03-06-02, 05:11 AM | #1 |
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Brand New Key
i got interested, and found this site about Melanie, someone who i knew nothing about, and after reading a good bit i decided shes about a cool chick. the following is a bit i stole that is a good example of what kind o girl she is...
My Worst Concert by Steve Elm Melanie was scheduled to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London.. I was so excited as I had tickets. It had been nearly seven years since I had last seen her. I was already anticipating cancellation because I have a history of cancelled Melanie shows...either she was having a baby, or some other reason... Anyway, I venture out on this rainy autumn night, full of anticipation.... I get to the site, full of excitement and trepidation, only to have my fears realized...there were signs on the locked doors saying "Melanie concert cancelled"...My heart sunk..."I knew it"... I stood around for a few minutes, checking out the reaction of the other saddened punters...many of whom showed no indication that they were leaving... I thought "stupid hippies...the show is cancelled. What do you think? She's going to show up anyway and sing on the steps for free?" So, I left...got the tube home.... The next morning I wake up, open the newspaper, and there is a picture of Melanie singing for her fans on the steps of the Royal Albert hall for free...THAT was my worst Melanie concert. Steve Elm .................... and ive always love the song brand new key... |
03-06-02, 10:24 AM | #2 |
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who is this "Melanie", of which u speak????
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04-06-02, 09:53 AM | #4 |
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thanks for the info, Jack
i'll have to dl a couple of songs to hear this lady from the past. and i must say, i like the story, chup!! u r right.......she is a cool chick. i think i'll check out this "brand new key" of which u speak!
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"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" She wrote it as a tribute to the audience at Woodstock who braved the weather to watch her perform (in the rain). She is backed by The Edwin Hawkins Singer who are known in there own right for the earlier "Oh Happy Day" I've been listening to music long enough that I remember when "Brand New Key" was new! Quote:
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Melanie Safka Chronology
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06-06-02, 12:59 AM | #8 |
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i found Alexander Beetle last night, and while its a song for kids, i dig it just the same. im crazy for her voice...
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Alexander Beetle
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A. A. Milne\Melanie Safka I had a little beetle So that beetle was his name And I called him Alexander And he answered just the same And I put him in a matchbox And I kept him all the day But nanny let my beetle out Yes nanny let my beetle out She went and let my beetle out And beetle ran away She said she didn't mean it And I never said she did She said she wanted matches And she just took off the lid She said I mustn't worry And I really mustn't mind That there's lots and lots of beetles The she's certain we could find She said I mustn't worry But it's difficult to catch An excited sort of beetle You've mistaken for a match If we looked in all the places That a beetle might be near And we made the kind of noises That a beetle likes to hear And I heard a kind of something And I gave a sort of shout It was a beetle house And Alexander beetle coming out It was Alexander beetle I'm as certain as can be And he had that kind of look as though He thought it might be me And he had that kind of look as though He thought he ought to say "I'm really very sorry that I tried to run away" And nanny's very sorry too Cause you know what she did And she's writing Alexander Very blackly on the lid So nan and me are friends because It's difficult to catch An excited Alexander You've misstaken for a match |
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06-06-02, 06:04 PM | #10 |
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Now, that brings back some memories....Alexander Beetle is from a book of poems by A. A. Milne (of Winnie The Pooh fame) called now Now We Are Six....
and I still remember it coz I got the book when I was six and 30 years later, when my son was six, I used to read it to him.... Now We Are Six When I was one, I had just begun when I was two, I was barely new when I was three, I was hardly me when I was four, I was not much more when I was five, I was just alive but now I'm six I'm as clever as clever and I think I'll stay six for ever and ever - A.A. Milne funny what you remember, isn't it? |
07-06-02, 12:45 AM | #11 |
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nice the knife, big smile...
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