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Candle in the Wind is a Alternative rock act. Their sound grew out of Kurt Cobain, Marilyn Monroe, Clive Davis, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. Those roots explain a lot about how Candle in the Wind arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, You're Beautiful, Don't Speak, You Are Not Alone and Hotel California, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sandy Denny and Ed Sheeran, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Candle in the Wind, reaching back through Kurt Cobain and forward to Sandy Denny. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Candle in the Wind" is a song written by British musician Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin, and performed by John. It was originally written in 1973, in honour of Marilyn Monroe, who had died 11 years earlier.
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Candle in the Wind connections
Candle in the Wind grew out of Kurt Cobain, Marilyn Monroe, Clive Davis and Janis Joplin, shares an orbit with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, You're Beautiful, Don't Speak and You Are Not Alone, went on to shape Sandy Denny and Ed Sheeran. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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