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To: SeekAndFind

Doubt he is a conservative song writer, but Don Mclean’s American Pie, comes to mind when I think of the way things are going and the current administration.


5 posted on 06/01/2010 7:29:28 AM PDT by Post-Neolithic (Money only makes Communists rich Communists)
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To: Post-Neolithic

RE: American Pie

Many people have been trying to decipher the meaning of this song for ages and Don Mclean to this day, simply refuses to tell us what he meant by it.

The most common explanation of the lyrics his this is a lament on the death of what used to be a Rock and Roll era that was good clean fun ( as personified by Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the rest ). Their death seems to have caused the deterioration of rock as he once knew it.

Many American AM and FM rock radio stations released printed interpretations and some devoted entire shows discussing and debating the song’s lyrics, resulting in both controversy and intense listener interest in the song.

Some examples are the real-world identities of the “Jester”, “King and Queen”, “Satan”, “Girl Who Sang the Blues” and other characters referenced in the verses. Also Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and, The Big Bopper are often thought to be referred to as The Father, Son and, The Holy Ghost.


34 posted on 06/01/2010 7:53:28 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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