It might be the frame rate of the video, but seeing footage from the 60's in this quality for some reason catches me completely off guard. Like it looks like home video from about 20 years later.
don't know why .... but even with all the off note screaming ...... i really like this song, a lot! very attractive girl ...... and the syncronization on this isn't the greatest .... as you can see!
This is US--> ONE Harmonious VOICE AGAINST THE DEAFENING SILENCE THAT IS A NON-RESPONSE TO CLARK COUNTY JUSTICE SYSTEM HISTORICALLY AND CURRENTLY SMOTHERED IN FRAUD AND JUDICIAL MORAL TURPITUDE
@celestehtkj27 No.. because it didn't then... What DJs? What radio? they are all owned. People that 'own' don't give a fuck about you or me. Its all about the money.
For some of us that were in the "service" at this time and in being did not believe in the "war" walked a thin line. Do we serve a machine with no conscience and morals or should one pursue the "right road"!? and dropout. Every war from the war of Revolution to the conflict in the Middle East have been about the powerful getting what they want. Not!,..because of...what they tell us.
@itdoesntmatter56789 I was too young for that war, the one you were in, and have learned to be grateful for that stroke of destiny -- being born too late.
@itdoesntmatter56789 They are only powerful because you let them be so. If you want to start a war go to a politician...if you want to start a revolution go to the people.
Reality is a tenuous concept for some. When young people read comments like the one made about why the war (invasion of) Vietnam ended and they not being taught anything about history, might think that this is a true statement and quote it to someone else and that person do the same and so on and so on; there was no full scale mutiny in Vietnam. The mutiny was here in the States. The People united against the machine and forced Washington to see that they (Washington) were never going to win.
What a lovely old clip this is. Such a shame about the below average quality in parts. Remember the song from my childhood. Transports me right back to that incredible time of the 20th Century.
We knew what we stood for and nobody could convince us that we were wrong no matter what. I feel fortunate to be a part of this era. A true turning point in American History
"We were so close there was no room. We bled inside each other's wounds." They sure don't write lyrics like they used to. I can never think of Vietnam without imagining this scene.
@Rebel1029 absolutely true. Instead of pulling together, there is rap (crap) about killing other people and severe violence that says killing one another is ok.
O.K. I know the counterculture did all they could to stop the war in Vietnam. But now I'm hearing "We stopped the war!" This is a new one to me. It seems to be a recent statement that's sorta going around, in places such as You Tube comment forums. I don't really understand....Vietnam kinda slowed down to a halt in 1973 and then didn't completely finish until 1975. The counterculture had already phased itself out by that point. So how did y'all stop the war?
@MattHatter Protests,, anti war music and a unfair draft made public aware of an unjust war. Counter culture had alot to do with the awareness. Government fed public alot of bullshit.
@0neuponatime Of course. I've been a '60s buff since I was all of 9 years old and I'm now 34. So I know all that you stated. But I don't think politicians sat in Congress and went, "You know what Gary? These hippies, well gosh darn it, I hate to admit this but they were right. Let's end this dirty war and let's end it now!" If that was the case then the war should have ended in 1970 or even earlier. Awareness is great, but I don't think the politicians gave a rat's ass about it.
@MattHatter The public as a whole had turned against the war .After Tet offensive in 68 , a slow wind down began. One of Nixon`s campaign promises was to end the war. You cant just push a button to end a war. Just look at Iraq or Afghanistan. It takes years to get out. But by 1970 ,71 we were getting out . I think we were trying to negotiate a treaty in Paris so we wouldn`t look like we had been defeated. Without public pressure , who knows.
@coastie378 - what are you the son of Joseph Goebbels and Adolph Hitler? Vietnam vet, riiiiiight. idiots like you basking in the fantasy of being a goon for the right-wing ultra-wealthy is pathetic. I bet you are taking a handful of drugs just to keep your diseased colon stuffed in between your withered cheeks, not to mention the anti-psychotics and mood elevators they pump into you to keep you tap-tapping away on your ChiCom computer. turd.
@pigurine Thank you for your service. Khe Sahn was one of those places that was truely hell on earth. You guys have plenty to be proud of. You held that piece of real estate through some rough stuff.
As we grow older we all compromise. We have children, responsiblities pile up, we become more conservative. It is the way of all things. It is up to the young to change the world and forget about what the last generation die.
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.
melanie is beautiful- or was. i liked her songs a lot too. judy collins and joni mitchell were beautiful too. slender, and nicely dressed. not raunchy. lady gaga or melanie- not even in same world. melanie, wherever you are i love you; thanks for your songs
Thank you for such wonderful music, how inspiring and brought back what we stood for in the 60's and early 70's. We protested a war we did not believe in, dress codes, government lies and more many causes for women, I am so proud to be a part of that time. My father was in Vietnam and anyone knows how bad it really was had to live in that time. I am still proud to call myself a hippie instead of the lazy, disrespectful youth of today. You are what you make yourself.
To all you dimwitted hippies...you changed the world but what that meant was that you enabled the murder of millions of people. Pat yourself on the back if you want but know that history will record you as enablers of genocide- and condemn you.
@pigurine Yes, that was apparent when the Pentagon Papers came out: that Vietnam was never about fighting communism & ridding the world of evil; it was about spreading U.S. prestige. (But you may remember the big story was the legality of their appearing; not what was in them.) U.S. prestige was never lower than after Vietnam, but did anyone suffer for such monumental folly? Only soldiers & Marines that went in good faith: for the powerbrokers, failure is ALWAYS the option 'cause it pays well.
people still take stands in various ways. we have to to save ourselves and the planet and the universe cause it is all interconnected. melanie seems to be like a genius.
I love this song and own the original full length version of 7:39 with The Edwin Hawkins Singers. Enjoy the song and video and focus on what you want, not on what you don't want. Thanks for posting this song and video. :-)
Yes she IS the REAL deal! There is going to be a lot of conflicting provoking thoughts about this and I can already see on screen that it is happening; Think on this ; Do you remember when WE INVENTED COMMUNICATION AND OPEN MINDED NEGOTIATION OF IDEAS ? peace GTS p.s.I just downloaded this for my own personal reflection; that was 40 years ago guys....
Hey numb nuts you must have failed history class. Reagan bankrupted the USSR Liberals are fools we stopped the war not as liberals, but patriots who were not going to allow a regime forcing us into a police action. No generation is perfect you will always have evil men and women who sell their soul for money and power Yeah we dropped acid while we watched men walk on the moon, listened to the greatest music, muscle cars, woodstock etc. match it bitch
@pigurine Amen brother. Where's the "Now" generation taking the protests to this governments policies to the streets? Playing video games, tex/sexting.........in other words, sitting on their asses doing nothing. Pathetic.
@pyromodder2 Well pyro, a statement such as yours shows nothing but a big ZERO IQ in your pea brained head. Wanna have a keyboard fight? BRING IT ON DUDE. Was never a "hippie" and the women think I smell pretty good. What you got slick?
@conkyjoe I find it interesting that you say this. Who helped create the "Now" generation but the parents that coddled them and taught them to stand down? You fought and protested then, but now you sit in your cozy house in front of your computer and do nothing but blame it on someone else. I find that ironic.
I love Melanie, by the way. I actually know her daughter.
@phxflyguy I blame it on nobody. I am a Vietnam Veteran, 4 years service to my country. I earned the right to say whatever the fuck I want and sit in my easy chair in my comfortable home. My children would never join the military. With what I know now how our gov't operates...........they'll stay home. When they come to take over my property, then and only then will I present arms. How's that for irony son?
Now back on point, Melanie was the voice of sanity. A great talent.
@conkyjoe The "Now" Generation has BECOME the government, and they're just not any good at it. They bred kids just as shallow and worthless as they were, then they wrapped them in armor and foam padding, taught them to be afraid of life, and broke up their families over trivia.
@conkyjoe There may be some people in my generation who don't care about what happens to the world. But there are some who take stands. I know that I try to live every day in a way that positively affects other people. I like to think I have dedicated myself to making change. There may not be enough to be out in the streets protesting like your generation (respect!) but I KNOW there are many in my generation who have the will to change the world just as you all tried to do and did. Peace! =]
@conkyjoe Yeah, but that's because the fucking Baby Boomers left ALL of us with such an incredible mess to clean up...from my Generation X all the way down, and it's like, why the fuck bother???
The Baby Boomers went from fighting The Establishment in the 60's to joining them in droves in the 70's and 80's, making all the money for themselves and voting for the Republicans who kept them in wealth and screwed the rest of us over.
@conkyjoe Put it to you this way: The Baby Boomers went from being Hippies to Yuppies and now they are The Tea Party. No other generation IN AMERICAN HISTORY has EVER lost their moral compass and values so precipitously as the Baby Boom Generation, and that's fact. Talk about pathetic!
@BobCubTAC Bob, Your point is well taken. However, I'm a Democrat and despise the Tea Party for what they stand for and all other Republigoons in lock step. I guess I'm one of a few that stuck to my 60's principles. Lotta thoughtful dialogue here.
@conkyjoe Well, that's good to know that you have remained true to your principles, Joe. But you see what I'm saying here. This isn't about you; rather, this is about the majority of those in your generation having lost their way down the line, and then becoming brainwashed sheeple as a result, which has created a even messier world in recent years. The chickens have certainly come home to roost here, and it's not pretty. At this point, I don't even know if it can be fixed.
@conkyjoe You complain about a modern generation that "does nothing" in the comments of a song which explicitly told the hippy generation of the 60's to "lay down". That's all these people did; lie down for a while, then get jobs in telesales. The "now" generation protests, and they learnt from the time-wasting mistakes of the 60's in order to do it with greater efficiency and greater effect.
And how is your commenting on this video any less "doing nothing" than playing videogames?
Bitch please. Your generation was also responsible for the 80s and Ronald Reagan.
AND OUR GENERATION VOTES MORE AND WE'RE MORE LIBERAL THAN YOUR ASSES. AND YOU'RE THE ONES THAT ARE SENDING US TO WAR. George Bush was a baby boomer. Paul Wolfowitz was a baby boomer. Donald Rumsfield was a baby boomer. Dick Cheney was a baby boomer.
Y'all didn't really "change" the world, y'all just dropped acid. BIG WHOOP.
@kives1985 You hit the nail right on the head!! I hope most others in your generation are as politically aware and astute as you are. Maybe the necessary changes will really be made then. I can only hope.
@pigurine what's to be so proud of with Vietnam? As payback to Nixon the Dems shafted the Vietnamese aka Killing Fields by the Communists. And for what, ONE FBI file? Yeah, you guys have soooo much to be proud of. Vietnam, Sex drugs and Rock n Roll, the War on Poverty that is a sham. Keynesian economics and hero worship for Castro, Che, Mao and Stalin. A generation that has yet to confront reality... that really WAS good LSD
@pigurine walter kronkites lies and democrats defunding of war in congress "STOPPED" the war,we were winning ask the servicemen who were there,not John Kerry!
@pigurine Im ashamed to be a part of this genration... It seems like as the generations moved on, each had something amazing about it, especially the 60s.... But now, what is there? Computers? It's extremely stupid.. No one stands proud anymore. You and my father were a part of something so great, Im jealous.
@pigurine As someone who served my Country and did a tour in Vietnam ( '67 - '68 ) I am proud of my service. I remember the stoners on the streets, burning up their brains on any substance that they could find to escape reality. Unfortunately, we have at least some of those mindless idiots in Washington screwing up the country. You got nothing to be proud of.
@tenderwithfriends 40+ plus years later and it continues. Shows what you know...........nothing. Sometimes I think this country would be better off today if we had come back and taken care of the long haired, doped up hippie freaks. As it is, the Constitution we swore to uphold and defend, also protected your rights to protest and just be plain old fucked up assholes. The hippies were worthless idiots then and now are older worthless idiots. Some things don't change.
@pigurine Oh hippies stopped Vietnam? Wow americans get dumber and dumber every day. I am most definately not "damn proud" to be a citizen of the same country as you.
@pigurine I think you've confused a fragmentation bomb with a love bomb. The war in SouthEast Asia ended when the troops decided they'd had enough of being killed for no good reason and decided to start fragging their officers. When it became obvious that this "hobby" was turning into full scale mutiny, the troops were finally brought home.
Now I understand why Stevie Nicks was so popular later on. I was just barely one year old when this song came out. My folks had the album. I loved this song, but also felt it had a really eery vibe. Somehow it scared me. I guess the background singers sounded angry and listening to this while looking at the album cover, well, it had a ghostly ambiance to it. Like Micky Mouse's Fantasia. lol
i love this song! i love this era! i find myself wishing i was a young adult during this time because youth across the country, both black and white, were more revolutionary-minded. their consciousness frequency was certainly higher, and it was conveyed and projected through the music.
Way to set that shit straight . You know what you did that with, but why is it a big deal because it is beautiful music just listen to it and remember the good times.
You wrote, "rare video...shot in...1969." Not to put too fine a point on it, but if this was shot in 1969, then it's almost certainly not of video origin. Most likely it's super-8 movie film.
@conkyjoe Miami Teleproductions? Really? I though is it was someone's home movie with some post-production work, maybe years later. I guess that explains the high shots. I know video recording has been around for a long time. But as far as consumer electronics go, I think VCR's and the like didn't come out till about the mid '70's.
@kenp3L Ken you are just not old enough to be talking about Video Origin. I sold and serviced CONSUMER Video tape machines from Sony in 1965. Our biggest customers for these 1/2" video machines were the football teams of the SEC and a lot of the TV stations that outfitted their mobiles with them. They could be bought by John Q Pubic for about $3000 in our Store (Fisher Electronics) in New Orleans. While it is true they were big and bulky, they did work.
yah they say i am LOL I am still waiting for soemone to download some of her other songs like "Center of the Circle, Yankee Man, etc I have them on 8 track but my last 8 track player finally broke down
I love the passion in her songs from the 60's. You can tell she's really feeling it. Great stuff. Leftover Wine is awesome. Her and Grace Slick were so good looking too. oy.
Ah yes, Melanie, the quintessential flower gal of the late '60's / early '70's. Always loved her songs, she sings them beautifully, and is quite beautiful herself.
watch her performances, she rocks her body to the music all the time, like any artist who feels the rhythm and communes I wouldnt run and call the clerk, but I would stay my distance respectfully and wish that I could know her and feel as deeply as she feels in touch with the symphony of the stars. Your suspicions are your own not mine. i could not care less. But I am glad you feel that you love the soul. You are right that the public is different now than then, and we are less for it
It might be the frame rate of the video, but seeing footage from the 60's in this quality for some reason catches me completely off guard. Like it looks like home video from about 20 years later.
Right? Anyone? No I'm just weird...
MayhemII 3 days ago
I thought this song was about the shitty weather at Woodstock.
GrtSatan 5 days ago
She was a beautiful woman.
MrRobin14669 1 week ago
don't know why .... but even with all the off note screaming ...... i really like this song, a lot! very attractive girl ...... and the syncronization on this isn't the greatest .... as you can see!
frizzlefrap 1 week ago
so sad, this song always reminds me of kent state
twinkling1174 3 weeks ago
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melanie loved being fucked but now she is just way too old like phyliss diller
atfatw 4 weeks ago
@atfatw Your words are sewage spewing from the sewer of your heart. Shitty little troll.
BlogBitch 1 week ago
@BlogBitch bitch.............it really suits you
atfatw 1 week ago
...but everyone leaves oout the candles in the rain part... it's all one theme.
WolfeBear 1 month ago
My brother came home in 1972 but he never came back. I was 8 yrs old then and to this day he still has the same haunted look
painttech41 1 month ago
I'm not sure so much has ever been said in one sentence. I was too young for Vietnam, but that sentiment took me there.
cudadoug 1 month ago
This is US--> ONE Harmonious VOICE AGAINST THE DEAFENING SILENCE THAT IS A NON-RESPONSE TO CLARK COUNTY JUSTICE SYSTEM HISTORICALLY AND CURRENTLY SMOTHERED IN FRAUD AND JUDICIAL MORAL TURPITUDE
TheScoopHere 1 month ago
she was/is so beautiful
insanekidfrom80s 1 month ago
I need a "Way Back" machine ;-)
pisspot55 1 month ago
@pisspot55 Mister " Peabody " can help you with that....
mrstevehartman 1 month ago
Interesting video. Would have liked to see it in color.
jasonwheel 2 months ago
WoW. Gospel at it's Best. I'm 50 yo, and remember this in 1st grade, vid is the best..
butkatrello 2 months ago
Haven't heard this in years. Reminds me of high school. Thanks.
verickson50 2 months ago
This song reminds me of my Mom.
kendykai 3 months ago
Was "out of country" in 69
white69rabbitt 4 months ago
melanie is so very beautiful coconut treees originated in hawaii
narcovice 5 months ago
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aahhhh. .... the times when freedom overruled government control
frigginkari 5 months ago
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frigginkari 5 months ago
She's so right on! One of my fave tunes while growing up...
towandanation 5 months ago
Thats the Edwin Hawkins singers backing Melanie here. They also sang Oh Happy Day.
ekocentric 5 months ago
@ekocentric i love both songs!
Annie1962 5 months ago
love it I like to see more old movies from back then ,, just a big flood of memories
Thanks
misfitt58 6 months ago
Just a thought, do you think if the D.J.'S played this music again on the radio that it would change the world just a little. Food for thought!
celestehtkj27 6 months ago 9
@celestehtkj27 No.. because it didn't then... What DJs? What radio? they are all owned. People that 'own' don't give a fuck about you or me. Its all about the money.
BlogBitch 1 week ago
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God bless all of those that have laid down their lives and for those who fought and survived battle for "Our" Country.
We have to understand the machine that drives "Our Country" before any chances are made. We as citizens have that right under the "Constitution."
ch002ch00 6 months ago
God bless all of those that have laid down their lives and for those who fought and survived battle for "Our" Country.
We have to understand the machine that drives "Our Country" before any chances are made. We as citizens have that right under the "Constitution."
ch002ch00 6 months ago
she's a true talent and sings with passion and conviction. we are all better for the experience of listening to her..
demondownie 6 months ago
For some of us that were in the "service" at this time and in being did not believe in the "war" walked a thin line. Do we serve a machine with no conscience and morals or should one pursue the "right road"!? and dropout. Every war from the war of Revolution to the conflict in the Middle East have been about the powerful getting what they want. Not!,..because of...what they tell us.
itdoesntmatter56789 6 months ago 15
@itdoesntmatter56789 I was too young for that war, the one you were in, and have learned to be grateful for that stroke of destiny -- being born too late.
57highland 2 months ago
@itdoesntmatter56789 They are only powerful because you let them be so. If you want to start a war go to a politician...if you want to start a revolution go to the people.
BlogBitch 1 week ago
Reality is a tenuous concept for some. When young people read comments like the one made about why the war (invasion of) Vietnam ended and they not being taught anything about history, might think that this is a true statement and quote it to someone else and that person do the same and so on and so on; there was no full scale mutiny in Vietnam. The mutiny was here in the States. The People united against the machine and forced Washington to see that they (Washington) were never going to win.
itdoesntmatter56789 6 months ago
Someone commented on this artist's body weight. She's singing about war. War is frightening but... hating women's figures is scarier.
Lisarata 7 months ago
What a lovely old clip this is. Such a shame about the below average quality in parts. Remember the song from my childhood. Transports me right back to that incredible time of the 20th Century.
bvt617 7 months ago
Considering the time frame it really is a kick ass video.
zamusicza 7 months ago
Those were good times
arkandosquad 7 months ago
We knew what we stood for and nobody could convince us that we were wrong no matter what. I feel fortunate to be a part of this era. A true turning point in American History
Jerryrocky1 8 months ago
@Jerryrocky1 Saddly now we are mostly tea baggers. LOL
sgtcrab1 8 months ago
If they bled inside each others wombs , where is that kind of Video ? :) QC
Quaaludedude714 8 months ago
@Quaaludedude714 They bled inside each others' WOUNDS. Obviously, you were not there. :o)
nojsc 8 months ago 2
Oooooh! Lay off them sweets Melanie - If not you'll end up a huge old woman spooking people in the 21st century! With still an awesome voice mind
MenCap7 8 months ago
@MenCap7 lay off the judgments!!!!!!!!!
peterstone1979111111 7 months ago
my time, my music, my life, my memories how sad it`s all over
hassaneke13 8 months ago
"We were so close there was no room. We bled inside each other's wounds." They sure don't write lyrics like they used to. I can never think of Vietnam without imagining this scene.
Rebel1029 9 months ago 2
@Rebel1029 absolutely true. Instead of pulling together, there is rap (crap) about killing other people and severe violence that says killing one another is ok.
Planktontwo 8 months ago
Love this. Melanie Safka with the Edwin Hawkins Singers 1970
pfslow 9 months ago
O.K. I know the counterculture did all they could to stop the war in Vietnam. But now I'm hearing "We stopped the war!" This is a new one to me. It seems to be a recent statement that's sorta going around, in places such as You Tube comment forums. I don't really understand....Vietnam kinda slowed down to a halt in 1973 and then didn't completely finish until 1975. The counterculture had already phased itself out by that point. So how did y'all stop the war?
MattHatter 9 months ago
@MattHatter Protests,, anti war music and a unfair draft made public aware of an unjust war. Counter culture had alot to do with the awareness. Government fed public alot of bullshit.
0neuponatime 9 months ago
@0neuponatime Of course. I've been a '60s buff since I was all of 9 years old and I'm now 34. So I know all that you stated. But I don't think politicians sat in Congress and went, "You know what Gary? These hippies, well gosh darn it, I hate to admit this but they were right. Let's end this dirty war and let's end it now!" If that was the case then the war should have ended in 1970 or even earlier. Awareness is great, but I don't think the politicians gave a rat's ass about it.
MattHatter 9 months ago
@MattHatter The public as a whole had turned against the war .After Tet offensive in 68 , a slow wind down began. One of Nixon`s campaign promises was to end the war. You cant just push a button to end a war. Just look at Iraq or Afghanistan. It takes years to get out. But by 1970 ,71 we were getting out . I think we were trying to negotiate a treaty in Paris so we wouldn`t look like we had been defeated. Without public pressure , who knows.
0neuponatime 9 months ago
violence is the first refuge of the incompetent
oldhippiepax 9 months ago
Worst lip-synching EVER.
Burnwash 9 months ago
@Burnwash
It's not lip-synched. They are just showing film of her walking arould.
melora72 9 months ago
BEST Voice of the `60`s & `70`s as well as a timeless recording,ALL for LOVE
dukeuke1 9 months ago 2
They didnt? then who did? Americas youth stopped the war. Were you there
piss ant? If you are not an American why dont you come over here and say
that to our face? Ill tell you why, we will rip your throat out.
pigurine 10 months ago
Bonnie Tyler , Stevie Nicks and Melanie long live the Queens!
jominguex 10 months ago
@coastie378 - what are you the son of Joseph Goebbels and Adolph Hitler? Vietnam vet, riiiiiight. idiots like you basking in the fantasy of being a goon for the right-wing ultra-wealthy is pathetic. I bet you are taking a handful of drugs just to keep your diseased colon stuffed in between your withered cheeks, not to mention the anti-psychotics and mood elevators they pump into you to keep you tap-tapping away on your ChiCom computer. turd.
tenderwithfriends 10 months ago
@tenderwithfriends Fuck You little POS Nobody is bragging
You couldnt hold any vets dick.
pigurine 10 months ago
Thanks for posting.
North8000 10 months ago
I am proud of being a murdering sociopath for GE and Dow chemical. Drugs are bad!
tenderwithfriends 10 months ago
REALLY I was a marine Khe Sanh I came back
what the hell do I have not to be proud of
pigurine 10 months ago
@pigurine Thank you for your service. Khe Sahn was one of those places that was truely hell on earth. You guys have plenty to be proud of. You held that piece of real estate through some rough stuff.
coastie378 10 months ago
@pigurine It was complex. Thank yo so much for serving. t
North8000 10 months ago
As we grow older we all compromise. We have children, responsiblities pile up, we become more conservative. It is the way of all things. It is up to the young to change the world and forget about what the last generation die.
nwoilluminati911 10 months ago
Love this song... but what's wrong with your sound quality?!
80sAdia 10 months ago
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.
moistsheep 10 months ago
but on the other hand peoples not doing a thing lol LIKE HANG OVER much!
60sdude 11 months ago
stop political ops and injoy PLEASE! sheesh..
60sdude 11 months ago
The place she walks on at 1:30, they recorded a Miami Vice episode :-)
NorwegianCrows 11 months ago
melanie is beautiful- or was. i liked her songs a lot too. judy collins and joni mitchell were beautiful too. slender, and nicely dressed. not raunchy. lady gaga or melanie- not even in same world. melanie, wherever you are i love you; thanks for your songs
abcabc22100 11 months ago
I adore Melanie. Always have and always will!
mwcbuzz 11 months ago
She's a blowhead.
mimaps1 11 months ago
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961kelly 1 year ago
Thank you for such wonderful music, how inspiring and brought back what we stood for in the 60's and early 70's. We protested a war we did not believe in, dress codes, government lies and more many causes for women, I am so proud to be a part of that time. My father was in Vietnam and anyone knows how bad it really was had to live in that time. I am still proud to call myself a hippie instead of the lazy, disrespectful youth of today. You are what you make yourself.
bjoplin23 1 year ago
To all you dimwitted hippies...you changed the world but what that meant was that you enabled the murder of millions of people. Pat yourself on the back if you want but know that history will record you as enablers of genocide- and condemn you.
xennady 1 year ago
Long haired hippie girl here..STILL we changed the world...you try it GenX...um yeah...didn;'t think so. Stick to your games.
lordslittlegirl 1 year ago
I dislike this only because you can't hear the bloody thing, It's full of half silence and static. People please check your volume quality.
whately47 1 year ago
Go ahead dumb ass did I say it was perfect. I rememmber talking to a friend when I was
16 he said "wont it be great when our generation runs things we wont have all these suits running everything I said "no, every generation has suits,
pigs, thieves, we are no different".
Hey buddy, you had to of lived in the 60s
it wasnt another world it was another universe
From 1964 - 1970 anything went and it did.
I would trade 20 years of the 80' 90's
for 6 years of the 60's any day.
pigurine 1 year ago
That was cool. I've never seen that video before. thank you for posting that
TheDaxbaby 1 year ago
Guess what I was there a marine in Khe Sahn
, we had them after Tet.
I protested after I got back to the world because I and alot of others
saw that our government had no intention
of winning this war.
It was a prolonged conflict for one thing MONEY. I am damn proud that
my generation not only fought, but
stopped this POS war. FYI the american peope have never viewed their government, the same way since.
pigurine 1 year ago 2
@pigurine Yes, that was apparent when the Pentagon Papers came out: that Vietnam was never about fighting communism & ridding the world of evil; it was about spreading U.S. prestige. (But you may remember the big story was the legality of their appearing; not what was in them.) U.S. prestige was never lower than after Vietnam, but did anyone suffer for such monumental folly? Only soldiers & Marines that went in good faith: for the powerbrokers, failure is ALWAYS the option 'cause it pays well.
CocteauDalighari 4 months ago
So beautiful. Then,and now.
vinnyhoags 1 year ago
how can I post
961kelly 1 year ago
people still take stands in various ways. we have to to save ourselves and the planet and the universe cause it is all interconnected. melanie seems to be like a genius.
deritpeehs 1 year ago
I love this song and own the original full length version of 7:39 with The Edwin Hawkins Singers. Enjoy the song and video and focus on what you want, not on what you don't want. Thanks for posting this song and video. :-)
fritzkr9 1 year ago
Just listen to the music.
All the garbage talk is just garbage.
papaof10 1 year ago
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I am saddened to see that the ugly discourse of today is spilling over into our enjoyment of this tune - by the way 55
MrHoward55 1 year ago
I am saddened to see that the ugly discourse of toda is spilling over into our enjoyment of this tune - by the way 55
MrHoward55 1 year ago
pigurine, Karl Marx is calling from the grave. He wants you to be his spokesman.
jaugust73 1 year ago
Yes she IS the REAL deal! There is going to be a lot of conflicting provoking thoughts about this and I can already see on screen that it is happening; Think on this ; Do you remember when WE INVENTED COMMUNICATION AND OPEN MINDED NEGOTIATION OF IDEAS ? peace GTS p.s.I just downloaded this for my own personal reflection; that was 40 years ago guys....
gthomasstewart 1 year ago
Go fuckyourself you didnt live then we got our heads smashed in protesting the war.
You would of have to of lived in the 6os to know howgreat it was. You were nothing
bit a stain on the blanket.
pigurine 1 year ago
I had forgotten how much she and Linda Ronstadt looked alike...
SakaPC1 1 year ago
pigurine 1 year ago
Back in the day she would of been called a drug assed hippie
by the straights. Yeah but we prevailed stopped Vietnam
One thing about our generation, we marched to our own
drummer and told the rest to go to hell! I am damn proud
to be one
pigurine 1 year ago 16
@pigurine Amen brother. Where's the "Now" generation taking the protests to this governments policies to the streets? Playing video games, tex/sexting.........in other words, sitting on their asses doing nothing. Pathetic.
conkyjoe 1 year ago 18
@conkyjoe get back you smelly hippie.
pyromodder2 1 year ago
@pyromodder2 Well pyro, a statement such as yours shows nothing but a big ZERO IQ in your pea brained head. Wanna have a keyboard fight? BRING IT ON DUDE. Was never a "hippie" and the women think I smell pretty good. What you got slick?
conkyjoe 1 year ago 2
@conkyjoe ive got $250,000 on site at all times, a bottle of jack daniels, and pamela anderson
pyromodder2 1 year ago
@pyromodder2 Not enough Slick. Keep Pam. A phony loser.
conkyjoe 1 year ago
@conkyjoe I find it interesting that you say this. Who helped create the "Now" generation but the parents that coddled them and taught them to stand down? You fought and protested then, but now you sit in your cozy house in front of your computer and do nothing but blame it on someone else. I find that ironic.
I love Melanie, by the way. I actually know her daughter.
phxflyguy 1 year ago
@phxflyguy I blame it on nobody. I am a Vietnam Veteran, 4 years service to my country. I earned the right to say whatever the fuck I want and sit in my easy chair in my comfortable home. My children would never join the military. With what I know now how our gov't operates...........they'll stay home. When they come to take over my property, then and only then will I present arms. How's that for irony son?
Now back on point, Melanie was the voice of sanity. A great talent.
conkyjoe 1 year ago 2
@conkyjoe The "Now" Generation has BECOME the government, and they're just not any good at it. They bred kids just as shallow and worthless as they were, then they wrapped them in armor and foam padding, taught them to be afraid of life, and broke up their families over trivia.
SoloPilot6 1 year ago
@conkyjoe There may be some people in my generation who don't care about what happens to the world. But there are some who take stands. I know that I try to live every day in a way that positively affects other people. I like to think I have dedicated myself to making change. There may not be enough to be out in the streets protesting like your generation (respect!) but I KNOW there are many in my generation who have the will to change the world just as you all tried to do and did. Peace! =]
MsRachelEwok 1 year ago
@conkyjoe
Is there a problem with that? Nobody fucking cares.
KasplazmTV 11 months ago
@conkyjoe Look, if we had a draft today I GUARANTEE there would be a lot more active opposition to today's wars of choice.
773SleepyHollow 11 months ago
@conkyjoe Yeah, but that's because the fucking Baby Boomers left ALL of us with such an incredible mess to clean up...from my Generation X all the way down, and it's like, why the fuck bother???
The Baby Boomers went from fighting The Establishment in the 60's to joining them in droves in the 70's and 80's, making all the money for themselves and voting for the Republicans who kept them in wealth and screwed the rest of us over.
BobCubTAC 11 months ago
@conkyjoe Put it to you this way: The Baby Boomers went from being Hippies to Yuppies and now they are The Tea Party. No other generation IN AMERICAN HISTORY has EVER lost their moral compass and values so precipitously as the Baby Boom Generation, and that's fact. Talk about pathetic!
BobCubTAC 11 months ago
@BobCubTAC Bob, Your point is well taken. However, I'm a Democrat and despise the Tea Party for what they stand for and all other Republigoons in lock step. I guess I'm one of a few that stuck to my 60's principles. Lotta thoughtful dialogue here.
conkyjoe 11 months ago
@conkyjoe Well, that's good to know that you have remained true to your principles, Joe. But you see what I'm saying here. This isn't about you; rather, this is about the majority of those in your generation having lost their way down the line, and then becoming brainwashed sheeple as a result, which has created a even messier world in recent years. The chickens have certainly come home to roost here, and it's not pretty. At this point, I don't even know if it can be fixed.
BobCubTAC 11 months ago
@conkyjoe protest shmotest get a fucking job u commie stop living off your neighbors
Syzygy60 11 months ago
@conkyjoe You complain about a modern generation that "does nothing" in the comments of a song which explicitly told the hippy generation of the 60's to "lay down". That's all these people did; lie down for a while, then get jobs in telesales. The "now" generation protests, and they learnt from the time-wasting mistakes of the 60's in order to do it with greater efficiency and greater effect.
And how is your commenting on this video any less "doing nothing" than playing videogames?
Hostile 10 months ago
@pigurine
Bitch please. Your generation was also responsible for the 80s and Ronald Reagan.
AND OUR GENERATION VOTES MORE AND WE'RE MORE LIBERAL THAN YOUR ASSES. AND YOU'RE THE ONES THAT ARE SENDING US TO WAR. George Bush was a baby boomer. Paul Wolfowitz was a baby boomer. Donald Rumsfield was a baby boomer. Dick Cheney was a baby boomer.
Y'all didn't really "change" the world, y'all just dropped acid. BIG WHOOP.
kives1985 1 year ago
@kives1985 You hit the nail right on the head!! I hope most others in your generation are as politically aware and astute as you are. Maybe the necessary changes will really be made then. I can only hope.
BobCubTAC 11 months ago
@pigurine what's to be so proud of with Vietnam? As payback to Nixon the Dems shafted the Vietnamese aka Killing Fields by the Communists. And for what, ONE FBI file? Yeah, you guys have soooo much to be proud of. Vietnam, Sex drugs and Rock n Roll, the War on Poverty that is a sham. Keynesian economics and hero worship for Castro, Che, Mao and Stalin. A generation that has yet to confront reality... that really WAS good LSD
naivetyenlivens 1 year ago
@naivetyenlivens Fuck you sonny You had to of lived in the 60s to
know how great and bad it was. Do you see any muscle cars today?
how about 19cent a gallon gas Music today oh yeah that is equal to
the 6os Beatles Doors Stones to many to mention. Cultural phenemenons
on a weekly basis. Economy roaring, young people glorified, women free
to pursue sex without guilt, Bullitt, Bonnie and Clyde, there was no end to it.
It was a renaissance dumb ass, the best of times the worst of times.
pigurine 1 year ago
@pigurine how can i post
961kelly 1 year ago
@pigurine walter kronkites lies and democrats defunding of war in congress "STOPPED" the war,we were winning ask the servicemen who were there,not John Kerry!
Syzygy60 1 year ago
@pigurine - ...then, you became lawyers, Oil executives and
Health Insurers. You bled the system until it collapsed leaving
YOUNG PEOPLE with little hope of doing better than renting
a room from YOU. You people did little more than drug your-
selves and when you finally figured out that it takes a LOT MORE
"love", you got fat and old sitting at Starbucks! I swear, if I ever
hear another aging hippie talk about how "great" things were I'm
going to sick my Altamont Hell's Angel on him!
thegrinchl7 1 year ago
@pigurine Im ashamed to be a part of this genration... It seems like as the generations moved on, each had something amazing about it, especially the 60s.... But now, what is there? Computers? It's extremely stupid.. No one stands proud anymore. You and my father were a part of something so great, Im jealous.
xDo3oxD 1 year ago
@pigurine wow u think u stopped vietnam ..
Podmiddy 1 year ago
@Podmiddy No we had nothing to do with it, the country was coming apart.
Why because our generation saw the scam, my dad a WWII vet even said
it was a BS war. But your right, we just stood back and watched.
pigurine 1 year ago
@pigurine
You are damn proud to be scum? Funny.
KasplazmTV 11 months ago
@KasplazmTV He's proud to be pig urine...
wildturkey1960 11 months ago
@pigurine Yea, and then you all took a bunch of Quaaludes and jumped in a hot tub with a bottle of red wine and Reagan was elected.
MoEasyChair 10 months ago
@MoEasyChair I guess the failure of their generation "trickled down" to generation-X.
Hostile 10 months ago
@pigurine As someone who served my Country and did a tour in Vietnam ( '67 - '68 ) I am proud of my service. I remember the stoners on the streets, burning up their brains on any substance that they could find to escape reality. Unfortunately, we have at least some of those mindless idiots in Washington screwing up the country. You got nothing to be proud of.
coastie378 10 months ago
@coastie378 killing vietnamese women and children ain't much to be proud of. i mean unless you are a sociopath.
tenderwithfriends 10 months ago
@tenderwithfriends 40+ plus years later and it continues. Shows what you know...........nothing. Sometimes I think this country would be better off today if we had come back and taken care of the long haired, doped up hippie freaks. As it is, the Constitution we swore to uphold and defend, also protected your rights to protest and just be plain old fucked up assholes. The hippies were worthless idiots then and now are older worthless idiots. Some things don't change.
coastie378 10 months ago
killing vietnamese women, children and elderly ain't much to be proud of. i mean unless you are a murdering sociopath.
tenderwithfriends 10 months ago
@coastie378 Thank you for serving in Viet Nam.
North8000 10 months ago
@pigurine Oh hippies stopped Vietnam? Wow americans get dumber and dumber every day. I am most definately not "damn proud" to be a citizen of the same country as you.
superbeckbro 10 months ago
@pigurine right on brother
yes the protests where there, the music was there, AND WE CHANGED THE WORLD
60srocker46 8 months ago
@pigurine I think you've confused a fragmentation bomb with a love bomb. The war in SouthEast Asia ended when the troops decided they'd had enough of being killed for no good reason and decided to start fragging their officers. When it became obvious that this "hobby" was turning into full scale mutiny, the troops were finally brought home.
pirbird14 8 months ago
60's when was that?
Syzygy60 1 year ago
@Syzygy60 oh yeah,the 60's came after Buddy Holley died
Syzygy60 1 year ago
@Syzygy60 that is correct spelling,the record company removed the "e"
Syzygy60 1 year ago
@Syzygy60 If a teenager only the greatest time on earth to be born
A renaissance the likes of which you are never going to se again.
pigurine 1 year ago
blah blah video blah blah super 8 blah blah im so clever blah blah blah
yodelifyoucan 1 year ago
@yodelifyoucan u have no thoughts therefore I reagate u to thoughtlesss
Syzygy60 1 year ago
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garebear1015 1 year ago
Now I understand why Stevie Nicks was so popular later on. I was just barely one year old when this song came out. My folks had the album. I loved this song, but also felt it had a really eery vibe. Somehow it scared me. I guess the background singers sounded angry and listening to this while looking at the album cover, well, it had a ghostly ambiance to it. Like Micky Mouse's Fantasia. lol
evolnieveilebi 1 year ago
you tell him conkyjoe! Nothing worse then a know it all that doesn't know it all! lol
ccjohncc1 1 year ago
i love this song! i love this era! i find myself wishing i was a young adult during this time because youth across the country, both black and white, were more revolutionary-minded. their consciousness frequency was certainly higher, and it was conveyed and projected through the music.
revlooshin 1 year ago
ah yes, a foremost 1960s Hippie flower power song!! Love it!
windjammer777 1 year ago
the 9 minute version is sublime - I saw her perform this version on the Andy Williams Show back in 1969
diamantinadavina 1 year ago
Unbeliveable Miami in the 60,s came here to live 64 for good Love her music
getterdone1387 1 year ago
Way to set that shit straight . You know what you did that with, but why is it a big deal because it is beautiful music just listen to it and remember the good times.
1questionable 1 year ago
You wrote, "rare video...shot in...1969." Not to put too fine a point on it, but if this was shot in 1969, then it's almost certainly not of video origin. Most likely it's super-8 movie film.
kenp3L 1 year ago
@kenp3L Trust me, it was shot on 2 inch Quad video tape from a remote truck from Miami Teleproductions. Video Tape has been around since the 50's.
Ken, you need to freshen up on your broadcast history facts.
What is your background in TV production?
conkyjoe 1 year ago
@conkyjoe Miami Teleproductions? Really? I though is it was someone's home movie with some post-production work, maybe years later. I guess that explains the high shots. I know video recording has been around for a long time. But as far as consumer electronics go, I think VCR's and the like didn't come out till about the mid '70's.
kenp3L 1 year ago
@conkyjoe you tell him joe! Nothing worse then a know it all that doesn't know it all! lol
ccjohncc1 1 year ago
@kenp3L Ken you are just not old enough to be talking about Video Origin. I sold and serviced CONSUMER Video tape machines from Sony in 1965. Our biggest customers for these 1/2" video machines were the football teams of the SEC and a lot of the TV stations that outfitted their mobiles with them. They could be bought by John Q Pubic for about $3000 in our Store (Fisher Electronics) in New Orleans. While it is true they were big and bulky, they did work.
LittleJimmySouthern 1 year ago
Wow, Miami in the 60's what a great place!
ffc313 1 year ago
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kenp3L 1 year ago
PEACE AND LOVE MELANIE ♥♥♥ FOREVER ♥♥♥
xyzpilgram 1 year ago
If I remember correctly this song came out in 1970. Those golden days.
Samo1228 1 year ago
yah they say i am LOL I am still waiting for soemone to download some of her other songs like "Center of the Circle, Yankee Man, etc I have them on 8 track but my last 8 track player finally broke down
lilackine 1 year ago
folk chick are so hot!!
BerkLeeDrm 1 year ago
I love the passion in her songs from the 60's. You can tell she's really feeling it. Great stuff. Leftover Wine is awesome. Her and Grace Slick were so good looking too. oy.
Damienf77 1 year ago
I grew up in south florida in the sixties; your collage of shots is excellent. thanks for resurrecting this
CineSolutions 1 year ago
Ah yes, Melanie, the quintessential flower gal of the late '60's / early '70's. Always loved her songs, she sings them beautifully, and is quite beautiful herself.
billdescoteaux 1 year ago
watch her performances, she rocks her body to the music all the time, like any artist who feels the rhythm and communes I wouldnt run and call the clerk, but I would stay my distance respectfully and wish that I could know her and feel as deeply as she feels in touch with the symphony of the stars. Your suspicions are your own not mine. i could not care less. But I am glad you feel that you love the soul. You are right that the public is different now than then, and we are less for it
lilackine 1 year ago
@lilackine fukin deep