LAY DOWN Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers LIVE '70 (Candles In The Rain)

Special thanks to Harley White, Sr. who played an amazing bass, and to Edwin (piano) and the Singers. The single hit #1 on the Dutch charts soon after this. Willem Duys, the host, was the Ed Sullivan of The Netherlands.
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[@MelaniesafkaTheRealMelanie]

"One Night in the Netherlands: Melanie Safka, 1970, and a Performance of a Lifetime" (Jeff Suwak, September 24): medium.com/yawp/one-night-in-the-netherlands-melanie-safka-1970-and-a-performance-of-a-lifetime-b4d2632f9cc1

[@donaldsmith3926]

Thanks so much for the link; I'm still following bread crumbs from that article. He has great taste in music.

[@kinaleybas1761]

Never forget this song, love her voice

[@Morganasnotarobot0]

Ur A Blessing! 💜♀️♂️ 🔅 🌔🌕🌖🔆 Keep On Rockkn! Beautiful!.... Abrazós! 🎤 🎸 ☄ 💚💖💚💖 Beautiful Blessings! To U Bonita! 🕊️🌼🌼🌼🕊️ Amo!🕊️🌹🥀🌹🥀🌹.x.x.. May U All have All the beautiful love in the world! Paź Amo Respect 🌾 🌬️⭐FoREVer⭐🌬️🌾⭐stay blessed⭐🥀....

[@bobnan9815]

Powerful and beautiful voice. Thank you Melanie for the memories.

[@veronamartin5285]

Wow! Amazing! Love & Peace. 💖 Love this song! Your voice is incredible.

[@nancydemello2974]

I'm listening in 2024! RIP Melanie! Thank you for this beautiful song to remember you by!!😢

[@A1exS]

hello from Russia ^-)

[@nancydemello2974]

Hello Russia! Is it Das ver Donna! Sorry for the misspelling! Im so happy that you love Melanie's music! So profounding! What a sad day for us here in America!

[@nancydemello2974]

Donha, again, sorry for this misspelling!

[@sheepsfoot2]

Another great artist from the 1960s passes' the unsurpassed decade of music ! R.I.P Melanie !

[@richardeckes509]

One of the best

[@jodi10704]

She sang the hell out of that. The Edwin Hawkins Singers took it to church. Even the old geezers were caught up in it. Goosebumps, a lump in the throat and a smile. She's gone but not forgotten.

[@wildrover9650]

Those old geezers went through World War two. If we live long enough we will go through World War three.

[@philiphatfield5666]

One of the great works of art in pop music.

[@Themanwhocameback2]

"Goosebumps, a lump in the throat, and a smile." Perfect description of my reaction, too.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Definitely!! ❤❤❤

[@clumpybrown]

Well said.

[@beathiswon]

Just saw Melanie has just passed away at 76 years old. Terrible news. I'm old enough at 65 to remember her songs in the 1960's and 70's. What a great singer/songwriter and this vid is my favorite. My heart goes out to her family and those who know her.

[@USMoxi]

Oh no. So young. This was just the best music of two decades

[@abbyinokc]

We loved the song Brand New Key. We all had skates and key. RIP

[@terrywilliams8779]

68 years young here! Loved her! Fly high beautiful lady! 🦋

[@billyarnold3145]

RIP 🙏🏻 Melanie 🕊 ✌🏻

[@bertwitteveen5449]

😢

[@user-hu7en6ur9g]

Few days ago we lost the baby of woodstock Melanie. She was the voice of a generation that is slowly passing. Rest in Peace.

[@bobkushell4031]

If you’d only given the world one song, you couldn’t have given it a better one. Thank you, Melanie. RIP.

[@HeartWorX.Creations]

Well said sir…well said!!! What a hell of a voice… just saw of her passing yesterday, another great has left us, I was about 11 when “Brand New Key” hit the air waves-but this one here, hits me in my core-DEEP DOWN INSIDE…..❤️😓🌈🙏🌞

[@jennifermarlow.]

@@HeartWorX.Creations Yes, I just came her to feel inspired, and hearing the news tears are flowing. She was one of the bestest. Take care friend! xx

[@tammycuneo4100]

She will never be forgotten and forever loved and respected xoxo 🫶🙏

[@heavnnnsent]

So true this song was just out of this world unlike any other song on Earth I get chills and goosebumps when I hear it

[@toniatchison3678]

Today, 1/24/24, they announced this lovely lady left this world. This is my favorite song of hers. Thank you, Melanie, for the love and music you gave us over the years.

[@amir4r803]

Amen

[@jennifermarlow.]

Yes, oh my heart, yes! xx

[@martinharris4148]

And I discovered that she married a Ukranian man, so very appropriate we should sing along with her! Thank you Melanie for your gifts. ❤

[@candidasmith9623]

❤Rip Melanie

[@851Sharon]

I am listening to this song with tears rolling down my face after reading that you are gone. The face of an angel. The voice of an angel. Now you are an angel. Thank you Melanie for the joy your music brought to the world. I raise my candle high in your honor.

[@nia-zq8oe]

🕯🌧😢 such a beautiful people

[@johnegli1308]

Same here. Tears streaming. RIP Melanie

[@tinalilly7167]

DITTO 🙏🏽😭🫶🏼🥰🦋🕊️💫❤️‍🩹💔♥️☮️

[@jennifermarlow.]

Me, too. Goddess, you will be missed! xx

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Melanies music-song “Touched” all of us, such a powerful voice and message. PEACE. ❤❤❤

[@quaich14]

Still listening in 2024 as I hear of her passing. Everyone is singing with the beautiful talented Melanie RIP

[@LuckyLarue-ij3vn]

What wonderful comments from all Melanie and this anthem have always touched me so deeply

[@jesavino1255]

May Jehova God Bless her and remember her at the RESURRECTION I ask this in Jesus's Name Amen. ❤

[@ttgyuioo]

23 years old and she is a superstar! Awesome! Who's still listening in 2022?

[@jasonlynn1017]

Anyone of any age with a soul.

[@jamesslick4790]

@@jasonlynn1017 I can't even REMEMBER being 23! Let alone laying down a TIMELESS track!

[@juliegoulart8416]

Grew up on this Song that my older sisters played on the record player....still gives me Goosebumps!

[@jamesewanchook2276]

i am I'm going to do a cover of this btw. Democracies: Send brave Ukrainians everything they need pronto; let them put an end to Putin's folly. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦🇨🇦!!

[@jamesslick4790]

@@jamesewanchook2276 FROM USA with love and hope for Ukraine 👍👍👍👍

[@rustyking8783]

This isn't just a song. It's a force of nature.

[@bethbeyer8441]

Perfect description

[@lichtloper]

In memory of Melanie Safka: Let us light a candle for this beautiful singer.

[@patriciabecker2062]

At 68 years young, I consider this the very best music era I loved Melanie and was so sad to hear of her passing. I listened /watched this video every week for several years. I will miss all of the contributions to music that Melanie gave us. Rest in peace. Love always ❤

[@jlbaker2000]

Same age here. I'm in total agreement.

[@sixspeedsuzy]

Thank you Melanie for giving us this beautiful song. And in 2024 we need it more than ever. Sad to learn of her passing.

[@birdsfan57]

Well, AT LEAST we still have Taylor Swift...😆😏🤮😞😥

[@GilGettes-ki5jh]

She was Loved by All!

[@connienavarette1948]

Thank you Melanie for giving us this beautiful song. In 2024 we need it more than ever. Sad to learn of her death at 76.

[@freddexta3363]

@@birdsfan57 Hmm yeah a bit like comparing instant coffee to the real thing

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@birdsfan57Leave, Taylor. Alone., 😂 We can appreciate all forms-genres of music w/o putting each other down. Melanie was able to articulate her Woodstock experience with lyrics-song. And that Voice, ❤, Chills inducing. “Some came to sing, some came to pray, Some came to keep the dark away”🎶🕯️🕯️🕯️🕊️

[@MeleskiwMaryLeskiw]

68 years old and this song still gives me the chills.

[@timhunt1482]

She was just very gorgeous and talented I wish it was the 70s again time stand still!

[@nerkfumgogi798]

@@timhunt1482 nooo time should keep going into the next 70s so i can tell my grandkids how much better it was 100 years ago.

[@robertbell2225]

? Hey girl I'm sexy 82 that's comical as just reading your post

[@susanhughes4890]

Queen of cool! Love her.

[@robertthacher2660]

@@timhunt1482 Time just won't do that!

[@kevind7422]

Glorious voice, heavenly spirit! True story: she had the graciousness to pick me up hitchhiking to high-school c '71, fame already in her pocket (I lived 20m away & missed my bus). Her family lived in the area. Couldn't take my eyes off her angelic face. Don't remember much of the chit-chat but that it was friendly and kind.

[@chrisdevalcourt648]

What a precious memory! Thank you for sharing it.

[@freddfezzo8524]

Technically, that is hitchhiking. But Kev, really, you could have taken a later bus!! Intercity hitching is fun, but cross-country is more formidable. Glad she picked you up. You have a story you shared. Nice

[@FrankStewart-go7zr]

Cool!

[@Hatbox948]

Awesome!

[@cocoaorange1]

Lucky for you, she was a decent person, there are nutty people out there, then and now.

[@Watson1]

Today is the 2nd of February 2024. And I have just heard that this angel has passed away. God I loved her. Always have. Such a joy to watch and listen to. You will be missed. Bye my angel.

[@atlantisnewman1722]

She sings her guts out. The epic Edwin Hawkins Singers elevate this masterpiece.

[@billbailey7302]

Edwin's keyboards and her voice WOW !!!!!

[@davidrosenbaum226]

She’s got a set of pipes as well as a whole lot of poise.

[@davidrosenbaum226]

I went to Woodstock (1969), but when I heard this song in 1970, I really didn’t get that it was about the festival! I was 20 years old; I’m in my early 70’s now and love this performance!!!

[@johnhargis4566]

I was 12 when this song was played on radio looked forward to hearing it all day

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Isn’t this fantastic?!! LOVE! 🫶🫶🫶

[@77sprglde]

67 and here in '24, great song! RIP Melanie.

[@amir4r803]

Amen

[@MWLUCKY]

I miss you already Melanie. Thank you for lighting up our hearts. This song is the antidote to what we’re all going through right now.

[@Kim-yy8kl]

So true

[@Ms_Nightshade]

When I was a little girl I would listen to my parents records and lived to sing along. They were part of the US peace movement in the 1960’s-70’s and had a small selection of their favorite artists. I found Melanie’s record among them and can still sing every word. I’m 46 now and share her voice with my own kids. THANKS FOR THE MUSIC & LIGHT!!! RIP, beautiful Melanie~ 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@MrZootalores]

Melanie is like a fine Madeira wine to the ears:sweet,dark and powerful!💌

[@billw1266]

Don’t forget the power of the Edwin Hawkins Singers. Beautiful song. So inspiring. 👏👏

[@nadiaddis1145]

I heard this version/performance with a fare first time today on K LOS Sunday January 28th in LA! And now we know where Bono and U2 got the idea from ( for Still Haven't Found)

[@KittyGrizGriz]

That’s so Right! 🥰 Correct!

[@levalpat]

At the age of 71 and with decades of listening to music, this song is in my lifetime’s top 20

[@williamjackson8719]

im 71 ...fall qtr 71 ....this was my favorite son ....and brand new key ...im in a funk over this news

[@williamjackson8719]

song

[@kevinmahoney5923]

I am six years your junior and I while I missed out on participating in the songs of love and peace with you, I still felt them deeply, unlike most kids my age. Much of the angst, rage we saw as a result of the war, MLK, RFK and other things was expressed so eloquently in song by you and your friends, and I dare say there has not been a generation before or since who have so dared to take on the world as they saw it in this way and none other who got it so right .

[@JatikaManigault-qu7uc]

Right there with chew...

[@peterschancel7223]

My first crush

[@Internutt2023]

One of the most beautiful songs from someone who IMO could be considered as the best of human beings ever. No controversies, no drama, just a person sharing her joy and talent with the world. This version is amazing in the fact that the production and performance are truly astounding, the choice of The Edwin Hawkins singers for accompaniment is wonderful, and considering that no modern artist would even think of not lip syncing to a pre-recorded auto tuned performance like this is even more amazing. I consider Grace Slick to have one of the best female vocalist voices from that time, but Melanie is a direct competitor as a toss up, she can sing clear pitched notes at a great projection, or a soft whisper that draws you in as well. R.I.P. and thank you for sharing your joy with us.

[@Roy-mw5js]

Yesterday's Aurora Asknes❤

[@mayasilliman1465]

Can't believe I have to write this today. Melanie has passed this plane. The world has an empty space. RIP Sweet Lady.

[@lesleymorgan01]

What would the world be like today if we'd carried this kind of energy forward? Melanie, you are amazing.

[@donaldleider7382]

I’m 67 now but at 13 years old I went to Woodstock with my two older brothers ( I still have the tickets ). I Was totally transformed by the experience. Then this song came out and I was blown away by Melanie, I still have a crush on her till this day, this was the real anthem for Woodstock!

[@56nickrich]

Same here Donald ... born in 56 but I never got to Woodstock. 🎶🎸 Enjoying it still today with historical films!👍🏼

[@cengeb]

Yup, I remember that like it was yesterday. She went on stage as an unknown, local girl, next day a star is born..it was great

[@rickrose5377]

I am 70 (born 1953) and I feel exactly the same. I played this record relentlessly -- it almost never left my turntable for all of 1970. How I adored it and her.

[@user-ys9zm9ge4h]

RiP Melanie 🙏

[@lhlharrison18]

“I had never performed in front of so many people in my life. I was just thrown into it, and I had my first out-of-body experience. I was terrified, I had to leave. I started walking across that bridge to the stage, and I just left my body, going to a side, higher view. I watched myself walk onto the stage, sit down and sing a couple of lines. And when I felt it was safe, I came back,” Melanie told Rolling Stone

[@user-nv4mj5rb4n]

Hitchhiking across country in '71 - returning to my hometown after being re-classified 4D - stumbled into Chicago and heard about an outdoor concert happening that night at one of the universities. The war was still raging, but Melanie singing about peace gave us some hope. So thank you for that Melanie. Thank you so much!

[@sandburgmartin7947]

Bless you brother. 4A, proud, but enlisted, served, and found a lot of guys that loved America but hated the war. (Just look who is a trading partner for big business now). Anyway THANKS for not claiming bone spurs, shin splints, or "wealth"deferment.

[@JD-eg6wb]

RIP, beautiful Melanie. ❤️ A beautiful mantra for 1970 and still a perfect mantra for 2024.❤️

[@KittyGrizGriz]

A Mantra for, Forever!! ☮️☮️☮️

[@Cheesus4jesus]

This is real singing! I still get chills every time I hear this song. No auto tuning and production maneuvers. Pure talent emanating from every voice.

[@hermanblume275]

Ain't it sumpin?

[@wbertie2604]

She starts off a bit flat (nerves?) but soon gets over it and gets back in tune

[@firebird6522]

Yeah, real singing by the Hawkins Singers. But Melanie Safka is just screaming. Melanie, Janis Joplin and Bob Dylan couldn't hold a tune to save their lives. The host could have just grabbed a random person out of the crowd and I'd bet real money that person could come in cold and perform better than Melanie.

[@lionhead123]

@@firebird6522 aw, poor you. you know nothing about singing.

[@jgunther3398]

@@wbertie2604 🤡

[@nja3224]

If I knew I only had 7 minutes of life left, I might queue this song up and have it take me out. I feel like I can ride to heaven on it, with no fear. There is something remarkable about this song.

[@sosylvie]

Beautiful sentiment :)

[@Nan-59]

I soo agree!!! Soo agree!

[@jpollardbookseller]

I share your sentiments.

[@TheUrfster]

Beautifully said

[@blandcrowder]

Well put. Was she ahead of her time? I think she is hugely talented. This song shows it best.

[@g.y.u3649]

RIP Melanie...."Lay Down" was our anthem of the 60s and 70s....a religious experience

[@ZenarchersLair]

Transcendental performance. She had so much of that youthful exuberance of the times. Condolences to her family and friends.

[@patnewman1]

This song still gives me goose bumps. She is an incredible talent.

[@PompetusDad]

Whoa, I'm feeling you, so many memories, i saw her album today digging in a pile of thrift shop mantovanis. What a voice, gonna clean it and blast it thru the night scratches and all.

[@ellaweaver4187]

Me tooo!✌️

[@mafia2mom]

Me too!

[@gregorydiatchenko8464]

She is awesome!

[@donnamauro5117]

70s music always told story's you can relate to

[@scribblerjohn1]

"We bled inside each other's wounds." Possibly the most powerful line in the history of American music.

[@neillore]

You’re not kidding!

[@Jett7182]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@0001nika]

Amen

[@redspice55]

RIP Melanie 😢💔

[@michaelhoffman5486]

yup it was the times man quite a peak

[@lightlyone]

This always chokes me up. At 76, I remember the hope and music of the time so well.

[@CapinCooke]

This song always brought a tear when I played it in the 70s. At 72 today, I am wiping away many just finding out that this beautiful light has gone out. RIP dear lady.

[@sheilajohnson1616]

What happened to a world that wanted t o include everyone. To embrace everyone. To feel everything. To move forward. So sad tonight. RIP Melanie. Thank you for wanting to even try.

[@williamburns4088]

God bless!

[@quietjohn5523]

Yes you're right. I thought we would have progressed so much more as a species in my lifetime. And we haven't. Hopefully my children will see it. They are so much more enlightened than I was.

[@sandburgmartin7947]

Most who are septaugenarians now felt and feel as you do about acceptance and peaceful co-existence on a clean decent planet. Unfortunately it was the other self centered smaller group that did not. Then they passed it to their next generation. Combined that was the start of the fouled up polarization that exists today. Peace✌️

[@americanman4746]

Human nature will never let you have that utopian dream.

[@gko7307]

❤❤❤❤

[@ricardoduran2293]

I'm 81 yrs old I still love her voice! She is wonderful.

[@malcolmwhite6588]

look up some songs she sings with Miley Cyrus! Miley is respectful and does great justice to both the song and Melanie-and Melanie still has a great voice

[@redspice55]

RIP Melanie 😢💔

[@malcolmwhite3567]

@@redspice55 how sad I was just going to reply. What do you mean RIP? She is still alive and then I saw she passed away just a day or two ago😞

[@redspice55]

@@malcolmwhite3567 Yes,, on the 23rd. Very sad. You just imagine your favourite singers will live forever, and then they don't. 😢 She had such a powerful voice.

[@gordonmanley9377]

Some things just hit you and stay with you.This was Melanie for me.Onward sister

[@tjvanpopta]

The days when you could sit and listing to a natural singer. No flashing lights, no effects, no suggestive moves, no gimmicks. When music was music. Pure and simpel. Glad i grew up then.

[@GlennYoung0427]

No background dancers to deflect the no-talent star.

[@bgm1236]

I was 8 yrs. old when this song came out. It was a great time for sure.

[@lynncalderaro2739]

God thank you for the Truth 🙏🙌 of the simplicity of Life

[@lynncalderaro2739]

Sing it and sing it loud sister 😂...

[@lynncalderaro2739]

Love love ❤️

[@stu3700]

I just cried watching this. I mean really cried. It hits me hard. For what is happening in Ukraine. For what is happening in Israel. For what is happening to the U.S. And for the passing today of a beautiful, powerful, soulful singer from my long departed youth. Your songs, your words, your voice will live forever, Melanie Safka.

[@Find-Your-Bliss-]

What is happening in Gaza. Palestinians have been martyred by the thousands.

[@garywheeler9855]

@@Find-Your-Bliss-you are a prevaricator. You may find some people who won’t check, but those of us that have been here on earth know the truth! You can’t change the facts no matter how hard you try.

[@walterchurchill5587]

You're a good person and you deserve everything good! Peace!

[@marciacraven4032]

I will say this again. Loved this song. The best generation ever. Still listening in 2024.😊

[@thewatcher1120]

As I approach my 70th birthday, I still reflect on the first time I heard this song and the pure dynamic energy it radiates, even today. Melanie, you are absolutely where it’s at darling! ❤

[@jaycorby]

I turned 77 in September. This music has been my rock & sanity for 50+ years. CSN & Y, Joni Mitchell, Pure Prarie League, Poco and many, many others are still above and beyond anything produced before or after them. I know we can't go back or stay back, but if the multiverse theory is correct, perhaps this era is still 'going on' in some universe or dimension, and someday humans will figure out how to check in to any of them. The best we have now are visual and auditory recordings of the past. The smells? Well, I guess you had to 'be there' in person.

[@russelsellick316]

I'm 69...so...I feel this in my bones!

[@johnblecker4206]

@@russelsellick316 She was a Foxy Lady at Woodstock with a voice that I will never ever forget and it was worth my time to walk through that huge crowd and get to the second row from the stage to see her play that first evening.

[@RiverRat1953]

Me too brother, I am 69 also.

[@arnoldnordrum4892]

After All the tunes I've listened to she still bring back some things I haven't seen.and old feelings.03/03/2023

[@raisedbywolves100]

When Melanie sings that verse "So raise the candles high..." you can just feel it all the way to your toes.

[@patriciabecker2062]

It still gives me goosebumps, literally ❤ beautiful song 🎵 😍 ♥️

[@connorduke4619]

Yes, because that mirror raising the inner light within you - your kundalini - which is the main reason you came to Earth to do.

[@12thDecember]

I have always adored Melanie. Bought her first two albums and wore them out. I did not know the back story of this song. Watching and listening to her sing gives me chills. No autotune, no pitch correction, just a pure and powerful voice. RIP, sweet Melanie. You made the world a better place.

[@GLD-hopeful]

RIP Melanie. You left so much beautiful music for the world. Thank you for touching my heart even as a 14 year old when I saw you in concert, about 1970. I still love your music. God bless your family.

[@LucyLennon20]

My mother was friends w/Melanie's father. One day he was at our house in N.J. Mom said show my friend what you got today. I ran in my room and grabbed Melanie's debut album. He saw that and a big smile came on his face.

[@Hatbox948]

So cool!

[@LucyLennon20]

@@Hatbox948 actually, at that time (1970) we just assumed we just bought Melanie's "1st" album, but now I know "Candles In the Rain" was her 3rd. The first 2 weren't very popular.

[@debbieschmidling8158]

❤❤❤

[@LucyLennon20]

​@@debbieschmidling8158Hi 🙋‍♀️ a half century later at that day seems like yesterday.

[@heavnnnsent]

Wow what a story to tell..... You never know in life what will happen next

[@triode8239]

I was at DaNang during 1970 and I loved this song. I'm 70 years old now and have maybe another 3-5 years left. I wish the young would listen.

[@stevious7278]

You and me both. brother. I wish they would too. Where are the singers with messages like this today? Sad.

[@mathmusic1490]

I'm 70 too....they were about to draft me, maybe to Nam, but my vision was horrible. Let's pray you have more than 3-5 left, Pentode!

[@marynatani5119]

We 70 year olds have to share our experience, strength and hope with them. They can learn a lot from us and we from them. Hang in there and share the love, brother.

[@gocirf3433]

Amen just missed the draft 57 now and I thank you ,my grandfather was killed in ww2

[@irishpatti2736]

@Pentode THANK YOU KINDLY for YOUR SERVICE! My Brother did 3 Tours of VIETNAM ~ Was Never the Same! Died at 50 from The DRAGON in the BOTTLE ! PEACE be With You 🍀😇🍀

[@FENicholson]

Thank you Melanie. Sing with the angels.

[@sherrirodriguez3547]

Just got the notification she’s passed. RIP, you were an amazing singer/songwriter ❤️

[@sandraschmidt4200]

Still get choked up listening to her, today's female singers can't hold a candle to Melanie.🎸🎶

[@tonymason1395]

Sandra Schmidt what singer these could perform like this with brilliant backing singers

[@MrRWager56]

They had to... Lay down their candles, in the rain! LOL

[@philipweidenborner1302]

Joni Mitchell same category

[@donaldfrazier5508]

Yup. Singing to the chord.

[@ffjsb]

I really get tired of all this whining about how singers "today" (same whine has been going on for 50 damn years or more...), it's just NOT TRUE. Adele Lauren Daigle etc., etc.

[@357HFC]

50 years later still end shivers up my spine.

[@bruceblackburn9423]

U got good music taste🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@laurapowell4445]

And brings me to tears

[@e1ochai]

There has to be a good screenplay in the works about trying to truck all them black folks thru the sky into Europe at that time.

[@davidburke2697]

me too.

[@357HFC]

@@bruceblackburn9423 Thank You.

[@harlieray-wallick9343]

Oh, Melanie...nobody could sing that like you. Woodstock forever.

[@ejames3396]

What a monumental tribute to love and brotherhood thank you Melanie. You were one of a kind and will be missed greatly.

[@tarabird7392]

She is so underrated! One of the most beautiful artists! ❤️

[@howie9751]

Many good songs on her albums as well as her singles.

[@djk0811]

always one of my favs - she has an undescribable edge I can't get enough of

[@CarlosMesa-mk1vp]

Hi good day " jua.jua.jua "??? Demas que nos les tramo el original suena mejor " ji.ji.ji "???" The charly"??? El master cuando tienes la mano ho dedos en el se siente "??? Dice el liche"???

[@spacep0d]

Man the song 'Lay Down' with the Edwin Hawkins Singers is incredible! Goosebumps here too. Listening in 2022.

[@seanseoltoir]

Nawh, the chorus singers ruined what would have been a good song...

[@samuelgates5935]

@@seanseoltoir 😈😈😈😈👿👿👿👿👿

[@jackieguccione94]

@@seanseoltoir you must be nuts

[@bynch]

​@@seanseoltoir😂

[@C_Dana]

I remember when she burst upon the scene after Woodstock. May she rest in peace. So sad to hear today that she had passed.

[@bentleyjohnson7123]

Wow. What a voice!!! Had no idea she would sound better live!! Didn’t think it was possible!!! This song was one of my all-time favorite anthems ever, since I was a little kid!! Thank you Melanie!! So sad to hear of her passing!! RIP💙💙

[@BigTexan59]

Anyone else listen to this 20-15 times in a row like I did?

[@PHL76Music]

I did that from the time the record first came out.

[@leemehan]

U know it!!!

[@AnnLippert1]

i searched for the lyrics so i could appreciate it even more.

[@soulheartdiva]

Yep! I used to watch this performance on “ Now Explosion “ pop show on television in the 70s

[@ttgyuioo]

Now this is music....real music...there will never be music like this ever again. Glad i was there 😀😀🌿🌿.…Class of 78

[@chrisdevalcourt648]

Class of 68!

[@infinitecontent8001]

Wait, you were THERE LIVE??!

[@chrisdevalcourt648]

Well, he sure wasn't there dead! Haha 😂!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

‘77 here!! ❤☮️🕯️

[@johnleblanc3552]

RIP Melanie. Thank you for all the music! 😭😭

[@bennettjoseph1481]

So sorry to hear of Melanie's passing. This song and this performance is magic.

[@garyfricke7618]

AT 66, I HAVE TEARS HEARING THIS SONG, IT BRINGS ME WAY BACK TO VERY SPECIAL, PRECIOUS DAYS & TIMES LONG SINCE GONE.

[@tonibenedict5751]

Me too...67 here!

[@georgepowers9213]

I am with ya bought the 45 wore it out brings me back to the old days

[@mieczyslawpytel6481]

Alnost 70 and I too have tears in my eyes

[@dleet86]

66 and I got tears and goosebumps. LBJ's tape to Dirkson about Nixon going behind his back to get South Vietnam to cancel the ceasefire aka peace treaty to hurt Humphry is out on PBS radio. The death toll was 37,500 and 3,750,000 dead Asians. The pro-life party sentenced 22,000 Americans and 2,200,000 Asians to death for a campaign tactic...and 4 SCOTUS seats. Nixon signed it in 1973.

[@s.breedlove701]

@@dleet86 61 years and this song also makes me cry. Such an awesome song

[@gw3705]

Beauty of people gathered in harmony, will not be forgotten.

[@nathanialputnam521]

And rhythm

[@rileymcintosh4852]

You are so right

[@gw3705]

@@rileymcintosh4852 maybe?

[@nolanpolansky]

2021 and still beloved by a generation z 🖤 and shall not be in vain!!

[@tombaum5506]

Agree, one hundred per cent! But my thing is seeing how She enjoys performing, compared to these wannabes of today. Baumer

[@lt6577]

RIP Melanie Safka. No other singer surpassed you when I was a teenager IMO.

[@johnnie135]

This woman died today. How wonderful you left us with your message in this song. Peace out.

[@zelphx]

50 years later, and I STILL cry when I hear this. So powerful.

[@zelphx]

I was FLOORED to have gotten your attention; I considered these channels to be on "auto-pilot", or fan-hosted. Your "heart" meant a LOT to me... my wife can testify, having emotionally shared it with her. All these years later, you will NEVER be defined as ANYTHING less than the anthem you fronted with the Edwin Hawkins Singers. I taught HS History for 30 years... my students got to see and/or hear this and were moved, as well.

[@rhondaeverett8284]

Because its pure truth.

[@rogerdeschenes6749]

It is just that beautiful

[@jameshajjar9040]

I'm 68, and this still chokes me up. We had plenty of problems back then, but mass shootings by crazed teenagers wasn't one of them.

[@rogerdeschenes6749]

Yup

[@tammyandersonparker3068]

This made me weep. We who grew up in the 60's and 70's had such high hopes of total World Peace and Brotherly Love by now 😥

[@michaelmccurry9947]

Yes, $$$ is god.

[@gdub999tub.]

I am 100% with you on this one.

[@tdotjazzberryram61]

I too thought we as a planet were on an upward trajectory , but we forgot, there are always snakes in the grass lying in wait, praising darkness as their God ,mammon and hatred, bigotry . IMPERFECT AS WE ARE, WE ARE STILL HERE 😚✌✌🖐👍💜💜💜 . Never give up the fight For LIGHT !

[@ChildOfThe1970s]

There will be peace when Jesus returns and only then because we as humans often cannot control our selfish and warlike nature. It will take something much higher than us to fix this mess and it can only be Christ.

[@hueydoc]

Yet "Equality" turned into Affirmative Action racism

[@BenLapke]

R.I.P. Melanie. Thank you for all the great songs. You brought so much joy to so many people.

[@BrianCarnevaleB26]

Melanie, Singer Who Performed at Woodstock and Topped Charts With ‘Brand New Key,’ Dies at 76 The singer, who wrote 'Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)' based on her experience at Woodstock, had been at work this month on a covers album. RIP THANK YOU FOR THE INSPIRING MUSIC. you had so much heart!

[@user-se7vt5ow4e]

I was in the Army way back then this song helped through some dark and trying times.

[@elizabethreid9448]

Thank you for your service. I mean it.

[@TheSandra48]

TY for your service.

[@gregoryalt9366]

Thank you brother...

[@ericskivers6643]

Some came to sing , some came to pray , some came to keep the dark away. Indeed . Goosebumps

[@sharonrwilson2727]

Indeed. Some came to do it all at once.❤️

[@freddfezzo8524]

Giving myself a little Melanie concert as a memorial. She belted this OUT of the park. I wait for certain notes with eyes closed. The audience clapped, but that was the only body part which moved. Probably arthritis.

[@emilynrory]

RIP, Melanie. This song will live forever - thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@frankingenito]

What a beautiful performance! The Edwin Hawkins singers sound blessed by God. Melanie has such a unique and wonderful voice. She can sing with fragile beauty and then unleash real power. She has kept putting out great music over the years (in her seventies and still singing today) but has been sadly overlooked by most people. I'm now starting to purchase more of her music and plan to buy her whole catalog. She is a truly underrated gem in music.

[@rodneymiller5926]

😂😂🤣

[@dawnjohnson3263]

@@rodneymiller5926 are you backward

[@richardkougasian7866]

I'm 65. When I feel hopeless I listen to Melanie and other like minded musicians of my youth. It may not solve my overwhelming depression but it sure does help.

[@rodneymiller5926]

@@richardkougasian7866 No Jesus, No Peace. Know Jesus, Know Peace.

[@SDeanP]

While I cannot prove it, I suspect Melanie's voice is what Stevie Nicks studied and emulated and rose to stardom behind.

[@leighbennington9457]

I'm 63 and still listening to this in 2023, it still sounds brilliant.

[@karenmurray3682]

Me too❤

[@cynthiadavis3749]

64. ❤

[@leighbennington9457]

@cynthiadavis3749 Melanie has such a powerful voice and sings with so much feeling.

[@aliceinwonderland887]

1970 peace and love. There was no better time to be alive.

[@rodgerhoneycutt4154]

67

[@johnmccormick8159]

😥 Melanie, you brought such beauty into this world. You'll live forever in our hearts.

[@marthahubbard9463]

As a 15 year old trying to figure out who I was in 1971, Melanie’s songs were something I would get lost in. I dreamed about what I imagined Woodstock was like and thought it romantic to be able to be surrounded by music of my generation. Throughout the years I would listen to her music and go back in time for a little while of youth and big dreams of peace and love and beautiful music.

[@theoe2879]

In '71 I was in a talent show in my Grammer school. I sang this song wearing bell-bottoms and a leather vest with tassels. I had 3 girls sing back up and my teacher, Mrs. DeMay played piano. We took 2nd place to a CCR lip-sync. I was 10 ✌️peace and love to all us old hippies. This song never gets played anywhere, so whenever I get a chance to walk into a bar I put this song on the CD jukebox and watch who looks up. All my love to Melanie 💘

[@antoniodelrio1292]

Boy, wouldn't that be a great video to see!! Thanks for sharing!

[@jackfarquahard6933]

Music is a conduit from soul to soul that resonates like a tuning fork. God's hand was definitely on this enterprise. Imagine being just twenty three years old and having the depth of consciousness to write a song like this. Her voice is so pleasing and yet POWERFUL enough to convey the emotion of the shared experience. The backing group is magnificent and adds a dimension of the sacred to the whole.

[@sharonrwilson2727]

Yes

[@chrisdevalcourt648]

Amen!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

[@debmauritson5016]

I just heard (watching the Grammy's) that this passionate singer of my youth had passed on January 24th. I did not know. This is her best work in my opinion and as fresh and relevant today as it was in 1970...."We were so close, there was no room We bled inside each other's wounds We all had caught the same disease And we all sang the songs of peace Some came to sing, some came to pray Some came to keep the dark away." Truer words.

[@rachelrachel3146]

There will never be another Woodstock..I was way too young to go but my tent went with my cousin. It came back in pieces ..glorious beautiful pieces. Melanie paints an intimate portrait of this beautiful event, May she rest in Forever Paradise 🎶💫✨♥️

[@stevevalkos6308]

Melanie, please get a big choir and do a huge flash mob of this song. AMERICA NEEDS YOU MORE THAN EVER.

[@NatandGeorge]

Maybe after covid is beaten?

[@Mike-yg8ig]

Yeah, I hear you brother. But America doesn't deserve the likes of Melanie Safka anymore. We let it get away...sorry to say.

[@Mike-yg8ig]

Covid is the flu.

[@Mike-yg8ig]

@@joemarks5985 Yes brother.

[@sandrakemkers3158]

the world! Steve.

[@MarkTulsa2024]

Such an angelic voice. She's singing with the angels now 😢

[@terrywillis1446]

May the lord hold you close. I remember hearing her song "Candles in the Rain"...I was AWE struck! What a voice! She put SO MUCH HEART AND SOUL into her songs. I told my mother how much she needed to hear this little lady sing...so we sat down and I played that song for her...she cried...she felt the emotion that was being put out by that song!! This world lost an angel...but she left us her voice. God Bless you Melanie. 😢😢

[@delmadehoyos1946]

I am 65 and have known the words by heart since it first came out. Lovely lady, awesome voice; such true, succinct, words and message. Edwin Hawkins singers were perfect for this song.

[@birdzilla106]

This still gives me chills. I've had a 50 year crush on Melanie Safka and there's no evidence of it abating any time soon. It's church and Woodstock all in one beautiful package!

[@uralbob1]

Sorry buddy, I called first dibs! Seriously, she was and still is beautiful in all ways.

[@danlandavazo1506]

I so agree! Our time.

[@sallyperkins8376]

P hi

[@gypsydavefreeman]

I was 8 years old when this song came on the radio while I was in the barn milking cows & running the farm equipment. That voice is so heartfelt! A lifelong crush has ensued with Melanie!

[@mikededo9455]

You too huh? I was the only guy that graduated in 1985 with Melanie posters all over his bedroom.

[@hrundibakshi6830]

So perfect, it's hard to believe it was a live performance. Edwin Hawkins Singers are impeccable and Melanie cuts through with that distinctive voice. Nostalgia... I think I'll watch it a few more times.

[@bksalkrook8716]

just incredible i feal the same way ,,,shes got soul

[@marktemsic485]

Watching more indeed,,, and trying to turn some youngsters on to some GREAT STUFF..!

[@lasktdave]

And you can tell it's live because at one point she makes a slight error in lyrics which would never happen on a lipsynched performance. When they're doing the doop doops the chorus goes on to the next lyrics but she keeps doing it. You can see she looks back at Edwin Hawkins and smiles when it happens.

[@bingsinatra5283]

If you do, see if you can spot the drummer, the bassist and whoever plays the groovin Hammond organ. It's great but Melanie's the only one who's 'live' here.

[@HS22181]

@@bksalkrook8716 She has duende.

[@INKOSK4114]

I'm 62 and remember this song and it touches deep. RIP Melanie. 😢

[@toobsocks1606]

Im a child of the 80s. My musical tastes groomed on a little 90s grunge and mostly 90s rap like Wu Tang Clan. And i have to speak for my entire generation when i say, we NEVER had any performance or artist even close to this impressive and powerful. I became a fan of 60s and 70s rock through sampling music for rap beats. Somehow through my thousands of vinyls, i had never heard this or knew of her. Im totally blown away by this video. you can FEEL this womans voice flowing through your arm hairs as they stand up. This single clip just set her above every other artist, ever in my opinion. I just became enamored with this woman. And wow was she beautiful.

[@dalecarlson9861]

So called classic rock stations and other oldies stations don't play any of this stuff. It's too bad, 'cause its the best! What a beautiful voice.

[@michaelbrandt5416]

Consider it a blessing you have youtube. There you are free to take your pick.

[@royandjacqueline1294]

They've just played Melanie on the radio. I love her voice💞 ...and they played Janis Joplin just before her. They play the oldies every Sunday. We absolutely love the 1920s to the 1970s. Our favourite is Gospel and Rock n Roll 🥰🇯🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🕊️🔥✝️

[@royandjacqueline1294]

@@michaelbrandt5416 amen ❤️ We love KZbin so very much 🥰🇯🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🕊️🔥✝️

[@glenhaywood7620]

but you can hear "brown eyed girl" 15 times a week...i just don't get it???

[@bobbender2922]

Radio Programmers who don't $#!~+ about music and it's history.

[@temeculajoe]

Who is watching this classic 60s song in 2020

[@donandlorikowalchuk4840]

We who grew up in this period will always remember the music that shaped our lives. 60's and 70's were unparalleled for music. I only wish I could have been around when the likes of Patsy Cline and Buddy Holly were taking the world by storm (born in '59). Thank goodness for KZbin and keeping the music alive!

[@TexasDebBoomerBabe]

Love the music we grew up with☮😅💘 Touches my core!! Still listening, and will until leaving to the next life 🥰

[@gwarlow]

temeculajoe You are.

[@Beckala67]

And belting it out in the bathroom!

[@davidgibbs381]

Still digging it 50 years later !!

[@91Kingscrib84]

🕯Rest in peace, Mel.🕯 You made a musical impression on our age. Tough to do, in a fickle industry where women were stigmatized & often dismissed. Thanks for songs that will always remind us all of what seemed like simpler times. ♡

[@Disneylandonacid1982]

First grade. My absolute first crush. When I visited my uncle in Costa Rica in the 70's we sometimes spent evenings at the houses of friends of his in the Costa Rican countryside. I can attest that to many Central Americans, conversation can be a form of art in itself. A really, really long form of art. LOL. Sometimes lasting eight hours or more on those nights. Because I didn't speak Spanish and loved music, I immediately and desperately scoured their LP collections to find something to do and listen to. These collections never had rock or pop. Jazz, big band, classical (my uncle was then conductor of Costa Rica's orchestra). It was always a needle in a haystack. I had to find something. Then, bingo. These collections strangely almost always had one of two artists I adored then and now. Cat Stevens and Melanie. I was home. This one stings. I still remember the pain I felt gazing at her face on one of her album covers. This feeling was new and a little alarming. I hadn't felt that way before. Rest in peace.

[@howielong2835]

Melanie poured everything she had into this song. It turned out to be one of the greatest songs of it's era!

[@IPAddy-yi3cv]

@MOTORCYCLE GUITAR { WE CAN WORK IT OUT } "THEY" do? Um, correct me if i'm wrong ( for I was only six at the time of this song's release) but here on planet Earth wasn't there was a song called "Brand New Key"...oh, wait and also another called "Look What they've Done to my Song"? Yes...yes indeed there was. Both written by the one and only Melanie who also penned the above "Candles in the Rain". All three massive hits...(should I mention #1 hits?). So, "THEY" should know that Miss Melanie couldn't be a one hit wonder even if one desired it to be so. P.S- Hey, this wouldn't be the same "They" as the They Melanie referred to in her hit song"Look What they've Done to My Song", now would it? Je pense que oui, peut-être ; )

[@cherylalt101]

I.P Addy And Beautiful People, one of my favorite Melanie songs! She was an authentic hippie chick!

[@garypeatling7927]

Melanie always pours everything into her songs

[@jerryp8263]

Who's watching this during Coronavirus shutdown.

[@marshabraswell5380]

meeeeee

[@mjtgough]

Yup.

[@1967PONTIACGTO]

prophetic lyrics

[@mallenbergman4923]

Jerry P Wood stock brought some of the greatest music legends of all time . there's something about singing from the soul that touches another's soul . by god and the holy spirit.

[@charlesmiuccio7384]

yeah baby

[@davemoyer505]

I was a 13 year old boy and madly in love with Melanie. Still love her. Rest in peace pretty lady. 🙏❤️

[@MikeStevens55]

For ever in my heart . One of the beautiful people , singersong writers , has gone in januar 2024

[@jerrythames5778]

Anyone who does not fall in love w/Melanie at first clip is simply not human.

[@ypey1]

Or gay

[@terrencedalhouse7218]

@jerry Thames:and have no soul

[@SVHome]

ypey1 I’m gay and I adore Melanie. Always have and always will!

[@Charlie-xc6mb]

True dat!

[@emmabradford0137]

@@SVHome she's pretty great

[@antarcticorb9197]

I'm in tears from the powerful memories this evokes.

[@user-zy3zd3sx2d]

Such a powerful song. Great collaboration by Melanie and the Edwin Hawkins singers. Rest in Peace Melanie and thank you for all the joy. You've got a brand new key in Heaven.