2. Melanie: Midwest Auckland emo four piece Melanie released their full length album 42 Losers in May 2020 and have been playing a fine selection of gigs and house parties since
1. Born on the 3rd February 1947 in Astoria, New York deceased 23rd January 2024, Melanie made her first recording, "Gimme a Little Kiss", when she was five.
She first found chart success in Europe. Her 1969 song "Bobo's Party" reached number one in France. Later that year she had a hit in the Netherlands with "Beautiful People" before performing at Woodstock. Apparently, she was inspired to write "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" by the audience lighting candles during her set; the song became a hit in both Europe and the USA. Her biggest hit in the USA was "Brand New Key", also known as "The Roller Skate Song". She has been awarded three gold albums.
Three of Melanie's compositions were hits for The New Seekers: "Look What They've Done to My Song Ma", "Beautiful People", and "The Nickel Song".
With one exception her albums have been produced by her husband, Peter Schekeryk. Her three children - Leilah, Jeordie and Beau-Jarred -are also musicians. Beau-Jarred is a guitarist and accompanies his mother on The 2003 Australian hip-hop track "The Nosebleed Section" by The Hilltop Hoods sampled Melanie's "People in the Front Row".
In 2004 Melanie released Paled by Dimmer Light, which is co-produced by Peter and Beau-Jarred Schekeryk.
In 2010 the last album co- produced by her now late husband Peter Schekeryj and their son Beau Jarred Schekeryk was released: Ever Since You Never Heard Of Me
Melanie, who became the voice of an era in one magical instant onstage at Woodstock, has been putting the pieces in order.
Pieces of a career, scattered by the winds of experience and assembled again by the force of love into the most personal and brilliant moments of her musical journey.
Melanie is poised to enlighten new generations about what it means to sing with both passion and eloquence, to write at once with intelligence and emotion, and to inspire through song… and nobody does this better than Melanie.
Others learned this that night at Woodstock, where as a New York kid barely known outside of the coffeehouse circuit in Greenwich Village, she sang her song "Beautiful People" and inspired the first panorama of candles and cigarette lighters ever raised at a concert event. That, in turn, moved the young singer to write "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain"), which sold more than one million copies in 1970 and
prompted Billboard, Cashbox, Melody Maker, Record World, and Bravo to anoint her
as female vocalist of the year. Her single "Brand New Key," an infectious romp about
freedom and roller skates, topped the charts in 1971.
And so her story began.
With guitar in hand and a talent that combined amazing vocal equipment, disarming
humor, and a vibrant engagement with life, she was booked as the first solo pop/rock
artist ever to appear from the Royal Albert Hall to Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan
Opera House, and later opened the New Metropolitan Opera House in New York, the
Sydney Opera House, and in the General Assembly of the United Nations, where she
was invited to perform on many occasions as delegates greeted her performances
with standing ovations.
The top television hosts of all time -- Ed Sullivan, Johnny Carson, and Dick Cavett --
battled to book her. (After her stunning performance on his show, Sullivan goggled
that he had not seen such a "dedicated and responsive audience since ElvisPresley.")
Accolades rolled in, from critics ("Melanie's cult has long been famous, but it's a cult
that's responding to something genuine and powerful -- which is maybe another way
of saying that this writer counts himself as part of the cult too," wrote John Rockwell
in The New York Times) as well as peers ("Melanie," insisted jazz piano virtuoso
Roger Kellaway, "is extraordinary to the point that she could be sitting in front of us in
this room and sing something like 'Momma Momma' right to us, and it would just go
right through your entire being.")
In the years that followed Melanie continued to record, continued to tour.
UNICEF made her its spokesperson; Jimi Hendrix's father introduced her to the
multitude assembled for the twentieth anniversary of Woodstock. Her records
continued to sell -- more than eighty million to date. She's had her songs covered by
singers as diverse as Cher, Dolly Parton, and Macy Gray. She's raised a family, won
an Emmy, opened a restaurant, written a musical about Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity
Jane…
She has, in short, lived a rare life. But all of it was just a prelude to what's about to
come.
"For the first time, I'm not afraid to voice exactly what I feel. I used to feel that I didn't
want to say too much, but now I can say anything. I feel like a person who's never
been heard. Maybe people think they've heard me, but they never really have. I'm a
new artist who is having so much fun with my voice -- a person shouldn't be allowed
to have so much fun. I'm the woman I wanted to be when I was sixteen and going for
Edith Piaf. It's me -- I'm back."
(Written by Robert L. Doerschuk)
Another Lie
Melanie Lyrics
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When I saw you passing by
But then it wasn't you at all
It was some other guy
I wake up with you in my dreams
Before I see the light
Someone else is by my side
Everyday is a heartache when I tell another lie
Everyday is a heartache when I tell another lie
It's an unhealthy obsession
Un-adult and plebeian
I read all those books on letting go
But there you are again
I threw stones at your reflection
Though the waters all look calm
The rings have just reached China now
And I am still alone
Everyday is a heartache when I tell another lie
Everyday is a heartache when I tell another lie
I tell another lie (I tell another lie)
Oh it's just another lie (I tell another lie)
Yeah it's just another lie (I tell another lie)
It just another lie
Someday I will find other inspiration
But for now this theme of missed connections
Is my stepping stone
Mostly I lead a normal life with one affliction
One small part of every day, I break down
Oh baby, everyday, everyday, everyday
I tell another lie (I tell another lie)
Oh, it's just another lie (I tell another lie)
Yeah, I tell another lie (I tell another lie)
Everyday, everyday
The song "Another Lie" by Melanie is a powerful and relatable expression of heartbreak and obsession. The lyrics describe how the singer is unable to let go of a former love and instead finds herself telling lies to both herself and others. The song begins with the singer almost forgetting the former love's number when she sees them passing by, but then realizing it was actually someone else. This moment highlights the singer's struggle to move on and how she is always thinking of the former love.
The lyrics also describe how the singer wakes up with the former love in her dreams, but is ultimately alone. The line "everyday is a heartache when I tell another lie" highlights the pain and guilt that the singer feels for not being able to move on from the past. The chorus is an emotional and repetitive reminder of this pain.
The second verse of the song reveals that the obsession is "unhealthy" and that the singer has tried to let go by reading books on the subject. However, she keeps finding herself thinking about the former love no matter what she does. The line "I threw stones at your reflection, though the waters all looked calm" refers to the singer's attempt to move on, but ultimately failing as the ripples of her actions come back to haunt her.
Overall, "Another Lie" is a powerful and emotional expression of heartbreak and obsession. The singer's struggle to move on is relatable to many, and her honest and vulnerable lyrics make the listener feel deeply for her.
Line by Line Meaning
I almost forgot your number
I had almost forgotten your number, but then I remembered it when I saw someone who looked like you passing by
When I saw you passing by
I saw someone who looked like you passing by
But then it wasn't you at all
I realized that it wasn't actually you, but someone who looked like you
It was some other guy
It was actually some other person who looked like you
I wake up with you in my dreams
I dream about you when I sleep, even though I try to forget you
Before I see the light
Before I wake up in the morning and start my day
Someone else is by my side
In my dream, someone else is with me instead of you
I tell another lie
I lie to myself and pretend that I'm over you, even though I'm not
Everyday is a heartache when I tell another lie
Every day is painful when I lie to myself about my feelings for you
It's an unhealthy obsession
My fixation on you is not healthy or normal
Un-adult and plebeian
My obsession is immature and common
I read all those books on letting go
I have tried to read self-help books and move on from you
But there you are again
But I keep coming back to thoughts of you
I threw stones at your reflection
I had anger or negative feelings towards you and even saw them in your reflection
Though the waters all look calm
Even though everything seems fine or normal
The rings have just reached China now
The ripples caused by my stone-throwing have spread and it's starting to affect me
And I am still alone
Despite my efforts to move on or hurt you, I am still alone
Oh it's just another lie
When I say I'm moving on or over you, it's just another lie I'm telling myself
Someday I will find other inspiration
One day, I hope to find something else to inspire me besides thoughts of you
But for now this theme of missed connections
But for now, I can't stop thinking about our missed connection
Is my stepping stone
It's helping me move forward towards other things eventually
Mostly I lead a normal life with one affliction
For the most part, my life is normal except for this one issue I have with you
One small part of every day, I break down
Every day, there's a small moment where I can't help but think about you and feel emotional
Contributed by Brody C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.