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  • People who inspire songs
  • mostlyharmless
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    Candle in the wind – Elton John
    Shine on you crazy diamond – Syd Barrett

    Others?

    druidh
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    Hello Goodbye – Brant Richards

    WorldClassAccident
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    God Save the Queen*

    *The facist regime

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    trailmonkey
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    Candle in the wind – Elton John

    Wasn’t that by Elton John but inspired by Marylin Monroe ?

    DezB
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    Lady Di, surely?

    colnagokid
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    Wonderwall(oasis)-Meg Matthews(Mrs oasis)

    mostlyharmless
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    sorry marylin monroe – pretty sure it wan’t marylin manson

    grievoustim
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    george harrison’s wife (patti something?) inspired a few

    I think george wrote “something” for her, then she went off with Eric Clapton and he wrote “wonderful tonight” about her

    “you’re so vain’ by carlee simon – warren beety (sp?), or maybe mick jagger

    how do you sleep by john lennon was written about paul mccartney

    wwaswas
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    Solid Air/ John Martyn – Nick Drake

    IHN
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    Cast No Shadow (Oasis) – Richard Ashcroft

    and it’s a little known fact that I was the inspiration for Right Said Fred’s “I’m Too Sexy”

    colnagokid
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    Moon on your pyjamas(Paul Weller)-His son(Nate Weller?)

    roper
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    Arnold Lane- Pink Floyd
    Penny Lane(probably Arnold’s sister)- The Beatles
    Superman’s Big Sister- Ian Dury

    I Don’t Like Mondays (Boomtown Rats)-Brenda Spencer shooting kids in school

    grizzlygus
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    Adolf Hitler

    Who do you think you are kidding Mr. Hitler? If you think we’re on the run, We are the boys who will stop your little game. We are the boys who will make you think again…………..

    lobby_dosser
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    Hey Jude (Beatles)- Julian Lennon
    Sweet Gene Vincent- (Ian Dury)
    Hurricane (Dylan) – Rubin Carter
    Tears in Heaven (Clapton) – His son Conor

    Lootenant
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    A Good Heart – written by Maria McKee about Benmont Tench
    You Little Thief – written by Benmont Tench about Maria McKee

    And Feargal Sharkey recorded both of them…

    MrNutt
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    holiday in Cambodia – pol pot

    roper
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    I Wanna Be Like You- inspired by Mogli

    UncleFred
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    I’m In Love With The Girl On The Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk – The Freshies

    Sweaty Betty – The Macc Lads. I think she worked at the Sewerage Farm

    snowslave
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    Pretty Vacant – we

    uplink
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    American Pie – Buddy Holly

    very apt today 😥

    IHN
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    Penny Lane

    Isn’t that a place, rather than a person?

    IHN
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    MrAgreeable
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    Isn’t “Lady In Red” by Chris De Burgh an ode to getting it on with his kid’s nanny?

    DrJ
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    “you’re so vain’ by carlee simon – warren beety (sp?), or maybe mick jagger

    Her husband, James Taylor, weren’t it?

    parkedtiger
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    Harrowdown Hill – Thom Yorke – Dr David Kelly
    Christian Dior – Adam and the Ants
    California Über Alles – Dead Kennedys – US Governer Jerry Brown

    FallOutBoy
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    george harrison’s wife (patti something?) inspired a few

    Layla (Clapton,Gordon) – was also about Pattie Boyd

    FallOutBoy
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    American Pie – Buddy Holly

    Wasn’t only about Buddy Holly. All sorts of references in there to Elvis, Dylan, Jagger, Beatles…

    stuartie_c
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    Chelsea Hotel by Leonard Cohen – Janis Joplin

    uplink
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    Don McLean always avoided explaining his lyric so we can only guess at the meanings of some of the lines.
    However,he certainly did dedicate American Pie to the memory of Holly

    wwaswas
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    Happy Birthday – just about anyone you care to name 😉

    duntstick
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    L.S Lowry- Matchstalk Men by Brian and Michael

    tam
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    free nelson mandela-nelson mandela

    theboatman
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    Steve Biko inspired that shocking Simple Minds pile of steaming crap ‘Biko’, funnily enough

    nickc
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    Man on the Moon (REM) is about Andy Kaufman.

    stuartie_c
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    Cindy of the Thousand Lives by Billy Bragg – Cindy Sherman

    neverfastenuff
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    Hitler – has only got one ball,

    uplink
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    The Beach Boys’ God Only Knows was inspired by the whole Scottish football team

    snowslave
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    God save the queen – god and the queen

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