Never thought you'd leave, until you went As the Good Book Says.: "Babylon" is based on the 137th Psalm from the Bible.Age-Progression Song: "American Pie" starts "a long long time ago" with the singer as a young boy with a paper route, continues on to the "teenage bronkin' buck" phase, and looks back on the past in the final verse.Has nothing to do with the movie where the guy has sex with a pie.Īnd them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey n' rye, singin' "this will be the day that I trope" "American Pie" has become a Tough Act to Follow for McLean, since he never had such a commercial success again, except for one more top 5 single in 1980, "Crying". "Vincent" also had some success, albeit more in the United Kingdom where it even became a number 1 hit song over "American Pie".
"American Pie" has become the singer's Signature Song, though the long song was originally released on a dual-sided single and radio stations back then only played the first part. until 2015 (see "The Walrus Was Paul" below). Although the singer has long admitted it's mostly about the death of these three musicians, other parts of the lyrics remained Shrouded in Myth for years, as McLean himself always refused to comment on its deeper meaning. It's best remembered for "American Pie", a Celebrity Elegy written about the young death of rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. It was his second, more successful album after his more moderately received debut album, Tapestry (1970). American Pie is a 1971 album by Don McLean.
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