Candle in the Wind. Again, it’s all about the movies.
While I loved Elton John and every hit he had was on the radio all throughout my childhood, Candle in the Wind was the one that got me thinking, over the years, about stardom and Marilyn Monroe.
While I was too young at the time of the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road release in 1973 to know much about Marilyn, Candle in the Wind was the song that would stop me every time I heard it later on because of its melody, lyricism and sheer emotion.
It took on a whole other meaning when I finally had the courage to sit down, several summers ago, and read a biography of Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jean.