Nils Landgren - Killing Me Softly

 

Nils Landgren -
Killing Me Softly

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
Embraced 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

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스웨덴 출신의 트롬보니스트.
일명 붉은 혼을 사용한다고 하여 RedHone이라고도 불리우는 닐스 란드그렌(Nils Landgren)
트롬본 연주자이자, 보컬리스트이며, 자신이 이끄는 밴드 펑크 유닛의 리더이고, 작곡가이자 편곡가이며,
음반제작자에 음악감동까지...그의 음악계의 범위는 광범위 하게 펼쳐져 있다.
독일의 유명 재즈레이블인 ACT의 간판 아티스트인 닐스.
그의 음반은 언제나 신선하며, 멈춰서는 법이 없다.
블루스에서 소울 재즈에 이르기까지 현대적인 음악적 요소를 펑키한 리듬감으로 새로움을 창조하는
그의 능력은 정말 탁월하다.
로버타 플랙 (RobertaFlack) 의 오리지널도, 푸지스 (Fugees) 의 재치넘치는
리메이크도 좋지만, 닐스의 잔잔하고 편안한 목소리로 감상해 보는것도 상당히 근사한 경험이다.

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