Do you think Don McLean was prophesying about today's music industry when he!
Question: Do you think Don McLean was prophesying about today's music industry when he wrote American Pie!?
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I think I get what you're saying!. You're asking if he was right when he said that was the day the music died, is that it!?
If so, kind of!. The song represented the turn from innocence of the '50s to the darker, more volatile times of the '60s - both in music and politics!.
I really love how this song is filled with very significant things that had happened in rock and roll!.
read all of these, very interesting!.
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If so, kind of!. The song represented the turn from innocence of the '50s to the darker, more volatile times of the '60s - both in music and politics!.
I really love how this song is filled with very significant things that had happened in rock and roll!.
read all of these, very interesting!.
http://www!.songfacts!.com/detail!.php!?id=1!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
He was talking about the history of rock & roll from the time when Buddy Holly was killed in the plane crash in 1959 up to the early 1970s!. It starts out with him finding out about the plane crash after reading the headline from a newspaper he had just delivered!. That line is autobiographical because he was working as a newspaper delivery boy at the time!. It's too bad Madonna totally butchered the song years later!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
No, because you can't be prophesying when every single lyric is a direct reference to a historical event!. This is like saying that Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire is prophecy!.
How about can Don McLean's songbe applied to today's music industry!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
How about can Don McLean's songbe applied to today's music industry!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
I don't believe he could have had the foresight to see just what this industry would become, but metaphorically I can understand what could be seen as prophecy in the song, so to speak!.!.!. Www@Enter-QA@Com
I don't listen to that type of music but I think my dad said something about him writing that song when those 2 musician guys died!.!.I forgot the names!.
maybe I'm thinking of something else!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
maybe I'm thinking of something else!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
the first 2 posters are correct!. I was a youngster when that song was out!. It was my favorite song at the time!. Its a classic!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
He wrote it about the plane crash that took Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper!.Www@Enter-QA@Com