Thank you.. just lovely. It took me back to high school when we had to analyze American Pie for an English class. Everyone tore apart the lyrics searching for the hidden meanings. Years later I saw McLean interviewed. When asked to explain why he wrote the lyrics he replied, “they rhymed.”
“Years later I saw McLean interviewed. When asked to explain why he wrote the lyrics he replied, “they rhymed.”
That reminds me of Robert Lamm being asked about the “hidden meaning” behind Chicago’s “25 or 6 to 4”. He said “that’s what time it was”.
While he might not have been able to say it back then, American Pie had clear references to a marxist takeover of the US and the corresponding destruction of religion. The word marxist was even mentioned at least once.