A 8mm film done by my sister while in high school for a class project in the 70's with music by Melanie that I transferred to tape. Location Wichita Kansas.
Jeff Oregon - you’re spot on. After a few years of my sister bugging me, I finally got it transferred and added the music. The only intent adding to TH-cam at the time was for family and friends to be able to watch. It’s been pretty crazy to see all the views of course many from all the (cross searches) of the song being used in movies, shows and commercials. In any event it’s been fun to see so many enjoy a share stories from their life and what the song has meant to them.
@@alecwalterscheid7904 You should talk your sister into posting a comment on this board. I would love to hear her take on making the video and her thoughts of this video becoming so popular.
Okay, but can we all appreciate how adorable this homemade high school music video is? I mean the song is great, but for a class project in the 70s, I'd have to say nicely done!
@@war_thunder_plays7909 Well, considering that the song didn't come out until 1972, and the video description says it was made in the 70's, I think it's safe to say it was the 1970s ;)
I love this song so much. My daddy used to always play guitar and sing this song. He’s been gone now for 6 years so the song means even more to me. He always made us laugh because on the part where she asks the mother if the boy is home he would make his voice higher mocking the mom saying yes lol. Crazy how a song can bring back so many memories...
RIP Melanie Thank you for your talent, songs and being one of the best parts of growing up in the 70's!! Love you and I grew up and my best friend's name is what, Melanie.
It makes me happy to know i’m not the only one still listening to this in 2021 my grandpa played this song for me, he passed away 12 years ago next month, you’re right, we al love a good wholesome song
Sucks that we have to say what our ethnic background is I have to do the same at times as a white guy but yeah it's just a fun tune read more comments there's a bunch of pervs that are reading into it probably should be on the watch list for neighborhood pervs
A+ on this project! Wow, does this bring back memories! I was in high school, but taking a child development class through a local university. Three days per week I went to assist in a fourth grade class. Well, on a particular day, I showed up to find a substitute teacher in the room. Her name was Mrs. Wieder, which the kids had already turned into Mrs. Weirder. She lived up to her name as she had allowed a day long recess. During the real recess, she sent two girls to go to the one girl’s home and bring back her new 45 of Brand New Key. (Imagine doing that today? The girl lived about four blocks from the school and her parents were not at home!) They returned without incident, record in hand. Back in the classroom, Mrs. Weider had everyone put their desks together to form a large table. The chairs were arranged in front with an aisle up the middle, like a stage and seating for an audience. Mrs. Weider proceeded to put on a show for us. A boy was the sound man at the record player. Another kid made a fake microphone from a paper towel roll, tissues, and aluminum foil. It had a real extension cord dangling from it, but of course, it wasn’t plugged in. Three or four kids had flashlights from the science supplies. They put colored cellophane wrap over the lamp to make different colored lights. Mrs. Weider was wearing that day a very progressive outfit, a neon pink polyester pants suit with lime green trim and a gold chain belt from which dangled a fish bone ornament. When everyone was seated, she gave the signal for the overhead lights to go off, a large flashlight on her, and the colored flashlights to wave around. The sound man put on the record and Mrs. Weider sang along and danced. Whenever the music went, “bomb, bomp, bomp, bomp,” she grabbed the fish bones and twirled them to the rhythm. She performed it twice, solo, then everyone joined in, taking turns a few at a time to be on the stage. Very reluctantly, we restored the room to its normal boringness for the French teacher to give her lesson. Mme. Toussant knew something was up because nobody paid attention. In the meantime, Mrs. Weider sat at the side of the room rapidly writing on a ditto master. She sent a very shy girl who had just watched to the office to get dittos for everyone. It was our homework, choose three of five questions to answer about the show. It asked questions like, “What arithmetic problems can we make from the rhythms in Brand New Key? Give two examples and explain your equations in sentences.” For P.E. and science, we had to tell which body systems were used while dancing. Make and illustrate with a drawn or pipe cleaner stick figure a dance step to do to Brand New Key. Give the dance a catchy name. For English, write a ten line dialog between the girl and boy in the song. Or, write a 30-50 word entry in the girl’s diary. We could also write another two original verses for the song to change the ending. Another was to think of analogies like, “Roller skates are to key, as _____ is to _____ .” We could write different style poems based on the theme of the song. There were a few others I no longer recall. As a future teacher, my thought was, “Now THIS is teaching!” Sadly, the principal and powers that ran the school, along with numerous parents of children in the class, were shocked, angry, disappointed, outraged. Mrs. Weider was removed from the substitute list. I wrote an account of the day as required in my “teaching journal.” The professor thought I was playing some sort of prank, that I’d maybe missed the bus or forgotten to go. When I showed him my ditto of the homework, he changed his mind and actually agreed with me. I’m retired now, but I still say that was just about the most interesting and fun lesson I’ve ever had in school. I doubt Mrs. Weider is still alive, probably in her mid to late 30s. I hope she’s singing and dancing in the Heavenly choir!
Thanks for sharing! That class clearly had a huge impact on you. You remember so many details, like the fact that Mrs. Weider sent the "shy girl" to the office for the ditto paper. I used to coach an after school robotics club, and I often struggled to engage the students, so I can appreciate Mrs. Weider's brilliance in relating assignments to something the kids are into. Your description of Mrs. Weider's class almost motivates me to give it another try!
@@freeadrian1144 Do try it! But see if you can work at an experimental school, willing to try new modalities. Your standard public school, rooted still in the 19th century, is increasingly ineffective for today’s students and their teachers.
Yes, a great teacher. She got the class involved in learning and they had fun doing it. The goofy teachers and what they teach stick with us. Bet every kid in class that day still remembers. Shame the parents and administrators were so uptight.
The beginning of libtardism that has us in a craphole on this very day that you read this. This song marks the precursor to the end of the world as we know it. Putin nukes the U.S. and Israel because of this song - cause and effect.
SCENIC MUSIC VIDEOS I was not the one who banned the song, however, the reference to “drive pretty far” and roller skate(girl) key(boy) was thought as reference to penis(boy) vagina(girl). I hope that helps you oye
I was 15 when this came out . My sister and I would go roller skating together. What great times we had. Great memories! Take me back to a simpler time.
Oh my gosh I just about died with laughter hearing this song again. My sister use to play it all the time and you guessed it! I had to hear what she played! : ) Its funny but I would give anything to go back to those great times again. Trust me, time goes by quicker than you can imagine and you always think life will be the same but here I am today wishing I could go back and appreciate and love life the way it use to be. : )
I think you nailed it! This song sort of represented what life was like back in the day for sure. I know for me, no matter how many times I got annoyed when my sister played it, I would give anything to go back to those awesome times....as you put it, carefree and loving life : )
THIS IS MOTORMOUTH MIKE IN THE MORNING BRINGING YOU THE HEAVY HITS OF CLASSIC ROOOOOOCK!!!! AND THAT WAS MELANIE LETTING YOU KNOWING THAT SHE GOT SOME ROLLERSKATES AND YOUVE GOT A "BRAND NEW KEY"!!!!!!!!!!!!
I met Melanie and her son and they were so wonderful. Felt like my heart was healed at her concert, as soon as she started singing. Love this song. Roller skating as I listen now
Melanie lives not 30 miles from where I sit. Didn't know that's where she decided to call "home", but given how many in the music industry do, I can't say I'm surprised. Btw, folks, I grew up in and around the music industry. Most of you reading this would have heart failure if you'd met or knew the people I have. But to me, they're just neighbors with interesting jobs. 😉 ( And NO, I'm not involved with such a cut-throat industry. I elected to take a different route, after what I saw growing up. )
My wife and I did as well. We also met Melanie's husband who is now deceased. In fact, my wife and I had a room directly across the 5-foot hall from hers. Who showed us the way to our room? Country Joe McDonald of "Woodstock Fish Cheer" fame. True story!
I want to say she is great singer/Performer, I graduated from High School in 1971, when the song was released. You are lucky to have met her, jealous haha!!!
@@connormcdonald5075 obviously you've never lived in the 70's. The greatest decade ever. Out of ten years only 2 bad things happened to me. My father was killed and i got married the 1st time. The rest of it was gravy.
Are you kidding? Try again!.....it was a tumultuous time for all! It was an incredible creative and fearful time. You learned how to be Fierce! It was ANYTHING BUT INNOCENT!
Everybody needs to be chased by a weird girl on roller skates at least once in their life. lol And yeah, I'm old enough to remember metal-wheeled roller skates and keys for 'em. I would have been about 10 years old when that movie was shot.
@@mikeliterus4611 - Clamping the skates to your shoes, as best I can remember. They had a screw-type arrangement that adjusted up or down to fit different sizes. The key was for that.
My 25 year old daughter just got married and I LOVED/Listened to this song so much when she was young that she started to love it too and it was part of her playlist at her wedding!!! ❤️
I'm here from the '70s, when I was a teenager! This film is HILARIOUS -- and perfectly captures the fashions of the times, as well as the awkwardness of an adolescent crush on someone who acts as if you don't exist. The tables can turn -- as most of us learn -- and time has a way of balancing things out.
I think she did a great job! Anyone that has ever shot footage with 8MM and spliced together a short film will completely understand the time and effort involved. I love the creativity. And how cute is this!!! Bravo I hope she continued to express her creativity and talent throughout her life.
What a glorious Sweet Kindred Spirit you are Melanie. I think you are the Greatest one woman band of all time I am so thankful that you were in my lifetime. I will soon see you Spirit child.
I loved this song so much when it came out, and of course I was so little I was actually equating it to when I had a rollerskate key. Now that I’m older of course I get the lyrics, but I will still always love this song and I thank Melanie for such good memories!
Strangely enough, if you read about how she wrote the song and what inspired her, the sexual innuendos weren't there on purpose.....but at the same time she said she knew that people would interpret it that way......I'm still skeptical lol.
Just discovered this and love it. Melanie was way ahead of her time. Love her voice, the song, the metal roller skates, the sheer blue tights, and the old misgynistic saying "Some people think I did all right for a girl." If I heard that once, I've heard it a million times. As a young girl, that was about all we ould aspire to, unless we wanted to be someone's little wife-y and be quiet and stay in the background. I used to sit on my slates rolling down the hill, so if I fell off them, I wouldn't fall too far.
My Dad used to tease me and say, "you're pretty alright for a girl!" To which I would always respond, "What'chu mean 'for a girl?!'" He'd always get tickled by my reaction and follow with, "I suppose you're right. You're just pretty alright." I sure miss that ornery ol' cuss...
2.6 million views, good for you! Every once in a while I stop back to enjoy this video, it gives me a little lift. I like lists, so I'll list the things I like: 0:56 the guy's haircut, so '70s 1:00 ape hanger handlebars (probably had a banana seat) 1:04 the bobble and little head shake 1:11 the old car 1:40 the little white dog poking his head out the door 2:10 film jumping Have a good day. :)
crusinscamp thanks, in all honesty I only uploaded so my sister, family and friends would be able to see. Had no clue that it would have ever got that many views. My sister bugged me for years to transfer over.
Song just came to my head, I asked hubby if he remembered it and am happy I found it on TH-cam 💕 I probably drove my older brothers crazy playing song repeatedly when I was 10 years old. 🥰
My sister just sent this video to me as a dedication. I was 1 1/2 yrs old and must have loved the song as much as my beloved future roller skates. I remembered this song after all these years.
Back in a time when you could enjoy a song that was just fun , no cursing , screaming blurred words or talking of killing whoever disrespects you .... adding the school project thing added to the song . Well done ✌️
I was 8 when this song came out, having teenage sisters is how I first heard it, bought the record. Its been my favorite song from my childhood all these year, now 58..
This makes me happy and cry all at once . Honestly I can't thank you enough for uploading it . It just goes so perfectly with the song. It could've been its music video .
+rose knows Yes i agree in fact it goes so well that you would think it was made by a studio for the song not by a girl in school. Great film and song played it to many times now.
Not much impresses me on TH-cam and I am a publisher out here, but I have to thank you so much for this. In my sixth-grade class we had a Christmas exchange thing where we did secret gifts and I put this 45 record in as my gift. When the class was opening the gifts, this 45 made everyone laugh, like "who was the idiot who put this in the pile." It was me. A scar I still bare today. However, watching your sister's video helps me remember that we creative kids had a reason.
This song rings in my head out of no where!!! A M RADIO FLINT MICHIGAN!!!!!! 1970 SOMETHING !!!!? IM IN THE BACK OF MOMS CAR JAMING WHEN I WAS 4 OR 6 ? FLINT TO BAY CITY TRIPS !!!!! NOT A WORRY IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!! .
I was 10 years old when this came out and my little brother and I would sing or hum this when we went roller skating across the street at the school in our metal, clamp-on skates. I later graduated to Oberheimer Hockey Boots and my brother wore black speed skates. We got so much exercise and had so much fun we slept like rocks at night. I've had a rough time in life but I have no regrets because I got to enjoy music like this when I was a child. I will NEVER forget the good times because they get me through the rough times.
Lisa, we've all had a rough time down here. At least the ones with a soul have. But like you said, at least we got to listen to beautiful music like this.
watching the video, I would have sworn that was "The Official" video for the song! to find out your sister did it for a class project is awesome! well done! even after all these years! love Melonie since the 1st time I heard her; love the video! thanks for sharing cuz it brings back tons of feel good memories!
I still got my skates like this. I too could go fast in those back in the day but the other kind of skates not so much. Ice skating never could do that I was so afraid of falling. Those were the days my friend I though they would never end. Old song.
Today is the day roller skates were patented in 1884. I got one here to look for a video to post on Facebook and to share with my students. 'Brand New Key' is one of my all-time favorite songs. This is a perfect video for this song. It represents the era that Melanie wrote it in, perfectly! Thank you for sharing!
That part where she says, "....I've done all right for a girl..." sums it up. They weren't great times for girls and women. Definitely second class status. You had to get your husband's permission to open a credit card. Puh-leeze. They may have been better times for rich white men.
@@patricias5122 Women had been making inroads since the 1960s. The 1970s were the era of Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman" and tennis star Billie Jean King's victory over male chauvinist Bobby Riggs.
I love this so much. It is probably my favorite thing I've ever found on TH-cam. I love this song. I love the 8mm film. I was born in Wichita in '73. This feels like movie of my childhood. Perfection! Thank you for sharing. 🥰
I Member this song, it’s still my favorite , “..I Ask your mother if you was at home and she said yes, and you’re not alone .. “ I will always love this song. Thank you.
I think this was an amazing find. I absolutely loved, and always have, this song. Then to see it as a 1970's class project on 8 mm was just awesome. It's great seeing 8mm films still around.
ahhhh....lol.....Music videos really did not make the scene big till the 80's. Not saying there weren't any around before that. This song was a hit in 1971. Music videos were not around in that time era.
@@hoytbullock4504 Music videos go back to at least the early 1960s, with Brian Hyland's 1962 hit "Sealed With a Kiss". The Beatles made several music videos in the 1960s, including "Penny Lane", and other "British Invasion" groups of that era did the same.
@@josorr And not her first boy either. I like her aggressiveness. Only a few girls were like that back then. They would ruin a boy's reputation with the.......good girls.
Once you lose your mother it's never the same.. I heard this in Shop Rite grocery store...it made me think of my mom and where we lived for a long time and I started to cry in the store.
Thank you Melanie Safka, your "Brand New Key" song lets me recall my first girlfriend on Galveston Island. I had saved her from bullies trying to lift up her dress while she was on her pink roller skates. She called me her "hero" and we learned how to be lovers at age eight. Real ones, not just pretend ones. I wonder if she can still remember 1965 like I can?
I bet when she made this video in 1972 she never thought 50 years in the future 8 million strangers would watch it and love it.
Drake's favorite Video.
Jeff Oregon - you’re spot on. After a few years of my sister bugging me, I finally got it transferred and added the music. The only intent adding to TH-cam at the time was for family and friends to be able to watch. It’s been pretty crazy to see all the views of course many from all the (cross searches) of the song being used in movies, shows and commercials. In any event it’s been fun to see so many enjoy a share stories from their life and what the song has meant to them.
@@alecwalterscheid7904 You should talk your sister into posting a comment on this board. I would love to hear her take on making the video and her thoughts of this video becoming so popular.
Right?! I love this *so* much. Made me super nostalgic.
Haha my family and I love it!!
RIP Melanie. You are singing with the angels now. Thank you for blessing us with your beautiful voice on earth.
Shit! I had no idea!
8 million views for a high school project I think we can all agree this is a masterpiece
agree
I hope she got an A
@@jimmorti2153 I hope she got monetized
RIP Melanie. She passed this week. I love homemade music videos. Reminds me of video projects we would do in our broadcasting classes in the '80s.
Okay, but can we all appreciate how adorable this homemade high school music video is? I mean the song is great, but for a class project in the 70s, I'd have to say nicely done!
🤗😎
Very well done!
Great video portion!
You mean 50’s
@@war_thunder_plays7909 Well, considering that the song didn't come out until 1972, and the video description says it was made in the 70's, I think it's safe to say it was the 1970s ;)
I hope Nancy got an A+ on her school project.
Her name is Melanie
@@rachel.770 Yes, the singer is Melanie. Nancy is the girl who created the film for her high school project.
Jeff Oregon oh ok I didn’t really lnow
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THIS SONG WAS A REAL TREASURE. i WAS JUST 7 WHEN THIS SONG CAME OUT. Now in my 60s I still love it.
I love this song so much. My daddy used to always play guitar and sing this song. He’s been gone now for 6 years so the song means even more to me. He always made us laugh because on the part where she asks the mother if the boy is home he would make his voice higher mocking the mom saying yes lol. Crazy how a song can bring back so many memories...
I love this song as well.
This song is copied from another song called kinky boots they sound very similat
my dad would always play this and i would come running down just to watch it, haha
I've got VERY good memories of this song as well.
Me too! It's a wonderful innocent song that reminds us all of our teen years!
RIP Melanie Thank you for your talent, songs and being one of the best parts of growing up in the 70's!! Love you and I grew up and my best friend's name is what, Melanie.
I heard this song as a youth. Just discovered the video about a month and a half ago. Rest in peace Melanie. Thanks for the memories. 😢
I'm a 27 year old black guy in 2021......see? We all love a good wholesome song 😁🖤
It makes me happy to know i’m not the only one still listening to this in 2021
my grandpa played this song for me, he passed away 12 years ago next month, you’re right, we al love a good wholesome song
Yes sir! (Kid)
Sucks that we have to say what our ethnic background is I have to do the same at times as a white guy but yeah it's just a fun tune read more comments there's a bunch of pervs that are reading into it probably should be on the watch list for neighborhood pervs
What does being black have to do with anything…
"Wholesome"
A+ on this project! Wow, does this bring back memories! I was in high school, but taking a child development class through a local university. Three days per week I went to assist in a fourth grade class. Well, on a particular day, I showed up to find a substitute teacher in the room. Her name was Mrs. Wieder, which the kids had already turned into Mrs. Weirder. She lived up to her name as she had allowed a day long recess. During the real recess, she sent two girls to go to the one girl’s home and bring back her new 45 of Brand New Key. (Imagine doing that today? The girl lived about four blocks from the school and her parents were not at home!) They returned without incident, record in hand. Back in the classroom, Mrs. Weider had everyone put their desks together to form a large table. The chairs were arranged in front with an aisle up the middle, like a stage and seating for an audience. Mrs. Weider proceeded to put on a show for us. A boy was the sound man at the record player. Another kid made a fake microphone from a paper towel roll, tissues, and aluminum foil. It had a real extension cord dangling from it, but of course, it wasn’t plugged in. Three or four kids had flashlights from the science supplies. They put colored cellophane wrap over the lamp to make different colored lights. Mrs. Weider was wearing that day a very progressive outfit, a neon pink polyester pants suit with lime green trim and a gold chain belt from which dangled a fish bone ornament. When everyone was seated, she gave the signal for the overhead lights to go off, a large flashlight on her, and the colored flashlights to wave around. The sound man put on the record and Mrs. Weider sang along and danced. Whenever the music went, “bomb, bomp, bomp, bomp,” she grabbed the fish bones and twirled them to the rhythm. She performed it twice, solo, then everyone joined in, taking turns a few at a time to be on the stage. Very reluctantly, we restored the room to its normal boringness for the French teacher to give her lesson. Mme. Toussant knew something was up because nobody paid attention. In the meantime, Mrs. Weider sat at the side of the room rapidly writing on a ditto master. She sent a very shy girl who had just watched to the office to get dittos for everyone. It was our homework, choose three of five questions to answer about the show. It asked questions like, “What arithmetic problems can we make from the rhythms in Brand New Key? Give two examples and explain your equations in sentences.” For P.E. and science, we had to tell which body systems were used while dancing. Make and illustrate with a drawn or pipe cleaner stick figure a dance step to do to Brand New Key. Give the dance a catchy name. For English, write a ten line dialog between the girl and boy in the song. Or, write a 30-50 word entry in the girl’s diary. We could also write another two original verses for the song to change the ending. Another was to think of analogies like, “Roller skates are to key, as _____ is to _____ .” We could write different style poems based on the theme of the song. There were a few others I no longer recall. As a future teacher, my thought was, “Now THIS is teaching!”
Sadly, the principal and powers that ran the school, along with numerous parents of children in the class, were shocked, angry, disappointed, outraged. Mrs. Weider was removed from the substitute list. I wrote an account of the day as required in my “teaching journal.” The professor thought I was playing some sort of prank, that I’d maybe missed the bus or forgotten to go. When I showed him my ditto of the homework, he changed his mind and actually agreed with me. I’m retired now, but I still say that was just about the most interesting and fun lesson I’ve ever had in school. I doubt Mrs. Weider is still alive, probably in her mid to late 30s. I hope she’s singing and dancing in the Heavenly choir!
Thanks for sharing! That class clearly had a huge impact on you. You remember so many details, like the fact that Mrs. Weider sent the "shy girl" to the office for the ditto paper. I used to coach an after school robotics club, and I often struggled to engage the students, so I can appreciate Mrs. Weider's brilliance in relating assignments to something the kids are into. Your description of Mrs. Weider's class almost motivates me to give it another try!
@@freeadrian1144 Do try it! But see if you can work at an experimental school, willing to try new modalities. Your standard public school, rooted still in the 19th century, is increasingly ineffective for today’s students and their teachers.
@@mariekatherine5238 Thank you Marie Katherine for the advice and encouragement!
Yes, a great teacher. She got the class involved in learning and they had fun doing it. The goofy teachers and what they teach stick with us. Bet every kid in class that day still remembers. Shame the parents and administrators were so uptight.
The beginning of libtardism that has us in a craphole on this very day that you read this. This song marks the precursor to the end of the world as we know it. Putin nukes the U.S. and Israel because of this song - cause and effect.
The cutest dirty song ever to fly below the radar on the radio airwaves....loved it then..love it now
It was actually banned in some places when first released.
@@mikehardy3940 yup,it was is my area....but I'd already bought the .45 rpm so it didn't matter to me if the radio played it or not
@@mikehardy3940What is dirty about it I see nothing dirty
SCENIC MUSIC VIDEOS I was not the one who banned the song, however, the reference to “drive pretty far” and roller skate(girl) key(boy) was thought as reference to penis(boy) vagina(girl). I hope that helps you
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Like several of the songs from the 60s and 70s.
"Oh my God! Here comes Dan with the steel chair!!!"
"AhhhhhhIIII've got a brand new pair of roller skates,"
Lmao I was looking for a comment like this
Don’t take the Lord’s name in vain, please repent for it’s a sin
I REMEMBER THE FUCKING SUPERSKATES WITH THE STEEL WHEELS !
@@Assault.Media. people sin, everyone sins.
@@Assault.Media. Well okay, but just because you said please.
Family guys y'all!!! always bringing us together!
Facts 😂
Kids in the Hall brought me here
Family Guy mainly brought me here.
@@mattmadolah bro me too. We should be friends 😂
Boogie nights brought me here lol
This song sounds even better from an apocalyptic bunker!
I was 15 when this came out . My sister and I would go roller skating together. What great times we had. Great memories! Take me back to a simpler time.
Most people quit roller skating in the late 80s. Doesn't make sense because it was so much fun
I’m 25 and I started skating at 22! I love it so much, my skates are my happy place
Hey, this is pre-MTV. Your sister was a video pioneer!!
Kelly02895 she did a great job
Hope your sister got an A+ - wonderful video!!!! shared this with y 13 yr old grand daughter and she loved it!
I wonder what she looks like today.
@@HwoarangtheBoomerang Probably living in a nice house like the one in the video.
RIP Melanie. Cute video. Well done.
I was in junior high when this song came out. The years fly by!
I remember this song from my junior high lunch room
Oh my gosh I just about died with laughter hearing this song again. My sister use to play it all the time and you guessed it! I had to hear what she played! : ) Its funny but I would give anything to go back to those great times again. Trust me, time goes by quicker than you can imagine and you always think life will be the same but here I am today wishing I could go back and appreciate and love life the way it use to be. : )
I think you nailed it! This song sort of represented what life was like back in the day for sure. I know for me, no matter how many times I got annoyed when my sister played it, I would give anything to go back to those awesome times....as you put it, carefree and loving life : )
AMEN
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THIS IS MOTORMOUTH MIKE IN THE MORNING BRINGING YOU THE HEAVY HITS OF CLASSIC ROOOOOOCK!!!! AND THAT WAS MELANIE LETTING YOU KNOWING THAT SHE GOT SOME ROLLERSKATES AND YOUVE GOT A "BRAND NEW KEY"!!!!!!!!!!!!
I met Melanie and her son and they were so wonderful. Felt like my heart was healed at her concert, as soon as she started singing. Love this song. Roller skating as I listen now
Melanie lives not 30 miles from where I sit.
Didn't know that's where she decided to call "home", but given how many in the music industry do, I can't say I'm surprised.
Btw, folks, I grew up in and around the music industry. Most of you reading this would have heart failure if you'd met or knew the people I have. But to me, they're just neighbors with interesting jobs. 😉
( And NO, I'm not involved with such a cut-throat industry. I elected to take a different route, after what I saw growing up. )
@@guarddog318 u live laurel canyon then Guard Dog?
@@therealrobbdee672 - No.
My wife and I did as well. We also met Melanie's husband who is now deceased. In fact, my wife and I had a room directly across the 5-foot hall from hers. Who showed us the way to our room? Country Joe McDonald of "Woodstock Fish Cheer" fame. True story!
I want to say she is great singer/Performer, I graduated from High School in 1971, when the song was released.
You are lucky to have met her, jealous haha!!!
I remember having skates like that. I miss those innocent days.
I miss hearing people-s natural voices when they sing :(.
you'll never see those days again my friend
Hopefully they come back like a boomerang 👍👍✌
@@dalelukenen7049 oh my gosh if you really think that, you either haven't looked hard enough, or you're close-minded and stuck in the past.
@@connormcdonald5075 obviously you've never lived in the 70's. The greatest decade ever. Out of ten years only 2 bad things happened to me. My father was killed and i got married the 1st time. The rest of it was gravy.
I joined the military in the 70s, I shot somebody and someone shot me, those were the good ole days, the 70s. Not necessarily in that order.
A classic. The age of innocence when life was laid back and so simple.No computers no cellphones and endless summers and cute girls
And cute boys!
Are you kidding? Try again!.....it was a tumultuous time for all! It was an incredible creative and fearful time. You learned how to be Fierce! It was ANYTHING BUT INNOCENT!
fireflydorion Not so innocent! I heard that this song is really about S..E..X! 🥴
Ok boomer
@Leonard Chornomaz Did boomers never learn proper punctuation? Bloody hell.
Everybody needs to be chased by a weird girl on roller skates at least once in their life. lol
And yeah, I'm old enough to remember metal-wheeled roller skates and keys for 'em.
I would have been about 10 years old when that movie was shot.
@@mikeliterus4611 - Clamping the skates to your shoes, as best I can remember.
They had a screw-type arrangement that adjusted up or down to fit different sizes. The key was for that.
I was 8 ! 😊
I ALSO REMEMBER THOSE STEEL SUPERSKATES LOL
I was once! Mid 1970's her name was Colleen but everyone called her cow-cow! 😌
She is like a stalker in that song !
My 25 year old daughter just got married and I LOVED/Listened to this song so much when she was young that she started to love it too and it was part of her playlist at her wedding!!! ❤️
This reminds me of when I was in 7th grade . I used to ride my bike outside of my crush's house hoping he would come outside .
Cari Schumann it reminds us all of that one crush !
The good old days lol
Did he ever come out
OMG i do that
Same here, 7th grade late 1971
I'm here from the '70s, when I was a teenager! This film is HILARIOUS -- and perfectly captures the fashions of the times, as well as the awkwardness of an adolescent crush on someone who acts as if you don't exist. The tables can turn -- as most of us learn -- and time has a way of balancing things out.
I know it's hard not to cry laughing....
ITS THE BEST MEDICINE 🤣 EVER AMEN PHILADELPHIA USA 🇺🇲☦️❤️🙏😇💋 HEY 🦞👋🙀👋 I'M PRAYING FOR EVERYONE EXCEPT...
GOD bless us ALL 🙏
PHILADELPHIA USA 🇺🇲 AMEN ☦️🙏😇❤️💋🩰
I think she did a great job! Anyone that has ever shot footage with 8MM and spliced together a short film will completely understand the time and effort involved. I love the creativity. And how cute is this!!! Bravo I hope she continued to express her creativity and talent throughout her life.
What a glorious Sweet Kindred Spirit you are Melanie. I think you are the Greatest one woman band of all time
I am so thankful that you were in my lifetime. I will soon see you Spirit child.
Two roller skating flowers on Family Guy brought me here. 🌻🌻
Brings back good memories of the 1970s ... 🎶🎶🎶✌
Love this song! I remember listening to it on the radio! I was 10 !
I've seen this video multiple times and had no idea that it wasn't official. It just seems to fit the vibe and the era so naturally.
My mother showed me this song when I was a child! I love this song!
My grandma loved this song, I imagine her singing and dancing along to it every time I play it😊❤️
Funny! I"m also that age.
That makes me so happy! ❤️
I searched this song tonight because it was my grandmas favorite too. I miss her dearly. Hopefully they’re dancing in heaven while we listen! ❤️
Oh heck yes! 2019 and my 19y old son just added this on his Spotify...
You have an awesome son
Cool Son. 👍 He knows good music when he hears it. 🙂
This is definitely one of my favorite videos on TH-cam.
I always think of Boogie nights when hearing this.
Rollergirl?
@@mayhemjr.803 yes!
got here from watching that movie just now lol
RIP Melanie. Thank-you for your Music. This song brings back precious memories, for me. Sad news of your Demise. God rest your Soul.
THANK you for sharing! I was a kid in the 70's and these memories are priceless!
I loved this song so much when it came out, and of course I was so little I was actually equating it to when I had a rollerskate key. Now that I’m older of course I get the lyrics, but I will still always love this song and I thank Melanie for such good memories!
Strangely enough, if you read about how she wrote the song and what inspired her, the sexual innuendos weren't there on purpose.....but at the same time she said she knew that people would interpret it that way......I'm still skeptical lol.
If MTV were here in 1972, this video would have been a work of art, worthy of television play.
I LOVE THIS SONG'S
NOW BUT BACK THEN
I WAS JUST A BABY
GIRL BORN ON
MARCH 7TH IN 1971
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
LOL LOL
Just discovered this and love it. Melanie was way ahead of her time. Love her voice, the song, the metal roller skates, the sheer blue tights, and the old misgynistic saying "Some people think I did all right for a girl." If I heard that once, I've heard it a million times. As a young girl, that was about all we ould aspire to, unless we wanted to be someone's little wife-y and be quiet and stay in the background. I used to sit on my slates rolling down the hill, so if I fell off them, I wouldn't fall too far.
My Dad used to tease me and say, "you're pretty alright for a girl!" To which I would always respond, "What'chu mean 'for a girl?!'" He'd always get tickled by my reaction and follow with, "I suppose you're right. You're just pretty alright." I sure miss that ornery ol' cuss...
2.6 million views, good for you!
Every once in a while I stop back to enjoy this video, it gives me a little lift. I like lists, so I'll list the things I like:
0:56 the guy's haircut, so '70s
1:00 ape hanger handlebars (probably had a banana seat)
1:04 the bobble and little head shake
1:11 the old car
1:40 the little white dog poking his head out the door
2:10 film jumping
Have a good day. :)
crusinscamp thanks, in all honesty I only uploaded so my sister, family and friends would be able to see. Had no clue that it would have ever got that many views. My sister bugged me for years to transfer over.
Luv the dog too,always wondered if it was a mistake
Ken Owens I pretty sure it was a "happy accident"
who doesn't like good music .old stuff good stuff
+crusinscamp 70's haircut.....I still ave that hair cut! :::giggle:::
Song just came to my head, I asked hubby if he remembered it and am happy I found it on TH-cam 💕 I probably drove my older brothers crazy playing song repeatedly when I was 10 years old. 🥰
Hello Renee, how are you doing. I was in the
comment section and I came across yours I was
thrilled to say Hello
My sister just sent this video to me as a dedication. I was 1 1/2 yrs old and must have loved the song as much as my beloved future roller skates. I remembered this song after all these years.
What a treasure. Thanks for posting.
I love this song!! I haven't heard it in so long!! Omgeez! Blast from the past ❤️ awesome!
kids in the hall brought me here....listen to this song for 10 hours straight and you'll be on a whole new level of insanity 😀
I will NEVER be able to hear this song again without picturing Dave Foley's haunted face...
I use to sneak in my big sisters room to listen to her albums. This was one of my favorites ❤️
Back in a time when you could enjoy a song that was just fun , no cursing , screaming blurred words or talking of killing whoever disrespects you .... adding the school project thing added to the song . Well done ✌️
It's about fuckin
@Robert Beck "I don't go very fast, but I go pretty far" ummm...
@@locdogg18750 It's about a skate key, and almost no one in my age group would have thought otherwise. That was the age of puppy love.
It’s based on an old Irish war song called “kinky boots” so innocent lmao
I was 8 when this song came out, having teenage sisters is how I first heard it, bought the record. Its been my favorite song from my childhood all these year, now 58..
This makes me cry, I lived in such a wonderful time in history, where music was music which required real work with no synthesizers
They used to play this song at the roller rink all the time 50 years ago..The rink is still there, I'll bet they still do!
The roller rink I used to skate at has been torn down, as has the nearby municipal pool, all in the name of "progress"
Music is only a bunch of history books that can’t be burnt
Takes me straight back to the 70s I love it. This is one of my favorite songs.
I’m Dave England, and this is the bungee boogie!
I’m only 24, but does this bring back memories when I fist got my skates. Happy times. Just started using them again, how amazing!
This makes me happy and cry all at once . Honestly I can't thank you enough for uploading it . It just goes so perfectly with the song. It could've been its music video .
+rose knows Yes i agree in fact it goes so well that you would think it was made by a studio for the song not by a girl in school. Great film and song played it to many times now.
Stephen Rowe 😎😎
I thought it was the music video
3 years later and has about 4,716,629 views. A terrific video for a gay old tune.
It’s just… amazing. I love this for so many reasons. Thank you, universe.
Not much impresses me on TH-cam and I am a publisher out here, but I have to thank you so much for this. In my sixth-grade class we had a Christmas exchange thing where we did secret gifts and I put this 45 record in as my gift. When the class was opening the gifts, this 45 made everyone laugh, like "who was the idiot who put this in the pile." It was me. A scar I still bare today. However, watching your sister's video helps me remember that we creative kids had a reason.
Somebody told me that she passed away this is one of the obscure great songs that sinks into your brain rest in peace honey❤
Wow, I thought this was the original music video. Thanks so much for uploading this.
This song rings in my head out of no where!!! A M RADIO FLINT MICHIGAN!!!!!! 1970 SOMETHING !!!!? IM IN THE BACK OF MOMS CAR JAMING WHEN I WAS 4 OR 6 ? FLINT TO BAY CITY TRIPS !!!!! NOT A WORRY IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!! .
Heard
W G.C.L. 8 Detroit baby
I was 10 years old when this came out and my little brother and I would sing or hum this when we went roller skating across the street at the school in our metal, clamp-on skates. I later graduated to Oberheimer Hockey Boots and my brother wore black speed skates. We got so much exercise and had so much fun we slept like rocks at night. I've had a rough time in life but I have no regrets because I got to enjoy music like this when I was a child. I will NEVER forget the good times because they get me through the rough times.
Lisa, we've all had a rough time down here. At least the ones with a soul have. But like you said, at least we got to listen to beautiful music like this.
watching the video, I would have sworn that was "The Official" video for the song! to find out your sister did it for a class project is awesome! well done! even after all these years! love Melonie since the 1st time I heard her; love the video! thanks for sharing cuz it brings back tons of feel good memories!
It might as well be!
I still got my skates like this. I too could go fast in those back in the day but the other kind of skates not so much. Ice skating never could do that I was so afraid of falling. Those were the days my friend I though they would never end. Old song.
DAmn I wish I was back in the 70's... everything just made much more sense!
Wildrodriguez Not really
Wildrodriguez I got drafted.. you can have it..
The 70s were fucked up politically and economically but hey if it makes more sense than be my guest :)
Yeah dude life’s always been the same... It would be more Christian I guess.
@Cole Turner Yes, you are correct concerning most. I turned off the news. It helps.
Those look exactly like my first pair of skates and that was in the 50's! Would go back in a heartbeat !
My song gave me the 45 for Christmas. He knows that I love the song and didn’t have a 45. Such a thoughtful gesture.
Kids in the Hall brought me here. And I love this.
Today is the day roller skates were patented in 1884. I got one here to look for a video to post on Facebook and to share with my students. 'Brand New Key' is one of my all-time favorite songs. This is a perfect video for this song. It represents the era that Melanie wrote it in, perfectly! Thank you for sharing!
Better times they were! 🙂
I got my granddaughters learning this for talent night at school.check it out
That part where she says, "....I've done all right for a girl..." sums it up. They weren't great times for girls and women. Definitely second class status. You had to get your husband's permission to open a credit card. Puh-leeze. They may have been better times for rich white men.
@@patricias5122 ; All women wanted was the right to vote. End of story. lol
@@patricias5122 Women had been making inroads since the 1960s. The 1970s were the era of Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman" and tennis star Billie Jean King's victory over male chauvinist Bobby Riggs.
That's gotta be the coolest thing I've seen all day. That must be so cool to have it save for posterity!
Well done, both of you
I'll never forget dancing in my nanas living room to this as it played on her record player.. one of my best memories.. 🖤
Just another example of the unique songs that were out in the greatest time to grow up in America!
My grandma had this on CD and whenever I rode in the car with her, we played this. I never got sick of it!
People's "grandmas" played this song-- makes me feel so old! I was a pre-teen when this came out!
Im here with the late Baby Boomers who remember this so well....crazy song, that still makes no sense to me...but beloved.
I love this so much. It is probably my favorite thing I've ever found on TH-cam. I love this song. I love the 8mm film. I was born in Wichita in '73. This feels like movie of my childhood.
Perfection! Thank you for sharing.
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This is so charming! Your sister did a great job! Thoroughly enjoyed this, and I hope she got an A on her project!
I Member this song, it’s still my favorite , “..I Ask your mother if you was at home and she said yes, and you’re not alone .. “
I will always love this song. Thank you.
February 2021 I had heard this song in over 45 years! I was 13 years old when it came out.
Tell your sister that this is ..... MAGNIFICENT !!!!
Bravo, this video is great, and takes me back to my 70's in high school!
You were in your 70's in high school?
This is great! I chuckled out loud when the dog also came to the front door!
I think I tolerated the song when it first came out. It's cute and it's adorable.
I'm 64 and I played this for my granddaughter and now it's her favorite song.
Haha, I played it for my daughter and she is in love with this song.
I think this was an amazing find. I absolutely loved, and always have, this song. Then to see it as a 1970's class project on 8 mm was just awesome. It's great seeing 8mm films still around.
ahhhh....lol.....Music videos really did not make the scene big till the 80's. Not saying there weren't any around before that. This song was a hit in 1971. Music videos were not around in that time era.
Hoyt Bullock aph
@@hoytbullock4504 Music videos go back to at least the early 1960s, with Brian Hyland's 1962 hit "Sealed With a Kiss". The Beatles made several music videos in the 1960s, including "Penny Lane", and other "British Invasion" groups of that era did the same.
Back when most teens were still in a innocent mind.. This reminds me of my Aunt Jeri and her daughter Stephenie singing this together.. Memories!
This song is not as innocent as you may think. It's about a young girl pursuing a boy for sex.
@@josorr And not her first boy either.
I like her aggressiveness.
Only a few girls were like that back then. They would ruin a boy's reputation with the.......good girls.
@@josorr No it is not, and Melanie has pointed it out on many occasions. It was about the innocence of her youth.
@@afx935 Sure it is. The innocence of her youth, that's it. Yeah, that's the Ticket.
thanks family guy for bringing me to this beautiful song
I always like to visit this video from year to year for over 14 years now!
Remember this song from my youth. Your sister did an awesome job on her video way before videos were even a thing!!! Great job!!!
Videos were actually a "thing" back in the 1960s. Nonetheless, this is still a fun video.
Just have to tell you that I loved this! It captures the innocence of the song so well. Thanks for sharing
Sarah Stewart-Skelton are we watching the same video? He was cheating on her
@@xaviergoodwin4806 Yes. And the song was about sex. I don't drive but I go pretty far...? C'mon, innocent, ha! ; )
Once you lose your mother it's never the same..
I heard this in Shop Rite grocery store...it made me think of my mom and where we lived for a long time and I started to cry in the store.
Mothers can be evil. I know. I have one.
Loved this song in the good ol' days! ❤️❤️
i listened this song like crazy when i was 10 and 7 years later i randomly thought about it and now i see why i loved it 🥺
A long time ago but it never gets old. Another great classic from the 70's! L❤️ve it!
Thank you Melanie Safka, your "Brand New Key" song lets me recall my first girlfriend on Galveston Island. I had saved her from bullies trying to lift up her dress while she was on her pink roller skates. She called me her "hero" and we learned how to be lovers at age eight. Real ones, not just pretend ones. I wonder if she can still remember 1965 like I can?
DJ Mike “Motor Mouth” Mulcahy brought me here. He is constantly playing this.