Melanie Safka - Look What They've Done To My Song Ma

[Lokasena]

16 people never had a song...

[TheBobbsey]

i applaud you, i havent heard this for years, i was a teenager when this was on the radio. Thanks a million.

[sidDkid87]

No way! Can that be a young George H. W. Bush at 0:22 ???

[rebwanz]

My mom had the Double LP "The Four Sides of Melanie" and this was the beginning of side B. I used to dance around the living room for hours to Melanie since I was old enough to stand. You still may find this 30-something body dancing around her apartment. Thank you for the happy memories Mel!

[donaldnewmanmedone]

@rebwanz Let's clone her! I'd love to know that someone with her talent would always be around for each generation to enjoy. Let's clone Donovan Leach, too. Oh my, the list in my head is getting too carried away.

[ToxicWolf01]

I'm 13, I've loved Melanie for ages, thanks Mum<3 My mum has total mint condition records of hers - and we dont even own a record player <3

[MrRocknroller1996]

im 15 years old and my friends say to me that i am stupid cuz i listen to this , FUCK THEM

[mariannasnoopy]

THUMBS UP IF MILEY BROUGHT YOU HEREEE!!!

[Whyeatsausage]

:) This gets to me :)

[itstheoz1]

darn is she cute

[BrokenneckYgor]

Maybe Melanie can do the song I wrote: "Is there an American in the house?/ well I ain't seen one yet/you all are Commies of the Soviet/If you don't love this country/you all should get/ if thers an American in the house/I ain't seen em yet

[krakelmees]

Makes me happy to hear this nice lady sing and read all your kind comments and talks. Wish all of youtube was like this...

[sitamae01]

i rember this from happier times in my life 

[infowarrior7z]

I can't believe I stumbled into this beautiful memory!!! Thank God I found this! I loved Melanie when I was a teeneger back then, and it"s like running into an old flame unexpectedly; WOW!!!  I love her all over again!

[artistshmartest]

Very timely, with all these protests lately...

[camsoares]

I have this album sinc the 70's. Love it.

[highdessert420]

thanks for posting this!

Today she would be a superstar all over again.

One of the best songwriters of a great generations of songwriters.

[BrokenneckYgor]

Meny jahren ago Iwrite Ballad of Winny Mendala. It say: Free Winny Mendala, free Winny Mendala! Power to da peoples, right ons!" It got big play in Angola but nobody in West hear its. I blame imperialists!

[simplygr]

desolee qui avons changer votre chansons!!

[oldgeezerman1]

Oh man, what a fantastic treat. Just found this and I am beside myself. I had forgoten just how great she is. THANKS for posting this.

[UglySean]

I love brunettes

[thrillscience]

Look what they've done to my OAT MEAL!

[rebwanz]

@thrillscience I think that commercial was my first understanding of the word irony

[SovereignStatesman]

She musta wrote this after "Boogie Night" ROTLFMAO

[Stephen17249]

First heard this song in 1970, and still love to listen to it .

[TheBaxella]

I am forty years of age and my sexy man is fifty and loves melanie so brought him a rare cassette and cd thinking its only for his car so i wouldnt have to worry about listening to it but when he got it let him try it out in the house now its not allowed to leave the house absolutly LOVE HER SHE IS AWESOME

[LennLucky]

Every time I listen to Melanie I must think of Phoebe Buffay (and that's good)

[jac9z]

what a pleasure it is to listen to memories I loved this song.

[Midffielder6]

Thanks for posting

[horatio422006]

Wow. A privelege to listen to. My sincere thanks.

[jeyvr]

amazing !!! ty  J.

[Syzygy60]

i knew i liked her voice is all I need,my friends can bug off

[pursomeneace]

uhhh... ok?? what HAVE they done to your song ma? i soooo dont get this song, but, yea, i can see what happened to your brain XDDD

[rmisso123]

Look What they done to my brain!!!!!!!! 2011.....Still holds true...Corporate Greed...Lies...Cheaters.....Wh­y can't we all just Love Eachother and use that idealology to take care of this dying country? Instead of trying to screw eachother....Stop fighting, join together and fix all this crap going on! Thanks Melanie....same today as then, but worse now, sad to say......

[Amberball]

Great song!

[zedamasio]

thank you!!!!!!!! :)

[thetheresas]

great song!!! yeah, thanks for the memories

[Scotlanz]

For me, no female singer-songwriter has come anywhere close for emotion and passion. This and The Nickel Song are two of the saddest songs I can think of. And the voice is just pure bonus.

[Tigertim1306]

so profound Vinnie...I agree

[Haizme]

I'm actually proud that my parents named me after this woman <3

[wiltay15]

I recently discovered this song and it is brilliant and fits with this time so well

[alfcab]

@wiltay15 i think so too. almost every aspect of life at this point fits into this song! lol

[Manongjojo]

Must have been in Europe. Everybody had brown teeth. LOL

[biberock1]

after all life is a good thing to experience...

[kitty1968]

love this song i also got her album thank you you tube whatever mood i'm in you have the music fantastic

[nanapam100]

peace n love to you all



[SHORTYRUSS]

excellent,,,but there was a peppier version doing the rounds...dont remember melanie...for those who liked this can recommend the somewhat similar wlak right in step right down baby let yr hr hng dwn

[ImmortalDestructor]

Great song, and I'm happy to be the 400,000th viewer.

[DerRoteLoewi]

ils ont changé ma vie...

[kiawase]

gives me shivers to listen to this ... i was a teen too ehrn this came out ... LOVE IT ... you guys also had these 45rpm's ... :-)

[slkaiser69]

she was so adorable in her expressions and her sons. She was the greatest and still is.

[TheBmoll]

I miss the 70's....

[vinnyhoags]

So Fucking Beautiful. Look what they done to my planet, ma.

[mountaintyme2000]

She's figured out Ragtime at her young age. Damn impressive!

[veritapoco]

@mountaintyme2000

Did she?

[mamacipolla]

Melanie is amazing, always has been. My father handed tme this album when I was 12 years old and I have loved it ever since. Best gift ever.

[slkaiser69]

@mamacipolla Your father must have been a wonderful person. I hope he is still with us. I bought it when it first came out. I was always listening to "underground" music on FM. That was the big think in 1967 and leter. God, what a time to have been seventeen and in college (University of Houston). What a gift indeed.

[laustererk]

I loved this woman when I was about 13 but all my friends thought she was weird. So I went ahead all her albums in secret and listened to them alone and never aked them to listen because I already knew they didn't understand her or a a very core part of me. She was my secret pleasure.

[TheWick53]

@laustererk There was just so much going on in the music world in those days...  she kind of got plowed usunder. Her voice ande her music are fabulous though.

[hazzardlord]

@laustererk ahhh maaan thats so awesome ride on!

[MellyHatchet]

LOVE HER! I used to hate my name until my mom introduced me to the music of the woman I was named after.

[wholeflaffer]

I remember hearing the "Muzak" (easy-listening instrumental) version of this song at my neighborhood supermarket and requiring a minute or two to restore my composure.

[mopbrothers]

Yes, I, too, thought of Edith Piaf. Wish I spoke French.  It's tough to learn.

[mopbrothers]

Has a French cabaret feel. She reminds me of a cabaret singer in many ways. A little edgy.

[tommy1973able]

lily allen,s mother??

[slkaiser69]

I bought this album when I was seventeen and in college at the University of Houston. I loved it then and after re-discovering it after43 years latter, I can onlysay "thank you modern technology and those few people who knew enough back then to have saved this music.

[jocolope]

@slkaiser69 Pas probleme, and thats because the quickist avec le sun is between ppl's ears brickwall fuhqers.

we all go back to the dirt(dust to dust)when we are sentenced...

[slkaiser69]

@jocolope I would appreciate an interpretation of your comment. I say this in the kindest manner.  Thank you.

[jocolope]

@slkaiser69 hi, i'd like to but it would take a lifetime of ramblin on. bienvenue.

[slkaiser69]

@jocolope I totally understand. Thanks for replying. Peace.

[70sRob]

@slkaiser69 - I bought this album at Sears when I was 10. I love her. My favorite album is left over wine.

[MesaTheinsane]

My dad used to play her music my whole childhood, and probably his whole life... i heared it so much and it rlly made me sick sometimes. now i'm 28 years old, and i finally understand him! when she visits Holland again imma take my dad to her...

[MaddZzee350]

love it!

[Whyeatsausage]

OH! i lurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrveeee this song, it rocks! and so does melanie! and so does freaks48!!!!

[porcupineinteruptus]

Melanie was a gift....a beautiful flower,singing melancholy,bittersweet songs in an era of hate and anti-Vietnam violence in Late 60's,early 1970's America.A breathe of joy,happyness.....when we all needed it.....

[zamusicza]

Your sound quality was perfect. We just had to adjust the antennae on our computer!!! LOL...I love this. I love this song..When I get depressed and just don't want to make fucking lemonade I put this on. Melanie always understand and never condescends to me and her music never just tells me to get over it.

[poppy234999]

omg i love this song so much

[ravenredrollerblades]

so beautiful

[scotswanderer]

@ravenredrollerblades Agreed. The song and the woman!

[dzc80]

Have loved her voice since I first heard her in the early 70s on a compilation on vinyl - perhaps on the Buddah. Her voice, for me, evokes nostalgia. I love the sound, I love the feeling it brings and I assocate he with the idealism of my early teens.

[TravelerDiogenes]

I have always totally fallen for what Melanie does with her trills and inflections. Even after all these years, she can still surprise me with all that. And it never fails to bring a lot of smiles to my face...

Is there anything as much fun as a song during which you can't stop smiling in?

[Amdaro]

always loved this...just again...still do

[dasspine58]

reminds me of home

[HackerGuitarist]

always hated this... just checked again and ....still do

[zamusicza]

@HackerGuitarist Look what they've done to your soul.

[kellyd12345]

10 people aren't happy about what they've done to their song

[MultiGeraghty]

She was so cute!!

[gloomygory]

Hermosaa!

[JGMagoo]

If you want to hear a REAL MASTERPIECE by Melanie, check out YouTube "Dust In The Wind Melanie". I've always loved all her songs, but Dust In The Wind is one I had never heard before. It's truly great!!

[pwnycny]

A wonderful rendition of a beautiful song.

[pfslow]

Melanie Safka is still around. I don't think she works much anymore. She had a quite a few hits in the late '60s and early '70s.

[emcvia]

It's not true! The original song is french and it name is " Ils ont changé ma Chanson!" and Melanie like the woman that see a litle more than the others persons, sees very well what the power is doing with the peoples e their head, and so... born this version of the song!

[lynnej1970]

great voice,,does anyone know about this singer and what happened to her?

[FolkMusicFanatic]

@lynnej1970 : She still performs. I saw her last year. She was great.

[lynnej1970]

@FolkMusicFanatic cool : ) good to know.

[DannyFrTheVlog]

I thought she wrote that especially for the hilltops, but then I saw it was a huge anachronism. But then again she sings in French, so everything is possible.

[ScottGrewe]

Melanie. Looks x Talent x Voice = quite possibly the most beautiful, oracle, goddess produced by DNA replication.

[knoxvilleguy2]

@ScottGrewe - You took the words right out of my keyboard, or something like that ! ;)

Wonder where she is now ?

[FolkMusicFanatic]

@knoxvilleguy2 : She's still around touring. She's still great.

[knoxvilleguy2]

@FolkMusicFanatic - Then maybe there's hope for the future of GOOD music in the entertainment industry !

[mgrantualism]

@kochiyose12 she's singing in french. "They changed my song. It's the only thing that I can do, and it's not good."

[hmmlimmethink]

they made ur song known...

[laurindoization]

i close my eyes....its 1983, i'm smoking a joint with my mates. all of us with long light brown hair, white, brown, blue, shirts; white, dark, light blue jeans, the girls with mini skirts no bras, they are so beautiful , i was so happy .........miss that.....

[knoxvilleguy2]

@laurindoization - Very evocative. Those were the days.....

[missbetzy76]

now we should be singing "Look what theyve done to my WORLD!" =( ..great song, love her!!

[crazymama1955]

Does anyone know who the guy is playing guitar with Melanie?

[JohnMauri17]

excist from this song a studio version?

please excuse my english:P

[kochiyose12]

what language did she use?

[zamusicza]

@kochiyose12 It's been a while since Paris but I'll try. If I mess it up may Edith Piaf have mercy on my soul. Ils sont changer ma chanson ma. Ils sont changer ma chanson ma. C'est le seul chose que je peux faire est ce n'est pas bon ma....just the chorus in French. ....

I think I did all right.

[kochiyose12]

thank you ..:) really a good song...

[undisco77]

@zamusicza Perfect except for one tiny correction: ils ont change rather than sont which is the vcerb to be.

[undisco77]

@zamusicza Perfect.... except for one tiny correction: ils ont change rather than sont which is the verb to be.

[va2gm]

@undisco77 Nope! She pronounces it the right way. The "s" from the worg "ils" is carried over to the next word if it starts with a vowel.

And it is pronounced like a "z". (il-z-ont).

With the verb "to be", it would sound like "il-s-ont".

[va2gm]

@va2gm Of course, a worg is not a word.....my bad.

[pborrellij]

@va2gm

C'est vrai!!

[va2gm]

@undisco77 Sorry....You are right. I had no seen the post that you were correcting.

We are both saying the same thing.

[Syzygy60]

I looked and I find that a poor excuse for your own failure not in music but in yourself

[MultiGeraghty]

What a beautiful clear voice Melanie had.. (has???)

[Klaaaan1]

I was in Viet Nam in 1971, but it seems I heard her in the 60s. It must have been some one that had a simuliar voice. There were a number of female vocal's at the time. San Francisco wasn't very colorful after I got back. There was a whole lot of junkies and killing's over drugs, but most things come to an end. I just remember the good times and the great memories.

[coastie378]

@Klaaaan1 You did hear her in the 60's. I came back from Vietnam in '68 an she was playing then.

[Klaaaan1]

@coastie378 Thanks a whole bunch. A lot of my memories from that time are kinda fragmented and it's nice to know this memory is for real :-)

[claytonave]

@Klaaaan1 She really wasn't heard much until 69/70. I saw her at the Isle of Wight 1970 and completely fell in love. The voice you heard back then could have been Buffy St Marie. She was active somewhat earlier. And you're right about thing coming to an end. Back in those festival days and years I always felt like the 'good guys' were making headway.

[pbellucci1]

Is that her parents in the audience ??

[jlboy112]

love this song even though i wasnt born when she sang........ i was born 1995.

[jamesmaseobrown]

I was a teenager during the 70s the last time I heard this. I'm so glad that technology allows me to revisit this, and in a much better way. Thank you YouTube - and freaks48

[MrK623]

Look what they've done to my voice ma.

[Gitarrencheck09]

i love this song *****

best greetings

bro. Ernesto ...

[DOKK212]

Natasha Khan is the new Melanie

[moistsheep]

Melanie fans! Catch Melanie’s appearance on Dave’s Gone By, Sat, noon-3pm(ET) April 2, 2011 on UNC Radio (uncradio. c*m). If you miss the show, hear it in the archives at davesgoneby. c*m.

[MultiGeraghty]

Where is Melanie today? Still performing? Beautiful lady with fabulous voice!!

[edwinzuniga123]

It's sad that in the days we live in anyone can become a famous "singer"

[IngloriousBasler]

why is the comment "White Stripes should cover this" Spam?

Look at what House Music and unworthy people have done to Seven Nation Army. The treatment of his song even lead to the split of the White Stripes. can't imagine a better example

[buttmonkeyrider68]

had this on vinyl when i was a kid ! love her voice

[mrspatrickcampbell]

Was she once married to a guy named Lee?

[bojanajuric1988]

when i was 5 years old, my father bought this cd, greatest hits, i listened to it every day, the whole time, im 22 years old now, and she's never stopped to be my favourite singer. I LOVE HER =)

[otherytuser]

I was 11 or 12 when I first heard her " roller-skating" song . She is so Hot in this video , I would stay with her forever . Her eyes and talent (steal my heart ) away .

[kmlgraph]

...those eyes are to die for!

[portugasque]

ils ont change all our songs haven't they? Well, we still have her, a few other kindred souls and so much music that will never be touched by whatever people try to do with/to it.

[1955c]

i wish there were more brilliant singers like my melanie safka cheers

[dcg5382]

Melanie has always been such a sweet woman. I hope she is doing well

[FolkMusicFanatic]

@dcg5382 : She's doing well. She is going to start up tours again this St. Patrick's day.

[ljaneapprox]

Does anyone know where to find the chords for this version of the song?

[Maarif59]

Long Time Ago. Casablanca 1975. Head in the Stars.

Plenty of Dreams. But " ils ont change ma chanson "

:(

[8757kathy]

what yr was this please

[FolkMusicFanatic]

@8757kathy : This is from 1975.

[ALAIN13340]

une voie, un timbre....inimitable, dès les premières paroles.....une sensation et l'épiderme qui se hérisse......j'ai appelé ma fille Mélanie......tout est dit....

[hanksnow2]

btw, anyone know what vintage this vid is? & again I just discovered her....beautiful !!

Oh, and who is the guy that sounds great also?

[FolkMusicFanatic]

@hanksnow2 : The guy is Barry Lee Harwood. I know little about him only that he played with Melanie.

[crazymama1955]

@FolkMusicFanatic Barry Lee Harwood was in the Rossington Collins Band.

[hanksnow2]

Yes the Recording & Film industry have sure dealt the world a loosing hand.

Hollywood with their brainwashing films with stars like John Wayne, Stalone, & films like 007's, Red Dawn, spewing out their brainwashing hatred.

Their close cousins the recording industry came out with songs like, "Ain't it a lovely War", "Side By Side", "Ain't We Got Fun", to make those with F all believe everyone had nothing.

But hey, I digress, ...what a beautiful song by a beautiful lady!!! Thanks 4 sending this!

[massimiliano4003]

Divina, semplicemente!!

[Bartstarrr15]

Thanks for posting. I had some of her 8-tracks. Tells you how old I am.

[Klaaaan1]

@Bartstarrr15 I have a couple of her 45s. I thought the 45 RPM record player I had in my car was so hot. The only time it didn't skip was when you were parked or on the freeway. I also had a reverb. By today's standard's it sounded horrible, but at the time it was so groovey. Can't believe I ever talked that way. Far Out :-)

[zamusicza]

@Klaaaan1 Please I have an Ipod and all that now but NOTHING in music beats that initial crackle you hear on vinyl when you would start your record....

[Klaaaan1]

@zamusicza I still have most of my vinyl and I still listen to them. Old memories die hard.

[yisagirl1]

No I meant what the music industry has done today, to the new artists.. made it so hard. The song is great....

[beannaichte123]

@yisagirl1 -The truth remains, as a musician, and the daughter of one, it has always been a difficult business...

Thank you, for your reply!

[yisagirl1]

Agree, look what they have done to the music industry, pathetic! .

[beannaichte123]

@yisagirl1 -Perhaps, you need to take a better look-and listen. There are many talented young artists, in the business today!

[HalfFastChevy]

Ah the hippie days. One of my favorite protest songs. Seems like the establishment was always corrupting everything for the almighty dollar. Melanie knew it, and she told it like it was and still is - ruin everything beautiful to get the big bux.

[ClubMarquee]

I spent a beautiful afternoon with Melanie when I ran Dingwalls in the eighties.

She was lovely and funny and when we parted she thanked me for my company and gave me a hug and a kiss. Never to be forgotten !! :D

[philly500go]

@ClubMarquee .it must be amazing to meet her ,unforgettable indeed .u lucky bugger lol x

[FolkMusicFanatic]

@philly500go : I've met Melanie too. She is a great singer and musician. Very personable. She makes every one she meets feel special.

[hannahchloebff]

0:16 lucky, lucky girl

[helmut2412]

she is simply great and i love her and her songs,

especially  tuning my guitar.

[helmut2412]

she is simply great and i love her and her songs.

[jjarndell]

Why am i crying?

[Kitarl]

@jjarndell Me too, kiddo.

[metallicadashiz]

i love this song im fifteen and my grandma was a hippy back in the day XD and so she akways plays this song and also brand new key!!!! haha i love melanie safka shes a great one

[gypsyqueen1964]

OutStanding!!!

[primogennaio]

Look what music is today: rap songs, pure manure

[Rhinantica]

@primogennaio

Why are people so negative? don't they ever learn to see the sunny sides? there are some beautiful pieces between all the rap songs. There's so much beautiful music you shouldn't stick to 1 style in my honest opinion.

[primogennaio]

@Rhinantica Rap is not beautiful music you can listen or dance to. Please don't compare to the great music of the 1940s-1970s. It is vulgar, calls women and Whites derogatory names.

[Rhinantica]

@primogennaio Maybe you should listen to the "changes" by tupac.. it's rap It's his dream and i think it's a beautiful one. beautiful music is a matter of opinion and personal preference. That was the message the music in 40 -70 trying to carry out to the world. there is not better or worse only different.

[CAPTAINTHROWDOWN]

@Rhinantica You do realise changes just ripped the melody and chorus straight from Bruce Hornsby's 'the way it is', and these are the only stand-out features of tupac's song, right?