Topic: Songs that are about real people.

Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U started this discussion 6 years ago #93,135

So all day I've been listening to REM's album Monster (25th anniversary deluxe box set to be released next week), and the magnificent epic tune Let Me In is about Michael Stipe's friend Kurt Cobain, and his attempts to 'save' him from his eventual self-destruction. It got me thinking about other songs that are about real people. This is what I have off the top of my head:

REM: Man On The Moon (Andy Kaufman)

Derek and the Dominoes: Layla (Pattie Boyd)

Eric Clapton: Wonderful Tonight (Pattie Boyd)

George Harrison/The Beatles: Something (Pattie Boyd; that gal got around)

Elton John: Candle In The Wind (Marilyn Monroe; later, Princess Diana)

Paul McCartney: Maybe I'm Amazed (Linda McCartney)

Paul McCartney/The Beatles: Hey Jude (Julian Lennon)

You got any more? There are thousands of them, I'll post more as they come to me

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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later[^] [v] #1,055,100

Don Mclean Vincent (Van Gogh)

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,055,101

You're So Vain was about Mick Jagger

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 13 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,055,102

Red Hot Chili Peppers-Tearjerker(Kurt Cobain)

Ozzy Osbourne-Mr.Crowley(Aleister Crowley)

Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 11 minutes later, 25 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,055,105

@1,055,101 (C)

> You're So Vain was about Mick Jagger

I read it was about Warren Beatty (Mick Jagger sang backing vocals on the song; I've never heard it suggested he's the subject of the song)

Anonymous B replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,055,106

I don't know who wrote or sang it but the song "Killing Me Softly" was written about Don Mclean.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 9 minutes later, 42 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,055,107

The Knack: My Sharona is about the lead singer's girlfriend at the time, Sharona Alperin. She became a real estate agent in LA and owns https://www.mysharona.com funnily enough!

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jodi !ariasXXmaE joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 43 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,055,108

@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
nice

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 10 minutes later, 54 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,055,112

David Allan Coe- I made Linda Lovelace gag

https://youtu.be/TJf0Me5_OVg

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Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 18 hours later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,055,272

Expect Catherine, get TG.

Makes no difference tho, both fellas make shitty threads.

Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 20 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,055,277

@1,055,107 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)

> The Knack: My Sharona is about the lead singer's girlfriend at the time, Sharona Alperin. She became a real estate agent in LA and owns https://www.mysharona.com funnily enough!

chill out with the exclamation points, you’ve been overusing them lately

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,055,284

@previous (I)
Ok! I! Will! Use! Them! After! Every! Word! Thanks! For! Pointing! That! Out!!

Anonymous I replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,055,291

@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
you’re turning into those people who end every sentence with an exclamation point as to appear friendly and disarming!

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 5 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,055,300

@previous (I)
No I'm not!

Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 18 minutes later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,055,318

Couple more!

Shine On You Crazy Diamond: Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett)
Go Your Own Way: Fleetwood Mac (Stevie Nicks)

Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U (OP) double-posted this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,055,320

@1,055,272 (H)

> Expect Catherine, get TG.

Happy to have pleasantly surprised you :) I imagine that was like those occasions on Christmas morning when you hold a gift in your hands and feel sure it's going to be a 3-pack of sports socks only to open it up and find out it's actually a bottle of the '61 Chateau Latour.

Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,055,321

@previous (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
I want to go back and have that childhood!

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