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“I had always loved the phrase,” Taupin said of the title. “Solzhenitsyn had written a book called Candle In The Wind.” That volume, described as “a semi-autobiographical drama of ideas,” was published in 1973. Continued Bernie: “Clive Davis [then president of Columbia Records] had used it to describe Janis Joplin and, for some reason, I just kept ...
The track was recorded in the spring of 1973 at Château D’Hérouville in France, during sessions for what became the epic double-album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, released that October. “I’m very private about the way I write and most times I won’t do it when there’s anyone around,” Elton told Mojoin 1997, “but for this I did it in front of the band....
“Candle In The Wind” was part of Elton’s live set as soon as the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road tour set forth. He’s played it many hundreds of times since, and it retained its place in his Farewell Yellow Brick Road setlists. But the song didn’t become an American single until it was lifted from the 1987 album Live In Australia. This pared-down version...
The circumstances in which another reinvention of “Candle In The Wind” became the bestselling single since charts began could not have been more tragic. After the death of Elton’s friend Diana, Princess Of Wales, on August 31, 1997, and as the world struggled to come to terms with the shocking news, John and Taupin stepped in to remake the song in ...
“That was a very tragic time and it affected the whole world, but England more than most,” Martin told this writer the following year. “I was privileged that Elton asked me to work with him on that. It became my last No.1, and probably my last single. It’s not a bad one to go out on.” The public response to the re-recorded “Candle In The Wind” was ...
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artistfacts. Songfacts®: This song is a tribute to Marilyn Monroe, a famous actress and sex symbol who died of a drug overdose in 1962. The "candle in the wind" represents her short, but eventful life. The song makes various references to the press coverage of Monroe.
Jan 15, 2021 · Baron/Getty Images. Written by Elton John and his collaborator Bernie Taupin, "Candle in the Wind" was inspired by the short life of Marilyn Monroe. The song's opening lines, "Goodbye, Norma Jeane / Though I never knew you at all," are a reference to Monroe's birth name (Norma Jeane Mortenson).
Sir Reginald Kenneth Dwight, CBE, (lahir 25 Maret 1947) merupakan penyanyi berkebangsaan Inggris yang dikenal luas dengan nama beken Elton John, sekaligus bintang pop yang dijuluki "Rocketman", dan "British King of Pop".
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- Renate Blauel, (m. 1984; c. 1988), David Furnish (cp. 2005, m. 2014)
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Jan 15, 2024 · by SMF AI · January 15, 2024. Video unavailable. Watch on YouTube. You can view the lyrics, alternate interprations and sheet music for Elton John's Candle in the Wind at Lyrics.org. Article Contents: Music Video. Lyrics. Song Meaning. The Haunting Tribute to a Screen Siren’s Struggle. Flickering Fragility: Life as the Ephemeral Flame.
Sep 1, 2020 · After co-writing “Tiny Dancer,” as found on Elton John’s 1971 studio album Madman Across the Water, the video for which stars a Monroe homage, Taupin had always “wanted to write a song ...