R&P: American Pie Challenge!?!
Question: R&P: American Pie Challenge!!?
Okay!. Post as many pop culture references as you can from the song "American Pie!." Put the lyrics and what they refer to!. Don't use an online analysis or anything!. Answer with the most correct wins!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
Verse 1
A long long time ago!.!.!.!.
Don McLean wrote this song in the 70s, but the story in the lyrics is about the 50s!.!.!.
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile!.!.!.
Don's favorite music was from the 50s
And I knew if I had my chance, that I could make those people dance, and maybe they'd be happy for a while!.
He wanted to sing Rock N Roll so people would be happy
But February made me shiver
Buddy Holly died on February 3, 1959 in a plane crash in Iowa!. He was McLean's hero!.
With every paper I'd deliver
Don delivered newspapers
Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step
The story of Buddy Holly's death was on the front page
I can't remember if I cried
He can't remember if he cried!.
When I read about his widowed bride
Holly had a wife!.!.!.!.
But something touched me deep inside
uhh!.!.!.self explanitory
The day the music died!.
The Plane crash took Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper!. 3 huge names in music back then
Verse 2
Did you write the book of love!?
"The Book of Love" by the Monotones!.
And do you have faith in God above, if the Bible tells you so!?
In 1955, Don Cornell wrote "The Bible Tells Me So" and there is a Sunday School song "Jesus Loves Me," with the line "For the Bible tells me so!."
Now do you believe in rock & roll!?
From Do you Believe in magic - lovin spoonful
Can music save your mortal soul!?
Can music save your life!?
And, can you teach me how to dance real slow!?
When you danced with someone in the 50's, it meant you were together forever sorta
Now I know that you're in love with him, 'cause I saw you dancing in the gym!.
Don's girl cheated on him by dancing with some other guy
You both kicked off your shoes
Talkin bout a sock hop
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
Depressing music is rhythm and blues!.!.!.!.!.
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
Uhh!.!.!.self explanitory
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
Pickup trucks symbolized sexual freedom
But I knew I was out of luck, the day the music died!.
The 60's came, which were much different that the 50s
Verse 3
Now for ten years we've been on our own
The "Day the Music Died" was '59, and Don wrote this song in the early 70s!. So about 10 years!.
And moss grows fat on a rolling stone
Talking about the Dylan hit, Like a Rolling Stone, and the moss is talking about Bob Dylan was in a car accident, and moss shows change (Bob changed from Folk to rock music)
but that's not how it used to be!.
Don liked him better as a Folk singer
When the jester sang for the king and queen
The jester - Bob Dylan
King - Peter Seger
Queen - Joan Baez
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
In the Dean movie "Rebel Without A Cause," he wears a red windbreaker!. On the cover of the Dylan's "Freewheelin'," he is seen also in a red windbreaker!. This cover also resembles a famous picture of Dean!. This ties in with the previous line 'cause this album is were Dylan really took off, with such songs as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall!."
^(ok I had to find that one online!.!.!.!.but that's the only one I swear!)
And a voice that came from you and me!.
It's talking about how Dylan was like the spokesman for the 60s, and how he's!.!.!.!.not the greatest singer in the world, and he sounds like you and me!.
Oh, and while the king was looking down
Talking about Elvis when he joined the army, and he dropped his soap in the shower every day
The jester stole his thorny crown
The jester (Bob Dylan) stole the spotlight from elvis while he was in the war
The courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned
This deals with the Kennedy assassination!. Lee Harvey Oswald was never convicted because he was murdered!.
And while Lennon read a book of Marx
Talking about the Beatles music becoming political!.
The quartet practiced in the park
Don is talking about the Beatles performing their last concert at Candlestick Park
And we sang dirges in the dark, the day the music died!.
Dirge = Funeral Song
Verse 4
Helter Skelter in a summer swelter
Don is talking about Charles Manson getting the idea for murder from the Beatles song, Helter Skelter
The Byrd flew off with to a fallout shelter
A fallout shelter is another name for rehab!.!.!.!.and one of the Byrd members was arrested for possesion of marujuana (I could never spell that!.!.!.!.)
Eight miles high and falling fast!.
Eight miles high [the byrds] was really the first phycedelic song written
Then landed in the foul grass
Foul grass is marijuana!.
The players tried for a forward pass
Alright the "players" are 60s protesters!.
With the jester, on the sidelines in a cast!.
The jester is still Bob Dylan, and he lost control of his bike, and he barely left his house for 9 months while recovering
Now the half time air was sweet perfume
Drugs :)
While sergeants played a marching tune
Sgt Peppers album by The Beatles!.!.!.!.
We all got up to dance, but we never got the chance
The new wave of music that the Beatles wrote that you can't really dance to!.!.!.
'Cause the players tried to take the field
The players are still the protesters!.!.!.trying to take the field is talking about the many protests!.
The marching band refused to yield
The Beatles had some anti-violence songs
Do you recall what was revealed, the day the music died!.
Verse 5
And then we were all in one place
Woodstock! :)
A generation lost in space
1!. Talking about Space Oddity [David Bowie]
2!. The moon landing in 1969
3!. TV show called Lost in Space
With no time left to start again
Don's generation wasted the decade on drugs
So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack flash sat on a candlestick
Jumping Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
'cause fire is the devil's only friend!.
The Stones were trying to compete with the Beatles, so they sold themselves to the devil!. Remember their album Their Satanic Majesties Request and the song, Sympathy for the Devil!?
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
The Rolling Stones attempting another Woodstock
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
He was pissed
No angel born in hell could brake that Satan's spell
Angels born in hell = Hell's angels
As the flames climbed high into the night, to light the sacrificial rite
The Rolling Stones had to be helicoptered out of there, hence the climbed high part!.
I saw Satan laughing with delight, the day the music died!.
This was the definitive ending of the sixties
Verse 6
I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away!.
Talking about Janis Joplin!. She usually sang the blues!.
I went down to the sacred store
50's record store
Where I heard the music years before, but the man said the music wouldn't play
When the 70's rolled around, 50's music had been forgotten about
And in the streets the children screamed
Children being beated in the streets!.!.!.!.
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
In Dylan's "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," he says: "I met one man he was wounded in love, I met another man he was wounded in hatred," showing that love hurts sometimes as much as hate!.
But not a word was spoken!. The church bells all were broken!.
Again in "A Hard Rain!.!.!.," the line is "I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken!." Simon and Garfunkel had a hit with "Sound of Silence!." The church bells all were broken shows that people have forgotten God!.
And the three men I admire most, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost
The trinity
They caught the last train for the coast!.
God had left
The day the music died!. And we were singing!.!.!.!.
Refrain
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
Don was dating a Miss America contestant, and American Pie was part of the American Dream
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
The American automobile was the Chevy!. The levee business shows that America wasn't fertile anymore (at least in the sense of music)!.
And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye singing "This will be the day that I die, this will be the day
that I die!."
The traditional Americans are depressed with the current lifestyle (60's)!.
Just goes to show that I like that song wayyyyy too much!.!.!.!.!.
And yes!. I did do that without any help!. Except for that one line about James Dean!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
A long long time ago!.!.!.!.
Don McLean wrote this song in the 70s, but the story in the lyrics is about the 50s!.!.!.
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile!.!.!.
Don's favorite music was from the 50s
And I knew if I had my chance, that I could make those people dance, and maybe they'd be happy for a while!.
He wanted to sing Rock N Roll so people would be happy
But February made me shiver
Buddy Holly died on February 3, 1959 in a plane crash in Iowa!. He was McLean's hero!.
With every paper I'd deliver
Don delivered newspapers
Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step
The story of Buddy Holly's death was on the front page
I can't remember if I cried
He can't remember if he cried!.
When I read about his widowed bride
Holly had a wife!.!.!.!.
But something touched me deep inside
uhh!.!.!.self explanitory
The day the music died!.
The Plane crash took Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper!. 3 huge names in music back then
Verse 2
Did you write the book of love!?
"The Book of Love" by the Monotones!.
And do you have faith in God above, if the Bible tells you so!?
In 1955, Don Cornell wrote "The Bible Tells Me So" and there is a Sunday School song "Jesus Loves Me," with the line "For the Bible tells me so!."
Now do you believe in rock & roll!?
From Do you Believe in magic - lovin spoonful
Can music save your mortal soul!?
Can music save your life!?
And, can you teach me how to dance real slow!?
When you danced with someone in the 50's, it meant you were together forever sorta
Now I know that you're in love with him, 'cause I saw you dancing in the gym!.
Don's girl cheated on him by dancing with some other guy
You both kicked off your shoes
Talkin bout a sock hop
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
Depressing music is rhythm and blues!.!.!.!.!.
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
Uhh!.!.!.self explanitory
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
Pickup trucks symbolized sexual freedom
But I knew I was out of luck, the day the music died!.
The 60's came, which were much different that the 50s
Verse 3
Now for ten years we've been on our own
The "Day the Music Died" was '59, and Don wrote this song in the early 70s!. So about 10 years!.
And moss grows fat on a rolling stone
Talking about the Dylan hit, Like a Rolling Stone, and the moss is talking about Bob Dylan was in a car accident, and moss shows change (Bob changed from Folk to rock music)
but that's not how it used to be!.
Don liked him better as a Folk singer
When the jester sang for the king and queen
The jester - Bob Dylan
King - Peter Seger
Queen - Joan Baez
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
In the Dean movie "Rebel Without A Cause," he wears a red windbreaker!. On the cover of the Dylan's "Freewheelin'," he is seen also in a red windbreaker!. This cover also resembles a famous picture of Dean!. This ties in with the previous line 'cause this album is were Dylan really took off, with such songs as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall!."
^(ok I had to find that one online!.!.!.!.but that's the only one I swear!)
And a voice that came from you and me!.
It's talking about how Dylan was like the spokesman for the 60s, and how he's!.!.!.!.not the greatest singer in the world, and he sounds like you and me!.
Oh, and while the king was looking down
Talking about Elvis when he joined the army, and he dropped his soap in the shower every day
The jester stole his thorny crown
The jester (Bob Dylan) stole the spotlight from elvis while he was in the war
The courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned
This deals with the Kennedy assassination!. Lee Harvey Oswald was never convicted because he was murdered!.
And while Lennon read a book of Marx
Talking about the Beatles music becoming political!.
The quartet practiced in the park
Don is talking about the Beatles performing their last concert at Candlestick Park
And we sang dirges in the dark, the day the music died!.
Dirge = Funeral Song
Verse 4
Helter Skelter in a summer swelter
Don is talking about Charles Manson getting the idea for murder from the Beatles song, Helter Skelter
The Byrd flew off with to a fallout shelter
A fallout shelter is another name for rehab!.!.!.!.and one of the Byrd members was arrested for possesion of marujuana (I could never spell that!.!.!.!.)
Eight miles high and falling fast!.
Eight miles high [the byrds] was really the first phycedelic song written
Then landed in the foul grass
Foul grass is marijuana!.
The players tried for a forward pass
Alright the "players" are 60s protesters!.
With the jester, on the sidelines in a cast!.
The jester is still Bob Dylan, and he lost control of his bike, and he barely left his house for 9 months while recovering
Now the half time air was sweet perfume
Drugs :)
While sergeants played a marching tune
Sgt Peppers album by The Beatles!.!.!.!.
We all got up to dance, but we never got the chance
The new wave of music that the Beatles wrote that you can't really dance to!.!.!.
'Cause the players tried to take the field
The players are still the protesters!.!.!.trying to take the field is talking about the many protests!.
The marching band refused to yield
The Beatles had some anti-violence songs
Do you recall what was revealed, the day the music died!.
Verse 5
And then we were all in one place
Woodstock! :)
A generation lost in space
1!. Talking about Space Oddity [David Bowie]
2!. The moon landing in 1969
3!. TV show called Lost in Space
With no time left to start again
Don's generation wasted the decade on drugs
So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack flash sat on a candlestick
Jumping Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
'cause fire is the devil's only friend!.
The Stones were trying to compete with the Beatles, so they sold themselves to the devil!. Remember their album Their Satanic Majesties Request and the song, Sympathy for the Devil!?
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
The Rolling Stones attempting another Woodstock
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
He was pissed
No angel born in hell could brake that Satan's spell
Angels born in hell = Hell's angels
As the flames climbed high into the night, to light the sacrificial rite
The Rolling Stones had to be helicoptered out of there, hence the climbed high part!.
I saw Satan laughing with delight, the day the music died!.
This was the definitive ending of the sixties
Verse 6
I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away!.
Talking about Janis Joplin!. She usually sang the blues!.
I went down to the sacred store
50's record store
Where I heard the music years before, but the man said the music wouldn't play
When the 70's rolled around, 50's music had been forgotten about
And in the streets the children screamed
Children being beated in the streets!.!.!.!.
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
In Dylan's "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," he says: "I met one man he was wounded in love, I met another man he was wounded in hatred," showing that love hurts sometimes as much as hate!.
But not a word was spoken!. The church bells all were broken!.
Again in "A Hard Rain!.!.!.," the line is "I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken!." Simon and Garfunkel had a hit with "Sound of Silence!." The church bells all were broken shows that people have forgotten God!.
And the three men I admire most, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost
The trinity
They caught the last train for the coast!.
God had left
The day the music died!. And we were singing!.!.!.!.
Refrain
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
Don was dating a Miss America contestant, and American Pie was part of the American Dream
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
The American automobile was the Chevy!. The levee business shows that America wasn't fertile anymore (at least in the sense of music)!.
And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye singing "This will be the day that I die, this will be the day
that I die!."
The traditional Americans are depressed with the current lifestyle (60's)!.
Just goes to show that I like that song wayyyyy too much!.!.!.!.!.
And yes!. I did do that without any help!. Except for that one line about James Dean!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I was going to answer this question because American Pie is a legend !. !. !. !. !. !. but then I saw ?beatlemaniac?[RIP Syd Barrett]'s answer and !. !. !. !. yeah, I'm just going to go with what she wrote!. Lol!.
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the day the music died when buddy holly and a bunch of other people died in a plane crashWww@Enter-QA@Com
I met a girl who sang the blues-Janis JoplinWww@Enter-QA@Com