Reelin’ in the Years 231: What Have They Done to my Song Ma. RIP Melanie
Posted in 1970s, Dumbarton FC, Events dear boy. Events, Music, Reelin' In The Years at 12:00 on 2 February 2024
Melanie Safka has also gone.
She first came to notice in the UK with her 1970 cover of the Rolling Stones song Ruby Tuesday, which I featured here.
Her biggest UK hit was Brand New Key, parodied by The Wurzels as The Combine Harvester.
I’ve chosen her second UK hit (no 39 in 1970) What Have They Done to My Song Ma (aka Look What They’ve Done to My Song Ma) partly for the verse in French but also since I always wanted to write a parody of it entitled Look What They’ve Done to My Team Ma. (By ‘team’ I meant the mighty Sons of the Rock.) I never got round to that of course.
Melanie: What Have They Done to My Song Ma
Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk (Melanie): 3/2/1947 – January 23/1/2024. So it goes.
Pedant’s corner:- Both of the song’s titles surely ought to have a comma after ‘Song’ and the ‘what’ one, a question mark at its end.
Tags: Brand New Key, Look What They've Done to My Song Ma, Melanie, Melanie Safka, Reelin' In The Years, Rolling Stones, Ruby Tuesday, The Combine Harvester, The Wurzels, What Have They Done to my Song Ma
