melanie safka might not be a name that springs to mind when asked about favourite love songs, but for those who grew up steeped in the music and culture of the late sixties and early seventies, melanie is a name that will resonate through your consciousness. if you're anything like me, then one of your all-time favourite quirky love songs might tinkle and burble outwards from whatever synaptic map has encoded it for just this moment.
"i got a brand new pair of roller skates / you got a brand new key / i think that we should get together and try them out you see / i been looking around awhile / you got something for me / oh! i got a brand new pair of roller skates / you got a brand new key. / i ride my bike, i roller skate, don't drive no car / don't go too fast, but i go pretty far / for somebody who don't drive / i been all around the world / some people say i've done alright for a girl..."
melanie - you've done more than alright . . .
melanie singing “brand new key”
melanie is still very much around. if the tune has locked itself into your cranium and you feel compelled to hear more, then you might like to nip over to amazon and pick up a copy of her greatest hits compilation "beautiful people" produced by no less a musician than the english guitarist for king crimson - robert fripp.
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