There was no deep serious expression behind the song, but people read things into it. Photo shows a view from a hill looking down on the hundreds of tents on the camping site at East Afton, on the Isle of Wight. In 1971, she formed her own label, Neighborhood Records, with Peter Schekeryk, who was also her producer and husband.
Her debut album received positive reviews from Billboard, which heralded her voice as "wise beyond her years. Jessica Frech covered the song on her 2012 Reality album. Aug. 08, 1970 - Pop fans invade the Isle of wight for the pop music festival at Freshwater: Pop fans from all parts of the world are gathering at Freshwater, Isle of Wight for the five-day pop festival, which opened today. Melanie's popularity in Europe resulted in performances on European television programs, such as Beat-Club in West Germany. Her non-conformist approach to the selections on this LP make her a new talent to be reckoned with.
Australian singer Max Sharam's 1995 recording reached the top 40 on the Australian singles charts. The song has also been covered by many other artists, including Nina Simone, the New Seekers, Dalida, and Billie Jo Spears. To compete with this release, Melanie's former record company released "The Nickel Song", which she had recorded while still signed to Buddah Records. When she became an official UNICEF ambassador in 1972, she agreed to forego a world tour in favor of raising money for the organization.[21]. So we pulled into the McDonalds and I got the whole works ... the burger, the shake and the fries ... and no sooner after I finished that last bite of my burger ...that song was in my head. So it was not a deliberate or intentional sexual innuendo. Aug 26 1970 Date Wednesday, August 26, 1970 - Sunday, August 30, 1970 Venue Afton Down, Freshwater, England So far there are setlists of 49 gigs. (Albums marked with an asterisk are compilations), Interview with Kathie Lee, 1985; accessed September 5, 2011, "Melanie Safka is known to her fans simply as Melanie", "Melanie's new songs lend their vigor to her old hits", "Melanie recalls Red Bank High ('miserable') and Woodstock ('incredible')", "Melanie Safka Exclusive: "My Mother Drove Me To Woodstock" (Part 1)", "Music Preview: Almost five decades after Woodstock, Melanie Safka still delivers powerful message", "Melanie, "(Lay Down) Candles In The Rain, "Melanie brings music history to Claremont", "Melanie Talks "Brand New Key," Starting Over, and McDonald's", "MELANIE: STILL ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE", "Melanie's Back And She's Not Kissing Cows", "Red hot & blue, nights at the Kingfish Cafe, Stand-ins, Stand ins", "Beautiful People - Forums powered by UBB.threads™", "Little Silver: Melanie To Join Hall Of Fame", "Melanie Safka takes home honors at the 2015 AMG Heritage Awards", "Is Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny live? And me saying to my dad ..."You're holding, you're holding, you’re holding, right? [31][32] Peter died in 2010. In the years to come she would entertain millions: at An Aquarian Exposition (the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival), at Carnegie Hall, and the Isle of Wight and Glastonbury music festivals, The Sydney Opera House, the South Korean DMZ, the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the Royal Albert Hall, and many, many more theaters, halls and beloved music clubs across the globe. Melanie has acknowledged the possibility of reading an unintended sexual innuendo in the song, stating, "I wrote [Brand New Key] in about fifteen minutes one night. • Judas Jump: A heavy progressive rock band featuring Andy Bown and Henry Spinetti of the Herd and Allan Jones of Amen Corner. In some places, it was even banned from the radio [...] My idea about songs is that once you write them, you have very little say in their life afterward [...] People will take it any way they want to take it."[18]. Find and share Isle of Wight 1970 setlists. [29], Melanie married record producer Peter Schekeryk in 1968. “What Have They Done to My Song Ma” was recorded by legendary entertainer Ray Charles with the Count Basie Band. The size of the preceding year's festival led locals who opposed the gathering to force the 1970 event to be held on a different site, on the west of the island at Afton Down. Explore releases from Melanie at Discogs. American singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone delivered a remarkable rendition, as well.
I was fasting with a twenty seven day fast on water. The cellist band Rasputina had a version on the album Thanks for the Ether. In 1994, the Philadelphia indie rock band the Strapping Fieldhands recorded a three-track "no-fi" version of the song (as well as a reprise that closes the album) for the EP "In The Pineys". The New Seekers covered several Melanie songs, and also charted in the United States with "Beautiful People" (No. The B-side of the single featured Melanie's spoken-word track "Candles in the Rain". One of Melanie's most recent albums, Paled By Dimmer Light (2004), was co-produced by Peter and Beau-Jarred Schekeryk and includes the songs "To Be The One", "Extraordinary", "Make It Work" and "I Tried To Die Young". 1 Top Female Vocalist award for 1972.
Ray Conniff & The Singers did a cover version on their album I'd Like To Teach The World (In Perfect Harmony) album in 1971. Morrissey has also covered "(Some Say) I Got Devil" on his May 2019 cover album, California Son. [16], Melanie left Buddah Records when they insisted that she produce albums on demand. [12] The recording became a hit in Europe, Australia, Canada, and the United States in 1970. Maddie Poppe covered "Brand New Key" in the top-24 stage of American Idol season 1 on ABC and later went on to win. Her father, Frederick M. Safka (1924–2009), was of Ukrainian ethnic background, and her mother, jazz singer Pauline "Polly" Altomare (1926–2003), was of Italian heritage. Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori released a cover of it with lyrics in Serbian, called "Vidi šta sam ti uradio od pesme, mama", in 1985. I guess a key and a lock have always been Freudian symbols, and pretty obvious ones at that. The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 was the biggest and the most dogged by difficulties. (new 1-10-02) Isle of Wight 1970 homepage; Official Program (New 9-16-03) Personal recollections of the festival-updated with new photos June 2009; Other attendees recollections part 1 (updated Dec 2011)
She was also the artist who sang to herald in the summer solstice at Glastonbury Fayre (later the Glastonbury Festival) in England, in June 1971.
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She played for the crowd on a homemade stage powered by Mister Softee trucks. In early 2005 most of Melanie's back-catalog was re-released on the internet-only music label ItsAboutMusic.com. Meltdown was all the better for her presence. Roger Kellaway covered "Centre of the Circle" on the 1972 album of the same name.