His gal friend, who is almost 50 years younger.
Check out the story on her and the mess she caused to the Birdman, the NBA player, back when she was only 17!
Posted on 01/29/2022 10:00:41 PM PST by Beave Meister
As a tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of his iconic 'American Pie' gets underway, singer-songwriter Don McLean reveals the deep 'yearning for something American' that he feels he's captured.
New York-born Don McLean, the one-man cultural force behind "American Pie," "Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)," "And I Love You So," "Castles in the Air," and many other songs, albums, tours, and projects, told Fox News Digital in a revealing in-depth interview that he "was the right guy at the right time" for "American Pie."
That song attained No. 1 on the Billboard charts after its release more than 50 years ago, on Jan. 15, 1972. To this day it remains a classic of American folk rock music. It's been featured in numerous films and other venues and helped McLean become a Grammy-award honoree, a Songwriter Hall of Fame member, and a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
"American Pie" is also in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry and was named a top-5 song of the 20th century by the Recording Industry of America (RIAA).
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Damn...
There is a youtube of Vincent that shows the paintings referenced in the somg, giving much more meaning while listening. Hauntingly beautiful song.
Oh snap.
I recall McLean saying that the song American Pie alone netted him in excess of 70 million dollars.
God, I love America!
Both this song and the Jimmy Stewart movie: “It’s Wonderful Life” I always thought were overrated and underwhelming. I never got much from either, but if some people did, well fine for them. One can be nostalgic about the same precious things in different ways.
That was fantastic
He’s a Bohemian Tory. Look up that book and read it
Nice that he goes on Tucker unlike the others.
It was about the death of Buddy Holly and others. Judging by the lyrics, I think he was thinking, only the devil could be responsible for something like that and was questioning how God could let it happen. (three men I admire most, Father Son& Holy Ghost - caught the last train for the coast - fire is the devil’s only friend - church bells all were broken etc)
“Soon after takeoff, the plane crashed, killing Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson in a tragedy later referred to by Don McLean as “The Day the Music Died” in his song “American Pie”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly
That body was built for the sin sports.
Add in Bob Dylan as the Joker, Rolling Stones(Mick as the Devil), Beatles, Janis Joplin
I found it. Wow…that’s powerful.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oxHnRfhDmrk
I kind of want to see the movie “Lust for Life” again.
Yes, all that, but also an overall tone of lost innocence.
I always thought the chorus with the whiskey and rye, levee was dry part was the weakest part of the song. I guess it pushes the imagery of sneaking out into the country to drink and/or make out. But now it’s “dry” - on the surface meaning no alcohol allowed, but symbolically meaning what was once there (water on the levee/our innocence) is now gone (dry).
He is a brilliant songwriter. When you consider the trite, cliched, nonsensical lyrics that a lot of popular songs have, you can see how great he is. A real poet.
Good flick.
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One of Glenn Beck’s Fox shows was on this song & the symbolism in it. Might be available still on youtube.
While I like Roy Orbison singing the song, Crying, I love Don McLean’s version. It brings back some very bitter-sweet memories of my youth that I will always cherish.
American Woman but the Guess Who and American Woman by Lenny Kravitz are like two separate food groups...two separate songs.
AND...it’s OK to love them both!
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