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Don McLean Then Lori Lieberman - Empty Chairs & Killing Me Softly
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.พ. 2013
- Don McLean explains the connection between his song "Empty Chairs" and the song "Killing Me Softly". He then performs "Empty Chairs" followed by Lori Lieberman singing :Killing Me Softly".
Editors Note: "Killing Me Softly" composers Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel refute the claim as to the songs origin. The romantic in me wants to believe Lori Lieberman.
![[Official Music Video] ฝังใจ - BOW Maylada [Prod. By Tan LIPTA]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/rSjk1jKWRN4/mqdefault.jpg)
Whenever I listen to this song and whoever sings this song, my thought always goes to Lori Leiberman, who wrote this as a poem during a Don McLean performance.
Two absolute masterpieces. If you can hear Empty Chairs without a tear in your eye, you're far stronger than me.
Thank you for the story. The song Empty Chairs was great, as I hadn't heard it in years, but add to that the backstory on Killing Me Softly, and I'm wishing I could give a few hundred thumbs up on this. (Yes, I'm something of a trivia nut, but old age does odd things. 😳 )
Thanks for putting the two songs together. Beautiful, and beautiful.
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Who’s the lady that randomly appears in the corner of the video?
Great story! Long time Don McLean fan, but never knew the story behind those two songs' connection.
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One beautiful song deserves another.
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Beautiful ❤️❣️
who is the pumpkin guy in the background.
The song of Lorie will always be with us. It became a part of our past thank God for the feelings that I had for this song 🙏
Yes, it is a great tune!
This is great Jan...thanks
Thanks John. The video quality is not that strong but I love the story and the music.
Too bad Gimble and Fox didn’t have the character to give proper credit and rewards to Lori for her part in writing “Killing Me Softly”. They also should have used their talents to write songs as a vehicle to make her a big star. She had and has in this recording a great voice and style! Wish they had played her records more in the south where I was raised and live.
Te Amo!!!!
Don Mclean
lori & don a long & huge story love it
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come on man Loris spirit spills out from this song....
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According to the Wikipedia page about the song, Lori Lieberman's version was exonerated, as evidence from that time was found to prove it is true.
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Yes.
Disputed origin
In the 1970s both Gimbel and Fox were in agreement with Lieberman about the song's origin at a McLean concert. Sean Derek, who worked for Gimbel and Fox as an assistant in the 1970s, confirmed that the two men would tell the McLean origin story "all the time". However, Gimbel and Fox changed their stories around 1997, to reduce or dismiss Lieberman's contribution.
In 1976, the Lieberman/Gimbel/Fox songwriting team turned sour. Gimbel had divorced his wife three years earlier, but Lieberman eventually stopped the sexual relationship she had with Gimbel because he "had become emotionally abusive, controlling and unfaithful." She asked to be freed of her contract. Gimbel and Fox directed their lawyers to demand $27,000 from Lieberman to pay expenses, and to demand another $250,000 of her future income. Lieberman's lawyer, Frederic Ansis, recalled later that Gimbel and Fox could have been "nice guys" like other managers in the industry who released their unsuccessful artists, but they chose the other route.
By 1997, Lieberman had long severed her ties to Gimbel, but she reconnected with Fox, who attended a concert of hers. Lieberman was interviewed by The New York Times about her recent songwriting work. In this interview she said that when she was young, Gimbel and Fox had been "very, very controlling. I felt like I was pushed on stage, and I was singing other people's material, although that material was based on my private diaries. I felt victimized for most of my early career." Fox never spoke to her again after this revelation.
In 2008, Gimbel demanded that McLean remove text from his website, the text saying that McLean was the inspiration for "Killing Me Softly". McLean did not remove the text; instead, McLean's lawyer sent Gimbel a copy of a 1973 New York Daily News article in which Gimbel is quoted and seems to agree with Lieberman's account.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Me_Softly_with_His_Song?wprov=sfti1
Best version of this song.
Sounds a lot like starry night.
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Yes, very much like vincent. Love both songs.
Thank you - it sounded so familiar to me but I couldn't tell why until you said it.
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One could only wish the real source of the song is duly given full honors as Don Mc Lean did. Lori is the spirit of Killing me Softly and her voice and temper is THE only VOICE fit to sing the song.
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Beautifully spoken, honest and true. God bless
Wow, I'm impressed, Lori sounds like a pro.
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This is Lori's song entirely... No matter who else sings it.
het is koffietijd...
From the beginning I prefer Lori Lieberman in this song and had the feeling that Roberta Flack stole this song.
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I give Lori the main credit,of Killing me Softly,,who originally wrote that song...
She didnt actually steal it. Its says that she really liked it and wanted to sing it too. Ik this is a year ago i just wanted to say this 🙂