Melanie's soaring vocals and the judicious variations of beat make her version the very clear winner for me. It's a deceptively sophisticated production.
Melanie also did a version of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine man"" and when Dylan heard it for the first time, he played it again and again and again, and then gave Melanie a call and told her "her version was the best he ever heard and told her she had an incredible beautiful unique voice, like "nothing he ever heard before".. You might want to give a listen to Melanie's version of "Mr. Tambourine man". Though Melanie wrote and sang almost all of her own songs through the years, she did a few covers of others.
It's the Stones for me. Because its a personal song, it's about Linda Keith, a girlfriend of Keith's, and the first woman to break his heart. She left him for Jimi Hendrix( taking with her a tape of, Hey Joe) Keith usually contributes a line or two at least to most Stones songs, but i think more of the lyrics are his than Mick's on this one. When i was a kid, my dad had a Melanie album that had both this and Brand New Key, it went over my head then, i just thought it was weird. She's more interesting these days.
@@thegonz9I've read that before. Personally, I don't think all the lines sound like Keith, some sound like Jagger to me. In Keiths book he mentions there's only one Stones song that Jagger wrote on his own, and it's not Ruby Tuesday.
The Stones version is from 1966 and typical of British bands of the time. Melanie's version is from about four years later when styles had changed somewhat and I think this is a more vulnerable and powerful take on the song
So much emotion in Melanie's voice. She totally makes her this song and put it on another level. Don't find anything odd or weird in her way to sing. It's just that she has influences from European singers (such as Edith Piaf or Lotte Lenya) and also Billie Holiday. I'm a bit deceived Cynthia was not so positive about her. Last, the text, so marked by the misogynistic point of view of Jagger, becomes empathic and affectionate in Melanie's version. Last, Melanie must not be reduced to her 3 main hits. She has done so many greats songs and good albums in her long career.
The Stones are the greatest Rock & Roll band in the world, Melanie wins this however. It's a bit like Stones v's Marianne faithful, her version of Sister Morphine is the best, it helps that it's her own song.
I totally agree. Linda Ronstadt did a fantastic cover of Tumbling Dice. I dig many Stones songs actually prefer them and the Animals over the Beatles tho they had quite a few very good songs. I give credit were credit is due.
Never heard of Melanie before but there is no comparison. It's the Rolling Stones hands down. As someone who grew up in the 60s/70s I was lucky enough to be entertained by the best musical era in history. No computers, no gimics, just pure musical talent. Every day a new song, a new sound from such a huge variety of talented artists.
Melanie has a very unique strong voice, her singing range is astounding and her style is very unique, there is no one else like her,. which is why I love Melanie's version best, she always sings with such emotion and feeling. She has written and sung over 500 wonderful songs and has many many albums. I feel she has never gotten the credit she deserved and that there is a HUGE library of her songs and music to "discover". Sadly many have not experienced it but hopefully one day they will.
I'd known Melanie's version looong before the Stones' original: When I was 9 (in '79), one of my Aunts had given me a various artists compilation cassette tape titled 'First Love', and 'Ruby Tuesday' was its closing song. When I heard the Stones' original for the first time many years later, it just sounded 'wrong' to me at first, because I'd been so used to Melanie's version 😅 I do like _both_ versions now, but for me, Melanie beats the Stones by a nose 😊 There were some other good songson that tape, too, including 'My Lady D'Arbanville' by Cat Stevens, 'Alone Again, Naturally' by Gilbert O'Sullivan and 'Close To You' by The Carpenters 🙂
Found it!!!! and thank you for the mention...Melanie wins it for me ( She also did Wild Horses ). I think it's great that you have reacted to so many Roxy Music songs, I've always been a big fan since Virginia Plane days. Keep up the great reactions.
Well this is a tough one for me. I'm a big fan of both artists. I own more than forty Stones albums and more than thirty Melanie albums. I think I have to go with Melanie, because I love her voice so much.
The difference is perspective.. The Stones version was a wistful "I'm sad my ex left", but oh well life goes on. Melanie's version was WHY she HAD to leave. Why life couldn't go on. It has so much more power. Mick has songs with that intensity, but this wasn't one
for me its always Melanie on this song - its real and passionate and its a woman singing about a woman's situation - this is a song from the gut and it evokes a reaction in me in ways the stones version doesn't, though I appreciate the musicality of the Stones.
Melanie elevated the song. Made it meaningful. It will always be one of my favourite songs. (I was born in the 90s to parents who grew up in the 60s/70s haha)
I'm giving this one to the 'Stones. But I do like the cover a lot and I think that Melanie Safka has shown very good instincts when it comes to how to successfully cover an iconic song (although I could have lived without that harmonica thingamabob bit). One I personally have always found hard to call as to who did it better is 'Dear Prudence' - The Beatles or Siouxsie and the Banshees
I do like cover versions when the artist puts their own stamp on a song rather than simply copying the original and Melanie certainly does this! I like both but if you had to twist my arm the Stones just edges it for me.
Without question The Rolling Stones . It’s their song and it’s smooth, Melanie version is good but her voice is screeching loud, as opposed to Mick and Keiths warm vocals.She does sound a little bit like Marianne Faithful. The cello you are hearing is played by Keith and Bill Wyman both struggling to play it. The Flute is Brian Jones. The song was released in 1967 on the Between The Buttons album, right before psychedelic. The Stones version went to #1!
The Stones' musical accompaniment was straightforward and repetitive. It seemed the vocals were sung by a band who were bored out of their brains. Melanie was enthusiastic, and genuinely enjoyed singing it. The orchestral background punctuated the vocals well. I think Ms Safka did a MUCH better job at singing "Ruby Tuesday".
The fourth US #1 hit for the Rolling Stones, this ballad is about a groupie. It may have been inspired by Linda Keith, who was Keith Richards' girlfriend. Keith Richards said of "Ruby Tuesday": "That's one of those things - some chick you've broken up with. And all you've got left is the piano and the guitar and a pair of panties. And it's goodbye you know. Peace out.
I’m very familiar with both and I’m not gonna watch the whole vid , Melanie’s version is mega pish and the Stones version is the definitive version , hands down , nothing to see here , talk to the hand , a bird in the hand etc etc 😅 👍🏴
Released in 1966 during the Stones brief flirtation with psychedelia under the influence of the Beatles, it is a fav song of mine... Indeed, this short-lived phase before returning to blues-rock, it's the only time period where I really liked the band! btw, that cello is amazing (as is the recorder!), BUT the buzzing got a tad out of control on your vid. I don't know if you have the bass setting to high, or if a "remaster" of the song went too far, but I've never heard that glitch in the studio version before. No comparison imo with Melanie's rather screechy version.
I've been listening to the Stones since the start Mick to me is not a great singer. A good singer with many many very good songs and great accompanyment. Melanie Safka is a great singer Lay down Candles in the Rain is terrific from 1970 Beautiful People and Look what they did to my Song Ma are very good A Brand New Key is nice more of a pop song.
I like both versions to be honest, not the greatest of songs, as i find with the stones in general they either have a massive hit or just something thats a bit of a filler, in my opinion of course and you could never say that to a die hard stones fan because if jagger farted on keiths guitar it would be a number 1 lol
Please you should compare also to Melanies version on the record "Ballroom Streets" and the version from 1999 - a single with also a new version. These are much better then the original and very much better then the Rolling Stones version of this song. th-cam.com/video/PY--D_dai_I/w-d-xo.html the rock version th-cam.com/video/Cmg6LeE82i4/w-d-xo.html 1999
ALSO ROLLING STONES WROTE OUT OF TIME FOR CHRIS FARLOWE IN 1966 EVEN THO THEY SUNG IT TOO, FARLOWE VERSION IS MUCH BETTER AND STRONGER, GREAT CHORUS , CHEERS 😊
The Stones for me , Melanie was a wee bit shrill for my ears ! U2 did a snip of Ruby Tuesday on the "Rattle and Hum " live Album, half way through the track "Bad" that is pretty good ! cheers
@@mightyV444 Yes i can see why the album would put you off !But I did enjoy the political side of U2 at the time , but now feel that with Bonos involvement with the WEF he has gone to the dark side . and quite frankly he needs to get his head out of arse Apart from that , hope you and yours are all Splendifferous ! cheers mate .
@@ghichens3418 - Yes, Bono has a dodgy vibe also to _me_ now, sadly. He and his mates had seemed to genuinely care about this World's issues back then, which was great indeed. And I do understand that bands want to evolve and not always repeat themselves, but these guys did it in a direction that just wasn't my cuppa; I have nothing against B.B. King and Bob Dylan, but I don't need to hear them on a U2 album and in turn U2 pretending to suddenly be a Soul & Blues band after having pretty much been the polar opposite of those genres up to that point 😏 I did like the album that followed, though: 'Achtung Baby'. They slowly disappeared from my📡after that one... And yes, things haven't been too shabby here, thank you Graham! 😀 Have a great weekend!😊👍
@@mightyV444 Cheers Squire , great to hear from you .Have a cool week end as well ! Yes what happened to u2 , it is very interesting with a few big names such as Bono , Jim Morrison , on who their familys are !!! MMMMM were they put there ??? Have a dig ! Achtung Baby was the last tour myself and the wife saw them ! Ace ! but wont be buying anymore albums from them Any way have a Splendifferous week end ! Graham
@@ghichens3418 - Oh cooool! 😀👍 Yeah, I've never been to a U2 show in person, for some reason, and should've at least seen them on their 'Achtung Baby' tour 😅 I did give them several more tries after that one, the last time being with the album that was preceeded by the 'Beautiful Day' single, which at least was promising - but the album then disappointed me so much that I grabbed a Sharpie and 'modified' the album cover art 😂 Which I'd never done before with any other album and never did again after either 😄 Best wishes to you and yours from the opposite side of the Earth! 😊👍
What an injustice to the AWESOME STONES...NO COMPARISON...The instruments and Mick's voice so much better ...so much...for me...I would not even listen to this Melanie two times... Moreover...it is not generally a fair vote as many people will vote for a pretty girl notwithstanding music...but in my opinion injustice to the AWESOME CREATIVE STONES... Finally, artists who gain fame without writing leave much to be desired... It is like taking a test in school and copying someone almost... Never heard of her...and I will never listen to her again...just my opinion....
you are so wrong, but that's ok. Melanie recorded some covers, but also has 30+ albums of mostly original music. On par with the Stones, whom from the beginning covered and had hits with other people's songs (Chuck Berry, the Crickets, Robert Johnson, etc.). Good music is transcendental, it's all about how we relate and respond. I know a lot of people who are put off by her voice (like Geddy Lee of Rush), but there is a range and power there that Mick never displayed in his vocals. From a whisper to a wail in a heartbeat. Better or worse? That's a personal choice and ultimately irrelevant. Whatever you resonate with and gets you thru the day. I am only sad because there is a HUGE catalog of potential life changing music being prejudicially discounted. But as before, that's ok. Plenty of Stones to be replayed. In regards to people preferring her beauty over Jagger's, well yeah, I'd rather look at her. In response, an album by Melanie "Phonogenic: Not just a pretty face" (The album cover was the polar opposite of the Stone's original "Her Satanic Majesties Requests", being just black and white lettering, with no photo at all). BTW, I have every US Stones LP from the beginning to Voodoo Lounge, and a few bootlegs as well. I own all the Melanie lps (minus some posthumous ones). I love them all, but at my age I find I resonate much more with Melanie, and to be honest, I always did. Must be the hippie in me.
I know both versions very well, but Melanie's version is too much of it's time.. Sounds too early 70's with all the production and performance trappings. Stones flows a little smoother in my opinion. Melanie's version just takes me back to being five years old. I loved ''Brand New Key'' when I was a little kid. Not much of a fan of ''Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)''.
@@colrhodes377 Hey Col! You never heard of Melanie? Maybe she was a little before your time. I heard her because my parents played her records, and ''Brand New Key'' was a song I loved when I was about 4 or 5. She has another hit called ''Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)''. If you explore her stuff, you'll find some choice cuts, but there's also a few hippy dippy songs which may not be all that great to listen to now-a-days. By the way, how are you?
@liveitup67 Hello lovely. I'm fine, thank you. How are you? I don't know if it's before my time, I was a mid sixties baby and was always exposed to music. Even my dad listened to the rock n roll greats, whereas my mum was more into the Motown stuff. Radio 1 was usually on in the house, Andy I seemed to know all the hits and even felt some kind of connection to the DJ's . I'm sure the Brits will correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't know if Melanie was popular here in the sixties and seventies.
@@colrhodes377 I was born in 1967. So I guess you're a couple of years older than me? Brand New Key reached # 4 in the UK while Ruby Tuesday reached # 9. I'm surprised ''Lay Down'' didn't chart in the UK. It was a pretty big hit in Australia and America. I'm doing okay. Not much to report. You got anything to report? lol
Jagger once told Melanie that her version was much better than his. Melanie is the best and she is so underrated. Her version of the stones Wild Horses is great too.
Melanie took a good Stones song, and knocked it out of the park with her unique vocals. She's an under-rated treasure.
As much as i love the original Stones version, I'm going for Melanie. That vocal is sublime.
I've always loved her version a lot 😊
Melanie's soaring vocals and the judicious variations of beat make her version the very clear winner for me. It's a deceptively sophisticated production.
Very surprised that you didn't get the Melanie version, she takes it to a level way beyond anything
The Stones were capable of
Love the Stones, but Melanie, hands down owns this song! She sings it! She brings it best! ...I'd love to hear her do Angie now...😊😊😊
I like both versions and would never have compare them but if I had to then I preferred Melanie.
One of the Stones best songs. Melanie, as usual, is simply wonderful. Quiet and quavery one moment, blows the roof off the place the next.
Melanie also did a version of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine man"" and when Dylan heard it for the first time, he played it again and again and again, and then gave Melanie a call and told her "her version was the best he ever heard and told her she had an incredible beautiful unique voice, like "nothing he ever heard before".. You might want to give a listen to Melanie's version of "Mr. Tambourine man". Though Melanie wrote and sang almost all of her own songs through the years, she did a few covers of others.
It's the Stones for me.
Because its a personal song, it's about Linda Keith, a girlfriend of Keith's, and the first woman to break his heart. She left him for Jimi Hendrix( taking with her a tape of, Hey Joe)
Keith usually contributes a line or two at least to most Stones songs, but i think more of the lyrics are his than Mick's on this one.
When i was a kid, my dad had a Melanie album that had both this and Brand New Key, it went over my head then, i just thought it was weird. She's more interesting these days.
Mick Jagger said he had nothing at all to do with the writing of this song
@@thegonz9I've read that before. Personally, I don't think all the lines sound like Keith, some sound like Jagger to me.
In Keiths book he mentions there's only one Stones song that Jagger wrote on his own, and it's not Ruby Tuesday.
The Stones version is from 1966 and typical of British bands of the time. Melanie's version is from about four years later when styles had changed somewhat and I think this is a more vulnerable and powerful take on the song
So much emotion in Melanie's voice. She totally makes her this song and put it on another level. Don't find anything odd or weird in her way to sing. It's just that she has influences from European singers (such as Edith Piaf or Lotte Lenya) and also Billie Holiday. I'm a bit deceived Cynthia was not so positive about her. Last, the text, so marked by the misogynistic point of view of Jagger, becomes empathic and affectionate in Melanie's version. Last, Melanie must not be reduced to her 3 main hits. She has done so many greats songs and good albums in her long career.
The Stones are the greatest Rock & Roll band in the world, Melanie wins this however.
It's a bit like Stones v's Marianne faithful, her version of Sister Morphine is the best, it helps that it's her own song.
I totally agree. Linda Ronstadt did a fantastic cover of Tumbling Dice. I dig many Stones songs actually prefer them and the Animals over the Beatles tho they had quite a few very good songs. I give credit were credit is due.
Never heard of Melanie before but there is no comparison. It's the Rolling Stones hands down. As someone who grew up in the 60s/70s I was lucky enough to be entertained by the best musical era in history. No computers, no gimics, just pure musical talent. Every day a new song, a new sound from such a huge variety of talented artists.
Definitely one of the most creative times for music.
Yeah .... what he said 👍
Definitely Melanie's version. Her voice is powerful and unique.
Great vid as always 🎉🎉🎉
Check out Melanie singing with the Edwin Hawker singers, Candle in the Rain. Pure joy! Cheers.
Melanie for me, it has more feeling to it, I love the stones don't get me wrong but Melanie wins this one.
Yes, Melanie gives it her all 😊
Melanie has a very unique strong voice, her singing range is astounding and her style is very unique, there is no one else like her,. which is why I love Melanie's version best, she always sings with such emotion and feeling. She has written and sung over 500 wonderful songs and has many many albums. I feel she has never gotten the credit she deserved and that there is a HUGE library of her songs and music to "discover". Sadly many have not experienced it but hopefully one day they will.
I'd known Melanie's version looong before the Stones' original: When I was 9 (in '79), one of my Aunts had given me a various artists compilation cassette tape titled 'First Love', and 'Ruby Tuesday' was its closing song. When I heard the Stones' original for the first time many years later, it just sounded 'wrong' to me at first, because I'd been so used to Melanie's version 😅 I do like _both_ versions now, but for me, Melanie beats the Stones by a nose 😊 There were some other good songson that tape, too, including 'My Lady D'Arbanville' by Cat Stevens, 'Alone Again, Naturally' by Gilbert O'Sullivan and 'Close To You' by The Carpenters 🙂
Found it!!!! and thank you for the mention...Melanie wins it for me ( She also did Wild Horses ). I think it's great that you have reacted to so many Roxy Music songs, I've always been a big fan since Virginia Plane days. Keep up the great reactions.
Well this is a tough one for me. I'm a big fan of both artists. I own more than forty Stones albums and more than thirty Melanie albums. I think I have to go with Melanie, because I love her voice so much.
Melaine sang it with emotion; Jagger sang it as just another song to sing. Vale, Melanie, your songs will live on.
Melanie!
The difference is perspective.. The Stones version was a wistful "I'm sad my ex left", but oh well life goes on. Melanie's version was WHY she HAD to leave. Why life couldn't go on. It has so much more power. Mick has songs with that intensity, but this wasn't one
for me its always Melanie on this song - its real and passionate and its a woman singing about a woman's situation - this is a song from the gut and it evokes a reaction in me in ways the stones version doesn't, though I appreciate the musicality of the Stones.
RIP sweet Melanie Safka. Incredible person, vocalist, and soul. The world is much better for her having been.
Melanie knocks this out of the park!
Melanie elevated the song. Made it meaningful. It will always be one of my favourite songs. (I was born in the 90s to parents who grew up in the 60s/70s haha)
I'm giving this one to the 'Stones. But I do like the cover a lot and I think that Melanie Safka has shown very good instincts when it comes to how to successfully cover an iconic song (although I could have lived without that harmonica thingamabob bit).
One I personally have always found hard to call as to who did it better is 'Dear Prudence' - The Beatles or Siouxsie and the Banshees
RIP Melanie. ❤
I really like both versions
Addional information: Melanie died on January 23, 2024 - she was born on Ferbruary 3, 1947
We did a tribute to Melanie at that time. She was great.
melanie for me ,hands down
Mick Jagger was purportedly a big fan of Melanie's version recommending fans and colleagues give it a listen.
Does Mr Hanier ever, ever break grumpy, unsmiling character?
Love Stones version ❤ with Brian Jones playing the flute....Melanie wonderful too!
I'm not grumpy... :)
I can confirm that Chris does smile! 😊
Love The Rolling Stones version, but its Melanie for me.
I do like cover versions when the artist puts their own stamp on a song rather than simply copying the original and Melanie certainly does this! I like both but if you had to twist my arm the Stones just edges it for me.
Yes! And another great example is Joe Cocker's version of The Beatles' 'With A Little Help From My Friends' 😊
@@mightyV444 My favourite cover is 'Walk on by' by the Stranglers.
We loved that one when we did it on our channel. It was absolutely amazing!
@@cyclops60 - I looove that Stranglers version, too! 😍👍
@@hanierfamily - You did! 😀 That was a great video! 😊
You should do a great song by Melanie. It’s called “Lay Down”. It was her biggest hit. Also, it was a protest song
Without question The Rolling Stones . It’s their song and it’s smooth, Melanie version is good but her voice is screeching loud, as opposed to Mick and Keiths warm vocals.She does sound a little bit like Marianne Faithful. The cello you are hearing is played by Keith and Bill Wyman both struggling to play it. The Flute is Brian Jones. The song was released in 1967 on the Between The Buttons album, right before psychedelic. The Stones version went to #1!
I have a suggestion purely because Gillian is called Live it up. Paul Rodgers, Living it up. It's on Paul's own channel, and the message is good.😊
Thank you for doing this i think melanie version better could you do strummerville by stiff little fingers there tribute to joe strummer
Melanie, all day long! And I love the 'Stones'.
Would love to hear you react to the Stones, Paint it Black.
We actually know that song quite well. It found its way into a movie or two. Great song.
Love the Stones but Melanie kills this one.
The Stones' musical accompaniment was straightforward and repetitive. It seemed the vocals were sung by a band who were bored out of their brains. Melanie was enthusiastic, and genuinely enjoyed singing it. The orchestral background punctuated the vocals well. I think Ms Safka did a MUCH better job at singing "Ruby Tuesday".
I have to go with Melanie, how she can belt out a song
The fourth US #1 hit for the Rolling Stones, this ballad is about a groupie. It may have been inspired by Linda Keith, who was Keith Richards' girlfriend. Keith Richards said of "Ruby Tuesday": "That's one of those things - some chick you've broken up with. And all you've got left is the piano and the guitar and a pair of panties. And it's goodbye you know. Peace out.
TWO GOOD VERSIONS JUST PREFER THE STONES THÒ, SHE DID LOOK WHAT THEY DONE TO MY SONG ENJOYED THAT MORE,
I’m very familiar with both and I’m not gonna watch the whole vid , Melanie’s version is mega pish and the Stones version is the definitive version , hands down , nothing to see here , talk to the hand , a bird in the hand etc etc 😅
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I would say Bah Humbug! but I agree.
@@SPKdesign1 alright big man 😁
Good call SPK..
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Released in 1966 during the Stones brief flirtation with psychedelia under the influence of the Beatles, it is a fav song of mine... Indeed, this short-lived phase before returning to blues-rock, it's the only time period where I really liked the band! btw, that cello is amazing (as is the recorder!), BUT the buzzing got a tad out of control on your vid. I don't know if you have the bass setting to high, or if a "remaster" of the song went too far, but I've never heard that glitch in the studio version before.
No comparison imo with Melanie's rather screechy version.
This is one of my favourite Stones songs. No brainer win. Remember U2 did a bit from it at Live-Aid 1985 during Bad.
...and also 'Take A Walk On The Wild Side' 😁
@mightyV444 Pretty soon she found herself in London town at Wembley Stadium 🏟 ! 😆 🤣 😂
@@davidellis5141 - ...where all the people went "Doo doo doo doo-doo-doo doo doo doo..." 😁
@@mightyV444 😆 🤣
@@davidellis5141 - I'd watched and listened to that sooo many times back then and also _since_ then 😄
Actually the group that did this song best was Rotary Connection :)
We could react to it if you want. We love checking out artists we don't know.
Yes I think you should - excellent idea!
I've been listening to the Stones since the start Mick to me is not a great singer. A good singer with many many very good songs and great accompanyment. Melanie Safka is a great singer Lay down Candles in the Rain is terrific from 1970
Beautiful People and Look what they did to my Song Ma are very good A Brand New Key is nice more of a pop song.
Try Melanie song Brand new Key
But we know that song. We mentioned in the video that Cynthia used to sing it at Karaoke when we were hosting them.
Try Gimmie Shelter who do it better 1 Rollin Stones vs 2 Grand Funk
I like both versions to be honest, not the greatest of songs, as i find with the stones in general they either have a massive hit or just something thats a bit of a filler, in my opinion of course and you could never say that to a die hard stones fan because if jagger farted on keiths guitar it would be a number 1 lol
Please you should compare also to Melanies version on the record "Ballroom Streets" and the version from 1999 - a single with also a new version. These are much better then the original and very much better then the Rolling Stones version of this song.
th-cam.com/video/PY--D_dai_I/w-d-xo.html the rock version
th-cam.com/video/Cmg6LeE82i4/w-d-xo.html 1999
ALSO ROLLING STONES WROTE OUT OF TIME FOR CHRIS FARLOWE IN 1966 EVEN THO THEY SUNG IT TOO, FARLOWE VERSION IS MUCH BETTER AND STRONGER, GREAT CHORUS , CHEERS 😊
The stones obviously no comparrison
The Stones for me , Melanie was a wee bit shrill for my ears !
U2 did a snip of Ruby Tuesday on the "Rattle and Hum " live Album, half way through the track "Bad" that is pretty good ! cheers
That album and even more so the movie had turned me off U2, after having been a big fan of theirs for several.years.
@@mightyV444 Yes i can see why the album would put you off !But I did enjoy the political side of U2 at the time , but now feel
that with Bonos involvement with the WEF he has gone to the dark side . and quite frankly he needs to get his head out of arse
Apart from that , hope you and yours are all Splendifferous ! cheers mate .
@@ghichens3418 - Yes, Bono has a dodgy vibe also to _me_ now, sadly. He and his mates had seemed to genuinely care about this World's issues back then, which was great indeed. And I do understand that bands want to evolve and not always repeat themselves, but these guys did it in a direction that just wasn't my cuppa; I have nothing against B.B. King and Bob Dylan, but I don't need to hear them on a U2 album and in turn U2 pretending to suddenly be a Soul & Blues band after having pretty much been the polar opposite of those genres up to that point 😏 I did like the album that followed, though: 'Achtung Baby'. They slowly disappeared from my📡after that one... And yes, things haven't been too shabby here, thank you Graham! 😀 Have a great weekend!😊👍
@@mightyV444 Cheers Squire , great to hear from you .Have a cool week end as well ! Yes what happened to u2 , it is very interesting with a few big names such as Bono , Jim Morrison , on who their familys are !!! MMMMM were they put there ???
Have a dig ! Achtung Baby was the last tour myself and the wife saw them ! Ace ! but wont be buying anymore albums from them
Any way have a Splendifferous week end !
Graham
@@ghichens3418 - Oh cooool! 😀👍 Yeah, I've never been to a U2 show in person, for some reason, and should've at least seen them on their 'Achtung Baby' tour 😅 I did give them several more tries after that one, the last time being with the album that was preceeded by the 'Beautiful Day' single, which at least was promising - but the album then disappointed me so much that I grabbed a Sharpie and 'modified' the album cover art 😂 Which I'd never done before with any other album and never did again after either 😄 Best wishes to you and yours from the opposite side of the Earth! 😊👍
Didn't care too much for the Melanie version. How about a reaction to 'Pirates' live from Montreal or 'Anya' from ' Come Hell or High Water'?
What an injustice to the AWESOME STONES...NO COMPARISON...The instruments and Mick's voice so much better ...so much...for me...I would not even listen to this Melanie two times... Moreover...it is not generally a fair vote as many people will vote for a pretty girl notwithstanding music...but in my opinion injustice to the AWESOME CREATIVE STONES... Finally, artists who gain fame without writing leave much to be desired... It is like taking a test in school and copying someone almost... Never heard of her...and I will never listen to her again...just my opinion....
you are so wrong, but that's ok. Melanie recorded some covers, but also has 30+ albums of mostly original music. On par with the Stones, whom from the beginning covered and had hits with other people's songs (Chuck Berry, the Crickets, Robert Johnson, etc.). Good music is transcendental, it's all about how we relate and respond. I know a lot of people who are put off by her voice (like Geddy Lee of Rush), but there is a range and power there that Mick never displayed in his vocals. From a whisper to a wail in a heartbeat. Better or worse? That's a personal choice and ultimately irrelevant. Whatever you resonate with and gets you thru the day. I am only sad because there is a HUGE catalog of potential life changing music being prejudicially discounted. But as before, that's ok. Plenty of Stones to be replayed. In regards to people preferring her beauty over Jagger's, well yeah, I'd rather look at her. In response, an album by Melanie "Phonogenic: Not just a pretty face" (The album cover was the polar opposite of the Stone's original "Her Satanic Majesties Requests", being just black and white lettering, with no photo at all). BTW, I have every US Stones LP from the beginning to Voodoo Lounge, and a few bootlegs as well. I own all the Melanie lps (minus some posthumous ones). I love them all, but at my age I find I resonate much more with Melanie, and to be honest, I always did. Must be the hippie in me.
I know both versions very well, but Melanie's version is too much of it's time.. Sounds too early 70's with all the production and performance trappings. Stones flows a little smoother in my opinion.
Melanie's version just takes me back to being five years old. I loved ''Brand New Key'' when I was a little kid. Not much of a fan of ''Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)''.
I had never heard of Melanie, but he vocal range is amazing.
@@colrhodes377 Hey Col! You never heard of Melanie? Maybe she was a little before your time. I heard her because my parents played her records, and ''Brand New Key'' was a song I loved when I was about 4 or 5. She has another hit called ''Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)''. If you explore her stuff, you'll find some choice cuts, but there's also a few hippy dippy songs which may not be all that great to listen to now-a-days. By the way, how are you?
@liveitup67 Hello lovely. I'm fine, thank you. How are you?
I don't know if it's before my time, I was a mid sixties baby and was always exposed to music. Even my dad listened to the rock n roll greats, whereas my mum was more into the Motown stuff. Radio 1 was usually on in the house, Andy I seemed to know all the hits and even felt some kind of connection to the DJ's .
I'm sure the Brits will correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't know if Melanie was popular here in the sixties and seventies.
@@colrhodes377 I was born in 1967. So I guess you're a couple of years older than me? Brand New Key reached # 4 in the UK while Ruby Tuesday reached # 9. I'm surprised ''Lay Down'' didn't chart in the UK. It was a pretty big hit in Australia and America.
I'm doing okay. Not much to report. You got anything to report? lol
@@liveitup67 No, nothing worth reporting.
1966 for me. That gave us both the best music as we were growing up
Jagger once told Melanie that her version was much better than his. Melanie is the best and she is so underrated. Her version of the stones Wild Horses is great too.
The nickel song is unique.