"Moss grows fat on a rollin' stone" - to mean that by 1969 (10 years on our own since the '59 crash) that Dylan had lost his edge and wasn't breaking ground anymore. He got 'fat' in a way. Dylan's 'Like a rollin stone' = Dylan is the rollin stone.
damn this isnt the one i was looking for. I remember i saw an american pie video that explained in very good supported detail things like gym dances without shoes and how the beatles were the quartet that practiced in the park (they gave some concert) and it explained an actual "courtroom with no verict returned". But nice video, i know this song is vague in some spots.
@stevehart001 When people started asking that, he first replied by saying, "It means that I never have to work again." But then he started acting more serious and said that people should just make a statement and be off.
Basically, he still refuses to tell the meaning of American Pie. Many people have tried to figure out what it means so they did their own research just like this video.
Don McClain is a wonderful poet-songwriter-musician. Remember he is Irish Catholic and some of the rferfences are very rhyming but religious e.g. Three men I admire most Father, Son and the Holy Ghost have no otherr meaning than the Trinity. He would not toy with this reference it is way too serious! Most all of the references are correct although poetic interpretation varies. There were much bigger female rockers than Joplin e.g. Grace Slick -Jefferson Airoplane, Dusty Springfield,
i thought this song was a tribute to god how people stopped singing about god and started singing about Satan, e.g. with all of the references with god, and "well i know you in love with him, "you both kicked off your shoes man i digged those rhythmy moves" i thought meant that people liked the satanic music but maybe didnt realise it was satanic? also "the jester sang for the king and queen --and while the king was looking down the jester stole his thorny crown" satan stole the music from god?
The song is open to interpretation, of course. The main theme of the song is that McLean is referencing "the day music died" i.e. the death of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens as the event he's tracing everything back to in Rock n' Roll history as the exact moment when everything started to change. He's sees this as the end of the "innocence" era of sock hop type rock n' roll music and how music, politics, and life changed during the 1960's. As simple as that.
Perhaps a compilation of a generation? American Pie was never meant to be figured out. Just listened to with an open mind. What you believe matters.... but beware because it will change over the years. Mclean wrote more than music.
I've heard several explanations of "King and Queen"--including Dylan performing for the Kennedys and Dylan performing for QEII. I've always taken "King looking down" as a reference to Elvis, often depicted with his head slightly bowed, but some argue it's a ref. to the Kennedy Assassination.
@GodsGadfly The king was a reference to Elvis Presley. "While the King was looking down, the Jester stole his thorny crown, the courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned" is a line referencing Bob Dylan taking over as the more popular singer at the time, while Elvis's career began the brief decline during his movie making years. No verdict was returned simply means there was no clear cut winner, in terms of the popularity of the two singers at the time.
@GodsGadfly The king was a reference to Elvis Presley. "While the King was looking down, the Jester stole his thorny crown, the courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned" is a line referencing Bob Dylan taking over as the more popular singer at the time, while Elvis's career began the brief decline during his movie making years. No verdict was returned simply means there was no clear cut winner, in terms of the popularity of the two singers during that decade.
IF YOU ARE A VID FAN OF THE BEATLES YOU KNOW WHOM THIS SONG REFERRING TO....THAT MCLEAN GIVE TRIBUTE TO THE MEN WHO DIG THE RHYTHM AND BLUES AND ALMOST CURSED THE BEATLES..HAHAHAHA
THAT FOR ONCE IN AMERICAN TIME PEOPLE ALMOST FORGOT ARTISTS LIKE CHUCK BERRY,BODDY HOLLY, ELVIS, CASH ECT...
Referring to the american artist(good old boys)who just drink and sing "bye bye happy moments our time has end (our music die)" let the beatles (british envasion) be...
And in the streets: the children screamed,The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed....= I have watch the beatles anthology for several times fans are crying and shouting everywhere..in the streets, airport, concerts. "bealte mania" time.
"I met a girl who sang the blues And I asked her for some happy news,But she just smiled and turned away.I went down to the sacred store.Where I’d heard the music years before,But the man there said the music wouldn’t play"
=When beatles envaded US no other music playin on radio station but the bealtes, and its too unfair for the american artist.
@MangaFreak0 Actually, the line "I went down to the sacred store, where I'd heard the music years before, and the man there said the music wouldn't play" was reference to the old record shops of the 1950's where you could listen to the 45's for short time before buying them. He says "the music wouldn't play" because the custom was no longer practiced, and the old sock hop type rock n' roll music was never revived.
@naralaplap first off the voice that came from you and me is Bob Dylan. He came right out of middle-class America and could relate with people
I still don't know about the James Dean part, but the Jester is BOB DYLAN! This is confirmed when in the song it says he was on the sideline in a cast, which is a reference to his horrific motorcycle accident
"Imagine" was released in October 11, 1971 and "American Pie" was recorded May 26, 1971 clearly before Lennon's song....3:30 in there is NO doubt that Vladamir Lenin is the reference, also Karl Mark wasn't a "pioneer" he was the Father, the source, the creator of communism.
@aragon216019 There are arguably Marxist themes in other Beatles songs, anyway. And the fact that "Imagine" was released after "American Pie" does not necessarily mean anything. For example, Robert Flack's "Killing me Softly" refers to Don McLean, before he was famous.
"The 3 men I admire most, the Father, Son & Holy Ghost", could have many possible meanings. I hadn't heard the explanation that it could refer to King Records, Sun Records, & Apollo Records (which all moved from mid-America to California). And I hadn't heard that it could refer to Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, & Neal Cassady.
I've heard that it likely refers to John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, & Martin Luther King, Jr. - all of whom were assassinated (took the last train).
@PilotMusician Doubtful - it would be the only political lyric in the song!! I think The Father, Son & Holy Ghost - were exactly that - religion - for the first time ever in America - taking a back seat. But COULD be the Kennedy's and King!!!
Maddestofthemall. FYI---- His wife was Puerto Rican, and Puerto Ricans are citizens, The Island is a commonwealth of the U.S. so It's citizens are Americans,so there was no threat of deportation threat for his wife. Probably the stress of his death made her miscarry her baby.
"A generation lost in space," Is not only a reference to the popular TV show (and other Space themed TV shows such as Star Trek) but It refers to the moon landing and the promotional engine NASA used shortly afterward. This was also the time that Project Blue Book was leaked and the whole suspicion about the purpose of Area 51 was questioned.
"The father, son, and the holy ghost, They caught the last train for the coast, " Could also be a reference to the three largest record companies: King Records, Sun Records and Apollo Records, who were all located in the middle of the country. Those companies were all bought out and moved their operations to California.
I admit you got me curious to do a little more digging.
"I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride," Is likely a reference to the prejudice against Maria Holly, who was Puerto Rican. Some money hungry higher ups tried to have her declared an illegal alien after his death. Because she was threatened with deportation, she didn't attend her husband's funeral. Further threats caused her to miscarry buddy's child due to stress.
They actually used sound of silence in a mock funeral held at Golden Gate Park to 'bury' the yippie movement. I was unlucky enough to be dragged along to that funeral by my mother.
Hey , you missed one. "But the man there said the music wouldn't play." is a reference to Simon and Garfunkel's, "Sound of Silence" Which was used as a dirge to celebrate the end of the Yippee movement.
I went down to the sacred store Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
During the 50's, it was possible to go into the local record shop and hear a record you might want to purchase. The practice disappeared in the 60's & 70's. Could it be that, upon returning to the record store where he spent so much time during his youth, and older Don McLean discovered that it was no longer possible to listen to the records in the store?
@saliro5 Probably not!! The lyric is in reference to The Filmore West (where MANY bands got their start in San Fran) was closed or "the music wouldn;t play"!!!!
@MaddestOfThemAll Actually, the line "I went down to the sacred store, where I'd heard the music years before, and the man there said the music wouldn't play" was reference to the old record shops of the 1950's where you could listen to the 45's for short time before buying them. He says "the music wouldn't play" because the custom was no longer practiced, and the old sock hop type rock n' roll music was never revived.
Bye Bye Miss American Pie....The 60s....the decade America lost her innocence.
Them good ol' boys are drinkin whiskey and rye singin this'll be the day that I die refers to the opposition of the war in Viet Nam and draft dodgers fleeing the country to Canada.
I don't know about the Kent state thread. I think it was more a reference to all the other musicians who were attempting competition and the Beatles ("the marching band") overwhelming hold on the pop music scene in that era.
I don't know about the Kent state thread. I think it was more a reference to all the other musicians who were attempting competition and the Beatles ("the marching band") overwhelming hold on the pop music scene in that era.
I don't know about the Kent state thread. I think it was more a reference to all the other musicians who were attempting competition and the Beatles ("the marching band") overwhelming hold on the pop music scene in that era.
@HMachProductions not neccesarily. the song is mainly about how as you get older, usually music from when you were young isn't around any more i.e. dead kennedys being replaced with green day, and that music isn't as good as the music u grew up with in ur opinion. it's also mainly a song all about the 1960s, 50s etc. fantastic song. what the music facts guy said.
@cartmammainia I wasn't going so in depth as to do a full analysis on the song. I was just trying to make a blatant undercut to the elaborate and abundant references that comprise this song.
@HMachProductions No, it wasn't. It was McLean referencing certain songs as landmarks when rock n' roll music, politics, and social life made the radical transition that it did from the late 1950's and on through the 60's.
I wish Uncle Bill was here 2 tell u wat u missd. I knw u missd Woodstock (we were all in one place) & (a generation lost in space) either the moon landing or tv show reference or just simply the fact that H.I.P.P.I.E.s were always high. U spelld Beatles like the bug beetle. I like that u do the music facts. U were right about the girl who sang the blues. I knw what I knw from spendn time with my uncle, a H.I.P.P.I.E. who lived & died true 2 his beliefs! R.I.P. Bill! I Miss You!
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1DarkPunk 3 days ago in playlist Uploaded videos
so fucking asom
CLAS1K1 1 month ago
if you dislike this song then you must dislike all of classic rock and what it stood for. Classic rock set the stage for the rockers of now.
redder7runner 6 months ago
"Moss grows fat on a rollin' stone" - to mean that by 1969 (10 years on our own since the '59 crash) that Dylan had lost his edge and wasn't breaking ground anymore. He got 'fat' in a way. Dylan's 'Like a rollin stone' = Dylan is the rollin stone.
jfq722 8 months ago
I heard that Ritchie Valens flipped a coin with Waylon Jennings for a seat on that plane that crashed,and Jennings lost and had to catch the bus.
brian6078 8 months ago
@brian6078 TRUE
sirwolfgang 6 months ago
Chantilly Lace is the goofiest song I ever loved.
alpha18412 8 months ago
damn this isnt the one i was looking for. I remember i saw an american pie video that explained in very good supported detail things like gym dances without shoes and how the beatles were the quartet that practiced in the park (they gave some concert) and it explained an actual "courtroom with no verict returned". But nice video, i know this song is vague in some spots.
321Green1Fork123 9 months ago
This was put together very well with some facts on the meaning as well as pictures on this classic piece of art. Thanks.
"RED!"
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MsBeaStar11 9 months ago
I think this is the only video that has a decent amount of viewers to have 0 dislikes
jamieman223 11 months ago
the Buddy Holly industery salutes you...man!
CameronsFag 1 year ago
R.I.P. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper
timskywalker 1 year ago
Why doesn't someone just ask Don McLean what the song means?
stevehart001 1 year ago
@stevehart001 When people started asking that, he first replied by saying, "It means that I never have to work again." But then he started acting more serious and said that people should just make a statement and be off.
Basically, he still refuses to tell the meaning of American Pie. Many people have tried to figure out what it means so they did their own research just like this video.
Quakelord1991 11 months ago
Don McClain is a wonderful poet-songwriter-musician. Remember he is Irish Catholic and some of the rferfences are very rhyming but religious e.g. Three men I admire most Father, Son and the Holy Ghost have no otherr meaning than the Trinity. He would not toy with this reference it is way too serious! Most all of the references are correct although poetic interpretation varies. There were much bigger female rockers than Joplin e.g. Grace Slick -Jefferson Airoplane, Dusty Springfield,
jimbyrne528 1 year ago
i thought this song was a tribute to god how people stopped singing about god and started singing about Satan, e.g. with all of the references with god, and "well i know you in love with him, "you both kicked off your shoes man i digged those rhythmy moves" i thought meant that people liked the satanic music but maybe didnt realise it was satanic? also "the jester sang for the king and queen --and while the king was looking down the jester stole his thorny crown" satan stole the music from god?
skateordie9999 1 year ago
The song is open to interpretation, of course. The main theme of the song is that McLean is referencing "the day music died" i.e. the death of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens as the event he's tracing everything back to in Rock n' Roll history as the exact moment when everything started to change. He's sees this as the end of the "innocence" era of sock hop type rock n' roll music and how music, politics, and life changed during the 1960's. As simple as that.
Potsie791 1 year ago
this video is well done,I love it and the song as sad as it is,it is a wonderful tribute to 3 rock&roll greats.thanks for posting it.
brian6078 1 year ago
Was jt Vladmir Lenin or was it Nikolai Lenin?
beckyvshort2 1 year ago
Perhaps a compilation of a generation? American Pie was never meant to be figured out. Just listened to with an open mind. What you believe matters.... but beware because it will change over the years. Mclean wrote more than music.
Ascaidh 1 year ago
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mamee1077 1 year ago
I've heard several explanations of "King and Queen"--including Dylan performing for the Kennedys and Dylan performing for QEII. I've always taken "King looking down" as a reference to Elvis, often depicted with his head slightly bowed, but some argue it's a ref. to the Kennedy Assassination.
GodsGadfly 1 year ago
@GodsGadfly The king was a reference to Elvis Presley. "While the King was looking down, the Jester stole his thorny crown, the courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned" is a line referencing Bob Dylan taking over as the more popular singer at the time, while Elvis's career began the brief decline during his movie making years. No verdict was returned simply means there was no clear cut winner, in terms of the popularity of the two singers at the time.
Potsie791 1 year ago
@GodsGadfly The king was a reference to Elvis Presley. "While the King was looking down, the Jester stole his thorny crown, the courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned" is a line referencing Bob Dylan taking over as the more popular singer at the time, while Elvis's career began the brief decline during his movie making years. No verdict was returned simply means there was no clear cut winner, in terms of the popularity of the two singers during that decade.
Potsie791 1 year ago
We're STILL debating what this song means, 39 years after it was released!
joelbbishop 1 year ago
IF YOU ARE A VID FAN OF THE BEATLES YOU KNOW WHOM THIS SONG REFERRING TO....THAT MCLEAN GIVE TRIBUTE TO THE MEN WHO DIG THE RHYTHM AND BLUES AND ALMOST CURSED THE BEATLES..HAHAHAHA
THAT FOR ONCE IN AMERICAN TIME PEOPLE ALMOST FORGOT ARTISTS LIKE CHUCK BERRY,BODDY HOLLY, ELVIS, CASH ECT...
naralaplap 1 year ago
FINALLY:
They were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die."
Referring to the american artist(good old boys)who just drink and sing "bye bye happy moments our time has end (our music die)" let the beatles (british envasion) be...
naralaplap 1 year ago
And in the streets: the children screamed,The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed....= I have watch the beatles anthology for several times fans are crying and shouting everywhere..in the streets, airport, concerts. "bealte mania" time.
naralaplap 1 year ago
"I met a girl who sang the blues And I asked her for some happy news,But she just smiled and turned away.I went down to the sacred store.Where I’d heard the music years before,But the man there said the music wouldn’t play"
=When beatles envaded US no other music playin on radio station but the bealtes, and its too unfair for the american artist.
naralaplap 1 year ago
@naralaplap this is about Janis, who died happily with her addiction to alcohol. And the music wouldn't play because she died
MangaFreak0 1 year ago
@MangaFreak0 Actually, the line "I went down to the sacred store, where I'd heard the music years before, and the man there said the music wouldn't play" was reference to the old record shops of the 1950's where you could listen to the 45's for short time before buying them. He says "the music wouldn't play" because the custom was no longer practiced, and the old sock hop type rock n' roll music was never revived.
Potsie791 1 year ago
"when the jesters sang for the king and qeen" = the royal albert show where beatles performed with the royal families (watch beatles anthology)
"in a coat he barrowed from james dean" = beatles wearing the american coat
"the voice that came from me and you" = Paul & John voice blending
naralaplap 1 year ago
@naralaplap first off the voice that came from you and me is Bob Dylan. He came right out of middle-class America and could relate with people
I still don't know about the James Dean part, but the Jester is BOB DYLAN! This is confirmed when in the song it says he was on the sideline in a cast, which is a reference to his horrific motorcycle accident
MangaFreak0 1 year ago
Always makes this aging hippie cry :-(
orangerobbie 1 year ago 2
Loved it
randywylie 1 year ago
"Imagine" was released in October 11, 1971 and "American Pie" was recorded May 26, 1971 clearly before Lennon's song....3:30 in there is NO doubt that Vladamir Lenin is the reference, also Karl Mark wasn't a "pioneer" he was the Father, the source, the creator of communism.
aragon216019 1 year ago 5
@aragon216019 There are arguably Marxist themes in other Beatles songs, anyway. And the fact that "Imagine" was released after "American Pie" does not necessarily mean anything. For example, Robert Flack's "Killing me Softly" refers to Don McLean, before he was famous.
GodsGadfly 1 year ago
@aragon216019 no there was one more man before him I don't remember his name something German. Karl Marx just pioneered the philosophers ideas
ZuluCatsTheMispeller 1 month ago
you spell it beatles
masterjaredclayton 1 year ago
you speel it beatles
masterjaredclayton 1 year ago
@masterjaredclayton STUPID!!!
patricialowe1970 1 year ago
Good Job !!!!!!!
jbswife101 1 year ago
4:47. It's a cardinal sin to spell Beatles wrong.
johngears11 1 year ago
For God-Mason City-Vietnam Vets
www41WorldUSAcom 1 year ago
this is bull shit becuase this song is a story and not aobut other songs thats now why he made this song
crazypat25 1 year ago
Awesome channel. Subscribed. You better make more though, my subscription means a lot and i don't just hand it out to any ol' tuber. ;) lol
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finally i found a video with more than 100 likes and 0 dislikes!
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insatiabl3 1 year ago
GREAT SONG,GREAT OBSERVATIONS,WELL DONE M8
elvisuk 1 year ago
"The 3 men I admire most, the Father, Son & Holy Ghost", could have many possible meanings. I hadn't heard the explanation that it could refer to King Records, Sun Records, & Apollo Records (which all moved from mid-America to California). And I hadn't heard that it could refer to Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, & Neal Cassady.
I've heard that it likely refers to John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, & Martin Luther King, Jr. - all of whom were assassinated (took the last train).
Thoughts?
PilotMusician 1 year ago
@PilotMusician Doubtful - it would be the only political lyric in the song!! I think The Father, Son & Holy Ghost - were exactly that - religion - for the first time ever in America - taking a back seat. But COULD be the Kennedy's and King!!!
Earthlinked 1 year ago
Many thanks to Musicfacts for this. I pray that it stays for a very long time. It is extremely well done.
toscanini9 1 year ago
WOW I did not know all that about this song. I love this song and now that I know the meaning behind it makes it all the better
jessicatilley1990 1 year ago
"Modanan"'s cover was a fail.
EatYourBeans 1 year ago 2
Maddestofthemall. FYI---- His wife was Puerto Rican, and Puerto Ricans are citizens, The Island is a commonwealth of the U.S. so It's citizens are Americans,so there was no threat of deportation threat for his wife. Probably the stress of his death made her miscarry her baby.
MONSERATE 1 year ago
I love this song.
starry1127 1 year ago
"A generation lost in space," Is not only a reference to the popular TV show (and other Space themed TV shows such as Star Trek) but It refers to the moon landing and the promotional engine NASA used shortly afterward. This was also the time that Project Blue Book was leaked and the whole suspicion about the purpose of Area 51 was questioned.
MaddestOfThemAll 1 year ago
"The father, son, and the holy ghost, They caught the last train for the coast, " Could also be a reference to the three largest record companies: King Records, Sun Records and Apollo Records, who were all located in the middle of the country. Those companies were all bought out and moved their operations to California.
MaddestOfThemAll 1 year ago
I admit you got me curious to do a little more digging.
"I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride," Is likely a reference to the prejudice against Maria Holly, who was Puerto Rican. Some money hungry higher ups tried to have her declared an illegal alien after his death. Because she was threatened with deportation, she didn't attend her husband's funeral. Further threats caused her to miscarry buddy's child due to stress.
MaddestOfThemAll 1 year ago
They actually used sound of silence in a mock funeral held at Golden Gate Park to 'bury' the yippie movement. I was unlucky enough to be dragged along to that funeral by my mother.
MaddestOfThemAll 1 year ago
Hey , you missed one. "But the man there said the music wouldn't play." is a reference to Simon and Garfunkel's, "Sound of Silence" Which was used as a dirge to celebrate the end of the Yippee movement.
MaddestOfThemAll 1 year ago 11
@MaddestOfThemAll
I went down to the sacred store Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
During the 50's, it was possible to go into the local record shop and hear a record you might want to purchase. The practice disappeared in the 60's & 70's. Could it be that, upon returning to the record store where he spent so much time during his youth, and older Don McLean discovered that it was no longer possible to listen to the records in the store?
saliro5 1 year ago
@saliro5 Probably not!! The lyric is in reference to The Filmore West (where MANY bands got their start in San Fran) was closed or "the music wouldn;t play"!!!!
Earthlinked 1 year ago
@MaddestOfThemAll Actually, the line "I went down to the sacred store, where I'd heard the music years before, and the man there said the music wouldn't play" was reference to the old record shops of the 1950's where you could listen to the 45's for short time before buying them. He says "the music wouldn't play" because the custom was no longer practiced, and the old sock hop type rock n' roll music was never revived.
Potsie791 1 year ago
i love your videos they are amazing...make more please
bladewcw 1 year ago
Bye Bye Miss American Pie....The 60s....the decade America lost her innocence.
Them good ol' boys are drinkin whiskey and rye singin this'll be the day that I die refers to the opposition of the war in Viet Nam and draft dodgers fleeing the country to Canada.
MultiBaldEagle 1 year ago
you are exactly exactly right, well done, perfect execution.
mclimbaugh 1 year ago
Charles Manson scares the shit out of me
amalienworkshop1 1 year ago
@amalienworkshop1 he scares the shit out of everyone
platinumblondebiatch 1 year ago
I can never think of this song unless its MY MY MR ANAKIN GUY
Mikespyke 1 year ago
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I don't know about the Kent state thread. I think it was more a reference to all the other musicians who were attempting competition and the Beatles ("the marching band") overwhelming hold on the pop music scene in that era.
fiddler2u 1 year ago
I don't know about the Kent state thread. I think it was more a reference to all the other musicians who were attempting competition and the Beatles ("the marching band") overwhelming hold on the pop music scene in that era.
fiddler2u 1 year ago
I don't know about the Kent state thread. I think it was more a reference to all the other musicians who were attempting competition and the Beatles ("the marching band") overwhelming hold on the pop music scene in that era.
fiddler2u 1 year ago
weird al yankovic parodied this song as the saga begins
MrZombislayer 1 year ago
I always interpreted the line, "my hands were clenched in fists of rage" as a reference to the MC5, but I'm from Michigan, so you would expect that.
BobCronley 1 year ago
Pure Poetry....Nice tribute to some pioneers of rock n roll. Thank You.
rjarcusa 1 year ago
WOAH WOAH WOAH!!!! How can you neglect Weird Al's cover of this song?? I know its not at all like the original but come on!!! That song is epic!!
rejekt31292 1 year ago
... seriously i never thought this song was thhhhattt long
dangodaikazoku1 1 year ago
Verry nice... Thank you for your efford, keep it up!
gizone 1 year ago
It's Monotones, not Moontones - likely a typo.
mrsgstd 1 year ago
Garth brooks also sang with don live in central park back in 1998
millienniumforce 1 year ago
pretty genius!
zylarobielle 1 year ago
This is amazing, thank you!
fritzo62 1 year ago
So basically, this song was a compilation of other songs.
HMachProductions 1 year ago
@HMachProductions Although this does reference a few songs, this is more of a broader view on McLean's generation. So yes and no. =P
Musicfacts 1 year ago 11
@HMachProductions not neccesarily. the song is mainly about how as you get older, usually music from when you were young isn't around any more i.e. dead kennedys being replaced with green day, and that music isn't as good as the music u grew up with in ur opinion. it's also mainly a song all about the 1960s, 50s etc. fantastic song. what the music facts guy said.
cartmammainia 1 year ago
@cartmammainia I wasn't going so in depth as to do a full analysis on the song. I was just trying to make a blatant undercut to the elaborate and abundant references that comprise this song.
HMachProductions 1 year ago
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Ascaidh 1 year ago
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Ascaidh 1 year ago
@HMachProductions No, it wasn't. It was McLean referencing certain songs as landmarks when rock n' roll music, politics, and social life made the radical transition that it did from the late 1950's and on through the 60's.
Potsie791 1 year ago
yes, it wasn't john lennon, it was Vladamir.
jubalate 1 year ago
Excellent...
regdorh 1 year ago
Very well DONE!
Guitars12000 1 year ago
Lol that picture of Bob Dylan at 3:05 is the one I used in my school report about Bob Dylan
themusicguy12 1 year ago
Everyone knows the words to this song. A all time great.
dahsuerk 1 year ago
i luv this song
its has such so much meaning
monicaANDbryan 1 year ago
haha my dad HATES this song beacause his mom would play it over and over when he was a kid. :P
projectelsa 1 year ago
I wish Uncle Bill was here 2 tell u wat u missd. I knw u missd Woodstock (we were all in one place) & (a generation lost in space) either the moon landing or tv show reference or just simply the fact that H.I.P.P.I.E.s were always high. U spelld Beatles like the bug beetle. I like that u do the music facts. U were right about the girl who sang the blues. I knw what I knw from spendn time with my uncle, a H.I.P.P.I.E. who lived & died true 2 his beliefs! R.I.P. Bill! I Miss You!
roguesblight 1 year ago 2
Why had no one commented on here?
bashlet 1 year ago
one of the best ballads of all time man
PSNxhaydenx 1 year ago
Love this song!
bashlet 1 year ago
@bashlet don't we all?
DrBuggles1 1 year ago