“American Pie” explained. The Song By Don Mclean

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/americanpie.html ^

[navysealdad]

Songs like “Revolution” by The Beatles, which was clearly suspicious of violent revolution and uprisings, as well as “American Pie” by Don McLean.

Many people think that the song “American Pie” is about the death of Buddy Holly and other musicians in a plane crash, but Glenn presented a reading of the lyrics on radio and showed how it could also be seen as a warning against the danger of violent uprisings.

“ I’ve never understood I drove the Chevy to the levee, I didn’t know what that was. Let’s just start there on the simple part because Chevy, just think of Chevy and mom and apple pie. He’s making a point here. Chevy, I drove my Chevy to the levee. This actually goes back into the 1950s and a Dinah Shore commercial for Chevy,”

“So America is the greatest country of all and it was an era that believed in America. I drove my Chevy to the levee. I drove the Chevy. I bought into the idea that America was the greatest.”

“So in the second verse he goes back to his childhood and he goes back to sock hops in the gym and the pickup trucks and… and here he’s talking about the book of love, which was a song by the Monotones in 1957 and he asked her about faith. He asked her about faith and whether she believes, no matter what, if the Bible tells her so. That is the representation of the faith in the Fifties. He then talks about, do you have faith in rock and roll, that music will save your mortal soul.”

[Fresh Wind]

The REAL words of Louie Louie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I76ssjRjeqo

[Vinnie]

Who cares? As far as I’m concerned, he slapped together lines of disjointed thoughts that perhaps rhymed, and then drove people nuts trying to figure out what he meant.

And dragged it out so long they had to break in the middle to run commercials. :^)

[goat granny]

I also heard it was Warren Beatty, Shirley Mcclains brother

[goat granny]

I always figured it was the perfect description of hell

[bigfootbob]

Well said, I thought the same. No silicone injections there!

I know Geffen is a flamer, but...in the ‘70’s some homo’s tried the straight life, Elton John and I think Rock Hudson even had a beard back around that time too and of course lets not forget Freddie Mercury who had a woman who he later left the bulk of his estate to. It is all weird, IMHO, especially the notion of this thread...

The most over-reaching part of this post was the Dinah Shore analogy. Bet Don MacClain is laughing all the way to the bank to cash this month’s royalty check.

[cva66snipe]

The one song I know of that actually has no intended meaning and was written as such was Dirty World by The Traveling Wilburys. They sat down and looked through magazine adds and articles etc for ideas and pieced together the song.