The New Seekers "Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma" on The Ed Sullivan Show

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  • @thancrow
    @thancrow 2 месяца назад +11

    R.i.p Melanie Safka, your music lives on.

  • @garyvandecar2580
    @garyvandecar2580 2 месяца назад +6

    The beautiful voice of Scottish singer Eve Graham the lead vocalist of The New Seekers.

  • @allenmurray7893
    @allenmurray7893 Год назад +21

    Eve Graham really nailed this song, didn't she? Love the New Seekers.

  • @chygwelanmeneth
    @chygwelanmeneth 11 месяцев назад +21

    Eve Graham - what a voice; what a lady. wow.

  • @kentdouglass1001
    @kentdouglass1001 Год назад +22

    Best version of this song ever done. 👍

  • @jeffking4176
    @jeffking4176 Год назад +10

    The New Seekers had an International hit with “I’d Like To Teach The World “ , which was a jingle for COKE, - and due to massive amounts of phone calls to radio stations, they finished it out, turned it into a fantastic full length song. - I believe , the only time that has ever happened.
    📻🙂

  • @zsigmondmoricz4624
    @zsigmondmoricz4624 22 часа назад

    I love it!!!🥰

  • @garyvandecar2580
    @garyvandecar2580 2 месяца назад +4

    Written by Melanie Safka, Rest in Peace beautiful Lady.

  • @alanarakelian5021
    @alanarakelian5021 2 года назад +10

    When the Ed Sullivan Show went to color in 1965, the audio got so much better, too. It's a shame that the Beatles missed the transition by one week and will forever be in so-so black and white from that show.

  • @stevehulse4005
    @stevehulse4005 2 года назад +9

    Before their success with Never Ending Song of Love in the U.K. in 1971, they were more popular in the USA.

  • @hanno-erdmanntietz8424
    @hanno-erdmanntietz8424 2 года назад +88

    That's Eve Graham from Scotland singing lead. Brilliant.

    • @saba6502
      @saba6502 2 года назад +16

      Yes, she's brilliant!

    • @brettweary8491
      @brettweary8491 Год назад +8

      Absolutely Awesome

    • @garymcveigh815
      @garymcveigh815 Год назад +9

      I was in love with her lol even though I was only 10 😂

    • @nerjadude
      @nerjadude 5 месяцев назад +5

      Lovely singer and lovely song
      Hello to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @mauricewascom658
      @mauricewascom658 3 месяца назад +3

      Beautiful voice and a sight for sore eyes ‼️😻😍❤

  • @themotownboy1
    @themotownboy1 2 года назад +57

    I love this song. The original was written and recorded by Melanie (Safka-Schekeryk). I think the lyrics are about the music industry and what they do to an artist's work.

  • @Mike1960s-teenager
    @Mike1960s-teenager Год назад +30

    I fell in love with this beautiful lady and her voice in the 60`s and I have loved her ever since.

    • @royaumeuni5730
      @royaumeuni5730 10 месяцев назад +3

      I liked her very much too and I understand why when I see this again.

    • @user-pe2pt2bs7x
      @user-pe2pt2bs7x 3 месяца назад

      Eve was my 1st crush at 7 years old just wow

  • @iandavid8925
    @iandavid8925 4 месяца назад +5

    Eve Graham, beautiful woman, beautiful voice, beautiful talent. Now as much as then.

  • @ewbell7071
    @ewbell7071 22 дня назад +2

    I've watched/listened to this over & over but I'm really admiring this beautiful singer...did not even know about her before...awesome voice.

  • @grinsko6741
    @grinsko6741 2 года назад +13

    This must surely be very soon after Lyn, Peter and Paul joined. This clip is a treasure, and in wonderful clarity.

  • @shyman99
    @shyman99 2 года назад +33

    The New Seekers had a fascinating history starting with their initial success coming from this 1970 single in the US. Yet it didn't crack the UK top 40. But the following year they made it big in the UK with "Never Ending Song Of Love", while the US played the version by Delaney & Bonnie instead. Their releases would continue to be big in some countries & not others. But the two singles where the New Seekers & the world came together are: "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" in 1971 and "Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me" in 1973. The latter is my favorite and is an amazing performance.

    • @chygwelanmeneth
      @chygwelanmeneth 11 месяцев назад +1

      I agree - Their version of Pinball Wizard etc is superb - even Pete Townshend (from The Who) liked it.

  • @Mika837
    @Mika837 2 месяца назад +4

    My God, her beautiful voice!!! A great song and an even better presentation!

  • @Weesperbuurt
    @Weesperbuurt 2 года назад +20

    Song written by Melanie Safka

    • @HoustonRebel
      @HoustonRebel 9 месяцев назад +1

      Melanie was so underrated. So were The New Seekers.

  • @marcomarando9409
    @marcomarando9409 Год назад +10

    Great song, great band, with a magic Eve Graham

  • @davidthompson3440
    @davidthompson3440 Год назад +7

    Wow. Absolutely fantastic song and one beautiful lady….

  • @jeffcher10
    @jeffcher10 2 года назад +10

    Eve Graham and Lyn Paul were previously in a band called The Nocturnes from 1966-69.

  • @robertreynolds1606
    @robertreynolds1606 5 месяцев назад +4

    This is the best version on RUclips

  • @joemac6774
    @joemac6774 Год назад +7

    So talented and beautiful, the amazing Eve and Lynn💚👋👋

  • @that70sgirl90
    @that70sgirl90 2 года назад +55

    What a Fantastic voice! I haven't heard this in a long time. "What Have You're Done to My Song." Isn't that the truth. What have they've done to all the songs today? Thank you for sharing! 💖

  • @mandybellep230
    @mandybellep230 Год назад +6

    I still love Melanie's version of all of them ❤❤ I do like the trumpets tho

  • @cbyam1300
    @cbyam1300 11 месяцев назад +7

    What a wonderful strong, pure voice. Eve is singing again mow & she still sounds fantastic !

  • @josephrich5898
    @josephrich5898 Год назад +4

    What a joyous cabaret song from a better time.

  • @michaelbruns449
    @michaelbruns449 3 месяца назад +2

    ABBA unplugged 😂 actually more like a huge inspiration for ABBA a few years later, 2 girls one blonde one brunette, occasionally singing other languages, 2 guys playing guitar singing backup, ect ect ect, its so obviously true even more so during other videos for other songs.

  • @lonestarfriend
    @lonestarfriend 2 года назад +28

    Glorious color. 🙂
    Nicely done. Makes me think of attending a late 60s or early 70s protest of some kind. Personally, I would replace "song" with "world".

    • @scdevon
      @scdevon 2 года назад +2

      Nice clean old Quad footage. Remarkable preservation for 51 years later.

    • @mauricewascom658
      @mauricewascom658 3 месяца назад +2

      @lonestarfriend
      "Hear ! Hear ! on the "World"‼️👍🏼

  • @M4BoarBiker
    @M4BoarBiker Год назад +13

    Quite possibly the best version of this great song.

    • @alkholos
      @alkholos Год назад

      They did nothing to the arrangement. Is this an improvement to what Melanie wrote and sang? I don't think so.

    • @bestintuba
      @bestintuba Год назад +2

      @@alkholos And Melanie's voice was better.

    • @alkholos
      @alkholos Год назад +3

      @@bestintuba In the interest of full disclosure, I admit that I adore Melanie Safka. No one can really do justice to her songs. I think she's beyond brilliant. When she does covers, like Linda Ronstadt's "Long, Long Time" she somehow adds an element that is absolutely heart-wrenching, even though Linda's version is so much more polished.

    • @alkholos
      @alkholos Год назад +1

      @@bestintuba I can't argue with you. I thought Ms. Safka was and remains brilliant.

    • @alkholos
      @alkholos Год назад +1

      And then again, maybe not.

  • @kingmarshmusic
    @kingmarshmusic Год назад +5

    So love this!!

  • @TonyWeaving
    @TonyWeaving 2 месяца назад

    I was just 7 years old when this song was released in the UK but Wow what talent The New Seelers had.

  • @finnpetersen1066
    @finnpetersen1066 2 года назад +3

    That's when I fell in love with The New Seekers 🎶😍🤩

  • @shyman99
    @shyman99 2 года назад +24

    This video looks different from usual Ed Sullivan videos because it was a special show with acts from around the world paying tribute to the 25th anniversary of the United Nations. The New Seekers were representing Australia. Notable is the fact that the original Seekers were also on Ed Sullivan in the 60s.

    • @toddy505
      @toddy505 2 года назад +4

      The New Seekers had no connection to Australia, all British and the singer very Scottish, of course the original Seekers were Australian.

    • @SallyWilliams
      @SallyWilliams 2 года назад +6

      @@toddy505 Nope ! you are wrong, Peter Doyle was Australian, Marty Kristian was born in Germany, but the family moved to Australia when he was very young. Both had a career over there before they moved to the UK

  • @genevavredeveld3748
    @genevavredeveld3748 2 года назад +18

    I remember this group! I also remember Dad asking "But what happened to the Old Seekers"? He thought he was a comedian!!!

    • @jong0000
      @jong0000 2 года назад +2

      this group couldn't carry the real Seekers luggage

    • @SallyWilliams
      @SallyWilliams 2 года назад +6

      @@jong0000 They were much more versatile AND they had 2 fabulous lead singers with Eve Graham and Peter Doyle

    • @jong0000
      @jong0000 2 года назад +2

      @@SallyWilliams You can't possibly be serious... Judith Durham is the greatest female vocalist ever. This woman isn't even close....jeez. AS for versatility, take a listen to Judith's jazz records...

    • @SallyWilliams
      @SallyWilliams 2 года назад +1

      @@jong0000 we are talking about the bands. you probably don't know a lot of their recordings

    • @jong0000
      @jong0000 2 года назад

      @@SallyWilliams I have everything the real band recorded, and much of what the phony "band" did. Comparing this woman to Judith Durham is absurd..

  • @michaelbruns449
    @michaelbruns449 2 года назад +21

    Look what they've done to my world,
    Now so far away from this magic.

  • @zonkerd7
    @zonkerd7 Год назад +2

    True Classic!! Nice Vocal Jammin!

  • @user-ye7sj7gm3f
    @user-ye7sj7gm3f 17 дней назад

    WHAT A VOICE..... Awesome !!!

  • @Mike1960s-teenager
    @Mike1960s-teenager Год назад +1

    The lovely Eve Graham, a beautiful performance from a superb group - a pity though that Gary `the prat` Linaker was on base guitar..

  • @mga2899
    @mga2899 5 месяцев назад +8

    The best singer on RUclips that no one knows their name.

  • @willminkorea2010
    @willminkorea2010 2 года назад +22

    This band had some great covers-. Their versions of "Beautiful People", "Morning Has Broken.","Mrs Robinson", and "Pinball Wizard" were remarkable.

    • @willminkorea2010
      @willminkorea2010 2 года назад +4

      Add "One" and "Your Song"- great music and it's all on youtube

    • @chygwelanmeneth
      @chygwelanmeneth 2 года назад +4

      Their version of "Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me" is superb. Even Pete Townshend thought it pretty good, I gather.

    • @stephaniethesing5359
      @stephaniethesing5359 2 года назад +2

      My mother had a couple of their records when I was a kid - I think now that I played them more than she did! Great for a little girl to sing along with and pretend to be a star - good memories 😁

  • @seenthefuture86
    @seenthefuture86 Год назад

    Slowing this down to 0.5 speed around 1 minute in, is a trippy experience!

  • @allgood6760
    @allgood6760 2 года назад +2

    Awesome.. Thanks from NZ 👍🇳🇿

  • @lobogris8033
    @lobogris8033 Год назад +2

    Melanie una cantautora, Eva Graham una solista incomparable ,gran versión

  • @violethart4828
    @violethart4828 Год назад

    ☀️💛God showed up

  • @princessgrace66
    @princessgrace66 Год назад

    A Sr. Trolling & That right there is Underrated AM Radio Music& Lyrics.,,Tku!👍

  • @rogerturner1881
    @rogerturner1881 2 года назад +9

    it's FRENCH that they sing in the refrain

  • @mikearreola2609
    @mikearreola2609 Год назад

    Look what they’ve done to our society, God! Look what they are now doing to our children’s brains, Pa.
    There IS a book we can live in, but society rejects it, Pa!

  • @StevenTorrey
    @StevenTorrey Месяц назад

    I wondered about "The Seekers" and "The New Seekers" and yes there is direct relationship; Keith Potger being a member of "The Seekers" developed the group, "The New Seekers" after the breakup of the singing group, "The Seekers."

  • @MrHoefnix
    @MrHoefnix 5 месяцев назад +2

    RIP Melanie.

  • @brettcurtis5710
    @brettcurtis5710 5 месяцев назад

    RIP Melanie Safka, the writer of this song - when it came out I always thought - what have they done to her song - LOL!

  • @suemaddern9317
    @suemaddern9317 Год назад

    4th of the groups the sneakers are in a class of Their Own they are both very good

  • @user-bw7yf2qz9f
    @user-bw7yf2qz9f 2 года назад +3

    That's great, I'm came early

    • @lemurianchick
      @lemurianchick 2 года назад

      ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

    • @jong0000
      @jong0000 2 года назад

      bet that was a disappointment...

  • @HomerDPoll
    @HomerDPoll Год назад

    The New Seekers also had Barry McGuire of Eve of Destruction fame (1964) sing with them for a while!

  • @indyphotos
    @indyphotos 2 года назад +6

    I miss the amazing audio clarity that we enjoyed prior to digital. You will not get this quality from any source today. Audio engineers explain?

    • @giotto4321
      @giotto4321 3 месяца назад

      As an audio engineering student, I recall being told that it's because digital recordings use a much lower quality of dilithium crystals in the flux capacitors. No really....! 😊

  • @denisvieille121
    @denisvieille121 2 года назад +2

    je trouve cette interprétation bien meilleure que celle de mélanie...

  • @Broonzied
    @Broonzied Год назад +1

    I had a big boy crush on Eve.

  • @josephwright6154
    @josephwright6154 Год назад +1

    I saw them 3 times in one week 1972
    Lineup
    Marty kristian
    Peter Doyle
    Paul layton
    Eve graham
    Lynn paul

  • @mayort2688
    @mayort2688 3 месяца назад +3

    The only version that gets close to Melanie

    • @lolalashy6522
      @lolalashy6522 2 месяца назад

      This song was Melanie's, hah?

  • @lwh7301
    @lwh7301 Год назад

    She had perfect teeth.

  • @rodrosantana1013
    @rodrosantana1013 Год назад

    Can someone send me the full erogram? where great artists participated.

  • @michaelrochester48
    @michaelrochester48 2 года назад +24

    This was the top 20 hit for them, but they are way more famous for doing I’d like to teach the world to sing, the Coca-Cola theme song

    • @hanno-erdmanntietz8424
      @hanno-erdmanntietz8424 2 года назад +4

      In the UK, their second chart topper was 'You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me' (1973).
      They came second at the Eurovision Song Contest a year before with 'Beg, Steal Or Borrow'. These days UK usually are at the bottom of the pile at this event.

    • @shyman99
      @shyman99 2 года назад +4

      @@hanno-erdmanntietz8424 - Like everything else, Eurovision has succumbed to politics.

    • @hanno-erdmanntietz8424
      @hanno-erdmanntietz8424 2 года назад +3

      @@shyman99 Absolutely. This regrettable trend began in 1968 with Spain's Massiel coming out on top (major fraud) and has grown worse over the years, especially since the 1990s.

    • @michaelrochester48
      @michaelrochester48 2 года назад +2

      @@hanno-erdmanntietz8424 Abba redeemed the Eurovision contest. They are song was unique and was more rock oriented

  • @justindoyle5972
    @justindoyle5972 Год назад

    The late Peter Doyle born July 28 1949 died in 2001

  • @shauncorless8965
    @shauncorless8965 3 месяца назад +1

    Look what my agent did to me ma he told me to leave the band 😢😢😢

  • @sabineHandl-jm7ty
    @sabineHandl-jm7ty Год назад

    Hello

  • @garychambers5850
    @garychambers5850 2 года назад +1

    So Melanie didnt record this with the New Seekers back in 1970. Melanie recorded her version in 1972? And she wrote the song/

    • @cadifan
      @cadifan 2 года назад +2

      Melanie didn't record "her version" as it's her song, released in 1970. Everyone else had 'their' version.

  • @TonyGPizza
    @TonyGPizza 2 года назад +2

    The Seekers and Melanie competed on the charts with this song. But Ray Charles, who had a LOT of stuff done with his songs, gave it a gravitas neither of these songs could.

  • @patrickryan1515
    @patrickryan1515 10 месяцев назад

    Nice looking group; great sounding sound. And I especially love this Melanie composition. Reminding now of what this current deplorable administration is doing to our Republic here in America.

    • @Tawroset
      @Tawroset 3 дня назад

      MAGA tears

    • @patrickryan1515
      @patrickryan1515 3 дня назад

      @@Tawroset We don't bother wit tears; they just get in the way of progress.

    • @Tawroset
      @Tawroset 3 дня назад

      Progress? You're enforcing laws written when my great-great grandmother was still in the womb. I bet you're the smartest guy in the trailer park lol.

  • @gli7utubeo
    @gli7utubeo 2 года назад +5

    Too bad Melanie was never on Ed's show. (I don't think she was, but correct me if that's wrong.)

    • @michaelmichniak127
      @michaelmichniak127 2 года назад +2

      Melanie was on the Ed Sullivan show twice! First time singing Peace Will Come surrounded onstage by her adoring fans. Second singing Ruby Tuesday which just so happened to be the very last official Sullivan show!

  • @colt4667
    @colt4667 3 месяца назад

    Who is the "they" in this song?

  • @OberstHulmbug
    @OberstHulmbug Год назад

    "singing in foreign language" lol :P

  • @stephencarroll230
    @stephencarroll230 2 года назад +5

    This is EXACTLY what Melanie was complaining about in this song!

  • @colt4667
    @colt4667 2 месяца назад

    This is not the Ed Sullivan Show.

  • @robertreynolds1606
    @robertreynolds1606 5 месяцев назад

    Look what they've done to my song, ma
    Look what they've done to my song
    Well, it's the only thing that I could do half right
    And it's turning out all wrong, ma
    Look what they've done to my song
    Look what they've done to my brain, ma
    Look what they've done to my brain
    Well, they picked it like a chicken bone
    And I think I'm half insane, ma
    Look what they've done to my song
    I wish I could find a good book to live in
    Wish I could find a good book
    Will if I could find a real good book
    I'd never have to come out and look at
    What they've done to my song
    Ils ont change ma chanson, ma
    Ils ont change ma chanson
    C'est la seule chose que je peuz faire
    Et ce n'est pas bon, ma
    Ils ont change ma chanson
    La da da da da da da da
    La da da da da da da da
    La da da da da da da da
    La da da da da da
    Look what they've done to my song
    But maybe, it'll all be all right, ma
    Maybe, it'll all be okay
    Well, if the people are buying tears
    I'll be rich someday, ma
    Look what they've done to my song
    Look what they've done to my song, ma
    Look what they've done to my song, ma
    Well, they tied it up in a plastic bag
    Turned it upside down, ma
    Look what they've done to my song, ma
    Ma, look what they've done to my song
    It's the only thing I could do all right
    And they turned it upside down, oh ma
    Look what they've done to my song

  • @NotHimselflmao
    @NotHimselflmao 2 года назад +3

    Dude looks like Kurt Cobain

  • @leonardhandzlik6008
    @leonardhandzlik6008 5 месяцев назад +1

    Great voice, but still prefer Judith Durham of the original Seekers

  • @michaelrochester48
    @michaelrochester48 2 года назад +9

    Melanie song

  • @MichaelHoare-vr7mo
    @MichaelHoare-vr7mo 3 месяца назад +1

    This is a cover of a Melanie song.

  • @JamieTransNyc
    @JamieTransNyc 2 месяца назад +1

    The beginning was sort of sweet, but really a disappointment.... then @2:33 Eve opened up.. . and wow!

  • @kennethdrewary1094
    @kennethdrewary1094 3 месяца назад

    A great singer, now a window dresser.

  • @sabineHandl-jm7ty
    @sabineHandl-jm7ty Год назад

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  • @fannycraddock99
    @fannycraddock99 2 года назад +13

    It's OK but Melanie's original is so much better!

    • @robertspretnak5998
      @robertspretnak5998 Год назад +1

      I'm not criticizing Melanie here because Ms. Safka, in her prime, not only had a great voice, but she really knew how to deliver the goods. But for this song, I think Eve Graham's vocal is even better. They're both great. You can't wrong with either.

  • @garymazzeo3490
    @garymazzeo3490 Год назад

    A lovely song of mental illness.............omg

  • @cheekygnome
    @cheekygnome 8 месяцев назад +1

    Melanie did this song so much better.

    • @Mediawatcher2023
      @Mediawatcher2023 7 месяцев назад +1

      no the seekers did it better

    • @cheekygnome
      @cheekygnome 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@Mediawatcher2023 bless your little heart.

  • @believeit1234
    @believeit1234 5 месяцев назад

    RIP Melanie.