here is one of the many web analysis Gene was referring to--it's the first one I found: http://www.rareexception.com/Garden/Pie.php
Same basic concepts. --- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gene analyzed American Pie in the chat update! That's so awesome--I > never knew who the jester was. NOW it finally sort of makes sense. > Yeah I know this is on the web, but I never got around to looking it > up. I saw Don McLean on the 4th of July with the Boston Pops a few > years ago--it was great! He only sang American Pie and Vincent, but > those are the only 2 songs I know by him anyway, so that was fine. I > was always confused because I thought it was about 1 specific day the > music died, when the plane crashed in 1959. I didn't realize it was > about multiple days and multiple events involving multiple musicians. > He says he has no idea what the last part of section 6 is about: > > And in the streets: the children screamed, > The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed. > But not a word was spoken; > The church bells all were broken. > And the three men I admire most: > The father, son, and the holy ghost, > They caught the last train for the coast > The day the music died. > > Well I don't know for sure, of course, but I would think it is about > the sadness everyone felt on the multiple days the music died or > something like that. An era was over and he was using music as an > analogy to religion or something. The music Gods were out of the > picture, maybe? Anyone have another interpretation? > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
