Surprisingly Happy Ending: The deleted seventh verse in "American Pie" (never publicly revealed until the original manuscript for the song lyrics were auctioned off in 2015), which apparently alludes to the rebirth of rock music with the rise of British acts such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones."Eight Miles High" is a song by the American rock band the Byrds, written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn (a.k.a."Danny Don't Rapp", about Danny Rapp the lead singer of Danny & The Juniors, from Daniel Johnston's Yip/Jump Music also paraphrases the line "This world was never meant for someone as beautiful as you".In the episode "So It's Come To This: A Simpsons Clip Show" Granpa paraphrases the line: "This world was never meant for someone as beautiful as you." "Vincent" was used during the meteor shower scene in The Simpsons episode "Scuse Me While I Miss The Sky".note In the episode, The Itchy and Scratchy Show gets cancelled. The Simpsons has an episode " The Day The Violence Died" spoofing the title. The lyric "The Day the Music Died" from "American Pie" has become a popular nickname for February 3, 1959, when indeed Rock & Roll lost three talented musicians: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper.
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"American Pie" has been covered by Madonna but not the entire song, inspired the title of the 1999 Sex Comedy American Pie (which has nothing to do with the song or the album whatsoever) and as the "Weird Al" Yankovic parody "The Saga Begins" which made references to the then new Star Wars movie The Phantom Menace.So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candlestick Mad Artist: "Vincent", about Vincent van Gogh's mental troubles.Lyrical Cold Open: "American Pie" starts off slow and melancholic before it truly enters its faster first verse.Longest Song Goes First: The album opens with the eight-and-a-half-minute Title Track, the only song on the record to reach Epic Rocking status.Last Chorus Slow-Down: The final verse of "American Pie" slows down to its original tempo heard at the beginning of the song from the faster verses between them.Intelligence Equals Isolation: "Vincent" sings how Van Gogh was a creative genius ahead of his time, but that this made him a recluse too, misunderstood by others."I Am Great!" Song: The narrator in "Everybody Loves Me, Baby" claims that he's got everything in the world, except the person who he's singing the song to."Vincent" is a tribute to Vincent van Gogh. Homage: McLean dedicated "American Pie" to Buddy Holly.Face on the Cover: The singer is featured on the album cover, but his hand is seen in a more extreme close-up than his face, which is shown in the background.Dead Artists Are Better: "Vincent" is about Vincent van Gogh's troubled life and how no one appreciated him until after he died.Cynicism Catalyst: Amidst all the Word Salad Lyrics, the title song repeatedly references " the day the music died " - the day of the plane crash that killed rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles and intended as a similar unified work. Concept Album: "American Pie" was inspired by Sgt."Vincent" mourns the tragic life of Vincent van Gogh, while "The Grave" mourns for the unnamed soldier and his comrades. Celebrity Elegy: "American Pie", lamenting the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper.Never thought you'd leave, until you went
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