The Meaning of American Pie

The meaning behind the lyrics of Don McLean's American Pie. Janis Joplin, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, War & Peace, drugs, murder, Hell's Angels and the Rolling Stones. And, of course Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper.

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[Diablo4643 .]

at 3:24 during the verse "And while Lenin read a book on Marx" you put a picture of John Lennon but it is actually Vladimir Lenin who read a book by Karl Marx "The Communist Manifesto" which lead him to create the soviet version of Communism...

[failinshaggy]

Actually I'm pretty sure he is referring to Lennon as for most of the song he's singing about musicians and also the next line is "the quartet practiced in the park" which is probably a reference to The Beatles as the next picture is one of when The Beatles went to central park during their first US tour.

[emtom1966]

American Pie Part 2 Super Bowl 47

[Anja Winch]

we watched this video today in English, and i really enjoyed it! it was a great explanation!

[ako456]

Excuse me, I'm not american. I can not translate the word levee in the text.

Bye-bye, Miss American Pie

Drove my chevy to the levee

But the levee was dry

What does levee exact?

[Mike Borja]

I think there are words and phrases in this song that mean different things to different people so powerful and poignant brilliant Thanks for sharing

[youtpfpm]

Thank you from France

I rediscovered the meaning of this song

[rich45davis]

also Killing me softly was wriiten about another Don McLean song Empty Chairs, its on wiki

[MrCrispian]

in context its john lennon...the song is about the sixties....the Sargent's playing a marching tune was sg.pepper....

[neensofoz]

look at the pics and read the words