Minnie Riperton: "Memory Lane" (May 25,1979)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 เม.ย. 2010
- Recorded on May 25, 1979 for Capitol records, this performance was a part of a promo-series created to promote the company's hottest acts of that year. Titled Capitol Records Revised Soul, the VHS cassette included such acts as Natalie Cole, Taste of Honey, and Tavares. I bought the tape from a former Capitol Records executive's estate sale back in 2002, and I consider it to be one of my most treasured Minnie memorabilia pieces. Over the years I have contributed greatly to various channels devoted to Minnie Riperton, but I have decided it is now time to host my own channel. In the near future, I plan to share more unpublished footage from my personal archives of the angel. Stay Tuned!
August 24, 1976, that she had undergone a mastectomy due to breast cancer. In April 1979, During the recording of the album, her cancer progressed to the point that she was in a great deal of pain.[2] "Memory Lane" was a hit from the album, and was arguably Riperton's greatest work. "I don't want to go," "save me," "now I'm slippin' fast," "thought it was over; here I go again," and "travelin' down, faster than the speed of sound."was her farewell to her family and to the world.
You can see the pain and fear in her eyes. She didn't want to die and leave her family. This song is a beautiful song but it's also sad also. The way she died was just crazy at her age. Only 31 years old ....
This is sad. Minnie looks like she is about to cry.
When she says, " I don't want to go" and " save me", I felt so bad.
*TEAR FLOWING*
RIP Minnie! We Miss You
Almost too much to watch. The deepness, and the meaning of this song. Then knowing that her flame was about to end, and her young family, having to live without her. They had to discover her greatness, later in their lives, when they could comprehend who their young mother really was.
Thumbs up if you can actually admit to crying after seeing this video, with Minnie looking through this book of photographs, going back down memory lane!
Before there was Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey there was this legend Minnie Riperton!!! R.I.P. SoulQueen 😢😍
Although I wasn't alive throughout her prime or even when she died, I feel Minnie's voice and spirit so much. We miss you, Minnie! Truly an angel.
Her husband was beautiful
Every time I watch this video I tear up. She was literally pleading for her life in this song and video.
Extreme lymphedema immobilized her right arm in early 1979. In her final singing appearances on television (most notably on the Mike Douglas Show), her right arm would remain in a fixed position during her performances. By mid-June, she was confined to bed. She entered Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on July 10. On Thursday, July 12 at 10 am, while lying in her husband's arms, Riperton died while listening to a recording Stevie Wonder had made for her. Minnie R.I.P.erton. angel.
Final music video RIP to ms Minnie Riperton 1947-1979😔😇
This song played at my BFF’s mother’s funeral back in 93’ as we all walked around to view her body. She was such a Minni Riperton fan and always played this song every Sunday morning while cleaning the house. Unfortunately she suffered the same illness Minni had, breast cancer. I’ve been a advocate for the disease and walk in the nYC marathon since 2010. God Bless these great women and may God test their souls 🙏🏾
She looked so healthy and vibrant, you'd never know her flame was to be extinguished just 6 short weeks later. :-( I have never, ever forgotten this woman and her music. Love it every bit as much 32 years later as I did that day.
Please don't make me start crying on July 14, 2023. 🥺 😢 😭Death is fearful for many of us but will all will go on to glory. I miss Minnie Riperton, RIP. I had just graduated from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland May 20, 1979 when this song was released a few days later.
😢....so much meaning...much more th than reminiscing over a love..."I don't want to go" & "Save me"...I'm in tears knowing she lost her fight with cancer shortly after this. ..Sleep well angel!
When she says she is slipping fast. That is foretelling. Lord have Mercy. But her voice never left her.
And what makes this so sad is that she was so serious when she sang this.....every word....every whistle tone was emotionally charged. Someone I cared for deeply just died from cancer....so this song has a special place for me....always has none more than ever.
Only 31 is so crazy. I didn't know she was that young. RIP to a true legend 🕊️
Wow, this shows deep raw emotions. You see the fear in her eyes and sense the pain in her being.
it was real heartbreaking when she said in the song, I don't wanna go,I got goosebumps when I heard that.