to all my friends at D U

[BigBearJohn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeHtuwsUeRw

[bridgit]

1. wonderful, always liked Melanie...Big Voice!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz9sjMGUM9k

[Swamp Rat]

3. wow

Melanie sure made that song last a long time. Funny how the audience clapped on 1 and 3 (and some on every beat), while the singers clapped on 2 and 4. :D

[bridgit]

4. that's a cool observation, Swamp, Little Richard used to say that when...

he started playing mixed audiences, the whites were 1&3 people, while the blacks were syncopated :hi:

[ClayZ]

2. I love that song! K and R

Hello:hi:

[BigBearJohn]

5. Howdy!

:toast:

[Hissyspit]

6. Hadn't heard that in long while. Look how young she looks.

[regnaD kciN]

9. I know that this is a "typical male" thing...

...but it also reminded me how, as an early teenager around that time, I thought that Melanie Safka-Schekeryk was one of the most beautiful women I'd ever seen. I don't think I'd change my opinion much today.

Although she's probably more well known now for tongue-in-cheek numbers like Brand New Key and Psychotherapy, she also wrote one of the most lovely and underappreciated ballads of that era...Leftover Wine.

[Mnemosyne]

7. Time surely flies when you are having fun! Just

beautiful! :hug:

I was eleven the first time I heard this and had forgotten until now. Sigh...

I need to sleep now, but had to say thank you before I can drift off.

How fortunate we are John. :grouphug:

Night!

[regnaD kciN]

8. Thanks so much...!

I'll echo the comments of one of the YouTube posters: I haven't heard that song in years (probably around 35 in my case) and I found myself torn between blinking back tears and punching the air in time with the handclaps.

[DarkTirade]

10. Are those nylon strings on the guitar?

Just wondering, they look whiter and sound lighter than regular steel guitar strings. :)

[BigBearJohn]

12. I think you're right. They sound like nylon.

[Crabby Appleton]

15. Yes, it is nylon string guitar

slotted headstock - tuning pegs point rearward, wide fretboard, strings tied at bridge; and the sound of course.

Listened to a few other Melanie songs while I was there - excellent, thanks!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

11. Boy Howdy I needed that

Melanie. Unf.

Mucho gusto BBJ :hi: :hug:

[BigBearJohn]

13. Glad you liked it, SCE!

[mac56]

14. so cool

thank you