American Pie Lyrics and Popular Explanations American Pie lyrics have been controversial for the past 40 years. Though song writer and performer Don McLean has admitted that the song is inspired by Buddy Holly (and that several of the verses detail his reaction to learning of the singer's death), he has not publicly spoken the meaning of all the other symbols in the song. Who is the King and Queen? Who is the Jester? What...more
American Pie Lyrics—What is the Song About? American Pie lyrics are still on America's mind, even after 40 years of McLean refusing to budge on the explanation. What is the song about? McLean admits that the song is about loss, not only the loss of a generation (the 1950s and 1960s) but also the loss of innocence. McLean has long admitted that the song was inspired by Buddy Holly, who died along with Ritchie Valens and the...more
American Pie Lyrics and Those Dry Levees Those mysterious American Pie lyrics are still a topic of conversation 40 years after Don McLean first released "American Pie." American Pie has truly become a piece of the Americana experience, and is often voted as one of the top 10 contemporary songs ever written. This folk-rock song was first released in 1971 and was a solid #1 for four weeks. A release of the song in 1991 made McLean's deeply personal song jump to #2 in the U.K. It has been listed as the #5 song on the RIAA project "Songs of the Century" and is the most successful song of Don McLean's career. Perhaps American Pie lyrics are famous because they are cryptic, and to this day McLean refuses to divulge the absolute truth of what the verses mean. For many years, individuals have tried to study the song and interpret the various symbols, characters and cloaked references, hoping to gain some great insight into American culture. Yes, it's very likely McLean wrote his lyrics with 1960s American culture in mind, since the song title is overtly named American Pie—as in a slice of the U.S. zeitgeist.Other artists have declared that American Pie,...more
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