What modern day person has inspired songs and stories?

10 Famous People Who Inspired Hit Songs

• DANAE STRATOU // “COMMON PEOPLE”
• EDIE SEDGWICK // “FEMME FATALE”
• SALMA HAYEK’S DAUGHTER // “VALENTINA”
• NAS // “ME AND MR.
• FRANZ FERDINAND // “TAKE ME OUT”
• VINCE NEIL // “DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY)”
• JEFF BUCKLEY // “TEARDROP”
• JERRY CANTRELL SR. // “ROOSTER”

What did boomers listen?

Boomers identify with rock ‘n’ roll. They value freedom and creative expression. Having have grown up during the rise of rock n’ roll, they had the opportunity to influence it due to their high level of demand (Gewen, 2008; Kotarba, 2012).

Who inspired 3 of the most popular songs ever?

3 Of The Most Popular Songs Of All Time Were Actually Written About The Same Woman. For two of history’s most iconic musicians, their greatest love just happened to be the same woman — a blonde-haired beauty named Pattie Boyd who inspired them to write several of the most popular songs of all time.

What songs were written about Rosanna Arquette?

Rosanna Arquette has been the inspiration for Toto’s song “Rosana” and Peter Gabriel’s great song “In Your Eyes”, which was made while they were dating. In addition, the song was used in the iconic scene from the classic movie Say Anything starring John Cusack holding the infamous boombox.

What songs are written about Pattie Boyd?

Boyd inspired Harrison’s songs “I Need You”, “If I Needed Someone”, “Something” and “For You Blue”, and Clapton’s songs “Layla”, “Bell Bottom Blues” and “Wonderful Tonight”. In August 2007, Boyd published her autobiography Wonderful Today (titled Wonderful Tonight in the United States).

Are there any songs written for real women?

10 Songs Inspired by Real Women. 1 1. “Für Elise”. Written by: Ludwig van Beethoven. Written for: Some girl probably not named Elise. In fact, as far as most historians can tell, 2 2. “Philadelphia Freedom”. 3 3. “Lola”. 4 4. “Always”. 5 5. “867-5309/Jenny”.

Are songs written about real people and real situations?

A lot of songs are written about real people and real situations. Here are the stories behind some of those songs, and the women who inspired them. 1. “Für Elise” Written for: Some girl probably not named Elise.

Who is Joel Eilish’s hit song about?

Joel has claimed his hit song about a posh, wealthy girl falling for a guy from a working class background was initially written about his relationship with Aussie supermodel Elle Macpherson, who was his girlfriend at the time. He said it ended up also becoming about his soon-to-be wife Christie Brinkley, who was also a famous 1980s supermodel.

Is this the best Joan of Arc song ever written?

OMD’s 1981 hit ‘Joan of Arc’ might just be the best song yet written in her honour. Brigitte Bardot once asked Serge Gainsbourg to write her the most beautiful song he could think of, so he wrote two – ‘Je t’aime (moi non plus’) and ‘Bonnie & Clyde’.