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)
Do you really want to hurt me
Melanie Lyrics
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To realise my crime
Let me love and steal
I have danced
Inside your eyes
How can I be real
Do you really want to hurt me
Precious kisses, words that burn me
Lovers never ask why
In my heart the fire's burning
Choose my colour, find a star
Precious people always tell me
That's a step too far
Do you really want to hurt me
Do you really want to make me cry
Do you really want to hurt me
Do you really want to make me cry
Words are few and I have spoken
I could waste a thousand years
Wrapped in sorrow, words are token
Come inside and catch my tears
You've been talking but believe me
If it's true you do not know
This girl loves without a reason
I'm prepared to let you go
If it's love you want from me
Then take it away
Everything is not what you see
It's over and over again
Do you really want to hurt me
Do you really want to make me cry
Do you really want to hurt me
Do you really want to make me cry
The lyrics of "Do you really want to hurt me" by Melanie reflect the feelings of someone who has been hurt by their lover and is trying to make sense of their emotions. The singer pleads with their partner to give them time to understand their own wrongdoing, to love unreservedly, and to be authentic. The lyrics are full of imagery, especially in the lines "I have danced inside your eyes, how can I be real?" This suggests that the singer has lost themselves in their partner's eyes, and they are struggling to find their identity outside of this relationship.
The chorus of the song asks the question "Do you really want to hurt me?" twice, followed by the line "Precious kisses, words that burn me, lovers never ask why." The repetition of the question implies that the singer is trying to get an answer from their lover. The following line "precious kisses, words that burn me," suggests that the lover's actions and words are hurting the singer deeply. The last line of the chorus "lovers never ask why" indicates that the singer feels like they are being taken for granted, with their lover not even caring why they are hurting.
The second verse of the song speaks about how words cannot express the depth of the singer's feelings. They say that if their lover believes that they know everything about them, then they are mistaken. The phrase "Come inside and catch my tears," suggests that the singer wants their partner to know them more intimately than they already do. In the last lines, the singer tells their lover that they can let them go, but it's not without a cost. The final line of the song repeats the sentiments of the chorus, asking whether the lover truly wants to hurt the singer by leaving.
Line by Line Meaning
Give me time
Please allow me some time
To realise my crime
To understand my mistake
Let me love and steal
Allow me to love and take affection from you
I have danced
I have enjoyed myself
Inside your eyes
In your sight
How can I be real
How can I be genuine
Do you really want to hurt me
Is it really your intention to inflict pain on me
Do you really want to make me cry
Do you truly desire to bring me to tears
Precious kisses, words that burn me
The affection and words of love that hurt me deeply
Lovers never ask why
Couples often don't ask for reasons or explanations
In my heart the fire's burning
I feel a strong passion in my heart
Choose my colour, find a star
Select the hue you prefer and look for a celestial object
Precious people always tell me
Beloved ones often advise me
That's a step too far
That action is too extreme
Words are few and I have spoken
I don't have many words left to say
I could waste a thousand years
I could spend an eternity
Wrapped in sorrow, words are token
When I'm consumed by sadness, words are empty
Come inside and catch my tears
Come close and feel my pain
You've been talking but believe me
You've been talking, but trust me
If it's true you do not know
If it's sincere, you're unaware
This girl loves without a reason
I love unconditionally
I'm prepared to let you go
I'm ready to release you
If it's love you want from me
If you desire my love
Then take it away
Then accept it
Everything is not what you see
Things are not always as they appear
It's over and over again
It's a recurring cycle
Do you really want to hurt me
Is it truly your intention to harm me
Do you really want to make me cry
Do you really desire to see me weep
Do you really want to hurt me
Is it really your intention to cause me pain
Do you really want to make me cry
Do you actually want to make me shed tears
Contributed by Dominic I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.