MELANIE Interviewed by Mike Douglas '77

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  • Melanie interviewed and chatting on February 2, 1977, the day before her 30th birthday, of which no mention was made! Fellow guests include then president Jimmy Carter's eccentric brother Billy! In between the two parts Melanie had sung 'Friends And Company': • Video

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  • @danielorlando8172
    @danielorlando8172 6 місяців тому +10

    You could not meet a more humble person. She took everything she had for fame with a grain of salt. Her humanity always shone through in her conversations. There will never be anyone like her ever again ❤️

  • @jeffcasey8551
    @jeffcasey8551 8 місяців тому +29

    RIP Melanie you were amazing

  • @kepot111460
    @kepot111460 8 місяців тому +14

    She was the epitome of a Flower Child. Beautiful and blessed. RIP.

    • @pgroove163
      @pgroove163 7 місяців тому

      more of a beatnik..

  • @DallasPix
    @DallasPix 8 місяців тому +12

    Melanie, wow.. what a talent, beautiful woman & beautiful soul..
    RIP

    • @BillSomody
      @BillSomody 8 місяців тому

      La creme de la creme was magnificent Melanie! Rest in peace, sweet lady who charmed and delighted millions with her beautiful enchanting songs and lovely voice!

  • @Brsbeach
    @Brsbeach 4 роки тому +41

    I had a job where I dealt with a lot of performers and celebrities of various kinds, and I used to always say I NEVFER wanted to meet Melanie, because even back when, I KNEW I would fall hopelessly in love, even among the other 'Beautiful People'- that clip just proved it for me. Melanie is beyond adorable, still today!

    • @karenpiotte90
      @karenpiotte90 2 роки тому +4

      Yes she is.

    • @swamprat999
      @swamprat999 8 місяців тому +3

      Shine forever, beautiful Melanie. Traversing the cosmos. Grateful you were with us

    • @thomaswojtaszek2274
      @thomaswojtaszek2274 8 місяців тому +1

      "There's a path there's a plan there's a soul for man to travel in and when that traveling's done the soul he loved will live again I believe when his life does end that the love he gave will live again I believe when it's said and done that a little falls on every one and though the good gets kicked around a little falls on everyone..." Melanie, "I Believe (Secret of the Darkness)

    • @alanmorris3601
      @alanmorris3601 8 місяців тому +3

      I think every young man back then was hopelessly in love with Melanie, God rest her soul

  • @stevek6518
    @stevek6518 4 роки тому +35

    She gives a great thoughtful answer to Mike's stupid awkward drug question

    • @sophiepooks2174
      @sophiepooks2174 8 місяців тому +2

      Yes he looked like a goober asking such an odd question to start off with was unprofessional to put to Melanie, an interviewer is supposed to make a guest feel comfortable enough to relax, not feel like they are on trial by the morality police.

  • @3636lk
    @3636lk 5 років тому +41

    Such a gorgeous, beautiful, charming and incredible woman, Love her so much.

  • @beverlylawyer2286
    @beverlylawyer2286 8 місяців тому +9

    Rest Easy Beautiful Song Girl, 30 years old here

  • @candaceroberts3238
    @candaceroberts3238 4 роки тому +23

    Everyone seems to love her. She’s really sweet.

    • @stevefox898
      @stevefox898 2 роки тому

      Just look at her now......an old hag.

  • @gogoyubari366
    @gogoyubari366 6 років тому +21

    I have one of her painted items. It's a stick called "Wood Stick". It's even signed by her. I also hung out with her and took some photographs. She was so kind and gracious!

  • @robbybobby01
    @robbybobby01 2 роки тому +10

    She was one of the most attractive looking singing artists of the time and still a lovely natural person todayn

  • @timsears6129
    @timsears6129 6 років тому +40

    Damn she was so cute..

    • @douggriggs1499
      @douggriggs1499 6 років тому +2

      Sure was!

    • @TangSongs
      @TangSongs 8 місяців тому

      She was not just cute, she was beautiful! Her music is magical!

  • @jammin6816
    @jammin6816 3 місяці тому

    She’s so humble and beautiful

  • @williamkoestner1400
    @williamkoestner1400 4 роки тому +6

    Always great to see old Mick Douglas shows. Was such a class act.

  • @SkeeterNYC
    @SkeeterNYC 10 років тому +16

    For an afternoon talk show Mike Douglas booked some cool people, Billy Carter aside. I remember coming home from school and seeing Patti Smith and her band. That blew me away! Life changing.

    • @donaldzahnke2123
      @donaldzahnke2123 5 років тому

      Mike used to do his show from clevelqnd ohip in the 60s

    • @jcat1507
      @jcat1507 4 роки тому

      Patti Smith WAS so amazing. Her old house in St. Clair Shores, MI on a canal just sold. I so wanted to buy it!

    • @oldiesgeek454
      @oldiesgeek454 3 роки тому

      @@donaldzahnke2123 I thought his show was originally shot in Philadelphia. 🤔

  • @warrenherman6785
    @warrenherman6785 10 років тому +14

    I 've been a huge fan since Woodstock. Her voice, her music, her smile and heart. Keep them coming

    • @IanWalkerMelmanian
      @IanWalkerMelmanian  10 років тому +2

      I'm hearing you warren.... :)

    • @donaldzahnke2123
      @donaldzahnke2123 5 років тому +1

      I met Melanie in akron ohio in sept of 2004 at wood stock revisted with john sabation and arlo guthrie

  • @Anthony-hu3rj
    @Anthony-hu3rj 4 роки тому +12

    People LISTENED to Melanie, they didn't even whisper.

  • @dutchvan4503
    @dutchvan4503 Рік тому +2

    I saw her as an opening act for a band. I didn't know who she was but when she started to sing "Candles in the rain I was done. I couldn't forget her. I was in awe of her. I fell in love. What a beautiful person inside and out. I got to meet her in the 90s as a much older person and she was funny and gracious.

  • @otiliasalinas1605
    @otiliasalinas1605 8 місяців тому +1

    Melanie was absolutely gorgeous ❤️ Ans such an beautiful soul. ❤️

  • @raindeerprojekt4119
    @raindeerprojekt4119 4 роки тому +4

    Class Act!!! One of our very best!!!

  • @marthahubbard9463
    @marthahubbard9463 8 місяців тому +1

    She was a sweet and gentle soul

  • @DavidLee-rx6uo
    @DavidLee-rx6uo 2 роки тому +2

    Mike Douglas show what a legend I wish they reruns

  • @timsears951
    @timsears951 3 роки тому +7

    Melanie soooo good looking ...

  • @judysummer4349
    @judysummer4349 8 років тому +6

    I'm Bob and I've always liked Melanie's songs, especially "Brand New Key" - takes me back to my hippie (1960) days!

  • @groovyguru5314
    @groovyguru5314 8 років тому +19

    I love it when Mike is talking about drugs and she asked him if he has any

    • @sneadh1
      @sneadh1 5 років тому

      Billy has some beer!

  • @david0321able
    @david0321able 7 місяців тому

    The 70's was the best music. Rest in Peace Melanie.

  • @perlmonk68
    @perlmonk68 3 роки тому +3

    Melanie Safka, LeVar Burton, and Billy Carter. Wow! Nice Mix.

  • @SuperWhatthehuh
    @SuperWhatthehuh 8 місяців тому +2

    What a strange and interesting interview. Mike Douglas was genuine and awkward. I used to watch this show everyday as a kid. What a difference watching it as an adult and in the current time period. And Billy Carter? A jerk in any era.

  • @danielmesery2904
    @danielmesery2904 2 роки тому +3

    Good song by Melanie.🙏🌷👀

  • @garrettdavis6500
    @garrettdavis6500 8 місяців тому

    She became a mom & told the industry to shove it. Beautiful.

  • @thisislogout
    @thisislogout 3 роки тому +3

    I too thought MD was saying The Bay City Rollers were screamers, at first. She is adorable.

    • @judis6224
      @judis6224 2 роки тому

      Bcr were never screamers.

  • @anothertime1282
    @anothertime1282 2 роки тому +5

    Lovely woman. So herself.

  • @ardalla535
    @ardalla535 8 років тому +9

    OMG Mike totally wants her to say "I quit recording because my albums weren't selling anymore." What a prick. And then he asks her if she is/was on drugs.

  • @TGGaineyProductions
    @TGGaineyProductions 8 місяців тому +3

    Oh snap! LeVar Burton! Fresh off of Roots!

  • @ADAMSIXTIES
    @ADAMSIXTIES 4 роки тому +2

    Why didn't Billy bring out his beer for everyone? Melanie is a fellow Monmouth Countier before we made it out!

  • @williams7368
    @williams7368 4 роки тому +5

    Melanie Safka and Billy Carter? What a strange combination!

    • @IanWalkerMelmanian
      @IanWalkerMelmanian  4 роки тому +5

      LOL yes, don't you love the way she rolled her eyes in horror when he said he'd never known a woman who could write anything worth reading??? Ha ha, she's a funny lady as well as a beautiful one.

    • @stevefox898
      @stevefox898 2 роки тому

      But then again, Melanie has always been strange and eccentric.

    • @jrjr1628
      @jrjr1628 8 місяців тому +1

      @@stevefox898 Strange & eccentric are better than being dull & boring. Billy Carter is an disrespecful idiot.

  • @Mr4444jl
    @Mr4444jl 6 років тому

    Oh man, Mikes knockin the Bay City Rollers.

  • @karenpiotte90
    @karenpiotte90 2 роки тому

    Thought he was saying the Bay City Rollers were screaming. Use to watch them with looney tunes and school house rock on Saturday mornings. Radio used to play Brand New Key all the time. That's when one could clip your roller skates onto your shoes. Good old days.

  • @IanPunter
    @IanPunter 5 років тому +2

    talk about a hard juxtaposition, Melanie and the Bay City Rollers.

  • @jackstraw3934
    @jackstraw3934 8 місяців тому

    Is that the “Deliverance” author James Dickey? And Billy “everybody down south’s got one in the woodpile” Carter with Levar Burton? What times!

  • @ChrisSmith88love
    @ChrisSmith88love 7 місяців тому

    Pregnancies and she brought her Rocks. And She pulled it off! Melanie! The "Diabetic" Salt is Salt with Potassium, in short supply in the Diet.

  • @toastee3
    @toastee3 6 років тому +6

    Why do they always edit the songs out of these things ... makes me mad!

  • @p.w.e.2374
    @p.w.e.2374 8 місяців тому +1

    Melanie was a gem...Billy was a moron.

  • @yell50
    @yell50 8 років тому +4

    why cut the performance out ?

  • @johnrevell8199
    @johnrevell8199 8 місяців тому +1

    Just a beautiful person had her beliefs but never knocked r troops

  • @johnnylastovica6511
    @johnnylastovica6511 6 місяців тому

    It 5:00 all day for Mike
    3 martini breakfast

  • @chrislewis-n3v
    @chrislewis-n3v 8 місяців тому +1

    were your records selling then? did you take drugs? who is this bloke?

    • @rotunda57
      @rotunda57 8 місяців тому

      Makes no difference. They're both dead now ☹

  • @usware5240
    @usware5240 2 роки тому +1

    Mike Douglas. What's with these kids havin fun these days!!! I just don't understand it!

  • @rawmark
    @rawmark 4 роки тому

    OMG, Billy Beer. lol

  • @davidevans3175
    @davidevans3175 9 років тому +2

    Billy Carter makes George Bush look like Tony Randell.

    • @sneadh1
      @sneadh1 5 років тому

      Billy was a Bubba!

  • @lemurianchick
    @lemurianchick 9 років тому +3

    Pretty woman. I wonder if that is grey hair in her bangs and front of hair.

    • @IanWalkerMelmanian
      @IanWalkerMelmanian  9 років тому +2

      lemurian chick Yes it is! It suddenly appeared during her twenties and she decided she would always keep that part authentically original, no matter what colour the rest of her hair was. She wrote the song "Prematurely Grey" about that grey streak.

    • @lemurianchick
      @lemurianchick 9 років тому +1

      Ian Walker Very interesting info! Thanks! Curious--why do you call yourself Melanian--is that fans of Melanie?

    • @IanWalkerMelmanian
      @IanWalkerMelmanian  9 років тому +1

      lemurian chick I consider Melanie to be part of me. She's been with me for most of my life. It's the first 5 letters of Melanie's name with mine at the end.... :)

    • @IanWalkerMelmanian
      @IanWalkerMelmanian  9 років тому

      lemurian chick ua-cam.com/video/mnTomhQvVGs/v-deo.html

  • @xanaduxanadu3605
    @xanaduxanadu3605 4 роки тому

    0:54 you got any?

  • @ultrakool
    @ultrakool 6 років тому +3

    wow..oooold at thirty. wha'happened?
    life..evidently.
    who cares, tho. her genius was like a flame in the wind...looks, singing talent, inexplicable timing in her career, woodstock alumni and who knows what all?
    I mean, Lay Down is an immortal tune, with that mass choir back up sound, for instance, so go figure that out and get back to me...I mean, who has done that in pop music, before her?...

    • @IanWalkerMelmanian
      @IanWalkerMelmanian  6 років тому +8

      Old at thirty? So you think Melanie looked old here? She'd had two children and matured, but still looks youthful to my eyes. Ah, but perhaps you're looking through the lens of a younger eye... is that it? I remember when anyone over 25 looked old. :)

    • @thisislogout
      @thisislogout 3 роки тому

      I think that person meant she matured and had babies. 30 is not old.

  • @colinbaker3916
    @colinbaker3916 6 років тому +3

    The Woodstock Generation meets Star Trek: The Next Generation!

  • @chrispritchett2946
    @chrispritchett2946 8 років тому +1

    Carter is silly.

  • @gargantuaism
    @gargantuaism 8 місяців тому

    What does Billy Carter say at 4:23 that makes everybody laugh? Is he saying "Eggs?" Why is that funny? Mike asked what he eats with his beer.

    • @tommylord
      @tommylord 6 місяців тому

      They're laughing at the president's drunkerd brother.

  • @wendynoll3102
    @wendynoll3102 10 років тому +7

    Putting her on with Jimmy Carter's misogynistic brother is a travesty beyond all of my thoughts and feelings...Mike Douglas was a nice person,,,,but her spiritual performance and his (Carter's brother) dimwitted appearance is frankly nauseating....Mike should have had more control...

    • @douggriggs1499
      @douggriggs1499 6 років тому +4

      If Billy Carter had had another brain cell, it would have been lonely ....

    • @TammyMartinBLUE
      @TammyMartinBLUE 6 років тому

      She pops on here from time to time did ya know? I flipped out when I realised she was.

  • @christophernewkirk9557
    @christophernewkirk9557 6 років тому

    LMAO. Mike Douglas likes to pretend people were screaming for him.

  • @MellowWind
    @MellowWind 8 місяців тому

    Beautiful Melanie. Why did they have to have the sexist oaf billyon with her? RIP Melanie.

  • @tenisalot
    @tenisalot 4 роки тому

    thats merv griffin not mike douglas!

  • @nicmart
    @nicmart 8 місяців тому +1

    Pregnancy is the main reason why women earn less.

  • @fredgehrer9441
    @fredgehrer9441 4 роки тому

    Who is that guy on the right?

    • @kevinfiorini9104
      @kevinfiorini9104 4 роки тому +1

      Billy Carter president Jimmy's brother

    • @patglennon9671
      @patglennon9671 3 роки тому

      Muhammad ali

    • @fredgehrer9441
      @fredgehrer9441 3 роки тому

      @@patglennon9671 No way is that Mohamed Ali. Ali was a heavyweight boxer and a lot beefier than that skinny kid.

    • @fredgehrer9441
      @fredgehrer9441 3 роки тому

      @@kevinfiorini9104 I don't think so. LMAO!

    • @patglennon9671
      @patglennon9671 3 роки тому

      @@fredgehrer9441 joe frazier 😎

  • @nicmart
    @nicmart 8 місяців тому

    A sweet libertarian gal.

  • @joekavanagh7171
    @joekavanagh7171 8 місяців тому +1

    Bay City Rollers, what an appallingly bad group. Totally talentless, a prime example of the power of hype at its worst.

  • @whogivesanut
    @whogivesanut 2 роки тому +1

    She were something eh. Spose I shouldn't talk about her as though she's passed. Love you, Melanie