What’s your favorite song about a famous person (real or fictional)?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on February 01, 2016
“'Going to California' by Led Zeppelin — it's about Joni Mitchell.”
— Leslie Butsch, social worker, Lawrence
“'(The Ballad of) Ira Hayes,' by Johnny Cash.”
— Anthony Jernigan, artist, Lawrence
“A song about Om Kalthoum, a famous singer from Egypt who died in 1975.”
— Tawfiq Almohsen, student, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
“Probably 'The Itsy Bitsy Spider,' just because I have so many little sisters (four).”
— Sierra West, student, Lawrence
“'Rime of the Ancient Mariner,' by Iron Maiden (based on the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem of the same name).”
— Corey Wewers, painter, Edwardsville