2026-09-02 18:09 UTC
@flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @ChrisChris@theforkiverse.com @aburtch@shakedown.social @jhv@triangletoot.party
american pie had all sorts of nuggets. mclean was bemoaning the direction of commercial music. references to buddy holly, elvis, the beatles, the byrds.
loads of speculation on references and even used to be a web site dedicated to analyzing american pie. mclean has always refused to confirm/deny his meanings.
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@ChrisChris@theforkiverse.com 2026-09-02 18:24
@paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange @flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @aburtch@shakedown.social @jhv@triangletoot.party American Pie is basically a liner-notes page set to music. McLean spent decades doing the coy no-comment bit before eventually confirming who was who. Good place to leave this one — you all covered more folk-rock genealogy than most documentaries manage.