Brand New Key is so good. You have never been so wrong. Same with all the replies of everyone trashing that song. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s epic. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a perfect little pop song and always makes me smile.<\/p>\n
Next time I see you I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m gonna sing it right in your ear. Really close. I mean really close so you can feel the energy in your neck down to your cold Brand New Key hating heart. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll sing it loud and soft. And then you can punch me in the face and I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hit back. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll turn the other cheek and sing it again. Then I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll follow it up with Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road by Loudo!<\/p>\n
And then Hello Muddah Hello Faddah here I am at Camp Granada by the Shermster.<\/p>\n
Melanie was lucky to have that hit. It still sounds great. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all a part of her story.<\/p>\n
I rode my bicycle past your window last night -I roller skated to your door at daylight.<\/p>\n
This is poetry Bob. Poetry!<\/p>\n
Have some fun for once. Relax. Smoke a J. Eat a brownie.<\/p>\n
Dog bless you my friend,<\/p>\n
Steve Poltz<\/p>\n
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Pete Fornatale and WNEW-FM played Melanie all the time. She was the soundtrack for us\u00c2\u00a0 free spirit hippie high school kids eating granola. In the summer of my freshman year of college I went to work for Michael Lang’s Just Sunshine records which was part of Paramount Records in the tall building at Columbus Circle. Just Sunshine shared\u00c2\u00a0 a suite of offices with Neighborhood Records (the label owned\/run by Melanie’s husband Peter-Tony Martell was President of Paramount and his office was across the hallway)-Michael and Peter\u00c2\u00a0 did not like each other to put it mildly -they hated each other. One morning\u00c2\u00a0when I came to work-(Michael and staff did not\u00c2\u00a0come in til late afternoon)-Michael had hired a carpenter to build a wall between Neighborhood and Just Sunshine so Michael didn’t\u00c2\u00a0have to see Peter. Many years later when I was consulting Live Nation in New York I tried to put together\u00c2\u00a0 concert with Melanie-Richi Havens-John Sebastian and Donovan. Long story and\u00c2\u00a0 it never happened but I had a meeting with Melanie and her husband Peter and son Beau in Florida.\u00c2\u00a0 Wild\u00c2\u00a0 fun meeting -their son had written a\u00c2\u00a0 classical concerto that was fantastic-Peter was trying to get me to invest in this magic lotion for your body that would “cure all” and had to kept in the freezer. Peter and Melanie were rubbing\u00c2\u00a0 it all over their arms and faces and\u00c2\u00a0 then rubbed in on my arms. Never felt a thing.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyway Melanie agreed to do the concert that never happened and said ” I would love to play my music for my people”-she then proceeded\u00c2\u00a0to tell my how all her fans and the people who attended Woodstock were her love people.\u00c2\u00a0 She was a real hippie that believed in the magic of the 60’s and the summer of love. The last time I saw Melanie was at BB Kings on 42nd street-she had taken over Mama Cass’s body but still sang like an angel!<\/p>\n
In high school my wife\u00c2\u00a0Nancy loved Melanie and played her music all the time and also played guitar and sang Melanie songs. One of Nancy’s fav songs was Alexander Beetle by Melanie-a fairly obscure fun kid like song.\u00c2\u00a0 If you dont\u00c2\u00a0know it check it out-<\/p>\n