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Subject: American Pie
Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/03/03 at 06:01 p.m.
Since today is the anniversary of that dreaded plane crash that took Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper, it is only right to have a discussion about the song that was inspired by that tragic day. I found this a while ago and I thought it was very interesting. This is only ONE interpatation but it deffinately made sense to me. If you know of others, I am interested to know.
http://www.rareexception.com/Garden/Pie.php
Cat
Subject: Re: American Pie
Written By: Crazy Don on 02/03/03 at 06:07 p.m.
This is my favorite, courtesy of someone on another message board I go to…
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/jab/web/cty/pie.html
Subject: Re: American Pie
Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/04/03 at 08:28 a.m.
The inturpatations are very similar.
Cat
Subject: Re: American Pie
Written By: Dude on 02/05/03 at 02:59 a.m.
Thanks for the link Cat. This song has always been one of my top 4 or 5 of all times. I've often pondered the words and disscussed them with friends but this is the first time I've seen them broken down like this. I always thought, and heard, that John Lennon was "The Jester" though. ("The jester played for the king and queen") The Beatles were the first R&R act to play a Command Preformance for the Royal Family. ("While the king was looking down, the Jester stole his thorny crown") The Beatles supplanting Elvis on the charts. Strange, but I've never read or heard of Don McLean ever explaining his words. Anybody?
Just did a search @ Google and found that while Casey Kasam once quoted McLean as sying "The Jester" was Dylan, McLean says he never gave Kasam the interview that he speaks of, and says he would rather "leave them guessing" rather than give his meanings of the lyrics.