Story Songs - A: American Pie

 

It's here, guys! Another installment of the infamous A-to-Z Challenge. This year, I'm tackling my favorite "Story Songs" - those that seem like an epic in and of themselves, the ones we cheer, cry and sing along with and take inspiration from.

To kick us off is the classic grandaddy - American Pie.
(You didn't really think I could start A with something different, did you?)

Overplayed? Perhaps. But still a great song with a powerful story behind it. For those who don't know, it was written in reaction to the 1959 plane crash that killed singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper.

American Pie: Don McLean

13 comments:

  1. I still love this song, but I can not hear it without the Weird Al version playing through my head.

    Brandon Ax: Writer's Storm

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  2. Bye-bye Miss American Pie. What a perfect choice from which to start the challenge!
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  3. I always enjoyed this song (though I never got some of the lyrics like "drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry" - a levee is like a dam; it's supposed to be dry.) I didn't know it was written about that famous plane crash. Thanks for the info! (New follower)

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  4. This is an awesome idea. Especially since it starts with one of my favorite songs. :)

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  5. I agree with Brandon - I can't hear it without thinking of Weird Al's version.

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  6. Hi Nicole, I always liked that song even though I never understood the words. I think I heard Don McLean once say the words didn't really mean anything.

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  7. Thank you for sharing this awesome song. I love your A-Z challenge theme. It will be interesting to see what songs you choose this month. :)

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  8. This is one of those songs everyone knows and everyone has to sing, all the way to the end, no matter what else is going on around them.

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  9. I change the channel or turn the radio off when I hear this song anymore, since it's so obscenely overplayed. It's right up there with "Hotel California," "Mrs. Robinson," and "Pinball Wizard" as songs I just don't want to hear anymore.

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  10. The fun thing about this sons is that it is super long and fun to belt out the lyrics to while you're driving down the highway.
    Elizabeth @ www.scribblinginthestorageroom.wordpress.com

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  11. Scary thing is that I remember that crash...I was 12 years old. It was horrifying. This is going to be a fun theme...I'll be back!

    D.B. McNicol
    A to Z: Romance & Mystery...writing my life

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