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)
I'll never find another you
Melanie Lyrics
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They call The Promised Land
And I'll be there some day
If you will hold my hand
I could search the whole world over
Until my life is through
And I know I'll never find another you
For each of us they say
And you'll be my someone
For ever and a day
But if I should lose your love, dear
I don't know what I'd do
'Cos I know I'll never find another you
It's a long, long journey
So stay by my side
When I walk through the storm
You'll be my guide, be my guide
If they gave me a fortune
My treasure would be small
I could lose it all tomorrow
And never mind at all
But if I should lose your love, dear
I don't know what I'll do
'Cos I know I'll never find another you
I know I'll never find another you
Melanie's song "I'll Never Find Another You" is a touching love song that explores the depth of love and appreciation one can have for their significant other. The first verse establishes a desire for reaching a new land, a place they call the Promised Land, and this places Melanie in an optimistic and hopeful light. In the second verse, she mentions that there is always someone for everyone, and the person she has found is her special someone whom she thinks she'll never find another of. She expresses her fear of losing this special someone and being unable to move on without them.
Melanie complements the song with an upbeat melody that is both catchy and emotional, capturing the message's essence. She expresses gratitude for her significant other and a deep and passionate love that transcends everything else. The song's lyrics remain uplifting and heartwarming throughout, emphasizing the strength that love and togetherness could bring to people.
Line by Line Meaning
There's a new world somewhere
There is an unknown and unexplored world out there
They call The Promised Land
This new world is often referred to as the Promised Land
And I'll be there some day
I hope to find this new world someday
If you will hold my hand
I need your support and guidance to find this new world
I could search the whole world over
I could spend my entire life searching for something or someone
Until my life is through
Until the end of my days
And I know I'll never find another you
But I know that there is no one else like you
There is always someone
They say that there is someone out there for everyone
For each of us they say
For every individual, there is a perfect match
And you'll be my someone
You are the one for me
For ever and a day
Together for eternity
But if I should lose your love, dear
But if I were to lose your affection, my world would crumble
I don't know what I'd do
I cannot fathom what my life would become
'Cos I know I'll never find another you
Because I know that I could never find anyone else like you
It's a long, long journey
The search for true love is a difficult and arduous journey
So stay by my side
Stay with me through thick and thin
When I walk through the storm
When times are tough and challenging
You'll be my guide, be my guide
You will be the beacon of light and hope that guides me through the darkness
If they gave me a fortune
Money and wealth are insignificant in comparison to love
My treasure would be small
Love is the greatest treasure one can possess
I could lose it all tomorrow
Material possessions and monetary riches are fleeting and temporary
And never mind at all
It would not matter to me at all
But if I should lose your love, dear
But if I were to lose your affection, it would be the greatest loss of all
I don't know what I'll do
I cannot imagine how I would cope
'Cos I know I'll never find another you
Because I know that you are the only one for me
I know I'll never find another you
I am certain that there is no one else like you in the world
Contributed by Logan J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.