The curse of living a long life is to see people you admire and respect leave this world.....peace be with you sweet lady....the world is a little darker without your bright light....
I lost a dear friend last week. Every time we lose someone, a relationship ends, and that branch of life of our life ends. The longer we live, the fewer branches we have!! 😢
I graduated from high school in 1972. But, I was a Melanie fan since the 9th grade. Actually, what caught my attention was the song, I Don't Eat Animals. I know Melanie is no longer a vegetarian, and I'm not either, though I was for 12 years. But, I still love her and her music.
Last year I met a woman who had been named after her because her mother had been a fan of Melanie's. And so she could tell her mother she had met another Melanie fan: me!
I went into the Army in April '69, four months before Woodstock. When I heard Melanie for the first time, I fell in love with her and her music. I got married in 1976, and our first child was a little girl. The first name I thought of was Melanie, and my wife agreed. I am so tankful for her and the woman she's turned out to be.
This song reminds me of a perfect trip that I took to Clearwater and Clearwater Beach back in 1972 because that is when I first heard it. We were driving along and this cute, bouncy, little song came on the radio and it seemed appropriate because the area was full of parking meters and Melanie singing about having a nickel fit right in. It would be cool to live there and I look forward to driving along the Clearwater Beach causeway while listening to beautiful Melanie melodies! 🙂
We were sitting around a campfire in Finland in 1973. Everything was dark around us and then someone turned on the radio. The Nickel Song with Melanie and Me And Bobby Mc Gee with Janis Joplin was playing. I'll never forget that, because I was high up north with my German girlfriend-the time didn't matter and lots of mosquitoes were flying. I was in a sauna for the first time even with a lake .This year I was back in Finland after 50 years-more south and when I came to Germany I heard the "Nickelsong" on RU-vid .I got a little sad because my youth with which I associate this song is over and my girlfriend, my later wife, died of cancer. When the tracks played, I cried.
I am an old man now...I guess.... But if I could be reborn...and live my life again: I would do everything in my power to capture the heart of this fabulous woman. To hear she has passed has broken my heart....... Another piece of devastation to me. Another....
I was fifteen in 1970 and my conditioning gave me great optimism for the future. Now I wonder what the hell happened and just feel a deep disappointment. Notice today there are no protest songs even though things are worse, odd.
I often think her songs were dismissed as lightweight or twee, but they really do have a depth and urgency that hasn't aged with time along with lyrics that are just as relevant today as they were 50 odd years ago . A more innocent age of wide eyed wonderment that this world badly needs more of today. RiP Melanie 🙏
🕯Rest in peace, Mel.🕯 You made a musical impression on our age. Tough to do, in a fickle industry where women were stigmatized & often dismissed. Thanks for songs that will always remind us all of what seemed like simpler times. ♡
So many amazing female singers back then... Janis, Grace, Sandy Denny, Ann Wilson of Heart, Melanie could match every single one of them. This woman and her music will live forever ❤️
Dear sweet Melanie, I was just 12 years old in 71 when I first heard this wonderful song and went and bought the 45 to play on my harmony kardon lp player. Thanks for such wonderful MEANINGFUL songs. I'm so sad that God called you home A few weeks ago. This world is a bit orphaned now without your lovely folk songs. Rest well dear Melanie 😢❤
I came out school a lot earlier and this# amused us then the voice and the words and beat it crossed the water and we enjoyed it here in U.K. Slap the table and raise a beer
Lord, this sweet lady will truly be missed.❤She was so beautiful. It just affirms how old I'm getting! Growing up in that time period, I remember going around with one of her hits stuck in my head. " I got a brand new pair of roller skates. You got a brand new key." R.I.P. my dear lady.
I knew it! Thought that was hers! Loved that song. I was 11 in 71. I don't remember this one but we roller skated with our church youth group all the time. Now I have to go add that to my faves. Thank you🙏🏼🥰🛼
RIP Melanie. Your voice was so definite and distinctive. Thank you for your music and your contributions to humanity through your fabulous songs! Beautiful People and Lay Down are supreme. Brand New Key and your magnificent version of Ruby Tuesday were excellent!🕯️
I was shut away in a an old stately home wiv locks & keys & rules & regs,a home 4 naughty girls & boys, but there was an old record player that no-one else seemed interested in...& Thankfully a Melanie ,a Dylan, The animals , Wishbone Ash, & a few earlier Albums...I was allowed 2hrs at a stretch to indulge myself in some Melanie , tbf They truly kept me going...I think I learnt every word..xx
Such a beautiful lady. Fantastic singer-songwriter. I met her after a gig in Manchester about 15 years ago and she was so sweet, signed all my albums as well.
That a fact so many great entertainers/musicians are leaving this world for heaven. Makes me listen to their music that much more. Sometimes shedding a few tears too.
@cawilson5357 same here. I get so absorbed in the many works of each one and listen continuously. God bless them all and many thanks for the wonderful performances they left for us!! 💔
We did change the world, but only for a little while…and then the monster from under the bed (government) once again reared it’s ugly little head..will we ever learn?
I'm pretty sure she was around before LR. I don't recall Linda Ronstadt as part of the Woodstock scene. Then again Melanie almost missed it if it hadn't been for fate and her innocence in attending....ahh don't we all wish for the innocent years of youth. Love you Melanie and so sad the world refused to gather into your vision of what the world could & should do. I've got my Beautiful Person Button on. I pray yours was buried with you....because yes you are one too.
Just learned of her leave-taking. Beyond sad, I loved her music- her passing marks the end of an era for me as we were nearly the same age. I will miss this gentle soul.
I'm a teenager all over again listening to her songs. My friends and I would sing this and so many other songs when we'd be camping in the Adirondacks, the 1000 Islands and all over upstate New York and the surrounding areas.
These songs performed brilliantly by Melanie are just as great today (2023) I was enchanted by her talent and charm the first time I heard her singing years ago and admire, respect and cherish this lovely lady today, praying that she’s enjoying being one of the worlds most beloved musicians!
And Melanie would tell you as she did the world that's was one of her number one problems. The world was not ready for a CUTE CHERUB like smiling all the time face. They as in THE WORLD refused her entrance into serious player. Sadly she was right. But equally wonderful those of us WHO DID FIND HER and saw her depth beyond cuteness understood her sole and was rewarded a million fold by her true beauty and talent. A better world for those of us who saw past that CUTE. RIP beloved lady. Prayers to your family.
I met her briefly when I was 19 and working security (all five feet and 90 pounds of me) at a concert. She was sweet, lovely, gracious, everything she seems to be, she is.
Am listening to this over 2 years in a global pandemic and a war and attack on Ukraine. This song is even more relatable today. Thank you to Melanie for writing this beautiful song. Melanie gives me hope that the world we live in can still be a beautiful place amongst these difficult times. 💖
I was at the Isle of Wight festival in 1970/71 where I heard Melanie for the first time!! Oh my goodness. When I got home I went to town and bought her LPs. Brilliant.
I named my first daughter Melanie after I saw Melanie in concert in Tasmania and a friend sang a Melanie song in 2018 at my daughters funeral service 😢❤
When I was a kid, I saved my allowance & bought a little AM/FM radio of my very own. FM radio was just barely in reach of east-middle-of-BF-nowhere Georgia, but I had one station that wasn’t Jesus 24/7. Melanie was one of the people that made life real to me. Many thanks for that.
Always loved this beautiful lady's voice and she definitely had one. She along with many other artists that i grew up with are leaving us much too often. I'll play her music a lot more now to honor this gem!!!
She's got a beautiful voice, brings tears to my eyes.. I've never heard this song before, I've heard brand new key, but not this one.. I'm glad I ran across it and I'm saving it
Well, you know that I'm not a gambler But I'm being gambled on They put in a nickel and I sing a little songDa, da, da, da, da They put in a nickel and I sing a little , I don't mind that they're lucky But it seems that they always win And gamblin' is illegal in the state of mind I'm in And if I had a nickel for each time that I've been put on I would be the nickel man and I'd sing a nickel song They're only putting in a nickel and they want a dollar song Oh, Lord, they're only putting in a little and they want a dollar song Well, you know, I don't know so many things But I know what's been goin' on We're only putting in a little to get rid of a lot that's wrong. And if we had a nickel for each time that we've been put on We'd all be the nickel man and we'd sing a nickel song You know, they're only putting in a nickel And they wanna a dollar song, Well, you know that I'm not a gambler But I'm being gambled on Da, da, da, da, da Da, da, da, da, da Da, da, da, da, da Da, da, da, da, da Da, da, da, da, da Da, da, da, da, da Da, da, da, da, da They only put in a nickel
Here we are 50+ years later and … Politically (yes, this was a “political” protest song) … the More Things have Changed, the More They Stay the Damned Same. Always liked her work. Saw her a few times in small venues in the 70s and 80s she was always … relatable.
A song doesn't have to be so heavy that it can carry the weight of the world. Sometimes a song can be light yet so deep that it stands on its own for many years and decades. The Nickle Song is one of those.
