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#81 Postby dawnna68 » Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:48 am

And they were singing ,
bye-bye,miss american pie
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#82 Postby Audrey2Katrina » Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:57 am

Drove my Chevy to the Levee, But the Levee was dry.
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#83 Postby Tstormwatcher » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:31 am

and good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
singing, this will be the day that I die
this will be the day that I die
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#84 Postby GalvestonDuck » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:40 am

*applauds*
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#85 Postby Tstormwatcher » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:07 am

That was fun
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#86 Postby GalvestonDuck » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:28 am

Has anyone here ever read the speculative explanations about what the song could mean? McLean himself has said he's kept mum about it because he knows he'll make more money from it if he leaves it to our imaginations.
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#87 Postby Audrey2Katrina » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:40 am

GalvestonDuck wrote:Has anyone here ever read the speculative explanations about what the song could mean? McLean himself has said he's kept mum about it because he knows he'll make more money from it if he leaves it to our imaginations.


I heard a line-by-line interpretation of it.... YEARS ago... can't begin to recall it all but some of it was like this:
The day the music died... direct reference to the plane crash that killed the Big Bopper, Richie Valens (sp?), and Buddy Holly...

I met a girl who sang the blues, and I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away....Janis Joplin

I went to the store, where I heard the music once before... referenced the closing of Filmores West and East...

There are others but it's too early LOL

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#88 Postby Audrey2Katrina » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:41 am

Oh yeah, the part about Jack Flash... was a reference to Mick Jagger, and the Stones' performance at Altamot.

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#89 Postby GalvestonDuck » Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:27 am

http://www.mbhs.edu/~bconnell/cty/american-pie-FAQ.txt

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#90 Postby Audrey2Katrina » Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:40 am

Well, there, ya go... seems I had recalled a lot of that.... thanks for the link GDuck, brings back some great memories.

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