Riperton, Minnie - Memory Lane Lyrics






I stumbled on this photograph
It kind of made me laugh
It took me way back
Back down memory lane
I see the happiness, I see the pain
Where am I?
Back down memory lane
I see us standing there
Such a happy, happy pair
Love beyond compare
Look a there, look a there
The way you held me
No one could tell me that love would die
Oh why did I have to find this photograph
I thought I had forgot the past
Now I'm slippin' fast
Oh back down memory lane
I feel the happiness, I feel the pain
Here am I back down memory lane
I'm in the sunshine
I'm in the rain
I thought it was over
Here I go again
The way you held me
No one could tell me that love would die

I don't wanna go
Travel up and down
Faster that the speed of sound
Back down memory lane
You steal my foolish heart
Don't let this feeling start
Back down memory lane
I don't wanna go
Back down memory lane

Save me
Save me

Back down memory lane

Save me
Save me
Save me, save me, save me

Back down memory lane





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  1. B.... ....

    She had lost the use of her right arm at this point... so sad... and brave.

  2. A.... S....

    Minnie ripple to grew up with my they live in the apartment building 1610 the building is gone but my brother and sista where Minnie's reading buddies when they were seven and eight years old Michael and Alida Staples,the first time I ever heard about many was when I bought her album come to my garden I was about 14 or 15 years old at the time I brought the album home and played it my sista Alida came home walked in her room picked up the album cover and said do you know who this is and I said yeah! Minnie riperton she said no this is my I was like what do you meanshe said her and Minnie and the rest of Minnie's family and our family grew up together and they were children who lives on the block her my brother Michael and Minnie where little running and when I came home from the hospital as if it may got a chance to hold me I was like wow 👈🏾😲 he said yeah I wonder where many is now I believe it that time she was living in California when she did this come to my and I still have till this day, no one can hit her range till this day not even Mariah Carrie can't touch him, 👈🏾😐 that's my story I wish I could have met her when I was a teenager maybe I could have gotten her autograph on my album, it would have been priceless

  3. S.... G....

    Sorry that she was taken away from humanity so soon, I adore her musical legacy.

  4. C.... M....

    Miss you Ms minnie, happy birthday in heaven 11-8-19 I still listen to your songs still to this day and will always, keep R.I.P. gods beautiful angel

  5. N.... K....

    Que voz maravilhosa! Não me canso de ouvir! Foi um anjo que passou por aqui!

  6. B.... T....

    Rest in Paradise Sister Minnie - I hear you loud and clear!!!

  7. A.... Y....

    I was so lucky and blessed to have bought the album!! It was the best album she even did besides Perfect Angel!! RIP Minnie!!

  8. R.... S....

    Rip...you are healed now! Miss you down here 😘

  9. Z.... H....

    This song is so amazing the voice is so ahead of its time what a short but sweet visit this angel made to this earth. Rip lovely xx

  10. V.... _....

    40 years without you, Ms. Ripperton!! You live through your songs eternally, my dear.....❤❤❤❤❤

  11. A.... W....

    Omg I love her so much.

  12. S.... L....

    This song is so sad in context 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭.

  13. A.... H....

    The voice of an angel - RIP sweet Minnie 😇

  14. D.... J....

    Ohhhhhh ohhhhhhh 😫😫😫😫😱 “shouting”

  15. A.... ....

    Just think, in a hundred years every youtube comment made from our era will be seen as the new generations as ghost comments. Imagine if youtube was already 100 years old and you could read comments that are 90 years old wouldent that just blow your mind

    A.... ....

    One day this comment will say
    ASSman • 90 years ago

  16. A.... ....

    This is the original nickleback photograph

  17. J.... S....

    Oh wow... this was extremely hard to watch....song is way deeper than we could've ever imagined...I had to cry during her pleas to GOD to be spared and saved... so hurting to watch

  18. J.... J....

    Love this

  19. T.... ....

    Just sublime

  20. D.... W....

    Absolutely heartbreaking song bless her

  21. B.... .....

    I was in my early teens when the news came on the radio that Minnie passed away. It was a hot summer day, I was just saddened by the surprise passing. No more pain Minnie. I am now 51 and have been battling breast issues for 4 years now and just cleared again until my follow up in 6 months. I have 3 children and I don't want to go either. You LIVED sweet angel. I can see in this video your right arm of pain you had as well from your tumor. You were so beautiful regardless and so classy. Flawless voice and so angelic! Thank you for real music that still lives on in my house. Miss you Minnie!

  22. m.... ....

    Never realized the resemblance between Riperton and her daughter Maya Rudolph until I saw this video footage. I'd also like to add that Riperton is quite the actress! It's easy to see where Rudolph inherited her acting abilities!

  23. 3.... ....

    Who are the musicians on this track?

  24. c.... w....

    Her UNsung episode brings me to tears every time and once you watch it .... it gives this song so much more meaning R.I.P Angel...

  25. K.... M....

    This was filmed months before her death in 1979.

  26. C.... M....

    She died beautiful u can’t even tell she is sick what a strong 💪🏼 woman much love love u always and forever beloved Minnie Ripperton

  27. A.... N....

    OMG -- where did this video come from? I'm a huge Minnie fan, but I have never seen this video!! Thanks so much for posting -- you just made my day!!!

  28. M.... H....

    Looking at the date on this video...I realized our oldest was 25 days old and I was home holding her the day the news came ....Minnie had died....you talking bout memory lane .....you are still to be the best that EVER did it lovely one🤗

  29. A.... B....

    Minnie Riperton sang like a beautiful songbird.

  30. A.... B....

    Wow, this shows deep raw emotions. You see the fear in her eyes and sense the pain in her being.

  31. s.... Q....

    REAL FUCKING MUSIC !!!!

  32. S.... H....

    It is so heartbreaking this song, it’s been apart of my life for a long time. My grandmother passed when I was six, and this was the song we used for her in the home movie style dvd

  33. J.... G....

    This shyy was made For Tippin.cu....

  34. D.... O....

    ❤💔🎶

  35. M.... Q....

    I love this song...love the 70s...love those times, memories and the energy......make me want to go back in those times....

  36. A.... M....

    Minnie Julia Riperton-Rudolph
    November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979

    A.... M....

    Minnie Jean😊

  37. S.... O....

    I have got tears in my eyes watching this. Thanks for sharing.

  38. G.... J....

    Professional til the end

  39. A.... P....

    That vioce!!!! Oh my Lord 🙏

  40. b.... ....

    When she whistles you can hear emotions

  41. P.... H....

    When l was In high school l did a painting in class call it memory lane...later In years l moved on a street call Memory Lane. My brother in law would come down with my sister and their children he would always sang this song...she was love by many... God bless her family. RIP.Minnie Riperton

  42. T.... ....

    When she said "save me, save me", she wanted to dodge that breast cancer 😭

  43. s.... ....

    Smh. This was hard to watch. Cancer is bitch. My mom passed because of it in 2013. Chemo made Minnie age so much . She was only 31. Her husband still hurting when he talks about her passing.

  44. D.... S....

    She's definitely an Angel.

  45. d.... ....

    I see Maya in her in this video. I can see the pain and fear in Minnie's eyes here. So, so sad. She seems like she's trying not to cry.

  46. H.... S....

    😢So young. So much talent. That voice! OG. 🙏🏼

  47. M.... N....

    Published on Apr 24 2014

  48. l.... w....

    Its so hard to watch this video.😢

  49. A.... S....

    This song is a timeless gem, gave me the chills. The orchestra knew what they were doing. Minnie's voice has so much emotion in it. RIP Queen Minnie!❤ 2:28 to 2:36 makes me imagine how it sounded when Minnie entered Heaven!

  50. I.... M....

    I want to meet her. My family song. Pleaseeeeé!!!!!!!

  51. T.... ....

    Happy Birthday Ms Minnie Julia Riperton, Rest in Peace.

  52. L.... H....

    Her, Stephanie Mills and Angela Bofil.... Nobody and I mean NOBODY could touch with a MILLION FOOT POLE!!!! Just my opinion.

  53. B.... W....

    "Player's Anthem" -Junior Mafia sample

  54. L.... A....

    😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 God called upon an angel.

  55. J.... R....

    I wonder if this was her very last performance, as she passed away that July...

    J.... R....

    I believe it was

  56. D.... ....

    Knew there was a video of this beautiful song!! Thank u sooooo much for posting this!!!!👍

  57. R.... H....

    Damn it. Everything

  58. m.... ....

    Poor lady had barely six weeks left to live as she was recording this.

  59. D.... C....

    13 people disliking this. Man those 13 people just can't appreciate real music.

  60. R.... W....

    Wow Minnie was bad chick, look at those nails, the girls today think they are doing something, just look back and you will see where is comes from, she had it all, beauty talent sexy stylish and a fine as husband, may she rest in peace, love her music.

  61. y.... f....

    True diva Rip

  62. C.... P....

    This song played at my BFF’s mother’s funeral back in 93’ as we all walked around to view her body. She was such a Minni Riperton fan and always played this song every Sunday morning while cleaning the house. Unfortunately she suffered the same illness Minni had, breast cancer. I’ve been a advocate for the disease and walk in the nYC marathon since 2010. God Bless these great women and may God test their souls 🙏🏾

  63. K.... A....

    RIP my sister Mrs Minnie Riperton

  64. M.... P....

    I didn't know there was a video to this song! Minnie was so young, talented and beautiful. Continue to rest peacefully Queen ❤️❤️ And thanks for sharing this gem!

  65. R.... L....

    Wow she died 6 weeks after this taping. She was incredibly good!

  66. R.... R....

    Rest in peace perfect angel

  67. t.... ....

    You can see all the hurt and pain singing this! I can see that she knows the end is near. 😔😔😔😔

  68. N.... H....

    That was one bad singer she could sang rip Minnie

  69. i.... ....

    that guy in the photos looks like frank zappa

    i.... ....

    Yeah he does, but It's Dick Rudolph. Minnie, Dick, and the Zappa's were good friends and frequented their home often. Their children played together when Minnie lived in Laurel Canyon. Blow is a reference.

    .https://books.google.com/books?id=bANZjtz2qUkC&pg=PA323&lpg=PA323&dq=laurel+canyon+minnie+riperton+and+zappa&source=bl&ots=MGbm0Q9y3h&sig=ZZH9nO0F9cvKhioxjstOAHuLX5o&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiyt7ba8qLYAhUK7SYKHdN-AjIQ6AEIRDAI#v=onepage&q=laurel%20canyon%20minnie%20riperton%20and%20zappa&f=false

    i.... ....

    That was her husband her daughter sings just like her true.

    i.... ....

    @LuvNU75 that was the love of her life her husband. Daughter sound exactly like her mother. Perhaps we should try to get her to record some of her mother songs over. Let's campaign people please please please

  70. J.... N....

    I'm back down memory lane

  71. T.... O....

    You can see that she's in pain emotionally because she's gonna miss her family .

  72. M.... ....

    at the end of the song she seems to have a panic attack, isn t it ?

  73. 6.... ....

    Almost too much to watch. The deepness, and the meaning of this song. Then knowing that her flame was about to end, and her young family, having to live without her. They had to discover her greatness, later in their lives, when they could comprehend who their young mother really was.

  74. l.... t....

    Aww poor girl. She went through so much...

  75. I.... ....

    😭😭😭😭😭😭😢

  76. s.... ....

    This will forever be one big WHAT IF.

  77. K.... W....

    this song touch my heart...I love her voice..rip Minnie

  78. M.... D....

    if you notice her right arm is in a fixed position because she can no longer move it due to the cancer Rest in peace Minnie Riperton I love all of her songs

  79. R.... E....

    Her daughter is Maya Rudolph.

  80. j.... r....

    now here we go again!

  81. T.... T....

    Happy birthday in heaven ms minnie, 11-8-16, I will always love your music and I still to this day play your music, R.I.P. PERFECT ANGEL, 11-8-16

  82. U.... N....

    And what makes this so sad is that she was so serious when she sang this.....every word....every whistle tone was emotionally charged. Someone I cared for deeply just died from cancer....so this song has a special place for me....always has none more than ever.

  83. j.... r....

    gone but not forgotten. Johnnie b

  84. J.... M....

    Damn. What a great voice that Minnie Riperton

  85. A.... B....

    You can see the pain and fear in her eyes. She didn't want to die and leave her family. This song is a beautiful song but it's also sad also. The way she died was just crazy at her age. Only 31 years old ....

    A.... B....

    Anthony Baker I would have to agree with you on that there will never be another one like her ever in this lifetime

    A.... B....

    Anthony Baker - she was an Angel & an Xceptional woman! 😎👊

    A.... B....

    EXACTLY!!

    A.... B....

    Anthony Baker she died right after this vid

    A.... B....

    @Steve Smith Yes, she passed shortly after making this video sadly, you can honestly hear in her voice.Minnie Riperton left an legacy unmatched and unparalleled.

  86. J.... J....

    That voice i really miss you minnie riperton my aunt loved her.

  87. J.... J....

    Almost two month before she died .

  88. A.... C....

    The influence of Minnie in Mariah Carey's Emotions. Is more than clear.

    A.... C....

    True..BUT SORRY ,SHE WILL NEEVVVVVVER be Minnie EVER!

  89. N.... B....

    I was a preteen when she passed & I shed tears cuz I thought she had the most beautiful voice. The first lost I've ever felt. . . Forever LOVE Minnie

  90. S.... O....

    I have never seen this before. It is beautiful. Bless her heart.

  91. R.... M....

    Minnie after 37 yrs.
    Missing you still.
    The Songbird RIP.

  92. A.... D....

    I remember being a child in the early 1980s and my cousin who graduated high school in 81, had the record, "loving you" , she would play it all the time and would intrigue us kids about how Minnie Ripperton had died of cancer.

  93. s.... ....

    This video has so much meaning to me because I loved Minnie Riperton & her music. I also love this song & video because it spoke volumes of this wonderful, beautiful woman who in spite of her terminal illness faced it with so much courage & dignity. I want to dedicated this song & video to my "Cousin-Sister" Gail R. Ellis who passed away on 16 June 2016 from breast cancer @ the age of 57. Their lives paralleled in so many ways. They both were mothers of two children(a son & a daughter), they were both entertainers(recording artist), wonderful & beautiful human beings, These two strong courageous women fought the good fight to the end. God Blessed us with their presence & gifts,but for a short time & it was time well spent. "Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, Love leaves a memory no one can steal". Rest eternal my angels.

    s.... ....

    She's one of my TOP 3 FAV FEMALE VOCALIST

  94. T.... T....

    in this video, it truly. s how's just how beautiful minnie was and will be, she had so much style and strength and that is one of the I will always be her no.1 fan forever, and I loved and will always love that beautiful voice. R.I.P PERFECT ANGEL, YOU R MISSED AND WILL ALWAYS BE LOVED.

  95. k.... s....

    better than Whitney Houston.

    k.... s....

    @Corlena James1 they're both waaay better than Beyonce and Rihanna combined

    k.... s....

    oh shut the hell up, Whitney sang like an angel as did Minnie, but only difference is that Whitney's voice was more powerful and soulful than Minnie's. Minnie's voice was just a tad bit more angelic and at ease than Whitney's

    k.... s....

    Reggie Banks shut up dude

    k.... s....

    BITCH BYE...!!!

    k.... s....

    You sound stupid as hell. Comparing two different singers who have nothing in common besides being black n talented.

  96. A.... B....

    Hello my life revolve around dis Lady.Her illness was trying to get her down but she didn't want to believe that she was actually dying.But she's a beauty queen and Cancer r da biggest problem killer now and she's da 1st. Lady singer and songwriter dat past's away from breast cancer. May My inspiration Minnie Riperton Rest In Peace. Long live your legacy of memory lane....... Minnie Riperton

  97. D.... B....

    Her notes 😩😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  98. S.... M....

    That voice! 😍😍 R.I.P Minnie

  99. S.... M....

    That voice! 😍😍 R.I.P Minnie