Singer-songwriter Don McLean, perhaps best-known for 'American Pie,' will perform Thursday in the Holland Theatre in Bellefontaine.
“A long, long time ago / I can still remember how that music used to make me smile ...”wrote those words, the opening lyrics to his classic song “American Pie.”,” takes nearly nine minutes to wind its way through pivotal moments in popular culture and American history more broadly. The song is studded with allusions to things such as the death of Buddy Holly and the counterculture .
Even though I was an unknown, I would not sign record deal unless I had complete control over what I did. They were going to get a record from me, and it was up to me to give them what I wanted to give them. Nobody can hand me a song and say, “Sing this”; nobody can stick their nose into my business and say, “Change this” or, “We don’t like this.”
I made an eight-minute song, and they made it a No. 1 record. was a pretty interesting trip they had to go through to do that.Q: It sounds like you had a notion from the beginning that “American Pie” would refer to music but you would thread in the story of a chapter in American history.It was that music and politics influence each other going forward. That was the notion I had in my head. When I came up with that, I came up with the whole idea.
Your subscription to the Dispatch helps support local journalism. Stay connected with our daily stories, in-depth reporting and more byQ: There’s an elegiac tone to the whole song. People love a lament.The whole album is that way: “The Grace,” “By the Waters of Babylon,” “Sister Fatima,” “Empty Chairs,” “Winterwood.” They’re all laments of some kind.The reaction was nothing special. It was a long song. ...
I’m like the wind. I blow in on stage, I sing whatever I want, I make sure that I talk about stuff that interests me, quickly. I don’t spend a lot of time jawing and wasting the audience’s time with my important thoughts, ha ha. I know they’ve come to hear the music, so I sing quite a bit of music, a lot of songs. And, boom, before you know it, we do “Vincent,” we do “American Pie,” we do “It’s not on a set list, because I don’t do the same show ever twice.
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