Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2(pesnta.1.2) 9/5/84; site idsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!pesnta!idsvax!steiny From: steiny@idsvax.UUCP (Don Steiny) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Re: Re: Lyrics to American Pie (worst song) Message-ID: <163@idsvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Jun-85 00:10:20 EDT Article-I.D.: idsvax.163 Posted: Thu Jun 13 00:10:20 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Jun-85 06:40:23 EDT References: <2441@wateng.UUCP> <912@sdcsvax.UUCP>, <158@idsvax.UUCP> <334@petfe.UUCP> Organization: Independent Consultant - C/UNIX, Natural Language Lines: 34 > > steiny@idsvax.UUCP (Don Steiny) writes in <158@idsvax.UUCP> > > > When "the worst song ever" was a topic in net.music, > > I was going to nominate "Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie." > > Firstly, the song was simply called American Pie. > > But, WHY????????? It is a classic of modern music! McLean's lyrics are > marvelous! What could be wrong with it?????? > > --Evan Marcus Well it is all a matter of taste, and many people enjoy songs I do not. Fact is that "American Pie" was very high in the charts for a long time in the late 60's. I remember riding to to high school with a person who lived near me (not a friend exactly, he was sort of a redneck). That song played over and over. Its lyrics may be profound, but, to me, its melody is like a TV commercial. And all this stuff about how his lyrics contained references to various media people of the time, somehow does not strike me as weighty stuff. But, since it was high in the charts, obviously, many people liked it. So, I apologize for criticizing it. I found out long ago that instead of criticizing popular taste, i.e. "A.M. radio sucks", I have a guitar, a stereo and hundreds of records and tapes of music I really like. That way I can listen to music I like and I have nothing to complain about. pesnta!idsvax!steiny Don Steiny - Computational Linguistics 109 Torrey Pine Terr. Santa Cruz, Calif. 95060 (408) 425-0832