Talk:Melanie (singer)

message: Other Melanie credits include music for the television series "Beauty and the Beast" and a track on The 6ths' "Hyacinths and Thistles" entitled, "I've Got New York," released in 2000.
Although she is viewed by many as the definitive "flower child," she identifies herself as a Libertarian rather than a Liberal.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Rjstrock (talk • contribs) 20:28, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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message: I have a CD titled Melanie / Shine On - The Latest and Greatest. It's produced by Melanie safka, Peter Schekeryk & Rolf Wetzel for PLH (Partner Licencing GmbH, Hamburg) 2000. I will add it to the albums. If it doesn't belong there, please change as appropriate. Hoverfish 15:20, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shine On 

message: This article and the Brand New Key‎ article seem to disagree with each other about how innocent the lyrics are... AnonMoos 06:16, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Brand New Key lyrics

message: The sentence In 1973 Melanie started to retreat from the spotlight to begin a family; one of many sacrifices she made for her career. doesn't make a lot of sense to me. A sacrifice for her family, sure, a sacrifice of her career, OK, but surely not a "sacrifice for her career. jiHymas@himivest.com 216.191.217.90 17:34, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sacrifice for her Career or Sacrifice her Career 

message: In Russian, her surname has even a meaning! safka means food, or breakfast! xD -andy 92.227.75.133 (talk) 18:19, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did you already know ...

message: John Greenway recorded and appears to have composed in part The Psychotherapy Song. Pete Peterson wrote in a discussion at The Digital Tradition on 30 July 1999, "I have, on vinyl, an old record by John Greenway, author of American folksongs of Protest-- recorded about 1960 or so on which The Psychotherapy Song can be found. He claims to have written the last three verses and gotten the rest from the proverbial Man in the Bar." Note that the album mentioned is not American Folksongs of Protest itself. If I can identify the recording, I'll add it to the article. Hieronymus Illinensis (talk) 08:51, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Not surprising, seeing that she only wrote a couple of songs that made the radio, and only 1 number one "hit".  Many more successful performers have been labelled  "One-Hit Wonders".  IMHO, having lived through that period, I would most definitely include her in that category.  Very few people ever heard any of her songs, other than "Brand New Key".  See the "Singles" list.  98.194.39.86 (talk) 04:53, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Psychotherapy Song 

message: I just came across this artist because her song Brand New Key was used in one of the latest HP printer commercials (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReTg9o_eNc8)
In my opinion, that's important, timely, and relevant enough to allow for an add somewhere in this article. Neutralityisimportant (talk) 02:43, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  HP Print Commercial 

message: Born Feb. 3, 1947 in Queens, N.Y. to a Russian-Ukrainian father and an Italian mother who Sang in jazz clubs, Melanie was a self-professed loner who divided her college years between a drama career and playing Greenwich Village coffeehouses. At age 20, she met music publisher-producer Schekeryk, who got her a deal with Columbia Records that lasted for two singles.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.77.30.78 (talk) 12:09, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early Life 

message: The link to the liberarianism statement doesn't work, can't be found on the net. I don't want to remove the reference, but also I don't know what to replace it with. X10 (talk) 17:14, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Libertarianism 

message: The article lacks any discussion of the nature of her voice.Kdammers (talk) 06:32, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Voice 

message: according to her own twitter account, melanie is a scientologist, yet it was deleted almost as soon as it was added.  https://twitter.com/melaniesafka/status/974354482636050432
she also won a scientology award, yet that milestone achievement was also immediately removed.  https://www.pr.com/press-release/624339  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.181.82.156 (talk) 23:37, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: If it has some basis, it should be covered. And I'm not one to split hairs / wiki-lawyer against sourcing, but this is a BLP, and the source given was a vague Scientology press release that didn't even claim that she was there or accepted it, and what you added here was a content-free couple of sentences from twitter. North8000 (talk) 11:47, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Scientology

message: The song "I don't eat animals" was her MOST memorable song for many of that generation.  The article fails to mention that or Melanie's vegetarian diet. MaynardClark (talk) 04:32, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: "I don't eat animals"

message: I have changed the article name back to Melanie Safka as per MOS:BIOGRAPHY (at MOS:SURNAME) where it says:
"For people well known by one-word names, nicknames, or pseudonyms, but who often also use their legal names professionally—e.g., musician/actors André Benjamin ("André 3000"), Jennifer Lopez ("J.Lo"); doctor/broadcaster Drew Pinsky ("Dr. Drew")—use the legal surname."
As Melanie also frequently uses "Melanie Safka" as her professional name (as is clear from her website and her various social media accounts) then this style principle applies to this article. Therefore "Safka" should usually also replace "Melanie" throughout the article. Quizical (talk) 22:59, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: You should not have unilaterally done that without discussion.  The change to Melanie (singer) was made after a discussion and mini-consensus and has been the status quo for 3 years.  Using only your interpretation of a borderline case under a MOS guideline case as a basis to rename an article against the decision from the discussion, without discussion. North8000 (talk) 01:11, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: This isn't simply my "interpretation" about a "borderline case". The issue was already much more adequately discussed some years ago, long before the more recent discussion and so-called "consensus" which was very inadequate. The simple fact, which cannot be denied, is that Melanie is also known professionally as Melanie Safka as many sources, including her own (such as her official website domain, her social media accounts and her published books) more than adequately testify, so the MOS guideline on the matter clearly applies to this article so it should be called "Melanie Safka" with "Melanie (singer)" as a redirect, not the other way around. Quizical (talk) 11:27, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: IMO you should have opened a discussion, and those would be your arguments for renaming the article in that discussion. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 16:28, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

text: I'm going from memory, but I think that for her entire "highly visible" period she only used the name Melanie.North8000 (talk) 16:31, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article name 

message: Hi, the article includes a quote: . However, the source for that quote is a permanent dead-link. I think the obituary in The Telegraph has a very similar quote, judging by the Google search preview, but I can't be sure, as I do not have a subscription. Could someone please check and attempt to verify. Here's the citation:
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Thanks a lot. Esowteric + Talk + Breadcrumbs 16:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, the page source reads: . Esowteric + Talk + Breadcrumbs 16:52, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source for quote about being a libertarian 

message: Meher Baba is no longer mentioned in this article. Should he be? The :Category:Followers of Meher Baba is still there. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:44, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I would say so, given reliable sources. He was an early influence on her. Esowteric + Talk + Breadcrumbs 18:51, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I have re-added a brief mention, using an existing source. But this could be expanded. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:32, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Meher Baba]]