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Killing Me Softly

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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1.

SUMMER, 1996

MY FIRST TIME AT SUMMER CAMP
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2.

I WAS 11

BUT IF YOU WERE A BOY, I'D TELL YOU I WAS 12
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THINGS I LEARNED AT CAMP

  • Lots of inappropriate language
  • Stinging nettle in the face isn't fun
  • Collect calls aren't actually cheap
  • Pulling pranks is hilarious
  • Being pranked is not as fun
It wasn't that I learned new inappropriate language; I just started using it out loud. I also got my face and arms covered in welts, and created a very expensive phone bill my mom received the following month.
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4.

ALSO: R&B AND RAP EXIST

JUST BECAUSE MOM DOESN'T LIKE IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S BAD
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I FELL IN LOVE WITH A SONG

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHO IT WAS BY.
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6.

I SANG IT TO HER

TO TELL MY MOM ABOUT IT WITHOUT A TITLE OR ARTIST,
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7.

WEEKS PASSED

WITH LOTS OF BILLY JOEL
I had three Billy Joel cassettes that I listened to over and over: Piano Man, The Stranger, and The Nylon Curtain.
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THEN, IT HAPPENED

MY MOM BOUGHT ME THE TAPE.
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SHE TOLD ME.

"'KILLING ME SOFTLY' IS THE NAME OF THE SONG,"
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"IT'S THE FIRST ONE ON THE TAPE,"

SHE SAID.
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THINGS I DID NEXT:

  • Ran to my bedroom
  • Got my Walkman
  • Put on my headphones
  • Took off the cellophane wrapper
  • Plugged that sucker in
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6. GOT REALLY CONFUSED.

THIS BOTH WAS, AND WAS NOT, THE SONG I LOVED.
It had the same words, but musically, it didn't sound right, and didn't resonate with me the same way it had at camp.
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I'D NEVER HEARD OF COVERS

BUT A COVER WAS WHAT I'D HEARD AT CAMP
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14.

WERE QUITE DIFFERENT.

ROBERTA FLACK AND THE FUGEES
Version by Roberta Flack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1eOsMc2Fgg

Version by The Fugees:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eClxA5KO9jE
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AND I FELT BAD.

I KNEW MY MOM WOULD FOLLOW UP AND ASK HOW IT WAS
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AS DISAPPOINTED AS I WAS.

THE GESTURE MEANT A LOT AND I DIDN'T WANT MY MOM TO BE
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SHE'D TAKEN THE TIME TO FIND IT,

SO I LISTENED TO THE ENTIRE 'BEST OF' TAPE.
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FACT #1:

ROBERTA FLACK SANG A LOT OF SONGS ABOUT 'MAKING LOVE.'
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A LOT.

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FACT #2:

THAT PHRASE IS FOREIGN TO MOST 11-YEAR-OLDS.
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OTHER FOREIGN CONCEPTS:

  • "Laying with" someone
  • "Getting it on"
  • A bajillion other intimate descriptions
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FACT #3:

EACH SONG MADE ME FEEL INCREASINGLY AWKWARD.
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TO ADD TO THE CONFUSION,

I STILL THOUGHT MAYBE I'D REMEMBERED THE SONG WRONG
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ILLEGAL

BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT COPYING SONGS WOULD BE
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SO I JUST KEPT LISTENING TO THAT TAPE

FIGURING I'D LEARN TO LOVE THE SONG AGAIN SOME DAY
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TWO MONTHS LATER:

I FOUND A RADIO STATION THAT PLAYED R&B
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SHORTLY THEREAFTER

THEY PLAYED THE SONG
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AND I WAS SO HAPPY...

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UNTIL I REALIZED

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FOR NOTHING

I'D MEMORIZED ALL THOSE AWKWARD LYRICS
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31.

AND THAT IS WHY

I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THE PHRASE "MAKE LOVE" SERIOUSLY.
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