Anybody like Roberta Flack? - Page 3 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Nate Stanley · #31 05-01-2007, 10:44 AM

I always liked Roberta's voice, sort of a smoky smoothness- and there's also Anita Baker. If you like Flack, you'll like her, too. She started about 15 years ago, bailed for a few years to raise her family, and just got back into the recording biz again. The passing years made her voice better, like a fine wine.

Kuan · #32 05-01-2007, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by suginami

I checked her discography, and Killing me Softly came out in 1973. I was 5 or 6 years old.

You know, I'll be 40 years old next year, and I'm finding I'm getting more and more sentimental for the music of my early childhood, which is predominantly the music of the 70's.

In my house, my dad had a very large collection of 8 track tapes, and you would usually hear playing:

James Taylor
Roberta Flack
Simon and Garfunkel
Seals and Crofts
Gordon Lightfoot
Jim Croce
Anne Murray
Barry Manilow
Marvin Gaye

I've got a lot of those albums.

Nothing like vocals on vinyl.

suginami · #33 05-02-2007, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate Stanley

I always liked Roberta's voice, sort of a smoky smoothness- and there's also Anita Baker. If you like Flack, you'll like her, too. She started about 15 years ago, bailed for a few years to raise her family, and just got back into the recording biz again. The passing years made her voice better, like a fine wine.

Would you believe it if I told you that Anita Baker is my favorite recording artist?

I have every cd she has ever released, including one she released when she was the lead singer of a group, although I can't remember the name right now.