeat - the styles change ,but at our core we are emotional beings. Music gives us a language that connects and expresses our complexity ☮️
the chemistry, the love between you two, adds a Magic's element to listening yo this wonderful old song! 💜💜💜
One of the most beautiful love ballads of all time. Roberta Flack was a school teacher in Washington, D.C., and she would moonlight as a singer at Mr. Henry's restaurant on Capitol Hill before she hit it big and became famous in the early 1970s. You should also check out Roberta's big hit "Killing Me Softly (With His Song)" ... which was originally written about the singer Don McLean of "American Pie" and "Vincent" fame.
You guys touch my heart with your reactions and how you love the music so much. I love how you are able to recognize the value of the feelings, the passion and compassion in these songs. There is a depth to them that is just not present in today's music. Thank you for sharing this music of my generation with everyone who really needs to hear it.
Beautiful, Everytime
One of the most beautiful voices ever.
Roberta is a treasure for the ages.
Roberta Flack’s voice finds the connection between her soul and the void in our hearts filling that void and providing that space to be touched by Love!
This song is incredibly beautiful … ❤
❤❤ahhhh, sweet Roberta. I've love her my whole life❤❤
beautiful reaction from both of you- ur right- music brings out the best in humanity- this is why we love music - just the simple things in life are beautiful - like great voices and songs that touch our hearts and souls ! i just love u guys - thx for enjoying
Beautiful song, Roberta Flack is a legend, song's like this are missing in this new generation. Sad!
Back then you sang in choirs or with family , you learned to play , you learned to read novels and poetry , you listened to the radio . Now kids are sold the idea that they can do anything and being famous is better than developing talent or craft . I’m sure their is so much talent out there still .
WOWWWWWWWW….
I’ve always thought this is the most ROMANTIC song I’ve ever heard, but I never heard her sing it live.
…One of the BEST (and FUNNIEST) reactions I’ve seen.🥰
I agree with everything you two said. 🫶😌 Loved your reaction!❤
Not to criticize any contemporary artists. But her performance was so pure, beautiful without embellishment
Another beautiful reaction, thank you ❤ Roberta Flack is such an icon. It's been too long time since I listened to this song.
There's a link between this and Bridge Over Troubled Water . First Time Ever I Saw Your Face was written by an Anglo-Scottish folk singer , Ewan McCall , for his wife , a famous ( American ) folk singer herself , Peggy Seeger . They were instrumental in the British folk revival of the 50's and 60's , ran a famous folk club and would accommodate visiting folk singers in their house . Including Paul Simon when he was travelling the UK as an aspiring musician ( Paul wrote Homeward Bound during this time ) . Peggy's version of First Time... is very good , too as you might expect , given that it is written for and about her but Roberta knocks it clean out of the park and into orbit . One of the , if not the very best of all song covers . By the way , other aspiring musicians who were guests at Ewan and Peggy's home included Gerry Rafferty and the comedian Billy Connelly ( he started out as a folk musician ) , amongst many others . It is worth mentioning Ewan's other most well known song , Dirty Old Town which, perhaps because of its association with Irish bands like The Dubliners , is often assumed to be about Dublin or Belfast or Derry . In fact , it describes Salford , near Manchester in England . Two of the most extraordinary love songs of all time but their tone and mood are almost opposite in their romantic expression . Genius everywhere
We are listening here to something from before the ending of our civilization, to what was still there of it in the last century. Whoever does not see and hear this is probably just too young to understand it.
❤🎵🎶Great reactions.I just love you two ,you have some much love & respect for one another ...it's refreshing to see.💕
Voice as clear as a bell
In fact the butter and the bread was soo right!
Love you guys ❤! Roberta can make you cry with that incredible talent. Stunning, stunning song.
Unmistakably beautiful
We listened to this song very loudly on a good quality music system and even the children loved it and they like the modern version of music made with machines, just her and the piano, some strings, pure music
She’s Leaving Home by The Beatles is an incredible sad song. If someone hears this song and does not cry, they have never had children.
A kiss of a song.
i love this guy, first seeing your face.
Her most famous song was Killing Me Softly. She wrote it about Don McLean (American Pie and Vincent).
Thanks to you both, Romance is making a comeback!
This is my all-time favorite favorite song. It is slightly sped up here so you should really listen to the studio version of it because it is so slow and beautiful.
You would like a song called, A Song For You, sung by Donny Hathaway. Beautiful piano throughout.
You two are the perfect couple for me to watch listening to this for the first time. It's as though Roberta was singing to you, about you and on your behalf. Your remembrance of every first time between you was evident in your continuous immerssion into the sentiments and emotions conveyed. As always, it's a pleasure to watch.
YOU ARE RIGHT, this new generation will never feel what she felt as she sung that song. Simply because the record companies control the vibrations of the people through profit and negativity
An absolute gem. Such a beautiful song. ❤
Well Andre you are right. I’m 65 years old and I’ve never had a love like this song conveys. Maybe that’s why I ended up crying my eyes out. But I still love your reactions. Give Domenica a kiss
Genius. simple song writing.. a very special song... simply put one of the great songs.
I agree 👍 I don't think the romance of this song or expressed in this song will not be in this kind of live today.
One of the most beautiful songs ever by one of the most beautiful voices that is Roberta Flack❤
You are absolutely right, there is nothing like these songs these days 😔
Beautiful!!
My favorite female vocalist!❤ I love her
This song was used in the Clint Eastwood film Play Misty For Me to great effect.
I agree with everything you said at the end of your reaction with the comparison of generations ❤️
❤Thanks! ❤
Thank you for the support! 💚
Beautiful love so g. Roberta said that she wrote it about her mother
Such a beautiful song, perfect for you two to listen to. Your reaction was perfect, even the bread & butter 😁
Brings a tear to my eye, this performance.
Ewan MacColl wrote "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" for Peggy Seeger, whom he was in love with. He claimed to have hated every version of it except Seeger's, including this one. He called them his "chamber of horrors." Apparently, the song was so personal to him that he couldn't stand anyone but Seeger to sing it. It was too bad that he couldn't enjoy it, because it's one of the most romantic songs ever written, and Roberta Flack's interpretation is one of the all-time great vocal performances.
One thing I love about this performance is how restrained it is. It's so soft and gentle, just like the emotion it conveys. Many of today's singers could learn something from listening to her. In my opinion, too many of today's singers use over-the-top histrionics. Often a whisper is better than a shout.
You guys are quickly becoming my favorite channel. ❤
Written by Ewan MacColl, a British folk singer-songwriter and had been a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. He is still very popular and influential artist. Oh his third wife was American folk singer Peggy Seeger, who he worked with, but he was banned from entering the USA because of his political associations.
He also wrote Dirty Old Town, two very disparate songs.
@@bengazeley9730 sung memorably by The Pogues.
Agree 100% with everything you guys said. Great reaction.
Absolutely beautiful song. Huge #1 Song ❤