I had that song on a 45. You had to flip the record over to hear the second half.

Edith Grove Wrote:
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> I had that song on a 45. You had to flip the
> record over to hear the second half.


I forgot about that!

Flipping the 45 for the second half of the song
was also true for "Sky Pilot" by the Animals, I think.
I'm tryin to remember others.. Steppenwolf or Doors maybe?

largelingerie Wrote:
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> American Pie and Hey, Jude....Two songs that must
> be turned off by the second note. Life is just
> too short, especially when you could be spending
> the time listening to Midnight Rambler.


must agree....

...and why did the nuthead ditch the chevey in the levy? - ah, forget it, I don't wanna know.

useless song.

schillid Wrote:
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> Edith Grove Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I had that song on a 45. You had to flip the
> > record over to hear the second half.
>
>
> I forgot about that!
>
> Flipping the 45 for the second half of the song
> was also true for "Sky Pilot" by the Animals, I
> think.
> I'm tryin to remember others.. Steppenwolf or
> Doors maybe?

In-a Gadda-da-Vida maybe? Or maybe that would require both sides of a ten-inch!

THis song ie American Pie absolutely sucks big time!
I have felt this way ever since it was released.
The lyrics are total crap in short it is Sh--e..............

hickorywind Wrote:
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> THis song ie American Pie absolutely sucks big
> time!
> I have felt this way ever since it was released.
> The lyrics are total crap in short it is
> Sh--e..............

I'm glad I'm not the only one...

cheers

Has anyone mentioned what
"The day the music died" refers to?
If I'm not mistaken it's refering
to the death of Buddy Holly

For what that's worth

And now for something completely different:

Well, there seems to be very little love on this board for American Pie, the song and recording.

At least the term "American Pie" was recycled for a new generation as the title of a deliciously vulgar movie featuring a teen-ager having relations with a pie and being caught by his dad.

I wonder what Don McLean thought about that movie.

schillid Wrote:
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> Has anyone mentioned what
> "The day the music died" refers to?
> If I'm not mistaken it's refering
> to the death of Buddy Holly
>
> For what that's worth


....thanks schillid, I guess I assumed everyone knew that.....remember he wrote the song "That'll Be The Day" ....."when I day"

SomeTorontoGirl Wrote:
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> One interpretation of the song:
> [www.rareexception.com]
>
> "Vincent" is the song written about VanGogh -
> often called Starry Starry Night it was well
> known, along with And I Love You So. Saw him in
> concert in 1980 and still remember it.


I think Vincent is actually his best song but it is so sad. Haven't heard his version of And I Love You So but I love the Perry Como version of that song.

I still like American Pie but used to like it a lot more when I was a kid. I remember when I was a kid in the seventees the song was a lot more popular. One of the New York radio stations had a greatest songs countdown and American Pie was number one. It's not quite as popular now.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2007-08-15 04:04 by FrankM.

I never thought that verse to be a smackdown of the Stones. Just a song, and a pretty good one at that.