50 years we all heard this song on the radio: Melanie

[Koch Ebola]

Melanie: Candles in the rain. 1970.
It was one of the strangest songs of 1970.
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[CaptYossarian]

1. It was about her experience at Woodstock.

I prefer Brand New Key. It's full of double entendre, yet it was still played on the radio.

[Glorfindel]

2. Well, I'll be darned...I hadn't thought of that song in years

I always liked it, but had no idea what it was about or the story behind it. Thank you, Koch Ebola!

[Farmer-Rick]

3. OMG those white straight laced people clapping in unison without expression

The audience are all dressed similarly and look very much alike. They are not nodding or even swaying to the tune. They are roboticly clapping to the words.

Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown.

That video got very creepy with those shots of a confused and unmoved looking audience.

[3Hotdogs]

4. Doubt there was anyone in the audience under 80 years of age.

Edwin Hawkins Singers, excellent.

Another religious based album of that era was Missa Luba, recorded in Congo. It got some mileage on Brit. radio.

[luvs2sing]

5. Loved Melanie and this song.

Yup, it was dark, but those were dark times.