Talk:Lilac Wine

Author
Who is James Shelton? I could not find anything about this person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by FJ29valkff34 (talk • contribs) 00:58, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Lyrics?
Is it allowed to post the lyrics? --Nicapicella 14:01, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
 * nope, that's a copyright violation, and has to go. 150.203.230.27 (talk) 05:38, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * But it's easy to find the lyric of almost any song by searching the internet, although the transcriptions posted on song lyric websites may not be entirely accurate. Andrewdavidhaynes (talk) 22:07, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Poisonous?
I removed this comment: "It is generally believed that wine made from Lilac flowers is poisonous" because it was unsourced and as far I know untrue. Lilacs (Syringa vulgaris) are frequently listed on lists of edible plants and there are several recipes for lilac wine available (See George Leonard Herter's How to Make the Finest Wines at Home (1965) for one such recipe). I've had lilacs in salads, and though I've never had lilac wine, I've seen no published evidence that it's poisonous. I've yet to find a commerical maker of lilac wine, but people seem to make it at home without incident. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RolandStJude (talk • contribs) 23:46, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I am removing the description.
Someone please post another one, this song is not about the "heady feeling" of being in love, and this description does an injustice to the song. The narrator of the song for example drinks "much more" and he does that "because it brings me back you". This is a far more complex song and for lack of a better description that we remove this one. 91.132.224.196 (talk)

Nina Simone Version? Please please please
Would a better editor than me like to add her version to the representation? From 1966 2600:100D:B003:257:E947:49A1:FA12:CEBA (talk) 20:18, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Lilac tree or lilac color?
Although James Shelton's lyric clearly refers to wine made from a lilac tree, I assume that he misunderstood Ronald Firbank's "light, lilac wine", which I believe is a reference to the wine's color, not its origin. What part of the lilac tree would be used to make wine? Its small, dry fruits are certainly not fleshy enough for fermentation. And in any case the lilac is a woody plant of temperate areas, and I doubt that it can be found in the tropical setting of Firbank's Sorrow in Sunlight. Andrewdavidhaynes (talk) 22:04, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Release Date
How is it possible when Nina Simone sings the the song in 1966 when the release of the song was 1978? 178.197.211.211 (talk) 04:23, 24 May 2024 (UTC)