RIP Melanie Loved the music in the 70's and still do in 2024.

I'm still chilling out to this gem in 2020 🤘 Who's with me? 🖖

@LS-cw9os

4 жыл бұрын

Weekly !!! For 3 years now. However I LOVED this SPIRITUAL song SINCE my age 3 .. IN (1966) 🎶🎶💖🤘🙏

@JBlingBling03

4 жыл бұрын

Meeeee! March 24,2020

@marylupo3656

4 жыл бұрын

We all had caught the same disease we all sing the songs of peace... So raise your candles high cause it you don't we could stay black against the night!!!

@edwardholt5223

4 жыл бұрын

oh yeah!!!!! This song is absolutely beautiful! its got Woodstock in it, peace , love, the whole hippie stew is mixed in ; it's great

@shelleyihde1674

4 жыл бұрын

Its going to pay her some beauty

She wrote this after her performance at the 1969 Woodstock festival. The inclusion of the Edwin Hawkins Singers bring out the true spirit of the song. Rest In Power, Melanie.

Anyone who is at least 60..I'm 63...doesn't remember this song from the 70s..what a anthem...didn't know Melanie had passed away..."You know you're getting older when God slowly starts calling people home that you remembered" Rest in Peace Melanie

As I’m 65 and haven’t heard or thought of Melanie in many decades….until today. I heard her music for the first time when I was 11. I scrapped together some allowance money, got on my bike, and then headed to Woolworths and bought this song in 45 rpm. Still have it. Thanks Melanie for touching my young soul with your music.

@juliemiller2523

5 ай бұрын

IM 65 ALSO-- I USE TO SING THIS SONG ALL THE TIME WHEN I WAS 13 ONWARD.. LOVED IT THEN, LOVE IT NOW

@funnygirlinstumptown

5 ай бұрын

when we were kids. Sadly I lost her 7 years ago. I always listened to Melanie and thought of Annie. Rest in peace Melanie. Thank you for all your beautiful gifts.

Rest peacefully, Melanie. Thank you for all of your beautiful music. We we be listening for ages to come.

@imy5279

5 ай бұрын

Beautiful people. I ❤️ Melanie! RIP Melanie

@robinmccay2211

5 ай бұрын

If there is a Hereafter, Angels will always be singing this song, accompanying Melanie, a great and lovely spirit of my generation. May the candle of her soul burn into eternity.

@TheRarebird12

5 ай бұрын

@@robinmccay2211 Amen!

@adelejacob6699

5 ай бұрын

RIP❤

@docas1965

5 ай бұрын

when i heard her death i was in my job and it was shock really.... Very sad news......

I've just heard on the radio Melanie is no longer with us...... I'm heartbroken .....she meant a lot to me and my wife.......she will live forever for us.......

I lifted the needle on the album and returned it to the groove to play this song over and over when I was a young, bullied, queer kid in the suburbs in the early 70's. I didn't understand why this song moved me so much, but I was enchanted. And it was medicine. You never know who you are going to touch and heal when you create art from a loving source. Thank you Melanie for your voice and creativity. Rest in power and peace.

@bgfd1

4 ай бұрын

Really relate with what you said. I was a queer teenager in the 1970’s (in the UK )and when ever I got scared or ‘down' I would play this track and really did help. Loved your comment.

@erikwesterberg7220

4 ай бұрын

I so relate, even as as a queer kid bound for seminary, with very few, mostly straight relationships in the 70-ties

@glennadamson9576

26 күн бұрын

You live your life for your family and friends and to hell with the rest, being alive and happy is the best revenge .

@mikeprogfan3323

18 күн бұрын

Music certainly is the best therapy.

@Tron-Jockey

10 күн бұрын

I'd love to see Taylor Swift include this as an encore song and tribute to Melanie. A real statement against bigotry and hate in a time when it's so sorely needed. Taylor could have the remaining members of the Edwin Hawkins Singers (or similar) chorus behind her along with a huge screen showing original photos and footage from Woodstock 69. Let the world know that the youth movement that started in the late 60's is not dead. We're old but we're still out here and we are armed with the votes to send racism and hate running once again. Please Taylor, hear our cries.

I'm a teacher. A couple of times each month, I enlighten my high school students with youtube videos of music from my younger days. When I showed this song, they were blown away by your talent and soul! Great music NEVER goes out of style! Thank you, Melanie!

@ablebaker8664

5 жыл бұрын

@Frederick Minshall When I found this version still existed I spent some time searching for it a couple of years ago. I sat and listened to it a dozen times and just let my tears flow. One of the few times I've cried in my life. Guys start out in life being expected not to, even after seeing such horrible things as some of us have been forced to see. We're the ones who have to be tough and never show weakness, or how much it hurts to see others in pain and be unable to help in any way that could really be said to matter. Hearing it again was like feeling all that poison wash away. I don't think I've ever cried harder or longer before or since. I come back from time to time when I need to remember some of the most important moments of my life and reaffirm my faith in the beauty of the human spirit. There is freedom in this song. Not a freedom from chains or bars but a freedom from the darkness of spirit that is the only real prison.

@jadeshannon5583

5 жыл бұрын

She's amazing but my heart goes out to JJ

@timtucci

4 жыл бұрын

Did you show the the 1970 Dutch TV performance. That's the one I play for my kids. :) "No track. No autotune. A different time guys"

@memolinex

4 жыл бұрын

English teacher here ! i did the same with my younger students. They really enjoy this amazing song and the performance of Melanie. Simply Amazing. Regards from Mexico.

@bryancross5051

4 жыл бұрын

@@timtucci YES! The black/white live version!

1 hr ago I saw the news and yelled OHH Nooo .. Just can't believe it. Candles in the Rain is my all time favorite I still get chills listening to this.. Beautiful People..The Nickle song.. Ruby Tuesday, Peace will come.. I Could go on and on.. Thank You for all You gave us

@charlesbireland1780

4 ай бұрын

Heard the news this morning. Still crying of and on and it's after 2:00. This song may be my favorite, but the covers of " Lover's Cross", "Wild Horses", and "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" follow close behind.

This song was one of the anthems from my time. I am 63 years old now. So good to hear the entire piece again. Thank you for sharing.

@gingerjones5931

3 жыл бұрын

I'm 63. I had the 45. Glad to see both sides here. I loved deeply then and still do now.

@peraltaman

3 жыл бұрын

This song is amazing still jamming

@louisavondart9178

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, we were lucky with the music we had when growing up. Unlike us, it never gets old.

@coyoterosenbaum9186

3 жыл бұрын

Our generation had the greatest artists ever!!! Born in 1958. TURN UP THE MUSIC AND JAM ON!!!!❤❤❤

@michaelnewell9167

3 жыл бұрын

I'm 54 n remember this song when it came out. It was like thousands of Volt's surging through my body. I still get now hearing it

Oh boy, tears are falling. RIP Melanie, you were and still are an inspiration. I will dance to Candles in the Rain for as long as I can!

@marlamacmichael6115

5 ай бұрын

RIP Melanie! I will continue to keep your music alive!

@EugeneGrygo

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely! We must fight for the ideals she represented. We need them now more than ever. May this beautiful woman rest in power!

@harleyd.1er326

5 ай бұрын

used to play this a lot on Radio caroline. Great song.

@cherylalt101

5 ай бұрын

I'm still dancing now, even if I'm just chair dancing lol. Melanie was the true hippie chick for me. Amazing songwriter, amazing singer, and so beautiful. Rest in peace Melanie. You will be missed but always loved 🕊💐🕊

Crying my eyes out as the wonderful memories flood in of hearing her in the day. Always resonated like being hit by a truck. Thank you lovely lady, definitely rest in all the peace there is. 💔💔

Funny thing--though I was impressed by Melanie's brave performance at Woodstock (yes, I was there) I never became a fan, and this record didn't do much for me at the time, but now it knocks me out. Can't listen to it without tearing up, and what a powerhouse vocal performance!

@violamartini2108

5 ай бұрын

And now this amazing voice is silenced forever...Sleep in Peace Melanie

I get chills listening to this song. When Melanie's voice comes up above the chorus singers, it's like being struck by lightning!

@1970groupie

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. Her voice does give chills/ goosebumps. Wonderful memories from my childhood.

@aquinn1961

4 жыл бұрын

She's, 73 now .. Love her voice

@CalTxDude

4 жыл бұрын

The song is so powerful and Melanie's voice hauntingly comforting. It always feels is that all I am loving me letting my heart be torn out for someone I love that needs that. I don't know if this makes sense but I am always compelled to emotion and tears with the song... And I absolutely love it! My late husband at this on vinyl... understand that he was not a materialistic man at all, however... He loved quality sound so I spent top dollar to afford him that luxury. With the brand new components and integrated system of speakers throughout the house, the first song he played... You got it this song! Watching his Joy a demotion, I thought to myself that I hope to one day meet Melanie because I would give her an enormous hug and thank her. So for that moment, that very instant I saw his face and felt his energy I will always grateful to her. I hadn't thought of that moment for 20 years. He died almost 25 years ago. So for resurrecting that wonderful memory, thank you!

@misskitty4296

4 жыл бұрын

I woke up this morning with this song in my head. So appropriate for these Times ❤️🙏🏻🌎. A timeless classic!

@andrewramsden6500

4 жыл бұрын

How very true Bro ........ oh wot a feeling ........

I wasn't born when this song was released- I heard it in early March 2020. About two weeks later we went into lockdown, and for the rest of the year my life was absolutely turned upside down. This song was a candle in the dark that year. I'm grateful for those in my life that kept the dark away that year. RIP Melanie - you will be missed.

@rgreen1049

5 ай бұрын

Very amazing comment!! Life is amazing. There are MANY GOOD PEOPLE❤️

Dear Melanie, I listened to you in the 70s.. I have not listened to you in a long while. I was recently diagnosed with cancer and was in a black hole for a day or 2 after chemo. . I remembered Oh Happy Day by the Edwin Hawkins singers. I listened to it and Lay Down popped up on the listening list. It is such an uplifting song. I have added it to my "lift your spirits list"! Music touches my soul. I am very positive about my situation, but being human, I have my moments. Thank you for your gift of music!

@christopherfogarty8142

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck ma’am!👍🏻

@GeaVox

5 жыл бұрын

😢 oooh love! 😭 You must feel so afraid! But hang in their Sister! We root for you, we hold you from afar, we whisper songs of love in the darkness... hear us, be gentle on yourself, forgive yourself, be sure that your life is a candle in the night❣️

@patricialynnmoore

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, Melanie, Thank you for your music, your love, your peace, your fight, your light, your story! I honor you, dear sister. 🙏🙏🙏♥️♥️

@jariech87

4 жыл бұрын

Praying for you. I also love this and Oh happy day

@garypeatling7927

4 жыл бұрын

Hope your better

When Melanie's voice soars above The Edwin Hawkins Singers, you know you are experiencing one of the best classics of the '60's.

@danielpujol8266

Жыл бұрын

@donnab.42 : Classic, absolutely. But it was released in 1970, not the '60s.

@donnab.42

Жыл бұрын

@@danielpujol8266 Thanks Daniel. I stand corrected.

@coleject4817

5 ай бұрын

Yes, that's true, but inspired from Melanie's "Set" at Woodstock in 1969. (just sayin')@@danielpujol8266

@namyarasree

5 ай бұрын

I do agree. How lucky we are to have lived those wonderful years.......!!!!!

Great loss. Legendary singer/songwriter. Thank You Melanie for your beautiful and unique music.

Rip Melanie❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ if the world was full of people like you it would be a better place

Anything she ever sang was BEAUTIFUL!

Classic! Loved it in 1970, and I'm still loving it in 2021. Of all of the female singer/songwriters of that decade, Melanie never got the acclaim and respect that she so richly deserved then, and still does now.

@robinmccay2211

Жыл бұрын

Some of us are still here... and we remember the teachings of Mehar Baba, and this timeless ode to what is best in all of us, flawed creatures that we are.

@hmackie6823

Жыл бұрын

she did from me

@prmann1958

Жыл бұрын

Could not agree more. Melanie got chops... period

@alkh3myst

Жыл бұрын

I remember her having quite a few hits. I guess I ported into the wrong universe. Gotta get this gadget fixed...

@carinedupont9376

5 ай бұрын

That's a fact!!!!

This song will stand the test of time, thank you for all the memories attached to this song, your voice is like an angel. Our deepest condolences to her family and friends. RIP.

Will miss you so much Melanie. Your music has been in my life since I was 11 years old. First heard this track/album when I was 12 or 13 years old along with the Iive Leftover Wine album and they made such an inpact on me even though I was too young to fully understand the songs then but I knew they were special/magical. I grew up with your music really. Saw your live twice. The world feels a bit darker now you have gone but still got your music to play. What an amazng recording of an amazing song and performance .I play this song when ever I feel down and negative which is easy to feel these days. This song still sounds so fresh, vibrant and new and can lift my spirits after all these years. To me it’s song in the defiance of darkness of the awful things human beings do to each other ‘let your white birds smile up at the ones that frown’. Anyway thank you so much Melanie, lots of love.

Rest in peace, beautiful girl. Thanks so much for sharing your gift. 🕯

I can hear this over and over again, it is absolutely timeless and just never. gets old.

This is what's so great about that era of music. Nobody sounded like Melanie, and she didn't try to imitate anyone else. She was her own person, and people from that era still know who she is by her first name. How many entertainers can say that?

@alkh3myst

Жыл бұрын

Um, let's see: Ella, Rihanna, Prince, Madonna, Shakira, Elvis, Liberace, Beck, Moby, Slash, Tiesto, Diplo, Biggie, Ye, Diddy, Jaco, Snoop, Djavan, Usher, Drake, Odetta, Ciara, Zendaya (also sings), Flea, Rakim, Phyfe, RuPaul...

@HeavenLeeMadeOnEtsy

11 ай бұрын

@@alkh3myst and Cher; you left her out.

@alkh3myst

11 ай бұрын

@@HeavenLeeMadeOnEtsy And a whole room full of legendary jazz musicians.

@jimcoleman598

7 ай бұрын

Ringo too 😀

Thank you, dearest Melanie...for one of THE songs of our age...and ages to come.

A sad song that tells the truth about reality. May all the candles stay lit for the hope of peace.

@sanityassassin8161

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps more poignant today than ever. 🇺🇦

For those of you who don't understand, this is the most beautiful dedication to those of us who struggled through the Viet Nam war. Any disrespect for those who gave it all is unthinkable....

@mightymangman600

7 жыл бұрын

docdurdin #SOV #SOT #HonorTheFallen - Always! Amen!

@jessebiggsjr5762

7 жыл бұрын

docdurdin like a line from Steve Earle 's songJohnny Come lately says,. " I'm standing on a runway in San Diego, got a couple purple hearts so I n move a little slow, there's nobody here and maybe nobody knows bout VEITNAM!!!!!! DAMN FUCKIN SKIPPY ELSINORE KID

@robertvalderaz7329

7 жыл бұрын

docdurdin , We served we died we were shunned by our country, and still are today.

@RicherPickle

7 жыл бұрын

Semper Fi - Amen.

@johannaottervanger9576

7 жыл бұрын

How well I understood that when I first heard this moving song......May God bless you abundantly, I am very happy you at least made it back home 💜

One of hundreds of songs begging for a peaceful world and for the U.S. to get out of Vietnam. We did it! WE changed the world. Thank you Melanie for your contribution to the cause.

@ralphaelalfaro6023

Ай бұрын

And yet, "The beat goes on". With the drums of war still beating, we must remain aware/awake and vigalant. With this (Military Industrial Complex serving) group, we need to reawake the vigilance and the awareness of the 70's. The romance of war is prevalent in MSM, fed by the economic hurting in society today. They seem to want to sacrifice our young as lambs to slaughter. So, let us "Raise our candles high".

Melanie, RIP! Your music was a vision. Thanks for your gift and your sacrifice in sharing your music with the world.

I remember my mom playing this record for me when I was a little girl. This was 46yrs ago. I grew up listening to this beautiful music, and I still love listening to it. Just takes me back. ❤ My mom named me after Melanie ☮️🫶💖

Melanie, Where are you? Where have you been? Come back to us please!!!! ..........A Viet Nam Vet.

@MelaniesafkaTheRealMelanie

6 жыл бұрын

I'm here. I've always been here.

@scottbartholomew451

5 жыл бұрын

@@MelaniesafkaTheRealMelanie Summer. 1978. Great summer. My folks had an old maroon van. I'm sitting in the back row listening to the radio as we head out to visit my aunt who lived in a cottage by the lake. As a song by Lou Reed finished, a choir breaks in with , "Lay down, lay down...." followed by a girl's wonderful voice and I felt a surge of light and it has stuck with me ever since. I am 50 years old now. I owned a copy of this first on lp...then 8-track (ugh! LOL)...then cassette...then cd. I blare it to this very day. I still feel that light just as I did then. Thank you, for igniting that flame in my soul.

@michaelgambino7782

5 жыл бұрын

In Nashville Tennessee

@davidstoney6667

5 жыл бұрын

@@MelaniesafkaTheRealMelanie hope-fully for eternity as well...respect!~ in these Dark days ---you bring hope...(no pressure)...lol Peace

@christopherfogarty8142

5 жыл бұрын

Melanie - Official Page of Melanie Safka tbh, I hated this song as a kid, didn’t understand it. The only version I heard was about 3 minutes long onAM radio. Now THIS, THIS is a masterpiece! Thank you Melanie!😘

Isn't it wonderful that NOBODY dislikes this.

I was born in 64, and I love that you tore down barriers of color. This is the epitome of the time. There was us good humans and the haters. What true beauty it was to watch you all make something so wonderful together!!! I love your spirit Melanie!!! Thank you, to all the wonderful singers on this song!!! I love you all, thank you for the gift of that moment in time, that has lived with me through all of time. You all broke down barriers, to create something beautiful to this day!!!!

So sad to hear of her passing today; if ever there was a true Ambassador who emcompassed all of the Love of Woodstock and the Joy of World Peace, it was Melanie. I have been listening to this song for over 40 years, and it always brings tears of joy. What a beautiful legacy from a remarkable soul...

When I hear this song, I close my eyes and I don't see "humans" singing this song.... I see human shapes of light. There's no skin color, there's no different colors or textures of hair, no colors of the eyes, just a light that doesn't blind me but I feel it's warmth. I'm not held to ground by gravity as the music and the beautifully sung lyrics keep me aloft, floating in harmony. I'm not alone here. Melanie and the Edwin Hawkins singers are with me.... but we are only individuals that are part of a greater whole. A Greater Whole that encompasses us all. Not only are we enjoying the music, the love, the honor and respect; we are the love. We are the honor and we are the respect. We are the music.

@danadams4714

Жыл бұрын

Wow! Beautifully said . . .

@robinmccay2211

Жыл бұрын

Bless you, Melanie Safka. This song is timeless truth

Had dreams of world peace then. I’m waiting for the return of the Prince of Peace “The Lord Jesus”. Amen 🙏🏻

You cant replace people as talented as Melanie. Thanks for all the beautiful songs you gave the world and now your work is done you canrest in people. I and many people will never forget you. Raise your Candles in the rain everyone .

Woodstock, Melanie - forever memories . And if people choose - rightly or wrongly - to associate things with Vietnam, we still need every opportunity to remember all our vets who have paid such a high personal price fighting for their country . We hope one day Peace Will Come . Anna Emannuel

R.I.P Melanie. 🥀 3rd February, 1947 - 23rd January, 2024.

Utterly magnificent! A few years after “Oh Happy Day,” a great civil rights song. How has America become so degraded?

Still gives me chills boy does the world need this now

I went to an edm festival with my grandson. A dj played this song and I was the only one in the audience who knew it. Gained respect of a lot of young people that night.

Peace Melanie, so long sweet soul & thanks for the beautiful music & those smiles.

When the Edwin Hawkins singers join in it is chillingly good. If voices could pierce the sky, here they all are.

Rest in Peace Melanie and thanks for all the great music.

We left our youth in Viet Nam, forever changed. We came home....to a different land.

@brucemarmy8500

5 жыл бұрын

her voice called to my soul. that's what brung me back.

@jariech87

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your dedication and courage. I’ve lost dear friends there. My ex was there in 67-68. God rest his soul

@resipsa6874

4 жыл бұрын

We left ours in Afghanistan, my brother in arms. Thank you for what you did and the foundations you laid.

@lindaphillips5134

4 жыл бұрын

@@jariech87 my ex was there at that time. His flight home was the last plane out during Tet offensive. Lost him last year to effects of agent orange

@jariech87

4 жыл бұрын

Linda Phillips I’m so sorry for your loss. God rest his courageous soul. Too many gone. Also, I don’t believe the effects of agent orange on our soldiers were diagnosed in ample time. Some had children without knowing. Take care

Thank you for uploading this full version of the track. I still get chills hearing it after 54 years

Melanie thanks for the music rest in peace you beautiful lady candles in the rain makes me feel like listening to it to my head and crank it so sorry to hear of your passing you were such a free spirit

What an anthem. I was born in 1960 & this song blew me away. I'm concerned for our country, world & environment. Feel free to talk to me, people. Love & Peace to all.

@alexgasiewski4970

Жыл бұрын

Can't you let it be. She was as beautiful as the music

@dianeduquette6368

Жыл бұрын

I feel the same way Martin 🦋🕊💐🌺☮️

@Mr77petruqio

Жыл бұрын

Ease your mind and let your ❤run free🤗

@sharenladd2948

Жыл бұрын

I was born in 1962 . I have the same concerns about humanity and the lack of goodness I see in society today. Too many people don't know right from wrong. There's such a lack of integrity etc etc. I feel bad for the kids growing up now. It's good to be optimistic and hope for the best but you need to be honest and see the reality as well. I love how Melanie puts her heart into this song, she kicks ass and she is such a pretty lady.

I met this teen age runaway in LA mid 60s . Several years later to my surprise ran into her again in the east village .I loved her music and have followed her for over 50 years . Always a lady ( remember when she walked out on the tonight show) still love ya little sis

RIP Melanie we'll continue to raise our candles high

Timeless masterpiece... her voice gives me shivers in every positive way!

The Righteous Gemstones reminded me of this tonight.

When word mattered.If you are not moved you have no soul

Music for the SOUL Then and NOW!

@rogerwheeler7199

5 жыл бұрын

8

I was 14 years old when this song came out RIP Melanie

Sadly I saw our local VFW, and the American legion, shun the boys who came home from Vietnam. They were told they weren't welcome because they lost the war. I never felt that way. The men in Vietnam were as brave, and courages, as in any war our country ever had, and belong up there with the best of the rest.

@manuelcampuzano558

4 жыл бұрын

Our Government didn't want to win , or didn't know what we were there for, later we learn LBJ found out Nixon's people had secret deal to keep war going until they got in, Why LBJ let them get away with it is unreal, our men and women are hero's

@Prolificposter

3 жыл бұрын

2394locke what an ignorant statement. It was the Nazis that were annihilating people. Read a book! Last time I looked, Germans and Germany still existed.

@comefindme460

3 жыл бұрын

@@Koch-Locke I'm not tryin to be a smart ass, but I'm genuinely confused by ur comment, I can't tell if ur being sarcastic or what. Maybe u feel like clarifying?

We bled inside each others wounds...love that lyric! 🥰

Rip : Edwin Hawkins (August 19 1943 - January 15 2018)

@MrU2ooboob

5 жыл бұрын

Ever hear the Edwin Hawkins Singers do “Oh Holy Night?”! Oh my ... goose bumps!!

@robertedwards3833

5 жыл бұрын

Rip

@602susan

4 жыл бұрын

Nooooo...

@dalehoward8352

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrU2ooboob OH HAPPY DAY 💜

@grantalbrecht4402

3 жыл бұрын

wow, is that all that's left? Another 10 years...

Da, un imn adevărat asociat cu armonii florale și balans, versuri dinamice extravagante exuberante expansive și excitante pline de culoare cromatică cu lirism poetic ❤ASADAR D-ZEU sa odihnească în pace și liniște pe această artistă carismatica și șarmanta!❤

26.01.24 Just heard about her sad passing. I listened to her as a young teenager in the 70’s. This song brings back happy memories of a bygone, peaceful, carefree age. Rest in peace Melanie 🙏🏻

Melanie is one of the most underrated singers ever! Always have loved her voice!

@garypeatling7927

2 жыл бұрын

Only the gifted can hear melanie

@jgold2813

Жыл бұрын

never ever under rated get a goddam book out and look up underrated this word is only used wrong 5000 + times on you tube vids : adjective. rated or evaluated too low; underestimated or undervalued:It's an accomplished album from an underrated band, and will hopefully get them the recognition they deserve. verb. the simple past tense and past participle of underrate. you can't be a top ten or even a top 50 singer songwriter or band and be underrated

@lewisc215

5 ай бұрын

the stupid "underrated" remark

Spirit of the '70's, my God I miss it!

@GeaVox

5 жыл бұрын

Me too! But it's coming back, and we must be its midwives! Support Greta and her genreration of anagels, theirs is the fight for Life itself!

@madelinecesnalise76

4 жыл бұрын

Meeee Toooooo.🎭♨

Loved this song in 1970 and still do. Thanks Melanie and rest in peace.

RIP CUTE GIRL-- SHE WAS THE PERFECT HIPPIE CHICK-- NOW YOUR SINGING THIS IN HEAVEN XO

Very timely for 2020- we all caught the same disease.

@harmoniabalanza

4 жыл бұрын

hope not

I'm still chilling to this jam in 2020. Timeless...

@humbleevidenceaccepter7712

4 жыл бұрын

01:45 GMT 5 June 2020

@stanochocki8984

3 жыл бұрын

And Moses told unto Pharaoh.." ..there will 10 Plagues upon the Land of Egypt(the World)...and it will start in 2020....Lay your Candles Lit in the Rain, People...LoL....9 more to go....haHahahahaha,,

RIP Melanie. You were brilliant. 👏👏

Thank you Melanie. Your message is still needed. You did your part. Your mission will continue. ❤

I'd never heard this version till now... Goosebumps, tears, and hair standing on end...

@dimethaltryptamine1

4 жыл бұрын

I found this version here & 'thought' i loved the song till i heard this complete version. How they have systematically suppressed the opening i don't know. It's my favorite part :D

@michaelmichelz7899

3 жыл бұрын

Same here...tears running down my cheeks....

@edwardholt5223

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Goosebumps, years, hair standing on end. That's me too!! That means you understand and love the song

@lstrusowski4170

2 жыл бұрын

MELANIE IS THE VERSION! THE ONE AND ONLY! SHE IS MELANIE, FOR HEAVENS SAKE! NO ONE, NO ONE, CAN EVER EQUA L HER OR BE MELANIE, JUST MELANIE. IM HER BIGGEST FAN EVER! I DONT CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS. I HAVE ALWAYS PLAYED HER MUSIC AND SANG HER SONGS, WITH HER ON VINYL, RADIO, VIDEO, ETC. ITS JUST MELANIE AND ME! ❤️❤️❤️

@edwardholt5223

2 жыл бұрын

@@lstrusowski4170 I will always love this song. One of the best songs every made

her voice and lyrics STILL give me goosebumps to this day! We need now, more than ever another WOODSTOCK! to promote peace, laying down guns, anti-violence, to promote love & saving our planet.....no more guns, no more violence!

Classic. This song was one of the best from my youth. You won't be forgotten Melanie.

This song still elicits tears of joy, more than 50 years after the inspiration for it.

absolutely beautiful................. the time Songs were honest and had a meaning...........

Godspeed, Melanie. You’ll be so very much missed. 😢

STILL LISTENING 2024

I'm chilling in out to this gem on the 7/9/2023 amazing version amazing woman amazing voice . Who's with me on that. Hell yeah .love you Melanie ❤❤😂😂 Sydney Australia 🌏🦘 boo yah balls woooo 😊😊

The Founding Mother of the Woodstock Generation. Thank you for the music, thank you for the memories! R.I.P Melanie!

@carinedupont9376

5 ай бұрын

My Favourite woman of the hippie-generation...

What a song! What a voice! Melanie's voice alone is just as strong as the whole choir! Takes me right back to 1970 when I was twelve!

@martinkent333

2 жыл бұрын

A pro making you dance!!! HAHAHAHA!! BOOGIE!!!

This girl has amazing grace and voice that kicks ass! You rock on forever.

I miss these days. We had such hope of change. How innocent we were. We need the hippies back. I love your voice and music so very much. ❤❤

The most magnificent song ever,by the most magnifIcent Melanie.

Fifty years on, your music stills reaches into the depths of heart.

@martinkent333

2 жыл бұрын

3 chords AND the "STAR MACHINE!" make Melanie a star. Jazz makes 4!!!! We are merely fanatics who dance to this....

Forever in my heart and soul,Melanie,love❤️

Wow. Melanie would roll over in her new grave if she heard what they done to her song. Commercial interruption middle of a gorgeous belting phrase. For shame. Thank you Melanie. Love you. Keep up your work where ever you are now, if anywhere. Or rest your well earned but too soon awarded rest.

My favorite album cover of all time. Melanie looked her best on this cover,absolutely beautiful . I was soo in love with her then.

@ohhhmnaeityandumyeah739

6 жыл бұрын

3636lk I, too. Then, and now, and ever.

@KenCostlow

6 жыл бұрын

I was, too. I still am.

Back in the day, Melanie might as well have been from another dimension; an Angel you could never hope to approach. And yet, here she is... TODAY. This can't be real. My life is complete.

I know God channeled this to you because I feel His presence whenever I hear it. God bless you, Melanie.

@shyman99

5 ай бұрын

Over two years ago I wrote you this message and you hearted it. Now you are with the Lord and my sadness of your passing is replaced with the glory of knowing you are in His kingdom. Thank you for taking God's gifts and using them to make this world a better place. We'll miss you.

One of the signature voices of the 60's.

RIP Melanie. I fell in love with you at the age of seven back in North Dakota, catching you as best I could on KFYR. Tears in my eyes as I say goodbye at the age of sixty-two. Thanks for it all. God speed.

One of the most epic songs ever written and performed in the history of the world. Melanie's vocal rip through my heart and sears my mind

*Thank You Melanie! * *A Shining Love* *FoREVer!!! * 🌟💚 💖✨🕯💛🕯️✨💚💙🧡💖💛💫🌟✨✨✨

There are days when my whole body and soul yearn - ache, hurt - to return to those days. Much, much love from England, Melanie xxx

@robertsumners931

Жыл бұрын

Did you ever visit Australia in 2000.??

@rickyscott3947

Жыл бұрын

Me too bud, I hear ya ! ✌

Ms. Melanie...this is one of the songs that helped me through my teen years. Just want to thank you and the Edwin Hawkins Singers.

yea was their in 71/72 was lucky made it home, Melanie I love you girl you and your music , beautiful thank you, peace and love now more than ever.

RIP Melanie. I just saw the post from your children about your passing yesterday, 1-23-24. Thank you for all the years of music enjoyment that you brought to so many of us. With love and deep respect.

I got this album for my 18th birthday in 1970, and took it with me to my dreary lonely rooom at university. It helped me to stay sane over four years. And, much more, helped me to keep loving life in sterile environment. I've done fine since.

@rgreen1049

5 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️