Melanie is the angel who's songs got me through the 70's... In the 80's I named my daughter after her. Much love , much respect Melanie Safka, you are so loved by all of us.
My youngest sister named her only child - a daughter - after Melanie in 1975. They live in Germany. Melanie was, and still is, my sister's most favorite singer. My sister was so sad when she heard the sad news of Melanie's passing.
Melanie Safka is a constellation. Few in this world can truly comprehend a constellation. God gave her gifts and she shared these with the multitudes, blessing us with a rare joy that is, and always shall be, a delight throughout the ages.
This Woman is a musical genius... who has created a lifetime of music and is truly loved by many... She has blessed us all with song her entire lifetime... not just a Woodstock Legend but a Legend that Ed Sullivan said not since Elvis has he seen such a Stage Presence as Melanie.....one woman ..one guitar sitting on stage by herself..with an arsenal of songs....before sold out crowds everywhere ...
@@victorhyman268 was that the Belle Vue concert? If so, I was also sat on stage (on Melanie’s right hand side) when somebody on the opposite side took a photo of her returning to the stage, catching me in the frame and that’s how my photo ended up on t’internet. 🤣
Melanie showed me I wasn't the only one in emotional pain to the level I was. I believe she was a big reason I didn't suicide as a teen. I loved all her music, I taught myself to play guitar and I and my late wife sang and played her songs. Beautiful People and others cemented my values to where I now devote my life to spreading love and The Golden Rule. My core message is: The Time Has Come To Show People That Nobody is Nobody! Thank You Melanie Safka. I have not nor will I ever forget your soul. We must Never Give Up on helping ourselves and our brothers and sisters. It wasn't "Psychotherapy" that helped me, it was love and kindness, and YOU.
Melanie is a longtime underrated, beautiful singer! Since the day, Wayback, I have been listening to her songs and I love her voice, her composure, etc.❤
I stumbled upon “Candles in the Rain” performance on 1970 live TV (Denmark?) with the gospel choir and was blown away. It made me wonder why she isn’t held in the same esteem as Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Joan Baez, etc., And she wrote and performed her own material!
Isn’t that the truth .. as a kid I didn’t get it at all. She was at Woodstock n Joni didn’t get there.. she should have an easier time. But she mentions being a curvy brunette and it was 60s n 70s .. Media even back then..made it the era of the lanky blonde image. I was there then,, Like many of us here, and as a twin of Melanie’s ,, I struggled with self esteem especially in teen years. She talks about and she didn’t want to be pushed around. Great song of hers , Animal Crackers and Bobos Party.. say a lot as well !
I laugh when people talk about their regrets about aging. We all only get to be young once and I would not trade having been young in the ‘60s for anything. Melanie was one of the lights of my crazy adolescent life. Peace and love.
What a brilliant interview.. Melanie always shows so much respect to everyone. I had the great fortune to see her, Beau n Jordie play in Flagstaff,AZ. gosh it was 2019 .. pretty sure. Jordie n Beau are gifted musicians and Jordie has a beautiful voice. It was a small setting and we just walked down to the stage afterwards and I bumped my back into Melanie’s back.. she turned around and opened her arms like she knew me and I got a huge hug and a kiss. I’m a brunette with bangs with similar dna lineage and I just melted into my Melanie Mama who I was so in love with as a kid in the 60s.. She loved the Evergreens in Flagstaff and mentioned someone’s apple tree where she was staying. She was living in Florida then and said she wished she could live in 4 seasons. I’m so glad she moved to a place with trees, apple trees and a music hub. She’s a trip and shares her life as a gifted storyteller. My condolences to her gorgeous family and Beau especially is in my heart tonight.
When I was a kid my aunt let me spend a weekend with her and her husband and she let me smoke and I put a record on her turntable and it was Brand New Key. I fell in love from the get go. I was maybe 12 years old.
Melanie, you shall be the Queen of Woodstock forever! We LOVE YOU!!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 I just wish that I could have met you in person, just to tell you how much your music played a guiding force in my own life..."
It's great to see you are still with us Melanie. I thank my mother and aunt for turning me on to your music, and many generations to follow have enjoyed your music. It's great to see that you have embraced this platform and brought all your music to us in one place. Thank you Melanie.
So nice a young man is so interested in the beautiful story of Melanie. You are a wonderful interviewer and I enjoyed watching and listening to Melanie. I waited houres for the radio when I was young to hear her. Could not buy her records and then I had goosepimpels all over when I heard her voice. Lots of Love from Marja, Amsterdam the Netherlands.
I grew up in Den Haag and was young too but I could listen to Radio Caroline, Radio North Sea, and Radio Luxembourg on my transistor radio. I think that's when I heard Beautiful People the first time. Goosebumps! I played and performed her songs for many years. Unforgettable!
Deat Lady i have seen you on tv. And all the music that i enjoyed and because of TH-cam i can hear it again and again. And as a boy that had a crush on you and im sure other boys had that crush to and little girls would love to be like you. When God created you tjat he send one of his angels here and happiness that you bring. For that i say thank you dear Lady
That was great hearing of your Woodstock experience. The whole interview is great. You are still my favorite female entertainer of all time. My best friend and I were big fans growing up in the in the early 70's. Keep well...
I've no idea if you ever going to see this writing MELANIE, and I'll just let it out. I am a Greek, leaving in Greece, Athens city. When I first got to know your songs and lyrics was when i was about 11. A random Greek radio station used to play your songs and I got attached to the SOME SAY I GOT DEVIL. After that, I bought a cassette of this album, and learned to sing all the lyrics from there, and got into the feeling of this strong period of history that you have experienced. This energy has been with me since now. I'm 44 and still going back to my inner authentic me, through your songs. It's a treasure of mine. a place I can go back to like ...I go back to my sweet mother. My thank you is simple, and humble and just that, as I say thank you to my mother everyday for the love that she has placed upon me. Thank you Melanie. Thank you thank you than you my sweet sweet Melanie. Always Thank you
Malanie I doubt if you will read this but I just want to let you know what a beautiful person you are. One of my favorite songs is please tell me why and jigsaw puzzle. Be well and safe cheers
You were much more than Brand New Key! Rest in peace Melanie...still listening since I was 9 and 56yrs have passed...glad I got to see you and your son, Beau.
Funny smart sharp talent and a nice smile.. and one of my fav.. musicians.🌷🎸🎶 And I am glad I grew up with Melanie's music....❤️🙏🌟☮️ I was lucky and met her after a concert in Tampa ..A big deal 4 me...
You’re amazing and so inspiring Melanie, I love watching your videos, both the new and old ones. I enjoyed watching you and Miley Cyrus singing “Look What they’ve Done to my Song Ma”. Love it when Beau accompanies you.
Happy Belated Birthday beautiful Melanie. I heard your "Lay Down " on the radio. It flooded back memoies for me. I searched your CD and found your page. I have played that song about 10 times in a row. I wish I could sit and hav a up of tea with you. I just lov you. Renee
Melanie, you are such a doll. I wish you were my neighbor. How fabulous that this interview exists so I could spend this much time enjoying you. Loved seeing you perform LIVE and still enjoy the vinyl, etc.
Melanie is a super intelligent woman with talent beyond belief ...she was Like a Sister I never had and taught me so much ..Thank you to her and to anyone that keep her alive through her songs and media .
i listened to melanie in the 70s and 80s and played her cassette while i drove down from the pilbara in west australia where i worked in the mines i'm sure my kids knew every song . she is one lovely lady and has produced beautiful music may she live for many years.
🩷🪷 The definition of BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ~ Melanie is lovely, amazing, fantastic. Hearing her say the industry ostracized her sounds right. How else could her amazing, powerful voice be silenced. Melanie was a MASSIVE hit late 60s, early 70s. Regardless of era or business nonsense Melanie's music lives on. Thank you goddess Melanie Safka. A big part of my childhood. 🪷🩷
Beautiful PEOPLE is by far my favorite. But what haven't I loved including all the others. You've issued 31 albums lady. WOW. Loved you in my 20's though you had 2 years on me love you today. Your sweetness your caring your kind human shines a light what human kind should be at it's core. Out of pain I will feel your spirit and looking down from the brightest of stars every night I look up and see them. You put KINDNESS in Human Kind as the award winning soul of being...as Kind Human. Beautiful People and yes you are still one too as you ended that song. Right to the end. (I am confused as you may not have been how the top news channels never mentioned your passing. A few side line all short lacking depth and acknowledgements of WHO MELANIE really was. Her fans and Her beautiful people know who she was.) My heart and prayers go out to her children and family but those who seem to connect with her are her family too.)
First concert ever was Melanie early '72 on the "Gather Me" tour. My parents took me. I was 8 and bootlegged it on my first cassette recorder. Still have the tape. Long may you reign, Melanie!
Thanks for this video...I just found out she passed...so sad...such a loss. I'm blessed that I saw her in concert many times throughout my life, and I stole a hug at the last concert I saw her at in Connecticut at her meet and greet. Forever in my soul.❤🙏😢
💛💫💛💫💛💫💛Beautiful Melanie, special Pure Soul that came to earth and brought us through her open channel-inspiration, so many songs that carry on forever 🤍
Always in the shadows of Joan Baez. Judy Collins. Joni Mitchell. Bob Dylan types. She never got full disclosure of HER stuff. Her talents are so unrecognized. I loved 🎶 this woman befor it was ok. Diversity is so HER. Kaye. Illinois. 🇺🇸
When you're a little girl who wants to write a song like "Cry Me a River" it probably comes out "Cry me a Creek." Melanie's songs ranged from devastation to inspiration, to totally funny and wacky. She melted my heart about naming her cat, "Cat" like Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Dear Melanie, I've been watching your videos for two days now. Your Candles in The Rain video is so captivating and beautiful and powerful. Absolutely love your work.
Lovely to listen to the interview with Melanie. First heard you sing Ruby Tuesday in 1969, and was hooked. Brilliant performances on all of your albums afterwards. Glad you are keeping well. Take care👏
Lol, I like the version that had an introduction😎 but no one mentioned Someday I'll be a farmer, Some Say😁, little bit of me, peace will come. I really gotta see her before she totally retires & im left with regrets. No ment
Melanie, like many of her generation, did it for the music. That ideology has now been jettisoned for the eternal search for the next big thing. She was a great force of nature; sadly now gone. RIP.
There is one song she should be remembered for, and it's not a big hit. "Ring the Living Bell." By the way Toby, you're an excellent interviewer, you ask the right questions, and listen without interrupting VERY well. Okay I lost it when Melanie described todays music as one sound, runs into another, like a constant siren and the "Whoa-Whoa"....hahahaha.
you have to admit she`s honest..if i see one more picture of someone`s food on facebook I think I`ll end it..I don`t have much of a life but that`s pathetic
Not directly perhaps but I did admire him. I loved the work of Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht though and count them among my influences as well as Piaf and other French artists.
Only 12 year olds think of brand new key when they hear your name. As a once homeless recovered crack addict I will sometimes listen to your cover of Mr. Tambourine Man to set my head straight again. Thank you
Poor little hairy kids out on their own They run to the festival to show that they were one They've fallen in love with all human kind So tell them you love them so they don't change their mind
Oh Brand New Key is more like a pop didi that don't really represent Melanie's talent, that other very precious songs like Babe Rainbow, omg,,, and Birthday of the Rain, Lay Down. Watch that video and see how uncomfortable those red-necks in the audience were with all the colored folk singers on stage and the power of little Melanie's message. wow. And some couldn't help but join in. Probably the most beautiful moment in music history. I love playing her rendition of My Father by Judy Collins. "My father always promised us, we would live in France...." lol love her heart so much.
Melanie, there are many people who don’t refer to you as “the one who did the roller-skate song”! I went to a youth club where people took there own records. Somebody had taken Beautiful People and I insisted that it was played after each record. At the end of the night the lad who owned it (a complete stranger) gave me his copy. When visiting a friend in Germany we went to a youth club. Whenever “Stop, I don’t want to hear it” one of his friends would immediately jump on a chair to get his head as close as possible to the ceiling loudspeaker. I have friends whose favourite recording of yours was not one of your songs, “My Rainbow Race”. Another friend is into Stoneground Words. So, you see, your fans are individuals and some are completely barmy … I 8magine that meets with your approval. Peace and love!
@@thomasfinch8599 I think that was one of the first places Melanie played at. West End was a great hippie part of town. I was only 10 in 69 but I remember it well
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Melanie is the angel who's songs got me through the 70's... In the 80's I named my daughter after her. Much love , much respect Melanie Safka, you are so loved by all of us.
I too named I daughter for her. Hopefully there are a lot of Melanies out there carrying the name in her honor. ☮️☮️☮️🇺🇸
@@tonyreynolds5112 Cheers Tony.
I married my first wife because she was called Melanie and also looked similar
My youngest sister named her only child - a daughter - after Melanie in 1975. They live in Germany. Melanie was, and still is, my sister's most favorite singer. My sister was so sad when she heard the sad news of Melanie's passing.
Melanie Safka is a constellation. Few in this world can truly comprehend a constellation. God gave her gifts and she shared these with the multitudes, blessing us with a rare joy that is, and always shall be, a delight throughout the ages.
Perfectly stated! Bravo!!
This Woman is a musical genius... who has created a lifetime of music and is truly loved by many... She has blessed us all with song her entire lifetime... not just a Woodstock Legend but a Legend that Ed Sullivan said not since Elvis has he seen such a Stage Presence as Melanie.....one woman ..one guitar sitting on stage by herself..with an arsenal of songs....before sold out crowds everywhere ...
We sat on stage with her in Manchester U.K.
@@victorhyman268 was that the Belle Vue concert? If so, I was also sat on stage (on Melanie’s right hand side) when somebody on the opposite side took a photo of her returning to the stage, catching me in the frame and that’s how my photo ended up on t’internet. 🤣
@@peterredmond6729 no……‘‘twas the Hard Rock ( B and Q )concert in Stretford ……the stage I think was where plumbing supplies were.😂😂
Beautiful people was and still is a great song, Melanie rest in Peace, beautiful woman
Melanie showed me I wasn't the only one in emotional pain to the level I was. I believe she was a big reason I didn't suicide as a teen. I loved all her music, I taught myself to play guitar and I and my late wife sang and played her songs. Beautiful People and others cemented my values to where I now devote my life to spreading love and The Golden Rule.
My core message is: The Time Has Come To Show People That Nobody is Nobody!
Thank You Melanie Safka. I have not nor will I ever forget your soul. We must Never Give Up on helping ourselves and our brothers and sisters. It wasn't "Psychotherapy" that helped me, it was love and kindness, and YOU.
Melanie, I absolutely adore you and especially like the video of Edwin Hawkins Singers together with you performing,
That was fantastic!!
Melanie is a longtime underrated, beautiful singer! Since the day, Wayback, I have been listening to her songs and I love her voice, her composure, etc.❤
Melanie was the artist of our time. She was part of our youth. Her songs were meaningful to us. I loved that voice.
I stumbled upon “Candles in the Rain” performance on 1970 live TV (Denmark?) with the gospel choir and was blown away. It made me wonder why she isn’t held in the same esteem as Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Joan Baez, etc., And she wrote and performed her own material!
Isn’t that the truth .. as a kid I didn’t get it at all. She was at Woodstock n Joni didn’t get there.. she should have an easier time. But she mentions being a curvy brunette and it was 60s n 70s .. Media even back then..made it the era of the lanky blonde image. I was there then,, Like many of us here, and as a twin of Melanie’s ,, I struggled with self esteem especially in teen years. She talks about and she didn’t want to be pushed around. Great song of hers , Animal Crackers and Bobos Party.. say a lot as well !
because no drugs .drama..she was an Artist in love with her music and with her family
One of the truly beautiful people.
Good-bye, sweet Melanie. Thanks for the music and the memories. You'll be missed and always in my heart.
I laugh when people talk about their regrets about aging. We all only get to be young once and I would not trade having been young in the ‘60s for anything. Melanie was one of the lights of my crazy adolescent life. Peace and love.
What a brilliant interview.. Melanie always shows so much respect to everyone. I had the great fortune to see her, Beau n Jordie play in Flagstaff,AZ. gosh it was 2019 .. pretty sure. Jordie n Beau are gifted musicians and Jordie has a beautiful voice. It was a small setting and we just walked down to the stage afterwards and I bumped my back into Melanie’s back.. she turned around and opened her arms like she knew me and I got a huge hug and a kiss. I’m a brunette with bangs with similar dna lineage and I just melted into my Melanie Mama who I was so in love with as a kid in the 60s.. She loved the Evergreens in Flagstaff and mentioned someone’s apple tree where she was staying. She was living in Florida then and said she wished she could live in 4 seasons. I’m so glad she moved to a place with trees, apple trees and a music hub. She’s a trip and shares her life as a gifted storyteller. My condolences to her gorgeous family and Beau especially is in my heart tonight.
When I was a kid my aunt let me spend a weekend with her and her husband and she let me smoke and I put a record on her turntable and it was Brand New Key. I fell in love from the get go. I was maybe 12 years old.
All Melanie's songs make me cry, they bring back long lost memories, lost love and tears of joy. I love you Melanie...Tony in London UK
Hello Elvis fron Brasil I Love melanie .......
I first saw Melanie in 1971( I was only 15.) I've been in love with her ever since.💓
Long live Melanie! Cheers!
Melanie, you shall be the Queen of Woodstock forever! We LOVE YOU!!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 I just wish that I could have met you in person, just to tell you how much your music played a guiding force in my own life..."
This lovely lady is a treasure.
Great interview by this young man
How lucky to get to interview Melanie
Always a nice to see you and hear a song or a story about what is going on. Thanks 😊
It's great to see you are still with us Melanie. I thank my mother and aunt for turning me on to your music, and many generations to follow have enjoyed your music. It's great to see that you have embraced this platform and brought all your music to us in one place. Thank you Melanie.
So nice a young man is so interested in the beautiful story of Melanie. You are a wonderful interviewer and I enjoyed watching and listening to Melanie. I waited houres for the radio when I was young to hear her. Could not buy her records and then I had goosepimpels all over when I heard her voice. Lots of Love from Marja, Amsterdam the Netherlands.
I grew up in Den Haag and was young too but I could listen to Radio Caroline, Radio North Sea, and Radio Luxembourg on my transistor radio. I think that's when I heard Beautiful People the first time. Goosebumps! I played and performed her songs for many years. Unforgettable!
Yay❣️ A new interview❣️ Love you, both music and everything else day to day. 😊 🌸💞🎵🙌🏻
Deat Lady i have seen you on tv. And all the music that i enjoyed and because of TH-cam i can hear it again and again. And as a boy that had a crush on you and im sure other boys had that crush to and little girls would love to be like you. When God created you tjat he send one of his angels here and happiness that you bring. For that i say thank you dear Lady
There were plenty of girls who had a big crush on her too, like me.
Candles in the Rain.... I love you Melanie!!!!
That was great hearing of your Woodstock experience. The whole interview is great.
You are still my favorite female entertainer of all time. My best friend and I were big fans growing up in the in the early 70's.
Keep well...
Merci à vous , Melanie Safka !!!!Kiss de France ...
I've no idea if you ever going to see this writing MELANIE, and I'll just let it out. I am a Greek, leaving in Greece, Athens city. When I first got to know your songs and lyrics was when i was about 11. A random Greek radio station used to play your songs and I got attached to the SOME SAY I GOT DEVIL. After that, I bought a cassette of this album, and learned to sing all the lyrics from there, and got into the feeling of this strong period of history that you have experienced. This energy has been with me since now. I'm 44 and still going back to my inner authentic me, through your songs. It's a treasure of mine. a place I can go back to like ...I go back to my sweet mother. My thank you is simple, and humble and just that, as I say thank you to my mother everyday for the love that she has placed upon me. Thank you Melanie. Thank you thank you than you my sweet sweet Melanie. Always Thank you
Beautiful people is a great song.
Malanie I doubt if you will read this but I just want to let you know what a beautiful person you are. One of my favorite songs is please tell me why and jigsaw puzzle. Be well and safe cheers
You were much more than Brand New Key! Rest in peace Melanie...still listening since I was 9 and 56yrs have passed...glad I got to see you and your son, Beau.
Funny smart sharp talent and a nice smile.. and one of my fav.. musicians.🌷🎸🎶 And I am glad I grew up with Melanie's music....❤️🙏🌟☮️ I was lucky and met her after a concert in Tampa ..A big deal 4 me...
I met her in Adelaide (South Australia,) when she was part of a Cabaret Festival. Such an honour.
@@thatbird2 🎵
You’re amazing and so inspiring Melanie, I love watching your videos, both the new and old ones. I enjoyed watching you and Miley Cyrus singing “Look What they’ve Done to my Song Ma”. Love it when Beau accompanies you.
She is still so beautiful in her older age!
that was an amazing interview! Melanie, if you start a cooking show i'd watch it all the time.
Wish you still didn't eat animals. You must have converted so many to vegetarianism, and saved so many animals lives.
Oh, Melanie can cook! She taught me how to make Fritada in her very own kitchen. She also had a restaurant once.
Happy Belated Birthday beautiful Melanie. I heard your "Lay Down " on the radio. It flooded back memoies for me. I searched your CD and found your page. I have played that song about 10 times in a row. I wish I could sit and hav a up of tea with you. I just lov you. Renee
Yes, Candles in the Wind, Tambourine Man & Beautiful People like Melanie are my faves!
"Candles in the... Wind???"
Candles in the RAIN
Melanie, you are such a doll. I wish you were my neighbor. How fabulous that this interview exists so I could spend this much time enjoying you. Loved seeing you perform LIVE and still enjoy the vinyl, etc.
Melanie is a super intelligent woman with talent beyond belief ...she was Like a Sister I never had and taught me so much ..Thank you to her and to anyone that keep her alive through her songs and media .
Thank you Melanie for this, insightful inspiring, very uplifting. Creator keep you blessed and humble.
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i listened to melanie in the 70s and 80s and played her cassette while i drove down from the pilbara in west australia where i worked in the mines i'm sure my kids knew every song . she is one lovely lady and has produced beautiful music may she live for many years.
🩷🪷 The definition of BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ~ Melanie is lovely, amazing, fantastic.
Hearing her say the industry ostracized her sounds right. How else could her amazing, powerful voice be silenced. Melanie was a MASSIVE hit late 60s, early 70s.
Regardless of era or business nonsense Melanie's music lives on. Thank you goddess Melanie Safka. A big part of my childhood. 🪷🩷
Rest easy, Melanie. I grew up with you coming through my speakers. I'll miss your spirit. Thank you for sharing every little bit of you
Beautiful PEOPLE is by far my favorite. But what haven't I loved including all the others. You've issued 31 albums lady. WOW. Loved you in my 20's though you had 2 years on me love you today. Your sweetness your caring your kind human shines a light what human kind should be at it's core. Out of pain I will feel your spirit and looking down from the brightest of stars every night I look up and see them. You put KINDNESS in Human Kind as the award winning soul of being...as Kind Human. Beautiful People and yes you are still one too as you ended that song. Right to the end. (I am confused as you may not have been how the top news channels never mentioned your passing. A few side line all short lacking depth and acknowledgements of WHO MELANIE really was. Her fans and Her beautiful people know who she was.) My heart and prayers go out to her children and family but those who seem to connect with her are her family too.)
First concert ever was Melanie early '72 on the "Gather Me" tour. My parents took me. I was 8 and bootlegged it on my first cassette recorder. Still have the tape. Long may you reign, Melanie!
I love a good cook! I love good meat balls, beef, pork & veil..yumm!!!!
Thanks for this video...I just found out she passed...so sad...such a loss. I'm blessed that I saw her in concert many times throughout my life, and I stole a hug at the last concert I saw her at in Connecticut at her meet and greet. Forever in my soul.❤🙏😢
💛💫💛💫💛💫💛Beautiful Melanie, special Pure Soul that came to earth and brought us through her open channel-inspiration, so many songs that carry on forever 🤍
Great interview ! Miss Melanie
This is an amazing interview and Melanie is a very brilliant woman. I would love to meet her and give her a hug.
Always in the shadows of Joan Baez. Judy Collins. Joni Mitchell. Bob Dylan types. She never got full disclosure of HER stuff. Her talents are so unrecognized. I loved 🎶 this woman befor it was ok. Diversity is so HER.
Kaye. Illinois. 🇺🇸
I'm so glad he just you talk.
Enjoyable interview Melanie, thank you! The story of how you met Peter is incredible, never fails to amaze me. Have been a fan since I was 13. X
When you're a little girl who wants to write a song like "Cry Me a River" it probably comes out "Cry me a Creek." Melanie's songs ranged from devastation to inspiration, to totally funny and wacky. She melted my heart about naming her cat, "Cat" like Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Dear Melanie, I've been watching your videos for two days now. Your Candles in The Rain video is so captivating and beautiful and powerful. Absolutely love your work.
YOUR SONG "LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG MA'" IS SO RELEVANT TODAY AND TOUCHES PEOPLE DEEP NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE FROM! MELANIE ENDURES!❤
Lovely to listen to the interview with Melanie. First heard you sing Ruby Tuesday in 1969, and was hooked. Brilliant performances on all of your albums afterwards. Glad you are keeping well. Take care👏
I just played "I Don't Eat Animals" last night.
She does now though...
One of my favorites- because I don’t eat animals ‘cause I love ‘em you see.
Hello , miss MELANI🌹💖
Lol, I like the version that had an introduction😎 but no one mentioned
Someday I'll be a farmer, Some Say😁, little bit of me, peace will come. I really gotta see her before she totally retires & im left with regrets.
No ment
wonderful interview.. thank you
Melanie, like many of her generation, did it for the music. That ideology has now been jettisoned for the eternal search for the next big thing. She was a great force of nature; sadly now gone. RIP.
The second concert I ever saw was Melanie at Westbury Music Fair St. Patrick's Day 1972 first show.
There is one song she should be remembered for, and it's not a big hit. "Ring the Living Bell." By the way Toby, you're an excellent interviewer, you ask the right questions, and listen without interrupting VERY well. Okay I lost it when Melanie described todays music as one sound, runs into another, like a constant siren and the "Whoa-Whoa"....hahahaha.
you have to admit she`s honest..if i see one more picture of someone`s food on facebook I think I`ll end it..I don`t have much of a life but that`s pathetic
that was such a treasure! thank you so much
What a wonderful woman
Some of your songs remind me of Jaques Brel. Were you influenced by him, too?
Not directly perhaps but I did admire him. I loved the work of Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht though and count them among my influences as well as Piaf and other French artists.
오랜만에보내요.very good.
Will Always Love You Melanie
Correction, Toby...Melanie is best known for being the most down-to-earth, beautiful person on our planet
Rest in peace Melanie
Only 12 year olds think of brand new key when they hear your name. As a once homeless recovered crack addict I will sometimes listen to your cover of Mr. Tambourine Man to set my head straight again. Thank you
When are you going to add the "I'm Back in Town" 1975 Germany performance back on TH-cam? It was the best version of the song!
Candles in the Rain is what she’s famous for.
Good job well done to the interviewer👍
I agree Melanie. I don't feel right about hearing private business.
20:00 😂great imitation! You did that so well 😂
I had a brand new pair of rollerskates
amazing
So true noone asked me how i felt as a little kid in the 50s
I loved the beetle song
she explains things very good
Poor little hairy kids out on their own
They run to the festival to show that they were one
They've fallen in love with all human kind
So tell them you love them so they don't change their mind
Oh Brand New Key is more like a pop didi that don't really represent Melanie's talent, that other very precious songs like Babe Rainbow, omg,,, and Birthday of the Rain, Lay Down. Watch that video and see how uncomfortable those red-necks in the audience were with all the colored folk singers on stage and the power of little Melanie's message. wow. And some couldn't help but join in. Probably the most beautiful moment in music history. I love playing her rendition of My Father by Judy Collins. "My father always promised us, we would live in France...." lol love her heart so much.
RIP 😢😢🙏🏻
Not just known for just brand knew key,candles in the rain.
I was always wondering what did they do to her song
💜👻👻👻🌹
Thank YOU🥰🌈,🤗☦️
CANDELS IN THE RAIN showed me the way...
Melanie, there are many people who don’t refer to you as “the one who did the roller-skate song”! I went to a youth club where people took there own records. Somebody had taken Beautiful People and I insisted that it was played after each record. At the end of the night the lad who owned it (a complete stranger) gave me his copy. When visiting a friend in Germany we went to a youth club. Whenever “Stop, I don’t want to hear it” one of his friends would immediately jump on a chair to get his head as close as possible to the ceiling loudspeaker. I have friends whose favourite recording of yours was not one of your songs, “My Rainbow Race”. Another friend is into Stoneground Words. So, you see, your fans are individuals and some are completely barmy … I 8magine that meets with your approval. Peace and love!
We named our cat melanie
Do you remember the Inkwell?
I remember the Inkwell..it was in Long Branch...great cheeseburgers! Went there while going to Monmouth College in 1968-1969.
@@thomasfinch8599 I think that was one of the first places Melanie played at. West End was a great hippie part of town. I was only 10 in 69 but I remember it well
and the Windmill
Bonnie Raitt, Joan Jett, Ann Wilson, and many more females who played guitar.
LOL MELANIE
Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen. Mark Twain ·
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This interviewer is obsessed with Brand New Key.