Last week we were on the road, so I didn’t post any music, but we’re back, so here goes. When this song came out I listened to it over and over, and to this day I don’t think a lot of the verses make a whole lot of thematic sense. There’s lots of allusions, and there’s a pervading sense in the song that there’s been a loss of something, innocence maybe, but I defy anyone to explain it in a coherent way. But that’s okay, it’s still a great song, and here’s two versions. One from, if I’m not mistaken, the year it came out (I remember listening to it over and over my senior year in college)
and one more recent, with a much older Don McLean. It should be noted, however, that the crowd, or a major portion of it, is quite young (compared to McLean, anyway), and they appear to know all the words, proving once again that we had the best music ever. Anyway, take your pick, or watch them both.
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