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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @AllCatsAreEvil 21 Aug 2023 \ on: Stacker News - Meta Music Monday! meta
I'm going with Killing Me Softly by The Fugees. Back in 1996 I had no idea it was a cover. It's better than the original by miles.
I was today years old when I found out it was a cover! Thanks for that suggestion, absolute banger of the 90s era. Who was the original? (I could Google sure but that's not how discussions go, if I knew all the answers I wouldn't need to engage.)
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Well, I couldn't remember the girls name, so I went and googled her, then learned I was wrong and it was released a year earlier in 1972 by someone called Lori Lieberman - although I couldn't remember the name, the person I was thinking of was Roberta Flack, but I now see it's also been covered multiple times...I didn't rate Flacks voice, I found it to whiny so always rated the Fugees version more highly
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Yeah I went and took a Google. Looks like that track has some a checkered past. Some disgruntled people involved for sure.
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