Roberta Flack - Trade Winds
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 พ.ย. 2010
- hey people! ..formalities first, i don't have any rights to the song or anything associated to the song. the first time i heard this song was a 30 second extract on youtube, with no name no title.. now, 2 years later, thanks to the good guy, INJURYCOMP, who replied my question, i have the song and so do you :D enjoy this gem!! peace
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I met Roberta at the Aspen airport in 1990, and when I told her I loved her, her singing, her songs, and especially this one, she gave me a big smack on the lips ! My heart still races at the memory.
@randyisfrank1. I GATHER THAT GESTURE WITH YOU "FROM HER",OF HER"....FROM Roberta Flack. She was SOOO SOFT SPOKEN. EVEN HER LOUD OR RAISED VOCALS HAD A "SOFT, CASCADING EFFECT"! A BEAUTIFUL WATERFALL OF MELODIC, TEMPERATE BEAUTY AND QUIET BUT FORCEFUL PURPOSE. LIKE A VIOLENT, HARSH, BITTER, GUSTY WINTER STORM IN A BARREN REGION OF THE WORLD......THAT...."SERVES PURPOSE" FOR SO MUCH "LIFE" THAT MUST....WILL BE PRESERVED FOR TODAY, NECESSARY FOR TODAY. TOMORROW AND OF COURSE........ALL OF OUR UNITED "FUTURE".🤔🤗😳
WOW! On the lips too? As Bruno Mars wrote in a song, "Give me a memory I can use"...you got a huge one there, friend. Envy.
What an incredible experience! Just incredible ❤❤
I am so happy that she has been able to sing Trade winds!The lyrics are still current and effective!With Roberta singing the message is delivered!
I remember this as a teen, played it over and over in my head for almost 50 years and now to hear it again is awesome.
What a wonderful find! This is one of my all time favorites ❤❤❤
A beautiful song sung by Roberta Flack with poignant lyrics. I’m glad I’ve found this tonight.
2023... sitting here watching TV and I started singing this song. Still revelent.
One of the greatest interpreters of song in our time. Saw her at a fundraiser for Harlem Hospital at Riverside Church in 1977 where she opened with a cover on Melba Moore's hit "I am his Lady" and Roberta's cover was to this day the most perfectly rendered song I have ever heard. Her musicians looked almost like a random assortment of folks when they preceded her to the alter in the sanctuary of the chapel but when they picked up their instruments and she sat at the piano and sang that first lyric, she had us all for the rest of the evening. When she finished that first song, there was a moment of silence as if none of us could believe that we had just shared such an exquisite moment as her FIRST SONG and then the applause thundered so loud that they shook the stained glass!
She never recorded the song and in many ways it made her performance of it even more special. It always seemed to be a mark of the greats that they could perform a song that someone else made popular and do it so much better that you cannot go back and listen to the other singer's version. What a brilliant talent this woman is.
And it also shows just how much Ms. Flack admires those artists herself; and how much their music touched her heart, that she would cover their songs. ❤️💫✨
@@MsTexas73 Tru' dat!
What an awesome memory that you - and a relatively small select few - have of Miss Roberta. She was indeed "one of the greatest interpreters of song in our time".
Seriously? @@joiedevie3901
2021 and Roberta’s timeless vocals and lyrics are a beautiful refuge from the constant noise of the day.....
This is the most beautiful song and sadly after 43 years nothing has changed ! I played this endlessly in 1972 and thank you for sharing this on TH-cam. I wish someone would start a campaign to bring this song back as it is even more than relevant today! Beautiful haunting song and their are no words for Roberta's voice. I was lucky to see her in concert in the 70's and she was mesmerizing. No one sings like Roberta!
barb72832 so did I!😀My family almost disowned me when I sang it! LOL
I wore out my share of pieces of vinyl back in the day, too. I love any and everything by Roberta and Phoebe Snow, but "Trade Winds" is one of my favorites. You are correct about this song being timeless...it should be used as an anthem or something. I think the youth of today could learn a thing or two from this song. I've met Roberta several times and she is a lovely, genuine songbird. Thank you for sharing this fantastic song.
Awww.LOL I love travelling man!
Overbrook High School Class of '73 Philadelphia, Pa. This was one of our graduation songs. Meant a lot to us and still resonates today, sadly.
Judy Mowatt sang this better
I remember when I was about 12 years old when I heard "Patches" by Clarence Carter for the first time, the song hit my little pea brain so powerfully that I cried. 41 years later, this song did the same to me( I have a bigger brain now though). No other song has ever had such an effect on me. The funny thing is I've heard this song before, by Lou Rawls and Randy Crawford, but Ms. Flack's rendition just does something to me. Thank you Mr Smith for posting this version. Thank you, Ms. Flack, for crooning a timeless ballad. I love you, God bless you eternally.
Thanks for sharing part of your heart.
This song is still relevant today i get chills listening to it. Hang tough America don't give up!
A classic from an underrated beautiful singer named Roberta
Not underrated at all...She has had loads of success and is still relevant today... :-)
A beautiful cover of the Three Degrees original!!
How can she be an underrated singer when she has a legacy of great music that she recorded over the years?
Wow been listening her all my life ...how come I didn’t know bout this hidden Gem?? Absolutely splendid
I was just about 13 years old when I first heard this song It is so so applicable for these days we are living in.
Beautiful song, beautiful person!
I first heard this song about 15 years ago and thought then how true it is. I’m 75 years old and think is an appropriate song for the times our country is in now. A beautiful and poignant song. Just love it.
It’s as relevant today as the fortunate day that she recorded it. No one could pull this song off like Roberta Flack ❤
This song is timeless, was apparent in the 70 s and is just as , if not more now. Song of truth and what a rendition.
Excellent sung . I love this arrangement. Touches the Soul. Being PERFORMED BY A Soulful Lady.
Beautiful song. 😍😍
B side of a record n the juke at a Pizza Hut in the 70’s. Thanks Chris for telling me about it. Great song.
I’m pretty sure it was the B side of “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”. I had the 45, too, and I played Trade Winds ten times more than the A side!
She sang this a longtime ago. It still is pertinent. I love the way she delivers the message. I cry every time I sing it. The children of rich and poor are looking for the truth and if they don’t find it, god help tomorrow’s youth! I loose it on that line!
After all these years, it seems that people still aren't listening. This song along with a few others, explains in detail the troubles that face our youth. We can teach our babies how to "TWERK" (whatever the hell that stands for), they can repeat verbatim "Tom Ford" but have no idea nor an ear for the conscious truth told in this song. How sad.
" ALL OF WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE. " TWERK; NASTY; MESSINESS; UGLY"!!! LORD; HELP US; AMEN
Thank you Ms Roberta for your beautiful music and inspiring lyrics. May the Grace and Peace of GOD Almighty, the God of all gods, save you through Christ Jesus our lord and give you joy and the peace that excels our understanding.🥰😊🙏😊🥰💖💖💖💖💖
2020 and still loving Roberta!
Roberta flack, you are a diamond in the sky, a soul sweet and dreamy.
Be with my heart
And i have been listen to it since 1972, My mother played this song so much, and i still have the 45 it came on, Awesome song, Very true,
Lawd ... THIS is on the scale of
Marvin Gaye's What's Goin' On
& Mercy Mercy Me...
with her amazing lyrics & amazing vocals.
THIS song & THIS version of THIS song NEEDS to be put into a prominent movie soundtrack that is directed at today's youth...something similiar to
The Freedom Writer's...
to put it onto the music charts & into
people's hearts & minds !!!
It's message is timely & timeless !!!
WELL STATED, DECLARED, EXPRESSED, TYPED, RESONATED. We have SO MANY ARTISTS, STORYTELLERS, HECK PROPHETIC EXPRESSIONIST! I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR MY TIME GROWING UP....... ESPECIALLY THE 70'S. I WAS BORN IN 64. CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE 60's to CIVIL UNREST IN THE 70s AND THE JOURNEY CONTINUED. SONGS AND VOCAL EXPRESSIONS LIKE THIS HELPED THE SONGS, THE MESSAGE, THE MEANING, THE PURPOSE OF THE WORDS OF THIS SONG FROM THIS ARTIST INSPIRED BY ***********?! I AM GRATEFUL.🤗😁🤭✌️
This song is describing todays situaťions. Such a nice song.💖💕❤💓💝💖💕❤💝💖💕
And how phrophetic...
After all these years this song Still touches me. The words to this song is powerful. I love Roberta Flack version of this song and how she deliver it.
Therone Dawson
I have been searching too, i can't believe its not on the greatest Roberta Flack hits list
I was 6yrs old when this song came out. I loved it when my mother use to play it and I still love it now.
ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS EVER!!!!
I came here from Randy Crawford’a beautiful cover from 1981, all those years I didn’t know it was a Roberta Flack original, until about 5 years ago. As far as the lyrics go, some things change, but these words are truer and unfortunate the last decade then even back then in the 70’s and 80’s. All of our traditions that our parents and grandparents us are blowing out with the tradewinds. The present young generation has no clue what’s right and wrong these days.
The most beautiful song by the most beautiful black woman ever !
I am so sorry for many of who in the past twenty years just now finding this song. Ms. Jackson my neighbor turned us on to this song in the sixties, I bless her for that I am now 69
This song clearly paints the true picture of today's society,hate mass shootings and all the political unrest that's reaping havoc on our daily lives which in return only brings heartache and sorrow ,it's as if we have to ask ourselves do love exist in this vacuum of a bitter society,this is surely the tradewinds of our time.
After selling her a sandwich at the Aspen airport(about 1988,I think) I told Roberta this was my favorite song,and God bless her - she kissed me!
gorgeous!! nobody can do it like Ms. Flack
Man real talk, the first time I heard this song was when my pops had me in a bar room, I kinda got the feeling he was foreshadowing us "Millennials" mind you I'm 38 now but I was 9 years of age when exposed to this gem!😲😳💯
She is one of my most favorite artistes ever.
Such perfect pitch.
One of my all time favorites. As true now as it was 20+ years ago. Lou Rawls and Randy Crawford also have great versions. Our young ones need honesty and guidance as well as love..
What A Beautiful Lyric
❤🙏🏽❤
An Unending standing ovation 🙇🏾♀️ .
So relevant in 2021 . ThankYou!
Ms. flack's exquisite, elegance depicts a world reeling in every conceivable vice as it careens to its inevitable hideous apocalypse
Still a beautiful omg. COVID -19,2020. Things still haven't changed that much, if any.
How come they don't make songs like this anymore? I luv it
MY FAVORITE ROBERTA SONG
I have been looking for this song for a long time. thank you for posting it . this song was the song of the graduating class of Overbrook High 1973 also it was the in our year book the song is a timeless jewel. just like What's goin on by Marvin Gaye. thank you
Oh my gosh, this is 3x the song of the hit side of this record!! And showcases her beeeuuuoootiful voice!!! So silky!!
2019 Nothing has changed! This is such a sad song. I listened to it way back then and even now. The Trade Winds of Our Time! What a song!! Roberta Flack💝💝💝💝
This song took me to that time 1974 riding in a time when I needed Jesus Christ Almighty God more then ever bc he had my destiny.
I've been looking all over for this song for the past 30 years or so, thanks for posting, it is my all-time fav song of hers...
First time I heard this was in a jukebox in a restaurant with my baby and the locals in Nassau providence island Bahamas-it was a perfect introduction to what has become a favorite tune of mine-yes the lyrics are timeless no matter the era , the place you hear it-✌🏻️Hear (ha ha) is to the world recovering asap
I've been listening to this song off and on since it first released in the 70s. Ever time I hear it, it seems like the first time. It is magical and puts me in a trance. What a beautiful person Roberta Flack. Answered I'm so fortunate to have had the pleasure of seeing her in concert several. She is an angel of music.
I bet that place is called Nesbitts!
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So beautiful and soul touching and timeless.. lyrics and the soulful voice of Roberta Flack.
Tonight I heard this beautiful song for the very first time.
She's such a beautiful woman and amazing artist... God bless us everyone always...
Bless you, Roberta Flack.
Take yo time Miss Flack!!
These lyrics are so very relevant in our times too... sad but oh so true... and it's getting worse evidently....
Since "First Take," Roberta has always been one of my favorite teachers! A student for life....
Wow what a voice and emotion...oustanding and timeless, cld be referring to these times.
Ms. Flack is ABSO FUKIN LUTELY FABULOUS!
Angels are blowing on us and time again!
Shots out to dad that had me in that ballroom when I was a kid and one of them drunk S.O. Be's pur that song on.... good times coming from a Millennial born in 82 😑😌
I grew up listning to roberta flack .she is the singer till date
she is out of this world
One of the most profound & relevant songs ever, even today.
Synthetic World by Swamp Dogg is a another....
One of my Most Memorable Songs. I hope to record this song. Growing up in theSouth was a Memorable Time in the History Of My Life. This is also a song for the world Of TODAY. THANK YOU Roberta Flack..... 😊💕
one of the best song in many years.
what a beautiful song........puts me in such an emotional state.......
It's been such a long time since I've heard this song, one of my favorites. It brings back such memories... and the lyrical content still holds true today... We still have work to do when it comes to out reach and "Trade Winds" is our reminder. Thank you for a timeless treasure, Ms. Flack. Much love.
Thank u so much for posting this song! I've been looking for it for many years...This song, was ahead of it's time! The time is now! This song needs a come back! Thanks again...
My last days in Chicago 30 years ago. Been searching for the song since then. Thanks for putting it up. Thank you.
Simply beautiful ✨🎼🌻🎶🎧🎵💫
One of my favs..by Ms. Flack....and it still holds true today...
Thank you sooo much for posting this...I've been looking for it for a long time...Brings back some tender memories!!! Tricia
This is truer today than ever. And no more beautiful way to deliver the message.
Love you, Roberta!
Loved Roberta in the 70s Still love her now in 2019
As I look back to a place in my heart to which I didn't know my future, having many spiritual questions that I went searching for truth and when I found it , it was inside my own ❤️. He is now in the wind of my being,turning the love he has for me towards others and at the same time receiving Joy to my very Soul.
Thank you for your persistence and for your dedication to a fragment of beauty heard and not forgotten…
This has such a sad undertone because we are truly caught in the tradewinds of our time
I love this song, especially this version.
Fantastic song covered by a lot of great artists including Rod Stewart who does a brilliant version and of course the original Lou Rawls
TRUE, YOU ARE BANG ON.
Wasn't it The Three Degrees? Either way, a wonderful and meaningful song. 😊
@@stephanieredden8861 True. What a brilliant and meaningful song. It still gives me the chills of the 70's.
Roberta and This Song was/is sent from HEAVEN!!!!
Simply....Relevent lyrics...timeless reflections of ours society, past ,and, present.
Let's become aware of the true struggles...become the change we want to see....Let's not stay caught in the very real currents of disstruction. Feel me like I feel this meaningful message in song.
momma used to play this song all the time....thx so much for this very special post....really....thank u so much...
Beautiful.
David Wainwright: Trade Winds was written by Cliff Friends and Chales Tobias it was originally released by The Three Degrees in January, 1972 and by Roberta Flack in February, 1972.
Harold Gibson written by Ralph MacDonald and Bill Salter!
First heard the song done by another angel, Randy Crawford, produced by Ralph, and I think they credit Ralph and Bill Salter in that album. I actually thought it was her song. By the way, play that flute beautiful lady. I own two of your albums, here in Swaziland, Southern Africa. It's nice to here from another artist you like.
@@nhlekoclement3389 HEY ! You guys in Swaziland and southern Africa rock . I first heard it sung by LOU RAWLS but I thought it was a cover version of Roberta Flack's. Harold Gibson is bang on.
@@bobbihumphrey My brother played bass for you when you visited Ghana. I've got some of your albums on vinyl. You're cool.
The great Ms Flack; an awesome cover of a great song originally done by the Three Degrees!
I just found this after listening to the Three Degrees' version (one of my all time favorites) and am so thrilled to hear this amazing rendition by Roberta Flack! Thanks for posting!
From the tribe of Judah love her wow anyone that knows the song is blessed
I like your description Pierre! Thank you for song and your existense.
My Pops would say we are caught in the Tradewinds of our Times back in the mid 70?s. I didn't understand back then. But I see it now at the end of 2021. What a year Great song, penned by percussionist Ralph McDonald.
not one thing changed not one thing all of things she is singing right now in my face so sad I have been lisening this for 7 years my mom was singing this song to me to make me stop crying sad now I am 18
The tradewinds are blowing today
Never stop listening
2020 this song is forever timely
Never heard this one be4, indeed a gem!
What... an incredible, incredibly SCARY song. Her performance is 1st rate.
Love this s song it says so much about today
This explains the problems in our societies today. Is anyone taking notice of what this social scientist, Roberta said decades ago?
beautiful
My fav
FABULOUS🌹😘
True to any generation especially now!!!!
I love esta VOZ a esta mujer imortal quien me arropado con su armoniosa voz.