Talk:Melissa (song)

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I deleted a section speculating that the verse beginning "Crossroads, will you ever let him go?" is a possible reference to Duane Allman's death in a traffic accident. The claim is unsubstantiated and does not make sense. Melissa was written in 1967 and recorded by Gregg and Duane Allman around that time with the same lyrics as the Eat a Peach version. The section also acknowledged the song was one of Duane's favorites, so it couldn't have referred to his future death. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.254.78.253 (talk) 04:00, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't remove the lyrics with a self-righteous edit summary (you know the type), but I think that copyright lyrics when briefly quoted need to be set in a context of discussion, not just set out like this. --Wetman 00:26, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Partial lyrics can be quoted if properly used in the context of describing the song. However, simply dumping the lyrics into the article is a copyvio. If the article just had the lyrics, I would simply delete it but this was not the case. The lyrics no longer appear in the current revision of the article but are still in the page history. Hardly seems worth a delete/restore for one edit but it can be done if someone objects to the lyrics remaining in the page history. RedWolf 02:28, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I deleted a section speculating that the verse beginning "Crossroads, will you ever let him go?" is a possible reference to Duane Allman's death in a traffic accident. The claim is unsubstantiated and does not make sense. Melissa was written in 1967 and recorded by Gregg and Duane Allman around that time with the same lyrics as the Eat a Peach version. The section also acknowledged the song was one of Duane's favorites, so it couldn't have referred to his future death.

Some years ago, 500 "Melissa" electric acoustic guitars were made, black, featuring the name "Melissa" on the neck. They are wonderful guitars, I myself possess number 153 ( My name, ironically, is Melissa) and it is a fantastic guitar.

Written by Melissa J. Lewis, 10 years old. "Eat a Peach for Peace"

I saw Robert Johnson was not linked within this article so I had to do it. Cheers all.--Themanthelegend13 03:46, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Johnson[edit]

The Allman Bros. (Duane and Gregg) were not in the band The 31st of February. Maccb (talk) 00:40, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The part about Johnson is a combination of pure speculation and dubious information. No citation, so I will delete it. It does not belong here. In fact, the whole section on lyrical allusions is utterly un-encyclopedic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.68.134.1 (talk) 20:34, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]