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)
J'm'en veux
Melanie Lyrics
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Pourquoi c'est encore moi que tu viens déchirer?
Pourquoi j'veux que tu rentres?
J'veux que tu sortes
Pourquoi c'est plus fort que moi?
Chaque fois, j't'ouvre la porte
Pourquoi près de toi, j'vois plus clair?
Pourquoi j'te donne le droit de m'viré à l'envers?
Pourquoi j'te dis oui?
Pourquoi j't'aime quand j't'haïs?
Pourquoi j'sais pas t'dire non
Quand tu demandes pardon?
J'm'en veux de n'pas t'en vouloir
J'm'en veux de m'abandonner
De faire semblant d'te croire
J'm'en veux d'avoir besoin d'être aimée
J'm'en veux, p't-être qu'au fond, j't'en veux un peu
Pourquoi tu reviens me chercher?
Pourquoi c'est toujours toi
Que j'peux pas oublié?
Pourquoi j'vais encore avoir pitié?
T'ouvrir mon âme, t'ouvrir mon lit
Me laisser faire, te réchauffer
Pourquoi j'te dis oui?
Pourquoi j't'aime quand j't'haïs?
Pourquoi j'sais pas t'dire non
Quand tu demandes pardon?
J'm'en veux de n'pas t'en vouloir
J'm'en veux de m'abandonner
De faire semblant d'te croire
J'm'en veux d'avoir besoin d'être aimée
J'm'en veux, p't-être qu'au fond j't'en veux un peu
Pourquoi tu viens me chercher?
Pourquoi c'est encore toi?
Pourquoi j'te dis oui?
Pourquoi j't'aime quand j't'haïs?
Pourquoi j'sais pas t'dire non
Quand tu demandes pardon?
J'm'en veux de n'pas t'en vouloir
J'm'en veux de m'abandonner
De faire semblant d'te croire
J'm'en veux d'avoir besoin d'être aimée
J'm'en veux, p't-être qu'au fond j't'en veux un peu
The lyrics of Mélanie's song "J'm'en veux" talk about a relationship that is toxic, where the singer is constantly hurt by her partner, yet she can't seem to let go of him. The singer asks herself several questions throughout the song, questioning why she keeps allowing him back in her life, despite knowing that it will only end in pain. She talks about her conflicting emotions, where she loves him and hates him simultaneously, and also how she struggles to say no when he asks for forgiveness.
The singer is aware that she is hurting herself by continuously allowing her partner to come back into her life, yet she can't help but feel a sense of longing towards him, which is reflected in the lines "j'veux que tu rentres, j'veux que tu sortes." The singer's vulnerability is evident throughout the song, where she blames herself for letting him back in, and also for needing to be loved. The lyrics are raw and emotional, and the singer's pain is palpable.
In summary, "J'm'en veux" is a song about the complexities of love and relationships. The singer is torn between her feelings of love and hatred towards her partner, and she questions why she keeps allowing him back in her life. The lyrics are emotive, and they capture the agony of being stuck in a toxic relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Pourquoi tu reviens me chercher?
Why do you keep coming back to me?
Pourquoi c'est encore moi que tu viens déchirer?
Why do you keep hurting me?
Pourquoi j'veux que tu rentres?
Why do I want you to come back?
J'veux que tu sortes
But at the same time, I want you to leave.
Pourquoi c'est plus fort que moi?
Why can't I resist you?
Chaque fois, j't'ouvre la porte
Every time, I open the door for you.
Pourquoi près de toi, j'vois plus clair?
Why do I feel clearer when I'm near you?
Pourquoi j'te donne le droit de m'viré à l'envers?
Why do I let you turn me upside down?
Pourquoi j'te dis oui?
Why do I say yes to you?
Pourquoi j't'aime quand j't'haïs?
Why do I love you when I hate you?
Pourquoi j'sais pas t'dire non
Quand tu demandes pardon?
Why can't I say no when you ask for forgiveness?
J'm'en veux de n'pas t'en vouloir
I blame myself for not being angry with you.
J'm'en veux de m'abandonner
I blame myself for letting go.
De faire semblant d'te croire
For pretending to believe in you.
J'm'en veux d'avoir besoin d'être aimée
I blame myself for needing to be loved.
J'm'en veux, p't-être qu'au fond, j't'en veux un peu
I blame myself, maybe deep down, I blame you a little.
Pourquoi c'est toujours toi
Que j'peux pas oublié?
Why is it always you that I can't forget?
Pourquoi j'vais encore avoir pitié?
Why am I going to feel sorry for you again?
T'ouvrir mon âme, t'ouvrir mon lit
Me laisser faire, te réchauffer
Opening up my soul to you, opening up my bed to you, letting you warm me up.
Pourquoi tu viens me chercher?
Why do you come looking for me?
Pourquoi j'te dis oui?
Why do I say yes to you?
Pourquoi j't'aime quand j't'haïs?
Why do I love you when I hate you?
J'm'en veux de n'pas t'en vouloir
I blame myself for not being angry with you.
De faire semblant d'te croire
For pretending to believe in you.
J'm'en veux d'avoir besoin d'être aimée
I blame myself for needing to be loved.
J'm'en veux, p't-être qu'au fond j't'en veux un peu
I blame myself, maybe deep down, I blame you a little.
Pourquoi c'est encore toi?
Why is it still you?
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Claude Pineault, Bouaziss Tabrha, Eric Letourneau
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
roseline gauvin
c'est une chanson magnifique je souhaite qu'elle se rétablisse,quelle retrouve la santé
Gerard-Marie Bouchard
Mélanie tu as une voix magnifique et envoutante.
melanie st-pierre
J'ai rien as dire de plus tellement c'est moi! Sachant pas trop quoi dire d'autre que de dire mon histoire en tant que Mélanie ressemble d'une autre manière c'est certain a toi, est-ce une circonstance! " I don't know why" designer chevronné, un accident de marde m'a fait littéralement basculer! Mon corps ayant eu toutes les raisons sans la science de mourir, ah ardemment survécu! En fait je réalise que malgré tout, la vie mérite d'être vécu! J'ai eu trop de chance déjà de regarder la mort en face, pour dire en tant que moi, Mélanie avec tous ce que ma vie a su me faire comprendre par de très très dure épreuve jadis et encore a ce jour je ne peux que dire ceci: THIS LIFE CHOOSE ME, TO BE DIFFERENT FROM ALL REGULAR PEOPLE AND THERE A REASON BEHIND EVERYTHING! Il semble que d'avoir la force de s'appeler MÉLANIE : " There a reason why, and there is no tornado, storm, rainbow, and the best of all and the one we share the Sunny day's! To tell the truth! Moi aussi mon prénom est Mélanie!! Je suis une guerrière d'une autre manière! One day we will I wish see each other! And the one who survived and do live from music to create! But ... AH a dawn story storm! Are you able to take a coffee with me, let talk each other and see how hard we are some Melanie!!! Well am not lesbian just in case, am just proud to be one special Melanie too!!!
chloe antunes
on s'y retrouve tellement dans cette chanson la.. sa mdonne des frissons, sa décrit exactement ce que je vis en smoment.
Nathalie Drolet
Pourquoi cette magnifique voix fait-elle silence?
Lalou 38
quelle belle voix!
Diane Ferland Dion
c'est un amour souffrant, mais ça arrive, il ne faut pas juger, c'est quand même émouvant cette chanson, Mélanie l'interprète à merveille
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Rock n'Girl
vous êtes très beaux à voir..... longue vie à votre couple <3
Joanie Chapadeau
cette chanson est simplement parfaite, je me tanne jamais de l'entendre... j'ai l'impression qu'On parle de trompage..