Melanie Safka - Live from Greenwich Village 1968

[KMD100100]

she is sooo good looking

[anduarto]

The audio sounds sped up. Sort of Chipmunk-y. Emphasizes the affectation in her pronunciation at this stage of her career (I'll pass out buddons..., Budeeful Peepole...)

[eireman]

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE! Melanie... was a troubador of LOVE and PEACE! And she still is.

[BenBamber]

Sheer genius and perfection. I still have her tapes from '69.

[Wildlyfer]

LOL Melanie was my first celebrity crush when I was a kid, lol.

[searchlight18]

@Wildlyfer What artist she was.They don't make them like her anymore.Everyone's so shallow now she was hot and talented*******************

[firstbornjordan]

When I first heard Melanie sing beautiful people, I wondered how it was that she held back those tears. I don't have the technical terms to describe what she is doing with her voice, but this I can say - she is real, she sings with her heart, expressing and empathising with the pain inflicted on the needy, after repeated attempts to call out with grief, tough and stern, but eventually gives way once again to the soft touch that beautiful people (that's us) so desperately need.

[1955c]

melanie the great one and only!

[gluntford]

there is something so dated about that first song... only adds to its meaning and beauty

[TangSongs]

Stevie and Melanie are two completely different artists who happen to, kind of, have the same vibrato in their voices. It's quite amazing how Melanie's voice developed over the early years. Love it!

[TangSongs]

Stevie and Melanie are two completely different artists who happen to, kind of, have the same vibrato in their voices. It's quite amazing how Melanie's voice developed over the early years. Love it!

[1955c]

Jgmagoo person below or above joan baez and melanie are two different singers you don't know what your talking about.That is pure natural Melanie style.I only follow melanie safka for 44 years and she blows away joan baez in every aspect .Writing as well as singing. Who are you kidding, my mothers aunt. Go find your self

[mthivier]

While Melanie does not "blow Joan Baez away", she is hugely talented in her own right, and I've never understood the Baez comparisons. Other than both singing folkish songs to their own guitar accompaniment, Melanie and Baez sound nothing alike. Baez' voice was more "classically" beautiful, while Melanie's vocals were expressive and vibrato-driven. Both very moving, but in different ways. If I had to compare Melanie with someone, it would be Buffy Sainte Marie, and even then, VERY different.

[JGMagoo]

Sounds to me like she's trying to emulate Joan Baez a little bit on this song with the tremmelo sound....which I don't think is that becoming for her.

Check out "Melanie Dust In The Wind" No tremmelo...and an absolute masterpiece!

[vonroon23]

I never knew George W Bush did voice-overs for music dvds

[dlhippie58]

this is so wonderful, love it!!!!!!!!!! thanks Phil

[heartyfeast]

Gosh I love this gal! And she's still going strong! Keep it up!

[Damienf77]

This is great! Thank you :D

[missrainbowist]

i hope all the melanie fans rememberd to play beautiful people tonight in memory of peter!

[eerieshor]

God, this is priceless! What a wonderful talent, then...and now. Thanks mellydrome.

[highonimmi]

wow, you cant tell me stevie nicks didnt use melanie as inspiration!

[bgfd1]

Wonderful.

[TLSPSHEL2]

Melanie....is Beautiful People

[TLSPSHEL2]

TALENT

[somedaywewillflyaway]

Beautiful. She's such an emotional singer. I can feel her emotions.

[1955c]

a genuis then and a genuis now and always will be the high priestess melanie as the new york times named her that back in 1971