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)
Missing You
Melanie Lyrics
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And I'm still standing here, and you're miles away
And I'm wonderin' why you left
And there's a storm that's raging through my frozen heart tonight
I hear your name in certain circles, and it always makes me smile
I spend my time thinkin' about you, and it's almost driving me wild
And there's a heart that's breaking down this long distance line tonight
I ain't missing you at all since you've been gone away
I ain't missing you, no matter what I might say
There's a message in the wire, and I'm sending you this signal tonight
You don't know how desperate I've become
And it looks like I'm losing this fight
In your world I have no meaning, though I'm trying hard to understand
And it's my heart that's breaking down this long distance line tonight
I ain't missing you at all since you've been gone away
I ain't missing you, no matter what my friends say
And there's a message that I'm sending out, like a telegraph to your soul
And if I can't bridge this distance, stop this heartbreak overload
I ain't missing you, I ain't missing you, I can lie to myself
And there's a storm that's raging through my frozen heart tonight
Ain't missing you, I ain't missing you
I ain't missing you, I can lie to myself
Ain't missing you, I ain't missing you
I ain't missing you, I ain't missing you
I ain't missing you, I ain't missing you, ain't missing you, oh no
No matter what my friends might say, I ain't missing you
The lyrics of Melanie's song "Missing You" convey the feelings of a person who is struggling to move on from a past love. In the first verse, the singer admits that thinking of their ex still takes their breath away, giving a sense of longing and heartache. Despite the distance between them, the singer is still trying to make sense of why their former lover left them, as there seems to be a raging storm within their heart.
In the second verse, the singer confesses that they hear their ex's name often and that their thoughts about them are borderline obsessive. Though they seem to be holding themselves together, they subtly reveal that their heart is slowly breaking into pieces with every passing moment. Desperation sets in as the singer realizes that they have no meaning in their former lover's world and wonders how they can bridge the gap between them.
The chorus of the song is the most significant part and is repeated several times throughout the song, emphasizing that the singer is not missing their ex, no matter what anyone says. The last line, "No matter what my friends might say, I ain't missing you," is a powerful statement that shows the singer is committed to moving on and does not want to look back.
Line by Line Meaning
Everytime I think of you, I always catch my breath
Every thought of you takes my breath away
And I'm still standing here, and you're miles away
I'm stuck here while you're far away
And I'm wonderin' why you left
I can't understand why you left me
And there's a storm that's raging through my frozen heart tonight
My heart is breaking and it feels cold inside
I hear your name in certain circles, and it always makes me smile
Your name brings back happy memories
I spend my time thinkin' about you, and it's almost driving me wild
Thinking about you is consuming me
And there's a heart that's breaking down this long distance line tonight
Distance is causing my heart to suffer
I ain't missing you at all since you've been gone away
I'm pretending not to miss you, but I do
I ain't missing you, no matter what I might say
Despite what I say, I can't deny missing you
There's a message in the wire, and I'm sending you this signal tonight
I'm trying to reach you through any means possible
You don't know how desperate I've become
I'm desperate for your attention, but you don't know
And it looks like I'm losing this fight
It seems like I'm losing you
In your world I have no meaning, though I'm trying hard to understand
I feel worthless in your life, but I'm trying to comprehend
And it's my heart that's breaking down this long distance line tonight
The distance is breaking my heart even more
And there's a message that I'm sending out, like a telegraph to your soul
I'm trying to connect with your soul through my message
And if I can't bridge this distance, stop this heartbreak overload
I hope to stop the pain caused by distance between us
I ain't missing you, I ain't missing you, I can lie to myself
I'm denying my own feelings to hide the pain
Ain't missing you, I ain't missing you
I don't miss you, but it's not true
I ain't missing you, I ain't missing you
I'm lying to myself, pretending not to miss you
I ain't missing you, I ain't missing you, ain't missing you, oh no
No matter what I say, I miss you deeply
No matter what my friends might say, I ain't missing you
Even if my friends think I'm over you, I'm not
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Derrick Horne
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