Oh, how sad. People rightly praise Joni Mitchell's ode to Woodstock, but Melanie, who was actually there, wrote an equally moving paen to that festival and with the inspired decision to collaborate with the Edwin Hawkins Singers turned the song Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) into something transcendent. Somewhere on youtube you can find a live performance for Dutch TV. Skip the banal interview, the performance is truly moving. RIP
Had a Melanie half hour on YouTube last night and that version of Lay Down is amazing as is her version of Ruby Tuesday. She seemed like a good soul and remember her sweet kind face from when I was a kid. RIP
Brand New Key remains one of my favourite "quirky" songs, a hit in the early days of TOTP. I love the Wurzels take on it as well. Her songs will live on RIP
I had not given her a thought for years, and then just a couple of weeks back my buddy on his anorak rock show played something from her and that led to a long discussion about the power of gospel music, which I would never have given any thought to either were it not for Lay Down. He's going to play something tomorrow to mark her passing. Every week, sadly, he has a slot in his show to mark the passing of rock and blues musicians.
@Six-a-bag-of-nuts Oh man that video is so good. I often wondered if she'd ever done it live with the full choir, and what it would be like. Now I know. Audience reminds me of that old Monty Python "applause " clip, tho'
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RIP Melanie
RIP
People rightly praise Joni Mitchell's ode to Woodstock, but Melanie, who was actually there, wrote an equally moving paen to that festival and with the inspired decision to collaborate with the Edwin Hawkins Singers turned the song Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) into something transcendent.
Somewhere on youtube you can find a live performance for Dutch TV. Skip the banal interview, the performance is truly moving.
RIP
RIP
RIP
RIP
Her songs will live on
RIP
RIP.
I heard the Wurzels version of Brand New Key the other day. Cover versions....they dont make 'em like they used to.
RIP
I had not given her a thought for years, and then just a couple of weeks back my buddy on his anorak rock show played something from her and that led to a long discussion about the power of gospel music, which I would never have given any thought to either were it not for Lay Down. He's going to play something tomorrow to mark her passing. Every week, sadly, he has a slot in his show to mark the passing of rock and blues musicians.
@Six-a-bag-of-nuts Oh man that video is so good. I often wondered if she'd ever done it live with the full choir, and what it would be like. Now I know.
Audience reminds me of that old Monty Python "applause " clip, tho'