RIP: Melanie

[Brad Little]

NYT: Melanie Obit

 

[davismanLV]

Oh wow, that really kinda caught me off guard. RIP my dear....

 

[GGJaguar]

I've got a brand new pair of roller skates, I hope that she rests in peace.

 

[AcornHouse]

This is the song that I'll remember her by.

 

[Uke]

NYT: Melanie Obit

Kind of a Cindy Lauper before there was a Cindy Lauper.

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

Lived in my hometown for a long time.

 

[WaltW]

Wow! I hadn.t hear of her for years. It's time to return home........RIP.

 

[walrus]

RIP. Didn't see that coming...

 

[spoox]

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Loved her. What a voice. And those eyelashes!

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

This is the song that I'll remember her by.

That's an amazing clip.

One thing about it cracks me up: The Edwin Hawkins Singers are clapping the right way, on the second and fourth beats, but the audience is clapping one-two-three-four. All they had to do was clap along with the singers, but no dice.

Not a bunch of rockers, were they?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Kind of a Cindy Lauper before there was a Cindy Lauper.

Yup. A hippie version. I love Cindy, too.

 

[vates]

What have they done to her song?

Sad news

 

[AcornHouse]

That's an amazing clip.

One thing about it cracks me up: The Edwin Hawkins Singers are clapping the right way, on the second and fourth beats, but the audience is clapping one-two-three-four. All they had to do was clap along with the singers, but no dice.

Not a bunch of rockers, were they?

Maybe not, but impressed that, despite the general age (much older) of the audience, they seemed to be enthusiastic and not at all disapproving.

 

[amnicon]

I had heard of her enough to be curious when I found her "Gather Me" record in the stack at a family friend's during a group dinner. I put it on and had repeated "Holy Crap!" moments. I skipped dinner and they found me quite rude. What an amazing album!!

 

[HeyMikey]

Damn. This is so sad. I admit to having a massive boyhood crush on her. I mean, seriously, how could you not? Lay Down was such a powerful song at the time. Beautiful lady. Beautiful voice. Beautiful soul. RIP Melanie.

 

[5thumbs]

Damn. This is so sad. I admit to having a massive boyhood crush on her. I mean, seriously, how could you not? Lay Down was such a powerful song at the time. Beautiful lady. Beautiful voice. Beautiful soul. RIP Melanie.

+1 to everything you said. I'm still tasting the Leftover Wine...

 

[Uke]

Whoa! Not the greatest video to watch first thing in the morning. Very interesting, though.

 

[AcornHouse]

A strong enough identity to own a Rolling Stones song for herself.