Melanie is the angel who's songs got me through the 70's... In the 80's I named my daughter after her. Much love , much respect Melanie Safka, you are so loved by all of us.
My youngest sister named her only child - a daughter - after Melanie in 1975. They live in Germany. Melanie was, and still is, my sister's most favorite singer. My sister was so sad when she heard the sad news of Melanie's passing.
Melanie Safka is a constellation. Few in this world can truly comprehend a constellation. God gave her gifts and she shared these with the multitudes, blessing us with a rare joy that is, and always shall be, a delight throughout the ages.
Melanie showed me I wasn't the only one in emotional pain to the level I was. I believe she was a big reason I didn't suicide as a teen. I loved all her music, I taught myself to play guitar and I and my late wife sang and played her songs. Beautiful People and others cemented my values to where I now devote my life to spreading love and The Golden Rule. My core message is: The Time Has Come To Show People That Nobody is Nobody! Thank You Melanie Safka. I have not nor will I ever forget your soul. We must Never Give Up on helping ourselves and our brothers and sisters. It wasn't "Psychotherapy" that helped me, it was love and kindness, and YOU.
This Woman is a musical genius... who has created a lifetime of music and is truly loved by many... She has blessed us all with song her entire lifetime... not just a Woodstock Legend but a Legend that Ed Sullivan said not since Elvis has he seen such a Stage Presence as Melanie.....one woman ..one guitar sitting on stage by herself..with an arsenal of songs....before sold out crowds everywhere ...
@@victorhyman268 was that the Belle Vue concert? If so, I was also sat on stage (on Melanie’s right hand side) when somebody on the opposite side took a photo of her returning to the stage, catching me in the frame and that’s how my photo ended up on t’internet. 🤣
I stumbled upon “Candles in the Rain” performance on 1970 live TV (Denmark?) with the gospel choir and was blown away. It made me wonder why she isn’t held in the same esteem as Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Joan Baez, etc., And she wrote and performed her own material!
Isn’t that the truth .. as a kid I didn’t get it at all. She was at Woodstock n Joni didn’t get there.. she should have an easier time. But she mentions being a curvy brunette and it was 60s n 70s .. Media even back then..made it the era of the lanky blonde image. I was there then,, Like many of us here, and as a twin of Melanie’s ,, I struggled with self esteem especially in teen years. She talks about and she didn’t want to be pushed around. Great song of hers , Animal Crackers and Bobos Party.. say a lot as well !
Melanie is a longtime underrated, beautiful singer! Since the day, Wayback, I have been listening to her songs and I love her voice, her composure, etc.❤
When I was a kid my aunt let me spend a weekend with her and her husband and she let me smoke and I put a record on her turntable and it was Brand New Key. I fell in love from the get go. I was maybe 12 years old.
I laugh when people talk about their regrets about aging. We all only get to be young once and I would not trade having been young in the ‘60s for anything. Melanie was one of the lights of my crazy adolescent life. Peace and love.
Melanie, you shall be the Queen of Woodstock forever! We LOVE YOU!!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 I just wish that I could have met you in person, just to tell you how much your music played a guiding force in my own life..."
What a brilliant interview.. Melanie always shows so much respect to everyone. I had the great fortune to see her, Beau n Jordie play in Flagstaff,AZ. gosh it was 2019 .. pretty sure. Jordie n Beau are gifted musicians and Jordie has a beautiful voice. It was a small setting and we just walked down to the stage afterwards and I bumped my back into Melanie’s back.. she turned around and opened her arms like she knew me and I got a huge hug and a kiss. I’m a brunette with bangs with similar dna lineage and I just melted into my Melanie Mama who I was so in love with as a kid in the 60s.. She loved the Evergreens in Flagstaff and mentioned someone’s apple tree where she was staying. She was living in Florida then and said she wished she could live in 4 seasons. I’m so glad she moved to a place with trees, apple trees and a music hub. She’s a trip and shares her life as a gifted storyteller. My condolences to her gorgeous family and Beau especially is in my heart tonight.
It's great to see you are still with us Melanie. I thank my mother and aunt for turning me on to your music, and many generations to follow have enjoyed your music. It's great to see that you have embraced this platform and brought all your music to us in one place. Thank you Melanie.
Malanie I doubt if you will read this but I just want to let you know what a beautiful person you are. One of my favorite songs is please tell me why and jigsaw puzzle. Be well and safe cheers
Deat Lady i have seen you on tv. And all the music that i enjoyed and because of RU-vid i can hear it again and again. And as a boy that had a crush on you and im sure other boys had that crush to and little girls would love to be like you. When God created you tjat he send one of his angels here and happiness that you bring. For that i say thank you dear Lady
That was great hearing of your Woodstock experience. The whole interview is great. You are still my favorite female entertainer of all time. My best friend and I were big fans growing up in the in the early 70's. Keep well...
Always in the shadows of Joan Baez. Judy Collins. Joni Mitchell. Bob Dylan types. She never got full disclosure of HER stuff. Her talents are so unrecognized. I loved 🎶 this woman befor it was ok. Diversity is so HER. Kaye. Illinois. 🇺🇸
So nice a young man is so interested in the beautiful story of Melanie. You are a wonderful interviewer and I enjoyed watching and listening to Melanie. I waited houres for the radio when I was young to hear her. Could not buy her records and then I had goosepimpels all over when I heard her voice. Lots of Love from Marja, Amsterdam the Netherlands.
I grew up in Den Haag and was young too but I could listen to Radio Caroline, Radio North Sea, and Radio Luxembourg on my transistor radio. I think that's when I heard Beautiful People the first time. Goosebumps! I played and performed her songs for many years. Unforgettable!
Lol, I like the version that had an introduction😎 but no one mentioned Someday I'll be a farmer, Some Say😁, little bit of me, peace will come. I really gotta see her before she totally retires & im left with regrets. No ment
You’re amazing and so inspiring Melanie, I love watching your videos, both the new and old ones. I enjoyed watching you and Miley Cyrus singing “Look What they’ve Done to my Song Ma”. Love it when Beau accompanies you.
Thankyou to the interviewer great attitude , the Woodstock story is very special it brought a year to my eye , I wasn't there but the spirit of the event still resonates with me and Melanie was the pure essence of the event incredible delivery of birthday and all the performance , it is very consoling to hear Melanie reassure us about the nonsense we are expected to accept today , her humanity is success , IV found "look what they've done" song has a significant feel to it today 🙏🎶❤️💪☮️
When you're a little girl who wants to write a song like "Cry Me a River" it probably comes out "Cry me a Creek." Melanie's songs ranged from devastation to inspiration, to totally funny and wacky. She melted my heart about naming her cat, "Cat" like Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Happy Belated Birthday beautiful Melanie. I heard your "Lay Down " on the radio. It flooded back memoies for me. I searched your CD and found your page. I have played that song about 10 times in a row. I wish I could sit and hav a up of tea with you. I just lov you. Renee
you have to admit she`s honest..if i see one more picture of someone`s food on facebook I think I`ll end it..I don`t have much of a life but that`s pathetic
Beautiful PEOPLE is by far my favorite. But what haven't I loved including all the others. You've issued 31 albums lady. WOW. Loved you in my 20's though you had 2 years on me love you today. Your sweetness your caring your kind human shines a light what human kind should be at it's core. Out of pain I will feel your spirit and looking down from the brightest of stars every night I look up and see them. You put KINDNESS in Human Kind as the award winning soul of being...as Kind Human. Beautiful People and yes you are still one too as you ended that song. Right to the end. (I am confused as you may not have been how the top news channels never mentioned your passing. A few side line all short lacking depth and acknowledgements of WHO MELANIE really was. Her fans and Her beautiful people know who she was.) My heart and prayers go out to her children and family but those who seem to connect with her are her family too.)
There is one song she should be remembered for, and it's not a big hit. "Ring the Living Bell." By the way Toby, you're an excellent interviewer, you ask the right questions, and listen without interrupting VERY well. Okay I lost it when Melanie described todays music as one sound, runs into another, like a constant siren and the "Whoa-Whoa"....hahahaha.
Melanie is a super intelligent woman with talent beyond belief ...she was Like a Sister I never had and taught me so much ..Thank you to her and to anyone that keep her alive through her songs and media .
Melanie, you are such a doll. I wish you were my neighbor. How fabulous that this interview exists so I could spend this much time enjoying you. Loved seeing you perform LIVE and still enjoy the vinyl, etc.
You were much more than Brand New Key! Rest in peace Melanie...still listening since I was 9 and 56yrs have passed...glad I got to see you and your son, Beau.
Melanie, like many of her generation, did it for the music. That ideology has now been jettisoned for the eternal search for the next big thing. She was a great force of nature; sadly now gone. RIP.
i listened to melanie in the 70s and 80s and played her cassette while i drove down from the pilbara in west australia where i worked in the mines i'm sure my kids knew every song . she is one lovely lady and has produced beautiful music may she live for many years.
🩷🪷 The definition of BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ~ Melanie is lovely, amazing, fantastic. Hearing her say the industry ostracized her sounds right. How else could her amazing, powerful voice be silenced. Melanie was a MASSIVE hit late 60s, early 70s. Regardless of era or business nonsense Melanie's music lives on. Thank you goddess Melanie Safka. A big part of my childhood. 🪷🩷
Funny smart sharp talent and a nice smile.. and one of my fav.. musicians.🌷🎸🎶 And I am glad I grew up with Melanie's music....❤️🙏🌟☮️ I was lucky and met her after a concert in Tampa ..A big deal 4 me...
First concert ever was Melanie early '72 on the "Gather Me" tour. My parents took me. I was 8 and bootlegged it on my first cassette recorder. Still have the tape. Long may you reign, Melanie!
I've no idea if you ever going to see this writing MELANIE, and I'll just let it out. I am a Greek, leaving in Greece, Athens city. When I first got to know your songs and lyrics was when i was about 11. A random Greek radio station used to play your songs and I got attached to the SOME SAY I GOT DEVIL. After that, I bought a cassette of this album, and learned to sing all the lyrics from there, and got into the feeling of this strong period of history that you have experienced. This energy has been with me since now. I'm 44 and still going back to my inner authentic me, through your songs. It's a treasure of mine. a place I can go back to like ...I go back to my sweet mother. My thank you is simple, and humble and just that, as I say thank you to my mother everyday for the love that she has placed upon me. Thank you Melanie. Thank you thank you than you my sweet sweet Melanie. Always Thank you
💛💫💛💫💛💫💛Beautiful Melanie, special Pure Soul that came to earth and brought us through her open channel-inspiration, so many songs that carry on forever 🤍
Thanks for this video...I just found out she passed...so sad...such a loss. I'm blessed that I saw her in concert many times throughout my life, and I stole a hug at the last concert I saw her at in Connecticut at her meet and greet. Forever in my soul.❤🙏😢
Lovely to listen to the interview with Melanie. First heard you sing Ruby Tuesday in 1969, and was hooked. Brilliant performances on all of your albums afterwards. Glad you are keeping well. Take care👏
Dear Melanie, I've been watching your videos for two days now. Your Candles in The Rain video is so captivating and beautiful and powerful. Absolutely love your work.
Only 12 year olds think of brand new key when they hear your name. As a once homeless recovered crack addict I will sometimes listen to your cover of Mr. Tambourine Man to set my head straight again. Thank you
Not directly perhaps but I did admire him. I loved the work of Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht though and count them among my influences as well as Piaf and other French artists.
Poor little hairy kids out on their own They run to the festival to show that they were one They've fallen in love with all human kind So tell them you love them so they don't change their mind
Melanie, there are many people who don’t refer to you as “the one who did the roller-skate song”! I went to a youth club where people took there own records. Somebody had taken Beautiful People and I insisted that it was played after each record. At the end of the night the lad who owned it (a complete stranger) gave me his copy. When visiting a friend in Germany we went to a youth club. Whenever “Stop, I don’t want to hear it” one of his friends would immediately jump on a chair to get his head as close as possible to the ceiling loudspeaker. I have friends whose favourite recording of yours was not one of your songs, “My Rainbow Race”. Another friend is into Stoneground Words. So, you see, your fans are individuals and some are completely barmy … I 8magine that meets with your approval. Peace and love!
@@thomasfinch8599 I think that was one of the first places Melanie played at. West End was a great hippie part of town. I was only 10 in 69 but I remember it well
