McLean gave permission for the parody, and has admitted to nearly singing Yankovic's lyrics in live performance because his children played it so often. While “American Pie” was covered by the likes of Madonna and Garth Brooks, it also provided the framework for “Weird Al” Yankovic's 1999 Star Wars-inspired parody song “The Saga Begins” ("My, my, this here Anakin guy…"). Madonna and Garth Brooks have both covered it ("The writing and the lyrics will divulge everything there is to divulge,” BBC News reported he told Reuters before the auction.)ġ1. While McLean has steadfastly refused to provide a word-by-word interpretation of the song, he did offer those jotted-down notes and original manuscript for auction at Christie's in 2015, fetching $1.2 million.
McLean revealed some of the cultural references in ‘American Pie’ at auction “Everything I write comes to me that way,” he says. McLean says the whole first part of the song, from “a long, long time ago” to “the day the music died,” was sung spontaneously into a tape recorder, the melody and words emerging together as one, and that he jotted down the words only afterward. That's why I don't talk about the lyrics - I want people to come up with their own interpretations." 9. From there, it becomes a fantasy, a rock ‘n’ roll dream of sorts. “What I write in the song is exactly what happened. “That was the only real job I ever had,” he says of delivering papers.
He learned the news of Buddy Holly's death just like in the songĪ young McLean was on his newspaper route when he found out about the tragic plane crash in Iowa that took the life of his beloved idol. The album produced “Castles in the Air” and “And I Love Her So,” a song that became a Grammy-nominated hit for Perry Como. McLean's debut album was released on the minuscule indie label Mediarts after being rejected, as the legend has it, by 72 others. Tapestry was rejected by 72 labels before it got picked up
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