Re: EJ's "tribute" to Princess Di

["Alan Chamberlin" <xxxxabckid@ix.netcom.com>]

John D. Walker <jdwalker@post.cis.smu.edu> wrote in article
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> What happened to Princess Di last Saturday was horrible. I never really 
> paid that much attention to the royals, but Di was a pretty cool person 
> despite her faults and her poor taste in men. I am saddened by her death.
> 
> That being said, am I the only person who finds EJ's reworking of "Candle

> in the Wind" forced, contrived, and more than a little distasteful?
> 
> Just wondering,
> 
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No matter how they reworked it and how many times they play it I'll always
hear "Goodbye Norma Jean."  It's one of my favorite EJ songs and I suppose
given the circumstances of her death the association was inevitable.

"All the papers had to say
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude."

By this I mean the "papers"/paparazzi connection, not any other
possibilities.

Beyond that I'm far too cynical and feel, if not EJ's part, then the rest
of the attention was a bit much.  

Now the death of Mother Theresa in the same week - that I feel deeply.  It
is an interesting contrast in these two very public lives that ended in the
same week.

The really interesting part of the ceremony that I watched:  Her sister
reading "Time Is," the "It's A Beautiful Day" song.  That was a surprise.

Alan Chamberlin