Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Pages in category "Songs about Marilyn Monroe" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
An ode to classic Hollywood icons, "Celluloid Heroes" analyses the juxtaposition between success and failure in the context of American show business. Ray Davies, who wrote the song, had spent time in Hollywood and found amusement in "the ironic fact that the stars were on the street and you could walk all over them."
In 2009 it was named the 13th-greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. [15] It was also listed as the 17th-greatest song of the past 25 years by VH1. [16] In 2015, Loudwire ranked the song number one on their list of the 10 greatest Def Leppard songs, [17] and in 2017, Billboard placed it number two on their list of the 15 best Def Leppard ...
It was originally written in 1973, in honour of Marilyn Monroe, who had died 11 years earlier. [1] In 1997, John performed a rewritten version of the song, "Candle in the Wind 1997", as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine listed the original version of the song at No. 347 of its 500 greatest songs of all time. [2]
It followed the release of the song Life Sized Marilyn Monroe, which also became a track on this album. It was originally released in 1994, and the band toured to support and promote it in 1995. It was re-released in 1998 by Nettwerk, with whom the Wild Strawberries had signed a contract in 1995. The re-release featured cover artwork that was ...
But the haunting melodies of John's greatest hits from this era, like that ode to Marilyn Monroe — which John and his songwriting partner, lyricist Bernie Taupin, turned into an ode to Princess ...
"Who Killed Marilyn?" is a 1981 song by Glenn Danzig, about questions surrounding the death of actress Marilyn Monroe, with the titular question suggesting she was murdered. Though Danzig's first solo single, other recordings of the song have since been included on various collections by Danzig's group The Misfits .
It should only contain pages that are Marilyn Monroe songs or lists of Marilyn Monroe songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Marilyn Monroe songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .