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Late Night: Candle in the Wind

By Jeralyn, Section Media
Posted on Thu Feb 08, 2007 at 11:35:43 PM EST
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For Anna Nicole Smith, 1967 - 2007

And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in

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    ok, so you think (none / 0) (#1)
    by cpinva on Fri Feb 09, 2007 at 12:46:10 AM EST
    this is newsworthy, but an astronaut isn't? i am soooooooooooooo confused!

    this is unfortunate, but unlike the astronauts, ms. smith had little to no real impact on the world.

    I just can't... (none / 0) (#2)
    by MarchDancer on Fri Feb 09, 2007 at 01:00:37 AM EST
    I nearly always agree with you or at least learn from you. I admire your insights into the legal world you give to us all.

    I cannot correlate this beautiful song written for Princess Diana with Anna Nicole Smith. I just cannot. I do not mean at all to negate the past years, and especially the past few days, of her life. Poor soul! Give birth, lose a child, how on earth could anyone deal with such swinging emotions? I do not begin to imagine that I could have.

    She fought for what she believed was hers. And against all odds, the SC upheld her right to fight. Amazing!

    But still not the beautiful activist for peace that was Lady Diana. And that is my problem with your choice: one was for herself and did well at her struggle. The other was for the world, and while loving her family best of all, she gave of what she was and had for Peace for All.

    A difference.

    Just one small thing... (none / 0) (#3)
    by HK on Fri Feb 09, 2007 at 04:46:13 AM EST
    Candle in the Wind was not written for Princess Diana - it was originally about Marilyn Monroe.

    I don't think Jeralyn is comparing personalities but a sense of struggle and loss.  And besides, it's her blog.  If she thinks that Anna Nicole Smith's death is worth recording, then it is.  Personally, I feel that every life has worth and I am uncomfortable with the extent to which Princess Diana is revered.  Her early death was sad and she did draw attention to causes she believed were of note, but I think she probably spent more time on yachts than in mine fields.

    Easily the most disconcerting topic since... (none / 0) (#4)
    by Ernesto Del Mundo on Fri Feb 09, 2007 at 05:33:07 AM EST
    The one lauding Monica Lewinsky.

    There's gotta be better female role models than this, even in Tabloid World.

    Young, so very young. (none / 0) (#5)
    by clio on Fri Feb 09, 2007 at 06:10:18 AM EST
    Marilyn Monroe and Diana, Princess of Wales, were both 36 when they died. Anna Nicole Smith 39.

    Their deaths are not only tragic as all deaths are, but tragic in that these women, defined in youth by others expectations of them, were just beginning to define themselves.  

    No one could deny that each struggled with various adversities and that each had determination and talent.  What might they have accomplished if they grown into a more settled period of life is unknown now. That is the loss not just for their families, but to others also.

    Candles in the wind, indeed.

    candle in the wind ? (3rd) (none / 0) (#6)
    by DTGG on Fri Feb 09, 2007 at 07:00:08 AM EST
    someone especially elton john.. please find a new song as  a tribute  ..princess di  and marilyn and now anna nicole...  how many times do you use the same song..over and over and over. dont get me wrong RIP all three but ..  there are an awful lot of songs  surely a few are appropriate...(and i think they lose  a little meaning every time you 'fit/change/edit the song' to the person dieing.how much do you care if you just keep rolling out 'candle in the wind' over and over and over

    consider (none / 0) (#7)
    by Deconstructionist on Fri Feb 09, 2007 at 07:49:52 AM EST
    Her neon mouth with the blinking soft smile
    Is nothing but an electric sign
    You could say she has an individual style
    She's part of a colorful time

    Super-sealed lady, chrome-color clothes
    You wear 'cause you have no other
    But I suppose no one knows
    You're my plastic fantastic lover

    Your rattlin' cough never shuts off
    Is nothin' but a used machine
    Your aluminum finish, slightly diminished
    Is the best I ever have seen

    Cosmetic baby plugged into me
    And never ever find another
    And I realize no one's wise
    To my plastic fantastic lover

    The electrical dust is starting to rust
    Her trapezoid thermometer taste
    All the red tape is mechanical rape
    Of the TV program waste

    Data control and IBM
    Science is mankind's brother
    But all I see is drainin' me
    On my plastic fantastic lover
    ***

    Might be more apropos, but it's not much of a eulogy.

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    "A Candle in the Wind" (none / 0) (#8)
    by alapip on Fri Feb 09, 2007 at 10:42:41 AM EST
    Jeralyn was appropriate in accenting the lines she chose to post, I think.

    Anna Nichole existed and was extinguished in the changing breezes in a world of leaches.
    Her beauty wafted and waned as she fought on, dying too young to have evolved beyond, all that.

    Anna Nichole was more.
    Anna Nichole was less.
    Anna Nichole was used.
    Anna Nichole was blessed.
    Anna Nichole was injured.
    Anna Nichole fought on.
    Anna Nichole was famous.
    Anna Nichole was one.
    Anna Nichole was Anna Nichole.

    Anna Nichole's Karma was between her and the Universe.  Who are we to judge?  

    A sad story has come to an end. It is good to take note and learn what we can.

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