RIP Melanie. There was a time the Universe came together under the spell of your music, the hippiest chick of hippie chicks, you did your part to change the World ☮️
Once in awhile God slips into this world a real prophetess singer. Melanie was just that. Light a candle for peace and pray for another like her to come.
i, too, remember Melanie. i remember coming home from Vietnam, still a boy, exhausted with the sorrow, the hopelessness of years i had not yet lived, weighing on my soul. No one understood the burden i carried for the acts of a humanity i had seen spiral into madness during the war. But then, there wuz music. The poetry of lyrics that still held hope --- even for me who seemed to have lost it somewhere in those dark jungles. iyam here, today, because i found just enough light in the music and words of poets like Melanie, to try one more day. "They" can only destroy you if you allow them to. i found that understanding via the deep diving music of late 60's, and the early 70's. --Thankx Melanie
Artists like Melanie kept me from putting up with the destructive absurdity of militarism and from ever being seduced by war and the foul odors of patriotic nationalism. I have always thanked God for folk music. Across the world folk music of all kinds has done more good than almost anything I can image.
I'm certain you're so happy you wrote this touching post to Melanie a week before she passed. I know this would have meant as much to her as she meant to you. It's real.
It warms my heart to read all of the beautiful and respectful comments. It makes me feel a part once again with people and love. We'll always be together in music. They cant take that away from us, it's in our heart and soul. 😊🎼🎶🎵✌️❤️
How good was Melanie???!! Beyond Excellent. I only regret I had lost touch with her music the last half century. This was my loss. Sad that it took her passing for me to rediscover her. The time just flew by. God bless her memory. What an incredible legacy she's left us. And she was part of my mother's musical legacy to me, because it was my mother who "discovered" her on WNEW FM in 1968. Beautiful people.
God made melanie safka that bit more special😎 Peace has come for a beautiful and talented songwriter who touched me so much and for that I thank her and her family😎
As a four year old I first heard Melanie singing "Ruby Tuesday" thanks to my older sister playing the single. Ever since Melanie's beautiful voice has been a source of bliss and comfort for me. Love you forever 💔💔💔😢
"Candles In The Rain"...that's when I discovered Melanie. I was intrigued by the album title so bought it. All these years later it's still a favourite. During those early years I saw her in concert twice, even got her autograph and like everyone here, miss her so much. Thank you for all the wonderful music, Melanie. Your race is run now, Rest In Peace. xxx
Melanie's talent is unique, and her childlike charisma assured her successful career. Gotta love a famous musician who (it seems) wanted to make a mark, rather than seeking stardom.
Melanie one of the great unsung heroes of the 70s but many peoples secret pleasure. Dad loved her and we played babe rainbow at his funeral. Thanks for the beautiful memories Melanie x
It warms me inside to see so many people feel the way I do about this fabulous performer. She might not be the biggest name, but certainly among the biggest talents. Sad for the loss, but glad for the opportunity to revisit the lady and her songs.
Getting over being sick and i see Sweet Lady Melanie has passed..Im remembering my childhood with her music..Play and Sing on Melanie..you will never be forgot..so many lives and hearts you touched 🎉❤😢
Artists like Melanie kept me from putting up with the destructive absurdity of militarism and from ever being seduced by war and the foul odors of patriotic nationalism. I have always thanked God for folk music. Across the world folk music of all kinds has done more good than almost anything I can image.
Bliss ... exactly the right word. I've spent recent days reminding myself of her music that I cherished in my youth. How many singer-songwriters can make you smile and weep at the same time, in every song? Who sang with so much depth, emotion, beauty, anger, love, power, courage? And with such a unique and uniquely lovable voice? Melanie, Gather Me; you are loved!
Within that first song ("Close To It All") it's understandable why Melanie has maintained a most loyal and devoted fan base. Beautiful concert. Beautiful woman. Beautiful People.
Love Melanie❤️: been to a record store in Hamburg several times just to hear you sing in Carnagie Hall (didn't have the money to buy the record then) and then you came to give a concert in Hamburg- I was there. Thank you! I have followed you as you have followed me! Through time. You have given me so much and I am so thankful❤️ Two nights ago I had the pleasure dancing with you singing 'Blowing in the wind' while rains of bombs were falling around us-it was a dream, you and I were amidst the carnage- it was a dream. But you were there-with me. Thank you,Melanie❤️ Love, Thilo, former German,now Danish citizen: you are alive in my heart and soul. Love
A good soul with an unbelievable natural talent.i especially remember Melanie fróm the 70s.fond memories from my youth when listening to this lady.r.i.p.
Oh so early. Started to cry when I read the news. One of the best voices of Pop / Folkmusic.. So deep, so clear, so true "Peace will come..." Rest in peace. Dear Melanie. Harald
That image is excellent and you got it off 50 year old video tape. The audio is great as well given Melanie's huge range in singing volume. Really prescient, like the swan song of the entire peace movement. Thank you!
1972 was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated; fortunately Melanie has repeated many times her ability to move people with her art.
For 26 minutes and 45 seconds I was one of the 'people in the front row!' I loved it! Sky Vibes, this is one magnificent video! My deep appreciation for the journey back to see our dear Melanie in her youth and in her natural setting: as a brave, lone performer yearning to share her music and to be accepted! We not only accepted her, we embraced her ... and we have never wanted to let go...
Peace will come, but not for Melanie and thanks for all the memories. Are you listening to the words of peace as the world erupts into chaos and war once again. Godbless Melanie. R.I.P.
You were so loved Melanie. I'm Australian & one of our hip hop bands... the HILLTOP HOODS...got you to sing on their version of PEOPLE IN THE FRONT ROW... it's called THE NOSEBLEED SECTION. It's a tribute to your talent as a musician & a song writer. I knew it was your voice clear & true... the first time I heard it. You'll be missed very much. R.I.P. dear Melanie. KAZ from NSW AUSTRALIA xx
I remember seeing her on "Happening '70" one Saturday on Channel 0, (now 10) singing Ruby Tuesday on our black & white TV. 10 years old and I loved her singing, her everything, it was beautiful. Then later I heard her sing "Lay down, Candles in the Rain", I was smitten. We are running out of beautiful people in this century. If there is a Heaven, Melanie is there.
Find the location, grab a shovel, plant this time capsule for all future generations. Close to it all, nickel song, peace will come. Freeze this moment in time. I would love to visit. Best job ever Sky Vibes. Thank you muchly.
Already done Dave. Sign says "If humanity still exists 100 years from this day, 20th September 2018, please open, dust off your DVD player, insert disc, press play and prepare to be entertained and enlightened. Peace & Love"
Thank you so much for posting this, it really is bliss It is the most moving collection of Melanie’s songs I’ve heard. Her lyrics and her singing is so original so timeless so quirky so individual, it is a blessing. I feel enriched, I feel more human listening to
I've been listening to her music/her words since the news if her passing. Such a beautiful soul - sweet face, sweet voice. Boy, could she belt out the tunes when she chose. Peace
sky vibes, the feelings of that time you mentioned did move on, at least for me, as i took them into the world around me. i realized early on that i couldn't necessarily change people, but i could change me and then perhaps others might come along. peace, love and understanding has been my direction ever since those times and often because of artists like Melanie. i can testify that in me it is alive and well and in all my interactions outside of my self. love you, mean it! peace!
Absolutely love Melanie, from first hearing her in 1970. My friends and I would meet in an evening and play records; these would be predominantly prog rock (Wishbone Ash, Yes, ELP etc). We would each take a couple of LPs....they would NEVER play any of mine because I wanted them to hear other great singers like Melanie, Peter Hammill (VDGG) and too many to mention, ......boy, did they miss out. I lost touch with Melanie's music in the mid 70s when I got married, didn't buy much music and career etc got in the way. Now discovering her again. Not heard much of Miley Cyrus's music but the video of them duetting Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma is superb.
I'm so glad I am enjoying this perfomance now. Truly a bliss. Year 2020. I was born in early 80s. We must be doing something right in our modern times when we treasure these beauties.
Goodbye Melanie I remeber loving your music even tho I was just a kid with older sisters who played all the greats! I loved every song you ever did you had an amazing voice it was like nothing any of us had ever heard back then The 60’s became the era of enlightenment in our country thanks to artists like Melanie
Thank you, @vibesinthesky. The openness, vulnerability, longing, pain, belief, and hope that Melonie shared with her voice and her songs helped me keep faith in my own unique being from childhood onward. Those albums were always there for me. I hope that Melanie knows how profoundly she reached people, and for always.
Its always harder for solo artists. It takes a good manager and marketing.. A lot of people dont listen to the words and guitar, they just want tits and arse.. Melanie was better than that. A gift to all of us.
Nice write-up Sky Vibes. My late mother told me I came home from college one day with a forlorn expression, declaring that hippies were just the same as everyone else and didn't really mean all the peace and love stuff. I'd obviously had my eyes opened by some bruising encounter but was a very naive teen who wanted to believe it was a movement that would take over the world
![Melanie-Peace Will Come According To Plan [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LAK0WDyAvuI/mqdefault.jpg)
RIP Melanie. There was a time the Universe came together under the spell of your music, the hippiest chick of hippie chicks, you did your part to change the World ☮️
Right on, Melanie!
Just heard of Melanie's death. She meant so much to me, and her words are still so relevant today. She really was one of the beautiful people.
I'm in tears
Member of her channel, got the updates.. shocked and sad, such a loss
Me too, just tonight I heard. She meant a lot to me.
Once in awhile God slips into this world a real prophetess singer. Melanie was just that.
Light a candle for peace and pray for another like her to come.
i, too, remember Melanie. i remember coming home from Vietnam, still a boy, exhausted with the sorrow, the hopelessness of years i had not yet lived, weighing on my soul. No one understood the burden i carried for the acts of a humanity i had seen spiral into madness during the war.
But then, there wuz music. The poetry of lyrics that still held hope --- even for me who seemed to have lost it somewhere in those dark jungles. iyam here, today, because i found just enough light in the music and words of poets like Melanie, to try one more day. "They" can only destroy you if you allow them to. i found that understanding via the deep diving music of late 60's, and the early 70's.
--Thankx Melanie
Bless your heart. 💖
Artists like Melanie kept me from putting up with the destructive absurdity of militarism and from ever being seduced by war and the foul odors of patriotic nationalism. I have always thanked God for folk music. Across the world folk music of all kinds has done more good than almost anything I can image.
I'm certain you're so happy you wrote this touching post to Melanie a week before she passed. I know this would have meant as much to her as she meant to you. It's real.
Wow!!!
I have to agree.
It warms my heart to read all of the beautiful and respectful comments. It makes me feel a part once again with people and love. We'll always be together in music. They cant take that away from us, it's in our heart and soul. 😊🎼🎶🎵✌️❤️
So true... 💕
The earth lost a gentle soul today. 🖤
How good was Melanie???!! Beyond Excellent. I only regret I had lost touch with her music the last half century. This was my loss. Sad that it took her passing for me to rediscover her. The time just flew by. God bless her memory. What an incredible legacy she's left us. And she was part of my mother's musical legacy to me, because it was my mother who "discovered" her on WNEW FM in 1968. Beautiful people.
God made melanie safka that bit more special😎 Peace has come for a beautiful and talented songwriter who touched me so much and for that I thank her and her family😎
Farewell to another legend from the Soundtrack of my life 💔💔🥲🥲
As a four year old I first heard Melanie singing "Ruby Tuesday" thanks to my older sister playing the single. Ever since Melanie's beautiful voice has been a source of bliss and comfort for me. Love you forever 💔💔💔😢
"Candles In The Rain"...that's when I discovered Melanie. I was intrigued by the album title so bought it. All these years later it's still a favourite. During those early years I saw her in concert twice, even got her autograph and like everyone here, miss her so much. Thank you for all the wonderful music, Melanie. Your race is run now, Rest In Peace. xxx
If there is a God (I've yet to see an ouce of proof) he is happy to a have MELANIE singing to him!
Melanie's talent is unique, and her childlike charisma assured her successful career. Gotta love a famous musician who (it seems) wanted to make a mark, rather than seeking stardom.
Melanie one of the great unsung heroes of the 70s but many peoples secret pleasure. Dad loved her and we played babe rainbow at his funeral. Thanks for the beautiful memories Melanie x
The sad part of growing older is seeing those you care about and are awesome leave this world n us behind Rest in Peace Melanie .
Her voice! Never will there ever be another voice like Melanie’s ❤❤❤✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻Rest gently dear Melanie!❤
It warms me inside to see so many people feel the way I do about this fabulous performer. She might not be the biggest name, but certainly among the biggest talents. Sad for the loss, but glad for the opportunity to revisit the lady and her songs.
Thank you Melanie for voicing what many of us can only dream of. Fly high beautiful.
We need more beautiful people in this world like Melanie . R.I.P.
Beautiful Melanie RIP. It was so sad to hear of your leaving this week. Thank you for the beautiful music.
WAKE UP BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE LIFE IS SWEET !!!! THANK YOU MELANIE.!!!!!! YOU TOUCHED MANY HEARTS!!!!!
So many wonderful songs, but with Beautiful People she defined an era! The message is so simple, yet so profound.
Getting over being sick and i see Sweet Lady Melanie has passed..Im remembering my childhood with her music..Play and Sing on Melanie..you will never be forgot..so many lives and hearts you touched 🎉❤😢
Artists like Melanie kept me from putting up with the destructive absurdity of militarism and from ever being seduced by war and the foul odors of patriotic nationalism. I have always thanked God for folk music. Across the world folk music of all kinds has done more good than almost anything I can image.
Bliss ... exactly the right word. I've spent recent days reminding myself of her music that I cherished in my youth. How many singer-songwriters can make you smile and weep at the same time, in every song? Who sang with so much depth, emotion, beauty, anger, love, power, courage? And with such a unique and uniquely lovable voice? Melanie, Gather Me; you are loved!
Within that first song ("Close To It All") it's understandable why Melanie has maintained a most loyal and devoted fan base. Beautiful concert. Beautiful woman. Beautiful People.
In a world full of people spouting hate she was and is a beacon of light
My eyes were especially damp the whole damned twenty six minutes!
So True !!!!!!!
I'd stay up late for the show in the States like many other high schoolers.
Love Melanie❤️: been to a record store in Hamburg several times just to hear you sing in Carnagie Hall (didn't have the money to buy the record then) and then you came to give a concert in Hamburg- I was there. Thank you! I have followed you as you have followed me! Through time. You have given me so much and I am so thankful❤️
Two nights ago I had the pleasure dancing with you singing 'Blowing in the wind' while rains of bombs were falling around us-it was a dream, you and I were amidst the carnage- it was a dream. But you were there-with me. Thank you,Melanie❤️ Love, Thilo, former German,now Danish citizen: you are alive in my heart and soul. Love
Bless you, baby...
@@lyndahammond8883 you 🙏 must be one of the beautiful people. May you be blessed- and, thank you kindly❤️ with Melanie in our hearts❤️🕯️
Wow and thanks. Am I the only one who 'enjoys' the sound of those nylon strings?.
What a unique and compelling songstress and musician. Thank you for sharing this superb quality recording with the rest of us....
I found out about Melanie's death today and am still in tears. Thank you for this. What a voice, what a spirit.
The voice, the artist, the poet, the soul that is Melanie dissolves whatever it is that separates me from the rest humanity.
A good soul with an unbelievable natural talent.i especially remember Melanie fróm the 70s.fond memories from my youth when listening to this lady.r.i.p.
She is singing with the angels
I hope they're willing to sing back-up.
Oh so early. Started to cry when I read the news. One of the best voices of Pop / Folkmusic.. So deep, so clear, so true "Peace will come..."
Rest in peace. Dear Melanie. Harald
I saw a terrifying thing through her eyes. Her beauty, her skill, gripping, no escape. A unique one might stand near her place.
+Sky Vibes - great work. She was special.
That image is excellent and you got it off 50 year old video tape. The audio is great as well given Melanie's huge range in singing volume. Really prescient, like the swan song of the entire peace movement. Thank you!
Still touching and beautiful performance. Bye, Melanie.
Wtf.
C'mon Miley
This girl was gold .😢
She gave us the message of LOVE ❤
She brought a pretty voice, music, face, and messages to folk and Rock.
In those 26 minutes in January 1972, Melanie came into my life and never left.
1972 was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated; fortunately Melanie has repeated many times her ability to move people with her art.
For 26 minutes and 45 seconds I was one of the 'people in the front row!' I loved it! Sky Vibes, this is one magnificent video! My deep appreciation for the journey back to see our dear Melanie in her youth and in her natural setting: as a brave, lone performer yearning to share her music and to be accepted! We not only accepted her, we embraced her ... and we have never wanted to let go...
We Hold On Still to Hope for Peace, somehow...
Burning Fuel and Waging War, but Still there's Hope...
Melanie Leads Us Onward...
There's Still Time!
She was truly a blessing of light in a foul foul dark world.
Thank you for the upload. Melanie was something special. 🇬🇧👍
"Someone Special"
Peace will come, but not for Melanie and thanks for all the memories. Are you listening to the words of peace as the world erupts into chaos and war once again. Godbless Melanie. R.I.P.
A sad passing of a wonderful human and talented entertainer. RIP Melanie.
RIP amazing - wonderful singer - will never forget her.
Definitely deserves a place in the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame but never was nominated!
Whoever decides on these issues misjudged on this one big time!
Rest in peace and love. Yes you are a beautiful people too.
Rest in Heavenly Peace Melanie Safka
May your spirit live on through Beautiful People like you. Love you ❤❤❤❤
Melanie, right here. Inside, with other friends, all help me keep the faith. Thank you, Melanie. Peace & Love
You were so loved Melanie. I'm Australian & one of our hip hop bands... the HILLTOP HOODS...got you to sing on their version of PEOPLE IN THE FRONT ROW... it's called THE NOSEBLEED SECTION. It's a tribute to your talent as a musician & a song writer. I knew it was your voice clear & true... the first time I heard it. You'll be missed very much. R.I.P. dear Melanie. KAZ from NSW AUSTRALIA xx
I remember seeing her on "Happening '70" one Saturday on Channel 0, (now 10) singing Ruby Tuesday on our black & white TV. 10 years old and I loved her singing, her everything, it was beautiful. Then later I heard her sing "Lay down, Candles in the Rain", I was smitten. We are running out of beautiful people in this century. If there is a Heaven, Melanie is there.
Love, love, love her. My mum used to sing Baby Day and Ruby Tuesday to me when I was little! ❤️
Find the location, grab a shovel, plant this time capsule for all future generations. Close to it all, nickel song, peace will come. Freeze this moment in time. I would love to visit. Best job ever Sky Vibes. Thank you muchly.
Already done Dave. Sign says "If humanity still exists 100 years from this day, 20th September 2018, please open, dust off your DVD player, insert disc, press play and prepare to be entertained and enlightened. Peace & Love"
Exquisite , Thank You!!!
RIP . Beautiful talent, beautiful person.
Her music will never Die
She will never be forgotten
Thank you so much for posting this, it really is bliss
It is the most moving collection of Melanie’s songs I’ve heard. Her lyrics and her singing is so original so timeless so quirky so individual, it is a blessing. I feel enriched, I feel more human listening to
rest in peace melanie
Thank you for your music
Just loved you & your voice
RIP
RIP, BEAUTIFUL PERSON.
Rest in Peace Melanie
Rest in peace & power Melanie.
We will cherish your memory for your songwriting, your musicianship, & your both joyful & melancholy singing.
rip Melanie. Such a powerful voice.
Such a special treasure ♥ RIP Sister Melanie, and TY for a lifetime of smiles and joyful sounds.
I've been listening to her music/her words since the news if her passing. Such a beautiful soul - sweet face, sweet voice. Boy, could she belt out the tunes when she chose.
Peace
Ty Ty Ty I would just stare at her album covers So beautiful Looking back now I see a comparison to a young Ann Wilson my all time fav
bliss indeed
RIP sweet angel
Awesome! I love this woman!
As a writer, singer, solo live performer, and storyteller she is one best I’ve ever heard
Always loved melanie 😊❤lol from me in England 🇬🇧
Why ‘laugh out loud’ Paul?
Rest in peace , loved her.
RIP Beautiful lady. I've loved you since I was a little girl.
RIP, Melanie. 01/23/2024
Her voice brings tears to my eyes
sky vibes, the feelings of that time you mentioned did move on, at least for me, as i took them into the world around me. i realized early on that i couldn't necessarily change people, but i could change me and then perhaps others might come along. peace, love and understanding has been my direction ever since those times and often because of artists like Melanie. i can testify that in me it is alive and well and in all my interactions outside of my self.
love you, mean it!
peace!
Absolutely love Melanie, from first hearing her in 1970. My friends and I would meet in an evening and play records; these would be predominantly prog rock (Wishbone Ash, Yes, ELP etc). We would each take a couple of LPs....they would NEVER play any of mine because I wanted them to hear other great singers like Melanie, Peter Hammill (VDGG) and too many to mention, ......boy, did they miss out. I lost touch with Melanie's music in the mid 70s when I got married, didn't buy much music and career etc got in the way. Now discovering her again. Not heard much of Miley Cyrus's music but the video of them duetting Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma is superb.
I'm so glad I am enjoying this perfomance now. Truly a bliss.
Year 2020. I was born in early 80s. We must be doing something right in our modern times when we treasure these beauties.
R.I.P. dearest Melanie ❤
Goodbye Melanie I remeber loving your music even tho I was just a kid with older sisters who played all the greats! I loved every song you ever did you had an amazing voice it was like nothing any of us had ever heard back then The 60’s became the era of enlightenment in our country thanks to artists like Melanie
AHHHHH The sound of my teen years. I still have all her albums. So beautiful. Happy I stumbled on this. Made my day better.
REST EASY ~ BEAUTIFUL
Melanie is Brilliant
Agreed!
Thank you, @vibesinthesky.
The openness, vulnerability, longing, pain, belief, and hope that Melonie shared with her voice and her songs helped me keep faith in my own unique being from childhood onward. Those albums were always there for me. I hope that Melanie knows how profoundly she reached people, and for always.
Beautiful! Beautiful!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😀
Thanks Sky Vibes. Thanks Alot! ☮
I Named My Daughter after her 43 years ago..Talk about a Crush huhh?? God Bless. 😊
MELANIE GOD GIFTED AND BEAUTIFUL MELANIE R I P AMEN ❤
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This lady was an amazing musician and songwriter ,and I do not get how this super talent didn't get the fanfare like others??
Yes, so agree with you. I loved her right from the start way back in 67. Her voice is unmatched by anybody.
I grew up during her peak but somehow, unbelievably, I missed her-and I’m a huge music junkie. Now I can’t get enough of her-world class artist
Partly because she moved to the UK, had 3 kids, and mostly toured Europe, I think.
Its always harder for solo artists. It takes a good manager and marketing.. A lot of people dont listen to the words and guitar, they just want tits and arse.. Melanie was better than that. A gift to all of us.
If people are buying tears, Ill be rich one day..❤️
Thanks a million for posting this loving piece of beautiful songs. Sad I lost track of her until the devastating news of her death.
She showed the best side of humanity ❤
Nice write-up Sky Vibes. My late mother told me I came home from college one day with a forlorn expression, declaring that hippies were just the same as everyone else and didn't really mean all the peace and love stuff. I'd obviously had my eyes opened by some bruising encounter but was a very naive teen who wanted to believe it was a movement that would take over the world
You gathered every soul,for ever❤❤❤❤