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Don Mclean American Pie Explained Full Story BehindIts a classic. But do you know the full story behind Don McLeans rock n roll classic American Pie (better known as the day the music died) If you thought it was just about the plane crash that killed Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly, youre wrong.What is it Throughout the song, Beck says, there are warning messages about the deterioration of America. Theyre trying to do it now with the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings and they are saying that that has nothing to do with Jesus and Christianity. ![]() Theyre trying tried to do it with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the Adventure of the Chronicles of Narnia. They try to do this every step of the way and theyve done it with much of music, Glenn said on radio this moring. Lets just start there on the simple part because Chevy, just think of Chevy and mom and apple pie. This actually goes back into the 1950s and a Dinah Shore commercial for Chevy, Glenn explained. I drove the Chevy. ![]() He asked her about faith and whether she believes, no matter what, if the Bible tells her so. He then talks about, do you have faith in rock and roll, that music will save your mortal soul. So the girl moves on to somebody else, leaving him with his truck and the carnation. Its about America. Shes moved on from all of those things just as America began to move on from all of those things that faith would help you, that faith, you would do it through faith. But now youre starting to believe that music will save your soul. Remember in the Fifties you had faith, you had the Bible, you had family, you had all of these things that were there. But now for ten years weve been on our own and moss grows fat on a Rolling Stone. This is referring to Bob Dylan who the court jester and his song like a Rolling Stone. ![]() We know that John Lennon was influenced at the time by Karl Marx. Could be a reference to the Beatles preparing for their role in the cultural revolution. But McLean is saying, but we sang dirges in the dark because we knew what was coming. Do you recall what was revealed, The day the music died We started singing. The Byrds he spells with a Y, flew off to the fallout shelter. Nature, represented by the Byrds, sense the danger, headed for safety in a shelter. But eight miles high is another song reference by the band the Byrds.
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