And it’s only nominally about music.

I actually feel kinda bad about Anna Nicole Smith’s passing. There was something about her that I found endearing; maybe it was the craziness. It could also be because there were trace elements of original tragic starlets Marilyn Monroe and Jane Mansfield in her trainwreck of a persona.

But here’s my real question: Is Sir Elton John gonna rewrite “Candle in the Wind” for her?

Maybe you guys should do it. Post your new version in the comments field.

Got something to say?

Send a letter to the editor and we'll publish your feedback in print!

Casey Rea was the Seven Days music editor from 2004 until 2007. He won the 2005 John D. Donoghue award for arts criticism from the Vermont Press Association.

2 replies on “A random musing.”

  1. Goodbye Anna NicoleThough I never knew you at allYou had the grace to hold yourselfWhile smacked out on all those pillsThey crawled out of the woodworkAnd they whispered into your brainThey set you on the TrimSpaAnd they made you marry that withered old billionaireAnd it seems to me you lived your lifeLike a candle in the windNever knowing who your baby’s daddy wasBefore the paternity tests set inAnd I would have liked to have known youBut you were way too blitzedYour candle burned out long beforeYour Blood Alcohol Content never didLoneliness was toughThe toughest role you ever playedPlayboy created a superstarAnd pain was the price you paidEven when you diedOh the press still hounded youAll that Fox News had to sayWas that Anna was more important than IraqGoodbye Norma JeanFrom the young man watching your E True Hollywood storyWho sees you as something as more than sexualMore than just our Marilyn Monroe

Comments are closed.