Killing Me Softly - Fugees/Roberta Flack (stripped cover ft. Rozzi) | stories

A stripped cover version of Fugees/Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly" by stories and Rozzi.

Welcome to stories - we make stripped-down covers with a rotating cast of singers and musicians. Brought to you by the team behind Scary Pockets. New videos every Friday.

CREDITS
Vocals: Rozzi
Guitar: Ryan Lerman
Guitar: George Krikes
Bass: Sean Hurley
Drums: Kiel Feher

Executive Producer: Seth Kaplan
Recording Engineer: Justin Glasco
Philip Etherington: Production
Assistant Engineer: Nicole Schmidt
DP: Dijon Herron
Camera: Charlie Weinmann
Editor: Adam Kritzberg
Socials: December Savage-Brown

Produced By Ryan Lerman
Recorded at The Village Studios in Los Angeles, CA

#Stories #killingmesoftly

[rephd]

Not sure if it's the same person/people but the Audio Engineer for Stories and Scary Pockets is amazing

[antemercep]

She's by far my favorite singer. I just love her style of singing, she can go slightly nasal when she wants, but she does it only shortly, than she lets little rasp in, she can sing clear... anything she wants, but every little thing she does is in service of the song .
I could just close my eyes and enjoy. Unperfect perfection.

[BarneyDavey]

I saw Roberta Flack mesmerize the audience at the Mississippi River Festival 1971. More than 50 years later, I stumbled upon this stirring rendition you make totally and timelessly relevant. Rozzi's performance is a vocal tour de force!

[JessieInTheSky]

I swear some of the best musical performances of all time comes from this channel. You can just tell that everyone on the team absolutely loves what they do.

[craigrobertson]

Rozzi is one of the few singers who can bring me to tears...amazing cover.

[krystalharris]

This brings me right back to the night, sometime in the mid-70s, when I was an usherette at the Queen E Playhouse in Vancouver, and got to see Roberta Flack perform this live. I sat on the steps of the upper balcony, mesmerized, tears rolling down my cheeks. Still can't believe I got paid to be overwhelmed by emotion. And this version gives me shivers!

[stubbsd]

Something magical, Rozzi, about the way you sing with your hands as much as with your voice. It’s as though the music wants to come through every pore, as though you’re literally handing it to your listener. Just wonderful.

[alpaykasal]

Shout out to Lori Lieberman who wrote and originally performed this.... she's left out in the title.

[RPRosen-kifk]

What's not to LOVE, it's Rozzi after all. Just heard she's opening for Joss Stone on several dates of the current tour. Now that would be ... a concert experience!

[vanpid]

Wow. wow. wow. Just putting aside for a second the JAW dropping performance from Rozzi. Ryan! Again with a ridicules guitar tone? what!? like that baritone acoustic bass sound. You've got me scratching my head going "how? what? ooo sooo
Old vintagey EQ? but somehow gets the old speaker rattle with the bass notes. rubber bridge and tail piece? on a... semi hollow les paul jr rhythm? what! Kudos to you and your journey in sound crafting. What a juicy soft tone for my ears to sink into.

[donkaveen]

start of the song. it has little nuance, distortions, fade, which adds a layer of oldness. a totaly diffrent vibe. love it.

[chipsterb]

It’s rare that a voice just grabs me and won’t let go. I listened to this twice then went on Spotify to hear some more. This isn’t my kind of music - not my generation - and yet she’s taken this classic from ages ago and made it her own in a very special way.

Plus the arrangement and musicians are fantastic.

[marcoslmori]

I always stop whatever I am doing to listen to Rozzi. I love you Rozzi from Brazil.

[СамвелКобельян]

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

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

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

[samuelthomasperkins]

Extremely difficult cover. Rozzi nailed it.

[ericmattinen]

Always good to see Rozzi make an appearance! Great version of this song!

[nanoflower]

Love what you did with the stringed instruments. Such a neat version of this classic song.

[j.j.p.]

Wow, this performance is extremely emotional.

[ariellaabrahams]

This is how you cover a song! She didn't change the song but she absolutely made it hers ❤

[janeybakarbessy]

I have heard this song so many times and being covered terrible. But this one wow, wow, wow, love the tone of her voice! Beautiful!