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Infoboxes were requested at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles/List_of_notable_songs/8 for both the Roberta Flack and The Fugees versions of "Killing Me Softly with His Song".
Done
As of this writing the intro says: "Don McLean does not wear his glasses when performing, thus the line "he looked right through me as if I wasn't there"". Looks like original research to me. The line in the song can stand perfectly well on purely poetic grounds, in my opinion - it makes a point about the relationship between the characters in the song. But that is, exactly, my opinion. We can argue endlessly about whether it's in there because of McLean's performing without his glasses (if he even does), or whether it's for a poetic reason, or what, and all of that will be OR unless there's specific evidence of the reasons the songwriters/poet wrote that line. I think the article would be better off without this line, unless it can be cited. 216.75.183.126 ( talk) 00:38, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
This page has very good information about this song: video, lyrics and meaning of the song. How about adding it to the External Links section? http://www.multimedia-english.com/htm/music/2008/killing-me-softly.htm Wikichap33 ( talk) 23:08, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone else agree that the following sentence mistates the idea of "similar success"?
"Their version, titled "Killing Me Softly," became a hit, reaching number two on the U.S. airplay chart, and had similar success in the UK, reaching number one, becoming 1996's best selling single in the country"
I would think that the best selling single in the UK would trump being no 2 on an airplay chart in the US, and would reword this:
"Their version, titled "Killing Me Softly," became a hit, reaching number one and becoming 1996's best selling single in the UK. It also reached number two on the U.S. airplay chart."
However, as a Brit, I would check other opinions before changing this. Steveran ( talk) 09:55, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Hmmmm.... no mention at all of the parody "Killing Me Softly (With Kung Fu)"? I came here looking for info on that, because I couldn't remember the exact name of the parody, or who made it. Doesn't seem to be an article on that song, either. Nomad Of Norad ( talk) 22:18, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
Never mind, out of half a dozen cover versions in German, only two are mentioned, and they are in fact but one, as the titles are different, but the lyrics are exactly the same ;-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.0.81.9 ( talk) 21:34, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
There's a song floating around the internet that says that it's Carly Simon singing KMS. Well, I'm pretty sure that it's not her, and I'm pretty sure that it shouldn't be on this Wikipedia page unless someone else can figure out where it appeared. And not on a "Greatest Hits" album since it doesn't appear on any of her Greatest Hits albums and, if it did, it would have appeared on another album first... it being a hit and all. It's not even on Amazon.com. So someone else should definitely fix this. Someone who's not me since all of my edits get reverted and reverted again for no reason by people who have more time and patience than me. So thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doubledragons ( talk • contribs) 03:11, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
The Argentinian novel mentioned in the article is "Hopscotch" by Julio Cortazar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.219.81.62 ( talk) 22:50, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
I once heard that the lyricist had gone to a Gordon Lightfoot concert and penned this afterward. I cannot find any corroboration for that. However, I would ask the listener to compare the melody of the first line with the melody of the first line of "If You Could Read My Mind" (here both transposed to C, and ignoring key, for comparison):
"Killing Me Softly": E - F - G - A - G - D - G
"If You Could Read": G - F# - G - A - G - D - G
...and note that the meter of the phrases is exactly the same. Just food for thought.
GregB (
talk)
18:29, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
I had added the musicians from the wikipedia album article, assuming that AllMusic is correct, with the guitar by Eric Gale and drums by Grady Tate. But the "Best Of" album credits at Discogs are these: [1], with Ray Lucas on drums and Hugh McCracken on guitar. Both sources give Ron Carter on bass. Which is correct? Martinevans123 ( talk) 10:03, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Infoboxes were requested at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles/List_of_notable_songs/8 for both the Roberta Flack and The Fugees versions of "Killing Me Softly with His Song".
Done
As of this writing the intro says: "Don McLean does not wear his glasses when performing, thus the line "he looked right through me as if I wasn't there"". Looks like original research to me. The line in the song can stand perfectly well on purely poetic grounds, in my opinion - it makes a point about the relationship between the characters in the song. But that is, exactly, my opinion. We can argue endlessly about whether it's in there because of McLean's performing without his glasses (if he even does), or whether it's for a poetic reason, or what, and all of that will be OR unless there's specific evidence of the reasons the songwriters/poet wrote that line. I think the article would be better off without this line, unless it can be cited. 216.75.183.126 ( talk) 00:38, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
This page has very good information about this song: video, lyrics and meaning of the song. How about adding it to the External Links section? http://www.multimedia-english.com/htm/music/2008/killing-me-softly.htm Wikichap33 ( talk) 23:08, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone else agree that the following sentence mistates the idea of "similar success"?
"Their version, titled "Killing Me Softly," became a hit, reaching number two on the U.S. airplay chart, and had similar success in the UK, reaching number one, becoming 1996's best selling single in the country"
I would think that the best selling single in the UK would trump being no 2 on an airplay chart in the US, and would reword this:
"Their version, titled "Killing Me Softly," became a hit, reaching number one and becoming 1996's best selling single in the UK. It also reached number two on the U.S. airplay chart."
However, as a Brit, I would check other opinions before changing this. Steveran ( talk) 09:55, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Hmmmm.... no mention at all of the parody "Killing Me Softly (With Kung Fu)"? I came here looking for info on that, because I couldn't remember the exact name of the parody, or who made it. Doesn't seem to be an article on that song, either. Nomad Of Norad ( talk) 22:18, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
Never mind, out of half a dozen cover versions in German, only two are mentioned, and they are in fact but one, as the titles are different, but the lyrics are exactly the same ;-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.0.81.9 ( talk) 21:34, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
There's a song floating around the internet that says that it's Carly Simon singing KMS. Well, I'm pretty sure that it's not her, and I'm pretty sure that it shouldn't be on this Wikipedia page unless someone else can figure out where it appeared. And not on a "Greatest Hits" album since it doesn't appear on any of her Greatest Hits albums and, if it did, it would have appeared on another album first... it being a hit and all. It's not even on Amazon.com. So someone else should definitely fix this. Someone who's not me since all of my edits get reverted and reverted again for no reason by people who have more time and patience than me. So thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doubledragons ( talk • contribs) 03:11, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
The Argentinian novel mentioned in the article is "Hopscotch" by Julio Cortazar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.219.81.62 ( talk) 22:50, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
I once heard that the lyricist had gone to a Gordon Lightfoot concert and penned this afterward. I cannot find any corroboration for that. However, I would ask the listener to compare the melody of the first line with the melody of the first line of "If You Could Read My Mind" (here both transposed to C, and ignoring key, for comparison):
"Killing Me Softly": E - F - G - A - G - D - G
"If You Could Read": G - F# - G - A - G - D - G
...and note that the meter of the phrases is exactly the same. Just food for thought.
GregB (
talk)
18:29, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
I had added the musicians from the wikipedia album article, assuming that AllMusic is correct, with the guitar by Eric Gale and drums by Grady Tate. But the "Best Of" album credits at Discogs are these: [1], with Ray Lucas on drums and Hugh McCracken on guitar. Both sources give Ron Carter on bass. Which is correct? Martinevans123 ( talk) 10:03, 13 December 2015 (UTC)