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The Day The Music Died: The Story of Don Mclean’s American Pie
Posted on 6/7/25 at 7:58 pm
Posted on 6/7/25 at 7:58 pm
From Muttenstein thread on the movie board:
Documentary on Paramount Plus.
https://www.paramountplus.com/movies/video/vrmcb4z5mbx3CwjVzC4L5x_76JIz1t8h/
Just watched it this afternoon, great doc about a great song which has always been one of my favorites.
Really cool hearing Don go over the meaning and origin of the lyrics.
Especially the players trying to take the field representing the entire 60s counter culture and the marching band the military industrial complex.
I always kinda got the main meaning of that verse but had it backwards thinking the players would have been the powers that be and the marching band representing the protesters - thinking of typical high school social structures for the metaphor.
Documentary on Paramount Plus.
https://www.paramountplus.com/movies/video/vrmcb4z5mbx3CwjVzC4L5x_76JIz1t8h/
Just watched it this afternoon, great doc about a great song which has always been one of my favorites.
Really cool hearing Don go over the meaning and origin of the lyrics.
Especially the players trying to take the field representing the entire 60s counter culture and the marching band the military industrial complex.
quote:
Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
I always kinda got the main meaning of that verse but had it backwards thinking the players would have been the powers that be and the marching band representing the protesters - thinking of typical high school social structures for the metaphor.
This post was edited on 6/7/25 at 7:58 pm
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Posted on 6/8/25 at 6:39 am to Kjnstkmn
quote:Somebodies lying - not to say it's you.
Really cool hearing Don go over the meaning and origin of the lyrics.
quote:Of course people change and maybe he's singing a different (pleeze) song now. But at least now we know why it's eight and half minutes of leaving the room and not four. Because a good poet would have said so much more with that much time.
Don- That’s why I’ve never analyzed the lyrics to the song. They’re beyond analysis. They’re poetry.”
(ie: even a jam band know when to say when)
Posted on 6/8/25 at 9:52 am to awestruck
Really hate that song. It's poetry, but bad poetry that a highschool student would write.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 12:56 pm to rebelrouser
quote:
Really hate that song
Join the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost and take the last train for the coast.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 7:07 pm to rebelrouser
It was written to sell to teens not those with masters degree of creative writing.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 11:29 pm to Kjnstkmn
Don McLean performing at the Uncle Sam Jam in Metairie on July 3rd.
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