Candle? Who said candle?
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Who knew there were so many songs about outer space and robots? Four hundred different suggestions seems to be par for the course now, which is very encouraging. Nevertheless, it's tempting to choose an especially obscure theme just to give myself a slow week. Songs about gout? Songs inspired by the Austro-Hungarian empire? Songs dedicated to kitchenware manufacturers?
But, no, this time I'm looking for songs about specific famous people, living or dead, from kings and killers to actors and artists. A few ground rules, though: (1) No songs about other musicians, because you could fill a dozen playlists with Elvis references alone; (2) No obvious protest songs like Biko and Nelson Mandela because we've covered them in a previous column, but you can have more ambivalent references to politicians like the Manic Street Preachers' The Love of Richard Nixon; and (3) No sodding Candle In The Wind.
Deadline is 6pm Monday.
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