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Other theorists cast Jagger was Satan himself "laughing with delight the day the music died" and inciting some of the most destructive forms of rebellion of the times. McLean really didn't seem to like Jagger much.

Or a Chevy and a levy. Imagine Chevrolet's marketing potential had American Pie dropped in the iPod era. The Jester? Jack Flash? What do American Pie's lyrics mean?

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What do they mean? AS WITH many other allusive pieces of writing, like The Waste Land, the effect is more to do with the creation of atmosphere, evoking several images at the same time, than a simple 'a-means-b' relationship. However, a few things can be said with assurance. The most important thing to remember is that the song isn't simply about the death of Buddy Holly, although that is certainly the theme of the first verse. After that, the song offers a chronological account of American youth throughout the sixties, focusing on the latter years of that decade.

There are several references to specific individuals, some more obvious than others. So, for instance, the Jester is Bob Dylan, the line 'with the Jester on the sidelines in a cast' a reference to the motorcycle accident that temporarily halted his career. Image source, don mclean. McLean's original notes, unedited, are 16 pages long and give clues to his thought process.

Buddy Holly's death was a "personal tragedy" for the year-old McLean. Can music save your mortal soul? Image source, Hulton Archive.

Bob Dylan was McLean's "rolling stone" who ended up gathering moss. Image source, keystone. Was JFK the "king whose thorny crown was stolen"? Image source, BIPS. The Beatles surpassed Dylan as the icons of the 60s generation.

The Chicago police riot of saw violent clashes with demonstrators. Image source, AP. Mick Jagger looks on as the Hells Angels deal with a crowd member.

The show continued. That kind of music simply wouldn't play any more. Image source, Central Press. Don McLean: "You will find many interpretations of my lyrics, but none by me.

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In the summer of , he massacred an entire family 'cause of the Beatles song "Helter Skelter," which appeared on the white album. He thought that the Beatles were warning America about the racial conflict and it was "coming down fast. Manson wrote the title of the song on the wall in blood after committing the murders. Also, he thought in "Revolution 9" that Lennon was saying "rise" instead of "right," thought the line "They need a damn good wacking" from "Piggies" was telling him to kill people and the "Hollywood Song" in "Honey Pie" was about him 'cause he lived near Hollywood.

He was dropping too much acid and thought the Beatles were talking directly to him and told him to kill those people. The Byrd flew off with to a fallout shelter The Byrd's were a popular folk-rock group, with the huge cover of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man," in One of the members was arrested for possession of marijuana and a fallout shelter was another name for a rehab program.

A strange note is that Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" appeared on his "Bringing It All Back Home" record, and on the lower left corner of the cover is a fallout shelter sign. Eight miles high and falling fast. The falling fast part is probably about the fact that the Byrd's abandoned folk-rock for country music with the album "Sweetheart of the Rodeo," in Then landed in the foul grass Foul grass meaning marijuana.

The players tried for a forward pass Here the football metaphor starts. The players are the protesters in the 60's. The forward pass was their movement to change the situation they were in, full of government corruption.

With the jester, on the sidelines in a cast. In late , while riding near his house in Woodstock, NY, he briefly glanced into the sun and lost control of his bike. When he went to brake, they locked up on him and sent him flying off the motorcycle. It took him about 9 months to recover or was he just pregnant and trying to hide it from the world???? Now the half time air was sweet perfume Flower Power, groovy baby! Drugs, man, drugs. While sergeants played a marching tune Sgt.

Pepper, Beatles, , recently named the most influencal album of all time. First ever concept album. First to have lyrics printed on the back. First to have a design on the protector of the record. Included an elaborate cover design and cut-outs. As far as the music goes, it had drug references in Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, sitars, animal sounds and studio trickery.

In the song "Being for the Benefit of Mr. In "A Day in the Life" which was banned from the radio 'cause of the drug reference line "I'd Love to Turn You On" , after the piano cords die out, there is a minute of silence, followed by a high pitched sound by the request of John Lennon, especially to annoy the family dog , then a loop of Beatles gibberish to make the owners of the LP think that the needle had stuck! What was I talking about again? We all got up to dance, but we never got the chance Oh yeah, American Pie!!

That's a good song In , at the Chicago Democratic convention, protesters rioted, and some were beaten by the police. It is now known as the days of rage. The marching band refused to yield The Beatles had some anti-violence songs that made protesters think twice about the way they were acting. Do you recall what was revealed, the day the music died. So what was revealed? As Dr. Evil says in Austin Powers, "Face it, freedom failed" or more accurately, the protests failed.

The government is more corrupt now then ever before. McLean wasn't a big 60's fan and here is putting down the efforts of the failed generation.