Melanie's Looking For A Bag Of Her Very Own
Karl Dallas, Melody Maker, 19 April 1969
YOU CAN'T BE neutral about Melanie. She's one of those people who comes along and creates new dividing lines in the scene, setting people at each other's throats who normally see eye to eye on good and bad. At first hearing everyone feels they have to stand up and be counted.
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