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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: oldbike54 on July 25, 2015, 04:27:36 AM
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Why did Don McLean name his hit song American Pie ? As always, no peaking :laugh:
Dusty
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he didn't like French crullers
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No , but that is funny Yogi :laugh:
Dusty
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No , but that is funny Yogi :laugh:
Dusty
At least I didn't google the answer ;-)
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I don't know, but I used to like to sing it in the shower.
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cause Buddy Holly died?
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'Cos it rhymed with "Levy was dry?" :whip2:
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Cause 3.14 musicians died in a plane crash? :boozing:
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Broken_record_zps2iublwge.jpg)
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'Cause Canada Dry was trade marked?
Todd.
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No , no , no , no , and no :laugh:
Dusty
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Strudel just didn't sound right
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Given the regional connections to Iowa and Minnesota concerning the deaths cited in the song - McLean wanted to have the locals and locale memorialized. Unfortunately, upon submission, United Artists and Ed Freeman of The Rainbow Collection, Ltd. wouldn't stand for "Ludefisk Pie".
Todd.
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So that people 43 years later could be making up reasons why he named it that?
More important is the question, who REALLY won the race between the "fuel-injected Stingray" and the ram-induction equipped 413? Bet it's not who you think ....
Lannis
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Dusty
You really should find the time to get more sleep - specially on Saturday morning......
Mark
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Political statement.
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Not sure about the title, but "the day the music died" was about a Sunday ( April 9,1961) when police stopped a folk music gathering , that had been happening every Sunday, in Washington Square in NYC.
I'm guessing it was related.
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I always thought "The day the music died" referred to the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and JP Richardson.
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It's a takeoff on "morkin pye," the old Erse words for "lifetime royalties."
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OK, I couldn't take it anymore, I "peeked" Give me 50 lashes with a wet noodle or something.
In February 2015, McLean announced he would reveal the meaning of the lyrics to the song when the original manuscript goes for auction in New York City in April 2015.[9] The lyrics and notes were auctioned on April 7, and sold for $1.2m.[10] In the sale catalogue notes McLean revealed the meaning in the song's lyrics "Basically in American Pie things are heading in the wrong direction. ... It [life] is becoming less idyllic. I don't know whether you consider that wrong or right but it is a morality song in a sense.
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As always, no peaking :laugh:
No problem, I was probably in my 20s when I peaked.
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Really he was just so stoned he doesn't even remember writing the song :shocked: :laugh:
Dusty
His first answer was, "it's poetry, no need for meaning" He must have gotten ahold of some of that stuff tied on a stick :laugh:
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No problem, I was probably in my 20s when I peaked.
I peaked often in my 20's :evil:
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Don can not remember the reason, but you grey hairs know the words and he sold the manuscript for $1.2. What ever is the real reason is OK by me, wish we had more real writer/singers these days.
I say at this time Don and/or his estate is happy.
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I always thought "The day the music died" referred to the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and JP Richardson.
I thought the same till I saw a documentary about the Greenich Village folk scene in the late 50's early60's and McLean himself told what it was.
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American Grafitti had already been used.
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"Schnitzel-gruben" was already taken. :food:
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"Schnitzel-gruben" was already taken. :food:
Baby, I'm not from Havana :laugh: