I just listened to her "Lay Down." She really had some pipes, could carry a great tune, make wonderful key changes, and really belt out the song. It's very powerful and emotional. Anybody who wasn't there during the 60s and 70s probably won't like this song.
"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" was the second single from Melanie's 1970 album Candles in the Rain. The song proved to be her breakthrough hit in the United States, climbing to number six on Billboard's Hot 100 and number three on the Cash Box Top 100. The record was ranked #23 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970.
Saw her perform at the Troubador in LA in the 1970’s. Jackson Brown opened for her.
I always crank it up when that song comes on the radio.
Is she the girl with new roller skates?
I’m 69 and remember her songs. My generation is dropping like flies.
IIRC, she also did the quirky and thinly-veiled double entendre “Brand New Key” (”I Got A Brand New Pair Of Roller Skates, You Got A Brand New Key”
Her song with the Hawkins gospel Singers is nothing less than awe inspiring. I grew up on keys and rollerskates. Best time to grow into age ever! 1965 to 1978 was amazing.
She was a treasure.
My favorite of hers was “Look What They’ve Done to my Song, Ma”
I could never stand hippies, but I really did like “Look What They’ve Done to My Song.”
If you were not of age in 1970,
there is no way to explain it to you.
I had a brief chat with her at a club she was performing at in the 1980s IIRC although could have been the late 70s or even early 90s. She was nice.
Woodstock was a bunch of un-American degenerates that the media has glorified for the last 50 years. Screw all of them.
I think I have downloaded all of her pop radio songs. I like ‘em, but I was always convinced she sang like a screeching caterwauler.
She was the hippy queen after Woodstock. I first listened to her music in ‘68 while in the Navy. Loved her ever since. RIP Melanie.