Kyle_in_Tex
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Love Seals and Croft
... its core reference to the “day the music died” turned the song into a history lesson for those born too late to remember that event as crushingly as McLean did. Even when the song first appeared, over a decade had passed since the crash, the equivalent to a thousand years in the fast-paced life of pop.
He found a role model in the Weavers, particularly in Pete Seeger, whom he befriended. The primacy of storytelling in the group’s songs, as well as their socio-cultural grounding, served as a template for certain aspects of American Pie.
... the song’s message couldn’t be more adult. “American Pie is the eulogy for a dream that didn’t take place,” says the song’s producer, Ed Freeman. “We were witness to the death of the American dream.”
[by late 1971 when the record was released] “The country was in some advanced state of psychic shock,” McLean says on camera. “All this bedlam and riots and burning cities.”
Summer Breeze on my playlist. Beautiful song.Love Seals and Croft
What I find amazing is that some of the hard core druggie rockers from decades ago are still going. Heck, Jagger still has to work to support his kids. "DRe: the title of this thread. Last night we watched The Buddy Holly Story starring Gary Busey. I'd thought I'd seen it before but I guess not. It was so good, even my wife liked it. And Gary did all the singing himself.
While it's sad to see our rock stars pass away I'm still amazed that their music lives on 40-50 years later.
While typing this Tuesday Afternoon (Moody Blues) is on the TV Classic Rock station.
We saw the Stones last October in Pittsburgh. RIP Charley Watts. They did a nice tribute to him, and as usual, it was a great show with an audience from about 9-90 years of age.What I find amazing is that some of the hard core druggie rockers from decades ago are still going. Heck, Jagger still has to work to support his kids. "D