"We were so close there was no room, we bled inside each other's wounds,we all had caught the same disease and we all sang the songs of peace"…..To me it means they all got the same disease, that was feeling of unity and the energy she felt from her experience about Woodstock!! RIP Melanie...❤
I've said this before about other songs. When one considers the subject matter, and that this became a top ten hit? That shows a great deal about where society was going in the late sixties, early seventies. I mean, people had good stuff on their minds, progress, hope, peace. From Civil Rights to Women's Rights to calls for Peace. And people were listening, believing, again, the music proves it. Now, I was ten when this song came out, maybe nine, so I'm not talking about me, but Tom Brokaw wrote a book some years ago called, "The Greatest Generation". It celebrated mostly the WW2 era. But I don't know, to me a generation that fought for equality and peace deserves some consideration. All done preaching, GREAT song choice Troy! Mpwa Fay, as to how I felt about it, once again I find myself wishing I'd have been old enough to attend Woodstock! ❤❤❤❤
Welcome Africa to the love of Melanies music. It always thrills me to see her joy bring timeless joy snd peace to all who listen to her. She has sang out my soul for decades snd am now so happy to see her music reaching so many others. Keep. Pressing the peace prayers snd love! Randy.
Fay, great selection, yr on a roll😀. Loved this in 1970, still do. Melanie Safka is such a great singer. Her songs A Brand New Key and Look what they done to my Song Ma are very good. Also did a great duet not many years ago with Miley Cyrus the song I just mentioned Ma.
"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" was a top ten hit in the US for Melanie, aka Melanie Safka, in 1970. Woodstock was a music festival held August 15-18, 1969, widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history as well as a defining event for the counterculture generation of the 1960's. Melanie played the first night after another act refused to play in the rain. She was called back for two encores. She wrote this song about that, as she says in the clip. Melanie released the number one pop hit "Brand New Key" (aka "The Rollerskate Song") the following year. Some of her other hits include "Beautiful People", "Ruby Tuesday", "Bitter Bad", and "Together Alone" among others. Her version of Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" is really nice too.
Africa girl, so does my soul good to see you young people latch onto this music, old as it may be, the message still stands,..against time, in spite of time,..the same old adversaries, war, hate,..still around, you young people, it's your time now,..sorry the burden is still here, but it's always the young, Melanie, look how young when she wrote this, all those who were at Woodstock,..trying to encourage peace, the young people led, as you must now, do keep going,.. Joan Baez, Amazing Grace,(it's just something about her voice, so moving) Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Still Nash, Young,..these were the voices of the 1960's, Edwin Hawkins choir, Oh Happy Day,..the spirit will move you, like it did here, trust,.Godspeed, Peace ✌
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Thank you for playing Melanie! She was unique but underrated at the time. She’s a treasure!
I'm a couple years late here but Yes! I love it, I'm an Old guy from this time and this version makes me cry every time.
You are wonderful! Thanks for your smart and kind comments! Following you now!
"We were so close there was no room, we bled inside each other's wounds,we all had caught the same disease and we all sang the songs of peace"…..To me it means they all got the same disease, that was feeling of unity and the energy she felt from her experience about Woodstock!! RIP Melanie...❤
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I've said this before about other songs. When one considers the subject matter, and that this became a top ten hit? That shows a great deal about where society was going in the late sixties, early seventies. I mean, people had good stuff on their minds, progress, hope, peace. From Civil Rights to Women's Rights to calls for Peace. And people were listening, believing, again, the music proves it. Now, I was ten when this song came out, maybe nine, so I'm not talking about me, but Tom Brokaw wrote a book some years ago called, "The Greatest Generation". It celebrated mostly the WW2 era. But I don't know, to me a generation that fought for equality and peace deserves some consideration. All done preaching, GREAT song choice Troy! Mpwa Fay, as to how I felt about it, once again I find myself wishing I'd have been old enough to attend Woodstock! ❤❤❤❤
Welcome Africa to the love of Melanies music. It always thrills me to see her joy bring timeless joy snd peace to all who listen to her. She has sang out my soul for decades snd am now so happy to see her music reaching so many others. Keep. Pressing the peace prayers snd love! Randy.
Fay, great selection, yr on a roll😀. Loved this in 1970, still do. Melanie Safka is such a great singer. Her songs A Brand New Key and Look what they done to my Song Ma are very good. Also did a great duet not many years ago with Miley Cyrus the song I just mentioned Ma.
Melanie has a really unique voice.
"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" was a top ten hit in the US for Melanie, aka Melanie Safka, in 1970. Woodstock was a music festival held August 15-18, 1969, widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history as well as a defining event for the counterculture generation of the 1960's. Melanie played the first night after another act refused to play in the rain. She was called back for two encores. She wrote this song about that, as she says in the clip. Melanie released the number one pop hit "Brand New Key" (aka "The Rollerskate Song") the following year. Some of her other hits include "Beautiful People", "Ruby Tuesday", "Bitter Bad", and "Together Alone" among others. Her version of Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" is really nice too.
This song has always been quite remarkable. --- Great performance.
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Africa girl, so does my soul good to see you young people latch onto this music, old as it may be, the message still stands,..against time, in spite of time,..the same old adversaries, war, hate,..still around, you young people, it's your time now,..sorry the burden is still here, but it's always the young, Melanie, look how young when she wrote this, all those who were at Woodstock,..trying to encourage peace, the young people led, as you must now, do keep going,.. Joan Baez, Amazing Grace,(it's just something about her voice, so moving) Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Still Nash, Young,..these were the voices of the 1960's, Edwin Hawkins choir, Oh Happy Day,..the spirit will move you, like it did here, trust,.Godspeed, Peace ✌
Another all-time fave songs.
Let The Healing Continue...... 😊❤
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africa,you should do another one of her songs, called beautiful people-1968
Just great
True
sappy me again (Troy) - another one about feeling about things in the world - at the time, the Vietnam War.
I was just hearing this one in my head yesterday. Funny how that works sometimes....
This song came out during the Vietnam War. I think that's part of the darkness it refers to.
US Army 65 -68! We bleed in each others wounds
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