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)
Dust in the wind
Melanie Lyrics
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All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind
All they are is dust in the wind
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind
Oh, ho, ho
Now, don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind
Everything is dust in the wind
Everything is dust in the wind
The wind
Melanie's song "Dust in the Wind" is a melancholy yet thought-provoking ballad about the fleeting nature of life. The song's opening lines ("I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone") immediately set the tone for the rest of the song. Melanie sings about how all of our dreams and aspirations eventually get reduced to mere "dust in the wind." She compares human existence to a drop of water in an endless sea, and how everything we do and achieve will eventually crumble to the ground. The chorus repeats the refrain of "All we are is dust in the wind," emphasizing how everything is temporary and impermanent.
The second verse of the song focuses on the idea that nothing lasts forever. Melanie sings how all the money in the world can't buy us even one more minute of life. This sentiment emphasizes the theme of the song, which is that we should strive to appreciate and be present in the moment, rather than getting caught up in the transience of life. The final chorus of the song drives this point home, repeating the line "Everything is dust in the wind" three times.
Overall, Melanie's song "Dust in the Wind" is a poignant reminder to live in the present and appreciate the fleeting moments of life, rather than getting caught up in our own ambitions and goals.
Line by Line Meaning
I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone
Life is fleeting and time passes quickly. Moments come and go in the blink of an eye.
All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dreams and aspirations are fleeting and curious; they come and go without notice.
Dust in the wind
Life is temporary and fleeting, like dust in the wind.
All they are is dust in the wind
No matter how big or important our dreams and aspirations may seem, they all eventually become meaningless and fleeting, like dust in the wind.
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
Our lives are insignificant in the grand scheme of things; we are just a small part of the vast world around us.
All we do crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see
Despite our efforts, everything in life is temporary and eventually fades away, though we often ignore or deny this fact.
Oh, ho, ho
An expression of sadness or resignation.
Now, don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
We should not cling to the things in life as they will eventually fade; only the natural world remains constant.
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy
Life passes quickly and money cannot buy more time or alter the fleeting nature of existence.
All we are is dust in the wind
We are all temporary and insignificant in the grand scheme of things, like dust in the wind.
Everything is dust in the wind
All aspects of life are temporary and fleeting, eventually fading away like dust in the wind.
The wind
Symbolic of the fleeting nature of life; a reminder that everything eventually fades away.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Kerry Livgren
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
ezio dallago
Chiudo gli occhi, solo per un momento, e il momento è passato
Tutti i miei sogni, passano davanti ai miei occhi, una curiosità
Polvere nel vento, tutto ciò che sono è polvere nel vento
La solita vecchia canzone, solo una goccia d'acqua in un mare infinito
Tutto quello che facciamo, crolla a terra, anche se ci rifiutiamo di vedere
Polvere nel vento,
Tutto ciò che siamo è polvere nel vento
Non resistere, niente dura per sempre tranne la terra e il cielo
Scivola via, e tutti i tuoi soldi non compreranno un altro minuto
Polvere nel vento,
Tutto ciò che siamo è polvere nel vento
Polvere nel vento,
Tutto è polvere nel vento
(scritto da Kerry Livgren)
X05Radar
This is BEAUTIFUL
George Haas
Melanie’s voice personifies the late sixties era and can emotionally bring you right back to that time period regardless of how old you are now.
Tamara Stroupe
I am so happy to have rediscovered Melanie. I'll be 56 next month. Her music brings back memories of kinder, gentler days for me.
Allala
@Nunya Bizness qpq
Rick T
Welcome to 2021.....I was 56 5 years ago.. Hope you're still listening.
Grim Reaper
You're super beautiful 😍
philip norris
Melanie was my celebrity crush back in the day, Tamara, and, while her place has now been taken by Rihanna (ain't I sad) I still think she made an amazing contribution.
Donald Banks
@SierWilliam HI THERE 😉😘🌹🌹, I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR 40 YEARS TRYING TO FIND MY SPECIAL SOMEONE, COULD YOU BE HIM?
hlamart
This is another cover that Melanie made her own and gave it new life. Her covers are so good and it is such a pleasure to hear them. I keep two mp3 discs of Melanie in the truck at all times so when the moment hits and i start singing her songs I can just play her and return to an open world of hope and sweetness.
44 people voted down on this song. 44 people walked alone into the desert.
Pete Mavus
They were thumbs down wind cause they had them up their butts maybe
ROFLMAO