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==Relevance== | ==Relevance== | ||
Melanie has featured in pre-show reels, was cited by Morrissey as a revered singer and then ultimately was covered by Morrissey on California Son.<br> | |||
Speaking to [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/14/singer-songwriter-melanie-woodstock-was-unbelievably-frightening The Guardian] (December 14, 2021), she said of Some Say (I Got Devil): | |||
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“That’s Morrissey’s favourite, he did a version of it recently,” | |||
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In 2019, [https://web.archive.org/web/20231208145744/https://www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrommorrissey/message-from-melanie Morrissey Central highlighted] a tweet she made regarding the cover version: | |||
<twitter href="https://twitter.com/melaniesafka/status/1148681311583952897" /> | |||
She was the subject of a Central RIP statement in January, 2024. | |||
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