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Verwandte Songs (related songs)
Song «Candle In The Wind» von Elton John.
Fakten
Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1973 10 05 (Album), 1974 02 (Single)
Label: DJM DJLPD 1001, DJM DJS 297
Songwriter Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Produktion: Gus Dudgeon
Genre: Rock - Poprock - Singer-Songwriter, Rock - Poprock - Pianorock
Annotationen
Die Titelphrase war ein Buchtitel von Alexander Solschenizyn (1973). Der Columbia Präsident Clive Davis benutzte die Phrase im Zusammenhang mit Janis Joplin. Von ihm hat sie Bernie Taupin aufgeschnappt und zu diesem sehr persönlichen wie emotionalen Song über einen jungen Mann in der zweiundzwanzigsten Sitzreihe im Kino, der Marilyn Monroe bewundert und ihren frühen Tod im Alter von 36 Jahren verarbeitet.
Der Song kam nur im UK als Single heraus. Dort wurde er zudem von Jet und Rebel Rebel von der Spitzenposition in den Charts abgehalten.
Personen und Querverweise
Elton John
Elton John
Bernie Taupin
Gus Dudgeon
Lyrics
Goodbye Norma Jean Though I never knew you at all You had the grace to hold yourself While those around you crawled They crawled out of the woodwork And they whispered into your brain They set you on the treadmill And they made you change your name And it seems to me you lived your life Like a candle in the wind Never knowing who to cling to When the rain set in And I would have liked to have known you But I was just a kid Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever did Loneliness was tough The toughest role you ever played Hollywood created a superstar And pain was the price you paid Even when you died Oh the press still hounded you All the papers had to say Was that Marilyn was found in the nude And it seems to me you lived your life Like a candle in the wind Never knowing who to cling to When the rain set in And I would have liked to have known you But I was just a kid Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever did Goodbye Norma Jean Though I never knew you at all You had the grace to hold yourself While those around you crawled Goodbye Norma Jean From the young man in the twenty second row Who sees you as something as more than sexual More than just our Marilyn Monroe And it seems to me you lived your life Like a candle in the wind Never knowing who to cling to When the rain set in And I would have liked to have known you But I was just a kid Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever did Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever did