And just like McLean and America’s innocence.
Even though McLean admired three men most, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, it was clear that God had died in the ‘60s. Those hellish flames climbed high, while the church bells were all broken. Especially for those who squandered it on drugs, lost in their own headspace under a satanic spell. Wasting time on drugs, the death of God, and McLean’s Catholicism.
John Lennon was reading from the book of Marx, as The Beatles released songs invoking revolution and even referencing China’s Mao. Verse 1 A long, long time ago I can still remember How that music used to make me smile And I knew that if I had my chance I could make those people dance And maybe theyd be happy for a while. Music was no exception to all the politicization. The Helter Skelter murders happened during that sweltering summer, which if not expressly political was certainly ideological. Kennedy was assassinated and the courtroom was adjourned with no verdict, as Lee Harvey Oswald was killed prior to judicial proceedings. (5)ġ: American Pie (song), Wikipedia, accessed 2020 June 17Ģ: Don McLean performs American Pie live at BBC in 1972 - Newsnight archives (English), 2015 February 13ģ: American Pie Meaning (English), YouTube, posted 2016 November 30, accessed 2020 June 17Ĥ: American Pie Explained: Don McLean's Cultural History of Rock n' Roll (English), YouTube, posted 2018 June 07, accessed 2020 June 17ĥ: Qo'noS chab, gets political, The Beatles, Kennedy, and Helter Skelter.Įverything became more political in the 1960s.
(2) (3) (4) Alan Anderson has rendered this song into Klingon as Qo'noS chab ("pies of Qo'noS"). The song is well known for the richness of its symbolism and allusions to the history of American popular music from the 1950s to the early 1970s, referring to a 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens as "the day the music died".
Reason: If adding the lyrics is appropriate, do so.Īmerican Pie American Pie is a song and an album released in 1971 by American singer-songwriter Don McLean. This topic has been added to the todo-list.
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