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WELCOME TO
IMISSAMERICANPIE.COM
THE WEBSITE THAT CORRECTLY INTERPRETS THE MEANING OF THE CLASSIC SONG
"AMERICAN PIE"
recorded by DON McLEAN and released November 1971
REVEALING
"THE GREATEST MYSTERY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY"
Over the next several months you will be fed a slow and entertaining installment of clues to the meaning
of the song, all leading up to the final installment, the summary and bibliography of over 40 pages of work
accumulated in this effort since 1984. I hope it gives you as much pleasure as it has me.
TIMING IS EVERYTHING . . .
E.B.
Posted: February 13, 2007
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Posted: February 15, 2007
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YOU HAVE WAITED 40 YEARS FOR THE ANSWER, NOW IT'S
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BEFORE YOU BEGIN, THERE IS ONE BOOK YOU WILL NEED FOR THIS RIDDLE RESEARCH. . . A DICTIONARY. GOOGLE SEARCH
"DICTIONARY" WHERE WAS THE FIRST TIME THE TERM "AMERICAN PIE" WAS USED ?
IT'S THE RECORD LABEL OF THE LOS ANGELES BASED COMPANY, SHOWN ABOVE FOR THE 1958 RELEASE BY ARTISTS "
LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS", A 45 OF THE SONGS "GOIN' OUT OF MY HEAD" AND THE FLIP SIDE "THIS IS
MY STORY".
DON MCLEAN USED AMERICAN PIE AS THE TITLE OF HIS NOV 1971 RELEASE.
RECOGNIZE THE LETTERING OF AMERICAN PIE ? CHECK THE GEORGE LUCAS 1973 AMERICAN GRAFITTI POSTER BELOW.
Seems the name of this Record Label had more than a casual influence on events unfolding at the time.
AND THEN THE 1999 COMEDY FILM " AMERICAN PIE".
WHAT DOES AMERICAN GRAFFITI AND AMERICAN PIE THE MOVIE HAVE TO DO WITH DON MCLEAN'S SONG ?
NOTHING, I JUST THREW THOSE TWO OBSERVATIONS IN FOR LAGNIAPPE.
Posted: February 21, 2007
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THE
AMERICAN PIE 45
, RELEASED NOV 1971
THE CAR IS A
L956 CHEVY CONVERTIBLE
"I'm your vehicle, baby, I'll take you anywhere you wanna go . . ."
Posted: February 22, 2007
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THE ALBUM COVER
So what does the picture mean?
AMERICAN PIE uses nursery rhymes in the lyrics and so does the album cover. Although traditionally nursery rhymes have political implications,
there are no political implications here, the meaning on the surface is very straight forward.
Little Jack Horner sat in the corner
Eating a Christmas pie
Stuck in his thumb and pulled out a. . .
So what is in a Christmas pie? Plums
So what is in an AMERICAN PIE ? Whatever it is makes your thumb the colors of the American flag . . . with a single large star . . .
thumb up, point up. Thumb down, point down, which is . . .
And the star is . . . Rock Star? Think about it for a while . . .
Posted: February 24, 2007
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RIDDLERS RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
1) GET A DICTIONARY If you want to stay on the same page with me, GOOGLE dictionary, then select
http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html
All other references you need are found in the song.
2) IDENTIFY KEYWORDS AND LOOK THEM UP Invariably the definition used in the song is NOT
the commonly understood definition. The Poet does not use common meanings, but obscure meanings or even the meaning of an identical sounding or spelled word from
another language (Latin, French, Greek, etc)
Examples: LOOKUP LEVEE LOOKUP CHEVY (wow, no mention of a car ! !)
3) IDENTIFY INTENTIONAL AMBIGUITY. Never assume a word is spelled wrong in the sheet music.
It is spelled that way intentionally. For instance the 1972 sheet music uses LENNIN. Intentional ambiguity, since this is neither John Lennon nor Vladimir Lenin.
4) NOTICE MISPRONUNCIATION. PAY ATTENTION TO SOUNDS LIKE. Don enunciates words clearly when he sings. If it
sounds like he is slurring a word or pronouncing it differently than the word as written in the sheet music, thats because he is ! ! By singing
another word (but similar sounding) he gives a radically different hidden meaning to the song. THIS IS A CLUE ! ! This is noticeably emphasized in
the differences between his 1971 release and his 1992 release of AMERICAN PIE. Leaving words out of the 1992 version is further emphasis.
YOU WILL SOON FIND A COMMON FINE THREAD WEAVING ITS WAY THROUGH THE MAZE OF DATA.
LIVING IS EASY WITH EYES CLOSED, MISUNDERSTANDING ALL YOU SEE . . . . . . .
BEATLES
Posted: February 27, 2007
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The entire song, AMERICAN PIE, is an ALLUSION . . . . . . .
ALLUSION
By Definition:
Reference by implication.
Indirect reference, mention.
An allusion is never an outright or explicit mention of the person or thing that the speaker seems to have in mind.
Allusions usually come from a body of information (let's call this the REFERENCE DATABASE) that the author presumes
the reader will know.
For instance, if the readers were familiar with the story of Achilles and Troy, and the writer said the allusion a woman as beautiful as Helen,
the reader would immediately know he was referring to Helen of Troy.
INADVERTENTLY AND QUITE UNINTENTIONALLY DON MCLEAN HAS PROVEN MORE BY THE HIDDEN MEANING OF AMERICAN PIE THAN HE EVER INTENDED.
THE READER/LISTENER DOES NOT KNOW (or does not display a working knowledge of) THE REFERENCE DATABASE ! !
DON PRESUMED THAT THEY WOULD, SINCE HE DID.
THEREFORE DON McLEAN HAS BEEN SILENT ON THE MEANING OF THE SONG (wondering, will they ever get it ? ? ).
And VINCENT reflects his lament that listeners did not understand AMERICAN PIE.
From VINCENT, the last verse:
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen
They're not listening still,
Perhaps they never will . . .
Let's believe this earlier verse:
They would not listen,
They did not know how,
Perhaps they'll listen now . . . . . . .
Posted: February 28, 2007
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It's easier to solve a riddle if you can at least eliminate some things that it is not about.
WHAT AMERICAN PIE IS ABOUT. . . NOT
Mom's Apple Pie (American as . . .)
Miss America
Buddy Holly (album is dedicated to, not about)
February plane crash (03 Feb 1959)
Plane named American Pie (it wasn't)
A Paper Boy
Cars (56/57 Chevy)
The Levee Bar
Rye, New York
The Monotones (Book of Love)
Sock Hops
Marty Robbins (White Sport Coat, Pink Carnation)
The Rolling Stones
Bob Dylan
James Dean
John Lennon
The Marx Brothers
Helter Skelter
Charles Manson
The Byrds
8 Miles High
Drugs (grass, heroin)
Football
The Beatles
Sergeant Pepper
Vietnam War
Kent State
TV shows (Lost in Space)
Nursery Rhymes (Jack Be Nimble)
Mick Jaeger
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Altamonte Pop Festival
Hells Angels M.C. (Altamonte security)
Filmore East
Elvis (The King of Rock and Roll)
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED WAS NOT THE BUDDY HOLLY PLANE CRASH.
HOWEVER, ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE THE ALLUSIONS TO THE REFERENCE DATABASE ! ! !
And all were extracted from the then current events of the late 50's, 60's and early 70's.
Posted: March 1, 2007
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DISCUSSION ? COMMENTS ?
GO TO THE AMERICAN PIE FORUM
http://www.don-mclean.com/
Scroll down to FAN INTERACTION, click on THE FORUM
Click on the AMERICAN PIE forum
SIGN UP FOR AN EZ BOARD account (free). Suggest you get
the global account since it allows you access to all EZ Board sites.
FIRE AWAY . . . . . . .
Posted: March 6, 2007
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American Pie Lyrics (from official Don McLean website)
1. A long, long time ago...
2. I can still remember
3. How that music used to make me smile.
4. And I knew if I had my chance
5. That I could make those people dance
6. And, maybe, theyd be happy for a while.
7. But february made me shiver
8. With every paper Id deliver.
9. Bad news on the doorstep;
10. I couldnt take one more step.
11. I cant remember if I cried
12. When I read about his widowed bride,
13. But something touched me deep inside
14. The day the music died.
15. So bye-bye, miss american pie.
16. Drove my chevy to the levee,
17. But the levee was dry.
18. And them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
19. Singin, "thisll be the day that I die.
20. "thisll be the day that I die."
21. Did you write the book of love,
22. And do you have faith in God above,
23. If the Bible tells you so?
24. Do you believe in rock n roll,
25. Can music save your mortal soul,
26. And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
27. Well, I know that youre in love with him
28. `cause I saw you dancin in the gym.
29. You both kicked off your shoes.
30. Man, I dig those rhythm and blues.
31. I was a lonely teenage broncin buck
32. With a pink carnation and a pickup truck,
33. But I knew I was out of luck
34. The day the music died.
35. I started singin,
36. "bye-bye, miss american pie."
37. Drove my chevy to the levee,
38. But the levee was dry.
39. Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
40. And singin, "thisll be the day that I die.
41. "thisll be the day that I die."
42. Now for ten years weve been on our own
43. And moss grows fat on a rollin stone,
44. But thats not how it used to be.
45. When the jester sang for the king and queen,
46. In a coat he borrowed from james dean
47. And a voice that came from you and me,
48. Oh, and while the king was looking down,
49. The jester stole his thorny crown.
50. The courtroom was adjourned;
51. No verdict was returned.
52. And while lenin read a book of marx,
53. The quartet practiced in the park,
54. And we sang dirges in the dark
55. The day the music died.
56. We were singing,
57. "bye-bye, miss american pie."
58. Drove my chevy to the levee,
59. But the levee was dry.
60. Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
61. And singin, "thisll be the day that I die.
62. "thisll be the day that I die."
63. Helter skelter in a summer swelter.
64. The birds flew off with a fallout shelter,
65. Eight miles high and falling fast.
66. It landed foul on the grass.
67. The players tried for a forward pass,
68. With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.
69. Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
70. While the sergeants played a marching tune.
71. We all got up to dance,
72. Oh, but we never got the chance!
73. `cause the players tried to take the field;
74. The marching band refused to yield.
75. Do you recall what was revealed
76. The day the music died?
77. We started singing,
78. "bye-bye, miss american pie."
79. Drove my chevy to the levee,
80. But the levee was dry.
81. Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
82. And singin, "thisll be the day that I die.
83. "thisll be the day that I die."
84. Oh, and there we were all in one place,
85. A generation lost in space
86. With no time left to start again.
87. So come on: jack be nimble, jack be quick!
88. Jack flash sat on a candlestick
89. Cause fire is the devils only friend.
90. Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
91. My hands were clenched in fists of rage.
92. No angel born in hell
93. Could break that satans spell.
94. And as the flames climbed high into the night
95. To light the sacrificial rite,
96. I saw satan laughing with delight
97. The day the music died
98. He was singing,
99. "bye-bye, miss american pie."
100. Drove my chevy to the levee,
101. But the levee was dry.
102. Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
103. And singin, "thisll be the day that I die.
104. "thisll be the day that I die."
105. I met a girl who sang the blues
106. And I asked her for some happy news,
107. But she just smiled and turned away.
108. I went down to the sacred store
109. Where Id heard the music years before,
110. But the man there said the music wouldnt play.
111. And in the streets: the children screamed,
112. The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed.
113. But not a word was spoken;
114. The church bells all were broken.
115. And the three men I admire most:
116. The father, son, and the holy ghost,
117. They caught the last train for the coast
118. The day the music died.
119. And they were singing,
120. "bye-bye, miss american pie."
121. Drove my chevy to the levee,
122. But the levee was dry.
123. And them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
124. Singin, "thisll be the day that I die.
125. "thisll be the day that I die."
126. They were singing,
127. "bye-bye, miss american pie."
128. Drove my chevy to the levee,
129. But the levee was dry.
130. Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
131. Singin, "thisll be the day that I die."
Posted: March 7, 2007
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TO DISCOVER WHAT AMERICAN PIE IS ABOUT, YOU MUST EXAMINE THE MINDSET OF THE ARTIST DON MCLEAN.
HERE IS A LIST OF ABOUT HALF OF HIS RECORDED SONG TITLES.
CAN YOU FIND A COMMON THREAD ?
| American Pie | Genesis |
| Jerusalem | And I Love You So |
| Babylon | The Very Thought Of You |
| Believers | Falling Through Time |
| Vincent (Starry Starry Night) | You Gave Me A Mountain |
| Little Child | If You Can Dream |
| Crossroads | Castles In The Air |
| Perfect Love | If We Try |
| The Grave | Til Tomorrow |
| Happy Trails | It's Just The Sun |
| Sister Fatima | Have You Seen Me |
| He's Got You | Gotta Make You Mine |
| It's A Beautiful Life | Love In My Heart |
| Fool's Paradise | The More You Pay |
| I Tune Out The World | Respectable |
| Crying in The Chapel | A Brand New World |
| It Was A Very Good Year | Time Goes By |
| Sunshine Life For Me | Over The Rainbow |
| Love Me Tender | Wonderful World |
| You Have Lived | Somebody Loves Me |
| Ancient History | From A Beautiful Star |
| The Eagle | The River of Love |
| If I Hadn't Met You | To Have And To Hold |
| You've Got To Share | My Love Was True |
| Infinity | Ribbon Of Darkness |
| The Pride Parade | Go Tell It On The Mountain |
| Every Day Is A Miracle | Someone To Watch Over Me |
| It Had To Be You | Count Your Blessings |
| You Who Love The Truth | What Will The World Be Like |
| Just To Hold My Hand | When Love Begins |
| Sitting On Top Of The World | Stardust |
| Going For The Gold | A Brand New World |
| The Wrong Thing To Do | Masters Of War |
| The Carnival Is Ended | Where Have All The Flowers Gone |
Posted: March 10, 2007
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SONG: VEHICLE
BAND: IDES OF MARCH
RELEASED: 1970
Relate the 56 Chevy in American Pie to the Vehicle in the above song. The lyrics are:
Lyrics for: Vehicle
Hey well, I'm the friendly stranger in the black Sedan
Won't you hop inside my car
I got pictures, got candy, I'm a lovable man
And I can take you to the nearest star
I'm your vehicle, baby
I'll take you anywhere you wanna go
I'm your vehicle, woman
By now I'm sure you know
That I love ya (love ya)
I need ya (need ya)
I want ya, got to have you, child
Great God in heaven, you know I love you
Well, if you wants to be a movie star,
I'll take you to Hollywood
But if you want to stay just like you are,
You know I think you really should
I'm your vehicle, baby
I'll take you anywhere you wanna go
I'm your vehicle, woman
By now I'm sure you know
That I love ya (love ya)
I need ya (need ya)
I want ya, got to have you, child
Great God in heaven, you know I love you
Oh, you know I do
DON MCLEAN'S AMERICAN PIE DREW BY ALLUSION FROM THIS SONG, HOWEVER HIS STRANGER IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PERSON. DO YOU KNOW DON'S STRANGER?
YOU SHOULD . . .
LOOK HARD AT THE LYRICS ABOVE, AND SEE IF YOU CAN AGAIN HOOKUP THAT COMMON THREAD.
AND THE MEANING OF IDES OF MARCH IS ALSO CRITICAL TO THE MESSAGE OF AMERICAN PIE, AS YOU WILL SEE.
Posted: March 15, 2007
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IDES OF MARCH + 1 Day = ?
Timing is everything . . .
Posted: March 16, 2007
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BYE, BYE, MISS AMERICAN PIE
Sing this several times:
BYE, BYE, I MISS AMERICAN PIE
Can't tell the difference when sung because the "I" is hidden and absorbed in the "Bye".
But now the line has an entirely different meaning.
And I MISS AMERICAN PIE is the correct meaning. He's not bidding farewell to a lady, he's missing AMERICA's PIE.
SO WHAT IS PIE ?
Posted: March 20, 2007
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Now go to the dictionary and lookup PIE.
Remember the Riddler's Rules.
Could be Utopia, but I would book another one.
You'reclosebutdon'tlooktoolong,
LatinPIEfirstwordinthetitleofasong,
YouseeitshownonTVtogo,
Luckytoguess,butabrightmantoknow.
Posted: March 22, 2007
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TWO MORE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT:
1) Each line may be a different speaker ! !
2) One line may be separated from the next by thousands of miles or years ! !
Posted: March 24, 2007
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Go back to the posting dated 22 Feb.
Look at the record label.
Two words that fit the common thread
Sit on the label to be read
Music plays and much is said
Warning missed, entertained instead
Posted: March 27, 2007
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Again, look at the 45 Label
WILL YOU JUST PLAY THE FIRST OF MAY
OR BE IT JUST ANOTHER DAY
GO TO WORK, THE SOS
OR SEE THE TRUTH AND CRY DISTRESS
Posted: March 29, 2007
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THERE ARE ONLY 2 MUSICIANS REFERENCED IN THIS SONG
ONE IS DON MCLEAN
THE OTHER. . .
The greatest musician of all time. Music's first real star material, a blues original, extremely bright musician,
competent on many instruments, world famous pre 60's, a performer before royalty and a composer of the King's Court. Hottest act of
Los Angeles music scene. Famous for the amount of jewelry worn. In later years appeared at desert venues. Never got a Grammy, but
his work influenced many. Millions danced to his tunes, even today.
Posted: April 1, 2007
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MAYDAY MUSIC . . . SO AMERICAN PIE IS A DISTRESS CALL . . .
AND INCREDIBLY MORE APPLICABLE TODAY THAN IN 1971.
Let's note another vehicle here . . .
On Don McLean's 1986 album "Greatest Hits Then And Now" he clearly shows a
L957 CHEVY HARDTOP
This reference from a later album turns out to add another allusion distinct from the '56 Chevy convertible.
Note this reference, as it plays in enormously later.
So what's it gonna be for you, Convertible or Hardtop ? ? ?
And the '56-'57 Chevies were the highest selling American vehicles to that date . . .the most popular means of
transportation of that era.
There it is on the upper right corner of Don's picture frame.
Posted: April 2, 2007
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LONG LONG TIME AGO . . .
This line reminds me of the first time I saw STAR WARS at the sneak preview 24 May 1977.
Saw it 2 more times in as many days and not until the third time did I catch that first line on the screen:
A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY
Until that moment I thought the movie was set in the future, not the far distant past . . .
So it is with AMERICAN PIE, in the beginning.
Posted: April 4, 2007
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FEBRUARY MADE ME SHIVER
Lookup February. It is the last month of the Roman calendar and known as the Month of Purification.
Why do you shiver ? Either cold or afraid. In this case afraid. Why?
WITH EVERY PAPER I'D DELIVER
The paper is being delivered by a server, an officer and servant of the Court. An enforcer.
Ever been served papers? An eviction notice?
BAD NEWS ON THE DOORSTEP I COULDN'T TAKE ONE MORE STEP
Afraid to face the music . . .eviction. For now I'm leaving the evictee(s) anonymous. Got the common
thread yet?
Refer to the song, lines as numbered above:
Lines 7,8,9,10 and 27,28,29,30 and 45,46,47 are all located in the same scene/setting/place and approximate time.
Posted: April 5, 2007
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This is the Friday before Easter.
I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I CRIED
WHEN I READ ABOUT HIS WIDOWED BRIDE
BUT SOMETHING TOUCHED ME DEEP INSIDE
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
Let's make Don the speaker of these four lines.
Who died? And who is the bride? What day is this anyway? Common thread yet?
Refer to the song, lines as numbered above:
Line 11,12,13,14 relate to 48,49 in scene and subject.
How many thorny crowns can you count?
Posted: April 6, 2007
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HAPPY EASTER
A RELATIVE THOUGHT FOR THIS DAY
CLICK ON Does_evil_exist.pps
This powerpoint will run itself. Got sound.
Posted: April 8, 2007
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The Jester appears in 9 lines of the song.
RESEARCH "JESTER"
A professional fool or clown.
Fool is a person lacking in judgement or prudence.
Jesters typically wore brightly colored clothing in a motley pattern. Their hats, sometimes called
the cap 'n bells, were especially distinctive. Other things distinctive about the jester were his
incessant laughter and his mock scepter.
A Jester could have a more political role as well. Many legends and anecdotes portray fools as informal,
cunning advisors to the King. The expression "fool's license" is said to come from this custom. In the King's
Court the Jester was the only one who could speak freely and accuse others without fear of punishment from
the King.
All Jesters and fools in those days were thought of as special cases whom God had touched with a childlike
madness,a gift, or perhaps a curse.
The entertainment jesters provided included music, juggling, clowning, and the telling of
riddles. King Charles 1 employed a Jester called Jeffrey Hudson who was very popular and
loyal. Jeffrey Hudson had the title of Royal Dwarf because he was very short of stature. One of his jests
was to be presented hidden in a giant PIE (from which he would leap out).
THE OCCULT:
In TAROT, "The Fool" card of the Major Arcana represents the Spirit, God, the Monad; The Lord of the Universe;
the Absolute Being. Other permutations include: Eternity, Life Power, Originating Creative Power, the Will of God,
the Essence or Essential Self, the Void, the White Brilliance, the Radiant
Field of God, Omnirevelation, the Universal Light, Boundless Space, Superconsciousness, the
Inner Ruler, the Ancient of Days .
The tarot depiction of the Fool includes a man, (or less often, a woman), juggling unconcernedly, with a dog
(sometimes cat) at his heels. The juggling Fool is in the act of unknowingly walking off the edge of a cliff,
precipice or other high place.
Posted: April 10, 2007
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Line 117, "They caught the last train for the coast"
Allusion is to the 1964 RHYTHM AND BLUES recording of the IMPRESSIONS, written by Curtis Mayfield, "PEOPLE GET READY". It is one of the first GOSPEL crossover hits.
The single is today the group's best-known hit, reaching number-three on the Billboard R&B Chart. The gospel-influenced track was a Curtis Mayfield composition. Rolling Stone magazine named "People Get Ready" the 24th greatest song of all time. The song was included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
Mayfield was among the first of a new wave of mainstream African-American R&B performing artists and composers who injected social commentary into their work. His Genres were FUNK, R & B, SOUL .
GOOGLE "PEOPLE GET READY"
click on NPR : 'People Get Ready'
Read the Aug 26. 2003 article. Note that there are references to this song being inspired by the FREEDOM MARCH ON WASHINGTON, Aug 28, 1963, but nowhere can you find a Curtis Mayfield quote saying that. Actually the song was recorded in 1964, so odds are that it was written long before the March occurred. And nothing in the lyrics refers to the March. IT IS A 100% GOSPEL SONG. Like American Pie, misinterpreted, as many writers have imposed their own interpretation of what (they think) the song was about.
BUT THIS SONG, LIKE AMERICAN PIE, IS DEFINITELY INSPIRED
People get ready
Theres a train a-coming
You dont need no baggage
You just get on board
All you need is faith
To hear the diesels humming
Dont need no ticket
You just thank the Lord
People get ready
For the train to Jordan
Picking up passengers
From coast to coast
Faith is the key
Open the doors and board them
Theres room for all
Among the loved the most
There ain't no room
For the hopeless sinner
Who would hurt all mankind just
To save his own
Have pity on those
Whose chances grow thinner
Cause theres no hiding place
From the Kingdoms Throne
So people get ready
For the train a-comin
You dont need no baggage
You just get on board !
All you need is faith
To hear the diesels humming
Dont need no ticket
You just thank, you just thank the Lord
Yeah
Ooh
Yeah
Ooh
Im getting ready
Im getting ready
This time Im ready
This time Im ready
Posted: April 13, 2007
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"THE 3 MEN I ADMIRE MOST" ARE TAKING THE LAST TRAIN (TO JORDAN) FOR THE COAST (OF THE JORDAN)."
THIS IS THE FINALE VERSE
GOOGLE "JORDAN RIVER"
SELECT WIKIPEDIA "JORDAN RIVER" (not UTAH).
THE JORDAN RIVER BOUNDS ISRAEL ON THE EAST. SO HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO 1971 ? 2007 ?
WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT ISRAEL ?
GOT A COMMON THREAD YET ?
Posted: April 15, 2007
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DROVE MY CHEVY TO THE LEVEE
We have already established that the common understanding of Chevy is the common vehicle or means to get you somewhere you want to go.
Earlier you looked up the definition of chevy and you found it to mean
5. a hunt, chase, or pursuit
By now you have looked up the definition of levee. Common usage is that a levee is a structure of earth/mud (clay in particular) that retains or
redirects moving water.
In contrast, a dam is also an earthen structure, but holds back still water.
Let's try the more obscure definition of levee.
A reception held, as by royalty, upon arising from bed.
A formal reception, as at a royal court.
Do you recall the movie "City of Angels" starring Meg Ryan and Nicholas Cage? The scenes where all the angels gathered on the beach at sunrise ?
That would be a LEVEE.
Who was the royalty receiving them?
Can you think of any other similar gatherings of people today that would constitute a LEVEE?
And why would you take your hunt (search, seek, or quest) to that levee? What are you seeking?
Posted: April 18, 2007
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The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
BACKGROUND RESEARCH:
The allusion is to the BYRDS, EIGHT MILES HIGH in particular, but let's look at another of their top hits and it's relationship to
DON McLEAN's touring partner in the late 60's, PETE SEEGER
The Byrds (formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964)
were an American rock band.
from Wikipedia:
"Turn! Turn! Turn!," also known by its full title "Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is A Season)," is a song written by
Pete Seeger, wherein Seeger set text from the Bible
to music, specifically, a reading from the Book of Ecclesiastes, 3:1-8. Although he wrote it
in the 1950s, Seeger waited until 1962 to record it, releasing
the song on his The Bitter and The Sweet album on
Columbia Records.
The Biblical text posits there being a time and place for all things, laughter to sorrow, healing to killing, war and
peace; the lines thus open to myriad interpretations (sounds a lot like AMERICAN PIE ?
. . EB). As a song, however, the text is commonly performed as a plea for world peace, with
stress on the closing line: "a time for peace, I swear it's not too late," the latter phrase being the only part of the lyric composed
by Seeger himself.
The song first appeared, several months before the Seeger version, on an album by the folk group
The Limeliters on RCA Records,
Folk Matinee, under the title "To Everything There Is A Season."
One of their backing musicians, Jim McGuinn (a.k.a. Roger McGuinn), would later work with
folk singer Judy Collins, rearranging the song
to suit her style, now entitled "Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is A Season)", for her Elektra
album of 1964,
Judy Collins #3.
The most famous version is the chart-topping single by McGuinn's famous
rock band The Byrds, released in October of
1965, and one of the defining records of the entire decade.
It is one of few mainstream songs to set a large portion of scripture to song, another being Boney M`s
Rivers of Babylon
LOOK UP ECCLESIASTES 3:1-8, you'll see the song is almost verbatum. BONUS: No royalties had to be paid the original writer ! !
FIND A BIBLE, OR GOOGLE "CONCORDANCE", select CROSSWALK, type in ECCLESIASTES 3, click find
AS WE'LL SEE, THIS SONG AND PETE SEEGER HAD A TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE ON YOUNG DON MCLEAN . . . . . . .
Posted: April 20, 2007
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WHAT DO THESE SYMBOLS HAVE IN COMMON?
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red |
klan |
white |
buddhist |
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chevrolet |
hairs |
celtic |
Posted: April 23, 2007
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When the jester sang for the king and queen,
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me
The jester "sang". Think "jailbird sang".
The COAT throughout history is a symbol of authority or profession, or belonging to a particular family or class.
DEFINITION:
7. Obsolete.
a. a garment indicating profession, class, etc.
b. the profession, class, etc., so indicated.
A coat of arms (1489) was originally a coat with heraldic devices, worn over armor. To turncoat was to put one's coat
on inside-out to hide one's badge.
"The voice that came from you and me" is one of reason, one of rebellion and questioning authority. The jester is speaking (singing) the king and queens own thoughts
back to them. A deceptive and seductive persuasion.
WHAT WERE JAMES DEAN'S MOVIES ?
GIANT
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
EAST OF EDEN
LET'S STRING THOSE TOGETHER IN ONE SENTENCE:
THE JESTER IS A GIANT REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE SINGING ON LOCATION EAST OF EDEN.
The 05 April posting stated:
Lines 7,8,9,10 and 27,28,29,30 and 45,46,47 are all located in the same scene/setting/place and approximate time.
KNOW WHERE "EAST OF EDEN" IS ? DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE ?
THE BASIS OF JOHN STEINBECK'S NOVEL WILL GIVE YOU VITAL CLUES.
GOOGLE "EAST OF EDEN"
Posted: April 25, 2007
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ARE YOU NOTICING THAT MANY OF THE DEFINITIONS WE ARE FINDING ARE EITHER ARCHAIC OR OBSOLETE ?
REMEMBER THE 1977 movie "OH GOD" starring George Burns and John Denver? Recall that John Denver was writing and submitting all the inspired messages he
was getting in Aramaic ?
Posted: April 26, 2007
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SHAPING OF AMERICAN PIE:
THE TOP FIVE
WEEK OF 09 MAY 1970
1. AMERICAN WOMAN - GUESS WHO
2. ABC - JACKSON FIVE
3. LET IT BE - BEATLES
4. VEHICLE - IDES OF MARCH
5. SPIRIT IN THE SKY - NORMAN GREENBAUM
WHAT KIND OF MOOD DO YOU FIND IN 3 OF THOSE TOP 5 SONGS ?
SO WHERE DID THE " BYE, BYE " IN AMERICAN PIE COME FROM ?
LAST VERSE OF AMERICAN WOMAN:
GONNA LEAVE YOU, WOMAN
GONNA LEAVE YOU, WOMAN
BYE - BYE
BYE - BYE
BYE - BYE
BYE - BYE
YOU'RE NO GOOD FOR ME
I'M NO GOOD FOR YOU . . .
Posted: April 27, 2007
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ELVIS PRESLEY
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HIS FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC WAS ?
LITTLE RICHARD
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HIS FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC IS ?
Posted: April 29, 2007
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THE PETE SEEGER CONNECTION
The HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER environmental organization was founded by Pete Seeger in 1966 to raise awareness of polution of the Hudson River and other
issues. The first voyage of the Clearwater was in summer 1969, with Don McLean as one of the first crew members. Don, Pete and the Sloop singers sailed
the east coast performing a series of free concerts to raise environmental awareness.
The AMERICAN PIE album was dedicated to "Buddy Holly" (and not about Buddy Holly)
The TAPESTRY album was dedicated to "The Weavers" which was Pete Seeger's band.
Pete composed the hits
TURN TURN TURN,
IF I HAD A HAMMER
WE SHALL OVERCOME
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE
And his influence can be found weaving through the verses of AMERICAN PIE.
Posted: April 30, 2007
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SEE THE 22 FEB 2007 posting of the 45
MAYDAY RECORDS
What is a MAY DAY ?
BACKGROUND:
May Day
noun
the first day of May, long celebrated with various festivities, as the crowning of the May queen, dancing around the Maypole, and, in recent years,
often marked by labor parades and political demonstrations.
May 1 brings the Maypole celebration, and crowning of the May Queen.
In Catholic tradition May is the month of MARY
May 1 is a Communist holiday, first celebrated in the Soviet Union 01 May 1917
May 1 is International Worker's Day (Labor Day)
May 1 is now Immigration Activism Day in Southern California
THE ILLUMINATI (BEARERS OF LIGHT) WAS FORMED ON 01 MAY 1776 BY ADAM WEISHAPT.
In Germany, Walpurgisnacht (or Hexennacht, meaning Witches' Night), the night from April 30 to May 1, is the night when allegedly the
witches hold a large celebration on the Blocksberg and await the arrival of Spring.
ADOLPH HITLER, THE OCCULTIST MASS MURDERER, COMMITTED SUICIDE WITH WIFE EVA BRAUN ON 30 APRIL IN HONOR OF WALPURGISNACHT. PAUL JOSEPH GOEBBELS, NAZI SECOND
IN COMMAND, KILLED HIMSELF, WIFE, AND HIS SIX YOUNG CHILDREN ON 01 MAY. THESE SUICIDES WERE REPUTED SACRIFICE OFFERINGS TO THEIR OCCULT god.
WITH THAT SAID, NOTICE THAT ON THE 45 AMERICAN PIE, MAYDAY IS ONE WORD, NO SPACE IN BETWEEN. THIS TAKES ON A SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT, ALTHOUGH
RELATED MEANING.
mayday
n. An international radiotelephone signal word used by aircraft and ships in distress.
"distress call," 1927, from Fr. m'aider, shortening of venez m'aider "come help me!"
LOOK BACK AT THE POSTING OF 27 MARCH 2007
45 LABEL, "Two words that fit the common thread"
MAYDAY is one . . . . . . . YAHWEH is the other
GO AHEAD, GOOGLE YAHWEH
NOW PUT THESE WORDS TOGETHER
MAYDAY YAHWEH = COME HELP ME, GOD !
Or rephrased, GOD HELP US !
RIGHT THERE ON THE 45
HERE IS YOUR SIGN ! ! FROM 1971 . . . . . . .
SO WHERE HAVE WE BEEN HEADED ?
04 May 1970 KENT STATE 4 dead in Ohio
20 April 1999 COLUMBINE 13 dead in Colorado
02 October 2006 AHMISH MASSACRE 5 dead in Pennsylvania
16 April 2007 VA TECH 32 dead in Virginia
IN 1970 WE WERE OUTRAGED AT KENT STATE
WE WERE SHOCKED AT "LOUIE LOUIE"
IN 2007 WE ARE DESENSITIZED TO VA TECH
WE ARE DESENSITIZED TO RAP VULGARITY
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO AMERICA ?
WE FIDDLE WHILE AMERICA BURNS . . . . . . .
I MISS AMERICAN PIE
Posted: May 1, 2007
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ANYBODY SEE THE MOVIE 23 ?
THE PLANE THE BUDDY HOLLY CRASHED IN WAS A BEECH BONANZA
REGISTRATION NUMBER N 3794 N
3 + 7 + 9 + 4 = 23
Interesting but irrelevant factoid
Posted: May 2, 2007
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HOW THE QUEST BEGAN
Many songs are Straight Forward with messages, like Beatles 1967 "Love is All You Need", the Stones 1968 "Sympathy
For The Devil", George Harrison's 1970 "My Sweet Lord", or Clapton's 1977 "Cocaine".
Some songs have Double Meanings like Simon and Garfunkle's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" or Beatles "Yellow Submarine."
Other songs are Severely Coded and become obvious only to those who have intimate knowlege of that culture or scene.
Examples would be Led Zeppelin 1971"Stairway to Heaven" (occult), Billy Idol's 1983 "White Wedding" (freebase/crack cocaine overdose) or 1982 "Dancing
With Myself" (masturbation), and Peter Gabriel's "Shock the Monkey" (freebase/crack cocaine addiction). Some become obvious only with the video!
This hidden messaging, and even backward masking came into vogue from 1965 on . . .
In 1984 we were looking for songs with these hidden messages.
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| You Made Me So Very Happy |
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Blood, Sweat and Tears |
| Spinning Wheel |
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Blood Sweat and Tears |
| People Got To Be Free |
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The Rascals |
| Lean on Me |
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Bill Withers |
| I Wanna Know Where Love Is |
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Foreigner |
| Crystal Blue Persuasion |
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Tommy James and Shondells |
| To Love Somebody |
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Bee Gees |
| Total Eclipse of the Heart |
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Bonnie Tyler |
| Ain't No Mountain High Enough |
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Marvin Gaye |
| Stand By Me |
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Ben E. King |
| Hold On I'm Comin |
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Sam and Dave |
| Are You Ready |
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Pacific Gas and Electric |
| You Are The Sunshine Of My Life |
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Stevie Wonder |
| You Light Up My Life |
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Debbie Boone |
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| American Pie |
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Don Mclean |
Posted: May 3, 2007
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I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck,
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died.
This is Don McLean, teenage years 1958 - 1964 , driving age 1960. Time frame of 1957 Marty Robins song White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation).
Why lonely? Because he saw things differently than his peers ?
Knowing he was out of luck (or wouldn't have it come easy) because he realized the impact of "The day the music died" on his life.
OR AS STATED FROM THE INNER (brown) RECORD SLEEVE OF AMERICAN PIE, 1971:
SO GOOD BYE TO ALL THE BOYS
AT THE BAR 20
THE BLACK AND WHITE DAYS ARE OVER
SO LONG HOPALONG CASSIDY
AND TODAY THERE SEEMS TO BE NO BLACK AND WHITE, ONLY SHADES OF GREY.
GOOD IS BAD AND BAD IS GOOD.
NO ABSOLUTES.
Posted: May ,4 2007
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And while Lenin read a book of Marx,
The Quartet practiced in the park,
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died.
Vladimer Lenin during the early 1900 time frame studied Karl Marx philosophy, publishing his paper Materialism and Empirio-Criticism in 1909, which became
fundamental to Marxist-Leninist doctrine.
GOOGLE JUBILEE QUARTET
Jubilee Quartets were popular African-American religious musical groups in the first half of the 20th century. The name derives from the Fisk
Jubilee Quartet.
The early 1900's saw the rise of the Fisk Jubilee Quartet (organized at Fisk University) with recordings from 1894 , to 1909-1911 and beyond. The
music was Negro spirituals, which later groups such as the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet infused with blues and jazz, incorporating gospel standards
written by Tommy Dorsey.
Taking it further, the Dixie Hummingbirds created the more fervent style of quartet singing known as "hard gospel" that largely eclipsed jubilee singing
by the 1950's.
THE RISE OF COMMUNISM vs. THE RISE OF GOSPEL MUSIC
And we sang dirges (funeral songs) in the dark (the light was gone)
, the day the music died.
Posted: May 5, 2007
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FLASH FORWARD TO 2007
QUARTET
GOOGLE DICTIONARY.com
Enter PARK
5.
1. An area where military vehicles or artillery are stored and serviced.
2. The materiel kept in such an area.
GOOGLE QUARTET ON THE MIDDLE EAST
The Quartet on the Middle East, sometimes called the Diplomatic Quartet or simply the
Quartet, is a foursome of nations and international and supranational entities involved in mediating the peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. The Quartet includes the United States, Russia,
the European Union, and the United Nations.
THIS QUARTET PRACTICES IN THE PARK TODAY . . . .
Posted: May 7, 2007
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So come on: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick!
Jack flash sat on a candlestick
Cause fire is the devil's only friend.
Allusion o Jack be Nimble Rhyme |
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The most commonly agreed origin for the Jack be nimble rhyme is the connection to Black Jack, an English pirate who was notorious for escaping from
the authorities in the late 16th century hence Jack be nimble... The words of the Jack be nimble rhyme cannot be further analysed due to the brevity
of the text of the lyrics but could be associated with the old tradition and sport of 'candle leaping' which used to be practised at some English fairs.
The tradition of candle-leaping originated from an old game of jumping over fires. This dangerous game was banned and replaced by the far less dangerous
sport of Candle leaping.
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THISCANDLESTICK IS TWOOFSE7EN
BETHIS YOURSEAT YOUHAVE ALLLEAVEN
JOHNONJACK SAIDTHATS HIS SATMOST
SOARABIT, BUT HESTAYPATMOST
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Posted: May 8, 2007
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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
What is MUSIC ?
1. an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
IN TUNE, GOOD VIBRATIONS, HARMONY, CLOSE RELATIONSHIP, IN SYNC
There are many secondary "Days that Music Died" but all stem from the primary.
Some secondary might be:
The Kennedy Assasination
Black September (Munich Olympics)
Jonestown Massacre
John Lennon Murder
Columbine
IN PARTICULAR THINK BREAK IN HARMONY
SO WHAT WAS THE PRIMARY "DAY THE MUSIC DIED" ?
Posted: May 10, 2007
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YAHWEH TUNES
Yahweh Tunes is God Tunes . This would fall under the classification of
GOSPEL MUSIC or simply GOSPEL
GOOGLE GOSPEL
Wikipedia:
Gospel literally translated, means "good news" deriving from the Old English "god-spell" translated from Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangelion)
used in the New Testament.
Dictionary:
adj.
1. often Gospel Of or in accordance with the Gospel; evangelical.
HOW DOES THAT FIT AMERICAN PIE?
Posted: May 12, 2007
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THEM GOOD OLE BOYS
GOOGLE "Good Old Boys"
Wikipedia
Fine distinctions
There are two fine distinctions in usage:
* "He's just a good ol' boy havin' a little fun." The "just" indicates the term is being used in the sense
described above.
* "How come I can't get in on that business deal, get into that clique, etc.?" "You gotta be a good ol' boy."
In this sense, it means you have to belong to the particular
good ol' boy network.
* "He's a good ol' boy." This can have either meaning, depending on the situation.
THE AMERICAN PIE "GOOD OLD BOYS" ARE MEMBERS OF AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK.
THINK "DA VINCI CODE". . . . . . .
Posted: May 14, 2007
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HERE'S YOUR SIGN:
So bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "this'll be the day that I die.
this'll be the day that I die"
THIS IS THE WARNING
This verse appears 7 times in the song, being used twice at the song's end.
SEVEN is a very significant number.
AMERICAN PIE 1971 . . . . . . . WARNING ISSUED.
BLACK SEPTEMBER, MUNICH 05 SEP 1972, WAKE UP CALL TO INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM .
What does radical terrorism represent ?
Who was the warning to?
Posted: May 16, 2007
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Did you write the book of love,
And do you have faith in God above,
If the Bible tells you so?
Do you believe in rock ‘n roll,
Can music save your mortal soul,
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
" Did you write the book of love" is an ALLUSION TO 'BOOK OF LOVE" by the Monotones, 1958 "
Now poses a SIMPLE QUESTION:
"Do you have faith (believe ) in GOD above if the Bible tells you so ?"
OR
" Do you (have faith) believe in rock 'n roll ?"
" Can (rock 'n roll) music save your (im)mortal soul ?"
IS ROCK 'n ROLL YOUR GOD ?
SO WHICH DO YOU BELIEVE ? ? ?
Posted: May 18, 2007
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THEM GOOD OLE BOYS . . . . . . .
ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE SEEN ON LINE:
THIS IS AN EXCERPT (first paragraph of 10) FROM A ROBIN WILLIAMS DIALOG
The Plan!
Robin Williams, wearing a shirt that says "I love New York " in Arabic.
You gotta love Robin Williams......
Even if he's nuts! Leave it to Robin Williams to come up with the perfect plan.. What we need now is for our UN Ambassador to stand up and repeat this message.
Robin Williams' plan...
"I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan for peace. So, here's one plan."
1) "The US will apologize to the world for our "interference" in their affairs, past and present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Tojo, Noriega, Milosevic,
Hussein, and the rest of those "good ole boys", we will never "interfere" again.
ALTHOUGH THESE ARE NOT THE "GOOD OLE BOYS" OF AMERICAN PIE, THIS FURTHER EMPHASIZES THE CURRENT USE OF THE TERM FOR THOSE THAT ARE "IN A CORRUPT CLIQUE" .
Posted: May 21, 2007
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Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage.
No angel born in hell
Could break that satan’s spell.
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite,
I saw satan laughing with delight
The day the music died
I SAW SATAN LAUGHING WITH DELIGHT
is an allusion to the Black Sabbath Song 'WAR PIGS", from their 1970 album PARANOID. Ozzy Osbourne lead singer . . .
WAR PIGS by BLACK SABBATH
Generals gathered in their masses,
just like witches at black masses.
Evil minds that plot destruction,
sorcerers of death's construction.
In the fields the bodies burning,
as the war machine keeps turning.
Death and hatred to mankind,
poisoning their brainwashed minds.
Oh lord, yeah!
Politicians hide themselves away.
They only started the war.
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor, yeah.
Time will tell on their power minds,
making war just for fun.
Treating people just like pawns in chess,
wait till their judgement day comes, yeah.
Now in darkness world stops turning,
ashes where the bodies burning.
No more War Pigs have the power,
Hand of God has struck the hour.
Day of judgement, God is calling,
on their knees the war pigs crawling.
Begging mercies for their sins,
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings.
Oh lord, yeah!
--Black Sabbath, War Pigs
The speaker with the clenched hands in the American Pie verse above is a famous performer.
He loves to wear those capes.
His name contains 5 letters, in the following configuration.
E _ _ _ _
The remaining 4 letters are scrambled in the phrase "VIVA LAS VEGAS".
Posted: May 23, 2007
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I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news,
But she just smiled and turned away.
ALLUSION TO JANIS JOPLIN
During the fall 1970 recording sessions for the Pearl album with The Doors and Phil Ochs producer Paul A. Rothchild, Joplin was found dead at the
Landmark Hotel in Hollywood on October 4, 1970, most likely due to an overdose of heroin and whiskey. She was 27.
The last recordings she completed were "Mercedes Benz" and a birthday greeting for John Lennon on October 1, 1970; Lennon, whose birthday was October 9,
later told Dick Cavett that her taped greeting arrived at his home after her death.
She had acquired a reputation as a "speed freak" and occasional heroin user. She also used other intoxicants. She was a heavy drinker throughout her career,
and her trademark beverage was Southern Comfort.
Like many other female singers of the era, Joplin's feisty public image was at odds with her real personality. The book Love, Janis,
written by her sister, has done much to further the reassessment of her life and work and reveals the private Joplin to have been a highly intelligent,
articulate, shy and sensitive woman who was devoted to her family.
The American Pie verse is generic, about a girl telling (sang) her story of hard times and problems (the blues) to the listener. If it were about JANIS, this
would be horribly sad and tragic, considering the true meaning of the lyric and her untimely death.
The listener offers a remedy. He asks her for (if she has any) some happy (good)news. She rejects his offer of a solution. She smiles (more likely snickers or
laughs) and turns away.
Ever witness someone, offer information, only to have the recipient laugh and walk off ? That's the scene here.
DO YOU HAVE THE GOOD NEWS ?
GOOGLE GOOD NEWS . . . . . . .
Posted: May 28, 2007
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THE ONE IS WHOS
TO BREAK THE NEWS
WHAT WAS REVEALED
WILL SEAL THE DEAL
Posted: June 1, 2007
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RECALL THAT EARLIER WE SAID
Lines 7,8,9,10 and 27,28,29,30 and 45,46,47 are all located in the same scene/setting/place and approximate time.
So far we've addressed all but lines 27,28,29,30
27. Well, I know that youre in love with HIM
28. `cause I saw you dancin in the gym.
29. You both kicked off your shoes.
30. Man, I dig those rhythm and blues.
Line 27, "you're" is plural. There are 2 people dancing, joyfully. And these two people are in love with HIM.
Line 28, " again, "you" is plural.
Line 29, again, "you" is plural, obvious since you both kicked off your shoes.
Remember that Don enunciates every word clearly any ambiguity you may hear is intentional.
Pete Seeger, Don McLean's touring buddy, got infuriated at Bob Dylan for not enunciating his words clearly.
Don McLean certainly took this to heart, as he remains 100% clear on every word.
With that said . . .
From the first time I heard the 1971 song, I was drawn to his pronunciation of "GYM". IT SOUNDED LIKE
HE WAS SAYING " GIN " or "GEN".
And then I listened to the 1992 AMERICAN PIE (NEW VERSION) AND THE EMPHASIS ON THIS WORD SLAPS YOU IN THE FACE.
The line then becomes:
'cause I saw you dancin' in the GEN
What is a GIN/GEN ?
DICTIONARY:
gin3 - Show Spelled Pronunciation[gin] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
verb (used without object), verb (used with object), gan, gun, ginning.
Archaic. to begin.
[Origin: 1150;1200; ME ginnen, OE ginnan, aph. var. of onginnan, beginnen to begin]
Gen.
abbr.
1. also Gen
or GEN general
2. Bible Genesis
3.
HOW ABOUT ANOTHER SPELLING VARIATION: JIN, JINN, DJINN
jinni or jinnee also djinni or djinny (jn', j-n') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. jinn also djinn (jn)
In Muslim legend, a spirit often capable of assuming human or animal form and exercising supernatural
influence over people.
[Arabic jinn, demonic, demon, from jinn, demons, from janna, to cover,
conceal; see gnn in Semitic roots.]
This is the root of the English word GENIE)
This all came together while listening to a late night lecture by Dr. Melissa Scott, and she said " the root
is the word Gen or Gan, which is the protective perimeter
surrounding the Garden of Eden."
LET'S PUSH THE ENVELOPE HERE . . .
You both kicked off your CHOOSE
OK, maybe a stretch, but actually fits when you understand the context.
30. Man, I dig those rhythm and blues.
Yeah, cause this couple will be singing the blues from here on out . . . .
R&B comes straight out of Gospel Music (preceeded by the Jubilee Quartets) and is the predecessor and transition
to Rock and Roll and Soul Music. This ties to allusion to the R&B hit "People Get Ready" in the Finale Verse.
FULL CIRCLE, TYING THE BEGINNING TO THE END.
From the VH1 presentation on the "History of Rock and Roll", Ruth Brown stated "there is such a fine line
between Gospel and Rhythm and Blues . . ."
This even caused uproar in the 60's because Ray Charles smash hit "Gotta Woman Way Cross Town" was a Gospel
tune redone with secular words.
SO WHO IS SINGING THIS VERSE ? WHO ELSE WAS IN THE GARDEN AND WHY DOES HE "DIG THOSE RHYTHM AND BLUES" ?
Posted: June 4, 2007
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Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?
This is a pointed question. In order to recall . . .
you must have previously known the subject .
Requires knowlege of the REFERENCE DATABASE.
HE'S ASKING . . . . . . . "DO YOU KNOW ?"
Posted: June 6, 2007
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Oh, and there we were all in one place,
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again.
ALLUSION TO THE TV SERIES "LOST IN SPACE" 1965-68
And it sounds like he is saying "OH END THERE WE WERE ALL IN ONE PLACE"
The word order is extremely important
End(finish) there (in space) . . . . . . . we (a generation) were . . . . . . . all in one place.
WE BEING A GENERATION, A SELECT GROUP.
THE VERSE WOULD HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT MEANING IF IT SAID "THERE WE ALL WERE IN ONE PLACE" AS THAT
WOULD INCLUDE EVERYONE.
WHAT HISTORICAL EVENT PUTS A SELECT GROUP IN THE AIR ?
Why no time left? . . . End there . . .
AT THE END OF WHAT?
WITH NO TIME LEFT ? . . . BECAUSE TIME'S UP !
Posted: June 8, 2007
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COMO SE DICE PIE EN INGLES?
SE DICE FOOT, FOOTING or FOUNDATION
OR GOOGLE LATIN DICTIONARY, then type in PIE
Pieris -idis or -idos f. [a Muse]; plur. Pierides , [the Muses]; adj. Pierius -a -um, [Pierian, poetic].
pietas -atis f. [dutifulness , dutiful conduct; piety; patriotism; devotion; kindness].
I MISS AMERICAN PIE
AMERICA HAS LOST HER FOOTING ! !
LOST HER FOUNDATION ! !
WAS BECOMING APPARENT IN THE 70'S,
NOW BLATANT IN 2007 .
SO WHAT IS AMERICA'S FOUNDATION ?
IT CAN BE FOUND IN THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER AND
IT IS RIGHT ON THE MONEY . . . . . . .
Posted: June 11, 2007
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SO YOU THOUGHT AMERICAN PIE WAS THIS CUTE LITTLE DIDDY ABOUT MUSIC IN THE 60's ?
DEAD WRONG . . . . . . .
It carries an apocalyptic warning for this generation on paar with the most prophetic works of all time.
AND TO THINK GENERAL MOTORS HAS NO CLUE WHAT THEIR COMMERCIALS ARE SINGING . . . . . . .
IT'S AN AMERICAN REVOLUTION ALLRIGHT ! !
BETTER THAT IT BE ADOPTED AS THE THEME SONG OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ! ! !
Posted: June 13, 2007
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Helter skelter in a summer swelter.
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter,
Eight miles high and falling fast.
It landed foul on the grass.
The players tried for a forward pass,
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.
ALLUSION TO:
LOVIN' SPOONFUL 1966 "SUMMER IN THE CITY"
BYRDS 1966 "EIGHT MILES HIGH"
BEATLES 1968 "HELTER SKELTER"
GRASS . . . MARIJUANA
AND A FOOTBALL GAME
BIRDS FLEW OFF WITH A FALLOUT SHELTER ? ? A FALLOUT SHELTER IS AN UNDERGROUND RESIDENCE AND
PLACE TO RETREAT TO IN EVENT OF IMPENDING DISASTER.
WHAT UNDERGROUND RESIDENCE IS REFERRED TO HERE ?
ONE THIRD OF THE BIRDS LIVE THERE . . .
AND LANDING FOUL ON THE GRASS (GROUND) ? NO FOULS IN FOOTBALL, SO FOUL HERE MEANS RUINED OR STINKING.
TRY THIS:
THE JESTER IS "IT", AND HIS HEAD IS IN A CAST, BRUISED BY A HEEL STOMP ! !
IS ANYBODY GETTING THIS YET ?
Posted: June 15, 2007
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Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance,
Oh, but we never got the chance!
`cause the players tried to take the field;
The marching band refused to yield.
ALLUSION TO:
BEATLES 1967 "Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was recorded as Beatlemania was waning. The Beatles had
grown tired of touring and had quit the road in late 1966, burned out after the drama of the
"bigger than Jesus" controversy.
Note the similiarity between uniforms in the picture of Sergeant Peppers
and the SALVATION ARMY BAND
That's because the SALVATION ARMY BAND, part of the organization founded originally in ENGLAND 1865, and
which played on the streets of London, was the model for SERGEANT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND.
DICTIONARY, definition of sergeant
c.1200, "servant," from O.Fr. sergent, from M.L. servientum (nom. serviens) "servant, vassal, soldier"
(in L.L. "public official"). Specific sense of "military servant" is attested from c.1290; that of "officer
whose duty is to enforce judgments of a tribunal or legislative body" is from c.1300 (sergeant at arms is
attested from 1377). In Britain in special use as title of a superior order of barristers (1297, from legal
L. serviens ad legem, "one who serves (the king) in matters of law.
AND WHO IS THIS MARCHING BAND/ARMY OF SALVATION TODAY ?
WE ARE AT HALF TIME . . . . . . .
THE SWEET PERFUME ? REV 5:8
Posted: June 18, 2007
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Now for ten years weve been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin stone,
But thats not how it used to be.
ALLUSION TO:
Alvin Lee's Band TEN YEARS AFTER
ROLLING STONE (Band, Magazine, or Song)
TRIVIA FACT: Do you know what the origin of the term "Rolling Stone" ? I
n ancient times a large round wheel stone was rolled in place to close the grave carved in the hillside,
hence the term " a rolling stone".
The Boss is a big one,
but the rollers a pebble
On his own somewhat a rebel,
At this house see a roman
Solve the riddle? think you know . . .
Twenty nothing, year four oh.
Posted: June 20, 2007
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Oh, and while the king was looking down,
The jester stole his thorny crown.
The courtroom was adjourned;
No verdict was returned.
THERE IS ONLY ONE IN ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY
KINDA LOCKS THE MEANING OF THIS VERSE, NO ?
Now you know who the jester is . . . . . .
By the way, the King in this verse is not the same king as the last verse. This is the last King,
whereas that was the first king.
Usurp the crown from hands of men
mark the year as 3 times ten
Pure and simple, hold no grudge
We the jury have yet to judge.
Posted: June 22, 2007
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HERE IS A SIGNATURE PAGE OF AMERICAN PIE CAST OF CHARACTERS AND LOCATIONS
Posted: June 25, 2007
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YOU WILL NEED AN ADDITIONAL REFERENCE BOOK TO PROCEED
AS NOTED IN THE POSTING OF FEB. 27:
1) GET A DICTIONARY If you want to stay on the same page with me, GOOGLE "dictionary", then select
http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html
All other references you need are found in the song.
THE OTHER BOOK YOU WILL NOW NEED, REFERENCED IN THE SONG, IS THE BIBLE . EASIER YET MAY BE AN ON LINE CONCORDANCE. GOOGLE "
CONCORDANCE BLUE "
HEY, THE HINT WAS THERE THE ENTIRE TIME . . . . . . .
Now for practice, enter REV 5:8 (from 18 June posting).
Note the format of REV 5:8 . . . where have you seen that format before?
Go to posting of FEB 22 and read the cover of the 45.
Do you think the time 4:11 is a coincidence? Research 4:11 in the concordance. THERE ARE MMAYBE 5 CHOICES, ALL GOOD, BUT THE WINNER WILL BE OBVIOUS.
AND SIDE 2 ? 4:31 Research that one as well, 4 CHOICES EMERGE, WINNER OBVIOUS.
And from the FEB 13 posting . . . TIMING IS EVERYTHING. . .
AND THERE'S MUCH MORE . . .
Posted: June 26, 2007
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FORGIVE ME IF YOU FEEL I LEAD YOU DOWN A RELIGIOUS PATH.
I WILL NOT. I AM NOT A RELIGIOUS PERSON. A FRIEND OF GOD, YES, I HOPE.
WHEN WE DISCOVERED THE AMERICAN PIE CONNECTION TO BIBLICAL THINGS IN 1983, I WAS THE FIRST TO CHALLENGE AND SCOFF. BUT THE EVIDENCE
WAS ENOUGH FOR ME TO CONTINUE DIGGING.
THE EVIDENCE IS NOW BEYOND QUESTION. AND CONSIDER THE SOURCE OF INSPIRATION. THE SAME INSPIRATION FOR BOTH SONG WRITER AND DECODER.
INSPIRATION BY DEFINITION MEANS "WITHIN SPIRIT".
THERE IS A KEY CODED WITHIN THE SONG THAT NAILS IT AS PROOF.
REMEMBER "TIMING IS EVERYTHING".
SO, WITH THAT SAID:
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before,
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
Allusion to Fillmore East closure 27 June, 1971
Old Testament, storehouse the Temple be,
New Testament, Temple be me
Music is zeal of His reveal,
the New Birth to what you're worth
Dims over time, such a crime
Fades away, seems not to play.
In Old Testament times, the Temple was also Israel's great school of music.
Just like any musician, if you don't continue to play the music (practice), you lose your chops. You can't play like you once did. You've
lost that fire and excitement. But you will always be a musician . . . . . . .
I AM THE SACRED STORE. YOU MAY BE TOO . . .
Posted: June 27, 2007
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The players tried for a forward pass,
and
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
and
`cause the players tried to take the field;
All allusions to a football game . . .
Think battlefield, Roman Coliseum
Although this person first appeared in 1977, this perfectly fits the football game allusion and the AMERICAN PIE message. . . as
in football, winning and the reward is always in the end zone.
In the end zone with a rainbow wig
Do you recall what was his gig?
Hold up words for the TV screen
Search yourself for what they mean
Rockin' Rollen had this to say
Here's your sign for a better way
DO YOU RECALL HIS MAIN SIGN ?
Posted: June 28, 2007
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While the sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance,
Oh, but we never got the chance!
`cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed ?
Allusion to Football "players"
But what other definition of Players?
Today's society, playboys, gamblers, drug dealers, gangsters, rappers, womanizers, whore mongers, pimps and in general unsavory characters
with an illegal or immoral bent.
Compare this to the Sergeants who are defined as servants and soldiers.
Contest is between Good vs. Evil.
SO . . .
Do you recall what was revealed ?
Search the Book, for knowledge go, After 144 Days you will know
Posted: June 29, 2007
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Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
FLASH FORWARD TO 2007
IN KURDISH IRAQ THE "SWEET SMELL OF APPLES FILLED THE AIR".
That is the smell of chemical weapons, as Saddam killed his people.
Make no mistake, WE ARE AT HALF TIME . . .
Posted: June 30, 2007
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THERE ARE NO REFERENCES IN THE BIBLE TO MUSIC IN HEAVEN . . .
WONDER WHY ?
Posted: July 2, 2007
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Helter skelter in a summer swelter
FLASH FORWARD TO 2007:
And have you been watching the news from the Middle East this summer?
Posted: July 3, 2007
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ON THIS 04 JULY 2007,
GOD BLESS AMERICA
THANKS TO OUR TROOPS, WITHOUT WHOM THIS MESSAGE WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.
I MISS AMERICAN PIE
Posted: July 4, 2007
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Like Richard Dreyfus in "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND", I've been building this mash potato mountain (or is it an AMERICAN PIE?) on my
kitchen table for over 25 years and everybody who hears the story says, "that's nice", "must be good drugs", "OK", or simply get the deer in
the headlights look . . .
The Mother Ship is about to land and like Richard the question to ask is "Why me ?"
The answer . . . YOU WERE LISTENING.
If you pay attention you will hear that small voice . . . although sometimes it shouts.
LOOK BACK TO THE POSTING OF FEB 24
THE STAR?
WHO WAS THE SUPERSTAR OF 1971 ?
Posted: July 5, 2007
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IN AN INTERVIEW, DON MCLEAN CALLED AMERICAN PIE A COMPLICATED PARABLE .
The word parable is of course a biblical reference in itself. His use of that term should have thrown up a flag . . . . . . .
And to understand how this relates to AMERICAN PIE , lookup
LUKE 8:10 and MATT 13:13
AND WHY HAS NO ONE GOTTEN THE MEANING?
MATT 13: 15
SO WHO INSPIRED THIS SONG ?
TOMORROW IS DAY 144 . . . . . . .
Posted: July 6, 2007
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07/07/07
THE WARNING:
Get out of that corrupt religion and get into GOD . . . . . .
and here's how I got there. . . . . . .
So bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "this'll be the day that I die.
"this'll be the day that I die."
TRANSLATION:
I MISS AMERICAN PIE(TY)
Searching for the truth, I took my quest (chevy) for truth via the standard vehicle (also Chevy) to the church (levee=keeper of
living water, the WORD or levee=gathering before royalty) to get a sermon(lesson), but the sermon was dry (void of substance).
Them good old boys (clergy) were corrupt in the way they were living, more interested in their self gratification than being servants of GOD.
And the scriptural reference:
LEVITUS 10:9-12 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the
tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations:
And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
CORRUPT RELIGIONS that are led by priests, pastors, mullahs, evangelists, rabbis and other names for clergy that have found a niche
to promote their own wealth, power, control and agenda rather than be servants promoting love (GOD IS LOVE).
The Clergy Boys . . .
Since 1971 think of Jim Jones, Jim and Tammy Baker, Jimmy Swaggart, David Koresh, Moonies, Hare Krishnas, Radical Islam, pedefile priests, adulterous
evangelists, and on . . . money and power corrupts. No religion is free from it. . . Good Ole Boy Clubs (religions)
that fatten and entertain themselves rather than reaching out to a hurting, lost and dying world with kindness and LOVE. Offering up "strange fire" as their
sacrifice. . .
RELIGION is man's attempt to reach GOD, mostly gone astray.
THE DANGER is that the LEVEE (church) not only contains the moving (living) water (which is the WORD) but in the process,
confines it, restricts it's motion, controls it's release and use, and seperates it from the people, keeping them dry.
Herein lies the danger of the misuse of the LEVEE.
ASIDE: Interesting, but the only reason KATRINA caused catastrophy in New Orleans was because levees existed !
PLEASE, DON'T DRINK THE KOOL AID
It's time to get in the WATER (WORD), get wet, go with the flow . . . . . . . GET into GOD, you and HIM, one on
one with no one in between.
It's easy, just introduce yourself . . . . . . . HE waits to hear from you.
And because I know you'll be in love with HIM, we'll see you dancing in the GEN ! !
AND IF AMERICA DOES NOT RETURN TO IT'S FOUNDATION,
IN GOD WE TRUST,
WE'LL CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH TO SELF DESTRUCTION. . .
Posted: July 7, 2007
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BEFORE ANYONE GETS STRESSED AT THAT LAST POSTING CONSIDER THE SIMPLICITY:
RELIGION is to GOD as
POLITICS is to DEMOCRACY
SO, are the GOOD OLE BOY CLUB MEMBERS IN IT FOR THE PROFIT?
WHILE THEY SHOULD BE IN IT FOR THE PROPHET . . . . . . .
Posted: July 9, 2007
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A long, long time ago...
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And, maybe, they'd be happy for a while.
But february made me shiver
With every paper I’d deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldn't take one more step.
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride,
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died.
Focus on the blue verse, since you have clues to the others in previous postings.
IN THE BEGINNING . . . . . . .
AT ONE TIME THERE WAS MUSIC IN HEAVEN, AS THE CREATOR HAD CONSTRUCTED A LIVING SYNTHESIZER, WITH EVERY SOUND BUILT INTO ITS BODY. THIS ANGELIC
BEING WAS ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST STARS OF CREATION KNOWN AS "THE LIGHT BEARER".
Remember that speakers can change from line to line . . . . . . .
Looking at context, the speaker of the blue verse could be YAHWEH, THE LIGHT BEARER, or ANOTHER ANGEL whom I'll call MICHAEL for
lack of a better handle (MICHAEL is YAHWEH's bouncer and commander of the ANGELIC FORCE ).
If the speaker remains the same for the second verse, then it narrows to YAHWEH or MICHAEL.
And, the last 2 lines of this verse could also be spoken by Adam.
If the speaker is the same for the third verse, then by process of elimination, it is MICHAEL. If yet another person, it would be DON MCLEAN
as speaker for verse three.
AND THE WIDOWED BRIDE ?
JERUSALEM
Research all this on GOOGLE, Concordance Blue . . . . . . .
and JERUSALEM is also a Don McLean song title . . . . . . .
Posted: July 13, 2007
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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
STUPID MOVE AND YET THEY TRIED
A THIRD OF ALL THE STARS WENT OUT
LIGHTNING BOLTS GET CAST ABOUT
FIRST WAR IS SETTLED, THEN FATE IS SEALED
DO YOU RECALL WHAT WAS REVEALED ?
Posted: July 16, 2007
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Do you believe in rock 'n roll,
Can music save your mortal soul,
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
We covered the first 2 lines in the posting of May 18, 2007. This is an allusion to Rock and Roll dance styles, all fast.
Were there any dance steps created in the late sixties, early 70's that were slow ? Can you remember one?
Can you teach me to dance in the old way. . . . . . .slow ?
Only if YOU know how, only if you know the old way. Slow and with feeling and emotion . . . . . . .
teaching me how to move to the beat of an earlier time with different values.
Besides it rhymes so well with "Bible tells you so" . .
Posted: July 20, 2007
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Refer to posting of May 01, 2007
WHAT RELATIONSHIP DO THE ILLUMINATI (Bearers of Light) have to the LIGHT BEARER ?
What relationship does Politics have to Democracy ?
Whose fingers are in the PIE ?
Posted: July 23, 2007
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THE CHURCH BELLS ALL WERE BROKEN
What happens when the Levee becomes dry ?
It no longer has any relevance, no purpose, no function . . . the water is gone.
Posted: July 27, 2007
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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
Particularly relevant today with the rise in pedophilia and child abuse. They are screaming, but are you listening?
Try this for the first line:
Luke 7:31 and 32
and who are the Lovers ?
John 13:35
And the poet?
Don McLean.
WORD that was not spoken ? Because the Levee was dry . . .
Do you know what the WORD is?
ARE YOU GETTING THE DRIFT THAT ALMOST EVERY LINE TIES TO A SCRIPTURE VERSE ?
STAY TUNED . . . . . . .
Posted: July 30, 2007
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WHAT SINGLE SCRIPTURE DEFINES ALL CHRISTIANITY ?
Here's your sign
Can you dig?
There in his hand
With a rainbow wig
Think a while
but not to long
'cuz the key to heaven
is the key to this song
Posted: August 3, 2007
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Refer to the posting of 24 Feb 2007, picture of AMERICAN PIE album cover
Which hand is giving the thumb up ?
NOT RIGHT ! !
Posted: August 6, 2007
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THE SERMON SUNG ROUND THE WORLD
Just like TURN TURN TURN, only cloaked.
American Pie has 131 lines.
Only 2 can not be tied directly to a scripture, biblical reference, or Christian theme. Some are paraphrased verses, others reference to a biblical scene or story.
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
Are you ready to reveal ?
Posted: August 10, 2007
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Here's a sampler
Oh, and while the King . . .
John 19:19-20
was looking down
John 19:30
the jester stole His thorny crown
John 19:2-3
This scene appears in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, but only in John does He bow His head . . . looking down.
And of course you know who the jester (Eternal Fool) is, thinking that since the King was executed he could steal the (crown) earthly kingdom.
Posted: August 13, 2007
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ALLUSIONS . . . SO MANY ALLUSIONS
Thinking about it a bit, many of 60's band names were allusions . . .
Beatles, Shadows of Knight, Rolling Stones, Byrds, Doors, Zombies, etc.
As were many of the lyrics, carrying allusive meanings which revealed themselves only to those hip to those scenes.
AMERICAN PIE lyrics become allusions to allusions . . . . . . .
EXAMPLE:
When the jester sang for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
The coat is a symbol of authority.
James Dean . . . allusion to movie East of Eden . . . allusion to NOD.
And what is NOD ?
Gen 3:24 and Gen 4:16
And the king and queen? The first to have dominion over this earth . . . . . . .
Gen 1:26-27
Posted: August 17, 2007
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ALTAMONT MUSIC FESTIVAL
THE ALLUSION:
EXCERPTS FROM blogcritics.org/archives/2006/08/27
On December 6, 1969 the Rolling Stones organized - if that's the right word - and headlined the free
Altamont Music Festival at the Altamont Speedway in northern California.
The Altamont venue was finally settled on as late as December 4.
Surprisingly enough, 400,000 rock fans showing up at a place selected within the last 48 hours turned
out badly. Four people managed to wind up dead. A couple of people got killed in an auto accident amidst
the chaos, and one person managed to drown in a drainage ditch. The famous death, of course, was an
18-year-old kid named Meredith Hunter, who was stabbed multiple times and kicked to death on film right in
front of the stage by Hell's Angels during the Rolling Stones set.This is just the kind of thing that BEGS
for pontification, asserting Big Profound Meaning and so forth. It was the anti-Woodstock, and the dark
side of the hippie culture, the death of the '60s, etc. Among other things, the event was immortalized
in Don McLean's famous "American Pie" wherein the Satanic Jack Flash was
lustfully presiding over the "sacrificial rite." It was the climactic destruction and sweeping away of
Buddy Holly's rock and roll "true love ways." It was the final day when the music really, really died.
Obviously, a lot of this stuff is being loaded onto happenstance, which leads to people twisting the actual random
chaos of the event to fit their mythologies. For example, it has sometimes been claimed that Hunter was killed while
the Stones were playing "Sympathy for the Devil." Obviously that would be perfect mythology, with the whole Satanic "sacrificial rite" angle. In fact, they had finished that song, and were specifically playing "Under My Thumb" at the critical
moment — which to me is a more interesting sentiment to be playing out for that event. Fortuitously, the Rolling Stones
had a camera crew filming their tour for a movie, which was eventually released under the title Gimme Shelter.
YOU CAN'T SEE THE TRUTH FOR THE ALLUSION THAT'S BLOCKING YOUR VISION . . .
ONCE AGAIN, ALTAMONT MUSIC FESTIVAL IS THE ALLUSION TO THE REAL EVENT.
ALTA = HIGH and MONT = MOUNTAIN
The real event did occur high on a mountain. It did involve a sacrifice and a huge fire into the night. . . and killing.
The first Kings four square and two to know,
Perform the burn, a nation show,
High on top the Mountain Park,
450 slain in the dark,
Their pledge renewed, again resumed,
And this place the Fifties consumed.
Posted: August 20, 2007
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How many American Pie allusions come together and appear to be
COINCIDENCE ?
Consider again the meaning of the word ALTAMONT.
If this free concert had been held at another location, then the translation High Mountain and the allusion
to the real location would not exist.
Originally this concert was to be held 4 months after Woodstock, on Dec 06 and at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
The Rolling Stones were not announced and were to be a surprise act. The concert was supposed to be "Woodstock
West".
In a press conference, Jagger announced the Stones would be on the bill, and consequently permits were not issued
for the concert site. The City feared a repeat of the chaos that occurred at Woodstock.
The venue was moved to Sears Point Raceway, but squabbles over film rights resulted in that location being
cancelled.
Dec. 06, 1969, was the concert date, and finally on Dec. 04 the Altamont Speedway location was secured.
Critics called the killing of Meredith Hunter a tragedy marking the "Death of the Woodstock Nation".
And in the real event that Altamont is an allusion to, the killings also marked the death of a counter culture
movement.
Do you now have the "reference database" ?
Posted: August 24, 2007
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Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
Walk with me in a circle old
midst se7en candlesticks of gold
one be covered
light gone cold
Jacksitonitlame-o
call it foul
onecallpergame-o
Posted: August 27, 2007
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KATRINA
AUGUST 29, 2005
LEVEE FAILURE . . . CATASTROPHIC DISASTER TO CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
The Disaster was a result of man building levees . . .
NEW ORLEANS, the original American Sin City, home of the American CARNIVAL MARDI GRAS, a psuedo-religious festival.
Was the destruction of New Orleans some form of Judgement ?
The Judgement was indeed man made, from an unintended manipulation of the ENVIRONMENT by building levees to confine the Mississippi
River and Lake waters, and instead retaining flood level waters within the levee bowl.
THE ALLUSION HERE IS THE LEVEES OF RELIGION THAT CONSTRAIN THE LIVING WATER FROM
THE PEOPLE . . .
If the levees were gone, the problem would be solved ! ! !
AND THE WORST IS YET TO COME . . .
Posted: August 29, 2007
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See Candle Leaping, posting May 8, 2007
THE CHURCH BELLS ALL WERE BROKEN
` by association
This line makes me think of a bell with a crack in it . . .
Which makes me think of the Liberty Bell . . .
And the city it is from . . .
The City of Brotherly Love
(From Greek, philos = love, adelphos = brotherly)
Which is the name of a candlestick . . . . . .
NIMBLE NIMBLE JACK BE LEAPED
FROM ON TOP HIS 3 SEAT
MIDST THE SEVEN CANDLESTIX
SCORCHED HE NUMBER 2 AND 6
Posted: September 3, 2007
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See posting of May 10, 2007
There are many "days that music died", but all stem from the primary occurrance, the first
"DAY THE MUSIC DIED"
If you were brought up in a religious tradition, do you recall from
Bible class or Catechism that all human problems stem from "The Fall", or ORIGINAL SIN ?
That "Fall" was ADAM and EVE's big mistake in the Garden of Eden.
Now this is the first place anyone has ever heard this, but I'm compelled to inform you that
the event in the Garden was not THE original sin. Maybe the first sin for MAN, but not the first, original
SIN.
The first sin is clearly revealed in the Bible (reference database), and occurred a long long time before the creation
of man.
Think
A LONG TIME AGO, IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY
Think
A LONG LONG TIME AGO. . .
I CAN STILL REMEMBER
HOW THAT MUSIC USED TO MAKE ME SMILE
NOW,
DO YOU RECALL WHAT WAS REVEALED
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED ?
Posted: September 7, 2007
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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
Copyright EBM 2007
The Original 911
EIGHT MILES HIGH AND FALLING FAST
IT LANDED FOUL ON THE GRASS
Luke 10:18
Isaiah 14:12-19
BEHOLD LUCIFER,
THE MUSIC OF HEAVEN . . .
CAST OUT
Posted: September 11, 2007
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With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.
Definitions of cast:
cast1 [kaːst] noun
A throw
The complete set of actors in a play, opera etc.
The line or net thrown.
A distortion of shape.
Act of casting or throwing.
That which is thrown.
A stroke of fortune; fortune or lot.
Idiom at a single cast , through a single action or event: He bankrupted himself at a single cast.
All these may fit, but the origin of meaning is the best:
c.1230, from O.N. kasta "to throw." The noun sense of "a throw" (c.1300) carried an idea of the form the thing takes after it has been thrown.
WHAT FORM DID THIS "BEARER OF LIGHT" TAKE AFTER BEING THROWN ?
And if you like the more obvious meaning of a plaster appliance worn on an injury, picture the cast on his head. Genesis 3:14-15
Remember from March 24 2007 posting
2) One line may be separated from the next by thousands of miles or years ! !
Why? There is no time in the GOD dimension . . .
all is NOW . . . ALL "I AM".
Posted: September 17, 2007
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From the posting dated April 01, 2007:
THERE ARE ONLY 2 MUSICIANS REFERENCED IN THIS SONG
ONE IS DON MCLEAN
THE OTHER. . . The greatest musician of all time. Music's first real star material, a blues original, extremely bright musician,
competent on many instruments, world famous pre 60's, a performer before royalty and a composer of the King's Court. Hottest act of Los Angeles music scene.
Famous for the amount of jewelry worn. In later years appeared at desert venues. Never got a Grammy, but his work influenced many. Millions danced to
his tunes, even today.
ARE YOU DANCING TO HIS TUNES?
Whst is the state of music today?
What is it's content?
What is it's spirit?
Have you any doubt about what/who inspires IT?
I MISS AMERICAN PIE
Posted: September 24, 2007
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THE CONNECTION
See posting dated 28 Feb 2007
INADVERTENTLY AND QUITE UNINTENTIONALLY
DON MCLEAN HAS PROVEN MORE BY THE HIDDEN MEANING OF AMERICAN PIE THAN HE EVER INTENDED.
THE READER/LISTENER DOES NOT KNOW (or does not display a working knowledge of) THE REFERENCE DATABASE ! !
IN THIS CASE, THAT MEANS THE ENTIRE WORLD !
For those who don't . . .
THE REFERENCE DATABASE IS THE BOOK OF LOVE. . . THE BIBLE
If you have not put all the clues together, Google CONCORDANCE BLUE, put in key words from the song, and you'll
find the source of the lyrics. A little detective work in this Book, and who knows what else you'll discover.
But you need a key to unlock the hidden meanings of the words of the Book, and am compelled to unveil a hidden truth to you.
If you ever had trouble reading and understanding this book, there is a reason why.
It can only be decifered by those who are connected, and believe it or not, the Bible tells you so. 1Corinthians 2:14
But you could not read that and understand unless you were connected. CATCH 22. Or someone tells you the secret . . .
And how do you get connected? John 3:3-7
This is a spirit hookup, and please don't let the words in John turn you off as some Good Ole Boys Club jargon. Don't get caught up in the ritual speak.
Remember, those verses in John are the words of the Master . . . that's why Bibles show them in red.
This is as simple as having a genuine heart felt desire to connect with your Creator, and asking Him for the connection.
Just like loading a new program on your computer, the step by step instructions will follow.
When you connect, you can decode, understand, acquire the hidden meaning, and never walk alone again . . .
GOD BLESS
Posted: October 1, 2007
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OCTOBER 02, 1945
DON MCLEAN WAS BORN IN NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!
Posted: October 2, 2007
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POET, PROPHET or PREACHER ?
Often the person receiving the inspiration does not fully understand the meaning of what he has spoken or written. The meaning is not understood
in many cases until after the fact. Depending upon circumstances, he may be labeled a prophet. Or just plain inspired.
EXAMPLES:
John of Patmos
Nostradamus
Ezekiel
Edgar Casey
All tapping into the Eternal Database of Understanding
BY DEFINITION:
PROPHESY
verb (used with object)
- to foretell or predict.
- to indicate beforehand.
- to declare or foretell by or as if by divine inspiration.
- to utter in prophecy or as a prophet.
verb (used without object)
- to make predictions.
- to make inspired declarations of what is to come.
- to speak as a mediator between God and humankind or in God's stead.
- Archaic. to teach religious subjects.
verb
- predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
- deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
[syn: preach]
So does AMERICAN PIE fit any of the above definitions of prophesy ? or sermon ?
And would that now place it in the category of a forerunner of today's Christian Music ?
Does any other of Don McLean's songs categorize him as a Christian Artist ?
See posting of March 10, 2007 for a list of his songs . . . .
Here's an observation for you . . . . . . .
AMERICAN PIE will soon take it's place as the greatest Christian Song in Rock and Roll History . . . . . . .
40 Years have passed
SIR, IT'S TIME TO PICK UP THE MANTLE
Posted: October 22, 2007
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You've been singing paraphrased scriptures. . . . . . . while everyone else was backward masking and hiding drug related messages in songs,
Don McLean put scripture to verse in a song . . . . . . . AMERICAN PIE(TY)
DID YOU WRITE THE BOOK OF LOVE ?
Did you write the Book of Love" is an ALLUSION TO 'BOOK OF LOVE" by the Monotones, 1958 "
And a word play. According to the writing of the "BOOK OF LOVE (= BIBLE)", GOD IS LOVE. Check it out, 1 John 4:8 and 4:16. Kind of circular in defining itself.
GOD is LOVE or GOD = LOVE.
Book of Love = Book of GOD = Bible.
All of this, if you read that BOOK carefully, takes on the shape of an algebraic equation. Theomatics, Bible Code, etc. When you think algebra, you think "X",
which is the space saver for the unknown quantity.
So, GOD = LOVE =X
Foreigner: I wanna know where LOVE is. . . . . . . I wanna know where " X " is.
Beatles: All you need is LOVE . . . . . . . All you need is " X "
DO THE MATH . . . . . . .
Posted: November 12, 2007
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PEACE ON EARTH,
GOOD WILL TOWARDS MEN
In preparation for this Christmas season, contemplate the words paraphrased above from
LUKE 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
There is always Word play at hand . . . . . . .
Consider WHO is the Peace on Earth being referenced in this quote.
Also that the correct translation is "toward men of God's will.
The connection to AMERICAN PIE? That the ONE WHO INSPIRED this song likes word play, parable and allusion, and maybe that can help us to connect the Source
of inspiration to the lyrics . . . . . . .
Posted: December 17, 2007
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
MERRY XMAS
Where it all began
In a town in Israel called Bethlehem (House of Bread) and laid in a manger (french word meaning to eat) was a baby who would become known as the Bread of Life.
CLICK ON Christmasblessings.pps
Got sound . . . . . . .
THANKS
Posted: December 24, 2007
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THE AMERICAN PIE ALBUM IS DEDICATED TO BUDDY HOLLY
without that, you probably would never have heard of Buddy Holly
"It was really like the first rock n' roll landmark; the first death", said rock historian Jim Dawson.
The Day the Music Died was also the first music related death . . .just not Buddy's.
What appears to be a Don McLean autographed copy of the lyrics for the song American Pie are seen on a wall in the Green Room at the Surf Ballrom, in Clear Lake, Iowa. It's been 50 years since the single-engine plane crashed into a snow-covered Iowa cornfield killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson on February 03, 1959.
Please notice that there is a line left out . . . " And maybe, they'd be happy for a while". Why would Don McLean intentionally leave out a line of a song that he has sung thousands of times? Did he forget the words? Doubt it. Looks like his signature at the bottom, covered with clear tape (or imprinted on clear tape). Did he write this ? Did he sign it ?
In any case, it is there on the Surf Ballroom wall to perpetuate the myth that AMERICAN PIE was about Buddy Holly.
It was dedicated to Buddy Holly, but not at all about him. . .
Interesting how the " handwriting on the wall" lays out. Notice what is written by Steve, in parenthesis, immediately above the top red line. The header, or title, the clue as it appears. Most important.
Interior of the Surf Ballroom (as it looked in 1959 and as preserved today) located in the small northern Iowa town of Clear Lake, Iowa, where the rock pioneers Richie (La Bamba) Valens, J.P. (Chantilly Lace) Richardson, and Buddy (That'll Be The Day) Holly gave their last performance 50 years ago.
The real connection with Buddy Holly is is the American Pie Lyric "this'll be the day that I die" which echoes the song "That'll be the day". The rest of American Pie weaves it's allusion to the rock scene from there.
Interesting that if you tell the same myth enough times it takes the place of the truth in people's minds. How many other things can you think of that we perceive in media and within our belief system that are simply not true. It often takes insight to allow you to "see".
And so it is that the truth of the meaning of AMERICAN PIE was hidden for almost 40 years. 40 is significant . . .
"TIMING IS EVERYTHING"
RIGHT ON, DON !
Posted: February 3, 2009
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OH AND WHILE THE KING WAS LOOKING DOWN
THE JESTER STOLE HIS THORNY CROWN
Posted: April 10, 2009
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DROVE MY CHEVY TO THE LEVEE
BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY
Do you see the Chevy logo ?
(Shadow on the floor, purple tiles . . .)
An Art student would pick up on this immediately
Posted: April 12, 2009
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