Tuesday, April 21, 2015

"Can music save your mortal soul..."

...and can you teach me how to dance real slow?"

Three on American Pie:
1) ‘American Pie’ and the History of Mysterious Rock Lyrics
2) The original 16-page working manuscript of the lyrics has been sold at auction for $1.2 million.
“I thought it would be interesting as I reach age 70 to release this work product on the song American Pie so that anyone who might be interested will learn that this song was not a parlor game,” McLean said in a Christie’s catalogue ahead of the sale. “It was an indescribable photograph of America that I tried to capture in words and music.”
3) "The song was written in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," McLean said.
He also clarified that the first time the song was performed on stage was ...  at Temple University, where he was billed to perform with Laura Nyro.

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